Emulators on Windows

Microsoft Windows

Developer	Microsoft
Type	Operating systems
Earliest release	Windows 1.0 (1985)^{[N 1]} Windows XP (2001)
Latest release	Windows 11 (2021)

For emulators that run natively on Windows on ARM, see Emulators on Windows/ARM.; For software emulates Windows, see Hypervisors and Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators.
This page is for emulation on Windows NT, with x86 or x86_64 CPUs

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems by Microsoft. The currently maintained releases are Windows 10 & 11.

Before diving in;

This list only shows the latest versions, and currently recommended or semi-recommended emulation software, if you have are an older Windows version, see the see also section. Remember that emulators can have different levels of completion or compatibility. If a game you are trying to run does not work properly, try a different one. If the emulator too slow even with lowered settings with a recommended emulator, choose a less recommended one in the list. Note that game compatibility can be lower in emulators for lower system requirements. See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see provided up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, compatibility and also enhancements features etc. Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on Windows, which may perform better/be better than emulators, for the specific game(s).

Atari[edit]

Atari 8-bit family[edit]

Name	Latest version	Models	XEGS	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Atari800	5.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Altirra	4.21	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Atari++	1.84	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	Cycle	TPL (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE	✓	✓	?	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
Pantheon	14.360	800, XE	✗	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✓	~
Atari800Win-PLus	4.1	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari ST[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Hatari	2.5.0	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Steem SSE	4.2.0 R21	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ARAnyM	git	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Gemulator	9.0	✗	?	✗	~
Steem Engine	3.2	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
SainT	2.40	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
PCE/atarist	pce-20191006	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
CaSTaway	0.9.2	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Atari 2600[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Stella	7.0	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Pantheon	14.360	✗	High	Proprietary	✓	~
PCAE	2.6 2.7	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
z26	4.07	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗
Gopher2600	0.35.1	✗	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
EMU7800	5.4.0.1	✗	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
Stellarator	git	✗	?	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✗
VCS 2600	1.0	✗	Low	Proprietary	✓	✗

Atari 5200[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Altirra	4.21	✗	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Atari800	5.2.0	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
kat5200	0.8.1	✗	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Jum52	git	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari 7800[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
A7800	5.2	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ProSystem	1.3 (Windows) git (libretro)	✓	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗ ^{[N 2]}	✓
EMU7800	5.4.0.1	✗	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗

Atari Jaguar[edit]

Name	Latest version	AJ-CD	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
Virtual Jaguar	2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro)	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗ ^{[N 2]}	✓
MAME	0.270	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Project Tempest	0.95	~	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari Lynx[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Handy	[0.971]	✓	zlib License (Permissive)	✗	✗

Nintendo[edit]

Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mesen	Dev builds	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
puNES	WIP builds 0.111	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Nestopia UE	libretro core 1.52.1 Nestopia JG git	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
FCEUX	2.6.6 libretro (FCEUmm)	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ares	git Artifacts v140	High	ISC (Permissive)	✓	~
BizHawk (QuickNES)(NESHawk)	Dev Builds 2.10-rc1	? (Core dependent)	MIT GPL	✓	~
Nintendulator/NRS	2023-12-23 0.985 Beta	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~

Super Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
ares	git Artifacts v140	Full Cycle	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
bsnes	nightly	Partial Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	~	✓
Mesen	2.0.0 (preview)	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Snes9x	nightly libretro nightly core 1.63	High	Non-commercial	✓	✓

Nintendo 64[edit]

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mupen64Plus-Next	Parallel Launcher Fork	Plugin dependent	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ares	git Artifacts v140	High	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
simple64	2024.09.1 GLideN64	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
RMG	0.6.6 stable 0.6.6 -dev	Plugin dependent	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk (Mupen64Plus)(ares)(MAME)^{[N 3]}	Dev builds 2.10-rc1	Plugin dependent Core dependent	MIT GPL	✓	~
Project64	Rosalie241's MMHD Nightly 3.0.1 Keygen	Plugin dependent	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce[edit]

Name	Latest version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	~^{[N 4]}	✓^{[N 5]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚)	Dev	✓	✓	✗	~	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Pureikyubu (PlayCube)	1.6	✓	✗	✗	✗	CC0 1.0 (Public domain)	✓	✗

Wii U[edit]

Name	Latest version	Accurancy	Amiibo	License	Active	Recommended
Cemu	2.2	Medium	~	MPL 2.0 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Decaf	git	Low	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Name	Latest version	Amiibo	License	Active	Recommended
Ryujinx	1.1.1403‡ ryujinx-mirror builds LDN builds‡ custom build for revived SMB35	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
yuzu	Dark Git repository (requires Tor) (2024-05-31) NotABug mirror	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗*	✓

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Name	Latest Version	New 3DS	License	Active	Recommended
Citra citra_libretro	Canary Nightly libretro cores	~	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
Panda3DS	0.8	~	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~

Nintendo DS[edit]

Name	Latest Version	License	Active	Recommended
melonDS	Dev Builds^{[N 6]} 0.9.5 libretro core^{[N 7]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
DeSmuME	0.9.13 libretro core	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk*	Dev builds 2.10-rc1	MIT GPL	✓	~
No$GBA	3.05	Proprietary	✓	~

Game Boy Advance[edit]

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.3	✓	✓	✓	Mid	(Copyleft)	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✗	✗	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VBA-M	2.1.11	✓	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Pokémon mini[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
GBE+	1.8 ^{[N 8]}	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PokeMini	0.6.0 git	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
minimon	2005:01:20	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
PokeKaMini	0.7.0	✗	?	✗	✗

Virtual Boy[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VBjin	SVN r103	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓

Game Boy / Game Boy Color[edit]

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	0.16.7	✓^{[N 9]}	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
BGB	1.6.4	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Gambatte	r571	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.5.0	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✓	✗	MIT GPL	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✗	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
Emulicious	2024-08-31	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	~

Game & Watch[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
DSP	0.23WIP1	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗

Sega[edit]

Sega Model 1[edit]

Name	Latest version	Active	libretro	License	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Modeler	0.9.3a	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Sega Model 2[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Model 2 Emulator	1.1a	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~

Sega Model 3[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Supermodel	SVN Builds	~ (WIP)	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

SG-1000[edit]

Name	Latest version	SC-3000	SF-7000	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.3	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✗	✗	✗	MIT BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 10]}	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	~

Master System / Game Gear[edit]

Name	Latest version	GG	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 10]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Emulicious	2024-08-31	✓	✗	Very high	Proprietary	✓	~
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✓	✗	Very high	MIT GPL	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✓	✗	Very high	Proprietary	✓	~

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X[edit]

Name	Latest version	CD	32X	Pico	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
BlastEm	0.6.2	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Exodus	2.1	✗	✗	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 10]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✓	✓	✗	✓	MIT GPL	✓	✓
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓

Saturn / ST-V[edit]

Name	Latest version	ST-V	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
SSF	PreviewVer R33	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Kronos	2.6.2	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎2)	1.15.0	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~

Dreamcast / NAOMI[edit]

Name	Latest version	NAOMI	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
DEmul	0.7 Build 280418	✓	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
redream	1.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Flycast	CI Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
reicast	r20.04 (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store)	✗	✗	✗	✗	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 LGPLv2.1	~	✗
nullDC	1.0.4 r150	~	✗	✗	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Makaron	T12/5	✗	✗	~	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
Chankast	0.25	✗	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
MAME	0.270	~	~	✗	✓	GPLv2	✓	✗

Sega VMU[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
SoftVMS	1.10 (source only)	✗	?	✗	~
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
ElysianVMU	0.2.0	✗	?	✗	✗
DirectVMS	1.8	✗	?	✗	✗
DreamVMU	0.1	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

NEC[edit]

NEC PC-6000[edit]

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PC6001VX	4.2.9	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PC6001V	2.0.4	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
yaPC-6001	2018/12/27	✗	Proprietary	✗	~
MAME	0.270	✗	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
PC6001VW	310f	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

NEC PC-8800[edit]

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE (ePC8801MA改SE)	210523	✗	?	~	✓
ePC-8001	1/28/2023	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
XM8	1.70	✗	?	✗	✓
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 11]} 0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~^{[N 12]}
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro	libretro core 0.6.4	✓	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	~^{[N 13]}	~

NEC PC-9800[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Neko Project 21/W (猫Project 21/W)	v0.86 rev92	✗	High	?	✓	✓
Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改)	git	✓	High	?	~	✓
Neko Project II (猫Project II)	0.86	✗	Mid	?	✗	✓
Anex86	e1	✗	Low-Mid	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
SL9821	0.4.0.3	✗	High	?	✓	TBD
DOSBox-X	2024.10.01	✗	Low	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx[edit]

Name	Latest version	PCE-CD	SuperGrafx	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Mednafen (PCE-Fast)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✓	✓	✗	High	MIT GPL	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✓	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~

PC-FX[edit]

Name	Latest version	GA	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	TBD	✓	Mid-High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	~	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
MagicEngine-FX	1.1.1	TBD	✗	Low	Proprietary	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	TBD	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗

Sony[edit]

PlayStation[edit]

Name	Latest Version	Plugins	License	libretro	RIR	Accuracy	Active	Recommended
DuckStation	git	✗	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
XEBRA	22/11/06	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗	High	✓	✓
PCSX-R	PGXP(git) Windows	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓	Plugin dependent	✗	✗
ePSXe	2.0.5	✓	Proprietary	✗	✓	Plugin dependent	~	✗

PlayStation 2[edit]

Name	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PCSX2	1.6.0 (stable) SVN	~ (WIP)	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Play!	Builds	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	~
DobieStation	git Builds	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	~
hpsx64	v0450	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	~	✗
orbum	git	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

PlayStation 3[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
RPCS3	0.0.33 Alpha^{[N 14]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Nucleus	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Short Waves	0.0.2	Proprietary	✗	✗
PS3F	0.1	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

PlayStation 4[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
shadPS4	0.3.0	✓	✓	~
fpPS4	Nightly GUI Temmie's Launcher GUI Temmie's Launcher (Proto)	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Orbital	git	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
GPCS4	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
PS4Delta	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

PlayStation 5[edit]

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.

Name	Latest Version	Hardware features and peripherals	Enhancements	License	Active	Recommended
Kyty	git	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗

Pocket Station[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
No$GBA	3.05	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✓	✓
PK201	20/04/28 (Windows) 24/08/30 (Android)	✗	Mid		✓	✓
PKEmu	1.1 Private Beta	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗
pockystation	git	✓ (git)	?	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗

PlayStation Portable[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PPSSPP	1.17.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
JPCSP	SVN	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

PlayStation Vita[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Vita3K	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Google[edit]

Android[edit]

Name	Version	VM	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Genymotion	3.7.1	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
BlueStacks	5.21.205	QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
MEmu	8.0.0	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
LDPlayer	4.0.50.3	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
NoxPlayer	7.0.0.9	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
MuMu	1.1.0.2 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version)	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
Android x86	14.1-r5	VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc)	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
Android Studio	4.0	QEMU	Low	Source-available	✓	✗

Microsoft[edit]

MSX series[edit]

Name	Latest version	MSX 1	MSX 2	MSX 2+	TurboR	Accuracy	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
openMSX	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2	✗	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	~	High	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
fMSX	6.0	✓	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✓	Proprietary	✓	~
Pantheon	14.360	✓	✓	~	~	High	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
MSXPLAYer (fMSX based)	MSX Game Reader (Commercial)	✓	~	~	✓	Mid	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✗	Low	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗

Xbox Classic[edit]

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators

Name	Latest version	Sega Chihiro (千尋)	License	Active	Recommended
xemu	0.7.132	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Cxbx-Reloaded	git	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
XQEMU	git	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
StrikeBox	git	✗	BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)	✗	✗
Cxbx	git	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Dxbx	0.5	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Xbox 360[edit]

Name	Latest version	OS	License	Active	Recommended
Xenia	git	Win7+	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✓

Xbox One[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

Xbox Series X and Series S[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

Apple[edit]

Apple I[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Pom1	v1.0.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
CocoaPom (Java)	v0.1	?	✗	✗
Apple 1 Emulator	1.4	?	✗	?

Apple II Line[edit]

Name	Latest version	][	][+	//e	IIc	//e Enhanced	//e Platinum	IIc Plus	IIGS	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
AppleWin	1.30.19.0	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MicroM8	Continuous	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
BizHawk (Virtu based)	2.10-rc1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	MIT GPL	✓	✗
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗ (WIP)
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗

apple /// Line[edit]

Name	Latest version	///	/// Revised	/// Plus	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Apple IIGS[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
KEGS	1.34	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
GSplus	0.14	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
GSport	0.31	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Apple Lisa[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
LisaEm	1.2.7	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
IDLE	r23	MIT (Permissive)	✓	TBD
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Macintosh line[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
68k
Basilisk II	1.0 R5	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Mini vMac	36.04	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	TBD
PCE	0.2.2	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	TBD
Ardi Executor	2.1.17	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
vMac	0.19	?	✗	✗
PowerPC
SheepShaver	03-12-2022 (Win) git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
QEMU	4.0.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD
PearPC	0.6.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
DingusPPC	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Apple iPod[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

iOS[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
touchHLE	0.1.2 Actions	MPL 2.0 (Permissive)	✓	~

SNK Corporation[edit]

Neo Geo and variants[edit]

Name	Latest version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	~	✓^{[N 15]}	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
FinalBurn Neo	stable WIP builds	✓	✓	✗	✓	Non-commercial	✓	✓
RAINE	0.96.12	✓	✓	✗	✗	?	✓	✓
FinalBurn Alpha	0.2.97.43	✓	✓	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	✓	✓	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
ares	v140	✓	✗	✗	✗	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✗
Kawaks	1.65	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
NeoRAGEx	5.4e	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Neo Geo Pocket[edit]

Name	Latest version	NGP	NGPC	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
ares	v140	✓	✓	✗	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
NeoPop	1.06b	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
vdmgr	0.2.6	✓	✓	✗	?	Proprietary	~
NeoGPC	1.1	✗	✓	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Commodore[edit]

Commodore 64 & 128[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
VICE (x64sc)	3.8	✓	Very high	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Denise	2.3	✗	Very high	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Hoxs64	1.1.2.6	✗	Very high	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VICE (x64)	3.8^{[N 16]}	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Emu64	git	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Micro64	1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719	✗	High	Proprietary	✓	~
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗
CCS64	V3.9.2	✗	High	Proprietary	✗	✗
Hyper64	1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✗	✗
MAME	0.270	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Frodo	4.2	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Commodore 65[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Hi65	v9	✗	BASIC 10 only	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
MAME	0.270	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Amiga Line[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
FS-UAE	3.0.5	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
WinUAE	5.3.0	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
WinFellow	0.5.11	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Denise	N/A	?	✓	✓	✗

x86 CPUs[edit]

Name	Latest version	8086*¹	286	386*²	486*³	Pentium*⁴	Pentium II*⁵	Celeron*⁶	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
86Box	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PCem	v17	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
VARCem	Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	✗	✗	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2	✓	✓
DOSBox-X	2024.10.01	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
DOSBox	0.74-3 SVN	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Bochs	2.8	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.270	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	~	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
QEMU	9.1.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓^{[N 17]}	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Sinclair[edit]

ZX81[edit]

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Relative Speed^{[N 18]}	Active	Recommended
ZEsarUX	11.0	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	110.9%	✓	✓
EightyOne (81)	1.40	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	114.3%	✓	✓
Spud81	0.221	✗	Proprietary	114.9%	✓	~
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based)	2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial)	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	100.0%	✗	~
MAME	0.270	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	Not tested	✓	✗
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine')	1.30b	✗	Proprietary	Not tested	✗	✗
No$ZX	2.0	✗	Proprietary	100.1% ^{[N 19]}	✗	✗
VB81	1.30	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	Not tested	✗	✗
VB81 XuR	1.30.3 (26/11/2019)	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	100.5%	✓	✗

ZX Spectrum line[edit]

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	License	Active	Recommended
EightyOne	1.40	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
FUSE	1.5.7	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Speccy	5.9	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	11.0	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.10-rc1	✗	MIT GPL	✓	~
Retro Virtual Machine	2.0.beta-1.r6	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
EMU (Russian)	1.01	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
ZX-Poly	2.3.0	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD

Acorn Computers[edit]

BBC Micro/BBC Master[edit]

Name	Latest version	BBC Micro	BBC Master	License	Active	Recommended
BeebEM	git	B, B+, M128	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
B-em	2.2, git	A, B, B+, M128, MC	MT, M512	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Model B	10-04-04	B, B+	✗	?	✗	✓
B2	git	B, B+, M128	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Electron[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
eek	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElectrEm	0.6c	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElkJS	git	?	✗	✗
Elkulator	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)[edit]

Name	Latest version	Atom	BBC Micro	BBC Master	Electron	License	Recommended
MAME	0.270	✓	A, B, B+, M128	?	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓
Pantheon	14.360	✓	✓	?	✓	Proprietary	✓

Archimedes[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Arculator	2.1	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
ArcEm	1.50	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Risc PC / A7000[edit]

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
RPCEmu	0.9.4	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.270	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Notes[edit]

↑ First ever release of Windows, was a graphical shell for MS-DOS see Emulators for DOS
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
↑ MAME core for Aleck 64 only.
↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
↑ At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
↑ Windows
↑ melonDS libretro core two versions out of date (still on 0.9.3), and the generation 5 Pokemons are broken. If you turn on C-Gear, after a few minutes you'll be unable to save. You also can't use any wifi features or do in game trades either or the game will freeze.
↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
↑ CI-Windows
↑ As of Version 0.251, NEC PC-8801MA, NEC PC-8801MH, and NEC PC-8801mkIISR, and the clones: NEC PC-8801FA, NEC PC-8801MA2, NEC PC-8801mkIIFR and NEC PC-8801mkIIMR have been promoted to working status and is considered playable
↑ Only libretro core is still active.
↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
↑ As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)
↑ Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure
↑ Supports the Conroe model.
↑ As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.
↑ After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.