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Multi -system emulators focus on emulating many different systems under one program. They can be focused on a single company's systems because of the similarity of the systems, or may have systems from many different companies.

To be defined as "multi-system" an emulator has to emulate two or more distinct systems. Although, for simplicity reasons in this wiki (not just this page), the term, "multi-platform", in the OS column fields can come to mean three or more covered platforms. For the purpose of this list, Addons Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system. The term 'multi-system emulator' can sometimes be confused with [[Frontends|frontend applications]]. placeholder text

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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="9"|Multi-company|-|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)</ref></br>[https://archive.org/download/mame-merged/mame/ {{MAMEVer}} (akatana and ddpsdoj unlocked)]<ref group=N>Akai Katana and Dodonpachi Saidaioujou removed at the request of the current rightholder, exA-Arcadia ([email protected]). https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/54899379258a7266db8d5bc6cda8b48169e67503</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|Thousands of electronics<ref>[http://www.mamedb.org/List.aspx www.mamedb.org's list] (Only shows the games covered, not systems)</ref>|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[Mednafen]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Wii|PS3}}<br/>{{Icon|GCWZero}}|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/releases Wii]<br/>[https://github.com/aaerox/mednafen-ps3 PS3]<br/>[https://github.com/gameblabla/mednafen-gcw GCW Zero]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|15|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[OpenEmu]]|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}|[http://openemu.org/ {{OpenEmuVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|35|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[BizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|30 (excluding the [[libretro]] cores)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[ares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|20|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[Delta]]|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 AppStore]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|6|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[ZEsarUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|22|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Pantheon]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|21|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|14|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|5|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|-|WinArcadia|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}|[http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 30.7]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|21|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|Xpeccy|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|14|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[Z64K]]|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}|[https://www.z64k.com/ {{Z64KVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|5|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[DSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 10|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|?|-|[[higan]] (火眼)|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{~}}|14|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]].</ref>|-|Wave|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://turbowarp.org/723002351/fullscreen?fps=60 V0.9.6]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8 (But you can import ROMs)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 50|?|{{✓}}|?|-|[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/ kindred]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/files/kindred1r12a.zip {{kindredVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|7|{{✗}}|{{✓}} |?|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.com/ Xe]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|18|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BSD}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129223043/http://www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[[rew.]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Windows9x}}|[https://wikiwiki.jp/emulator/rew. rew12stx]|{{✗}}|?|3|?|{{✗}}|?|-!colspan="9"|Nintendo

|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAMEDolphin]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android|XboxOne|Multi-platformSXS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://www.mamedevdolphin-emu.org/release.html download/ {{MAMEVerDolphinVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|style="text-align:center;"|Thousands{{✗}}<refgroup=N>mamedb[https://github.com/historydolphin-emu/dolphin/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+retroachievements+ work-in-progress], [https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12922&o=0 Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|3|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[RetroArchmGBA]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD|Android}}<br/>{{Icon|iOS|Pandora|Wii|WiiU|Switch|3DS}}<br/>{{Icon|Multi-platformVita}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|//mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[httphttps://buildbot.libretro.com/stablenightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://mgba.io/ downloads.html 0.10.2]|{{RetroArchVer~}}|{{✓}}]|style="text-align:center;"2|40*{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[MednafenGBE+]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Multi-platformmacOS}}|style="text[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-align:center;"plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]|[{{MednafenURL|releases/✗}} |{{MednafenVer✗}}]|style="text-align:center;"4|13{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|✓{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[OpenEmuNo$|No$GBA]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|OS XDOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://openemuproblemkaputt.orgde/ 2gba.0.1htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|style{{✗}}|{{✗}}|3<ref group="text-align:center;"N>[[No$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|29PocketStation emulation]].</ref>|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[ScummVM]]|style!colspan="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ 1.9.0]|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|✓Sega

|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawkKega Fusion]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideoswww.carpeludum.orgcom/BizHawkkega-fusion/ReleaseHistory3.html 64]|{{BizHawkVer✗}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|17 (excluding the Libretro cores)10|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|Pantheon[[PicoDrive]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Pandora}}<br/>{{Icon|GP2X|Gizmondo|PS2|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxOne|SXS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://bostjan-grandovecnotaz.gp2x.side/Contentpico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/News>[https://retroarch.htm 6.148com/?page=platforms libretro core]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|176|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Higan|higan]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|✗|}<nowiki>*</nowiki>official cores only, plus [[MAME]] ===Nintendo==={| class="wikitable"! scopecolspan="col8"|Name! scope="col"|Operating System(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]Sinclair

|style="text-align:center;"|[[DolphinEightyOne]](81)|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-platformWindows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[https://dolphinsourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-emu.orgsinclair-emulator/downloadfiles/ 5.0{{EightyOneVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|12|3{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|styleRetro Virtual Machine|align="text-align:center;"left|[[No${{Icon|No$GBA]]Windows|style="text-align:center;"Linux|WindowsmacOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://problemkaputtwww.deretrovirtualmachine.org/gba.htm 2.8b{{Retro_Virtual_MachineVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|3*{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|}}<nowiki>*</nowiki>No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation ===Sega==={| class="wikitable"2! scope="col"|Name{{✗}}! scope="col"|Operating System(s){{✓}}! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Kega Fusion]]|style!colspan="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|✓Commodore

|style="text-align:center;"|[[PicoDriveVICE]]|stylealign="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http:center;"|Multi//vice-platformemu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|1.80{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"6|5{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

 ==See also==* [[CategoryFrontends]]* [[Comparison of Emulator Frontends]] ==External Links==* [https:Consoles//github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers GitHub list of all covered 'drivers' (Systems & machines emulated) under the MAME group](Pretty crappy list. Only the first 1,000 drivers are shown there. The rest are omitted. Approximately 2250 drivers in all.)* [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/14mnu64/list_of_multisystem_console_emulators_on_windows/ List of multi-system console emulators on Windows]