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*[[UltraHLE]], released in January 26, 1999, was so good that angered Nintendo.
*[http://www.zophar.net/n64/Nemu64.html Nemu64], probably released in 2000, was one of the first N64 emulator that used plugin system that is still used by [[Project64]] and was used in early versions of [[Mupen64Plus]]. It is also known for its extensive debug features which any of newer emulators do not have.
===PlayStation 2===
*[[PCSX2]] started sometime in mid 2001,<ref>[http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-blog-The-History-of-PCSX2 The History of PCSX2]</ref> with its first release on March 23, 2002.<ref>[http://pcsx2.net/download/category/10-pcsx2-v0-026.html PCSX2 v0.026 Download]</ref> It was the first PS2 emulator boot games Dec 19, 2002 with release v0.1.<ref>[http://pcsx2.net/download/category/14-pcsx2-v0-1.html PCSX2 v0.1 Download]</ref>
*PS2Emu started development sometime in 2001, but its first and only release wasn't until May 6, 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040513005525/http://ps2emu.efx2.com/ PS2Emu site on archive.org]</ref>
*NeutrinoSX (nSX2) first released on Aug 23, 2002.<ref>[http://nsx2.emulation64.com/downloads.html nSX2 Downloads]</ref> It could boot its first commercial game on March 10, 2003.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030402125427/http://nsx2.emulation64.com/index2.html nSX2 site archive]</ref>
*[[Play!]] started development June 14, 2006.<ref>[https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/commit/0c5fb983fd69793334995054d41c81da54e580ed Play!'s initial Github commit.]</ref>
===Game Boy Advance===
:Came back after a long hiatus in 2014 with version 2.7 and is now more or less under development - 2.8a notably is the first emulator to include DSiWare emulation.
===Xbox 360===
*[[Xenia]] started development Jan 11, 2013 .<ref>[https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/7e4a9220d7781c4c641c47f89ffd177b55b7f9bb Xenia's initial Github commit.]</ref> It was the first emulator to run a commercial Xbox 360 game on Mar 24, 2014.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAk0_jidpA0 Xenia Xbox 360 Emulator: Frogger 2 first run on YouTube]</ref>
===PlayStation 3===
*[[RPCS3]] started development May 23, 2011.<ref>[https://code.google.com/archive/p/rpcs3/source/default/commits RPCS3's initial commit on Google Code]</ref> It booted its first commercial game March 6, 2014.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2yjoDdFIu0 Youtube video of RPCS3 running Arkedo Series - 02 Swap!]</ref>
*Short Waves first released Dec 30, 2013.<ref>[http://emuplace.com/news/novosti_ehmuljacii/244-short_waves_0_0_1_ehmuljator_ps3_ot_razrabotchika_inorirus.html Short Waves 0.0.1 release info]</ref> It was faster and could run more complicated tests than RPCS3 at the time of its release, but development stopped before running any commercial games.
*[https://github.com/AlexAltea/nucleus Nucleus] started development Aug 26, 2014.<ref>[https://github.com/AlexAltea/nucleus/commit/9042b530bcd92fc1989efecfa996841b67a84341 Nucleus's initial Github commit.]</ref>
===Wii===
===Nintendo 3DS===
* [[Citra]] was the first released 3DS emulator. Its first commit was on Aug 29, 2013.<ref>[https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/commit/8404376c6ba46433a3fe0ab81e029e39f85c6b65 Citra's initial Github commit.]</ref>. It was able to boot its first game, Ocarina of Time 3D, on Dec 13, 2014.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/2p6m3k/citra_3ds_emu_boots_first_commercial_game/ Citra 3DS emu boots first commercial game - reddit thread]</ref>.* [[3dmoo]] was started shortly after Citra, on Mar 19, 2014.<ref>[https://github.com/plutooo/3dmoo/commit/2c42353b7262a3d66483fbbccb83c12dcfe85594 3dmoo's initial Github commit.]</ref>.* TronDS's first version was released May 11, 2014.<ref>[http://trondsemu.byethost15.com/?i=1 TronDS changelog.]</ref>.
===Wii U===
* [[decaf]] was the first released Wii U emulator. Its first commit was on May 18, 2015.<ref>[https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu/commit/b121b9290c1eca5de0a2f43b5497c2ac6613c397 decaf's initial Github commit.]</ref>. However, it didn't run any games until Oct 28, 2015,<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/3qmcnm/decafemu_runs_a_game_now/ Decaf-emu runs a game now! reddit thread.]</ref>, a couple weeks after Cemu had released.* [[Cemu]] was first released Oct 13, 2015.<ref>[http://cemu.info/changelog.html Cemu changelog]</ref>. It was the first Wii U emulator that could run games. The developer has stated that work began on it around the end of 2013.<ref>[https://gbatemp.net/threads/question-about-wii-u-emulation.398838/page-4#post-5712397 gbatemp disscuion on Cemu.]</ref>.
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