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Microsoft Windows

Developer	Microsoft
Latest release	/ Windows 11

This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.

Atari

Atari 8-bit family

Name	Latest Version	Models	XEGS	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Atari800	7.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Altirra	4.40	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Atari++	1.85	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	~
Pantheon	16.458	800, XE	✗	✗	Mid	✗	✓	~
Atari800Win-PLus	4.1	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	?	✓	✗	✗

Atari ST

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Hatari	2.6.1	✓	✓	✓	✓
Steem SSE	4.2.1	✗	?	✓	✓
ARAnyM	git	✗	✓	✓	✓
Gemulator	9.0	✗	?	✗	~
Steem Engine	3.2	✗	✓	✗	✗
SainT	2.40	✗	?	✗	✗
PCE/atarist	pce-20191006	✗	?	✓	✗
PCE-js	git	✗	✓	✓	✗
CaSTaway	0.9.2	✗	✓	✗	✗

Atari 2600

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Stella	7.0	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Pantheon	16.458	✗	High	✗	✓	~
PCAE	2.6 2.7	✗	High	✓	✗	~
z26	4.07	✗	High	✓	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	✓	✓	✗
Gopher2600	git	✗	High	✓	✓	✗
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Stellarator	git	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

Atari 5200

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Altirra	4.40	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Atari800	7.2.0	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
kat5200	1.0.2	✗	?	✓	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Jum52	git	✗	?	✗	✗	✗

Atari 7800

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
A7800	5.2	✗	High	✓	✓	✓
ProSystem	1.3 (Windows) git (libretro)	✓	?	✓	✗ ^{[N 1]}	✓
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

Atari Jaguar

Name	Latest version	AJ-CD	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Virtual Jaguar	2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro)	✗	✓	✓	✗ ^{[N 1]}	✓
MAME	0.289	~	✓	✓	✓	✗
Project Tempest	0.95	~	✗	✗	✗	✗

Atari Lynx

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
Handy	0.95	✓	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest Version	FDS	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mesen	2.2.1	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	✓
Nestopia UE	1.99.0	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
puNES	0.111	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
3dSen	[http://www.geodstudio.net This page is a candidate for deletion. The reason is: "Duplicate template, PC and VR have the same version" If you disagree with the candidate, explain why at the talk page or improve the page and remove the `{{delete}}` tag. Remember to check for any active links to the page and its history before deleting. ]	✗	✗	?	✗	✓	~
NintendulatorNRS	202105282224	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
FinalBurn Neo	WIP builds	✓	✓	?	✗	✓	✗
iNES	6.1	✓	✗	High	?	✓	✗
RockNES	5.80	✓	✗	High	✗	✓	✗
Gearnes	git	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✗
Nintendulator	0.985 Beta git	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
Nintaco	2020-05-01	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
My Nes	git	✗	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
higan	v110	✓	✓ (as bsnes v083)	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
ANESE	git	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	~	✗
nesemu2	git	✗	✗	Cycle	?	✗	✗
nemulator	6.0	✗	✗	High	?	✓	✗
cxNES	git	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✗	✗
FakeNES GT	0.59 b3	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✗	✗
FCEUX	2.6.6	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
FCEUmm	98.13mm (Windows) git (libretro)	✗	✓	Mid	✓	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
HDNes	git	✗	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
Jnes	1.2.1	✓	✗	Low	✗	✗	✗
QuickNES	0.7.0b1 (Windows) git (libretro)	?	✓	Low	✓	✗	✗
VirtuaNES	0.97	~	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
FreezeSMS	4.6	✗	✗	Low	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✗	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
Nin	git	✗	✗	?	✓	✗	✗
InfoNES	0.93	?	✗	?	✓	✗	✗

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Version	Satellaview	SNES-CD (Sony)	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
bsnes (Official)	v115	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes)	beta 10.6	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Mesen S	0.4.0	✗	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	~
Snes9x	1.63	✓	✗	✓	High	✗ ^{[N 2]}	✓	~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust)	1.32.1	✓	✗	✓	?	✓	✓	✗
nSide (forked higan)	git	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	✗
bsnes-classic (forked bsnes Qt)	git	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	✗
BizHawk (bsnes v087)	2.11.1	✓	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
lsnes	rr2-β23 git	✗	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
kindred (Super Sleuth PE)	1.11 Preview Build 6	✗	✗	✗	?	?	✓	✗
Mednafen (bsnes v059)	1.32.1	✓	✗	✓	High	✓	✓	✗
NO$SNS	1.6	~	✓	✗	Medium	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	✓	Low	✓	✓	✗
ZSNES	1.51	✗	✗	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
CATSFC	1.36	✗	✗	✓	Low	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo 64

Name	Latest Version	Plugins	Controller Pak	Rumble Pak	Transfer Pak	64DD	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
m64p (ParaLLEl)	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
m64p (Final GLideN64)	Final GLideN64	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
ParaLLEl	2.0-rc2	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓^{[N 3]}	✓	✓	✓
RMG	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Project64	3.0.1 Dev	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
ares	v148	✗	✓	~	~	✗	✗	✓	✓	~
CEN64	git	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	~
Mupen64Plus	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	~
Project64 Netplay	10/15/21	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
1964	1.1 (Official) 1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Larper64	0.4	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
UltraHLE	1.0	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Ryu64	git	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
R64Emu	git	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name	Latest Version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	~^{[N 4]}	✓^{[N 5]}	✓	✓	✓
Ishiiruka-Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	✗	~	✓	✓	~
Dolwin	1.8	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
Dolphin (Nintendo)	e2.8	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Wii U

Name	Latest Version	Compatibility	Amiibo	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Cemu	2.6	Medium	~	✗	✓	✓
Decaf	git	Low	✗	✓	✓	✗

Nintendo Switch

Name	Latest Version	Amiibo	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
yuzu	Nightly git	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ryujinx	Nightly git	✓	✓	✓	✓
NSEmu	git	✗	✓	✗	✗
CageTheUnicorn	git	✗	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo 3DS

Name	Latest Version	Amiibo	Open-Source	Libretro Core	Active	Recommended
Citra	Nightly	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vvctre	57.1.2	✗	✓	✗	?	✗
Corgi3DS	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
3dmoo	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
TronDS	1.0.0.5	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
LemonLime	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Nintendo DS

Name	Latest Version	DSi	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
DeSmuME	0.9.13	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
melonDS	1.1 Dev Builds	~	✓	✓	✓	✓
DeSmuME X432R	2015-04-19	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
GBE+	1.10	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)
medusa	alpha 2	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
CorgiDS	git SVN	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
ndsemu	git	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
No$GBA	3.06	~	✗	✗	✓	✗
NeonDS	0.2.1	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
dasShiny	git	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
DuoS	8/25/2012 Beta	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Ensata	1.4d	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
iDeaS	1.0.4.0	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
NooDS	git	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

Game Boy Advance

Name	Latest Version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.5	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✗	✗	✓	?	✓	✓	✓
VBA-M	2.2.3	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓
iDeaS	1.0.4.0	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗	✗
GBE+	1.10	✗	✗	✗	?	✓	✓	✗
VGBA	6.4	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	?	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
NanoboyAdvance	git	✗	✗	✓	Low	✓	✓	✗
No$GBA	3.06	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✗	✓	✗
BoyCottAdvance	0.2.8	✗	✗	✗	Low	✗	✗	✗

Pokémon mini

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
GBE+	1.10 ^{[N 6]}	✗	✓	✓	✓
PokeMini	0.6.0 git	✓	✓	✗	✓
minimon	2005:01:20	✗	✓	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
PokeKaMini	0.7.0	✗	✓	✗	✗

Virtual Boy

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓
VBjin	SVN r103	✗	✓	✗	✓
Rustual Boy	git	✗	✓	~	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
Planet Virtual Boy emulator	2019-03-27	✗	✓	✓	✗
Red Dragon	0.38 Final	✗	✓	✗	✗

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name	Latest Version	Game Link Support	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	1.0.3	✓^{[N 7]}	✓	✓	✓	✓
BGB	1.6.6	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Gambatte	r571	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.8.15	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✗	✗	✗	✓	~
higan	v110	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
mGBA	0.10.5	✓^{[N 8]}	✓	✓	✓	✗
VBA-M	2.2.3	✓	✓^{[N 9]}	✓	✓	✗
GBE+	1.10	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
VGB	6.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Pantheon	16.458	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
hhugboy	1.4.2	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗
UGE	1.0 beta 9	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
KiGB	2.05	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
TGB Dual	git	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
GiiBiiAdvance	git	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
MetroBoy	1.02	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

Game & Watch

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
DSP	0.24WIP3	✗	✓	✓	✗

Sega

Sega Model 1

Name	Latest Version	Active	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
Modeler	0.9.3a	✗	✗	✗	✗

Sega Model 2

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Model 2 Emulator	1.1a	✗	✗	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~

Sega Model 3

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Supermodel	SVN Builds	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗

SG-1000

Name	Latest Version	SC-3000	SF-7000	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX^[1]	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	~
higan	v110	~	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	~
Gearsystem	3.9.18	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
MEKA	2025-08-17	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗
vdmgr	0.2.7	~	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
CoolCV	0.6.9	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
TwoMbit	1.0.5	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
FreezeSMS	4.6	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Essgee	git	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

Master System / Game Gear

Name	Latest Version	GG	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^[1]	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	Very high	✓	✓	~
higan	v110	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	~
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✓	~
TwoMbit	1.0.5	✓	✗	Very high	✓	✗	✗
Gearsystem	3.9.18	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✗
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✗	High	✗	✓	✗
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✗	High	✗	✓	✗
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✗	Mid	✗	✗	✗
PicoDrive	2.05	✗^[2]	✓	Mid	✗	✓	✗
FreezeSMS	4.6	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
MEKA	2025-08-17	✓	✗	?	✗	✓	✗
SMS Plus	git	✓	✗	?	?	✓	✗
HiSMS	0.01 beta	✗	✗	?	✗	✗	✗
nemulator	6.0	✓	✗	?	✗	✓	✗
Essgee	git	✓	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name	Latest Version	CD	32X	Pico	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
BlastEm	1.0.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Exodus	2.1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
Genesis Plus GX^[1]	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✓	✗	✓	?	✓	✓
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
PicoDrive	2.05	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗
FinalBurn Neo	Stable WIP builds	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Gens/GS	r7	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
DGen	1.33	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
GENS	2.14	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
higan	v110	~	✗	✗	✓(bsnes)	✓	✓	✗
Megado	git	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Regen	0.972	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
AloneMD	1.0.2	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	?

Saturn / ST-V

Name	Latest Version	ST-V	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
SSF	PreviewVer R38	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Kronos	2.7.5	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yaba Sanshiro 2	[http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download This page is a candidate for deletion. The reason is: "typo in title" If you disagree with the candidate, explain why at the talk page or improve the page and remove the `{{delete}}` tag. Remember to check for any active links to the page and its history before deleting. ]	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Yabause	0.9.15	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Nova	0.6	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
Satourne	2.0 beta 3	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Saturnin	0.40	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
GiriGiri	0.6a	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Dreamcast / Naomi

Name	Latest Version	Naomi	Atomiswave	Windows CE	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
DEmul	v0.7 (2025/12/20)	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
redream	1.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Flycast	CI Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
reicast	CI Builds (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store)	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	~	✗
nullDC	1.0.4 r150	~	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Makaron	T12/5	✗	✗	~	✗	✗	✗	✗
Chankast	0.25	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	~	~	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗

Sega VMU

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
SoftVMS	1.10 (source only)	✗	?	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
ElysianVMU	0.2.0	✗	?	✗	✗
DirectVMS	1.8	✗	?	✗	✗
DreamVMU	0.1	✗	?	✗	✗

NEC

NEC PC-6000

Emulator	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC6001VX	4.5.0	✓	✓	✓
yaPC-6001	2018/12/27	?	✓	✓
PC6001V	2.1.4	?	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗
PC6001VW	310f	?	✗	✗

NEC PC-8800

Emulator	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE	200611	?	✓	✓
ePC-8001	1/1/2026	?	✓	✓
XM8	1.70	?	✓	✓
X88000	1.5.3	?	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗
pc8801ma	[http://nenecchi.kirara.st/php/dl.php?f=pc8801ma_190312.7z This page is a candidate for deletion. The reason is: "Wrong template, it's a PC model, not an emulator" If you disagree with the candidate, explain why at the talk page or improve the page and remove the `{{delete}}` tag. Remember to check for any active links to the page and its history before deleting. ]	?	✗	✗
Excite88	0.1.5.0	?	✗	✗
M88 (retropc.net)	2.2.1a	?	✗	✗
PC88WIN	1.14	?	✗	✗
W88	0.05	?	✗	✗
QUASI88	0.6.4 git(libretro)	?	✓(libretro)	✗

NEC PC-9800

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Neko Project 21/W	v0.86 rev92	✗	High	✓	✓	✓
Neko Project II kai	git	✓	High	✓	~	✓
Neko Project II	0.86	✗	Mid	?	✗	✓
Anex86	e1	✗	Low-Mid	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	✓	✓	~
SL9821	0.4.0.3	✗	High	?	✓	TBD
DOSBox-X	2026.08.02	✗	Low	✓	✓	~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx

Name	Latest Version	PCE-CD	SuperGrafx	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
Mednafen (PCE-Fast)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✓	✗	High	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	~	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	~
Turbo Engine	0.32	✓	✓	✗	High	?	✗	✗
MagicEngine	1.1.3	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✗	✗	✗
Ootake	3.06	✓	✓	✗	Mid	?	✓	✗
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x)	git	✓	✓	✗	Mid	?	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	Low	?	✗	✗
Neco	0.11	✗	✗	✗	Low	?	✗	✗
ePCEngine	8/12/2017	✓	✓	✗	?	?	✓	✗
FinalBurn Alpha	0.2.97.43	✓	✓	✓	?	✗	✓	✗
Hu-Go!	2.12	✓	?	✗	?	?	✗	✗

PC-FX

Name	Latest Version	GA	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	TBD	✓	Mid-High	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	~	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
MagicEngine-FX	1.1.1	TBD	✗	Low	✗	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	TBD	✗	?	✗	✗	✗

Sony

PlayStation

Name	Version	Plugins	FLOSS	Libretro Core	RIR	Accuracy	Active	Recommended
DuckStation	git	✗	✓	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
XEBRA	22/11/06	✗	✗	✗	✗	High	✓	✓
PCSX-R	PGXP(git) Windows	✓	✓	✗	✓	Plugin dependent	✗	✗
ePSXe	[http://www.epsxe.com/download.php This page is a candidate for deletion. The reason is: "imprecise, per-OS templates created since they have different versions" If you disagree with the candidate, explain why at the talk page or improve the page and remove the `{{delete}}` tag. Remember to check for any active links to the page and its history before deleting. ]	✓	✗	✗	✓	Plugin dependent	~	✗
PSXACT	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	High	✓	✗ (WIP)
Rustation	git	✗	✓	✓	✗	High	✗	✗ (WIP)
Avocado	git	✗	✓	✗	✓	Mid	✓	✗ (WIP)
pSX	1.13	✗	✗	✗	✗	Mid	✗	✗
NO$PSX	2.0	✗	✗	✗	✗	Mid	~	✗
hpsx64	v0490 (Alt)	✗	✓	✗	✗	Mid	✓	✗ (WIP)
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✗ (WIP)
Connectix VGS	1.4.1	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Bleem!	1.6b	✗	✗	✗	✗	Low-Mid	✗	✗
SSSPSX	0.0.34	✓	✗	✗	✗	Plugin dependent	✗	✗
Rustation NG	git	✗	✓	✓	✗	?	✓	✗ (WIP)
PCSX-Redux	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	?	✓	✗ (WIP)

PlayStation 2

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PCSX2	1.6.0 (stable) SVN	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	✓
Play!	Builds	✓	✓	✓	~
DobieStation	git Builds	✗	✓	✓	~
hpsx64	v0490	✗	✓	✓	✗
orbum	git	✗	✓	✗	✗

PlayStation 3

Name	Latest Release Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
RPCS3	0.0.42 Alpha^{[N 10]}	✓	✓	✓
Nucleus	git	✓	✗	✗
Short Waves	0.0.2	✗	✗	✗
PS3F	0.1	✗	✗	✗

PlayStation 4

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Orbital	git	✓	✓	✗
GPCS4	git	✓	✗	✗
PS4Delta	git	✓	✗	✗

PlayStation 5

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

Pocket Station

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
No$GBA	3.06	✗	Mid	✗	✓	✓
PK201	28/04/20	✗	Mid	✗	✓	✓
PKEmu	1.1 Private Beta	✗	?	✗	✗	✗
pockystation	git	✓ (git)	?	✓	✗	✗

PlayStation Portable

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PPSSPP	1.20.4	✓	✓	✓	✓
JPCSP	SVN	✗	✓	✓	✗
cspspemu	git	✗	?	✓	✗
jspspemu	git	✗	?	✓	✗
PCSP	0.5.5	✗	?	✗	✗
Potemkin	1.00 alpha	✗	?	✗	✗
PSPE	0.9b	✗	?	✗	✗

PlayStation Vita

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Vita3K	git	✓	✓	~

Google

Android

Name	Version	VM	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Genymotion	3.10.0	VirtualBox	High	✗	✓	✓
BlueStacks	5.22.130	QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)	High	✗	✓	✓
MEmu	9.5.3	VirtualBox	High	✗	✓	✓
LDPlayer	4.0.50.3	VirtualBox	High	✗	✓	✓
NoxPlayer	7.0.0.9	VirtualBox	High	✗	✓	✓
MuMu	1.1.0.2 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version)	VirtualBox	High	✗	✓	✓
Android x86	14.1-r5	VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc)	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Android Studio	4.0	QEMU	Low	~	✓	✗
Andy OS	0.47.226.1096.26	VmWare	High	✗	✓	✗
AMI DuOS	2.0.8.8511	VirtualBox	Mid	✗	✗	✗
ARC Welder (Google Chrome)	ARC 50.5021.602.0	Original	Mid	✗	✗	✗
ARChon (Google Chrome)	ARC 41.4410.238.0	Original	Mid	~	✗	✗
Droid4X	0.10.7	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
KoPlayer	2.0.0	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
LeapDroid	1.8.0	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
Peak App Player	1.2.5 Beta 2	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
SmartGaGa	1.1.646	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
Windroy	4.0.3	Original	Low	✗	✗	✗
Windroye	2.9.1	VirtualBox	Mid	✗	✗	✗
Xamarin Android Player	0.6.5	VirtualBox	Mid	✗	✗	✗
XePlayer	6.0.10	VirtualBox	High	✗	✗	✗
YouWave	5.11	VirtualBox	Mid	✗	✗	✗

Microsoft

MSX series

Name	Latest Version	MSX 1	MSX 2	MSX 2+	TurboR	Accuracy	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
openMSX	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✗	✓	✓	✓
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~	High	✓	✓	✓	✓
fMSX	6.0	✓	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✗	✓	~
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✓	~	~	High	✗	✗	✓	✗
MSXPLAYer (fMSX based)	MSX Game Reader (Commercial)	✓	~	~	✓	Mid	✗	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✗	Low	✗	✓	✗	✗

Xbox Classic

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators

Name	Latest Version	Sega Chihiro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
xemu	0.8.136	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	✓
Cxbx-Reloaded	git	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	~
XQEMU	git	~ (WIP)	✓	✗	✗
StrikeBox	git	✗	✓	✗	✗
Cxbx	git	✗	✓	✗	✗
Dxbx	0.5	✗	✓	✗	✗
Xenoborg	r19	✗	✓	✗	✗
Xeon	1.0	✗	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	~	✓	✓	✗

Xbox 360

Name	Latest Version	OS	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Xenia	git	Win7+	✓	✓	✓

Xbox Series X and Series S

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

Apple

Apple I

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Pom1	v1.0.0	✓	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~
CocoaPom (Java)	v0.1	?	✗	✗
Apple 1 Emulator	1.4	?	✗	?

Apple II Line

Name	Latest Version	][	][+	//e	IIc	//e Enhanced	//e Platinum	IIc Plus	IIGS	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AppleWin	1.32	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
MicroM8	Continuous	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
BizHawk (Virtu based)	2.11.1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

apple /// Line

Name	Latest Version	///	/// Revised	/// Plus	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Apple IIGS

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
KEGS	1.38	✓	✓	✓
GSplus	1.38.0	✓	✗	~
GSport	0.31	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗

Apple Lisa

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
LisaEm	1.2.7	✓	✓	✓
IDLE	r23	✓	✓	TBD
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗

Macintosh line

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
68k
Basilisk II	1.0 R5	✓	✓	✓
Mini vMac	36.04	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	TBD
PCE	0.2.2	✓	✗	TBD
Ardi Executor	2.1.17	✓	✗	✗
vMac	0.19	✓	✗	✗
PowerPC
SheepShaver	2.4	✓	✓	✓
QEMU	4.0.0	✓	✓	TBD
PearPC	0.6.0	✓	✗	✗
DingusPPC	[1]	TBD	✓	✗

Apple iPod

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

iOS devices

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

SNK Corporation

Neo Geo and variants

Name	Latest Version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~	✓^{[N 11]}	✓	✓	✓
FinalBurn Neo	stable WIP builds	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
RAINE	0.97.6	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
FinalBurn Alpha	0.2.97.43	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
ares	v148	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
Kawaks	1.65	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
NeoRAGEx	5.4e	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Neo Geo Pocket

Name	Latest Version	NGP	NGPC	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ares	v148	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NeoPop	1.06b	✓	✓	✗	?	✓	~
vdmgr	0.2.7	✓	✓	✗	?	✗	~
NeoGPC	1.1	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗

J2ME

Name	Version	Mascot Capsule 3D	Accuracy	VM	Derived from	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
KEmulator	1.0.3 git	✗	Mid	?	?	✗	✗	✓
Kahvibreak	Stable Dev	✗	Mid	Host JVM (FreeJ2ME)	?	✓	✓	✓ (WIP)
SJ Boy Emulator	Beta 4	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	~
SquirrelJME	0.4.0	✗	Aims for 100%	Custom (Java)	-	✓	✓	? (WIP)
Jademula	git	✗	Mid	?	?	✓	✗	✗
MicroEmu	git	✗	Mid	Host JVM	-	✓	✗	✗
MiniSoyo	1.0	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	✗
MidpX (NHAL)	1.0.1 midp2exe	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	✗
MPowerPlayer	2.0	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	✗
Midp-Emulator	1.31 git	✗	Low	?	?	✓	✗	✗
GameMagic S60	1.2.1	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	✗
N-GAGE Cool!	1.2.1 (Trial) ($)	✗	Low	?	?	?	✗	✗
Nokia SDKs	Part 1 Part 2 Part 3	✗	Mid	?	?	?	✗	~
Sony Ericsson SDKs	2.5.0.6	✗	Mid	?	?	?	✗	~
Siemens SDKs	Site 1 Site 2	✗	Mid	?	?	?	✗	~
Motorola SDKs	4.1 5.2.1	✗	Mid	?	?	?	✗	~
Motorola iDEN SDK	Mirror	✗	Mid	?	?	?	✗	~

Symbian and N-Gage

Name	Version	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
EKA2L1	0.1.0	Mid	✓	✓	✓
Engemu	git	None	✓	✗	✗
NGEmu	git	None	✓	✗ (see below)	✗
N-Gage COOL!	1.2.1 ($)	Terrible	✗	✗	✗

Commodore

Commodore 64 & 128

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
VICE (x64sc)	3.10	✓	Very high	✓	✓	✓
Denise	2.8	✗	Very high	✓	✓	✓
Hoxs64	1.1.2.9	✗	Very high	✓	✓	✓
VICE (x64)	3.10 ^{[N 12]}	✓	High	✓	✓	~
Emu64	git	✗	?	✓	✓	~
Micro64	1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719	✗	High	✗	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	✓	✓	✗
CCS64	V3.9.2	✗	High	✗	✗	✗
Hyper64	1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20	✗	Mid	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Frodo	4.1b	✗	?	✗	✗	✗

Commodore 65

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Hi65	v9	✗	BASIC 10 only	✓	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	✓	✓	✗

Amiga Line

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
FS-UAE	3.0.5	✓	✓	✓	✓
WinUAE	6.1.0 beta 6	✗	✓	✓	✓
WinFellow	git	✗	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
Denise	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

Intel CPUs

Name	Latest Version	8086*¹	286	386*²	486*³	Pentium*⁴	Pentium II*⁵	Celeron*⁶	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
86Box	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
PCem	v17	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓
VARCem	Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
DOSBox-X	2026.08.02	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
DOSBox	0.74-3 SVN	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bochs	3.0	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	~	~	✓	✓	✓	✗
QEMU	11.1.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓^{[N 13]}	✗	✓	✓	✗

Sinclair

ZX81

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Relative Speed^{[N 14]}	Active	Recommended
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✓	110.9%	✓	✓
EightyOne	1.41	✓	✓	114.3%	✓	✓
Spud81	0.221	✗	?	114.9%	✓	~
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based)	2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial)	✗	✓	100.0%	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	?	Not tested	✓	✗
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine')	1.30b	✗	?	Not tested	✗	✗
No$ZX	2.0	✗	✗	100.1% ^{[N 15]}	✗	✗
VB81	1.30	✗	✓	Not tested	✗	✗
VB81 XuR	1.30.3 (26/11/2019)	✗	?	100.5%	✓	✗

ZX Spectrum

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
EightyOne	1.41	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	✓
FUSE	1.5.7	✓	✓	✓	✓
Speccy	5.9	✗	✗	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	✓	~
Retro Virtual Machine	2.0.beta-1.r6	✗	?	✓	~
EMU (Russian)	1.01	✗	?	✓	~
ZX-Poly	[https://github.com/raydac/zxpoly This page is a candidate for deletion. The reason is: "duplicate template" If you disagree with the candidate, explain why at the talk page or improve the page and remove the `{{delete}}` tag. Remember to check for any active links to the page and its history before deleting. ]	✗	✓	✓	TBD
Xpeccy	0.6.20260804	✗	?	✓	✗
DSP	git	✗	?	✓	✗
fbzx	git	✗	✓	✓	✗
JSpeccy	git	✗	?	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
Spectaculator	8.0	✗	✗	✗	✗
UnrealSpeccyP	git	✗	✓	✓	✗
ZX4ALL	Beta 2	✗	?	✗	✗
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine')	1.30b	✗	?	✗	✗
#CSpect	2.12.5	✗	?	✓	✗

GamePark Holdings

GP32

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
GeePee32	0.44	✗	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~

GP2X

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

Acorn Computers

BBC Micro/BBC Master

Name	Latest Version	BBC Micro	BBC Master	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
BeebEM	git	B, B+, M128	✓	✓	✓	✓
B-em	2.2, git	A, B, B+, M128, MC	MT, M512	✓	✓	✓
Model B	10-04-04	B, B+	✗	?	✗	✓
B2	git	B, B+, M128	✗	?	✓	✗

Electron

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓
eek	git	✓	✗	✗
ElectrEm	0.6c	?	✗	✗
ElkJS	git	?	✗	✗
Elkulator	git	✓	✗	✗

Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)

Name	Latest Version	Atom	BBC Micro	BBC Master	Electron	FLOSS	Recommended
PC / x86
MAME	0.289	✓	A, B, B+, M128	?	✓	✓	✓
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✓	?	✓	✗	✓

Archimedes

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
Arculator	2.1	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗
ArcEm	1.50	✓	✗	✗

RISC PC / A7000

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
RPCEmu	0.9.4	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
↑ Available exclusively as a libretro core.
↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
↑ Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
↑ 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.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.

[active-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.

[noncomm-2] Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.

[3] Available exclusively as a libretro core.

[triforce-4] Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.

[5] Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.

[GBEplus-6] Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).

[sameboylink-7] SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.

[mgbalink-8] Pretty buggy but sometimes works.

[one-9] Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.

[12] The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.

[13] As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)

[x64-14] Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure

[conroe-15] Supports the Conroe model.

[RelativeSpeed-16] 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.

[NoCashSpeed-17] After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.

[GPGXLibretro-10] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).

[PicoDrive-11] The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.

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