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Revision as of 17:39, 5 February 2025

iOS
Developer Apple Inc.
Initial release iPhone OS 1.0 (2007)
Latest release / iOS 18 (2024)
This page is about emulators that run on IOS.
For software that emulates IOS on other hardware, see iOS emulators.

Outdated note: update info and links due to App Store rules change

Before diving in;
  • See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see more detailed comparisons and information about software emulators. Dedicated system pages provide more up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, and compatibility etc.
  • Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on iOS, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.

iOS

Multi-Systems

Name Latest version License Active Recommended
RetroArch App Store
Website
GPLv3 (Copyleft)
Delta App Store
git
AGPLv3 (Copyleft)
Ignited[1] git AGPLv3 (Copyleft) TBD
Provenance git BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)
Folium App Store
Website
GPLv3 (Copyleft) ~
Retroarch

Supported Consoles list

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
  • Game Boy / Game Boy Color
  • Game Boy Advance (GBA)
  • Nintendo 64 (N64)
  • Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
  • Sega Master System
  • Sega Game Gear
  • PlayStation 1 (PSX)
  • PlayStation Portable (PSP)
  • Atari 2600
  • Atari 7800
  • Atari Lynx
  • Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color
  • PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
  • WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color
  • MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
  • DOS (via DOSBox)
  • Commodore 64
  • ScummVM
Delta

Supported Consoles list

  • Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Nintendo 64
  • Gameboy / Gameboy Color
  • Gameboy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
Ignited

Supported Consoles list

  • Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Nintendo 64
  • Gameboy / Gameboy Color
  • Gameboy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
  • Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
  • Sega Master System
  • Sega Game Gear
Provenance

Supported Consoles list

  • SG-1000
  • Master System, Game Gear
  • Sega Genesis/MD, Sega CD, 32X, Sega Saturn
  • Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom Disk System
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Gameboy / Gameboy Color
  • Gameboy Advance
  • PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)
  • PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System / TurboGrafx-CD
  • PC Engine SuperGrafx
  • PC-FX
  • SNK Neo Geo
  • PlayStation
  • Bandai WonderSwan
  • Atari 2600
  • Atari 5200
  • Atari 7800
  • Atari Lynx
  • Atari Jaguar
Folium

Supported Consoles list

  • Gameboy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo 3DS

Eclipse

Eclipse is a web-based emulator for iOS devices. It supports classic Nintendo systems (NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA) as well as Sega Game Gear and Master System.

It's very easy to use since it doesn't require any third-party app store or jailbreak, instead the website can simply be added to the home screen from Safari. It also works offline. However, it doesn't have as many features as other emulators.

Sony

PlayStation 2

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Play! Automated Builds BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)

PlayStation Portable

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
PPSSPP App Store
Gold
Builds
GPLv2 (Copyleft)

Nintendo

NES (Famicom)

Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
Nesemu git High MIT (Permissive)
Gearnes git High GPLv3 (Copyleft)

Game Boy / Color

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
GearBoy git GPLv3 (Copyleft)
GBA4iOS 2.1 Proprietary
Game Play Color 2.3.6 Proprietary ?

Wii / GameCube

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Dolphin iOS 3.2.1
git
GPLv2 (Copyleft)

Nintendo DS

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
iNDS
(nds4ios derived)
git ?
NDS4iOS 1.3.5 Proprietary ~

Nintendo Switch

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Pomelo git GPLv3 (Copyleft)
Sudachi
git GPLv3 (Copyleft) ~

Sega

Saturn

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Yaba Sanshiro (Yaba三四郎) 2.1.2.0 GPLv2 (Copyleft)

MasterSystem / GameGear

Name Latest version SG-1000 Libretro Core License Active Recommended
GearSystem git GPLv3 (Copyleft)

Dreamcast

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Flycast Build GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~

Microsoft

DOS

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
iDOS git GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~ ~
nDOS git GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~

NEC

PC9801

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
NP2-iOS git ? ~

PC8801

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
XM8-iOS git ? ~


Motorola.

6609

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
my6609 1.2 Proprietary

Sinclair

ZX80/ZX81 & TS1000

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
ZX81 1.13.2 Proprietary

Apple Inc.

Macintosh 68k

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
Mini vMac latest GPLv2 (Copyleft)
BasiliskII 31/05/2020 ? ~

Apple llGS

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
ActiveGS git ?


Arcade

MAME

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
MAME4iOS git GPLv2 (Copyleft)

Programming based

Martin Magni

Name Latest version License Active Recommended
Fancade HTML51.12.4 Proprietary

Game Engine

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
OpenBOR-iOS git Non-commercial ~
Doom3-iOS git GPLv3 (Copyleft)

CHIP-8 / SCHIP

Name Latest version Libretro Core License Active Recommended
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator git 3.0 (Non-commercial) ~

Other

Will add to relevant sections later

iPadOS

IPOS is an iOS based operating system developed for the iPad line of tablet computers.

WatchOS

WOS is an iOS based operating system developed for the Apple Watch.

Nintendo

GameBoy Advance

Name License Active Recommended
GBA4Watch MIT (Permissive) TBD

GameBoy/GameBoy Color

Name Latest versions License Active Recommended
GIOVANNI WatchOS 5.2 fork
Original version
MIT (Permissive) TBD
PlutoBoy git GPLv3 (Copyleft) TBD

NES

Name Latest versions License Active Recommended
NESEmulator WatchOS 8 fork
Original version
MIT (Permissive) TBD

CHIP-8

Name License Active Recommended
Chip-8-WatchOS MIT (Permissive) !

See also

Emulators on other systems(edit)

  1. Ignited is a fork of Delta with a focus on more up to date and modern cores.