Emulators on Windows: Difference between revisions

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Microsoft Windows

Developer	Microsoft
Initial 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 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 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, compatibility, 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

Atari 8-bit family

Name	Latest version	Models	XEGS	libretro	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	✓	✗	?	✓	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	?	✗	✗	✗

Atari ST

Name	Latest version	libretro	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	✗	?	✓	✗
CaSTaway	0.9.2	✗	✓	✗	✗

Atari 2600

Name	Latest version	libretro	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	0.56.1	✗	High	✓	✓	✗
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Stellarator	git	✗	?	✓	✓	✗
VCS 2600	1.0	✗	Low	✓	✓	✗

Atari 5200

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Altirra	4.40	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Atari800	7.2.0	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
kat5200	1.0.2	✗	?	✓	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
Jum52	git	✗	?	✗	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2	✗	?	✗	✗	✗

Atari 7800

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
A7800	5.2	✗	High	✓	✓	✓
ProSystem	1.3 (Windows) git (libretro)	✓	?	✓	✗ ^{[N 2]}	✓
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

Atari Jaguar

Name	Latest version	AJ-CD	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Virtual Jaguar	2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro)	✗	✓	✓	✗ ^{[N 2]}	✓
MAME	0.289	~	✓	✓	✓	✗
Project Tempest	0.95	~	✗	✗	✗	✗

Atari Lynx

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
Handy	0.95	✓	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest version	FDS	libretro	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	✓	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓ (as bsnes v083)	Cycle	✓	✓	✗
ANESE	git	✗	✗	Cycle	✓	~	✗
nemulator	5.0	✗	✗	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	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
bsnes (Official)	v115	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes)	beta 10.6	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Mesen S	0.4.0	✗	✗	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	~
Snes9x	1.63	✓	✗	✓	High	✗ ^{[N 3]}	✓	~
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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
simple64 (ParaLLEl)	2024.12.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
simple64 (Final GLideN64)	Final GLideN64	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
ParaLLEl	2.0-rc2	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓^{[N 4]}	✓	✓	✓
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	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name	Latest version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	~^{[N 5]}	✓^{[N 6]}	✓	✓	✓
Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚)	Dev	✓	✓	✗	~	✓	✓	~
Pureikyubu (PlayCube)	1.8	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

Wii U

Name	Latest version	Accurancy	Amiibo	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Cemu	2.6	Medium	~	✓	✓	✓
Decaf	git	Low	✗	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo Switch

Name	Latest version	Amiibo	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
yuzu (柚子)	Nightly (Offline)git (Offline)	✓	✓	✗*	✓
Ryujinx (龍神X)	Nightly git	✓	✓	✓	✓
NSEmu	git	✗	✓	✗	✗
CageTheUnicorn	git	✗	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo 3DS

Name	Latest Version	New 3DS	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Citra citra_libretro	Canary Nightly libretro cores	~	✓	✗	✓
Panda3DS	0.9	~	✓	✓	~

Nintendo DS

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
melonDS	Dev Builds^{[N 7]} 1.1 libretro core^{[N 8]}	✓	✓	✓
DeSmuME	0.9.13 libretro core	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk*	Dev builds 2.11.1	✓	✓	~
No$GBA	3.06	✗	✓	~
GBE+	1.10	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)
NooDS	git	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)
mGBA/medusa	alpha 2	✓	~	✗ (WIP)
SkyEmu	Dev Builds v5	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)

Game Boy Advance

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.5	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
GBE+	1.10 ^{[N 9]}	✗	✓	✓	✓
PokeMini	0.6.0 git	✓	✓	✗	✓
minimon	2005:01:20	✗	✓	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
PokeKaMini	0.7.0	✗	✓	✗	✗

Virtual Boy

Name	Latest version	libretro	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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	1.0.3	✓^{[N 10]}	✓	✓	✓	✓
BGB	1.6.6	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Gambatte	r571	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.8.15	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✗	✗	✗	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
mGBA	0.10.5	✓^{[N 11]}	✓	✓	✓	✗
VBA-M	2.2.3	✓	✓^{[N 12]}	✓	✓	✗
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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
DSP	0.24WIP3	✗	✓	✓	✗

Sega

Sega Model 1

Name	Latest version	Active	libretro	FLOSS	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓
Modeler	0.9.3a	✗	✗	✗	✗

Sega Model 2

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Model 2 Emulator	1.1a	✗	✗	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~

Sega Model 3

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Supermodel	SVN Builds	~ (WIP)	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗

SG-1000

Name	Latest version	SC-3000	SF-7000	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 13]}	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	~
higan (火眼)	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	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 13]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	Very high	✓	✓	~
higan (火眼)	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	✗^{[N 14]}	✓	Mid	✗	✓	✗
FreezeSMS	4.6	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	Low	✓	✗	✗
MEKA	2025-08-17	✓	✗	?	✗	✓	✗
SMS Plus	git	✓	✗	?	?	✓	✗
HiSMS	0.01 beta	✗	✗	?	✗	✗	✗
nemulator	5.0	✓	✗	?	✗	✓	✗
Essgee	git	✓	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name	Latest version	CD	32X	Pico	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
BlastEm	1.0.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Exodus	2.1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 13]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✓	✗	✓	?	✓	✓
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
PicoDrive	2.05	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗
FinalBurn Neo	Stable nightly builds	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Gens/GS	r7	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
DGen	1.33	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
GENS	2.14	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✗	✗	✓(bsnes)	✓	✓	✗
Megado	git	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
Regen	0.972	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗

Saturn / ST-V

Name	Latest version	ST-V	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
SSF	PreviewVer R38	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Kronos	2.7.5	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
DEmul	v0.7 (2025/12/20)	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
redream	1.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Flycast	CI Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
reicast	r20.04 (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	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	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC6001VX	4.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✓
PC6001V	2.1.4	✗	✓	✓	✓
yaPC-6001	2018/12/27	✗	✗	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	✓	✗
PC6001VW	310f	✗	✗	✗	✗

NEC PC-8800

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE (ePC8801MA改SE)	210523	✗	✓	~	✓
ePC-8001	1/1/2026	✗	✓	✓	✓
XM8	1.70	✗	✓	✗	✓
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 15]} 0.289	✓	✓	✓	~^{[N 16]}
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro	libretro core 0.6.4	✓	✓	~^{[N 17]}	~
X88000	1.5.3	✗	✓	✗	✗
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	✗	✗	✗	✗

NEC PC-9800

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	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	0.289	✓	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	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 (火眼)	v110	~	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	~
Turbo Engine	0.32	✓	✓	✗	High	?	✗	✗
MagicEngine	1.1.3	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✗	✗	✗
Ootake (大竹)	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	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	Latest Version	Plugins	FLOSS	libretro	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	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	✗
SSSPSX	0.0.34	✓	✗	✗	✗	Plugin dependent	✗	✗
Rustation NG	git	✗	✓	✓	✗	?	✓	✗ (WIP)
PCSX-Redux	git	✗	✓	✗	✗	?	✓	✗ (WIP)

PlayStation 2

Name	Latest Version	libretro	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 18]}	✓	✓	✓
Nucleus	git	✓	✗	✗
Short Waves	0.0.2	✗	✗	✗
PS3F	0.1	✗	✗	✗

PlayStation 4

Name	Latest version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Orbital	git	✓	✗	✗
GPCS4	git	✓	✗	✗
PS4Delta	git	✓	✗	✗
fpPS4	git	✓	✓	~

PlayStation 5

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

Name	Latest Version	Hardware features and peripherals	Enhancements	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Kyty	git	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗

Pocket Station

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

PlayStation Portable

Name	Latest version	libretro	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	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 (千尋)	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 One

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

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	03-12-2022 (Win) git	✓	✓	✓
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

Name	Latest version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
touchHLE	0.1.2 Actions	✓	✓	~

SNK Corporation

Neo Geo and variants

Name	Latest version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~	✓^{[N 19]}	✓	✓	✓
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	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ares	v148	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NeoPop	1.06b	✓	✓	✗	?	✓	~
vdmgr	0.2.7	✓	✓	✗	?	✗	~
NeoGPC	1.1	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗

Commodore

Commodore 64 & 128

Name	Latest version	libretro	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 20]}	✓	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	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Hi65	v9	✗	BASIC 10 only	✓	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	✓	✓	✗

Amiga Line

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
FS-UAE	3.0.5	✓	✓	✓	✓
WinUAE	6.1.0 beta 6	✗	✓	✓	✓
WinFellow	0.5.11	✗	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✗
Denise	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗

x86 CPUs

Name	Latest version	8086*¹	286	386*²	486*³	Pentium*⁴	Pentium II*⁵	Celeron*⁶	libretro	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 21]}	✗	✓	✓	✗

Sinclair

ZX81

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Relative Speed^{[N 22]}	Active	Recommended
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✓	110.9%	✓	✓
EightyOne (81)	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 23]}	✗	✗
VB81	1.30	✗	✓	Not tested	✗	✗
VB81 XuR	1.30.3 (26/11/2019)	✗	?	100.5%	✓	✗

ZX Spectrum line

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	3.0.15.2	✗	?	✓	✗

Acorn Computers

BBC Micro/BBC Master

Name	Latest version	BBC Micro	BBC Master	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
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
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
MAME	0.289	✓	A, B, B+, M128	?	✓	✓	✓
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✓	?	✓	✗	✓

|Archimedes

Name	Latest version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Arculator	2.1	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗
ArcEm	1.50	✓	✗	✗

Risc PC / A7000

Name	Latest version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
RPCEmu	0.9.4	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✗

VTech

CreatiVision

Name	Latest Version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
cvemu (creatiVision emulator)	16.04.24 21.05.01 Preview (source)	✗	✓	~^{[N 24]}	✓
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 15]} 0.289 libretro core^{[N 25]}	✓	✓	✓	✓*
FunnyMu	FunnyMu 0.43 SDL	✗	✓	✗	✗
CvEmu2	0.6.1 (CvEmu2)	✗	✓	✗	✗

Socrates

Name	Latest Version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 15]} 0.289 libretro core^{[N 25]}	✓	✓	✓	~*

V.Smile

Name	Latest Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 15]} 0.289 libretro core^{[N 25]}	✓	✓	~*
V.Frown	git	✗	✓	✗

V.Flash

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

InnoTV

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

Miscellaneous

Panasonic (3DO)

Name	Latest version	libretro	Retro achievements	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
4DO	1.3.2.4	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Opera	libretro core	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	✗	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
FreeDO	1.9 beta	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Phillips (CD-i)

Name	Latest Version	DVC	libretro	Retro Achievements	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Same CDi same_cdi_libretro	libretro core	✗*	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓*
CD-i Emulator	0.5.3 beta 7 0.5.3 beta 4 (Patched)	~*	✗	✗	✗	✓	~
TinyCDi	2009-10-28	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
CeDImu	None (pre-alpha)	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗ (WIP)
CD-iCE	2001-08-20	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

GamePark Holdings

GP32

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
GeePee32	0.44	✗	✗	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~

GP2X

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

IBM

System 370/390/z

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Hercules	3.07	✗	✓	✓	✓
Sim390	1.7	✗	✗	✗	✗

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	✗	✗	✗

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	?	?	?	✗	~

This article is a never-ending list. It will always need updates and will likely have new content added to it on a consistent basis. Because of this, it can never truly be a finished article.

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 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.
↑ creatiVision commits
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)

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 |last-release = Windows 11 ('''2021''')
 }}
-This page is about emulation ''on'' '''Windows NT'''.
+{{For|emulators that run natively on Windows on ARM|Emulators on Windows/ARM}}
-:''For software emulates Windows, see [[Hypervisors]] and [[Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators]].''
+{{For|software emulates Windows|Hypervisors|Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators}}
-'''Microsoft Windows''' (A.K.A '''Windows''') are a series of operating systems which are currently 32-bit or 64-bit.<br>
+;This page is for emulation ''on'' '''[[wikipedia:Windows NT|Windows NT]]''', with [[wikipedia:X86|x86]] or [[wikipedia:X86-64|x86_64]] CPUs
-The current family / series of Windows operating systems by Microsoft being called '''Windows NT'''.<br>
-The two currently maintained Windows operating systems as of {{CURRENTYEAR}} are Windows 10 and Windows 11, the first release of Windows NT for consumers was Windows XP, released to retail October 25, 2001.
-;Emulators on other Microsoft operating systems
-* For emulators on MS-DOS, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#DOS|Emulators on MS-DOS]].
-* For emulators on Windows 95-ME, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_9x|Emulators on Windows 9x]].''
-* For emulators on 16-bit versions of Windows NT, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_NT|Emulators on Legacy Windows NT]].
-* For emulators Microsoft's mobile operating systems, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_CE|Emulators on Windows CE]], [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_Mobile|Emulators on Windows Mobile]], [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_Phone|Emulators on Windows Phone]].
-* For emulators on IBM and Microsoft's former collaboration operating system, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#OS.2F2|OS/2]]
-;Microsoft operating system history.
-:For a full list and timeline of Microsoft's DOS and Windows operating systems see: [[wikipedia:List_of_Microsoft_operating_systems#Time_line|Microsoft operating systems time line]].
-In 1982 Microsoft released [[Wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], with the first versions of windows (Windows 1.0-3.0) being [[wikipedia:Shell_(computing)#Graphical_shells|graphical shells]] for MS-DOS each version adding new features such as icons and media playback. In 1995 Microsoft started releasing Operating systems in the <abbr title="Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME">"Windows 9x" family</abbr>. The first version of [[Wikipedia:Windows NT|Windows NT]], Windows NT 3.1 was released in 1993 but only targeted businesses, Windows NT 3.5-4.0 likewise only targeted businesses.
-IBM and Microsoft collaborated to develop [[Emulators on OS/2|OS/2]] in the late 1980s; it was first released in 1987. The deal to develop the Operating system together ended with Microsoft leaving development to IBM with Microsoft and IBM not agreeing on how to position OS/2 with Microsoft's Windows.<ref Group=N>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2#1990:_Breakup OS/2 Breakup]</ref>
+'''[[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]''' is a series of operating systems by [[Microsoft]]. The currently maintained releases are [[wikipedia:Windows 10|Windows 10]] & [[wikipedia:Windows 11|11]].
 ;Before diving in;
-;*This list shows the latest versions of the emulator software. If you have an older Windows Operating system and the latest version does not support it, some emulators will keep archives of older versions that might. Check out their website. 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. Most emulators that target the Microsoft Windows only target the latest version of Windows (currently Windows 10/11), Emulators such as PCSX2, RPCS3 and Dolphin require Windows 10 or higher. See [[Computer_specifications#Recommended_Specifications|this page]].
+;*This list only shows the latest versions, and currently recommended emulation software, if you have are an older Windows version, see the [[#See_Also|see also]] section
-;*See each Wiki Category [[:Category:Consoles|Consoles]], [[:Category:Computers|Computers]] and [[:Category:Arcade|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.
+;* 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.
-;*Some games have [[Game engine recreations and source ports]] that run on Windows, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
+;* Note that game compatibility can be lower in emulators for lower system requirements.
-;*While the emulators on this page will run on Windows on ARM64 under emulation, emulators with native ARM64 builds for Windows are listed [[Emulators on Windows/ARM|here]]
+;*See each Wiki Category [[:Category:Consoles|Consoles]], [[:Category:Computers|Computers]] and [[:Category:Arcade|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, compatibility, 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==
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 ==See Also==
 * [[Computer_specifications#Recommended_Specifications|Recommended Specifications for emulators]]
-* [[Emulators_on_Legacy_systems#Windows_9x|Emulators on Windows 9x]]
+<small>Chronological order by first release</small>.
-[[Category:Emulators by operating system]]
+* For emulators on [[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#DOS|Emulators on MS-DOS]].
+* For emulators on IBM/Microsoft's [[wikipedia:OS2|OS/2]] OS, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#OS.2F2|OS/2]].
+* for emulators on [[wikipedia:Windows 3.x|Windows 3.x]], see [[Emulators_on_Legacy_systems#Windows_3.x|Windows 3.x]].
+* For emulators on [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 95]] and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows ME]], see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_9x|Emulators on Windows 9x]].
+* For emulators on enterprise versions of Windows NT, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Enterprise_Windows_NT|Emulators on enterprise Windows NT]].
+* For emulators on previous Consumer versions of Windows NT, see [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Consumer_Windows_NT|Emulators on consumer Windows NT]].
+<small>Mobile operating systems</small>
+* For emulators on Mobile OSes by Microsoft, see Emulators on [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_CE|Windows CE]], [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_Mobile|Windows Mobile]], and [[Emulators on Legacy systems#Windows_Phone|Windows Phone]].

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