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. For the purpose of this list, Addons (eg. Sega CD, 32x) are not counted as a separate system.
Emulators
Multi-company
Name
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Operating System(s)
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Latest Version
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# of Emulated systems
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Recommended
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RetroArch
|
Multi-Platform
|
0.9.9
|
18*
|
✓
|
Mednafen
|
Multi-Platform
|
0.9.28-WIP
|
13
|
✓
|
OpenEmu
|
OS X
|
?
|
9
|
✓
|
BizHawk
|
Windows
|
1.4.1
|
12
|
✗
|
MAME
|
Multi-Platform
|
0.149
|
|
|
MESS
|
Multi-Platform
|
0.149
|
|
|
*official cores only
Nintendo
Name
|
Operating System(s)
|
Latest Version
|
# of Emulated systems
|
Recommended
|
Higan
|
Windows, Linux
|
0.92
|
6
|
✗
|
No$GBA
|
|
|
|
✗
|
Dolphin
|
|
|
|
|
Sega
Name
|
Operating System(s)
|
Latest Version
|
# of Emulated systems
|
Recommended
|
Kega Fusion
|
Windows, Linux, OS X
|
3.64
|
8
|
✓
|
PicoDrive
|
Multi-Platform
|
1.80
|
5
|
✓
|
NEC
Name
|
Operating System(s)
|
Latest Version
|
# of Emulated systems
|
Recommended
|
MagicEngine
|
|
|
3
|
✗
|