Emulators on BSD
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- This page is about software on BSD Variants that emulates other hardware, like video game consoles.
- For software that can run BSD variants on other Operating Systems, see Hypervisors.
Release date | Original BSD 1978 |
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Discontinued | 1995 |
Successor | FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Other BSD descendants |
Emulated | Hypervisors |
Type | Operating System |
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Latest release | FreeBSD 14.0 OpenBSD 7.4 NetBSD 9.3 |
This list is currently taken from console specific pages. if you want to add to this list test emulators work on BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.) and add them to this list and add BSD to the console specific list of supported platforms
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest version | FDS | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
FCEUX | 2.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
QuickNES | git (libretro) | ? | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Version | Satellaview | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bsnes (Official) |
v115 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes) |
beta 10.6 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Snes9x | 1.62.3 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✗[N 1] | ✓ | ~ |
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
- ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
Nintendo 64
Name | Latest version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
Name | Latest version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 1] | ✓[N 2] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS
Name | Latest version | DSi | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
melonDS | 0.9.5 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SameBoy | 0.16.6 | ✓[N 3] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-05-31 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Sega
SG-1000
Name | Latest version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 4] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear
Name | Latest version | GG | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX[N 4] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✓ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Emulicious | 2024-05-31 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✗[N 5] | ✓ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X
Name | Latest version | CD | 32X | Pico | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX[N 4] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gens/GS | r7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DGen | 1.33 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GENS | 2.14 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
higan | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓(bsnes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Saturn / ST-V
Name | Latest version | ST-V | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Dreamcast / Naomi
Name | Latest version | Naomi | Atomiswave | Windows CE | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NEC
Sony
Mircosoft
Apple
SNK Corporation
Neo Geo and variants
Name | Latest version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[N 6] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Neo Geo Pocket
Name | Latest version | NGP | NGPC | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Commodore
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
- ↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
- ↑ As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)