Emulators on BSD
- 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
Contents
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
PlayStation
Name | Version | Plugins | FLOSS | libretro | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Pocket Station
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PlayStation Portable
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.17.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mircosoft
MSX series
Name | Latest version | MSX 1 | MSX 2 | MSX 2+ | TurboR | Accuracy | lib | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
openMSX | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple
Apple I
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Apple II Line
Name | Latest version | ][ | ][+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MicroM8 | Continuous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple /// Line
Name | Latest version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
LisaEm | 1.2.7 | ✓ | ~* | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68k | |||||
vMac | 0.19 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
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
Commodore 64 & 128
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VICE (x64sc) | 3.8 | ✓ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VICE (x64) | 3.8[N 7] | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Commodore 65
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
CLK | 2024-06-03 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Intel CPUs
Name | Latest version | 8086*¹ | 286 | 386*² | 486*³ | Pentium*⁴ | Pentium II*⁵ | Celeron*⁶ | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOSBox | 0.74-3 SVN |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Bochs | 2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
QEMU | 9.0.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[N 8] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sinclair
ZX81
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Relative Speed[N 9] | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | ✓ | 110.9% | ✓ | ✓ |
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based) |
2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial) |
✗ | ✓ | 100.0% | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ? | Not tested | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xpeccy | 0.6.20240621 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
DSP | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
fbzx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
JSpeccy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
B2 | git | B, B+, M128 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Electron
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
CLK | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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 | 0.266 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Archimedes
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ArcEm | 1.50 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Risc PC / A7000
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCEmu | 0.9.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Miscellaneous
Panasonic (3DO)
Name | Latest version | Libretro | Retro achievements | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
opera_libretro 4DO |
libretro core 1.3.2.4 |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 10] | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Phillips (CD-i)
Name | Latest Version | DVC | libretro | Retro Achievements |
FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Same CDi same_cdi_libretro |
libretro core | ✗* | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* |
GamePark Holdings
GP32
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
GP2X
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
IBM
System 370/390/z
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ only the core.