Emulators on Wii
Developer | Nintendo |
---|---|
Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Seventh generation |
Release date | 2006 |
Discontinued | 2013 |
Predecessor | GameCube |
Successor | Wii U |
Emulated | ✓ |
For information on how to make them run, please see the following: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/hacking-guide
Contents
Multi-system
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Virtual Console | N/A | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RetroArch | 1.19.1 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- WiiMednafen
- Emulates the following:
GameBoy/GameBoy Color GameBoy Advance Game Gear Lynx MegaDrive/Genesis Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Neo Geo Pocket PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx (Fast version) PC-FX Sega Master System Virtual Boy WonderSwan
WiiMednafen has not been programmed to work in PAL systems and it will have black bars on top and bottom of the screen leading to a sort of widescreen stretch effect. Double-strike mode (240p) will not work properly even on a CRT and regardless of the cables used.
Arcade
MAME
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLMAME Wii | 1.0 | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
SDLMAME | 0.125 | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Consoles
NES/Famicom
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FCE Ultra GX | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SNES/Super Famicom
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snes9x GX | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Snes9x RX | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Nintendo 64
Name | Version | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not64 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wii64 Rice | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD |
Wii64 | 1.1 | Mid | ✗ (Low Compatibility) | ~ (Low Compatibility) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
There's frequent hiccups and graphical glitches in most N64 games on either emulators. Tinkering with settings might help in some cases. (Source)
Nintendo GameCube
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nintendont | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
This requires a bit of explaining.
When the Nintendo Wii was launched, it introduced native backward compatibility with the GameCube, allowing memory cards and GameCube controllers to be used with GameCube games. This is widely known and it allowed Dolphin to support the Wii early in its open-source era. However, this compatibility was lost when Nintendo released newer models called the Wii: Family Edition (although the ports were merely stripped from the casing; the circuit board still contains the areas where the connectors would go, see Wikipedia's section on it) and the Wii Mini (which also lacks an SD card slot as well.) Also on the Wii U, the GameCube ports don't exist at all, only being offered afterward as a USB peripheral in order to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
However, homebrew developer FIX94 has developed an interpreter that allows all versions of the Wii (and the Wii U) that can run homebrew to read and run GameCube games, not only from a disc, but from SD cards and USB devices too. This comes with the added benefit that more controllers are supported past the normal GameCube ones, which makes it possible to play on consoles that don't have GCN controller ports.
Some notable features are the ability to use other controllers like the Classic Controller, Wiimote+Nunchuck, and some HID USB controllers, memory card emulation, playing TRIFORCE arcade games (after converted to an .iso), and recently Broadband Adapter emulation using the Wii's wireless communications.
SG-1000/Master System/Genesis/Sega CD/Game Gear
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Slowdown may occur when on 3D sections of Genesis games or 32X games.
Saturn
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yabause Wii | r2926 beta26 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
- Yabause Wii
- Extremely poor performance.
PlayStation
Name | Version | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiSXRX (port of PCSXR) | git | Mid | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
WiiSXR (port of PCSXR) | beta 3.2 | Mid | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
WiiSX | beta 2.1 | Low | ✗ (Low Compatibility) | ✗ (Low Compatibility) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PC-FX
Name | Version | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ~ (Slow) | ~ (Slow) | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Neo Geo CD
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NeoCD-Wii | 0.5 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Neo Geo
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GxGeo | r23 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Anything bigger than 25MBs won't load because the Wii doesn't have enough memory.
ColecoVision
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiColEm | 0.3 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Intellivision
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JzintvWii | 1.0.2 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
O2em | 1.0 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Atari 2600
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wii2600 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Atari 7800
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wii7800 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Vectrex
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
VectrexWii | 0.3 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Handhelds
Game Boy/Color/Advance
Name | Version | GB/GBC | GBA | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Enhanced mGBA | git | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Visual Boy Advance GX | git | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RIN Wii | 2008 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (Black Screen) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
WiiMednafen | git | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Virtual Boy
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS
Name | Version | DSi | GBA | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeSmuME Wii | r253 | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ (Very Slow/Low Compatibility) | ✗ (Very Slow/Low Compatibility) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Neo Geo Pocket
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WonderSwan
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari Lynx
Name | Version | Accuracy | Dolphin | Wii U | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiMednafen | git | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WiiHandy | 0.4 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Trojan LCD Game
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TrojanWii | 2008 (Archived, Auto-Downloads) | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Computers
DOSBox
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOSBox Wii | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FBZX Wii | v10 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Commodore 64
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frodo | 2.4.1 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Commodore 65
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
MSX
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
blueMSX-Wii | 1.0.3 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Apple IIe
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiApple | 0.0.7 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Commodore Amiga
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UAE Wii | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Atari 800/XL/XE/XEGS/5200
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WiiXL | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
CHIP-8
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chippy | pre-v2 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Atari ST
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatari Wii | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
NEC-PC 98 series
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neko Project II | 0.83 beta 6 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
NEC-PC 88 series
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
wii88 | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Amstrad CPC
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wiikuta | 0.98.8 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
VG 5000
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dcvg5k | 1.0 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Miscellaneous
ScummVM
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ScummVM | 2.8.1 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
KOF Flames Of Courage
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KOF Flames Of Courage V5 | v5f | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Super Mario War
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Super Mario War | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Grim Fandango
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grim Fandango interpreter | 0.2 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Road Fighter Remake
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Road Fighter Remake | 1.0 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Wolfenstein 3D
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wolfenstein_3D_Wii | 1.3 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |