Emulators on Linux
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| Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux | |
| Developer | Community contributors Linus Torvalds |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 17, 1991 |
| Emulated | ✓ |
- This page is about software on Linux that emulates other hardware, like video game consoles.
- For software that can run Linux on other Operating Systems, see Hypervisors.
Linux is a family of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Operating systems using the Linux kernel are commonly called Linux distributions (distro).
- Emulators on Linux
Due to the overlap with the technical and open source communities, the majority of emulators in existence will have Linux versions available. The commercial success of the Steam Deck has also contributed heavily to consumer demand for native emulators on Linux.
- Before diving in;
- If you're on a Steam Deck, you should probably use EmuDeck which is an installation script that helps you get started with emulation. It is not an all-in-one solution like some other software; instead, it strives to provide the best possible official options to you, set up and ready to go.
- See the Linux guide for emulators for Distro specific instructions
- See the Recommended Linux distributions.
- See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see provided up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, compatibility and also enhancements features etc.
- Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on Linux, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
Atari
editAtari 8-bit family
edit| Name | Latest version | Models | XEGS | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari800 | 7.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Atari++ | 1.85 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | TPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE |
✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Atari ST
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatari | 2.6.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Steem SSE | 4.2.1 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ARAnyM | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Steem Engine | 3.2 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| PCE/atarist | pce-20191006 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| CaSTaway | 0.9.2 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 2600
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella | 7.0 | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| z26 | 4.07 | ✗ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
| Gopher2600 | 0.56.1 | ✗ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| CLK | 2026-07-23 | ✗ | Mid | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari800 | 7.2.0 | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| kat5200 | 1.0.2 | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| Jum52 | git | ✗ | ? | Custom (Source-available) | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 7800
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| A7800 | 5.2 | ✗ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ProSystem | git (libretro) | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ [note 1] | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
Atari Jaguar
edit| Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BigPEmu | 1.221 | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
| Virtual Jaguar | 2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ [note 1] | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 |
✓ | ✓ |
| Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | zlib License (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo
editNintendo Entertainment System
edit| Name | Latest version | FDS | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesen | 2.2.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nestopia UE | 1.99.0 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3dSen | 1.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
| FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
| iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gearnes | git | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ (as bsnes v083) | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| ANESE | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT (Permissive) | ~ | ✗ |
| cxNES | git | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| FCEUX | 2.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| QuickNES | git (libretro) | ? | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| TetaNES | 0.17.0 | ? | ? | ? | Apache 2.0 (Permissive) MIT (Permissive) |
✓ | ? |
| Nestalgia | 0.31.0 | ? | ? | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
edit| Name | Version | Satellaview | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bsnes (Official) |
v115 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| bsnes-hd (forked bsnes) |
beta 10.6 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| SUPER ZSNES | 0.300 | ? | ✗ | High | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mesen S | 0.4.0 | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
| Snes9x | 1.63 | ✓ | ✓ | High | Non-commercial | ✓ | ~ |
| Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| BizHawk (bsnes v087) | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
| Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| ZSNES | 1.51 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | Non-commercial GPLv2 |
✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 64
edit| Name | Latest version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple64 (ParaLLEl) | 2024.12.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| simple64 (Final GLideN64) | Final GLideN64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
| RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ares | v148 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
| CEN64 | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
| Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
edit| Name | Latest version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[note 2] | ✓[note 3] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚) | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| Pureikyubu (PlayCube) | 1.8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | CC0 1.0 (Public domain equivalent) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Lazuli | Nightly releases | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gecko | Releases | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Wii U
edit| Name | Latest version | Accurancy | Amiibo | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemu | 2.6 | Medium | ~ | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Decaf | git | Low | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch
edit| Name | Latest version | Amiibo | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yuzu (柚子) | Nightly (Offline) git (Offline) | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗* | ✓ |
| Ryujinx (龍神X) | 1.1.1403‡ ryujinx-mirror builds LDN builds‡ custom build for revived SMB35 |
✓ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo 3DS
edit| Name | Latest version | Amiibo | License | libretro | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citra | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS
edit| Name | Latest version | DSi | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSmuME | 0.9.13 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| melonDS | 1.1 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy Advance
edit| Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mGBA | 0.10.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gearboy | 3.8.15 | ? | ? | ✓ | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| VBA-M | 2.2.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| NanoBoyAdvance | 1.8.3 | ? | ? | ✗ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD |
Pokémon mini
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBE+ | 1.10 [note 4] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| PokeMini | 0.6.0 git | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Boy
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | Dual licensed (Permissive) (Apache 2.0 or MIT) | ~ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| Planet Virtual Boy emulator | 2019-03-27 | ✗ | zlib License (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Red Dragon | 0.38 Final | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
edit| Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SameBoy | 1.0.3 | ✓[note 5] | ✓ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
| BGB | 1.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gearboy | 3.8.15 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
| Emulicious | 2026-03-19 | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
Game & Watch
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| DSP | 0.24WIP3 | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega
editSega Model 1
edit| Name | Latest version | Active | libretro | License | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| Modeler | 0.9.3a | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Sega Model 2
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Sega Model 3
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermodel | SVN Builds | ~ (WIP) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
SG-1000
edit| Name | Latest version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MasterGear | 4.9.10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
| Genesis Plus GX[note 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✓ | ~ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
| Gearsystem | 3.9.18 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 |
✗ | ✗ |
| MEKA | 2025-08-17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
| CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
| TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear
edit| Name | Latest version | GG | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Plus GX[note 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✓ | Very high | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| Emulicious | 2026-03-19 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | MIT GPL |
✓ | ~ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | GPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
| Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
| TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gearsystem | 3.9.18 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MasterGear | 4.9.10 | ✓ | ✗ | High | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
| PicoDrive | 2.05 | ✗[note 7] | ✓ | Mid | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X
edit| Name | Latest version | CD | 32X | Pico | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlastEm | 1.0.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Genesis Plus GX[note 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
| PicoDrive | 2.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
| FinalBurn Neo | Stable nightly builds | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| Gens/GS | r7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| DGen | 1.33 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
| GENS | 2.14 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓(bsnes) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Megado | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Regen | 0.972 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Saturn / ST-V
edit| Name | Latest version | ST-V | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kronos | 2.7.5 | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎2) | 2.12.0 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| erings | 0.4.3 | ? | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
Dreamcast / NAOMI
edit| Name | Latest version | NAOMI | Atomiswave | Windows CE | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flycast | CI Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| redream | 1.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| DEmul | v0.7 (2025/12/20) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
| reicast | r20.04 (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store) |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 LGPLv2.1 |
~ | ✗ |
| nullDC | 2.0.0-pre | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
| lxdream-nitro | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DreamPotato | v0.3.1 | ? | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
| VeMUlator_libretro | Nightly | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| ElysianVMU | 0.2.0 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC
editNEC PC-6000
edit| Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC6001VX | 4.5.0 | ✗ | LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
NEC PC-8800
edit| Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XM8 | 1.70 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | git artifacts[note 8] 0.289 |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~[note 9] |
| QUASI88 quasi88_libretro |
libretro core 0.6.4 |
✓ | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ~[note 10] | ~ |
| X88000 | 1.5.3 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC PC-9800
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改) | git | ✓ | High | ? | ~ | ✓ |
| Neko Project II (猫Project II) | 0.86 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
| DOSBox-X | 2026.08.02 | ✗ | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx
edit| Name | Latest version | PCE-CD | SuperGrafx | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen (PCE-Accurate) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| Mednafen (PCE-Fast) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| Geargrafx | 1.7.22 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
| jgenesis | 0.14.1 | ? | ? | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? | |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hu-Go! | 2.12 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✗ | ✗ |
PC-FX
edit| Name | Latest version | GA | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | TBD | ✓ | Mid-High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| MagicEngine-FX | 1.1.1 | TBD | ✗ | Low | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xe | 2.16.2 | TBD | ✗ | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Sony
editPlayStation
edit| Name | Latest Version | Plugins | License | libretro | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuckStation | git | ✗ | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Non-commercial) | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
| PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| Rustation NG | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| PCSX-R | PGXP(git) |
✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin-dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
| ePSXe | 2.0.5 | ✓ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin-dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
| Rustation | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ |
| Avocado | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Mid | ~ | ✗ |
| pSX | 1.13 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 2
edit| Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCSX2 | 2.8.2 (stable) SVN |
~ (WIP) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play! | Builds | ✓ | BSD-2-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
| DobieStation | git Builds |
✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Iris | 0.20-alpha | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
PlayStation 3
edit| Name | Latest Release Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPCS3 | 0.0.42 Alpha[note 11] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nucleus | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4
edit| Name | Latest Release Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shadPS4 | 0.18.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| RPCSX | git | {Green}} GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗(WIP) |
| Obliteration | git | MIT Apache 2.0 |
✓ | ✗(WIP) |
| Orbital | git | MIT (Permissive) | ~ | ✗ |
| Spine | 2022-05-17 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 5
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Pocket Station
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
PlayStation Portable
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPSSPP | 1.20.4 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita3K | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Android
edit| Name | Version | Backend[note 12] | Compatibility | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android x86 | Bliss OS 8.1-r6 |
entire OS though installable to VM through Hypervisor |
Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~ | ~ |
| Genymotion | 3.10.0 | VirtualBox | Mid-High | Proprietary | ✓ | ~[note 13] |
| Waydroid | git | wine-like approach | Low | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| KMRE | 2.4.6.8? | docker | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| Android Studio | 4.0 | QEMU | Low | Source-available | ✓ | ✗ |
| Andy OS | 0.47.226.1096.26 | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
| Anbox | git | wine-like approach | Low | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft
editMSX series
edit| Name | Latest version | MSX 1 | MSX 2 | MSX 2+ | TurboR | Accuracy | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openMSX | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2) |
✗ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | GPL
(Copyleft) |
✓ | ? |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Original Xbox
edit| Name | Latest version | Sega Chihiro (千尋) | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xemu | 0.8.136 | ~ (WIP) | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| XQEMU | git | ~ (WIP) | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| StrikeBox | git | ✗ | BSD-2-Clause (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia Canary | Git | BSD-3-Clause (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD |
Xbox One
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Xbox Series X and Series S
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Multi-system
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jgenesis | 0.14.1 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
Apple
editApple I
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pom1 | v1.0.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Apple II Line
edit| Name | Latest version | ] [ | ] [+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| LinApple | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MicroM8 | Continuous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple /// Line
edit| Name | Latest version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEGS | 1.38 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| GSplus | 1.38.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
| GSport | 0.31 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LisaEm | 1.2.7 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~* | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68k | |||||
| Basilisk II | 1.0 R5 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Mini vMac | 36.04 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | TBD | |
| PCE | 0.2.2 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD | |
| Ardi Executor | 2.1.17 | MIT (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ | |
| vMac | 0.19 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | |
| PowerPC | |||||
| SheepShaver | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| QEMU | 4.0.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD | |
| PearPC | 0.6.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ | |
| DingusPPC | [1] | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ | |
Apple iPod
edit| Name | Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu-ios | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD |
iOS
edit| Name | Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu-t8030 | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD |
SNK Corporation
editNeo Geo and variants
edit| Name | Latest version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[note 14] | GPLv2 Copyleft |
✓ | ✓ |
| FinalBurn Neo | stable WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
| RAINE | 0.97.6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xe | 2.16.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
| ares | v148 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
| GnGeo | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ✗ |
Neo Geo Pocket
edit| Name | Latest version | NGP | NGPC | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| ares | v148 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Coleco
editColecoVision
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearcoleco | 1.7.0 | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | GPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
Commodore
editCommodore 64 & 128
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICE (x64sc) | 3.10 | ✓ | Very high | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Denise | 2.8 | ✗ | Very high | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| VICE (x64) | 3.10 [note 15] | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| Emu64 | 5.2.0 | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| Frodo | 4.2 | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore 65
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Amiberry | 8.3.0 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 Copyleft |
✓ | ✗ |
| Denise | 2.3 | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
x86 CPUs
edit| Name | Latest version | 8086 | 286 | 386 | 486 | Pentium | Pentium II | Celeron | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86Box | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| PCem | v17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
| DOSBox-X | 2026.08.02 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| DOSBox | 0.74-3 SVN |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bochs | 3.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| QEMU | 11.1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[note 16] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| MartyPC | v0.4.1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ? |
Sinclair
editZX81
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Relative Speed[note 17] | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | GPL (Copyleft) | 110.9% | ✓ | ✓ |
| SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based) |
2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial) |
✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | 100.0% | ✗ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
Not tested | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX Spectrum
edit| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | GPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ~ |
| Retro Virtual Machine | 2.0.beta-1.r6 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
| ZX-Poly | 2.4.0 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD |
| Xpeccy | 0.6.20260804 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
| DSP | git | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
| fbzx | git | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
| JSpeccy | 1.0.2 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| ZX4ALL | Beta 2 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Acorn Computers
editBBC Micro/BBC Master
edit| Name | Latest version | BBC Micro | BBC Master | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-em | 2.2, git | A, B, B+, M128, MC | MT, M512 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| B2 | git | B, B+, M128 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Electron
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLK | git | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
| eek | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| ElectrEm | 0.6c | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| ElkJS | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Elkulator | git | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)
edit| Name | Latest version | Atom | BBC Micro | BBC Master | Electron | License | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Archimedes
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arculator | 2.1 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
| ArcEm | 1.50.2 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Risc PC / A7000
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPCEmu | 0.9.5 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
VTech
editCreatiVision
edit| Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvemu (creatiVision emulator) | 21.05.01 Preview (source)
16.04.24 (windows) |
✗ | Non-commercial | ~[note 18] | ✓ |
| MAME | git artifacts[note 8] 0.289 libretro core[note 19] |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓* |
| FunnyMu | FunnyMu 0.43 SDL | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
| CvEmu2 | 0.6.1 (CvEmu2) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Socrates
edit| Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | git artifacts[note 8] 0.289 libretro core[note 19] |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~* |
V.Smile
edit| Name | Latest Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | git artifacts[note 8] 0.289 libretro core[note 19] |
GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~* |
| Unununium | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
V.Flash
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
InnoTV
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Miscellaneous
editPanasonic (3DO)
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | Retro achievements | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4DO | 1.3.2.4 | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
| Opera | libretro core | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
| 3d'oh | SVN | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Phillips (CD-i)
edit| Name | Latest Version | DVC | libretro | Retro Achievements |
License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same CDi same_cdi_libretro |
libretro core | ✗* | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓* |
| CeDImu | None (pre-alpha) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| CD-iCE | 2001-08-20 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
GamePark Holdings
editGP32
edit| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
GP2X
editTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
IBM
editSystem 370/390/z
edit| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | Q Public License | ✓ | ✓ |
Symbian and N-Gage
edit| Name | Version | Accuracy | Retro Achievements |
License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKA2L1 | git | Mid | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ~ | ✓ |
J2ME
edit| Name | Version | Mascot Capsule 3D | Accuracy | VM | Derived from | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahvibreak | Stable Dev |
✗ | Mid | Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) | ? | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ (WIP) |
| SquirrelJME | 0.4.0 | ✗ | Aims for 100% | Custom (Java) | - | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? (WIP) |
| MicroEmu | git | ✗ | Mid | Host JVM | - | LGPLv2.1 Apache 2.0) |
✗ | ✗ |
| MPowerPlayer | 2.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
| N-GAGE Cool! | 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Notes
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
- ↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
- ↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 CI-Linux
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The backend column describes what backend technology used mainly (VM, AOSP or an actual OS etc). Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes need the user to install Oracle VM VirtualBox, but usually you don't need to install manually. Hardware-assisted virtualization feature must be turned for VM backends due to performance reasons. Keep in mind that you should turn off Hyper-V windows feature if emulator uses type-2 hypervisor (VirtualBox or VMware) due to conflict issue, although some emulators (like BlueStacks) provide special Hyper-V build for this.
- ↑ Bloatware
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ creatiVision commits
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)