Multi-system emulators
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. Although, for simplicity reasons in this wiki (not just this page), the term, "multi-platform", in the OS column fields can come to mean three or more covered platforms. For the purpose of this list, Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system.
Emulators
| Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | Libretro Core | # of Emulated systems | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-company | ||||||
| MAME | Multi-platform | 0.289 | ✓ | Thousands of electronics[1] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mednafen | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | 17 | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenEmu | macOS | 2.4.1 | ✗ | 35 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phoenix | Multi-platform | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | 5 | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | Windows | 2.11.1 | ✗ | 29 (excluding the libretro cores) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | Multi-platform | 13.0 | ✗ | 18 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Retro Virtual Machine | Windows, Linux, macOS | 2.0.beta-1.r1 | ✗ | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pantheon | Windows | 16.458 | ✗ | 20 | ✓ | ~ |
| higan | Multi-platform | v110 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ✗ |
| CLK | macOS, Unix-alikes | Template:Clkver | ✗ | 11 | ✓ | ✗ |
| Exodus | Windows | 2.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? |
| Nintendo | ||||||
| Dolphin | Multi-platform | 2606a | ✓ | 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| No$GBA | Windows, DOS | 3.06 | ✗ | 3* | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sega | ||||||
| Kega Fusion | Windows, Linux, macOS | 3.64 | ✗ | 10 | ✗ | ✓ |
| PicoDrive | Multi-platform | 2.05 | ✓ | 6 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sinclair | ||||||
| EightyOne | Windows | 1.41 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commodore | ||||||
| VICE | Multi-platform | 3.10 | ✓ | 6 | ✓ | ✓ |
*No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation
References
- ↑ www.mamedb.org's list (Only shows the games covered, not systems)
External Links
- GitHub list of all covered 'drivers' (Systems & machines emulated) under the MAME group (Pretty crappy list. Only the first 1,000 drivers are shown there. The rest are omitted. Approximately 2250 drivers in all.)