Emulators on Windows
| Developer | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Latest release | / Windows 11 |
This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.
Atari
Atari 8-bit family
| Name | Latest Version | Models | XEGS | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari800 | 7.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Altirra | 4.40 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Atari++ | 1.85 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE |
✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | 800, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| Atari800Win-PLus | 4.1 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari ST
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatari | 2.6.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Steem SSE | 4.2.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| ARAnyM | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gemulator | 9.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| Steem Engine | 3.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SainT | 2.40 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| PCE/atarist | pce-20191006 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| PCE-js | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CaSTaway | 0.9.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 2600
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella | 7.0 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| PCAE | 2.6 2.7 |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| z26 | 4.07 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gopher2600 | git | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| EMU7800 | 5.7.0.0 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altirra | 4.40 | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Atari800 | 7.2.0 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| kat5200 | 1.0.2 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Jum52 | git | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 7800
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A7800 | 5.2 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ProSystem | 1.3 (Windows) git (libretro) |
✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ [N 1] | ✓ |
| EMU7800 | 5.7.0.0 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari Jaguar
| Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Virtual Jaguar | 2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ [N 1] | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Project Tempest | 0.95 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
| Name | Latest Version | FDS | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesen | 2.2.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nestopia UE | 1.99.0 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| NintendulatorNRS | 202105282224 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| RockNES | 5.80 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gearnes | git | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Nintendulator | 0.985 Beta git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Nintaco | 2020-05-01 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| My Nes | git | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ (as bsnes v083) | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ANESE | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
| nesemu2 | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| nemulator | 6.0 | ✗ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| cxNES | git | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FakeNES GT | 0.59 b3 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FCEUX | 2.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| FCEUmm | 98.13mm (Windows) git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| HDNes | git | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Jnes | 1.2.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| QuickNES | 0.7.0b1 (Windows) git (libretro) |
? | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| VirtuaNES | 0.97 | ~ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nin | git | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| InfoNES | 0.93 | ? | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
| Name | Version | Satellaview | SNES-CD (Sony) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bsnes (Official) |
v115 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| bsnes-hd (forked bsnes) |
beta 10.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan | v110 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mesen S | 0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| Snes9x | 1.63 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✗ [N 2] | ✓ | ~ |
| Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| bsnes-classic (forked bsnes Qt) |
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BizHawk (bsnes v087) | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| lsnes | rr2-β23 git |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| kindred (Super Sleuth PE) | 1.11 Preview Build 6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| NO$SNS | 1.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | Medium | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ZSNES | 1.51 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 64
| Name | Latest Version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m64p (ParaLLEl) | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| m64p (Final GLideN64) | Final GLideN64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ParaLLEl | 2.0-rc2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓[N 3] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Project64 | 3.0.1 Dev |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ares | v148 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| CEN64 | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Project64 Netplay | 10/15/21 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1964 | 1.1 (Official) 1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Larper64 | 0.4 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| UltraHLE | 1.0 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Ryu64 | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| R64Emu | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
| Name | Latest Version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 4] | ✓[N 5] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ishiiruka-Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Dolwin | 1.8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dolphin (Nintendo) | e2.8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Wii U
| Name | Latest Version | Compatibility | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemu | 2.6 | Medium | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Decaf | git | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch
| Name | Latest Version | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yuzu | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ryujinx | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NSEmu | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CageTheUnicorn | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 3DS
| Name | Latest Version | Amiibo | Open-Source | Libretro Core | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citra | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vvctre | 57.1.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ |
| Corgi3DS | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3dmoo | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TronDS | 1.0.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| LemonLime | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo DS
| Name | Latest Version | DSi | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSmuME | 0.9.13 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| melonDS | 1.1 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DeSmuME X432R | 2015-04-19 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| GBE+ | 1.10 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| medusa | alpha 2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CorgiDS | git SVN |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ndsemu | git | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| No$GBA | 3.06 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| NeonDS | 0.2.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| dasShiny | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DuoS | 8/25/2012 Beta | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Ensata | 1.4d | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| iDeaS | 1.0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| NooDS | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Game Boy Advance
| Name | Latest Version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mGBA | 0.10.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VBA-M | 2.2.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| iDeaS | 1.0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GBE+ | 1.10 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| VGBA | 6.4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ? | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| NanoboyAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| No$GBA | 3.06 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BoyCottAdvance | 0.2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pokémon mini
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBE+ | 1.10 [N 6] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PokeMini | 0.6.0git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| minimon | 2005:01:20 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PokeKaMini | 0.7.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Virtual Boy
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VBjin | SVN r103 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Planet Virtual Boy emulator | 2019-03-27 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Red Dragon | 0.38 Final | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
| Name | Latest Version | Game Link Support | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SameBoy | 1.0.3 | ✓[N 7] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BGB | 1.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gearboy | 3.8.15 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Emulicious | 2026-03-19 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| higan | v110 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| mGBA | 0.10.5 | ✓[N 8] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| VBA-M | 2.2.3 | ✓ | ✓[N 9] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| GBE+ | 1.10 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| VGB | 6.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| hhugboy | 1.4.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| UGE | 1.0 beta 9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| KiGB | 2.05 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TGB Dual | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GiiBiiAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MetroBoy | 1.02 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Game & Watch
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DSP | 0.24WIP3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega
Sega Model 1
| Name | Latest Version | Active | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Modeler | 0.9.3a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Sega Model 2
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 2 Emulator | 1.1a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Sega Model 3
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermodel | SVN Builds | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
SG-1000
| Name | Latest Version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MasterGear | 4.9.10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Genesis Plus GX[1] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| higan | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| Gearsystem | 3.9.18 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MEKA | 2025-08-17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| vdmgr | 0.2.7 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Essgee | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear
| Name | Latest Version | GG | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Plus GX[1] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✓ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Emulicious | 2026-03-19 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gearsystem | 3.9.18 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MasterGear | 4.9.10 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PicoDrive | 2.05 | ✗[2] | ✓ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MEKA | 2025-08-17 | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| SMS Plus | git | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| HiSMS | 0.01 beta | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| nemulator | 6.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Essgee | git | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X
| Name | Latest Version | CD | 32X | Pico | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlastEm | 1.0.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exodus | 2.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Genesis Plus GX[1] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| PicoDrive | 2.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| FinalBurn Neo | Stable WIP builds | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gens/GS | r7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DGen | 1.33 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GENS | 2.14 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| higan | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓(bsnes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Megado | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Regen | 0.972 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| AloneMD | 1.0.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? |
Saturn / ST-V
| Name | Latest Version | ST-V | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSF | PreviewVer R38 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kronos | 2.7.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Nova | 0.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Satourne | 2.0 beta 3 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Saturnin | 0.40 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GiriGiri | 0.6a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Dreamcast / Naomi
| Name | Latest Version | Naomi | Atomiswave | Windows CE | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEmul | v0.7 (2025/12/20) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| redream | 1.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flycast | CI Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| reicast | CI Builds (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store) |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
| nullDC | 1.0.4 r150 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Makaron | T12/5 | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chankast | 0.25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ElysianVMU | 0.2.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| DirectVMS | 1.8 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| DreamVMU | 0.1 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC
NEC PC-6000
| Emulator | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC6001VX | 4.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| yaPC-6001 | 2018/12/27 | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| PC6001V | 2.1.4 | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| PC6001VW | 310f | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC PC-8800
| Emulator | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ePC8801MA Kai SE | 200611 | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| ePC-8001 | 1/1/2026 | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| XM8 | 1.70 | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| X88000 | 1.5.3 | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Excite88 | 0.1.5.0 | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| M88 (retropc.net) | 2.2.1a | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| PC88WIN | 1.14 | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| W88 | 0.05 | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| QUASI88 | 0.6.4 git(libretro) |
? | ✓(libretro) | ✗ |
NEC PC-9800
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neko Project 21/W | v0.86 rev92 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neko Project II kai | git | ✓ | High | ✓ | ~ | ✓ |
| Neko Project II | 0.86 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
| Anex86 | e1 | ✗ | Low-Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| SL9821 | 0.4.0.3 | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | TBD |
| DOSBox-X | 2026.08.02 | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx
| Name | Latest Version | PCE-CD | SuperGrafx | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen (PCE-Accurate) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mednafen (PCE-Fast) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan | v110 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Turbo Engine | 0.32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| MagicEngine | 1.1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Ootake | 3.06 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Neco | 0.11 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| ePCEngine | 8/12/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| FinalBurn Alpha | 0.2.97.43 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Hu-Go! | 2.12 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PC-FX
| Name | Latest Version | GA | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | TBD | ✓ | Mid-High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MagicEngine-FX | 1.1.1 | TBD | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xe | 2.16.2 | TBD | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Sony
PlayStation
| Name | Version | Plugins | FLOSS | Libretro Core | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuckStation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
| XEBRA | 22/11/06 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
| PCSX-R | PGXP(git) Windows |
✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
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✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ~ | ✗ |
| PSXACT | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| Rustation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ (WIP) |
| Avocado | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| pSX | 1.13 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
| NO$PSX | 2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ~ | ✗ |
| hpsx64 | v0490 (Alt) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| Connectix VGS | 1.4.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bleem! | 1.6b | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
| SSSPSX | 0.0.34 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
| Rustation NG | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PlayStation 2
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCSX2 | 1.6.0 (stable) SVN |
~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play! | Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| DobieStation | git Builds |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| hpsx64 | v0490 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| orbum | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 3
| Name | Latest Release Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPCS3 | 0.0.42 Alpha[N 10] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nucleus | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Short Waves | 0.0.2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PS3F | 0.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| GPCS4 | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PS4Delta | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 5
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Pocket Station
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No$GBA | 3.06 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PK201 | 28/04/20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PKEmu | 1.1 Private Beta | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| pockystation | git | ✓ (git) | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation Portable
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPSSPP | 1.20.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| cspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| jspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| PCSP | 0.5.5 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Potemkin | 1.00 alpha | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| PSPE | 0.9b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita3K | git | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Android
| Name | Version | VM | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genymotion | 3.10.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BlueStacks | 5.22.130 | QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5) | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MEmu | 9.5.3 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LDPlayer | 4.0.50.3 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NoxPlayer | 7.0.0.9 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MuMu | 1.1.0.2 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version) |
VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android x86 | 14.1-r5 | VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc) | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Android Studio | 4.0 | QEMU | Low | ~ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Andy OS | 0.47.226.1096.26 | VmWare | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AMI DuOS | 2.0.8.8511 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ARC Welder (Google Chrome) |
ARC 50.5021.602.0 | Original | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ARChon (Google Chrome) |
ARC 41.4410.238.0 | Original | Mid | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Droid4X | 0.10.7 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| KoPlayer | 2.0.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| LeapDroid | 1.8.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Peak App Player | 1.2.5 Beta 2 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SmartGaGa | 1.1.646 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Windroy | 4.0.3 | Original | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Windroye | 2.9.1 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xamarin Android Player | 0.6.5 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| XePlayer | 6.0.10 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| YouWave | 5.11 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft
MSX series
| Name | Latest Version | MSX 1 | MSX 2 | MSX 2+ | TurboR | Accuracy | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openMSX | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MSXPLAYer (fMSX based) |
MSX Game Reader (Commercial) |
✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xbox Classic
| Name | Latest Version | Sega Chihiro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xemu | 0.8.136 | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cxbx-Reloaded | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| XQEMU | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| StrikeBox | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cxbx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dxbx | 0.5 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xenoborg | r19 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xeon | 1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360
| Name | Latest Version | OS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia | git | Win7+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xbox Series X and Series S
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Apple
Apple I
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pom1 | v1.0.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| CocoaPom (Java) | v0.1 | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Apple 1 Emulator | 1.4 | ? | ✗ | ? |
Apple II Line
| Name | Latest Version | ][ | ][+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AppleWin | 1.32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MicroM8 | Continuous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| BizHawk (Virtu based) |
2.11.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
| DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
apple /// Line
| Name | Latest Version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEGS | 1.38 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GSplus | 1.38.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| GSport | 0.31 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LisaEm | 1.2.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IDLE | r23 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68k | |||||
| Basilisk II | 1.0 R5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Mini vMac | 36.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |
| PCE | 0.2.2 | ✓ | ✗ | TBD | |
| Ardi Executor | 2.1.17 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| vMac | 0.19 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| PowerPC | |||||
| SheepShaver | 2.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| QEMU | 4.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |
| PearPC | 0.6.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Apple iPod
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
iOS devices
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
SNK Corporation
Neo Geo and variants
| Name | Latest Version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[N 11] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FinalBurn Neo | stable WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RAINE | 0.97.6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FinalBurn Alpha | 0.2.97.43 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Xe | 2.16.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ares | v148 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Kawaks | 1.65 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NeoRAGEx | 5.4e | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Neo Geo Pocket
| Name | Latest Version | NGP | NGPC | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ares | v148 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NeoPop | 1.06b | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
| vdmgr | 0.2.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| NeoGPC | 1.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
J2ME
| Name | Version | Mascot Capsule 3D | Accuracy | VM | Derived from | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEmulator | 1.0.3 git |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Kahvibreak | Stable Dev |
✗ | Mid | Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (WIP) |
| SJ Boy Emulator | Beta 4 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| SquirrelJME | 0.4.0 | ✗ | Aims for 100% | Custom (Java) | - | ✓ | ✓ | ? (WIP) |
| Jademula | git | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MicroEmu | git | ✗ | Mid | Host JVM | - | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MiniSoyo | 1.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| MidpX (NHAL) | 1.0.1midp2exe | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| MPowerPlayer | 2.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Midp-Emulator | 1.31 git |
✗ | Low | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GameMagic S60 | 1.2.1 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| N-GAGE Cool! | 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nokia SDKs | Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| Sony Ericsson SDKs | 2.5.0.6 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| Siemens SDKs | Site 1 Site 2 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| Motorola SDKs | 4.1 5.2.1 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
| Motorola iDEN SDK | Mirror | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Symbian and N-Gage
| Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKA2L1 | 0.1.0 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engemu | git | None | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NGEmu | git | None | ✓ | ✗ (see below) | ✗ |
| N-Gage COOL! | 1.2.1 ($) | Terrible | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore
Commodore 64 & 128
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICE (x64sc) | 3.10 | ✓ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Denise | 2.8 | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hoxs64 | 1.1.2.9 | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VICE (x64) | 3.10 [N 12] | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Emu64 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Micro64 | 1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CCS64 | V3.9.2 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hyper64 | 1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Frodo | 4.1b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore 65
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hi65 | v9 | ✗ | BASIC 10 only | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WinUAE | 6.1.0 beta 6 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WinFellow | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Denise | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Intel CPUs
| Name | Latest Version | 8086*¹ | 286 | 386*² | 486*³ | Pentium*⁴ | Pentium II*⁵ | Celeron*⁶ | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86Box | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PCem | v17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| VARCem | Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DOSBox-X | 2026.08.02 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DOSBox | 0.74-3 SVN |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bochs | 3.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| QEMU | 11.1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[N 13] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sinclair
ZX81
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Relative Speed[N 14] | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | ✓ | 110.9% | ✓ | ✓ |
| EightyOne | 1.41 | ✓ | ✓ | 114.3% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spud81 | 0.221 | ✗ | ? | 114.9% | ✓ | ~ |
| SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based) |
2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial) |
✗ | ✓ | 100.0% | ✗ | ~ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ? | Not tested | ✓ | ✗ |
| MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine') |
1.30b | ✗ | ? | Not tested | ✗ | ✗ |
| No$ZX | 2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | 100.1% [N 15] |
✗ | ✗ |
| VB81 | 1.30 | ✗ | ✓ | Not tested | ✗ | ✗ |
| VB81 XuR | 1.30.3 (26/11/2019) | ✗ | ? | 100.5% | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX Spectrum
| Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EightyOne | 1.41 | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | 2.11.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
| Retro Virtual Machine | 2.0.beta-1.r6 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
| EMU (Russian) | 1.01 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
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✗ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD |
| Xpeccy | 0.6.20260804 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| DSP | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| fbzx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| JSpeccy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Spectaculator | 8.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| UnrealSpeccyP | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ZX4ALL | Beta 2 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine') |
1.30b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
| #CSpect | 2.12.5 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
GamePark Holdings
GP32
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||
| GeePee32 | 0.44 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | |||
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |||
GP2X
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Acorn Computers
BBC Micro/BBC Master
| Name | Latest Version | BBC Micro | BBC Master | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||
| BeebEM | git | B, B+, M128 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| B-em | 2.2, git | A, B, B+, M128, MC | MT, M512 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Model B | 10-04-04 | B, B+ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | |
| B2 | git | B, B+, M128 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | |
Electron
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| eek | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| ElectrEm | 0.6c | ? | ✗ | ✗ | |
| ElkJS | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Elkulator | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)
| Name | Latest Version | Atom | BBC Micro | BBC Master | Electron | FLOSS | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | ||||||||
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Pantheon | 16.458 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
Archimedes
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||
| Arculator | 2.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |||
| ArcEm | 1.50 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
RISC PC / A7000
| Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||
| RPCEmu | 0.9.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
- ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
- ↑ Available exclusively as a libretro core.
- ↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
- ↑ Currently 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.
- ↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
- ↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
- ↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.