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| Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux | |
| Developer | Community contributors Linus Torvalds |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]Atari 8-bit family
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 |
✓ | ✓ |
| Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | zlib License (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo
[edit | edit source]Nintendo Entertainment System
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | Accurancy | Amiibo | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemu | 2.6 | Medium | ~ | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Decaf | git | Low | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | Amiibo | License | libretro | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citra | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBE+ | 1.10 [note 4] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| PokeMini | 0.6.0 git | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Boy
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| DSP | 0.24WIP3 | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega
[edit | edit source]Sega Model 1
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | Active | libretro | License | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
| Modeler | 0.9.3a | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Sega Model 2
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Sega Model 3
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermodel | SVN Builds | ~ (WIP) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
SG-1000
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]NEC PC-6000
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]PlayStation
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest Release Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPCS3 | 0.0.42 Alpha[note 11] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nucleus | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Pocket Station
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
PlayStation Portable
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPSSPP | 1.20.4 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita3K | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Android
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]MSX series
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia Canary | Git | BSD-3-Clause (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD |
Xbox One
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Xbox Series X and Series S
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Multi-system
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jgenesis | 0.14.1 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
Apple
[edit | edit source]Apple I
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pom1 | v1.0.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Apple II Line
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LisaEm | 1.2.7 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~* | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu-ios | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD |
iOS
[edit | edit source]| Name | Version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu-t8030 | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD |
SNK Corporation
[edit | edit source]Neo Geo and variants
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]ColecoVision
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearcoleco | 1.7.0 | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZEsarUX | 13.0 | ✗ | GPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? |
Commodore
[edit | edit source]Commodore 64 & 128
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]ZX81
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]BBC Micro/BBC Master
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | Atom | BBC Micro | BBC Master | Electron | License | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Archimedes
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPCEmu | 0.9.5 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
VTech
[edit | edit source]CreatiVision
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
InnoTV
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Miscellaneous
[edit | edit source]Panasonic (3DO)
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]GP32
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAME | 0.289 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
GP2X
[edit | edit source]THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
IBM
[edit | edit source]System 370/390/z
[edit | edit source]| Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | Q Public License | ✓ | ✓ |
Symbian and N-Gage
[edit | edit source]| Name | Version | Accuracy | Retro Achievements |
License | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKA2L1 | git | Mid | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ~ | ✓ |
J2ME
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]- ↑ 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)