Emulators on BSD

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BSD
Developer	Computer Systems Research Group
Initial release	March 9, 1978
Final release	4.4-Lite2 / June 1995
Emulated	✓

FreeBSD

The Power To Serve

FreeBSD bootloader with ASCII art logo in version 13.0
Developer	The FreeBSD Project
Initial release	1 November 1993
Latest release	15.1 / 16 June 2026
Emulated	✓

OpenBSD

Free, Functional, and Secure

OpenBSD 6.1 default desktop with various utilities: top, xterm, xcalc, xclock, and glxgears
Developer	Theo de Raadt et al.
Initial release	July 1996
Latest release	7.9 / 19 May 2026
Emulated	✓

NetBSD


NetBSD 10.1 default CTWM desktop on a Sun UltraSPARC-IIe station
Developer	The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
Initial release	19 April 1993
Latest release	10.1 / 16 December 2024
Emulated	✓

This page is about software on BSD Variants that emulates other hardware, like video game consoles.

For software that can run BSD variants on other Operating Systems, see Hypervisors.

BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) was originally developed by the University of California, Berkeley where the Berkeley in BSD comes from. there are many BSD descendents. such as the ones focused here, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. And ones not focused here due to due to BSD's permissive licensing. BSD code has been used in macOS, PS3, PS4, PS5 and the Nintendo Switch.

The FreeBSD logo
The OpenBSD logo
The NetBSD logo
(Generic BSD logo). The BSD Daemon (A.K.A Beastie).

Before diving in;

This list is currently taken from console-specific pages. If you want to add to this list test emulators work on BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.) and add them to this list and add BSD to the console-specific list of supported platforms. Some emulators that target Linux might have community made instructions/ports for some variants of BSD. Like Linux, Windows programs might run under Wine on FreeBSD. FreeBSD has the widest support for emulation software currently, because of this fact this article has a bias towards FreeBSD. See this page for recommended specifications. 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 BSD, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.

Atari

Atari 8-bit family

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

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Hatari	2.6.1	✓	GPLv2 (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

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)	✓	~
CLK	2026-07-23	✗	Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗
Stellarator	git	✗	?	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✗

Atari 5200

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

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)	✗ ^{[N 1]}	✓

Atari Jaguar

Name	Latest version	AJ-CD	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Atari Lynx

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest version	FDS	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mesen	2.2.1	✓	✓	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Nestopia UE	1.99.0	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
puNES	0.111	✓	✗	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
FinalBurn Neo	WIP builds	✓	✓	?	Non-commercial	✓	✗
iNES	6.1	✓	✗	High	?	✓	✗
FCEUX	2.6.6	✓	✗	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
QuickNES	git (libretro)	?	✓	Low	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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)	✓	✓
Snes9x	1.63	✓	✓	High	Non-commercial	✓	~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust)	1.32.1	✓	✓	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
nSide (forked higan)	git	✓	✓	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Mednafen (bsnes v059)	1.32.1	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
CATSFC	1.36	✗	✓	Low	Non-commercial GPLv2	✗	✗

Nintendo 64

Name	Latest version	Plugins	Controller Pak	Rumble Pak	Transfer Pak	64DD	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mupen64Plus	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name	Latest version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	✓	✓^{[N 2]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Nintendo DS

Name	Latest version	DSi	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
melonDS	1.1 Dev Builds	~	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Game Boy Advance

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.5	✓	✓	✓	Mid	MPL 2.0 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✗	✗	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.8.15	?	?	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VBA-M	2.2.3	✓	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
NanoBoyAdvance	1.8.3	?	?	✗	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD

Virtual Boy

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Rustual Boy	git	✗	Dual licensed ({{License\|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

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	1.0.3	✓^{[N 3]}	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.8.15	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	~

Game & Watch

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
DSP	0.24WIP3	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗

Sega

SG-1000

Name	Latest version	SC-3000	SF-7000	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 4]}	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	Non-commercial	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Gearsystem	3.9.18	✗	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
MEKA	2025-08-17	✓	✓	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗
CoolCV	0.6.9	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✗	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?

Master System / Game Gear

Name	Latest version	GG	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 4]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	Non-commercial	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✓	✗	Very high	Proprietary	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Gearsystem	3.9.18	✓	✓	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✗	High	Proprietary	✓	✗
PicoDrive	2.05	✗^{[N 5]}	✓	Mid	Non-commercial	✓	✗
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✗	?	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name	Latest version	CD	32X	Pico	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^{[N 4]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	Non-commercial	✓	✓
PicoDrive	2.05	✓	✓	✓	✓	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)	✓	✗

Saturn / ST-V

Name	Latest version	ST-V	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Ymir	0.3.3 latest nightly	?	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	?
Yabause	0.9.15	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Dreamcast / Naomi

Name	Latest version	Naomi	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	~	~	✗	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
flycast	2.7	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Sega VMU

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
SoftVMS	1.10 (source only)	✗	?	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

NEC

NEC PC-6000

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PC6001VX	4.5.0	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

NEC PC-8800

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
XM8	1.70	✗	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~^{[N 6]}
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro	libretro core 0.6.4	✓	✓	~^{[N 7]}	~
X88000	1.5.3	✗	?	✗	✗

NEC PC-9800

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改)	git	✓	High	?	~	✓
Neko Project II	0.86	✗	Mid	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx

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)	✓	✓
Geargrafx	1.7.22	✓	✓	✓	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	?
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✓	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	Low	?	✗	✗

PC-FX

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	✗	✗

Sony

PlayStation

Name	Version	Plugins	License	libretro	RIR	Accuracy	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
PCSX-Redux	git	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗	?	✓	✗ (WIP)
MAME	0.289	✗	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✗ (WIP)

Pocket Station

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

PlayStation Portable

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PPSSPP	1.20.4	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Microsoft

MSX series

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	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~	High	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
fMSX	6.0	✓	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✓	Non-commercial	✓	~
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✗	Low	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗
ZEsarUX	13.0	✓	✗	✗	✗	?	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?

Apple

Apple I

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~

Apple II Line

Name	Latest version	][	][+	//e	IIc	//e Enhanced	//e Platinum	IIc Plus	IIGS	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
MicroM8	Continuous	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗ (WIP)
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗

Apple /// Line

Name	Latest version	///	/// Revised	/// Plus	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Apple IIGS

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Apple Lisa

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
LisaEm	1.2.7	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	~*	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Macintosh line

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
68k
vMac	0.19	?	✗	✗

SNK Corporation

Neo Geo and variants

Name	Latest version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~	✓^{[N 8]}	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Neo Geo Pocket

Name	Latest version	NGP	NGPC	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Coleco

ColecoVision

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Gearcoleco	1.7.0	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?

Commodore

Commodore 64 & 128

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
VICE (x64sc)	3.10	✓	Very high	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VICE (x64)	3.10 ^{[N 9]}	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Commodore 65

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Amiga Line

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
FS-UAE	3.2.35	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
CLK	2026-07-23	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗

x86 CPUs

Name	Latest version	8086*¹	286	386*²	486*³	Pentium*⁴	Pentium II*⁵	Celeron*⁶	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
DOSBox	0.74-3 SVN	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Bochs	3.0	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	~	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
QEMU	11.1.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓^{[N 10]}	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Sinclair

ZX81

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Relative Speed^{[N 11]}	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

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	License	Active	Recommended
FUSE	1.9.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Speccy	5.9	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Xpeccy	0.6.20260804	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗
DSP	0.24WIP3	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗
fbzx	git	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
JSpeccy	1.0.2	✗	?	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Acorn Computers

BBC Micro/BBC Master

Name	Latest version	BBC Micro	BBC Master	License	Active	Recommended
B-em	2.2, git	A, B, B+, M128, MC	MT, M512	✓	✓	✓
B2	git	B, B+, M128	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Electron

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
CLK	git	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗
eek	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElectrEm	0.6c	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElkJS	git	?	✗	✗
Elkulator	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)

Name	Latest version	Atom	BBC Micro	BBC Master	Electron	License	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	A, B, B+, M128	?	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Archimedes

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
ArcEm	1.50.2	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Risc PC / A7000

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
RPCEmu	0.9.5	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Miscellaneous

Panasonic (3DO)

Name	Latest version	Libretro	Retro achievements	License	Active	Recommended
4DO	1.3.2.4	✓	✓	Non-commercial	✗	✗
Opera	libretro core	✓	✓	Non-commercial	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✗	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Phillips (CD-i)

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	✓	✓*

GamePark Holdings

GP32

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~

GP2X

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

IBM

System 370/390/z

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Hercules	3.07	✗	Q Public License	✓	✓

This article is a never-ending list. It will always need updates and will likely have new content added to it on a consistent basis. Because of this, it can never truly be a finished article.

Notes

↑ Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
↑ At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

[active-1] Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.

[2] At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.

[sameboylink-3] SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.

[GPGXLibretro-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).

[PicoDrive-5] The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.

[MAME-6] 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

[lr-quasi88-7] Only libretro core is still active.

[8] As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)

[x64-9] Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure

[conroe-10] Supports the Conroe model.

[RelativeSpeed-11] 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.

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