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Undo revision 16138 by 24.23.202.239 (talk) Ensata is made by Nintendo and is the one of the worst DS emulators, black screens aren't highly accurate, dumbass
|style="text-align:center;"|[[BlueStacks]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Mac
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.bluestacks.com/ 3.7.36.1601] (Official Site])
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|OriginalQEmu (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)|style="text-align:center;"|MidHigh
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[MEmu]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.memuplay.com/ 3.5.0.2] (Official Site])
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|OriginalVirtualBox
|style="text-align:center;"|High
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Droid4xDroid4X]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Mac
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://wwwdroid4x.droid4xhaimawan.com/ 0.10.6] (Official Site])
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|OriginalVirtualBox
|style="text-align:center;"|High
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[AMI DuOS]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.amiduos.com/ 2.0.8.8511] (Official Site])|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[YouWave]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://youwave.com/ 5.7] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|?VirtualBox
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[andyroidAndy]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Mac
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://andyroid.net/ 46.16.66] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|VmWare|style="text-align:center;"|High|style="text-align:center;"|✓|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[Android x86]]|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.android-x86.org 4.4-r5] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|N/A|style="text-align:center;"|Low|style="text-align:center;"|✗|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[Android Emulator (AVD)]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, linux|style="text-align:center;"|[https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator.html 26.1.3] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|QEmu|style="text-align:center;"|Low|style="text-align:center;"|✗|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[Anbox]]|style="text-align:center;"|Linux|style="text-align:center;"|[http://anbox.io/ Official Site]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|Original|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|✗|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nox App Player]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.bignox.com/ 5.2.0.0] (Official Site)
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox
|style="text-align:center;"|MidHigh|style="text-align:center;"|✓|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[XePlayer]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://xeplayer.com/ 3.8.1.0] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|High|style="text-align:center;"|✓|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[KoPlayer]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.koplayer.com 1.4.1055] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|High|style="text-align:center;"|✓|-!colspan="7"|Abandoned/Discontinued|-|style="text-align:center;"|[[LeapDroid]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.leapdroid.com/ 1.8.0] (Official Site)|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox|style="text-align:center;"|High
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|?
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Android x86]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.android-x86.org 4.4-r5] (Official Site)
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|N/A
|style="text-align:center;"|Low
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Shashlik]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Original
|style="text-align:center;"|Low
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Anbox]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Linux
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://anbox.io/ Official Site]
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|Original
|style="text-align:center;"|?
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Nox App Player]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|3.7.5.1|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|High|style="text-align:center;"|✓|} {| class="wikitable"|+Mobile|-! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|OS! scope="col"|Version! scope="col"|Free! scope="col"|VM! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|RecommendedProject Astoria]]|-|style="text-align:center;"|Project Astoria
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows 10 Mobile
|style="text-align:center;"|Discontinued
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|}
The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" requires sometimes needs the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually it is installed automatically.
* '''Genymotion''' is an Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, Mac and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds add features only useful for Android app developers.
==Emulator Specific Issues==
===BlueStacks===
* '''Bluestacks is downloading apps in the background automatically:'''
 
Bluestacks downloads tons of data (hundreds of MBs daily) if left unattended. The default launcher installed within is to blame for this. Go to Settings, Apps, Running and select the Gamepop-Home app service and force stop its activity. Get another replacement launcher, like the Nova Launcher, and install it. You may also want to remove other useless apps installed by default (though the Google Play services might be required by some games).
 
This step alone makes Bluestacks uses much less RAM and internet bandwidth, with tangible performance gains for the emulated apps.
 
* '''Can't root the device:'''
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