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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroy]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.windroye.com/index_eng.html 1.2] (Official SiteDiscontinued)
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|Original
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Windroye]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.windroye.com/index_eng.html 2.9.0] (Official SiteDiscontinued)
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|VirtualBox
* '''DuOS''', not to be confused with a [http://ds-duos.blogspot.com/ similarly-named Nintendo DS emulator] by Roor, is a relative newcomer to the Android emulation market, made by American Megatrends i.e. the very same people behind the BIOS/UEFI firmware your PC may be using. Emulation is modest at best, with games and apps such as [[DraStic]] struggling on lower-end hardware. And to top it all off, it ain't free either.
* '''Google Chrome''' can open apk files using the ARC Welder extension, though their emulation on PC is average at best. Here's a [http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iIbxaftAu_ho5rv9fUlXSLTzwU6MbKOldsWXyrYiyo8/edit#gid=0 compatibility list] and a [https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks dedicated subreddit]. Google has announced [http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/the-play-store-comes-to-chrome-os-but-not-the-way-we-were-expecting/ Play Store for Chrome OS], but it works on a different "container" technology that is embed to the Chrome OS . In addition, Google will [http://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html discontinue Google Chrome apps on PC], so the future of any major updates to ARC Welder for PC is uncertainunlikely.
* '''Windroy''' (without the 'e' suffix) is a fast Android emulator that does not rely on VirtualBox or any similar technology. It isn't accurate though. While Google Play store can be installed with some tinkering, not many games can be installed (due to not faking device names) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashes. Official site is down since July 2016, so any updates are unlikely.
* '''Windroye''' (with the 'e' suffix) rely on VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than Bluestacks. The Play Store is installed by default and has no stability issues found from classic Windroy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be found here.]
