Emulation boxes

An emulation box is an unofficial term for a device built with the specific purpose of running emulators. They generally consist of overpriced and locked-down ARM microcomputers and should be avoided.

• NES Classic Edition/Famicom Classic Mini - Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the NES. Includes 30 games.
• SNES Classic Edition/Super Famicom Mini - Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the SNES. Includes 21 games.
• PlayStation Classic - Official Sony product designed to only emulate the PS1. Includes 20 games.
• Retron5 - Emulates NES/GBC/GBA/Genesis/SNES and includes cart readers for those systems. Illegally uses RetroArch, Snes9x, and Genesis Plus GX.

DIY Solutions

• Nvidia Shield TV (Android TV box fast enough for 2D & 3D emulation of many consoles)
• LattaPanda (Windows 10 computer with integrated Arduino. Fast enough for Saturn emulation.)
• Odroid (Decent speeds for Saturn emulation)
• Raspberry Pi (Eg. Lakka.)

External Links

• Game Console Clones (TheGameConsole.com)