Emulators on BSD
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Type | Operating Systems |
---|---|
Discontinued | ✗[N 1] |
Earliest release | BSD 1978 FreeBSD 1993 OpenBSD 1996 NetBSD 1993 |
Latest release | BSD 4.4-Lite2 (1995) FreeBSD 14.0 OpenBSD 7.4 NetBSD 9.3 |
Successor | FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD. Other BSD descendants |
- 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.
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- 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.
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Atari
Atari 8-bit family
Name | Latest version | Models | XEGS | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari++ | 1.84 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | TPL (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE |
✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Atari ST
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatari | 2.5.0 | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
z26 | 4.07 | ✗ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
CLK | 2024-10-19 | ✗ | Mid | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
kat5200 | 0.8.1 | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Jum52 | git | ✗ | ? | Custom (Source-available) | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 7800
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
A7800 | 5.2 | ✗ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
ProSystem | git (libretro) | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ [N 2] | ✓ |
Atari Jaguar
Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ~ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest version | FDS | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✗ | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
Name | Latest version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 3] | ✓[N 4] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS
Name | Latest version | DSi | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
melonDS | 0.9.5 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
VBA-M | 2.1.11 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | 0.271 | ✓ | 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 | 0.16.7 | ✓[N 5] | ✓ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-08-31 | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
Game & Watch
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
DSP | 0.23Final | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega
SG-1000
Name | Latest version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear
Name | Latest version | GG | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX[N 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✓ | Very high | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Emulicious | 2024-08-31 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✗ | High | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✗[N 7] | ✓ | Mid | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X
Name | Latest version | CD | 32X | Pico | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX[N 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 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) | ✓ | ✓ |
Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Dreamcast / Naomi
Name | Latest version | Naomi | Atomiswave | Windows CE | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
NEC
NEC PC-6000
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC6001VX | 4.2.9 | ✗ | LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
NEC PC-8800
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
XM8 | 1.70 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~[N 8] |
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro |
libretro core 0.6.4 |
✓ | ✓ | ~[N 9] | ~ |
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 | 0.271 | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen (PCE-Fast) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 (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 | 0.271 | ~ | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Pocket Station
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
PlayStation Portable
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.18.1 | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ~ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple
Apple I
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Apple II Line
Name | Latest version | ][ | ][+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
LisaEm | 1.2.7 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~* | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[N 10] | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Neo Geo Pocket
Name | Latest version | NGP | NGPC | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Commodore
Commodore 64 & 128
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VICE (x64sc) | 3.8 | ✓ | Very high | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
VICE (x64) | 3.8[N 11] | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Commodore 65
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
CLK | 2024-10-19 | ✗ | 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 | 2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
QEMU | 9.1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[N 12] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Sinclair
ZX81
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Relative Speed[N 13] | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | 110.9% | ✓ | ✓ |
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based) |
2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial) |
✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | 100.0% | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
Not tested | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Xpeccy | 0.6.20241015 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
DSP | git | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
fbzx | git | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
JSpeccy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Acorn Computers
BBC Micro/BBC Master
Name | Latest version | BBC Micro | BBC Master | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BeebEM | git | B, B+, M128 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | 0.271 | 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 | 0.271 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Archimedes
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
ArcEm | 1.50 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Risc PC / A7000
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCEmu | 0.9.4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | 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 | 0.271 | ✗ | ✗ | 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 | 0.271 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓* |
GamePark Holdings
GP32
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
GP2X
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
IBM
System 370/390/z
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | Q Public License | ✓ | ✓ |
See also
Emulators on other systems |
Notes
- ↑ The Original BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) was discontinued in 1995 but still has active descendents
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.