Emulators on BSD

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

Release date	Original BSD 1978
Discontinued	1995
Successor	FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Other BSD descendants
Emulated	Hypervisors

BSD varients

Type	Operating System
Latest release	FreeBSD 14.0 OpenBSD 7.4 NetBSD 9.3

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

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest version	FDS	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mesen	2.0.0 (preview)	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Nestopia UE	1.52.1	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
puNES	0.111	✓	✗	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
FinalBurn Neo	WIP builds	✓	✓	?	✗	✓	✗
iNES	6.1	✓	✗	High	?	✓	✗
FCEUX	2.6.6	✓	✗	Mid	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✗
QuickNES	git (libretro)	?	✓	Low	✓	✗	✗

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Version	Satellaview	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
bsnes (Official)	v115	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes)	beta 10.6	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✓	✓
Snes9x	1.62.3	✓	✓	High	✗	✓	~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust)	1.32.1	✓	✓	?	✓	✓	✗
nSide (forked higan)	git	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	✗	✗
Mednafen (bsnes v059)	1.32.1	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.265	✗	✓	Low	✓	✓	✗
CATSFC	1.36	✗	✓	Low	✓	✗	✗

Nintendo 64

Name	Latest version	Plugins	Controller Pak	Rumble Pak	Transfer Pak	64DD	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mupen64Plus	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	~
MAME	0.265	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name	Latest version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev	✓	✓	~	✓	✓	✓	✓

Nintendo DS

Name	Latest version	DSi	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
melonDS	0.9.5 Dev Builds	~	✓	✓	✓	✓

Game Boy Advance

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.3	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✗	✗	✓	?	✓	✓	✓
VBA-M	2.1.9	✓	✓	✓	Mid	✓	✓	✓

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	0.16.3	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.265	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Emulicious	2024-04-30	✗	✗	✗	✓	~

Sega

SG-1000

Name	Latest version	SC-3000	SF-7000	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	~
higan	v110	~	✗	✓	✓	✓	~
Gearsystem	3.5.0	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
MEKA	0.8-alpha (2023-08-26)	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
CoolCV	0.6.9	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

Master System / Game Gear

Name	Latest version	GG	libretro	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	✗	✓	✓
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✓
Emulicious	2024-04-30	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✓	~
higan	v110	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	~
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✓	✗	Very high	✗	✓	~
Gearsystem	3.5.0	✓	✓	High	✓	✓	✗
MasterGear	4.9.3	✓	✗	High	✗	✓	✗
PicoDrive	1.93	✗	✓	Mid	✗	✓	✗

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name	Latest version	CD	32X	Pico	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓
PicoDrive	1.93	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
Gens/GS	r7	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
DGen	1.33	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
GENS	2.14	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
higan	v110	~	✗	✗	✓(bsnes)	✓	✓	✗

Saturn / ST-V

Name	Latest version	ST-V	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yabause	0.9.15	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗

Dreamcast / Naomi

Name	Latest version	Naomi	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.265	~	~	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗

Sega VMU

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
SoftVMS	1.10 (source only)	✗	?	✗	~
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	✓	✗

SNK Corporation

Neo Geo and variants

Name	Latest version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	~	✓	✓	✓	✓

Neo Geo Pocket

Name	Latest version	NGP	NGPC	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MAME	0.265	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
higan	v110	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓