Emulators on legacy Microsoft products
- For software that emulates these systems see: PC Emulator Comparisons, MSX, Windows Phone/Mobile, Windows CE, Windows 2000/XP/Vista
"legacy products" listed here are systems that are unsupported/abandoned by Microsoft, such as Windows XP.
- Before Diving in
- Note: When an emulator no-longer supports a system it is marked as inactive, even if the emulator is still in development.
- If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.
- Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.
- Many of the download links here link to the Internet Archive due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.
- Some of the listed platforms are compatible with software made for others listed, each section only lists software created for that specific platform.
- Emulators are listed by oldest supported OS, as to not re-list the same emulators multiple times. Software for older versions of Windows NT (such as XP) should work on newer versions.
Devices & operating systems | ||
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Computers: MSX, WebTV |
Desktop operating systems: DOS-based: MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 9x |
Mobile / Other operating systems: Windows CE-based: Windows CE, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Other: Windows Phone, Windows RT |
DOS
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1980 |
Latest release | 1994 (6.22) 2001 (8.0) |
Successor | Windows 3.x |
- For software that emulates DOS on other hardware, see PC Emulator Comparisons.
Born from the dawn of the digital age, DOS, reigned supreme through the 80s and early 90s. Though far from sleek, its unassuming might empowered millions to navigate the nascent world of personal computing.
With bare bones efficiency, DOS offered accessible power. Simple commands unlocked a plethora of tasks, from crafting documents to unleashing the magic of text-based adventures. For countless users, DOS wasn't just a tool; it was a canvas for exploration, a gateway to programming adventures and tinkering with the very fabric of digital logic.
While its limitations challenged and its error messages mocked, DOS fostered a generation of resourceful pioneers, adept at navigating command labyrinths and conjuring digital magic from lines of code. This era forged a unique bond between user and machine, where every keystroke held consequence and mastery felt truly earned.
Though DOS may grace museums now, its influence echoes in every modern operating system. Its legacy of simplicity and raw power reminds us that the most transformative innovations often arise from humble beginnings.
Windows 1.0x/2x/3x were graphical user interfaces (GUIs) built on top of MS-DOS. Those were the programs that runs a window manager on top of MS-DOS operating system. Many of the underlying device drivers and protocols had to be loaded in DOS for 3.11 to use them. On the other hand, Windows 9x (95, 98, ME) were standalone operating systems with DOS compatibility mode. Also NT3.x was an operating system as it included its own micro-kernel and device drivers [1].
Contents | ||
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Emulators | Source ports |
Emulators (DOS)
Consoles
- Atari
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Virtual 2600 | 0.82 (Source only) |
Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Virtual VCS | 0.60 source |
Low | GPL (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Stella | 1.3 | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
PCAE | 2.5 | ! | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
- Atari - 5200
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virtual Super System | 0.82 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Jum52 | 0.8 | Custom (Source-available) | ✗ | ! |
- Atari 7800
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
v7800 | 0.12 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Coleco
- ColecoVision
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ADAMEm | 1.0 | ? | ✗ | ! |
ColEm | 1.0a | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | FDS | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FakeNES | 0.3.1 | ✓ | Mid | Artistic License 1.0 (Open-source) | ✗ | ✗ |
NESticle | x.xx | ✗ | Low | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
LandyNES | Prerelease | ✗ | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
RockNES | 4.00 Beta 1 | ✗ | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
FCE Ultra | 0.231 | ! | ! | ! | ✗ | ✗ |
VirtuaNES | 0.97 | ! | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
fwNES | 0.302 | ! | ! | ✗ | ✗ | |
NES9x | 1.0 Beta | ! | ! | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
LoopyNES | 10/18/99 Beta | ! | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
FCE | 0.1 | ! | ! | ! | ✗ | ✗ |
FCE++ | 0.06 | ! | ! | ! | ✗ | ✗ |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZSNES | 1.51 | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
SNEmul | 0.9 | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Snes9x | 1.26b | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
NLKE | 0.05b | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
NLKSNES | 0.15d | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
ESNES | 0.14a | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Game Boy / Game Boy Color
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KiGB | 2.03 | ✓ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Vgb | 0.8.8 | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
GnuBoy | 1.0.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
D-Boy | 0.75c | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Boycott | 0.55b | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
No$GBA | 3.05 | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
VGBA | 0.6 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- DSiWare
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
No$GBA | 3.05 | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
- Virtual Boy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reality Boy | Beta 0.7 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Sega
- Master System / GameGear
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEKA | 0.70 | Mid | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
MGX | 0.13 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
Massage | 0.8 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
BrSMS | 1.21 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
SMS+ | 1.3 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
Calypso | 011 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
MasterGear | 1.0 | ! | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Genesis / Mega Drive
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus | 1.2a | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Genecyst | x.xx | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
St0rm | 0.10 Beta | ! | ✗ | ! |
KGen '98 | 0.4b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
KGen | 0.34b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
DGen | 0.34b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Generator | 0.35 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Genesis Plus | 1.2a | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Genital | 1.2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
GENS | 0.15b | ! | ✗ | ! |
Megadrive | 0.5 Version 2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
VGen (Virtual Genesis) | 0.21a | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Saturn
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
semu | 0.1.8 | ! | ✗ | ! |
SSE | 0.070 | ! | ✗ | ! |
SSEmu | 0.07b | ! | ✗ | ! |
- VMU
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ? | ✗ | ~ |
- SNK
- Neo-Geo
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
NeoMAME | 0.56b | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ! |
NMAMECombo | 37b51b Beta09987 | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ! |
- Neo-Geo Pocket
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
NeoPocott | 0.38b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Sony
- PocketStation
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No$GBA | 3.05 | Mid | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
- Magnavox
- Odyssey
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Odyemu | 03/03/2009 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
- Odyssey²
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
O2EM | 1.16 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
- NEC
- PC-FX
Name | Latest version | GA | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MagicEngine-FX | 1.1.1 | ! | Low | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- PC-Engine / TurboGrafx 16
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
HU6280 | 1.89 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
FPCE | 0.0 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
- PC-8800 series
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
P88SR | 1.00 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- P88SR
- Only compatible with DOS/V incompatible PC-98 machines running MS-DOS.
- GCE
- Vectrex
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DVE (DOS Vectrex Emulator) | 2.0b | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
- Emerson
- Emerson Arcadia 2001
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arcadia 2001 Emulator | 1998/07/30 | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- Multi-System
Name | Latest version | Emulates | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MCHE | 0.06b | Game Boy (Color), NES, SNES, SMS/GG | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Mimic | 2.11 | GEN/MD, SMS/GG, NES, GB and ColecoVision | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
Computers
- Commodore
- Commodore 64
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
VICE | 3.1 | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
- Amiga line
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DosUAE | 0.7.5d | ! | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
- Atari
- Atari ST
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
FAST | 0.41a | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- Sinclair
- ZX81
Name | Latest version | Relative Speed[N 1] | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No$ZX | 2.0 | 100.1% [N 2] |
Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
XTender2 | beta 13 | Not tested | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
ZX81 Emulator (Paul Robson) |
4.00 | 101.5% | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
X128 | 0.94 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
- Sharp
- X1
Name | Latest version | X1T | X1TZ | X1Tw | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X1EMU | 0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
- Apple
- Macintosh line
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
vMac | 1.9.5 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Ardi Executor | 2.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- Microsoft
- MSX series
Name | Latest version | MSX 2 | MSX 2+ | TurboR | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fMSX | 1.6b2.a | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ! | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
- Amstrad
- Amstrad CPC
Name | Latest version | CPC+ | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPCE | 1.94 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
- x86
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DOSBox-X | 2024.10.01 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Arcade
- Multi-Arcade
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.37b14 | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ~ |
System16 | 0.82 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Calice | 0.1.5 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Retrocade | 1.2 beta 2 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
EmuDX | 1.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Capcom System One (CPS-1)
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Callus | 0.42 | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
- Sega Model 2
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virtua | 2000-10-30 | ? | ✗ | ! |
Interpreters
Name | Latest version | Extension(s) | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vision-8 | 1.0 | CHIP-8 | High-Mid | Non-commercial | ✗ | ~ |
SVision-8 | ? | CHIP-8 S-CHIP |
High-Mid | Non-commercial | ✗ | ~ |
CHIP-8 Interpreter | git | CHIP-8 | High | ? | ✗ | ~ |
C8 | git | CHIP-8 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8 | 2.2.0 | CHIP-8 S-CHIP |
Mid | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
DOS Chip-8 / VChip-8 | 1.1 | CHIP-8 S-CHIP |
Low-Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-DOS | git | CHIP-8 | Low-Mid | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Source ports (DOS)
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Super Mario 64 Port | git | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
OS/2
Developer | IBM Microsoft (1.0–1.3) |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1987 |
Latest release | 2001 (4.52) |
OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of Operating systems initially developed by IBM and Microsoft before their falling out.
- OS/2 history
- Joint development
IBM and Microsoft first signed the "Joint Development Agreement" in 1985, code named "CP/DOS". OS/2 1.0 was announced in April 1987 and released that december which only ran in Text mode, 1.1 released in 1988 and added the Presentation Manager (GUI) to OS/2, 1.2 added support to HPFS, 1.2 Extended Edition added TCP/IP and Ethernet support. in 1990 OS/2 1.3 release, the last version developed by IBM and Microsoft.
- Post-breakup develeopment
The deal to develop the Operating system together ended with Microsoft leaving development to IBM with Microsoft and IBM not agreeing on how to position OS/2 with Microsoft's Windows 3.0.[1]
Released in 1992 OS/2 2.0 was the first version of OS/2 with 32-bit support, in 1993 2.1 released, it boasted about it's compatibility with windows 3.0 (later windows 3.1). OS/2 3.0 labelled OS/2 Warp 3 released in 1994, Warp had more broad hardware support, better multimedia support, Internet-compatible netowrking, and included IBM Works, between Warp 3 and Warp 4 IBM developed the unreleased Workplace OS which only borrowed little sections of code from OS/2. OS/2 Warp 4 released in 1996 with java and speech recognition software.
- Forks
- eComStation (inactive) fork by PayGlobal Technologies BV
- ArcaOS fork by Arca Noae, LLC
Contents | ||
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Emulators | Source ports |
Emulators (OS2)
- Atari
- Atari 8-bit/2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atari++ | 1.81 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Atari800 | 1.3.2 | GPLv1 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 3.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Apple
- Apple II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
KEGS | 0.60 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
DGen | 1.23 | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✗ | ! |
- Coleco
- ColecoVision
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ColEm/2 | 1.00 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Commodore
- Commodore 16
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
YAPE | 0.32.3 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Commodore 64
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
C=64 | 4.11 | ! | ✗ | ! |
VICE/2 | 3.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Amiga
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
uae | 0.8.22 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo
- Game Boy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VirtualGameBoy | 0.6 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
nescafe | 0.702 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ZSNES | 1.5.1 Release 2 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Snes9x | 1.3.9 Release 13 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Microsoft
- MSX
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
fMSX/2 | 1.5 alpha | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- NEC
- NEC PC-8800
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
M88 for OS/2 | 2.15 α7[N 3] | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
- Sega
- Sega Master System/Game Gear
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MasterGear | 1.0.5 | ? | ✗ | ! |
- Sinclair
- ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
x128 | 0.5 Beta 5 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- VTech
- Laser 200
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VZem | 0.5 Beta 5 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bochs | 2.2.6 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Dosbox | 0.74-3 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Source Ports (OS2)
- Doom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
OS2Doom | 1.10 | Non-commercial[N 4] | ✗ | ! |
Doom Legacy | 1.32 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Doom MGL | 1.32b1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Doom Dive | 1.9b | ! | ✗ | ! |
PrBoom+ OS/2 | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Hexen
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
UHexen | 0.601 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Hexen/2 | 2.1 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Quake
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quake | 1.01 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
QuakeWorld | 2.40 rel 4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Quake 2
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quake2 Win32OS2 | 188-02-28 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Tyrian
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenTryian | 2.1 | ? | ✗ | ! |
- Jazz Jackrabbit
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenJazz | 2016-02-01 | ? | ✗ | ! |
- Rick Dangerous
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Xrick | 021212R1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Super Mario War
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Super Mario War | 1.8 2016-02-29 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- ScummVM
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ScummVM | 2.8.1 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Z-Machine
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frotz | 2.01 Beta 7 | ? | ✗ | ! |
Windows 3.x
- For software that emulates Windows 3.x on other hardware, see PC Emulator Comparisons.
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1990 |
Latest release | 1993 |
Successor | Windows 9x |
- Apple II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Apple II Oasis | 2.6 | ✗ | ? |
- Atari 8-Bit
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rainbow 95 | 1.36 (Demo) | ✗ | ? |
- Atari ST
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gemulator 98 | 4.81 | ✗ | ? | |
Gemulator 96 | 4.5 | ✗ | ? |
- BBC Micro
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
BBC 6502 Emulator | 15/2/92 | ✗ | ? | |
BeebWin | 0.4RS | ✗ | ? |
- CHIP-8
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
CowChip | 0.2 | ✗ | ? |
- ColecoVision
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ColEm | 0.1.2 | ✗ | ? |
- Commodore Amiga
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
WinUAE | 0.66 Prerelease 2 | ✗ | ? |
- Commodore 64
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PC64 | 2.14 | ✗ | ? | |
CBM64 | ? | ✗ | ? |
- Cambridge Z88
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Z88Dream | 1.01 | ✗ | ? |
- Fujitsu FM-7
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
XM7 | 3.0L30 | ✗ | ? |
- N88 BASIC
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
N88互換BASIC for Windows | 2.24 | ✗ | ? |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNES-EMU | 1.2d | ✗ | ? |
- Gameboy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hyperboy | 0.3 Build 74 | ✗ | ? |
- MSX
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virtual MSX | 1.1 Beta | ✗ | ? | |
fMSX | 1.5w0.2 | ✗ | ? |
- Philips P2000
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
M2000 | 0.9.3 | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
- Sharp X68000
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
EX68 | 0.007 | ✗ | ? |
- TI calculator
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virtual TI | 2.5 Beta 5 | ✗ | ? |
- Turing Machine
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Turing Machine Emulator | ? | ✗ | ? |
- Zuse Z23
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zuse Z23 simulator | 2.1 | ✗ | ? |
- Z-Machine
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
WInfocom | Beta 1.0 | ✗ | ? |
- ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
WSpecEm | 1.4b | ✗ | ? | |
WinZ80 | 4.00 | ✗ | ? |
- Source ports
- Doom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
WInGDoom | ? | ? | ✗ | ? |
Windows 9x
Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1995 |
Discontinued | July 11, 2006 |
Latest release | Windows Me |
Successor | Windows XP |
- For software that emulates Windows 9x, see Windows 95/98/ME emulators.
From 1995 to 2000, Windows 9x based operating systems painted the nascent digital landscape with vibrant hues and infectious possibilities. Though often temperamental, its intuitiveness and accessibility ushered in a new era of personal computing.
The iconic desktop metaphor and pre-installed games beckoned exploration, while dial-up connections hummed the soundtrack to global connectivity. Floppy disks, the currency of shareware treasures, fostered vibrant communities, united by troubleshooting forums and a shared language of shortcuts and error messages.
Windows 9x was a democratizing force, empowering users to create, connect, and play. Paint and Game Maker unleashed creativity, while Glide-based and early D3D-based games ushered in a new era of 3D graphics for computers. Its limitations fostered ingenuity, and every mastered tweak felt like a personal conquest.
Though now as a legacy OS, Windows 9x's influence on interface design, user interaction, and accessibility remains. It was a learning platform, a social hub, and a canvas for digital dreams. A colorful pixelated playground that forever changed the trajectory of personal computing.
- Some emulators made for MS-DOS work on Windows 9x.
Contents | ||
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Emulators | Source ports |
Emulators (Windows 9x)
Consoles
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | FDS | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NESticle | x.xx | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZSNES | 1.51 | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
- Game Boy (color)
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gnuboy | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo 64
Name | Latest version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UltraHLE | 1.0 | ! | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~[N 5] |
- Sony
- PlayStation
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bleem! | 1.6b | ✗ | ✗ |
Arcade
- Multi-Arcade
Name | Latest version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAINE | 0.97.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Source-available | ✓ | ✓ |
- CPS-1
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Callus | 0.42w | ✗ | ~ |
Computers
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
vMac | 1.9.6 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Apple II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
AppleWin | 1.25.0.4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- CHIP-8
Name | Latest version | Extension(s) | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vision-8 | 1.0 | CHIP-8 | High-Mid | Non-commercial | ✗ | ~ |
SVision-8 | ? | CHIP-8 S-CHIP |
High-Mid | Non-commercial | ✗ | ~ |
CowChip | 0.2 | CHIP-8 | Low-Mid | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Source Ports (Windows 9x)
- ScummVM
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ScummVM | 2.7.1 | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Windows NT
- For emulation on current versions of Windows NT, see Emulators on Windows.
Sever editions typically won't have neccery drivers for emulation, so are not listed
Windows NT first released as a Enterprise product, later releasing to Consumers.
The consumer editions of Windows NT are: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Enterprise Windows NT
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1993 (3.1) |
Latest release | 200 (200) |
Successor | Windows XP |
Windows NT is a successor to the DOS-based Windows 9x operating systems.
Windows NT before the release of Windows XP was not intended for consumers instead they were for corporations for workstations, servers and embedded systems.
- Most of emulators here vaguely mention NT support, usability may vary.
- Atari Lynx
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Handy | 0.95 | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✗ | ? |
- Commodore
- 64, 128, VIC-20, PET, PLUS4 and CBM-II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VICE | 3.0 (4) 3.0 (3.51) 3.0 (3.50) |
GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ? |
WinVICE | 1.2.2 | ? | ✗ | ? |
- Arcade
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME32 | 0.36 | Proprietary | ✗ | ? |
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nesticle | 0.42 | ✗ | ? | |
Famtasia | 5.1 | ✗ | ? |
- Gameboy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
BGB | 1.03 | ✗ | ? |
Windows XP
- For software that emulates Windows NT on other hardware, see Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators.
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 2001 |
Latest release | 2019 |
Successor | Windows 7 |
Windows XP was a major upgrade for general-consumers, with the last version of Windows releasing being Windows 9x.
- Libretro front-end
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RetroArch | 1.19.1 | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Apple II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
AppleWin | 1.30.20.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
- Macintosh (classic)
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68k | |||||
BaskiliskII | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
PowerPC | |||||
SheepShaver | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 6.0.2 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Emerson Arcadia 2001
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
WinArcadia | 33.5 | ! | ✓ | ? |
- Arcade
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
FinalBurn Neo | 1.0.0.2 | Non-commercial | ✓ | ! |
FinalBurn Alpha | 0.2.97.43 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
- Multi-system
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Emulates | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altirra | 3.91 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | Atari 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS, 5200 | ! |
BizHawk | 1.13.2 | MIT GPL |
✓ | List | ! |
- x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DOSBox-X | 2024.10.01 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
DOSBox | 0.74-3 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~ | ~ |
- MSX
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenMSX | 0.12.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
FCEUX | 2.6.6 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
PuNES | 0.111 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Yanese | 0.89 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
- Super Nintendo/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Snes9x | 1.60 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✓ |
- PC-Engine / TurboGrafx 16
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ootake | 3.04 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
- Sega Master System
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✗ | ✓ |
- Sony
- PlayStation
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ePSXe | 2.0.2-1 | ✗ | ✓ |
- PlayStation 2
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PCSX2 | git | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
Windows 7
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 2009 |
Latest release | 2023 |
Successor | Later versions of Windows |
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 7.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Multi-system
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Emulates | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | Nightly 0.9.9 |
GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | NES SNES GB(C) GBA PC-E (TG-16) SMS GG SG-1000 |
! |
Altirra | 4.21 | Atari 400, 800, XL, XE, XEGS, 5200 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Arcade
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ! |
- x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PCBox | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Nintendo
- Game Boy (Color)
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VisualBoyAdvance-M | 2.1.11 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | 0.10.3 | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
VisualBoyAdvance-M | 2.1.11 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- GameCube/Wii
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | 5.0-16391 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Wii U
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cemu | 2.4 | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Switch
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ryujinx | 1.1.1207‡ | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
- Microsoft
- Xbox
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
xemu | 0.7.98 |
GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗**[2] | ! |
Cxbx-Reloaded | 0.1 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Sega
- Dreamcast
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Redream | 1.5.0 | Proprietary | ✓ | ! |
Flycast | 2.4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- Sony
- PlayStation
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DuckStation | 0.1-5624 Legacy Pre-UI build |
GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- PlayStation Portable
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.18.1 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ! |
- PlayStation 2
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PCSX2 | 1.7.3581 | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- PlayStation 3
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCS3 | Latest Qt5 build | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Windows CE-based
Windows CE is a series of operating systems for Embedded systems. such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Smart Phones.
- Before diving in;
- Note that programs made for Windows CE are generally compatible with the Windows Mobile operating system but not necessarily vice versa.[3]
- HPC:Factor has a good software compatibility database for these below Windows CE-based devices.
Contents | ||
---|---|---|
Windows CE | Pocket PC | Windows Mobile |
Windows CE
Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
---|---|
Release date | 1996 |
Discontinued | 2018/2023[N 6] |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For software that emulates Windows CE, see Windows CE.
Emulators
- CHIP-8
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
SCHIP | 1.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Sinclair
- ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
SpectrumAnyWherePDA | 1.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Source ports
- Doom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doom4CE | 1.9.0.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
GFDoom | 0.95 | ! | ✗ | ! |
ReMooD-CE | 0.8.100.0 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Chocolate-doom | 1.30 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
DoomCE | ? | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Quake
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quake for HPC’s | 0.07 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Pocket PC
Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
---|---|
Release date | 2000/2001 |
Discontinued | 2005/2008[N 7] |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For software that emulates Pocket PC, see Cellphone emulators#Windows_Mobile_.28PocketPC.29.
Pocket PC is a series of operating systems based on Windows CE 3.0 for a class of PDA devices also called 'Pocket PC'. These devices used either the SH-3, MIPS, or ARM architectures, due to the differences of these three architectures many projects state their support (or lack there of) for them, normally offering separate downloads for each supported architecture.
Contents | ||
---|---|---|
Emulators | Source ports |
Emulators (Pocket PC)
Consoles
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketVCS | 1.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
iTARI | 0.2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Atari - Lynx
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketLynx | 1.0 (Beta 1) | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Bandai - WonderSwan
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketWS | 0.02 | ✗ | ! | |
oswanCE | 0.0.1 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
cygne | 2.1a | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Coleco - ColecoVision
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketColeco | 1.0 beta | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo - Game Boy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
gnuboyCE | 0.11r2/0.12 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
gnuboy for Pocket PC | 0.91.13-0.7 | ! | ✗ | ! |
gnuBoy XCE | 1.2.0 Final | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
gnuboy CE for H/PC | 0.9.13-0.71 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
PalmGB | 1103 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
M-Boy | 0.2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
PocketGnuboy | 1.21 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo - Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VBAdvanceCE | 0.10 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
InfoNES | 0.76J | ✗ | ! | |
PocketNester | 0.7 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
NesterJ4u | 1.13 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
NesterJ | 0.501 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Nester | public beta 4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
nesCE H/PC | 0.05 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
NesCE for the Pocket PC | ? | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
darcNesCE | 0.00 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
Pocket FC | 0.6 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pocket SNES | 1.12.200 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
PocketSNES9x | 1.32 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
Snes9xJ4u | Beta 1k (β1k) | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
TWSFC | ? | ! | ✗ | ! |
SNESCE | ? | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Sega Master System & Game Gear
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
smsCE | 0.0.2/0.0.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
CE/gg | 0.5 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Sega - Genesis/Mega Drive
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pocket Genesis | 1.0 Beta 2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
PicoDrive | 0.008 | Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
Genesis Plus | 1.09 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Sony - PlayStation
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
FPseCE | 0.09.2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Pocket SX | ? | ! | ✗ | ! |
- SNK - Neo Geo
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
neopopCE | 0.0.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
gngeoCE | 0.0.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
NeoPocott | 0.38b-R1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Sinclair - ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketSpeccy | 0.0.1d | ! | ✗ | ! |
UnrealSpeccyPPC | v102 | ! | ✗ | ! |
PocketClive | 2B | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
Sinclair Spectrum Emulator | 1.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- NEC - PC-9800 series
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neko Project II | 0.81a | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Pocket9801 | 0.28 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- NEC - PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
bf's Engine | 0.1b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
tgemuCE | 0.0.1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Pocket Engine | 1.0 Beta 1 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Multi-system
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Emulates | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MorphGear | 2.4.0.9 | Proprietary | ✗ | SMS, Game Boy color, GBA, NES, SNES, PC Engine/Turbo Grafix, Genesis | ! |
YameCE | 0.38g | Proprietary | ✗ | Game Boy (Color), NES, SNES, PC Engine/Turbo Grafix | ! |
Computers
- Atari ST
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
CastCE | 1.01 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Atari 800
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pocket Atari | 2002/05/13 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Apple II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
appleCE | 0.2b | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Pina | 012 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Commodore 64
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Come Back 64 | 0.2 alpha | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Commodore - Amiga
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketUAE | 20060121 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
- Sharp - MZ-2500
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
EmuZ-2500 | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Microsoft - MSX
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketMSX | 1.4.49 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
fmsxCE / fmsxSE | 0.14 | Proprietary | ✗ | ! |
Arcade
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.2 | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ! |
MAMECE3 | 9.5 | ! | ✗ | ! |
iMAME | 007 | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ! |
Calculator
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Free42 | 1.4.49 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
Source ports (Pocket PC)
- Quake
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketQuake | 0.062 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Quake II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketQuake II | 0.11 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Rick Dangerous
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
xrick pocketpc | 20040716 | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
- FreeSCI
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
freesci pocketpc | 20040713 | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
- Wolfenstein 3D
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
wolf3d pocketpc | 1.0 (20051209) | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✓ |
PocketWolf3D | 0.2 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Jazz jackrabbit
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
openjazz pocketpc | 20060514 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
- Sierra On-Line Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI)
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pocket Sarien | 20020424 | GPLv1 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
- ScummVM
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ScummVM | 1.5.0 ARM 0.7.1 (MIPS, SH3) |
GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Windows Mobile
Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
---|---|
Release date | 2003-2009 |
Discontinued | 2009-2013[N 8] |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For software that emulates Windows Mobile, see Cellphone emulators#Windows_Mobile_.28PocketPC.29.
Windows Mobile was created by Microsoft for 'Pocket PC' devices and Smartphones.
- Windows Mobile 2003 is based on the Windows CE 4.x kernel.
- Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5 are based on the Windows CE 5.x kernel.
Emulators
- Atari
- Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 2.3.5 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pocket Nester+ | 0.9 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PocketSNES | 1.53 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
- NEC
- NEC PC-8800
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
M88 | 0.04/0.06 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
- Sharp
- Sharp X1
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
X millennium | 05/02/14 test | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
- Zeebo
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Infuse | No releases yet | Proprietary [N 9] | ✗ | ~ (WIP) |
- x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Limbo | WinMobile build | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~ | ✗ |
DOSBoxPPC | 0.63 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Other (Mobile/ARM)
Windows Phone
- For software that emulates Windows Phone, see Cellphone emulators#Windows_Phone_.26_Windows_10_Mobile.
Developer | Microsoft Corporation |
---|---|
Release date | 2010 |
Discontinued | 2015 |
Emulated | ✗ |
- CHIP-8
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WinRT-CHIP8 | git | TBD | MIT (Permissive) | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo
- Super Nintendo Entertainment system/Super Famicom
Name | Latest version | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snes8x (Snes9x based) |
2.15.3 | Mid | ! | ✗ | ✓ |
- Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VBA10 | 1.22 Alt |
Non-commercial | ✗ | ~ |
VBA8 | 2.27 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
- libretro frontends
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RetriX | 2.1.77.0 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
Windows RT
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating system |
Latest release | 6.3.9600 (2023) |
Successor | Windows on ARM |
Windows RT was a editions of windows targeted ARM7 devices, typically tablets or laptops.
- Emulators
- x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bochs | 2.6 | ! | ✗ | ! |
Win86emu | 0.6 | ! | ✗ | ! |
DOSBox | 0.74 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- 64, 128, VIC-20, PET, PLUS4 and CBM-II
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
VICE | 3.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ! |
- Nintendo DS
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DeSmuME | 0.9.11 | ! | ✗ | ! |
MelonDS | 1.0 RC | ✓ | ✓ | ! |
- Game Boy
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
DMGBoy | 2.0 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- MacOS
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mini vMac | git | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Snes9x | 1.53 source |
Non-commercial | ✗ | ! |
- Calculator
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wabbitemu | 1.6.11.28 | ! | ✗ | ! |
- Source ports
- Quake 3
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
ioQuake3 | 3 source |
! | ✗ | ! |
- Doom
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PrBoom | ? source |
! | ✗ | ! |
- Wolfenstein 3D
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wolf3D | ? source |
! | ✗ | ! |
Computers
MSX
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Release date | 1984 |
Latest release | 1991 (2.31) |
- For software that emulates MSX on other hardware, see MSX emulators.
The bustling landscape of 1980s home computing witnessed the emergence of the MSX platform, a standardized architecture for home computers. Beyond its versatile hardware, the MSX's success stemmed from its robust software environment, anchored by two key components: MSX-DOS and MSX-BASIC.
- MSX-DOS - A Tailored Disk Operating System
Derived from its namesake, MS-DOS, yet significantly streamlined for the MSX's limited memory footprint (64kB), MSX-DOS provided essential file management and disk access functionalities. Its compact design allowed efficient operation on early MSX machines, enabling users to store programs and data on floppy disks, expanding the platform's potential beyond mere game consoles. The intuitive command-line interface, akin to MS-DOS, fostered accessibility and a community of enthusiastic programmers comfortable navigating its text-based environment.
- MSX-BASIC - Bridging the Gap to Creativity
Built upon an extended version of Microsoft's Basic, MSX-BASIC served as the primary programming language for the MSX platform. Its accessible syntax and clear commands lowered the barrier to entry for coding, empowering users to unlock the creative potential of their machines. A rich library of built-in graphics and sound commands facilitated the development of games, animations, and even music, transforming MSX computers into versatile tools for artistic expression. The standardized nature of MSX-BASIC across different models encouraged collaboration and software sharing, fostering a vibrant community of users and programmers.
Emulators (MSX)
Consoles
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MNESX (Preview) | WIP | ! | ! | ! | ✗ | ! | ~ |
- Game Boy
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GEM | 1.21 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
- Sega
- SG-1000
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SG1000 | 0.96.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
- Coleco
- ColecoVision
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mission | 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
Consoles
- Commodore
- PET 2001
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EMU6PET | 1.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
- Microsoft
- MSX
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rMSX | 1.3 FE | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
- Sinclair
- ZX Spectrum
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EMU6 | 1.3 | ~ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
EMU6_128 | 1.1 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
ROMU6 | 2.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
- Amstrad
- CPC
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ROMU6CPC | 1.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
EMU6CPC | dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
Interpreters
- CHIP-8
Name | Latest version | MSX | MSX2/2+ | MSXturboR | Active | Accuracy | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vision-8 | 1.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ~ |
WebTV
Type | Thin client |
---|---|
Release date | 1996 |
WebTV (later called MSN TV) is a Thin client device created by WebTV Networks, Inc. which was bought by Microsoft. Microsoft sold the license to a reference design to many companies, during 2001 as WebTV rebranded to MSN TV all contracts to licensed manufacuturies of WebTV devices except RCA were dropped.
Emulators
Name | Latest version | Active | License | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | ? | ✗ | Proprietary | ! |
Source ports
Game title | Latest version | Active | License | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doom | ? | ✗ | Proprietary | ! |
You Don't Know Jack | ? | ✗ | Proprietary | ! |
References and Notes
- References
- Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.
- ↑ Versions 2.15 α7 and its source code (2.15s) are currently lost. The latest version downloadable is 2.10 α6 along with its source code (2.10s).
- ↑ Source code available under the Doom Source License
- ↑ Recommended if you have a 3dfx card
- ↑ Mainstream support ended on October 9, 2018. Extended support ended on October 10, 2023
- ↑ Pocket PC 2000 Mainstream support ended on September 30, 2005. Extended support ended on October 9, 2007. Pocket PC 2002 Unsupported as of October 14, 2008
- ↑ Windows Mobile 2003: Mainstream support: Ended on July 14, 2009 Extended support: Ended on July 8, 2014. Windows Mobile 5.0: Mainstream support: Ended on October 12, 2010 Extended support: Ended on October 13, 2015. Windows Mobile 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5: Unsupported as of January 8, 2013.
- ↑ The source code will be released when emulation improves.
See also
Emulators on other systems |