Emulators on Linux
Type | Operating systems |
---|---|
Earliest release | Linux Kernel 0.02 (1991) |
Latest release | Linux Kernel 6.7 (2024) |
- This page is about software on Linux that emulates other hardware, like video game consoles.
- For software that can run Linux on other Operating Systems, see Hypervisors.
Linux is a family of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Operating systems using the Linux kernel are commonly called Linux distributions (distro).
- Emulators on Linux
Due to the overlap with the technical and open source communities, the majority of emulators in existence will have Linux versions available. The commercial success of the Steam Deck has also contributed heavily to consumer demand for native emulators on Linux.
- Before diving in;
- If you're on a Steam Deck, you should probably use EmuDeck which is an installation script that helps you get started with emulation. It is not an all in one solution like some other software; instead, it strives to provide the best possible official options to you, set up and ready to go.
- See the Linux guide for emulators for Distro specific instructions
- See the Recommended Linux distributions.
- 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 Linux, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
Contents
Atari[edit]
Atari 8-bit family[edit]
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[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatari | 2.5.0 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Steem SSE | 4.2.0 R21 | ✗ | GPLv3 (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[edit]
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) | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
Gopher2600 | 0.35.1 | ✗ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
CLK | 2024-10-19 | ✗ | Mid | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200[edit]
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[edit]
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 1] | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
Atari Jaguar[edit]
Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Jaguar | 2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ [N 1] | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ~ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 |
✓ | ✓ |
Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | zlib License (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo[edit]
Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]
Name | Latest version | FDS | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
3dSen | 0.9.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Gearnes | git | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ (as bsnes v083) | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
ANESE | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT (Permissive) | ~ | ✗ |
cxNES | git | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
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[edit]
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) | ✓ | ✓ |
Mesen S | 0.4.0 | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
Snes9x | 1.63 | ✓ | ✓ | High | Non-commercial | ✓ | ~ |
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
BizHawk (bsnes v087) | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
ZSNES | 1.51 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✓ | Low | Non-commercial GPLv2 |
✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 64[edit]
Name | Latest version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
simple64 (ParaLLEl) | 2024.09.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
simple64 (Final GLideN64) | Final GLideN64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
ares | v141 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
CEN64 | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce[edit]
Name | Latest version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 2] | ✓[N 3] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚) | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Pureikyubu (PlayCube) | 1.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | CC0 1.0 (Public domain) | ✓ | ✗ |
Wii U[edit]
Name | Latest version | Accurancy | Amiibo | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cemu | 2.3 | Medium | ~ | MPL 2.0 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Decaf | git | Low | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch[edit]
Name | Latest version | Amiibo | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
yuzu (柚子) | Nightly (Offline)git (Offline) | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗* | ✓ |
Ryujinx (龍神X) | 1.1.1403‡ ryujinx-mirror builds LDN builds‡ custom build for revived SMB35 |
✓ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Name | Latest version | Amiibo | License | libretro | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citra | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Nintendo DS[edit]
Name | Latest version | DSi | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeSmuME | 0.9.13 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
melonDS | 0.9.5 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy Advance[edit]
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) | ✓ | ✓ |
Pokémon mini[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GBE+ | 1.8 [N 4] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
PokeMini | 0.6.0git | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Boy[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | Dual licensed (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[edit]
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SameBoy | 0.16.7 | ✓[N 5] | ✓ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
BGB | 1.6.4 | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-08-31 | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
Game & Watch[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
DSP | 0.23Final | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega[edit]
Sega Model 1[edit]
Name | Latest version | Active | libretro | License | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Modeler | 0.9.3a | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Sega Model 2[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Sega Model 3[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supermodel | SVN Builds | ~ (WIP) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
SG-1000[edit]
Name | Latest version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 |
✗ | ✗ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear[edit]
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 | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | MIT GPL |
✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | High | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✗ | High | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✗[N 7] | ✓ | Mid | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X[edit]
Name | Latest version | CD | 32X | Pico | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BlastEm | 0.6.2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 6] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
FinalBurn Neo | Stable nightly builds | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | 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) | ✓ | ✗ |
Megado | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Regen | 0.972 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Saturn / ST-V[edit]
Name | Latest version | ST-V | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Kronos | 2.6.2 | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎2) | 1.15.0 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Dreamcast / NAOMI[edit]
Name | Latest version | NAOMI | Atomiswave | Windows CE | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flycast | CI Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
redream | 1.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
DEmul | 0.7 Build 280418 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
reicast | r20.04 (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store) |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 LGPLv2.1 |
~ | ✗ |
nullDC | 1.0.4 r150 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
lxdream-nitro | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
VeMUlator_libretro | Nightly | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
ElysianVMU | 0.2.0 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC[edit]
NEC PC-6000[edit]
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC6001VX | 4.2.9 | ✗ | LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
NEC PC-8800[edit]
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
XM8 | 1.70 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | git artifacts[N 8] 0.271 |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~[N 9] |
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro |
libretro core 0.6.4 |
✓ | BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) | ~[N 10] | ~ |
X88000 | 1.5.3 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC PC-9800[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改) | git | ✓ | High | ? | ~ | ✓ |
Neko Project II (猫Project II) | 0.86 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
DOSBox-X | 2024.10.01 | ✗ | Low | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx[edit]
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) | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Hu-Go! | 2.12 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✗ | ✗ |
PC-FX[edit]
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 | ✗ | ✗ |
Xe | 2.16.2 | TBD | ✗ | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Sony[edit]
PlayStation[edit]
Name | Latest Version | Plugins | License | libretro | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DuckStation | git | ✗ | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Non-commercial) | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Rustation NG | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PCSX-R | PGXP(git) |
✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
ePSXe | 2.0.5 | ✓ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
Rustation | git | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ |
Avocado | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Mid | ~ | ✗ |
pSX | 1.13 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 2[edit]
Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCSX2 | 1.6.0 (stable) SVN |
~ (WIP) | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Play! | Builds | ✓ | BSD-2-Clause (Permissive) | ✓ | ~ |
DobieStation | git Builds |
✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 3[edit]
Name | Latest Release Version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCS3 | 0.0.34 Alpha[N 11] | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Nucleus | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4[edit]
Name | Latest Release Version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
shadPS4 | 0.4.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
RPCSX | git | {Green}} GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗(WIP) |
Obliteration | git | MIT Apache 2.0 |
✓ | ✗(WIP) |
Orbital | git | MIT (Permissive) | ~ | ✗ |
Spine | 2022-05-17 | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 5[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Pocket Station[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | High | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
PlayStation Portable[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.18.1 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vita3K | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Google[edit]
Android[edit]
Name | Version | Backend[N 12] | Compatibility | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android x86 | Bliss OS 8.1-r6 |
entire OS though installable to VM through Hypervisor |
Mid | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~ | ~ |
Genymotion | 3.7.1 | VirtualBox | Mid-High | Proprietary | ✓ | ~[N 13] |
Waydroid | git | wine-like approach | Low | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
KMRE | 2.4.6.8? | docker | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Android Studio | 4.0 | QEMU | Low | Source-available | ✓ | ✗ |
Andy OS | 0.47.226.1096.26 | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
Anbox | git | wine-like approach | Low | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft[edit]
MSX series[edit]
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 | ✓ | BSD-3-Clause GPLv2) |
✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Original Xbox[edit]
Name | Latest version | Sega Chihiro (千尋) | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xemu | 0.7.132 | ~ (WIP) | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
XQEMU | git | ~ (WIP) | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
StrikeBox | git | ✗ | BSD-2-Clause (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ~ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Xbox One[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Xbox Series X and Series S[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Apple[edit]
Apple I[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pom1 | v1.0.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
Apple II Line[edit]
Name | Latest version | ][ | ][+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
LinApple | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MicroM8 | Continuous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple /// Line[edit]
Name | Latest version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
KEGS | 1.34 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
GSplus | 0.14 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ~ |
GSport | 0.31 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
LisaEm | 1.2.7 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ~* | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68k | |||||
Basilisk II | 1.0 R5 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mini vMac | 36.04 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | TBD | |
PCE | 0.2.2 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | TBD | |
Ardi Executor | 2.1.17 | MIT (Permissive) | ✗ | ✗ | |
vMac | 0.19 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | |
PowerPC | |||||
SheepShaver | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ | |
QEMU | 4.0.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD | |
PearPC | 0.6.0 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ | |
DingusPPC | [1] | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Apple iPod[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
iOS[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
SNK Corporation[edit]
Neo Geo and variants[edit]
Name | Latest version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[N 14] | GPLv2 Copyleft |
✓ | ✓ |
FinalBurn Neo | stable WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
RAINE | 0.96.12 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Xe | 2.16.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
ares | v141 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
GnGeo | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | MAME license (Non-commercial) | ✗ | ✗ |
Neo Geo Pocket[edit]
Name | Latest version | NGP | NGPC | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
ares | v141 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ISC (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Commodore[edit]
Commodore 64 & 128[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VICE (x64sc) | 3.8 | ✓ | Very high | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Denise | 2.4 | ✗ | Very high | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
VICE (x64) | 3.8[N 15] | ✓ | High | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
Emu64 | git | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | ? | MIT GPL |
✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Mid | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Frodo | 4.2 | ✗ | ? | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore 65[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | Low | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Amiberry | 6.3.3 Preview | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 Copyleft |
✓ | ✗ |
Denise | 2.3 | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
x86 CPUs[edit]
Name | Latest version | 8086 | 286 | 386 | 486 | Pentium | Pentium II | Celeron | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
86Box | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
PCem | v17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✓ |
DOSBox-X | 2024.10.01 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
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 16] | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Sinclair[edit]
ZX81[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Relative Speed[N 17] | 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[edit]
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ |
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.10-rc1 | ✗ | MIT GPL |
✓ | ~ |
Retro Virtual Machine | 2.0.beta-1.r6 | ✗ | Proprietary | ✓ | ~ |
ZX-Poly | 2.3.0 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | TBD |
Xpeccy | 0.6.20241015 | ✗ | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
DSP | git | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✗ |
fbzx | git | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
JSpeccy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
ZX4ALL | Beta 2 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Acorn Computers[edit]
BBC Micro/BBC Master[edit]
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 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
B2 | git | B, B+, M128 | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✗ |
Electron[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
CLK | git | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ |
eek | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
ElectrEm | 0.6c | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
ElkJS | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Elkulator | git | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)[edit]
Name | Latest version | Atom | BBC Micro | BBC Master | Electron | License | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓ |
Archimedes[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arculator | 2.1 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
ArcEm | 1.50 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
Risc PC / A7000[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCEmu | 0.9.4 | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
VTech[edit]
CreatiVision[edit]
Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cvemu (creatiVision emulator) | 21.05.01 Preview (source)
16.04.24 (windows) |
✗ | Non-commercial | ~[N 18] | ✓ |
MAME | git artifacts[N 8] 0.271 libretro core[N 19] |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✓* |
FunnyMu | FunnyMu 0.43 SDL | ✗ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
CvEmu2 | 0.6.1 (CvEmu2) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Socrates[edit]
Name | Latest Version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | git artifacts[N 8] 0.271 libretro core[N 19] |
✓ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~* |
V.Smile[edit]
Name | Latest Version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | git artifacts[N 8] 0.271 libretro core[N 19] |
GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~* |
Unununium | git | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
V.Flash[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
InnoTV[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Miscellaneous[edit]
Panasonic (3DO)[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | Retro achievements | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4DO | 1.3.2.4 | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✗ | ✗ |
Opera | libretro core | ✓ | ✓ | Non-commercial | ✓ | ✓ |
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ~ |
3d'oh | SVN | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.271 | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗ |
Phillips (CD-i)[edit]
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 |
✓ | ✓* |
CeDImu | None (pre-alpha) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
CD-iCE | 2001-08-20 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
GamePark Holdings[edit]
GP32[edit]
Name | Latest version | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.271 | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ~ |
GP2X[edit]
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
IBM[edit]
System 370/390/z[edit]
Name | Latest version | libretro | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | Q Public License | ✓ | ✓ |
Symbian and N-Gage[edit]
Name | Version | Accuracy | Retro Achievements |
License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EKA2L1 | git | Mid | ✗ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ~ | ✓ |
J2ME[edit]
Name | Version | Mascot Capsule 3D | Accuracy | VM | Derived from | License | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kahvibreak | Stable Dev |
✗ | Mid | Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) | ? | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✓ (WIP) |
SquirrelJME | 0.4.0 | ✗ | Aims for 100% | Custom (Java) | - | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ? (WIP) |
MicroEmu | git | ✗ | Mid | Host JVM | - | LGPLv2.1 Apache 2.0) |
✗ | ✗ |
MPowerPlayer | 2.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
N-GAGE Cool! | 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 CI-Linux
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
- ↑ The backend column describes what backend technology used mainly (VM, AOSP or an actual OS etc). Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes need the user to install Oracle VM VirtualBox, but usually you don't need to install manually. Hardware-assisted virtualization feature must be turned for VM backends due to performance reasons. Keep in mind that you should turn off Hyper-V windows feature if emulator uses type-2 hypervisor (VirtualBox or VMware) due to conflict issue, although some emulators (like BlueStacks) provide special Hyper-V build for this.
- ↑ Bloatware
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ creatiVision commits
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)
See also[edit]
Emulators on other systems |