Emulators on Linux

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Type Operating systems


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.

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.

View the Linux guide for emulators for Distro specific instructions.

Contents

Atari

Atari 8-bit family

Name Latest version Models XEGS libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Atari800 5.2.0 400, 800, XL, XE ✗ ✓ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
Atari++ 1.84 400, 800, XL, XE ✗ ✗ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 Good: 400, 800
Basic: XL, XE 		✓ ✓ ? ✓ ✓ ~

Atari ST

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Hatari 2.5.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Steem SSE 4.1.2 R14 ✗ ? ✓ ✓
ARAnyM git ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Steem Engine 3.2 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
PCE/atarist pce-20191006 ✗ ? ✓ ✗
PCE-js git ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗
CaSTaway 0.9.2 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

Atari 2600

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Stella 6.7.1 ✓ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
z26 4.07 ✗ High ✓ ✓ ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗
Gopher2600 0.27.0 ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✗
CLK 2024-05-05 ✗ Mid ✓ ✓ ✗
Stellarator git ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗

Atari 5200

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Atari800 5.2.0 ✓ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
kat5200 0.8.1 ✗ ? ✓ ✗ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ Mid ✓ ✓ ✗
Jum52 git ✗ ? ✗ ✗ ✗
Rainbow 2.2 ✗ ? ✗ ✗ ✗

Atari 7800

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.265 ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✓
A7800 5.2 ✗ High ✓ ✓ ✓
ProSystem git (libretro) ✓ ? ✓ ✗ [N 1] ✓
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✗ ? ✓ ✓ ✗

Atari Jaguar

Name Latest version AJ-CD libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Phoenix 2.8.JAG ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Virtual Jaguar 2.1.2
Unofficial builds
git (libretro) 		✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ [N 1] ✓
MAME 0.265 ~ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

Atari Lynx

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.32.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Handy 0.95 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗


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 ✓ ✓ ✓
3dSen 0.9.5 ✗ ✗ ? ✗ ✓ ~
FinalBurn Neo WIP builds ✓ ✓ ? ✗ ✓ ✗
iNES 6.1 ✓ ✗ High ? ✓ ✗
Gearnes git ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✗
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✓ ✗ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✗
higan v110 ✓ ✓ (as bsnes v083) Cycle ✓ ✓ ✗
ANESE git ✗ ✗ Cycle ✓ ~ ✗
cxNES git ✓ ✗ Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Mesen S 0.4.0 ✗ ✓ Cycle ✓ ✗ ~
Snes9x 1.62.3 ✓ ✓ High ✗ [N 2] ✓ ~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) 1.32.1 ✓ ✓ ? ✓ ✓ ✗
nSide (forked higan) git ✓ ✓ Cycle ✓ ✗ ✗
BizHawk (bsnes v087) 2.9.1 ✓ ✗ Cycle ✓ ✓ ✗
Mednafen (bsnes v059) 1.32.1 ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✗
MAME 0.265 ✗ ✓ Low ✓ ✓ ✗
ZSNES 1.51 ✗ ✗ Low ✓ ✗ ✗
CATSFC 1.36 ✗ ✓ Low ✓ ✗ ✗

Nintendo 64

Name Latest version Plugins Controller Pak Rumble Pak Transfer Pak 64DD libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
simple64 (ParaLLEl) 2024.03.2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
simple64 (Final GLideN64) Final GLideN64 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
RMG git ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
ares v138 ✗ ✓ ~ ~ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ~
CEN64 git ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ~
Mupen64Plus git ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗
MAME 0.265 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name Latest version GameCube Wii Triforce libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Dolphin Dev ✓ ✓ ~[N 3] ✓[N 4] ✓ ✓ ✓
Ishiiruka-Dolphin Dev ✓ ✓ ✗ ~ ✓ ✓ ~
Pureikyubu 1.6 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

Wii U

Name Latest version Accurancy Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
Cemu 2.0-80 Medium ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
Decaf git Low ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

Nintendo Switch

Name Latest version Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
yuzu Nightlygit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ryujinx Nightlygit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Nintendo 3DS

Name Latest version Amiibo FLOSS libretro Active Recommended
Citra Nightly ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Nintendo DS

Name Latest version DSi libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
DeSmuME 0.9.13 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓[N 5] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
BGB 1.6.3 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Gambatte r571 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gearboy 3.5.0 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ~
Emulicious 2024-04-30 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ~

Game & Watch

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DSP 0.22 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

Sega

Sega Model 1

Name Latest version Active libretro FLOSS Recommended
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Modeler 0.9.3a ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Sega Model 2

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ~

Sega Model 3

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Supermodel SVN Builds ~ (WIP) ✓ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

SG-1000

Name Latest version SC-3000 SF-7000 libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MasterGear 4.9.3 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ~
higan v110 ~ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ~
Kega Fusion 3.64 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ~
Gearsystem 3.5.0 ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
blueMSX 2.8.2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
MEKA 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
CoolCV 0.6.9 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗
TwoMbit 1.0.5 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ {{✗}


Master System / Game Gear

Name Latest version GG libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 ✓ ✓ Very high ✗ ✓ ✓
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✓
Emulicious 2024-04-30 ✓ ✗ Very high ✗ ✓ ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✓ ✗ Very high ✓ ✓ ~
higan v110 ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ~
Phoenix 2.8.JAG ✓ ✗ Very high ✗ ✓ ~
TwoMbit 1.0.5 ✓ ✗ Very high ✓ ✗ ✗
Gearsystem 3.5.0 ✓ ✓ High ✓ ✓ ✗
MasterGear 4.9.3 ✓ ✗ High ✗ ✓ ✗
Kega Fusion 3.64 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
PicoDrive 1.93 ✗[2] ✓ Mid ✗ ✓ ✗

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name Latest version CD 32X Pico libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
BlastEm 0.6.2 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓
BizHawk 2.9.1 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ? ✓ ✓
Kega Fusion 3.64 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
PicoDrive 1.93 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
FinalBurn Neo Stable WIP builds ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
MAME 0.265 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Gens/GS r7 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
DGen 1.33 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
GENS 2.14 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
higan v110 ~ ✗ ✗ ✓(bsnes) ✓ ✓ ✗
Megado git ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ? ✗ ✗
Regen 0.972 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ? ✗ ✗

Saturn / ST-V

Dreamcast / Naomi

Sega VMU

NEC

NEC PC-6000

NEC PC-8800

NEC PC-9800

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx

PC-FX

Sony

PlayStation

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 4

Pocket Station

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Vita

Google

Mircosoft

Apple

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
  2. ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
  3. ↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
  4. ↑ At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.

See also

  • ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
  • ↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
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