Editing Emulators on Patreon

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'''Patreon''' is a service that allows fans to contribute to creators' projects on a recurring basis (where they're known as patrons). A ton of emulator developers are already using it so if you wish to support any project with money, we've listed the accounts below. We also have a page on other ways to [[support emulation projects]].


==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|System
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Early access
! scope="col"|Other rewards
|-
|[[BigPEmu]]
|[[Atari Jaguar emulators|Jaguar]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/richwhitehouse richwhitehouse]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Delta]]
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/rileytestut rileytestut]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Provenance]]
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
|[https://patreon.com/provenance provenance]<br/>[https://github.com/sponsors/JoeMatt GitHub Sponsor]<br/>[https://opencollective.com/provenanceemu Open Collective]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[86Box]]
|[[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|Intel CPUs]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/86box 86box], [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/86Box PayPal]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Name in YouTube videos, and on website. Priority video requests.
|-
|[[AetherSX2]]
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/aethersx2 aethersx2]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Cemu]]
|[[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/cemu cemu]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Discord, exclusive news, name in emulator
|-
|[[Citra]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/citraemu/overview citraemu]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls
|-
|[[Cxbx-Reloaded]], [[ares]]
|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], Sega Chihiro <small>(Arcade, WIP)</small>, [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/LukeUsher LukeUsher], [https://ko-fi.com/LukeUsher Ko-fi]<br />[https://github.com/sponsors/LukeUsher GitHub Sponsor], [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lukepusher PayPal]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Exclusive news, name in emulator
|-
|DobieStation
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/dobiestation dobiestation]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[libretro]]
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/libretro libretro]
|{{~}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[simple64]]
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/loganmc10 loganmc10]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Exclusive news
|-
|[[melonDS]]
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/staplebutter Arisotura (formerly Staplebutter)]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Mesen]]
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo NES]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Mesen Mesen]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[mGBA]]
|[[Game Boy Advance emulators|Nintendo GBA]], [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GB, GBC]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/mgba mgba]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Special icon, name in emulator
|-
|[[Mikage]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/mikage mikage]
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|Exclusive news, technical support
|-
|NooDS
|[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Hydr8gon Hydr8gon]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[Nova]]
|[[Sega Saturn emulators|Sega Saturn]], Sega Titan Video <small>(Arcade)</small>
|[https://www.patreon.com/nova_emu nova_emu]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|Exclusive news, name in emulator
|-
|Planet Virtual Boy emulator
|[[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/GuyPerfect GuyPerfect]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Play!]]
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/jpd002 jpd002]<br/>[https://github.com/sponsors/jpd002 GitHub Sponsor]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[PCBox]]
|[[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|Intel CPUs]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/qeegmfer qeegmfer]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, technical support
|-
|[[OpenEmu]]
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/openemu openemu]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Name in emulator
|-
|[[Orbital]]
|[[PlayStation 4 emulators|PlayStation 4]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/AlexAltea AlexAltea]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, exclusive news
|-
|[[Project64]]
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Project64 Project64]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Remove prompts for support
|-
|Retro Virtual Machine
|[[ZX Spectrum line|ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad CPC]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/retrovirtualmachine retrovirtualmachine]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|Exclusive news, name in emulator
|-
|[[RPCS3]]
|[[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Nekotekina Nekotekina]<br>[https://rpcs3.net/alipay Alipay]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls, name in emulator
|-
|[[Ryujinx]]
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/ryujinx ryujinx]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[StrikeBox]]
|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/StrikerX3 StrikerX3]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Exclusive news
|-
|Skyline Edge
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/skyline_emu Skyline]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Early access builds of skyline
|-
|[[TeknoParrot]]
|Windows-based [[Arcade emulators|Arcade systems]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Teknogods Teknogods]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|Exclusive emulator features, Discord, exclusive news
|-
|[[Vita3K]]
|[[PlayStation Vita emulators|PlayStation Vita]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Vita3K Vita3K]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, name in readme, higher priority on reported issues
|-
|[[xemu]]
|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/mborgerson mborgerson]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Name on videos
|-
|[[Xenia]]
|[[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/xenia_project xenia_project]<br/>[https://www.patreon.com/gibbed gibbed]<br\>[https://github.com/sponsors/gibbed GitHub Sponsor (gibbed)]<br/>[https://github.com/sponsors/JoelLinn GitHub Sponsor (JoelLinn)]<br/>[https://github.com/sponsors/Razzile GitHub Sponsor (Razzile)]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord
|-
|[[Yabause]]
|[[Sega Saturn emulators|Sega Saturn]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/yabause yabause]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Name in emulator, documentation, support
|-
|[[yuzu]]
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam yuzuteam]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Discord, exclusive news, prioritized technical support, development polls
|-
|}

==Misc==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Description
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|Rewards
|-
|[https://keybase.io/anodium anodium]
|[[Citra]] progress report and blog writer
|[https://www.patreon.com/anodium anodium]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://caps0ff.blogspot.com/ CAPS0ff]
|Chip [[decapping]], currently used for improving [[MAME]]'s emulation.
|[https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4805718 4805718]
|Chance to influence what they work on, early blog posts.
|-
|[https://www.emuvr.net/ EmuVR]
|Game room simulation in [[Virtual reality|VR]].
|[https://www.patreon.com/EmuVR EmuVR]
|Exclusive news.
|-
|[https://gliden64.blogspot.com/ GLideN64]
|One of the more popular [[Recommended N64 plugins|N64 plugins]].
|[https://www.patreon.com/Gliden64 Gliden64]
|Early access, exclusive news.
|-
|[https://github.com/InternalLoss InternalLoss (AKA 'Billy' UK)]
|Insignia server (For [[Xbox]] games), open-source web tools, OS network services for retro game systems.
|[https://ko-fi.com/billy549 billy549] (Ko-fi)
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://github.com/JayFoxRox JayFoxRox]
|[[XQEMU]], [[Citra]], Sega Lindbergh, [[pinball]] emulation, open-source PC game ports.
|[https://www.patreon.com/jayfoxrox jayfoxrox]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://github.com/Lioncash Lioncache]
|Core developer on [[Dolphin]], [[Citra]] and [[yuzu]].
|[https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9377665 9377665]
|Monthly cat photos.
|-
|[https://github.com/Libbers Libbers (AKA 'Libby')]
|Insignia server for [[Xbox]] games. [https://twitter.com/kl0wny Twitter].
|[https://www.patreon.com/LibbyLoops LibbyLoops]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://lutris.net/ Lutris]
|An open-source [[Frontends|frontend]] for Linux.
|[https://www.patreon.com/lutris lutris]
|Early access, remote support with a desktop sharing program, custom forum badge.
|-
|[https://github.com/m4xw m4xw]
|Works on improving various emulators, such as [[Mupen64Plus]], Mupen64Plus-Next, [[RetroArch]] libnx port, Switch [[PPSSPP]] Port. Also makes Nintendo Switch homebrew.
|[https://www.patreon.com/m4xwdev m4xwdev]
|Discord, feature requests.
|-
|[http://problemkaputt.de Martin Korth]
|Developer of the [[No$]] emulators.
|[https://www.patreon.com/martin_korth martin_korth]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[MAME|MooglyGuy/TheMogMiner]]
|Assist with expenses in acquiring obscure computers and electronic hardware for [[MAME]]'s emulation.
|[https://www.patreon.com/moogly moogly]
|Patreon posts
|-
|[https://playnite.link/ Playnite]
|An open-source [[Frontends|frontend]] for Windows.
|[https://www.patreon.com/playnite playnite]
|Early access, access to polls prioritizing upcoming features, credits.
|-
|[https://github.com/CookiePLMonster Silent (AKA 'CookiePLMonster')]
|Occasional contributions to [[Xenia]], [[RPCS3]], [[Cxbx-Reloaded]]; unofficial patches/enhancements for PC games & some old console games; other mods for Grand Theft Auto games.
|[https://www.patreon.com/CookiePLMonster CookiePLMonster]
|Patreon posts, credits, access to private to-do list.
|-
|[https://github.com/thrimbor thrimbor]
|Insignia server (For [[Xbox]] games), Xbox original tools, various fixes/mods to open-source projects and games/software. [https://twitter.com/thrimbor Twitter].
|[https://www.patreon.com/StefanSchmidt StefanSchmidt]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging Wine-Staging]
|Testing area and experimental features for [[Wine]].
|[https://www.patreon.com/winestaging winestaging]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://www.zophar.net/ Zophar's Domain]
|Emulation/game data archival website.
|[https://www.patreon.com/zophar zophar]
|Ad-free, your own post, link to your emulation project.
|-
|[https://twitter.com/Tuxality Tuxality]
|Developing [http://tuxality.net/projects/infuse_zeebo_emulator Infuse] ([[Zeebo|Zeebo]] and [[BREW|BREW]] emulator) and [[Wrappers|PowerVR SGL wrapper]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/Tuxality Tuxality]
|{{✗}}
|-
|}

==Romhacking==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Description
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|Rewards
|-
|Hilltop
|Localizations of Japanese-only videogames (Especially [[:Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles|PS1]] & [[:Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles|PS2]]) titles.
|[https://www.patreon.com/hilltopworks hilltopworks]
|Patron-only Discord room, patron role, exclusive posts, early access to content, BTS developer info, answers to romhacking questions, patch credits.
|-
|[https://romhacking.net/ ROMhacking.net]
|[[Mods, hacks and fan-translations|Rom hacking]] website. The biggest(?) database of rom hacks and translations.
|[https://www.patreon.com/Romhackingnet Romhackingnet]
|Site themes, site development forum, ad-free, sticky article, new site feature or improvement of your choosing.
|}

==FPGA==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Description
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|Rewards
|-
|[https://github.com/atrac17 atrac17]
|Fixes to arcade [[FPGA|FPGA cores]] for [[MiSTer]] and others, [[MAME]] contributor.
|[https://www.patreon.com/atrac17 atrac17]
|Private posts
|-
|[https://github.com/theypsilon José Manuel Barroso Galindo]
|Maintains the old Update_All_MiSTer script and newer, improved MiSTer Downloader for [[MiSTer]] [[FPGA]].
|[https://www.patreon.com/theypsilon theypsilon]
|Early access, private posts, Patreon keys, Discord benefits, shout-outs, chance to influence what he works on.
|-
|[https://github.com/jotego Jose Tejada]
|Arcade [[FPGA|FPGA cores]] for [[MiSTer]] and others, [[MAME]] contributor.
|[https://www.patreon.com/topapate topapate]
|Early access, private posts, name/face in projects, chance to influence what he works on.
|-
|[[MiSTer]]
|Open source [[FPGA]] project targeted to replicate retro computers, consoles and similar devices using modern USB input devices and output high quality video to HDMI.
|[https://www.patreon.com/FPGAMiSTer FPGAMiSTer]<br/>[https://www.paypal.me/FPGAMiSTer]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://www.retrorgb.com/ RetroRGB.com]
|A website with corresponding YouTube, Podcast and social media accounts dedicated to highlighting the people and projects in the retro gaming scene (particularly [[FPGA]] scene too).
|[https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb retrorgb], [https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal/home Floatplane], [https://ko-fi.com/retrorgb Ko-fi], [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7J9QNKYKBSM3Y PayPal], [https://www.retrorgb.com/support.html Others]
|Early access, private posts, Discord.
|-
|[https://github.com/RobertPeip Robert Peip]
|Development and enhancements to console [[FPGA|FPGA cores]] for [[MiSTer]] and others. Best known for creating [[PlayStation emulators|PSX]] core. Also made Atari Lynx, GBA & Wonderswan cores, and added improvements to other cores. Check his [https://www.twitter.com/AzumFpg Twitter] updates, too.
|[https://www.patreon.com/FPGAzumSpass FPGAzumSpass]
|Early access, private posts.
|-
|[https://github.com/srg320 Sergey Dvodnenko]
|Console [[FPGA|FPGA cores]] for [[MiSTer]] and others. Best known for creating [[Sega Saturn emulators|Saturn]] core. Also did major work on Sega Genesis, Mega CD & TurboGrafx-16/CD. Check his [https://www.twitter.com/srg320_ Twitter], too.
|[https://www.patreon.com/srg320 srg320]
|{{✗}}
|-
|}

==[[Game engine recreations and source ports|Game engine recreations]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Games
! scope="col"|Description
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|Rewards
|-
|[https://openmw.org/ OpenMW]
|TES 3: Morrowind
|List of several individual devs.
|[https://openmw.org/faq/#donations Several devs]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://github.com/nmlgc/ReC98 ReC98]
|Touhou 1 - 5 (PC-98)
|Updated page with many completion status bars needing certain amounts.
|[https://rec98.nmlgc.net/ GitHub Sponsors] (Progress bars)
|{{✗}}
|-
|}

==Video game preservation==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Description
! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
! scope="col"|Rewards
|-
|[https://classicrebirth.com/ classicrebirth.com] (The Apple of Eden)
|Plug & play enhancements for classic ''Resident Evil'' and ''Dino Crisis'' games on modern Windows (i.e. Vista+).
|[https://www.patreon.com/classicrebirth classicrebirth]
|Private posts, full patches collection, early access, in-game credit.
|-
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ HG101]
|Comprehensive web overviews/retrospectives, ebooks/books and podcasts of retro/modern video games.
|[https://www.patreon.com/hg101 hg101]
|Private posts, private messages, Discord, ebooks/books (also autographic option), materials, votes/nominations.
|-
|[https://hitsave.org/ Hit Save!]
|A non-profit dedicated to video game preservation, their history, and related physical and digital materials.
|[https://www.patreon.com/hitsave hitsave], [https://hitsave.org/support-us/#/portal/ Ghost], [https://hitsave.org/support-us/ Others]
|Private posts, messages, polls, Discord, early access content, credit, memorabilia.
|-
|[http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/ Home of the Underdogs]
|A non-profit site dedicated to the preservation and promotion of 5000+ underrated PC games (and a few non-PC games) of all ages, 1000+ documents. Includes game info, reviews, media, download/purchase links. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Underdogs Old versions] with game/docs downloads ended in 2009.
|[https://www.patreon.com/hotu hotu]
|Discord.
|-
|[https://www.unseen64.net/ Unseen64]
|An historical archive with articles, screenshots and videos for cancelled, beta & unseen videogames. Full U64 backup on Archive.org.
|[https://www.patreon.com/unseen64 unseen64]
|Private posts, polls, credit in posts, ebook.
|-
! colspan="8"|Axed
|-
|[https://www.preservegames.org/ The Video Game Preservation Collective (VGPC)]
|Video game preservation. Contributes to [http://redump.org/ redump.org], No-Intro and [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive].
|[https://www.patreon.com/vgpc vgpc]
|Name on website
|-
|}

==External links==
* [https://graphtreon.com/ Graphtreon] - View a project's Patreon earnings, statistics, graphs and rankings.

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