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
|-
|[[Yaba Sanshiro]]
|[[Sega Saturn emulators|Saturn]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/devmiyax devmiyax]<br/>[https://liberapay.com/~32349/donate liberapay]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Patron-only posts and messages
|-
|[[BigPEmu]]
|[[Atari Jaguar emulators|Jaguar]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/richwhitehouse richwhitehouse]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|Discord, credits/homages in author's all solo work
|-
|[[Delta]]
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
|[https://www.patreon.com/rileytestut rileytestut]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|iPad and SEGA Genesis support in Delta, 3rd party sources in AltStore, QOL improvements and bug fixes, Interaction with developers and community, active support from dedicated channels, providing feedback on upcoming features
|-
|[[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]<br/>[https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1VXOGWHIOFVMR?ref_=wl_share Author's Amazon wishlist]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|Discord, Bug fix requests, Feature requests, Cloud saves, Patron shout-out, Cloud ROMs, and ISOs, Phone call, Digital comissions, Dedicated feature development (2 hours of time).
|-
|[[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]<br/>[https://cash.app/$openemu Cash App]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|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]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Name in emulator, development polls
|-
|[[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 PayPal]
|{{✗}}
|-
|[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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