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! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|System
 
! scope="col"|System
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! scope="col"|Patreon link
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! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Early access
 
! scope="col"|Early access
 
! scope="col"|Other rewards
 
! scope="col"|Other rewards
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|-
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|[[Yaba Sanshiro]] (Yaba三四郎)
 +
|[[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]]
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|[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
 +
|-
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|[[Provenance]]
 +
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
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|[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]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
 +
|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]]
 
|[[86Box]]
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|[[Intel CPUs|Intel CPUs]]
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|[[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/86box 86box], [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/86Box PayPal account]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/86box 86box], [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/86Box PayPal]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|[[AetherSX2]]
 
|[[AetherSX2]]
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/aethersx2 Patreon]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/aethersx2 aethersx2]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|[[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
 
|[[Wii U emulators|Wii U]]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/cemu cemu]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/cemu cemu]
−
|{{✗}}
+
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|Discord, exclusive news, name in emulator
 
|Discord, exclusive news, name in emulator
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Cxbx-Reloaded]], [[ares]]
 
|[[Cxbx-Reloaded]], [[ares]]
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|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], Sega Chihiro <small>(Arcade, WIP)</small>, [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
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|[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]], Sega Chihiro (千尋)  <small>(Arcade, WIP)</small>, [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/LukeUsher LukeUsher]
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|[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]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|Discord
 
|Discord
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[m64p]]
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|[[simple64]]
 
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
 
|[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/loganmc10 loganmc10]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/loganmc10 loganmc10]
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|Special icon, name in emulator
 
|Special icon, name in emulator
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Mikage]]
+
|[[Mikage]] (御影)
 
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]
 
|[[Nintendo 3DS emulators|Nintendo 3DS]]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/mikage mikage]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/mikage mikage]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
−
|Discord, exclusive news, technical support
+
|Exclusive news, technical support
 
|-
 
|-
 
|NooDS
 
|NooDS
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|[[Play!]]
 
|[[Play!]]
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
 
|[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/jpd002 jpd002]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/jpd002 jpd002]<br/>[https://github.com/sponsors/jpd002 GitHub Sponsor]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|Discord
 
|Discord
 +
|-
 +
|[[PCBox]]
 +
|[[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]
 +
|[https://www.patreon.com/qeegmfer qeegmfer]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|Discord, technical support
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[OpenEmu]]
 
|[[OpenEmu]]
 
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
 
|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/openemu openemu]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/openemu openemu]<br/>[https://cash.app/$openemu Cash App]<br/>[https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1BjRxVxjZXfRvjTLwcjCGPQSHMYbDbapcH Bitcoin]<br/>[https://www.blockchain.com/bch/address/1PZTjJASp8e56gx2pHAvZvKHb4EiqG1kKz BitcoinCash]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|[[RPCS3]]
 
|[[RPCS3]]
 
|[[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]]
 
|[[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/Nekotekina Nekotekina]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/Nekotekina Nekotekina]<br>[https://rpcs3.net/alipay Alipay]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls, name in emulator
 
|Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls, name in emulator
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Ryujinx]]
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|[[Ryujinx]] (龍神X)
 
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/ryujinx ryujinx]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/ryujinx ryujinx]
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|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|Exclusive news
 
|Exclusive news
 +
|-
 +
|Skyline Edge
 +
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 +
|[https://www.patreon.com/skyline_emu Skyline]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Name in emulator, development polls
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[TeknoParrot]]
 
|[[TeknoParrot]]
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|[[Xenia]]
 
|[[Xenia]]
 
|[[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]]
 
|[[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/xenia_project xenia_project]
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|[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)]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|Name in emulator, documentation, support
 
|Name in emulator, documentation, support
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[yuzu]]
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|[[yuzu]] (柚子)
 
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
|[[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam yuzuteam]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam yuzuteam]
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! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
! scope="col"|Description
−
! scope="col"|Patreon link
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! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
|-
 
|-
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|[https://www.patreon.com/Gliden64 Gliden64]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/Gliden64 Gliden64]
 
|Early access, exclusive news.
 
|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]
 
|[https://github.com/JayFoxRox JayFoxRox]
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|Monthly cat photos.
 
|Monthly cat photos.
 
|-
 
|-
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|[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]
 
|[https://lutris.net/ Lutris]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/martin_korth martin_korth]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/martin_korth martin_korth]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/MoochMcGee MoochMcGee]
 
−
|Emudev who mostly works on MAME and 86Box.
 
−
|[https://www.patreon.com/moochmcgee moochmcgee]
 
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|Name on the Patreon page.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME|MooglyGuy/TheMogMiner]]
 
|[[MAME|MooglyGuy/TheMogMiner]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/playnite playnite]
 
|[https://www.patreon.com/playnite playnite]
 
|Early access, access to polls prioritizing upcoming features, credits.
 
|Early access, access to polls prioritizing upcoming features, 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.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/CookiePLMonster Silent (AKA 'CookiePLMonster')]
 
|[https://github.com/CookiePLMonster Silent (AKA 'CookiePLMonster')]
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|Patreon posts, credits, access to private to-do list.
 
|Patreon posts, credits, access to private to-do list.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[https://www.preservegames.org/ The Video Game Preservation Collective (VGPC)]
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|[https://github.com/thrimbor thrimbor]
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|Video game preservation. Contributes to [http://redump.org/ redump.org], No-Intro and [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive].
+
|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/vgpc vgpc]
+
|[https://www.patreon.com/StefanSchmidt StefanSchmidt]
−
|Name on website
+
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging Wine-Staging]
 
|[https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging Wine-Staging]
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|Ad-free, your own post, link to your emulation project.
 
|Ad-free, your own post, link to your emulation project.
 
|-
 
|-
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|[https://twitter.com/Tuxality Tuxality]
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|Developing [http://tuxality.net/projects/infuse_zeebo_emulator Infuse] ([[Zeebo|Zeebo]] and [[BREW|BREW]] emulator) and [[Wrappers|PowerVR SGL wrapper]]
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|[https://www.patreon.com/Tuxality Tuxality]
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|{{✗}}
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|-
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|}
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==Romhacking==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
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! 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.
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|[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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
! scope="col"|Description
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! scope="col"|Patreon link
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! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[MiSTer]]
 
|[[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.
 
|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]
+
|[https://www.patreon.com/FPGAMiSTer FPGAMiSTer]<br/>[https://www.paypal.me/FPGAMiSTer PayPal]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|-
 +
|[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]
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|Early access, private posts, Discord.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/RobertPeip Robert Peip]
 
|[https://github.com/RobertPeip Robert Peip]
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! scope="col"|Games
 
! scope="col"|Games
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
! scope="col"|Description
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! scope="col"|Patreon/Donation link
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! scope="col"|Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
! scope="col"|Rewards
 
|-
 
|-
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|[https://rec98.nmlgc.net/ GitHub Sponsors] (Progress bars)
 
|[https://rec98.nmlgc.net/ GitHub Sponsors] (Progress bars)
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|-
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|}
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 +
==Video game preservation==
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{| 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
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|-
 +
|[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
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* [https://graphtreon.com/ Graphtreon] - View a project's Patreon earnings, statistics, graphs and rankings.
 
* [https://graphtreon.com/ Graphtreon] - View a project's Patreon earnings, statistics, graphs and rankings.
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{{NEL}}
 
[[Category:FAQs]]
 
[[Category:FAQs]]
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[[Category:Emulators|*]]

Latest revision as of 08:01, 23 March 2024

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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[edit]

Name System Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links FLOSS Early access Other rewards
Yaba Sanshiro (Yaba三四郎) Saturn devmiyax
liberapay 		✓ ✗ Patron-only posts and messages
BigPEmu Jaguar richwhitehouse ✗ ✓ Discord, credits/homages in author's all solo work
Delta Multi-system 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 provenance
GitHub Sponsor
Open Collective
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 x86 CPUs 86box, PayPal ✓ ✗ Name in YouTube videos, and on website. Priority video requests.
AetherSX2 PlayStation 2 aethersx2 ✗ ✗ ✗
Cemu Wii U cemu ✓ ✓ Discord, exclusive news, name in emulator
Citra Nintendo 3DS citraemu ✓ ✗ Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls
Cxbx-Reloaded, ares Xbox, Sega Chihiro (千尋) (Arcade, WIP), Nintendo 64 LukeUsher, Ko-fi
GitHub Sponsor, PayPal 		✓ ✗ Exclusive news, name in emulator
DobieStation PlayStation 2 dobiestation ✓ ✗ Discord
libretro Multi-system libretro ~ ✗ Discord
simple64 Nintendo 64 loganmc10 ✓ ✗ Exclusive news
melonDS Nintendo DS Arisotura (formerly Staplebutter) ✓ ✗ ✗
Mesen Nintendo NES Mesen ✓ ✗ ✗
mGBA Nintendo GBA, GB, GBC mgba ✓ ✗ Special icon, name in emulator
Mikage (御影) Nintendo 3DS mikage ✗ ✗ Exclusive news, technical support
NooDS Nintendo DS Hydr8gon ✓ ✗ Discord
Nova Sega Saturn, Sega Titan Video (Arcade) nova_emu ✗ ✓ Exclusive news, name in emulator
Planet Virtual Boy emulator Virtual Boy GuyPerfect ✓ ✗ ✗
Play! PlayStation 2 jpd002
GitHub Sponsor 		✓ ✗ Discord
PCBox x86 CPUs qeegmfer ✓ ✗ Discord, technical support
OpenEmu Multi-system openemu
Cash App
Bitcoin
BitcoinCash 		✓ ✓ Name in emulator
Orbital PlayStation 4 AlexAltea ✓ ✗ Discord, exclusive news
Project64 Nintendo 64 Project64 ✓ ✓ Remove prompts for support
Retro Virtual Machine ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC retrovirtualmachine ✗ ✓ Exclusive news, name in emulator
RPCS3 PlayStation 3 Nekotekina
Alipay 		✓ ✗ Discord, exclusive news, technical support, development polls, name in emulator
Ryujinx (龍神X) Nintendo Switch ryujinx ✓ ✗ Discord
StrikeBox Xbox StrikerX3 ✓ ✗ Exclusive news
Skyline Edge Nintendo Switch Skyline ✓ ✓ Name in emulator, development polls
TeknoParrot Windows-based Arcade systems Teknogods ✗ ✓ Exclusive emulator features, Discord, exclusive news
Vita3K PlayStation Vita Vita3K ✓ ✗ Discord, name in readme, higher priority on reported issues
xemu Xbox mborgerson ✓ ✗ Name on videos
Xenia Xbox 360 xenia_project
gibbed
GitHub Sponsor (gibbed)
GitHub Sponsor (JoelLinn)
GitHub Sponsor (Razzile) 		✓ ✗ Discord
Yabause Sega Saturn yabause ✓ ✗ Name in emulator, documentation, support
yuzu (柚子) Nintendo Switch yuzuteam ✓ ✓ Discord, exclusive news, prioritized technical support, development polls

Misc[edit]

Name Description Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links Rewards
anodium Citra progress report and blog writer anodium ✗
CAPS0ff Chip decapping, currently used for improving MAME's emulation. 4805718 Chance to influence what they work on, early blog posts.
EmuVR Game room simulation in VR. EmuVR Exclusive news.
GLideN64 One of the more popular N64 plugins. Gliden64 Early access, exclusive news.
InternalLoss (AKA 'Billy' UK) Insignia server (For Xbox games), open-source web tools, OS network services for retro game systems. billy549 (Ko-fi) ✗
JayFoxRox XQEMU, Citra, Sega Lindbergh, pinball emulation, open-source PC game ports. jayfoxrox ✗
Lioncache Core developer on Dolphin, Citra and yuzu. 9377665 Monthly cat photos.
Libbers (AKA 'Libby') Insignia server for Xbox games. Twitter. LibbyLoops ✗
Lutris An open-source frontend for Linux. lutris Early access, remote support with a desktop sharing program, custom forum badge.
m4xw Works on improving various emulators, such as Mupen64Plus, Mupen64Plus-Next, RetroArch libnx port, Switch PPSSPP Port. Also makes Nintendo Switch homebrew. m4xwdev Discord, feature requests.
Martin Korth Developer of the No$ emulators. martin_korth ✗
MooglyGuy/TheMogMiner Assist with expenses in acquiring obscure computers and electronic hardware for MAME's emulation. moogly Patreon posts
Playnite An open-source frontend for Windows. playnite Early access, access to polls prioritizing upcoming features, credits.
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. CookiePLMonster Patreon posts, credits, access to private to-do list.
thrimbor Insignia server (For Xbox games), Xbox original tools, various fixes/mods to open-source projects and games/software. Twitter. StefanSchmidt ✗
Wine-Staging Testing area and experimental features for Wine. winestaging ✗
Zophar's Domain Emulation/game data archival website. zophar Ad-free, your own post, link to your emulation project.
Tuxality Developing Infuse (Zeebo and BREW emulator) and PowerVR SGL wrapper Tuxality ✗

Romhacking[edit]

Name Description Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links Rewards
Hilltop Localizations of Japanese-only videogames (Especially PS1 & PS2) titles. hilltopworks Patron-only Discord room, patron role, exclusive posts, early access to content, BTS developer info, answers to romhacking questions, patch credits.
ROMhacking.net Rom hacking website. The biggest(?) database of rom hacks and translations. Romhackingnet Site themes, site development forum, ad-free, sticky article, new site feature or improvement of your choosing.

FPGA[edit]

Name Description Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links Rewards
atrac17 Fixes to arcade FPGA cores for MiSTer and others, MAME contributor. atrac17 Private posts
José Manuel Barroso Galindo Maintains the old Update_All_MiSTer script and newer, improved MiSTer Downloader for MiSTer FPGA. theypsilon Early access, private posts, Patreon keys, Discord benefits, shout-outs, chance to influence what he works on.
Jose Tejada Arcade FPGA cores for MiSTer and others, MAME contributor. 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. FPGAMiSTer
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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). retrorgb, Floatplane, Ko-fi, PayPal, Others Early access, private posts, Discord.
Robert Peip Development and enhancements to console FPGA cores for MiSTer and others. Best known for creating PSX core. Also made Atari Lynx, GBA & Wonderswan cores, and added improvements to other cores. Check his Twitter updates, too. FPGAzumSpass Early access, private posts.
Sergey Dvodnenko Console FPGA cores for MiSTer and others. Best known for creating Saturn core. Also did major work on Sega Genesis, Mega CD & TurboGrafx-16/CD. Check his Twitter, too. srg320 ✗

Game engine recreations[edit]

Name Games Description Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links Rewards
OpenMW TES 3: Morrowind List of several individual devs. Several devs ✗
ReC98 Touhou 1 - 5 (PC-98) Updated page with many completion status bars needing certain amounts. GitHub Sponsors (Progress bars) ✗

Video game preservation[edit]

Name Description Patreon and other sponsorship platforms links Rewards
classicrebirth.com (The Apple of Eden) Plug & play enhancements for classic Resident Evil and Dino Crisis games on modern Windows (i.e. Vista+). classicrebirth Private posts, full patches collection, early access, in-game credit.
HG101 Comprehensive web overviews/retrospectives, ebooks/books and podcasts of retro/modern video games. hg101 Private posts, private messages, Discord, ebooks/books (also autographic option), materials, votes/nominations.
Hit Save! A non-profit dedicated to video game preservation, their history, and related physical and digital materials. hitsave, Ghost, Others Private posts, messages, polls, Discord, early access content, credit, memorabilia.
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. Old versions with game/docs downloads ended in 2009. hotu Discord.
Unseen64 An historical archive with articles, screenshots and videos for cancelled, beta & unseen videogames. Full U64 backup on Archive.org. unseen64 Private posts, polls, credit in posts, ebook.
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The Video Game Preservation Collective (VGPC) Video game preservation. Contributes to redump.org, No-Intro and Internet Archive. vgpc Name on website

External links[edit]

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