Emulators on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi

Developer	Raspberry Pi Foundation
Type	Single-board computer (ARM)
Earliest release	February 2012 (Original Raspberry Pi)
Latest release	October 2023 (Raspberry Pi 5)

This page is about software on the Raspberry pi platform that emulates other hardware

The Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers using the ARM architecture, developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Any operating system that supports the ARM architecture will probably work on the Raspberry Pi. Any of these Linux Distros that support ARM should support the Raspberry Pi.

Before diving in;

• See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see more detailed comparisons and information about software emulators. Dedicated system pages provide more up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, and compatibility etc.
• Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on Raspberry Pi, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
• This page lists emulators that support ARM/Raspberry Pi on Linux distros or using Bare Metal. For emulators on other operating systems that support Raspberry Pi see: RISC OS.

Multi-System emulators

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended	Supported Systems
vdmgr	Download	✓	✓	✓	~	Colecovision, gmc-4, NES / Famicom, MCS BASIC-52, MSX,Neo Geo Pocket (color), SC-300 + SF-7000, SG-1000 + Sega Master System (Mark-III), TD4, Z80 TV Game
RetroArch	Snap	✓	✓	✓	✓	Libretro cores

Bare Metal emulators

Name	Latest version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended	Supported Systems
ZXBaremulator	Download	✗	✓	✓	Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+2A
BMC64	git	✓	✓	✓	Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Vic20, Commodore Plus/4 and PET
Faux86	git	✓	✓	✓	8086 and 80186
S107E-GB-Emulator	git	✓	✓	✓	Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo

GameBoy Advance

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
gpSP	Download	✓	✓	✓	~

Camputers Lynx

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Jynx	Download	✓	✓	✗	~

Commodore

Amiga Line

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Amiberry	6.2.0 Preview	✗	✓	✓	✓

Sony

Playstation 1

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PCSX-ReARMed	1.18.0	✓	✓	✓	✓

Sega

Dreamcast / NAOMI

Name	Latest version	NAOMI	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
redream	1.5.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi) 1.2.07 (Android)	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
reicast	CI Builds (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store)	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	~	✗

Source Ports

Name	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
OpenLara	git	✓	✓	~	Tomb Raider 1–4	Action-Adventure
Rigel Engine	git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem II	Platform
Zelda3	git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
smw	git	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars
CannonBall	git	✓	✗	✓	OutRun	Racing
RVGL	21.0930a-1	✗	✓	✓	Re-Volt

Frontends

Name	Latest version	libretro	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
RetroArch	1.18.0	✓	✓	✓	✓

See Also

Raspberry Pi OS. The official Raspberry Pi OS Distributions
Lakka Linux distribution that also targets the Raspberry Pi platform