Emulators on Wii

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Nintendo Wii
Wii-Console.png
Developer Nintendo
Type Home video game console
Generation Seventh generation
Release date 2006
Discontinued 2013
Predecessor GameCube
Successor Wii U
Emulated
Overview of the main popular systems that can be emulated without major issues.
For software Wii emulation, see Wii emulators.


Please visit following link: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/hacking-guide for info on Wii softmodding

Multi-system

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Virtual Console N/A Mid
WiiMednafen git Mid
RetroArch 1.18.0 Mid
RA-SS git Mid

Comparisons

WiiMednafen
Emulates the following:
GameBoy/GameBoy Color
GameBoy Advance
Game Gear
Lynx
MegaDrive/Genesis
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Neo Geo Pocket
PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx (Fast version)
PC-FX
Sega Master System
Virtual Boy
WonderSwan

WiiMednafen has not been programmed to work in PAL systems and it will have black bars on top and bottom of the screen leading to a sort of widescreen stretch effect. Double-strike mode (240p) will not work properly on PAL systems even on a CRT and regardless of the cables used.

RA-SS
A fork of RetroArch that aims to provide a more compact and user friendly experience. It adds several quality of life improvements such as auto-resolution switching, better multiplayer support, debloated menus, per-game and per-core settings, Wii Message Board integration, and more.

Arcade

MAME

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
SDLMAME Wii 1.0 Mid
SDLMAME 0.125 Mid

Consoles

NES/Famicom

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
FCE Ultra GX git Mid
FCE Ultra RX git Mid
FCEUX TX 1.1.2 Mid
WiiMednafen git Mid

SNES/Super Famicom

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Snes9x GX git Mid
Snes9x RX git Mid ~
Snes9x TX 1.0.8 Mid

Nintendo 64

Name Version Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
Not64 git Mid
Wii64 Rice git Mid TBD
Wii64 glN64 git Mid TBD
Wii64 1.1 Mid (Low Compatibility) ~ (Low Compatibility)

There's frequent hiccups and graphical glitches in most N64 games on either emulators. Tinkering with settings might help in some cases. (Source)

Nintendo GameCube

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Nintendont git Mid

This requires a bit of explaining.

When the Nintendo Wii was launched, it introduced native backward compatibility with the GameCube, allowing memory cards and GameCube controllers to be used with GameCube games. This is widely known and it allowed Dolphin to support the Wii early in its open-source era. However, this compatibility was lost when Nintendo released newer models called the Wii: Family Edition (although the ports were merely stripped from the casing; the circuit board still contains the areas where the connectors would go, see Wikipedia's section on it) and the Wii Mini (which also lacks an SD card slot as well.) Also on the Wii U, the GameCube ports don't exist at all, only being offered afterward as a USB peripheral in order to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

However, homebrew developer FIX94 has developed an interpreter that allows all versions of the Wii (and the Wii U) that can run homebrew to read and run GameCube games, not only from a disc, but from SD cards and USB devices too. This comes with the added benefit that more controllers are supported past the normal GameCube ones, which makes it possible to play on consoles that don't have GCN controller ports.

Some notable features are the ability to use other controllers like the Classic Controller, Wiimote+Nunchuck, and some HID USB controllers, memory card emulation, playing TRIFORCE arcade games (after converted to an .iso), and recently Broadband Adapter emulation using the Wii's wireless communications.

Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Visual Boy Advance GX git Mid
mGBA Wii 0.9.3 Mid
WiiMednafen git Mid

SG-1000/Master System/Genesis/Game Gear

Name Version Accuracy SG-1000 SMS Genesis CD 32X Pico GG FLOSS Active Recommended
Genesis Plus GX git Mid
PicoDrive 1.18.0 Mid
WiiMednafen git Mid
PicoDrive
While it is only available as a libretro core and is behind Genesis Plus GX and WiiMednafen in terms of compatibility and accuracy, it is currently the only way to play 32X games on the Wii.

Slowdown may occur when on 3D sections of Genesis games or 32X games.

Saturn

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Yabause Wii r2926 beta26 Mid ?
Yabause Wii
Extremely poor performance.

PlayStation

Name Version Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiSXRX (port of PCSXR) git Mid ? ?
WiiSXR (port of PCSXR) beta 2.3 Mid ? ?
WiiSX beta 2.1 Low (Low Compatibility) (Low Compatibility)

PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid

PC-FX

Name Version Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid ~ (Slow) ~ (Slow) ~

Neo Geo CD

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
NeoCD-Wii 0.5 Mid ?

Neo Geo

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
GxGeo r23 Mid ?

Anything bigger than 25MBs won't load because the Wii doesn't have enough memory. Some uncompatible roms can be modified in order to work. A good compatibility list is available on a Spanish website.

Coleco ColecoVision

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiColEm 0.3 Mid ?

Mattel Intellivision

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
JzintvWii 1.0.2 Mid

Magnavox Odyssey²/Videopac

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
O2em 1.0 Mid ?

Atari 2600

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Wii2600 git Mid

Atari 7800

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Wii7800 git Mid

Vectrex

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
VectrexWii 0.3 Mid ?

Handhelds

Game Boy/Color/Advance

Name Version GB/GBC GBA Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
mGBA Nightly Mid
Enhanced mGBA git Mid
Visual Boy Advance GX git Mid
RIN Wii 2008 Mid (Black Screen)
WiiMednafen git Mid

emGBA has around 13%-17% worse performance than regular mGBA on heavy GBA games. (Source)

Virtual Boy

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid

Nintendo DS

Name Version DSi GBA Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
DeSmuME Wii r253 Mid (Very Slow/Low Compatibility) (Very Slow/Low Compatibility)

Neo Geo Pocket

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid

WonderSwan

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid

Atari Lynx

Name Version Accuracy Dolphin Wii U FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiMednafen git Mid
WiiHandy 0.4 Mid

Trojan LCD Game

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
TrojanWii 2008 (Archived, Auto-Downloads) Mid ?

Computers

DOSBox

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
DOSBox Wii git Mid

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
FBZX Wii v10 Mid ?

Commodore 64

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Frodo 2.4.1 Mid

Commodore 65

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

MSX

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
blueMSX-Wii 1.0.3 Mid

Apple IIe

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiApple 0.0.7 Mid

Commodore Amiga

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
UAE Wii git Mid

Atari 800/XL/XE/XEGS/5200

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
WiiXL git Mid ?

CHIP-8

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Chippy pre-v2 Mid ?

Atari ST

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Hatari Wii git Mid ?

NEC-PC 98 series

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Neko Project II 0.83 beta 6 Mid ?

NEC-PC 88 series

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
wii88 git Mid ?

Amstrad CPC

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Wiikuta 0.98.8 Mid ?

VG 5000

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Dcvg5k 1.0 Mid ?

Miscellaneous

Game recreations and source ports

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended Supported games
Action
Digger Remastered 0.2 ? Digger
Adventure
ResidenualVM wii 0.2 ? Grim Fandango
ScummVM 2.8.0 Adventure games and RPGs from the late 80s and 90s
Fighting
KOF Flames Of Courage V5 v5f ? The King of Fighters
FPS
Descent Wii 1.12
git (forked)
Descent
EDuke32 Wii Website ? Duke Nukem 3D
Freespace 2 Wii beta 3 ? ? Freespace 2
QuakeGX
Quake Wii (merged with QuakeGX)
0.0.5-2 ? ? Quake 1–2, ThreeWave CTF mod for Quake 2, QuakeWorld
Wii-DOOM
Wii-HERETIC
Wii-HEXEN
Wii-STRIFE
r33 Wii-DOOM: Doom I–II, Final Doom
Wii-HERETIC: Heretic
Wii-HEXEN: Hexen
Wii-STRIFE: Strife: Quest for the Sigil
Wii-HEXEN II Website Hexen II
Wii-ROTT Website ? Rise of the Triad
Wolfenstein 3D Wii 1.3 Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny
Maze
Pacman 1.04 ? Pac-Man (arcade)
Platform
Abe's Amazing Adventure Wii r3 ? ? Abe's Amazing Adventure
Abuse Wii git ? Abuse
Bermuda Syndrome Wii git ? Bermuda Syndrome
Cave Story Engine 2 Wii Port git
archive
? Cave Story
hode 0.4.9
git
Heart of Darkness
Jump 'n Bump 0.3.1 ? ? Jump 'n Bump
MazeOfGaliousWii 0.63.3 ? ? The Maze of Galious remake
OpenHCL git ? ~ Hydra Castle Labyrinth
OpenJazz git ? Jazz Jackrabbit
Sonic CD 2011 Decompilation git ? ? Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)
Pinball
SpaceCadetPinball git ? 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
Puzzle
Jewels 1.01 ? ? gljewel
OpenSupaplex git Supaplex
Racing
CannonBall git ? OutRun
RoadFighterWii 1.0 ? Road Fighter
RPG
Exult Wii 2.0 Ultima VII
rsc-c git ? RSC Preservation (OpenRSC)
Sandbox
Wiicraft git ? ? ? Minecraft v1.2.5
WoxelCraft git ? ? 3D Voxel Engine (Minecraft)
Shoot 'em up
OpenTyrianWii 1.7 ? ? Tyrian
Sim - Construction/Management
OpenTTD 1.3.2 ? ? Transport Tycoon Deluxe
TBS
DopeWars 1.1 ? ? DopeWars (Palm OS)

Other games

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Super Mario War git ?