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This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS. | This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS. | ||
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+ | ==Atari== | ||
+ | ===Atari 8-bit family=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Models | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|XEGS | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://atari800.github.io/ Atari800] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases {{Atari800Ver}}] | ||
+ | |400, 800, XL, XE | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Altirra]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}] | ||
+ | |400, 800, XL, XE | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://www.xl-project.com/ Atari++] | ||
+ | |[http://www.xl-project.com/downloads.html {{Atari++Ver}}] | ||
+ | |400, 800, XL, XE | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |Good: 400, 800<br/>Basic: XL, XE | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Pantheon]] | ||
+ | |[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}] | ||
+ | |800, XE | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Atari800Win-PLus | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/Jaskier/Atari800Win-PLus/downloads {{Atari800Win-PLusVer}}] | ||
+ | |400, 800, XL, XE | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}}||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari ST=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Hatari]] | ||
+ | |[http://download.tuxfamily.org/hatari/ {{HatariVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://sourceforge.net/projects/steemsse/ Steem SSE] | ||
+ | |[https://sourceforge.net/projects/steemsse/files/ {{SteemSSEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://aranym.github.io/index.html ARAnyM] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/aranym/aranym/releases git] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://www.emulators.com/download.htm Gemulator] | ||
+ | |[http://www.emulators.com/download.htm#ATARIST 9.0] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://steem.atari.st/ Steem Engine] | ||
+ | |3.2 | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://leonard.oxg.free.fr/SainT/saint.html SainT] | ||
+ | |2.40 | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://web.archive.org/web/20190513045534/http://www.hampa.ch/pce/download.html PCE/atarist] | ||
+ | |[http://www.hampa.ch/pub/pce/pre/ pce-20191006] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ PCE-js] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/jsdf/pce git] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |CaSTaway | ||
+ | |[https://sourceforge.net/projects/castaway/files/castaway/castaway-0.9.2/ 0.9.2] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari 2600=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Stella]] | ||
+ | |[https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html {{StellaVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Pantheon]] | ||
+ | |[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ PCAE] | ||
+ | |[http://pcae.vg-network.com/ 2.6]<br />[http://www.bjars.com/emulators/pcaewin_2.7.zip 2.7] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://alienbill.com/2600/ z26] | ||
+ | |[http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html 4.07] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[BizHawk]] | ||
+ | |[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Gopher2600 | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600 git] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ EMU7800] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/emu7800/emu7800.github.io/releases {{EMU7800Ver}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Stellarator | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/dpiponi/Stellarator git] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari 5200=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Altirra]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html {{AltirraVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[https://atari800.github.io/ Atari800] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases {{Atari800Ver}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||Cycle ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |kat5200 | ||
+ | |[http://kat5200.jillybunch.com/ {{kat5200Ver}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://jum.pdroms.de/ Jum52] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/james7780/jum52 git] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari 7800=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |High | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://7800.8bitdev.org/index.php/A7800_Emulator A7800] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/7800-devtools/a7800/releases {{A7800Ver}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |High | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[ProSystem]] | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/gstanton/ProSystem1_3 {{ProSystemVer}}] (Windows) <br /> [https://github.com/libretro/prosystem-libretro git] (libretro) | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} <small><ref group=N name=active>''Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.</ref></small> | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |EMU7800 | ||
+ | |[https://github.com/emu7800/emu7800.github.io/releases {{EMU7800Ver}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |Mid | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[BizHawk]] | ||
+ | |[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |? | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari Jaguar=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|AJ-CD | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Virtual Jaguar]] | ||
+ | |[https://icculus.org/virtualjaguar/ {{VirtualJaguarVer}}]<br />[http://virtualjaguar.kicks-ass.net/builds/ Unofficial builds]<br />[https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro git] (libretro) | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small><ref group=N name=active>''Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.</ref></small> ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm Project Tempest] | ||
+ | |[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm 0.95] | ||
+ | |{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari Lynx=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Mednafen]] | ||
+ | |[{{MednafenURL|releases}} {{MednafenVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MAME]] | ||
+ | |[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Handy]] | ||
+ | |[[sourceforge:projects/handy/files/|0.95]] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✓}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |{{✗}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
==Nintendo== | ==Nintendo== |
Revision as of 15:27, 30 September 2021
This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.
Contents
Atari
Atari 8-bit family
Name | Latest Version | Models | XEGS | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Altirra | 4.21 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari++ | 1.84 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE |
✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Pantheon | 13.640 | 800, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Atari800Win-PLus | 4.1 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari ST
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatari | 2.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Steem SSE | 4.1.2 R14 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
ARAnyM | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gemulator | 9.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Steem Engine | 3.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
SainT | 2.40 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PCE/atarist | pce-20191006 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
PCE-js | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
CaSTaway | 0.9.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 2600
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 6.7.1 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pantheon | 13.640 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
PCAE | 2.6 2.7 |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
z26 | 4.07 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gopher2600 | git | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
EMU7800 | 5.4.0.1 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altirra | 4.21 | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
kat5200 | 0.8.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Jum52 | git | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 7800
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A7800 | 5.2 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ProSystem | 1.3 (Windows) git (libretro) |
✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ [N 1] | ✓ |
EMU7800 | 5.4.0.1 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari Jaguar
Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Jaguar | 2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ [N 1] | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Project Tempest | 0.95 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest Version | FDS | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3dSen | 0.9.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
NintendulatorNRS | 202105282224 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
RockNES | 5.80 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gearnes | git | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintendulator | 0.985 Beta git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintaco | 2020-05-01 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
My Nes | git | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
higan | v110 | ✓ | ✓ (as bsnes v083) | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ANESE | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
nesemu2 | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
nemulator | 4.4 | ✗ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
cxNES | git | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FakeNES GT | 0.59 b3 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FCEUX | 2.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FCEUmm | 98.13mm (Windows) git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
HDNes | git | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Jnes | 1.2.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
QuickNES | 0.7.0b1 (Windows) git (libretro) |
? | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
VirtuaNES | 0.97 | ~ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nin | git | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
InfoNES | 0.93 | ? | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super Nintendo
Name | Version | Satellaview | SNES-CD (Sony) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bsnes (Official) |
v115 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes) |
beta 10.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan | v110 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mesen S | 0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
Snes9x | 1.62.3 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✗ [N 2] | ✓ | ~ |
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
bsnes-classic (forked bsnes Qt) |
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
BizHawk (bsnes v087) | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
lsnes | rr2-β23 git |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
kindred (Super Sleuth PE) | 1.11 Preview Build 6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NO$SNS | 1.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | Medium | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ZSNES | 1.51 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 64
Name | Latest Version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m64p (ParaLLEl) | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
m64p (Final GLideN64) | Final GLideN64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
ParaLLEl | 2.0-rc2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓[N 3] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Project64 | 3.0.1 Dev |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ares | v137 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
CEN64 | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Project64 Netplay | 10/15/21 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
1964 | 1.1 (Official) 1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Larper64 | 0.4 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
UltraHLE | 1.0 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Ryu64 | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
R64Emu | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
Name | Latest Version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 4] | ✓[N 5] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ishiiruka-Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Dolwin | 1.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Dolphin (Nintendo) | e2.8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Wii U
Name | Latest Version | Compatibility | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cemu | 2.0-79 | Medium | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Decaf | Git | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch
Name | Latest Version | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
yuzu | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ryujinx | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
NSEmu | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CageTheUnicorn | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 3DS
Name | Latest Version | Amiibo | Open-Source | Libretro Core | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citra | Nightly | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Vvctre | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ |
Corgi3DS | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
3dmoo | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
TronDS | 1.0.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
LemonLime | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo DS
Name | Latest Version | DSi | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeSmuME | 0.9.13 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
melonDS | 0.9.5 Dev Builds |
~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DeSmuME X432R | 2015-04-19 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
medusa | alpha 2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CorgiDS | git SVN |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
ndsemu | git | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
NeonDS | 0.2.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
dasShiny | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DuoS | 8/25/2012 Beta | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Ensata | 1.4d | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
iDeaS | 1.0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NooDS | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest Version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
iDeaS | 1.0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VGBA | 6.4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ? | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NanoboyAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
BoyCottAdvance | 0.2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pokémon mini
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GBE+ | 1.8 [N 6] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PokeMini | 0.6.0git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
minimon | 2005:01:20 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
PokeKaMini | 0.7.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Virtual Boy
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBjin | SVN r103 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Planet Virtual Boy emulator | 2019-03-27 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Red Dragon | 0.38 Final | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
Name | Latest Version | Game Link Support | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SameBoy | 0.16.3 | ✓[N 7] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BGB | 1.6.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.264 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-03-31 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan | v110 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓[N 8] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓[N 9] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VGB | 6.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Pantheon | 13.640 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
hhugboy | 1.4.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
UGE | 1.0 beta 9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
KiGB | 2.05 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
TGB Dual | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GiiBiiAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MetroBoy | 1.02 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Game & Watch
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DSP | 0.22 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sony
PlayStation
Name | Version | Plugins | FLOSS | Libretro Core | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DuckStation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
XEBRA | 22/11/06 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
PCSX-R | PGXP(git) Windows |
✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
ePSXe | 2.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ~ | ✗ |
PSXACT | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Rustation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ (WIP) |
Avocado | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
pSX | 1.13 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
NO$PSX | 2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ~ | ✗ |
hpsx64 | v0430 (Alt) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
MAME | 0.264 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Connectix VGS | 1.4.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Bleem! | 1.6b | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
SSSPSX | 0.0.34 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
Rustation NG | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PlayStation 2
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCSX2 | 1.6.0 (stable) SVN |
~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Play! | Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
DobieStation | git Builds |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
hpsx64 | v0430 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
orbum | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 3
Name | Latest Release Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCS3 | 0.0.31 Alpha[N 10] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nucleus | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Short Waves | 0.0.2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PS3F | 0.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4
Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orbital | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GPCS4 | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PS4Delta | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita
Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vita3K | git | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
PlayStation Portable
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.17.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
cspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
jspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
PCSP | 0.5.5 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Potemkin | 1.00 alpha | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PSPE | 0.9b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Pocket Station
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.264 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PK201 | 28/04/20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PKEmu | 1.1 Private Beta | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
pockystation | git | ✓ (git) | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft
Xbox Classic
Name | Latest Version | Chihiro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xemu | 0.7.120 | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cxbx-Reloaded | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
XQEMU | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
StrikeBox | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Cxbx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Dxbx | 0.5 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xenoborg | r19 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xeon | 1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.264 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360
Name | Latest Version | OS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xenia | git | Win7+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
- ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
- ↑ Available exclusively as a libretro core.
- ↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
- ↑ Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
- ↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
- ↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
- ↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
- ↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
- ↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.