Emulators on Windows

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This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name Latest Version FDS Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mesen 2.0.0 (preview) Cycle
Nestopia UE 1.52.0 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 1] ~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE ?
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) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE 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 2]
RMG git
Project64 3.0.1
Dev
ares v136 ~ ~ ~
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 3] [N 4]
Ishiiruka-Dolphin Dev ~ ~
Dolwin 1.6
Dolphin (Nintendo) e2.8

Wii U

Name Latest Version Compatibility Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
Cemu 2.0 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+ 1.7 (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+ 1.7 ?
VGBA 6.4 ?
MAME 0.264 ? Cycle
NanoboyAdvance git Low
No$GBA 3.05 Mid
BoyCottAdvance 0.2.8 Low

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name Latest Version Game Link Support Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
SameBoy 0.16.2 [N 5]
BGB 1.6.2
Gambatte r571
Gearboy 3.5.0
BizHawk 2.9.1
MAME 0.264 ~
Emulicious 2024-02-29 ~
higan v110
mGBA 0.10.3 [N 6]
VBA-M 2.1.9 [N 7]
GBE+ 1.7
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 1.32.0-UNSTABLE High
XEBRA v221106 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 8]
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

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators
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. Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
  2. Available exclusively as a libretro core.
  3. Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
  4. Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
  5. Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
  6. The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.