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Multi -system emulators focus on emulating many different systems under one program. They can be focused on a single company's systems because of the similarity of the systems, or may have systems from many different companies. To be defined as "multi-system" an emulator has to emulate two or more distinct systems. Although, for simplicity reasons in this wiki (not just this page), the term, "multi-platform", in the OS column fields can come to mean three or more covered platforms. For the purpose of this list, Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system.

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">{| class="wikitable" style=Multi"text-companyalign:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|[https://retroachievements.org/download.php <abbr title="Multi-system emulators supporting RetroAchievements">Retro<br/>Achievements</abbr>]! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]{! scope="col"| border# of Emulated systems! scope="0col" cellpadding|<abbr title="1Free/Libre and Open-Source Software" cellspacing>FLOSS</abbr>! scope="1col" class|Active! scope="articlecol"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-table article!colspan="9"|Multi-tablecompany|-selected|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|<abbr title=" styleLatest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)</ref></br>[https://archive.org/download/mame-merged/mame/ {{MAMEVer}} (akatana and ddpsdoj unlocked)]<ref group=N>Akai Katana and Dodonpachi Saidaioujou removed at the request of the current rightholder, exA-Arcadia ([email protected]). https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/54899379258a7266db8d5bc6cda8b48169e67503</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|Thousands of electronics<ref>[http://www.mamedb.org/List.aspx www.mamedb.org's list] (Only shows the games covered, not systems)</ref>|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[Mednafen]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Wii|PS3}}<br/>{{Icon|GCWZero}}|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/releases Wii]<br/>[https://github.com/aaerox/mednafen-ps3 PS3]<br/>[https://github.com/gameblabla/mednafen-gcw GCW Zero]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|15|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[OpenEmu]]|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}|[http://openemu.org/ {{OpenEmuVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|35|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[BizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|30 (excluding the [[libretro]] cores)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[ares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="widthLatest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|20|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[ZEsarUX]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|22|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Pantheon]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|21|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|14|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|5|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|-|WinArcadia|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}|[http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 30.7]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|21|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|Xpeccy|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|14|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[Z64K]]|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}|[https://www.z64k.com/ {{Z64KVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|5|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[DSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 10|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|?|-|[[higan]] (火眼)|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{~}}|14|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]].</ref>|-|Wave|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://turbowarp.org/723002351/fullscreen?fps=60 V0.9.6]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8 (But you can import ROMs)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 50|?|{{✓}}|?|-|[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/ kindred]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https: 500px;"//www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/files/kindred1r12a.zip {{kindredVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|7|{{✗}}|{{✓}} |?

! scope="col" style="text|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.com/ Xe]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https: center;"//web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]|Name{{✗}}|{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)18! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Latest Version{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|# of Emulated systems{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Recommended{{✗}}

| style="text-align[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com: center;"|[[RetroArch]80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Multi-PlatformBSD}}| style="text-align[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129223043/http: center;"|0//www.9dridus.9com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8|18*{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|✓{{✗}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[Mednafen]]| style!colspan="text-align: center;"|Multi-Platform| style="text-align: center;"|0.9.28-WIP| style="text-align: center;"|13| style="text-align: center;"|✓Nintendo

| style="text-align: center;"|[[OpenEmuDolphin]]| stylealign="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android|XboxOne|SXS}}|[https://dolphin-alignemu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]<br/>[https: center;"|OS X//buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]| style{{✗}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pulls?q="textis%3Apr+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+retroachievements+ work-in-alignprogress], [https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12922&o=0 Topic: center;"Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>|?{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"3|9{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[BizHawkmGBA]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD|Android}}<br/>{{Icon|iOS|Pandora|Wii|WiiU|Switch|3DS}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita}}| style="text-align[https: center;"|//mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://mgba.io/downloads.html 0.410.12]|{{~}}|{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"2|12{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|✗{{✓}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[MAMEGBE+]]| stylealign="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https: center;"|Multi//github.com/shonumi/gbe-Platformplus/releases {{GBEVer}}]| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|0.149{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"4|{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[MAMENo$|MESSNo$GBA]]| stylealign="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}|[http: center;"//problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|{{✗}}|Multi-Platform{{✗}}| style3<ref group="text-align: center;"N>[[No$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|0PocketStation emulation]].149</ref>| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"|{{✗}}

|}===Nintendo==={| border!colspan="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;9"|Sega

! scope|[[Kega Fusion]]|align="col" style="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-align: center;"fusion/ 3.64]|{{✗}}|Name{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)10! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Latest Version{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|# of Emulated systems{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Recommended{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[HiganPicoDrive]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Pandora}}<br/>{{Icon|GP2X|Gizmondo|PS2|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxOne|SXS}}| style[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/>[https://retroarch.com/?page="text-align: center;"platforms libretro core]|0.92{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|6| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

|}===Sega==={| border!colspan="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;8"|Sinclair

! scope|[[EightyOne]] (81)|align="col" style="textleft|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-align: center;"emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]|{{✗}}|Name{{✓}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)12! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Latest Version{{✓}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|# of Emulated systems{{✓}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Recommended{{✓}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[Kega Fusion]]Retro Virtual Machine| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, OS X|macOS}}| style="text-align: center;"|[httphttps://www.eidolons-innretrovirtualmachine.netorg/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=574 3.64{{Retro_Virtual_MachineVer}}]| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|82| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[PicoDrive]]| style="text-align: center;"|Multi-Platform| style="text-align: center;"|1.80| style="text-align: center;"|5| style!colspan="text-align: center;8"|✓Commodore

<nowiki/div><references group=N/>* ==References==<references/nowiki>official cores only ==External Links==* [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers GitHub list of all covered 'drivers' (Systems & machines emulated) under the MAME group] (Pretty crappy list. Only the first 1,000 drivers are shown there. The rest are omitted. Approximately 2250 drivers in all.)* [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/14mnu64/list_of_multisystem_console_emulators_on_windows/ List of multi-system console emulators on Windows] [[Category:EmulatorsMulti-emulators|*]]