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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, Addons Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system. The term 'multi-system emulator' can sometimes be confused with [[Frontends|frontend applications]]. placeholder text

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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="9"|Multi-company|-|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|<abbr title="Latest 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)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAMEares]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Multi-platformmacOS}}|style[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="text-align:center;Latest development build version"|>git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[httphttps://wwwgithub.mamedev.orgcom/ares-emulator/ares/release.html releases {{MAMEVeraresVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|20|Thousands<ref>mamedb.com/history</ref>{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[RetroArchDelta]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-platformiOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://buildbotapps.libretroapple.com/stableus/app/delta-game-emulator/ id1048524688 AppStore]|{{RetroArchVer✗}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|40*6|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[MednafenZEsarUX]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Multi-platformFreeBSD}}|style="text-align[https:center;"//github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|[{{MednafenURL|releases/✗}} |{{MednafenVer✗}}]|style="text-align:center;"22|13{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|✓{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[OpenEmuPantheon]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|OS XWindows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://openemubostjan-grandovec.orgsi/Content/ 2.0News.1htm {{PantheonVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|2921|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[ScummVMClock Signal|CLK]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|Multi-platformFreeBSD}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://wwwgithub.scummvm.orgcom/TomHarte/downloadsCLK/ 1.8.1releases {{ClkVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?14|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawkPhoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideoswww.orgarts-union.ru/BizHawknode/ReleaseHistory23 2.8.html JAG]|{{BizHawkVer✗}}|{{✗}}]|style="text-align:center;"5|17 (excluding the Libretro cores){{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|✓{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|PantheonWinArcadia|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://bostjan-grandovecamigan.si1emu.net/Contentreleases/News#amiarcadia 30.htm 6.1487]|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✗}}|1721|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

|styleXpeccy|align="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|14|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[Z64K]]|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}|[https:center;"//www.z64k.com/ {{Z64KVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|5|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[HiganDSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 10|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|?|-|[[higan]](火眼)|stylealign="textleft|{{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:center;"//bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux, OS X}}|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 50|?|{{✓}}|?|style="text-|[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/ kindred]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https:center;"//www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/files/kindred1r12a.zip {{kindredVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|7|{{✗}}|{{✓}} |?|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://byuuwww.xe-emulator.com/ Xe]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://web.archive.org/emulationweb/20141022230129/http://higanwww.xe-emulator.com/ index.php?m=download 2.16.2]|{{✗}}|{{higanVer✗}}|18|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|stylealign="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BSD}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129223043/http:center;"//www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|12{{✗}}|style-!colspan="text9"|Nintendo|-|[[Dolphin]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android|XboxOne|SXS}}|[https:center;"//dolphin-emu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✗}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+retroachievements+ work-in-progress], [https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12922&o=0 Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>|{{✓}}|3|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD|Android}}<nowikibr/>*{{Icon|iOS|Pandora|Wii|WiiU|Switch|3DS}}<br/nowiki>official cores only, plus {{Icon|Vita}}|[https://mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[MAMEhttps://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://mgba.io/downloads.html 0.10.2]|{{~}}|{{✓}}|2|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[GBE+]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|4|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[No$|No$GBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|3<ref group=Nintendo===N>[[No$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|PocketStation emulation]].</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}| class="wikitable"-! scopecolspan="col9"|NameSega|-! scope|[[Kega Fusion]]|align="col"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|10|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|-|Operating System(s)[[PicoDrive]]! scope|align="col"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Pandora}}<br/>{{Icon|GP2X|Gizmondo|PS2|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxOne|Latest VersionSXS}}! scope|[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/>[https://retroarch.com/?page="col"platforms libretro core]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|6|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|# of Emulated systems-! scopecolspan="col8"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]Sinclair

|style="text-align:center;"|[[DolphinEightyOne]](81)|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-platformWindows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[https://dolphinsourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-emu.orgsinclair-emulator/downloadfiles/ 5.0{{EightyOneVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|12|3{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

|styleRetro Virtual Machine|align="text-align:center;"left|[[No${{Icon|No$GBA]]Windows|style="text-align:center;"Linux|WindowsmacOS}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://problemkaputtwww.deretrovirtualmachine.org/gba.htm 2.8b{{Retro_Virtual_MachineVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|3*{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"|{{✗|}}<nowiki>*</nowiki>No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation ===Sega==={| class="wikitable"2! scope="col"|Name{{✗}}! scope="col"|Operating System(s){{✓}}! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Kega Fusion]]|style!colspan="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|✓Commodore

|style="text-align:center;"|[[PicoDriveVICE]]|stylealign="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http:center;"|Multi//vice-platformemu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|1.80{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"6|5{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

 ==See also==* [[CategoryFrontends]]* [[Comparison of Emulator Frontends]] ==External Links==* [https:Consoles//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]