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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, 32x32X) are not counted as a separate system. The term 'multi-system emulator' can sometimes be confused with [[Frontends|frontend applications]]. placeholder text

<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: 500px;"//github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|20|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}

! scope|[[Delta]]|align="col" style="textleft|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-align: center;"emulator/id1048524688 AppStore]|{{✗}}|Name{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)6! 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;"|[[RetroArchZEsarUX]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Multi-PlatformFreeBSD}}| style="text-align[https: center;"//github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]|0.9.9{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|18*22| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[MednafenPantheon]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-PlatformWindows}}| style="text[http://bostjan-align: center;"|0grandovec.9si/Content/News.28-WIPhtm {{PantheonVer}}]|{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|1321| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[OpenEmuClock Signal|CLK]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|OS XFreeBSD}}| style="text-align[https: center;"//github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]|?{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|914| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}

| style="text-align: center;"|[[BizHawkPhoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}| style="text[http://www.arts-align: center;"|1union.ru/node/23 2.48.1JAG]|{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|125| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

| styleWinArcadia|align="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}|[[MAME]http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 30.7]| style="text-align: center;"{{✓}}|Multi-Platform{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"21|0.149{{✗}}| style="text-align: center;"|{{✓}}| 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|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[MAMEDSP]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|More than 10|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|?|-|MESS[[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: center;"//turbowarp.org/723002351/fullscreen?fps=60 V0.9.6]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8 (But you can import ROMs)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|Multi[http://bashkiria-Platform2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>| stylealign="textleft|{{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: center;"//www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/files/kindred1r12a.zip {{kindredVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|7|{{✗}}|{{✓}} |?|-|0[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.149com/ Xe]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}| style[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m="textdownload 2.16.2]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|18|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152846/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BSD}}|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129223043/http: center;"//www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|8|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}| style-!colspan="text9"|Nintendo|-|[[Dolphin]]|align: center;"=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android|XboxOne|SXS}}|[https://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=Nintendo12922&o=0 Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>|{{✓}}|3|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD|Android}}<br/>{{Icon|iOS|Pandora|Wii|WiiU|Switch|3DS}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita}}|[https://mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[https://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}}]|{{✗}}| border{{✗}}|4|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[No$|No$GBA]]|align="0" cellpaddingleft|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|3<ref group="1" cellspacingN>[[No$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|PocketStation emulation]].</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-!colspan="19" class|Sega|-|[[Kega Fusion]]|align="articleleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-table articlefusion/ 3.64]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|10|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|-table-selected" style|[[PicoDrive]]|align="widthleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Pandora}}<br/>{{Icon|GP2X|Gizmondo|PS2|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxOne|SXS}}|[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/>[https: 500px;"//retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|6|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

! scopecolspan="col" style="text-align: center;"|Name! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Latest Version! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|# of Emulated systems! scope="col" style="text-align: center;8"|RecommendedSinclair

| style="text-align: center;"|[[HiganEightyOne]](81)| stylealign="text-align: center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Linux}}| style="text-align[https: center;"|0//sourceforge.92net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]| style="text-align: center;"{{✗}}|6{{✓}}| style="text-align: center;"12|✗{{✓}}|{{✓}}===Sega===|{{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;"✓}}

! scope|Retro Virtual Machine|align="col" style="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https: center;"//www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ {{Retro_Virtual_MachineVer}}]|{{✗}}|Name{{✗}}! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)2! 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]]| style="text-align: center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X| style="text-align: center;"|[http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=574 3.64]| style!colspan="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;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

<nowiki/div><references group=N/>* ==References==<references/nowiki>official cores only ==See also==* [[Frontends]]* [[Comparison of Emulator Frontends]] ==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|*]]