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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. 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)|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[ares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|20|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[Delta]]|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 AppStore]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|6|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[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|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawkDSP]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|style="text[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-align:center;"emulator {{DSPVer}}]|{{✗}}|1.7.0{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"More than 10|12{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|✗?

|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAMEhigan]](火眼)|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Multi-PlatformFreeBSD}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://wwwgithub.mamedev.orgcom/higan-emu/higan/release.html 0.153releases {{higanVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|[http://www.mamedb.com/history 8726]**{{~}}|style="text-align:center;"14|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]].</ref>

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mednafen]]Wave|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-PlatformWeb}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://mednafen.sourceforgeturbowarp.netorg/releases723002351/ 0fullscreen?fps=60 V0.9.35.16]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|138 (But you can import ROMs)|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✗}}

|style="text[http://bashkiria-align:center;"|[[MESS]2m.narod.ru EMU]<small>(Russian)</small>|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Multi-PlatformWindows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[http://wwwbashkiria-2m.mamedevnarod.orgru/index/files/release.html 0-11 1.15301]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|[http://www.mess.org/ 769]More than 50|style="text-align:center;"?|{{✓}}|?

|style="text-align[https:center;"|[[OpenEmu]//www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/ kindred]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|OS XWindows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://openemuwww.crazysmart.net.orgau/kindred/ 1files/kindred1r12a.0zip {{kindredVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|127|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}} |?

|style[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.com/ Xe]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[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|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-!colspan="9"|Nintendo|-|[[RetroArchDolphin]]|stylealign="textleft|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Android|XboxOne|SXS}}|[https://dolphin-alignemu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]<br/>[https:center;"//buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|Multi{{✗}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+retroachievements+ work-Platformin-progress], [https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12922&o=0 Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>|{{✓}}|3|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|style="text-|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD|Android}}<br/>{{Icon|iOS|Pandora|Wii|WiiU|Switch|3DS}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita}}|[https:center;"|//mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://mgba.io/downloads.html 0.010.2]|{{~}}|{{✓}}|2|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|style="text-|[[GBE+]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https:center;"//github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|4|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|18*{{~}}|style="text-|[[No$|No$GBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}|[http:center;"//problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|✓{{✗}}|{{✗}}|3<nowikiref group=N>*</nowiki>official cores only, plus [[MAMENo$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|PocketStation emulation]] <nowiki>**.</nowikiref>2747 "Good", 858 "Imperfect", 5121 "Preliminary"|{{✗}}===Nintendo===|{{✓}}|{{✗}}| class="wikitable"-! scopecolspan="col9"|NameSega|-|[[Kega Fusion]]! scope|align="col"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|10|Operating System(s){{✗}}! scope="col"|Latest Version{{✗}}|{{~}}! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems-! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsPicoDrive]]|align=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}}|Recommended[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]<br/>[https://retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|6|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Higan|higan]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|0.93|style="text-align:center;"|6|style!colspan="text-align:center;8"|✗Sinclair

|style="text-align:center;"|[[No$|No$GBAEightyOne]](81)|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align:center;"|[httphttps://wwwsourceforge.sendspace.comnet/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/filefiles/lyc7ff 2.7a{{EightyOneVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|12|3*{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✓}}|✗{{✓}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Dolphin]]Retro Virtual Machine|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, OS X, Android|macOS}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|3//www.retrovirtualmachine.5org/ {{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="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;"{{✓}}|{{✓}}

</div><references group=N/> ==References==<references/> ==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|*]]