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A '''wrapper''' is a common name for a technology used to transparently replace calls made to one graphics API with calls made to another. This can be used to run software on systems they were not designed for, such as running old PC games made for 3Dfx Glide graphics card on modern Windows 10 systems, or running modern Windows-only DirectX 11 games on Linux. A wrapper often takes the form of a shared library that replaces the original, though it can also be a standalone interceptor. Wrappers aren't needed for OpenGL since its APIs don't require much translation. Despite this, [https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2018/10/31/introducing-zink-opengl-implementation-vulkan/ a wrapper was created for it anyway].
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<noinclude>
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==Read this first==
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* If you're not sure what's updated, we've provided links at [[GetInvolved#Low effort|GetInvolved]] for other aggregators.
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* The News section only fits 10 rows, if you add an 11th please move the oldest emulator update from the news section to the month section down below.
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* Keep the news section to unique emulators only (If Cemu 1.23.1 is in the news section and you want to add Cemu 1.23.2, please move Cemu 1.23.1 to the month section down below)
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* Link to news/changelog (use permalink if possible).
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* Date format is: YYYY-MM-DD
  
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==90's APIs==
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==News==
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To understand why wrappers are needed for older games, it's important to understand that during the 90s the graphics card market for [[Intel CPUs|IBM PCs and compatibles]] was in its infancy, and Direct3D wasn't an automatic choice for developers. Some games were often designed for 3Dfx's Glide API so that it would run with their Voodoo card. With 3dfx going bankrupt however, support for Glide didn't stay around and the API was made open-source, but NVIDIA and AMD never incorporated it into their drivers. A wrapper is now needed to play these games with hardware acceleration, or if we're lucky the game gets [[Game Engine Recreations and Source Ports|a port]] to other APIs instead.
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</noinclude>
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* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.12.3] '''(2021-10-18)'''
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* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://lakka.tv/articles/2021/10/17/lakka-3.5.1/ 3.5.1] '''(2021-10-17)'''
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* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases/tag/v124 v124] '''(2021-10-15)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_6.txt 1.25.6] '''(2021-10-15)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.10.11 Oct 11, 2021 - ParaLLEl RDP updates] '''(2021-10-11)'''
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-11-released/ 1.9.11] '''(2021-10-10)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021100801 6.19] '''(2021-10-08)'''
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* '''[[Flashpoint]]''' – [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/news/ 10.1] '''(2021-10-02)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.18 0.83.18] '''(2021-10-01)'''
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* '''[[BizHawk]]''' – [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ReleaseHistory.html 2.6.3] '''(2021-10-01)'''
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<includeonly><div style="text-align:right;"><small>[[Template:News|more...]]</small></div></includeonly>
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<noinclude>
  
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Even games using older versions of DirectDraw or Direct3D might benefit from wrappers. Since they can have compatibility or rendering issues on modern systems. Wrappers also enable various overrides and enhancements, such as the use of third-party tools like [https://reshade.me/ ReShade], to enhance or improve the gaming experience.
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==October 2021==
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* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.12.1] '''(2021-10-09)'''
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* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.12] '''(2021-10-06)'''
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* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://lakka.tv/articles/2021/10/03/lakka-3.5/ 3.5] '''(2021-10-03)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_5.txt 1.25.5] '''(2021-10-01)'''
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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==September 2021==
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* '''[https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]''' – [https://batocera.org/changelog#collapse33 32] '''(2021-09-30)'''
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! scope="col"|Name
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* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/minor-update-for-emulicious-released/ 2021-09-30] '''(2021-09-30)'''
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! scope="col"|OS
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* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=504 0.236] '''(2021-09-29)'''
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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* '''GameEx''' – [https://forums.gameex.com/forums/files/file/534-gameex/ 17.01] '''(2021-09-26)'''
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! scope="col"|Translates
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.9.26 Sept 26 - Smash Remix settings] '''(2021-09-26)'''
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! scope="col"|Into
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* '''WinArcadia''' – [https://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 28.21] '''(2021-09-25)'''
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free and Open-Source Software">FOSS</abbr>
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021092401 6.18] '''(2021-09-24)'''
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! scope="col"|Active
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-10-released/ 1.9.10] '''(2021-09-19)'''
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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* '''[[SSF]]''' – [https://twitter.com/FessX/status/1439269224489230337 PreviewVer R27] '''(2021-09-18)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_4.txt 1.25.4] '''(2021-09-17)'''
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|[http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide]
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021091001 6.17] '''(2021-09-10)'''
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.9.10 Sept 10, 2021] '''(2021-09-10)'''
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|[http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide 2.10]
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* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://lakka.tv/articles/2021/09/06/lakka-3.4/ 3.4] '''(2021-09-06)'''
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|Glide
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* '''[[xemu]]''' – [https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu/releases/tag/xemu-v0.6.1 0.6.1] '''(2021-09-05)'''
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|Vulkan, Direct3D 9
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-9-released/ 1.9.9] '''(2021-09-05)'''
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_3.txt 1.25.3] '''(2021-09-03)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.17 0.83.17] '''(2021-09-01)'''
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|[http://dege.freeweb.hu/ dgVoodoo 2]
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* '''[[melonDS]]''' – [http://melonds.kuribo64.net/comments.php?id=149 0.9.3] '''(2021-09-01)'''
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
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|[http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html {{DgVoodoo2Ver}}]
 
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|Glide, DirectX 1-9
 
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|Direct3D 11, Direct3D 12
 
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|-
 
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|[[Wine|WineD3D]]
 
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
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|[https://wiki.winehq.org/Download {{WineVer}}] <small>(Linux, macOS)</small><br /> [https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag {{WineDevVer}}] <small>Windows</small>
 
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|DirectX 1-11
 
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|Vulkan, OpenGL
 
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|[https://www.dxgl.org/ DXGL]
 
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
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|[https://www.dxgl.org/downloads/ {{DXGLVer}}]
 
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|DirectX 1-7
 
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|OpenGL
 
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
 
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|-
 
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|[http://www.glidos.net/ Glidos]
 
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
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|[http://www.glidos.net/download.html 1.53b]
 
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|Glide <small>(DOS)</small>
 
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|?
 
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{TBD}}
 
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|[http://openglide.sourceforge.net/ OpenGlide]
 
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openglide/files/latest/download 0.09 Alpha]
 
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|Glide
 
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|OpenGL
 
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|-
 
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psvoodoo/ psVoodoo]
 
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psvoodoo/files/latest/download 0.13]
 
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|Glide
 
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|Direct3D 9
 
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|-
 
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|}
 
  
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===Comparisons===
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==August 2021==
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;[http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide]  
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* '''[[RPCS3]]''' – [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases/tag/v0.0.18 0.0.18 Alpha] '''(2021-08-30)'''
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Currently the best Glide wrapper, but it's closed-source. All three public API versions are supported; 2.11, 2.60 and 3.10, and it reads them using Direct3D 9. Vulkan output was added in 2.0, which allows it to work under Linux using [[Wine]] 2.10.0 and newer.<ref name="nglidevulkan">http://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2044</ref> nGlide also supports high resolution modes. See the [http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide/compatibility compatibility list].
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* '''[[DOSBox|DOSBox Staging]]''' – [https://dosbox-staging.github.io/v0-77-1/ 0.77.1] '''(2021-08-28)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021082701 6.16] '''(2021-08-27)'''
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* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=503 0.235] '''(2021-08-27)'''
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-8-released/ 1.9.8] '''(2021-08-22)'''
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* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://github.com/higan-emu/ares/releases/tag/v123 v123] '''(2021-08-22)'''
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* '''[[No$|No$GBA]]''' – [http://problemkaputt.de/gbanew.htm 3.05] '''(2021-08-20)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_2.txt 1.25.2] '''(2021-08-20)'''
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* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/major-update-for-emulicious-released/ 2021-08-14] '''(2021-08-14)'''
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* '''[[Gearboy]]''' – [https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases/tag/gearboy-3.4.0 3.4.0] '''(2021-08-13)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021081301 6.15] '''(2021-08-13)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.8.9 August 9, 2021] '''(2021-08-09)'''
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* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-08-09 2021-08-09] '''(2021-08-09)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_1.txt 1.25.1] '''(2021-08-06)'''
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* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://github.com/higan-emu/ares/releases/tag/v122 v122] '''(2021-08-02)'''
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* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14.5 0.14.5] '''(2021-08-01)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.19c 0.91.19c] '''(2021-08-01)'''
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* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://lakka.tv/articles/2021/08/01/lakka-3.3/ 3.3] '''(2021-08-01)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.19b 0.91.19b] '''(2021-08-01)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.16 0.83.16] '''(2021-08-01)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.19 0.91.19] '''(2021-08-01)'''
  
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;[http://dege.freeweb.hu/ dgVoodoo 2]
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==July 2021==
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Despite the name, dgVoodoo 2 reimplements more than Glide. It replaces multiple APIs; Glide 2.11, 2.45, 3.1, 3.1 Napalm, all versions of DirectDraw and Direct3D up to version 7, Direct3D 8.1, and Direct3D 9. This wrapper outputs Direct3D 11 with different device types as wrapping output such as hardware or software rendering.
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* '''[[vdmgr]]''' – [http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html 0.2.2] '''(2021-07-31)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021073001 6.14] '''(2021-07-30)'''
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* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14.4 0.14.4] '''(2021-07-30)'''
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* '''VirtualBox''' – [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v26 6.1.26] '''(2021-07-28)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.7.27 July 27, 2021] '''(2021-07-27)'''
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* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=502 0.234] '''(2021-07-27)'''
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* '''[[xemu]]''' – [https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu/releases/tag/xemu-v0.6.0 0.6.0] '''(2021-07-26)'''
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* '''[[MEKA]]''' – [https://github.com/ocornut/meka/releases 2021-07-26] '''(2021-07-26)'''
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-7-released/ 1.9.7] '''(2021-07-25)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_25_0.txt 1.25.0] '''(2021-07-23)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021072001 6.13] '''(2021-07-20)'''
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* '''Xpeccy''' – [https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases/tag/0.6.20210720 0.6.20210720] '''(2021-07-20)'''
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* '''VirtualBox''' – [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v24 6.1.24] '''(2021-07-20)'''
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* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/emulicious-got-updated/ 2021-07-19] '''(2021-07-19)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.7.19 July 19 - Dynarec fixes] '''(2021-07-19)'''
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* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-07-16 2021-07-16] '''(2021-07-16)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.7.13 July 13, 2021] '''(2021-07-13)'''
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* '''[[mGBA]]''' – [https://mgba.io/2021/07/10/mgba-0.9.2/ 0.9.2] '''(2021-07-10)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_24_0.txt 1.24.0] '''(2021-07-09)'''
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* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-07-09 2021-07-09] '''(2021-07-09)'''
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* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://github.com/higan-emu/ares/releases/tag/v121a v121a] '''(2021-07-05)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.7.5 July 5, 2021] '''(2021-07-05)'''
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* '''[[vdmgr]]''' – [http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html 0.2.1] '''(2021-07-05)'''
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-6-released/ 1.9.6] '''(2021-07-04)'''
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* '''[[SSF]]''' – [https://twitter.com/FessX/status/1411585567486144517 PreviewVer R26] '''(2021-07-04)'''
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* '''Xpeccy''' – [https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases/tag/0.6.20210703 0.6.20210703] '''(2021-07-03)'''
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* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-07-03 2021-07-03] '''(2021-07-03)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021070201 6.12] '''(2021-07-02)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox|DOSBox Staging]]''' – [https://dosbox-staging.github.io/v0-77-0/ 0.77.0] '''(2021-07-02)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.15 0.83.15] '''(2021-07-01)'''
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* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=501 0.233] '''(2021-07-01)'''
  
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;[[Wine]]
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==June 2021==
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Wine is a [[Compatibility layers|compatibility layer]] for Linux and macOS. On its own, Wine works pretty well for running older DirectX games. Some forks allow Wine's built-in reimplementations to run under Windows.
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* '''[[RPCS3]]''' – [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases/tag/v0.0.17 0.0.17 Alpha] '''(2021-06-30)'''
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* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://ares.dev/posts/20210626235137 v121] '''(2021-06-26)'''
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* '''[[vdmgr]]''' – [http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html 0.2.0] '''(2021-06-26)'''
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* '''[[FCEUX]]''' – [https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceultra/files/Binaries/2.4.0/ 2.4.0] '''(2021-06-24)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.23 bug fixes and IS Viewer] '''(2021-06-23)'''
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* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://www.lakka.tv/articles/2021/06/19/lakka-3.2/ 3.2] '''(2021-06-19)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.18 0.91.18] '''(2021-06-19)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.21 VRU support and Dynamic Recompiler] '''(2021-06-21)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.17 0.91.17] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.16b 0.91.16b] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.16 0.91.16] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''2600.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.A2600Emu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''MSX.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''C64.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.C64Emu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''Snes9x EX+''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.Snes9xPlus 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''GBC.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbcEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''NES.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.NesEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''NEO.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.NeoEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''MD.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MdEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''PCE.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PceEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''NGP.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.NgpEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''GBA.emu''' – [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbaEmu 1.5.54] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]''' – [https://batocera.org/changelog#collapse32 31] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_23_1.txt 1.23.1] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[[Project64]]''' – [https://github.com/project64/project64/releases/tag/3.0.1-5664-2df3434 3.0.1] '''(2021-06-18)'''
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* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-5-released/ 1.9.5] '''(2021-06-14)'''
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* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-06-13 2021-06-13] '''(2021-06-13)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.13 June 13 - widescreen support] '''(2021-06-13)'''
 +
* '''[[xemu]]''' – [https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu/releases/tag/xemu-v0.5.4 0.5.4] '''(2021-06-12)'''
 +
* '''[[Mednafen]]''' – [https://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=2007&start=0& 1.27.1] '''(2021-06-12)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.11 June 11 - libdragon support] '''(2021-06-11)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.10 June 10 - bug fixes] '''(2021-06-10)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.9 June 9 - Fix upscaling crash] '''(2021-06-09)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.8 June 8 - minor performance tweaks] '''(2021-06-08)'''
 +
* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021060701 6.0.1] '''(2021-06-07)'''
 +
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/an-update-for-emulicious-got-released/ 2021-06-07] '''(2021-06-07)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.6.6 GLideN64 replaced with ParaLLEl-RDP] '''(2021-06-06)'''
 +
* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://www.lakka.tv/articles/2021/06/05/lakka-3.1/ 3.1] '''(2021-06-05)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_23_0.txt 1.23.0] '''(2021-06-04)'''
 +
* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.14 0.83.14] '''(2021-06-01)'''
  
−
;[https://www.dxgl.org/ DXGL]  
+
==May 2021==
−
A free replacement for ddraw.dll outputting OpenGL. It's designed to overcome driver bugs, mainly in Windows Vista and beyond. It adds various rendering enhancements such as display scaling and filtering options. DXGL also supports Direct3D 7, however it's currently under development and doesn't work with many programs.
+
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.80] '''(2021-05-31)'''
 +
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/emulicious-received-a-minor-update/ 2021-05-31] '''(2021-05-31)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.5.30 May 30, 2021] '''(2021-05-30)'''
 +
* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-4-released/ 1.9.4] '''(2021-05-29)'''
 +
* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=499 0.232] '''(2021-05-27)'''
 +
* '''[[Project64]]''' – [https://github.com/project64/project64/releases/tag/Project64-3.0.0-5632-f83bee9 3.0.0] '''(2021-05-26)'''
 +
* '''[[BizHawk]]''' – [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ReleaseHistory.html 2.6.2] '''(2021-05-25)'''
 +
* '''[[Lakka]]''' – [http://www.lakka.tv/articles/2021/05/22/lakka-3.0/ 3.0] '''(2021-05-22)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_13.txt 1.22.13] '''(2021-05-21)'''
 +
* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-3-released/ 1.9.3] '''(2021-05-16)'''
 +
* '''Denise''' – [https://sourceforge.net/projects/deniseemu/files/v%201.1.1/ 1.1.1] '''(2021-05-12)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.5.12 May 12, 2021] '''(2021-05-12)'''
 +
* '''[[Flashpoint]]''' – [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/news/ 10] '''(2021-05-10)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [http://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_12.txt 1.22.12] '''(2021-05-07)'''
 +
* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://ares.dev/posts/20210506151306 v120] '''(2021-05-06)'''
 +
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-05-05 2021-05-05] '''(2021-05-05)'''
 +
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.70C] '''(2021-05-05)'''
 +
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.70B] '''(2021-05-03)'''
 +
* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-2-released/ 1.9.2] '''(2021-05-01)'''
 +
* '''[[FinalBurn Neo]]''' – [https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/v1.0.0.2 1.0.0.2] '''(2021-05-01)'''
  
−
==2000's and later APIs==
+
==April 2021==
−
If you want to run modern Windows games on another OS you will likely need one of these wrappers. Usually you don't have to download these separatly as they come packaged into [[compatibility layers]] like [[Proton]], [[Wine]] or [https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover CrossOver]. Some wrappers can also be used on Windows to improve compatibility or stability for games using older Direct3D or OpenGL versions.
+
* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.13 0.83.13] '''(2021-04-30)'''
−
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
+
* '''[[RPCS3]]''' – [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases/tag/v0.0.16 0.0.16 Alpha] '''(2021-04-30)'''
−
|-
+
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/a-major-usability-update-of-emulicious-is-available/ 2021-04-30] '''(2021-04-30)'''
−
! scope="col"|Name
+
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.70] '''(2021-04-30)'''
−
! scope="col"|OS
+
* '''VirtualBox''' – [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v22 6.1.22] '''(2021-04-29)'''
−
! scope="col"|Latest Version
+
* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=498 0.231] '''(2021-04-28)'''
−
! scope="col"|Translates
+
* '''[[melonDS]]''' – [http://melonds.kuribo64.net/comments.php?id=142 0.9.2] '''(2021-04-26)'''
−
! scope="col"|Into
+
* '''[[BGB]]''' – [https://bgb.bircd.org/bgb-159-released.html 1.5.9] '''(2021-04-23)'''
−
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free and Open-Source Software">FOSS</abbr>
+
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_11.txt 1.22.11] '''(2021-04-23)'''
−
! scope="col"|Active
+
* '''[[XEBRA]]''' – [http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/ 2021-04-23] '''(2021-04-23)'''
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-04-21 2021-04-21] '''(2021-04-21)'''
−
|-
+
* '''[[Stella]]''' – [https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html 6.5.3] '''(2021-04-20)'''
−
|[https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk DXVK]
+
* '''VirtualBox''' – [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v20 6.1.20] '''(2021-04-20)'''
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
+
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.4.19 April 19] '''(2021-04-19)'''
−
|[https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases {{DXVKVer}}]
+
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-04-19 2021-04-19] '''(2021-04-19)'''
−
|Direct3D 9-11
+
* '''[[mGBA]]''' – [https://mgba.io/2021/04/18/mgba-0.9.1 0.9.1] '''(2021-04-18)'''
−
|Vulkan
+
* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14.3 0.14.3] '''(2021-04-17)'''
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
+
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-04-06 2021-04-16] '''(2021-04-16)'''
−
|-
+
* '''[[3dSen]]''' – [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954280/view/3113651356111888933 0.9.4.4] '''(2021-04-13)'''
−
|[https://source.winehq.org/git/vkd3d.git/ vkd3d]
+
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/v2021.4.12.1 April 12.1] '''(2021-04-12)'''
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
+
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.66] '''(2021-04-09)'''
−
|[https://source.winehq.org/git/vkd3d.git/ {{Vkd3dVer}}]
+
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_10.txt 1.22.10] '''(2021-04-09)'''
−
|Direct3D 12
+
* '''[[3dSen]]''' – [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954280/view/3019075129393074793 0.9.4.3] '''(2021-04-06)'''
−
|Vulkan
+
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-04-06 2021-04-06] '''(2021-04-06)'''
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
+
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.15b 0.91.15b] '''(2021-04-05)'''
−
|-
+
* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://near.sh/posts/20210402182815 v119.2] '''(2021-04-02)'''
−
|[[Wine|WineD3D]]
+
* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.12 0.83.12] '''(2021-04-01)'''
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
+
* '''[[Mednafen]]''' – [https://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=rview&goto=6431&th=1991#msg_6431 1.27.0-UNSTABLE] '''(2021-04-01)'''
−
|[https://wiki.winehq.org/Download {{WineVer}}] <small>(Linux, macOS)</small><br /> [https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag {{WineDevVer}}] <small>Windows</small>
 
−
|Direct3D 1-11
 
−
|OpenGL
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/iXit/wine-nine-standalone Gallium Nine]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/iXit/wine-nine-standalone git]
 
−
|Direct3D 9
 
−
|Linux Calls
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} <small>WIP</small>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK MoltenVK]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS|iOS}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/releases {{MoltenVKVer}}]
 
−
|Vulkan
 
−
|Metal
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2018/10/31/introducing-zink-opengl-implementation-vulkan/ Zink]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
 
−
|[https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/kusma/mesa/tree/zink git]
 
−
|OpenGL
 
−
|Vulkan
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/ d3d8to9]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases git]
 
−
|Direct3D 8
 
−
|Direct3D 9
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/d9vk D9VK]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/d9vk git]
 
−
|Direct3D 9
 
−
|Vulkan
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/dxup DXUP]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/dxup git]
 
−
|Direct3D 9-10
 
−
|Direct3D 11
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[https://github.com/disks86/VK9 VK9]
 
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 
−
|[https://github.com/disks86/VK9/releases git]
 
−
|Direct3D 9
 
−
|Vulkan
 
−
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
===Comparisons===
+
==March 2021==
−
;[https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk DXVK]  
+
* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=497 0.230] '''(2021-03-31)'''
−
A wrapper for Direct3D 9-11. DXVK was designed to speed up support for Direct3D 11 games in [[Wine]] and, later, [[Proton]] since a native implementation seemed unlikely.
+
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/a-major-update-of-emulicious-got-released/ 2021-03-31] '''(2021-03-31)'''
 +
* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://near.sh/posts/20210331160654 v119] '''(2021-03-31)'''
 +
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.15 0.91.15] '''(2021-03-30)'''
 +
* '''[[RetroArch]]''' – [https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-9-1-released/ 1.9.1] '''(2021-03-29)'''
 +
* '''[[3dSen]]''' – [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954280/view/3022452194455778704 0.9.4.2] '''(2021-03-28)'''
 +
* '''[[mGBA]]''' – [https://mgba.io/2021/03/28/mgba-0.9.0 0.9.0] '''(2021-03-28)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_9.txt 1.22.9] '''(2021-03-26)'''
 +
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-03-25 2021-03-25] '''(2021-03-25)'''
 +
* '''[[3dSen]]''' – [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954280/view/3022452194444216762 0.9.4.1] '''(2021-03-25)'''
 +
* '''[[3dSen]]''' – [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954280/view/3022452194441312436 0.9.4] '''(2021-03-24)'''
 +
* '''[[Snes9x|SNES9x GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases/tag/4.5.2 4.5.2] '''(2021-03-23)'''
 +
* '''[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases/tag/3.5.1 3.5.1] '''(2021-03-23)'''
 +
* '''[[No$|No$GBA]]''' – [http://problemkaputt.de/gbanew.htm 3.04] '''(2021-03-23)'''
 +
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-03-23 2021-03-23] '''(2021-03-23)'''
 +
* '''Denise''' – [https://sourceforge.net/projects/deniseemu/files/v%201.1.0/ 1.1.0] '''(2021-03-20)'''
 +
* '''[[ZX_Spectrum_Line|Speccy]]''' – [http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/ 5.9] '''(2021-03-17)'''
 +
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.14 0.91.14] '''(2021-03-15)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_8.txt 1.22.8] '''(2021-03-12)'''
 +
* '''[[RockNES]]''' – [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ 5.65] '''(2021-03-11)'''
 +
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-03-07 2021-03-07] '''(2021-03-07)'''
 +
* '''[https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]''' – [https://batocera.org/changelog#collapse31 30] '''(2021-03-06)'''
 +
* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.11.3] '''(2021-03-02)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_7.txt 1.22.7] '''(2021-03-02)'''
 +
* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.11 0.83.11] '''(2021-03-01)'''
 +
* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14.2 0.14.2] '''(2021-03-01)'''
  
−
:;[https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/d9vk D9VK]  
+
==February 2021==
−
:A fork for Direct3D 9, originally created when DXVK was designed for Direct3D 10 and 11. Was merged back into the main project in version 1.5.  
+
* '''[[RPCS3]]''' – [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases/tag/v0.0.15 0.0.15 Alpha] '''(2021-02-28)'''
 +
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/emulicious-update-available-2/ 2021-02-28] '''(2021-02-28)'''
 +
* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14.1 0.14.1] '''(2021-02-28)'''
 +
* '''[[SameBoy]]''' – [https://sameboy.github.io/posts/release-0.14 0.14] '''(2021-02-27)'''
 +
* '''[[Stella]]''' – [https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html 6.5.2] '''(2021-02-25)'''
 +
* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=496 0.229] '''(2021-02-24)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/Feb232021 Feb 23, 2021] '''(2021-02-23)'''
 +
* '''[[BizHawk]]''' – [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ReleaseHistory.html 2.6.1] '''(2021-02-21)'''
 +
* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://near.sh/posts/20210221113226 v118] '''(2021-02-21)'''
 +
* '''[[Gearboy]]''' – [https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases/tag/gearboy-3.3.0 3.3.0] '''(2021-02-14)'''
 +
* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.11.2] '''(2021-02-14)'''
 +
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.13 0.91.13] '''(2021-02-12)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_6.txt 1.22.6] '''(2021-02-12)'''
 +
* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.11.1] '''(2021-02-11)'''
 +
* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/Feb102021 Feb 10, 2021] '''(2021-02-10)'''
 +
* '''[[ares]]''' – [https://near.sh/posts/20210208013149 v117] '''(2021-02-08)'''
 +
* '''[[PPSSPP]]''' – [https://www.ppsspp.org/#news 1.11] '''(2021-02-07)'''
 +
* '''[[Snes9x|SNES9x GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases/tag/4.5.1 4.5.1] '''(2021-02-06)'''
 +
* '''[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases/tag/3.5.0 3.5.0] '''(2021-02-06)'''
 +
* '''[[Clock Signal]]''' – [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases/tag/2021-02-02 2021-02-02] '''(2021-02-02)'''
 +
* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.10 0.83.10] '''(2021-02-01)'''
  
−
;[https://source.winehq.org/git/vkd3d.git/ vkd3d]  
+
==January 2021==
−
A work-in-progress Direct3D 12 to Vulkan wrapper created for Wine by Valve.
+
* '''[[Snes9x|SNES9x GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases/tag/4.5.0 4.5.0] '''(2021-01-31)'''
 +
* '''[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases/tag/3.4.9 3.4.9] '''(2021-01-31)'''
 +
* '''Emulicious''' – [https://emulicious.net/a-major-update-of-emulicious-is-available-5/ 2021-01-30] '''(2021-01-30)'''
 +
* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_5.txt 1.22.5] '''(2021-01-29)'''
 +
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.12 0.91.12] '''(2021-01-28)'''
 +
* '''[[MAME]]''' – [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=493 0.228] '''(2021-01-27)'''
 +
* '''[[RAINE]]''' – [https://github.com/zelurker/raine/releases/tag/0.91.11 0.91.11] '''(2021-01-25)'''
 +
* '''[[Stella]]''' – [https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html 6.5.1] '''(2021-01-24)'''
 +
* '''VirtualBox''' – [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v18 6.1.18] '''(2021-01-19)'''
 +
* '''[[Snes9x|SNES9x GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases/tag/4.4.9 4.4.9] '''(2021-01-18)'''
 +
* '''[[FCEUX|FCE Ultra GX]]''' – [https://github.com/dborth/fceugx/releases/tag/3.4.8 3.4.8] '''(2021-01-18)'''
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* '''[[BizHawk]]''' – [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ReleaseHistory.html 2.6] '''(2021-01-17)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_4.txt 1.22.4] '''(2021-01-15)'''
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* '''[[Wine]]''' – [https://www.winehq.org/news/2021011401 6.0] '''(2021-01-14)'''
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* '''[[Stella]]''' – [https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html 6.5] '''(2021-01-09)'''
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* '''[[m64p]]''' – [https://github.com/loganmc10/m64p/releases/tag/Jan42021 Jan 4, 2021] '''(2021-01-04)'''
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* '''[[xemu]]''' – [https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu/releases/tag/xemu-v0.5.0 0.5.0] '''(2021-01-03)'''
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* '''[[FCEUX]]''' – [https://sourceforge.net/projects/fceultra/files/Binaries/2.3.0/ 2.3.0] '''(2021-01-02)'''
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* '''[[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox-X]]''' – [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases/tag/dosbox-x-v0.83.9 0.83.9] '''(2021-01-01)'''
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* '''[[Cemu]]''' – [https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_22_3.txt 1.22.3] '''(2021-01-01)'''
  
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== Previous years ==
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Has an internal graphics API wrapper for Direct3D 1-11 using OpenGL. It works mostly well for older games, but is slower and has more bugs than newer wrappers using Vulkan, such as DXVK. It's possible to use Wine's wrapper in Windows using different forks.
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* '''[[Template:News/2019|2019]]'''
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* '''[[Template:News/2018|2018]]'''
  
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;[https://github.com/iXit/wine-nine-standalone Gallium Nine]
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An open-source implementation of the Direct3D 9 library. Gallium Nine is different since it uses calls native to Linux as opposed to another graphics API like Vulkan. This allows applications to run at near-native speeds. The catch is that it relies on Gallium, Linux's open source 3D renderer, and any driver that doesn't use Gallium is less likely to work (such as NVIDIA's proprietary drivers).
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;[https://github.com/disks86/VK9 VK9]
 
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A Direct3D 9 wrapper that outputs to Vulkan.
 
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==External links==
 
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* [https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/dxvk-102-is-out-with-some-bug-fixes-d9vk-seems-to-be-progressing-nicely.13868/page=2#r151939 State of Direct3D 9-12 translation layers] by DXVK author YoRHa-2B (2019-04-02)
 
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==See also==
 
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* [[Compatibility layers]] - Allows software written for one operating system to run on a different OS.
 
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Not really emulators]]
 

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