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|predecessor = [[Sega_Saturn_emulatorsPrototype_consoles|Jupiter]], [[Sega Saturnemulators|Saturn]], [[Prototype_consoles|Pluto]]

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! scope="col"|[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Texture_Packs <small>Texture<br/>replacement</small>[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=40 RetroHardware features<br/>Achievements]and peripherals</small>]]! scope="col"|<small>[[Sega_NAOMI_and_variants|NAOMI<br/>NAOMI2NAOMI 2<br/>Multiboard]]</small>! scope="col"|<small>[[Sega_NAOMI_and_variants|Hikaru]](光)</small>

! colspan="1415"|PC / x86

| [https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds/ CI Builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N name=lrCommit>This build using upstream repo for libretro from now on. Keep in mind that some of the arcade variation supported titles on flycast standalone version [https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136 will not work on retroarch flycast core due to libretro API].</ref><br/>[https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases <abbr title="Fork of Flycast with a focus on netplay features and replay.">Flycast Dojo fork</abbr>](Flycast道場)<br/>[https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases {{FlycastVer}}]|{{✓~}} ||{{~✓}}<ref group=N name=lrEx>Exclusive to libretro core. [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/issues/761 RA support in the standalone application issue page].</ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=FlycastNAOMI2Multi>Most of the [[Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#Comparisons|NAOMI and NAOMI 2 titles]] including GD-ROM games work with [[Flycast]], but most of the [[Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#NAOMI_Multiboard|NAOMI Multiboard]] titles [https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/410 boot with a multiboard error message]. Recommended to use [[DEmul]] emulator for this system.</ref> ||{{✗}} [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/issues/110 *] ||{{✗}} [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/issues/110 *] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||[https://docs.libretro.com/library/compatibility/dc/ ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

| [https://redream.io/download Dev Builds]<br/>[https://redream.io/download {{RedreamVer}}1.5.0]<ref group=N>CI/Dev builds are a better choice for almost all users; the stable version should only be used if you have a specific need for them.</ref>| {{✗~}} ||{{✗~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||[https://redream.io/compatibility 96%] ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

| {{✗~}} ||{{✗~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N>[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#Cave_CV1000B_.282004.E2.80.932007.29 'arcade_compat.txt' file inside DEmul's release archives do not have any Cave CV1000 emulation compat list], so its games' status is unknown.</ref> ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}

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| {{✗?}} || {{✗?}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N>nullDC was the first independent, open-source Sega Dreamcast emulator to attempt emulation of the NAOMI arcade board. [https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#Comparisons Its compatibility with NAOMI, NAOMI 2 and NAOMI Multiboard is unknown].</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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| {{✗~}} || {{✗~}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat>MAME {{MAMEVer}} version compatibility status: [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=hikaru.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 hikaru] [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=gaelco3d_m.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 gaelco 3d] [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=dc_atomiswave.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 atomiswave] [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=segasp.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 System SP] [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=naomi.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 NAOMI] [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=cv1k.cpp&arcade_only=0&current_version=0 cave 1000] also see these for cave 1000: [https://exa.ac/en/about/?v=0f177369a3b7 exA-Arcadia] [[wikipedia:Cease and desist|(C&D)]] [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/54899379258a7266db8d5bc6cda8b48169e67503 akatana, ddpsdoj situation]</ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat></ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat></ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat></ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat></ref> ||{{✓~}}<ref group=N name=MAMEcompat></ref> ||[http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mess.php?software_list_name=dc&compatibility= ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

|[[FinalBurn Neo]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest nightly]<br/>[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/latest stable]|{{?}} ||{{?}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-! colspan="1415"|Mobile / ARM

|{{✓~}} || {{~✓}}<ref group=N name=lrEx></ref> ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=FlycastNAOMI2Multi></ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✗}} ||[https://docs.libretro.com/library/compatibility/dc/ ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

| {{✗~}} || {{✗~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||[https://redream.io/compatibility 96%] ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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::;[[Flycast]]<small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;"> ([https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#Games NAOMI and variants compatibility])</small>::Fork of reicast available as a standalone emulator and as a [[libretro]] core. Libretro collaborators, primarily [https://github.com/flyinghead/reicast-emulator flyinghead], dramatically improved Reicast in areas such as graphics, input, system clock, and Dreamcast VMU. Atomiswave and NAOMI SH-4-based arcade systems have also been added to great fanfare<ref group=N name="flycastnaomi">https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136</ref>, along with support for MAME's popular CHD format. Even full MMU support, which is needed to run Windows CE-based games such as ''Armada'', ''Half-Life'', and ''SEGA Rally Championship 2''. It has recently been tackled through an experimental branch (anyone following Dreamcast emulation over the years understands what a tough nut this is to crack). Aside from some audio stuttering issues in games such as "Looney Toons Space Race" and "Resident Evil: Code Veronica", this is a highly compatible and accurate emulator. Most Windows CE games run at low performanceAlso there is a [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/issues/1390 feature request] for implementing an LLE renderer similar to the redream one.:::;Flycast Dojo::::Fork of Flycast with a focus on netplay features and replay. Also, available on the [[Fightcade|Fightcade]] matchmaking service.

;[[redream]]: Multi-platform and easy to use, but it's closed-source. Compatible with [https://redream.io/compatibility +96% of the Dreamcast library (as of Q1 2022)]. It has a good user interface, is easy to set up, and can run without a BIOS. Runs on [https://youtu.be/rywLHa1i9yk?t=529 low-end machines] provided that they support OpenGL 3.1. There's a payware premium version that provides high-definition rendering and additional slots for save states. Emulator work unstable on AMD GPUs with actual driver version. Recently, redream developer "inolen" implemented an LLE video renderer that utilizes a compute shader (like [[Recommended_N64_plugins#Video|parallels-rdp for Nintendo 64]]) that allows [[High/Low_level_emulation|low-level]] graphics emulation to be run on the GPU. This can provide acceptable performance to those who want more of an accurate experience with some decent GPU to handle it comfortably. Since using a computer shader will net you some massive performance benefits, it could also allow you to upscaling/downscaling in the same manner that [[Recommended_N64_plugins#Video|parallels-rdp]] can which can be a lot of fun too. See [https://discord.gg/zuEAVTG redream discord channel] for more information.

;[[DEmul]]<small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;"> ([https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_NAOMI_and_variants#Games NAOMI and variants compatibility])</small>

:A closed-source Dreamcast emulator that was once noteworthy for being one of the few two, along with Demul, that could properly play Windows CE games. It has since been superseded by newer emulators.

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| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}<ref group=N2 name=MAMEVMU>[[Sega_VMU_emulators|VMU emulation possible]] but there is no VMU<->Dreamcast communication emulation at the moment.</ref>

| {{~y}}<ref group=N2 name=VMU></ref>| {{~y}}| {{y}}<ref group=N2 name=VMU></ref>

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|colspan=2 | [[Early_Online_Services#Dreamcast_Online_services| Modem]]

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|colspan=2 | [[Early_Online_Services#Broadband_AdapterDreamcast_Online_services|Broadband Adapter]]

|colspan=2 | [[#Taisen Cable|Taisen Cable]]| {{Y}}[https://segaretroold.orgreddit.com/r/emulation/Neo_Geo_Pocketcomments/Dreamcast_Setsuzoku_Cable#Compatible_games <abbr title="NEOP-22020, not to be confused with the NeoGeo Pocket system link cable which is NEOP-10021">Neo Geo Pocket communication<1bgdlar/flycast_v23_battle_cable_more_systemsp_games/abbr>]

While some Dreamcast Flycast, redream and DEmul emulators can leverage the screen of the VMU while the game is running, none of them allow you to play the standalone minigames developed for it (other than [[MAME]] , but it has no interconnect support for communication). If that's what you're after, then you should probably be looking at [[Sega VMU emulators]] instead. Several titles for the Dreamcast included mini-games that could be downloaded onto a VMU. The Sonic Adventure series, for instance, included the Chao Adventure mini-game. In the game players could transfer Chao eggs to the VMU and play to increase the stats of their hatched Chao, whereupon they could upload their improved Chao back into the Dreamcast game.<ref>[https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/VMU Sega Wiki: VMU]</ref>

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