A list of all the emulators for a particular system. Includes honorable and historical mentions as well!
This list will always be kept as complete and up-to-date as possible, but please open an issue if you have any questions/comments/concerns.
Official websites and links to the authors will always be used if possible, otherwise mirrors may be used if they are available.
Quick note: the recommended column is purely subjective and I only use it as a means of answering the question "should/could/would you use it?" or "is there a viable use case or reason for this emulator to be used instead of another?" Please ask yourself what you are using the emulator for and then make an educated decision based on your own research and needs.
Now onto the list! π
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Name
Icon
Meaning
Green book
π
Open-source project
Orange book
π
Partially open-source or disputed
Red book
π
Closed-source/proprietary
Name
Icon
Meaning
Computer
π»
Runs on Windows
Apple
π
Runs on macOS
Penguin
π§
Runs on Linux
Imp
πΏ
Runs on BSD
Robot
π€
Runs on Android
iPhone
π±
Runs on iOS
Globe
π
Runs on the web
Floppy Disk
πΎ
Runs on DOS
Awesome Emulators
Source Availability
Platform Support
Table of Contents
Home Game Console Emulators
Atari
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD
Commodore Amiga CD32
LaserDisc systems
Sony
Sony PlayStation 1
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation 4
Sony PlayStation 5
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Nintendo 64
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Sega
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Dreamcast VMU
Microsoft
Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft Xbox 360
Microsoft Xbox One
Microsoft Xbox Series
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD
Pong consoles
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Philips CD-i
Panasonic
Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Panasonic 3DO M2
Gemei A330
Apple/Bandai Pippin
Mattel Intellivision
Coleco ColecoVision
Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters
COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800
Handheld game console emulators
Nintendo
Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game And Watch simulators
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Pokemon Mini
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
Game Park GP32
Atari Lynx
Sega Game Gear
Sony
Sony PlayStation Portable
Sony PocketStation
Sony PlayStation Vita
Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
Watara SuperVision
Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc.
Apple iOS/iPod
Google Android
N-Gage
BREW
Mophun
Java
Palm devices
Computer emulators
Acorn
Acorn Atom computers
Acorn BBC Micro computers
Acorn Electron computers
Acorn Archimedes computers
Amstrad CPC computers
DOS emulators
x86 emulators
System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture
Apple computers
NeXT computers
Oberon RISC machine
SIMH simulators
Coleco computers
Commodore
Commodore computers
Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32
Atari 400/800 and ST computers
Sinclair
Sinclair ZX81 computers
Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers
NEC
NEC 6000 computers
NEC 8800 computers
NEC 9800 computers
MSX computers
Sharp
Sharp X1 computers
Sharp X68000 computers
Virtualization solutions
Interpreters
Calculator emulators
Texas Instruments
TI-81 series
TI-83 / TI-84 series
TI-85 and TI-86 series
TI-89 series
TI-90 series
Misc TI calculator emulators
TI-Nspire
Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators
Hewlett Packard Prime calculators
Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators
Other HP calculator resources
Casio calculators
Sharp calculators
Elektronika calculators
Other miscellaneous emulators and projects:
Adobe Flash emulators
Game engine emulators/interpreters
Nuon emulators
Game client emulators)
Arcade machine emulators
Pinball machine emulators
Multi-system emulators
Emulation platforms
Emulation operating systems for computers
Emulation operating systems for single board computers
Emulation frontends and launchers for Windows/Linux
Emulation frontends for Android
Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators
Game collection managers
π¨βπ» Contributing
π¬ Support
π Special Thanks
β FAQ
Where can I download games?
Can you give me personal help with emulator setup, dumping games and software, or other things?
π’ Author
π Links
Related projects
Disclaimer
π License
Home Game Console Emulators
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
A26
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
πΎ
Gopher2600
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Atari 2600
π» π§
javatari
π
AGPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Atari 2600
π
javatari (older version)
π
AGPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π
NO$2K6
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari 2600
π» πΎ
PC Atari Emulator (PCAE)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π» πΎ
pyTari
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π» π π§ πΏ
Stella
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari 2600
π» π π§ πΏ
Stellarator
π
3-clause BSD
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π» π π§ πΏ
VCS 2600
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π»
Virtual 2600
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
πΎ
Virtual VCS
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 2600
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
A5200DS
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Atari 5200
Nintendo DS
Jum52
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 5200
π»
kat5200
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers
π» π π§
Rainbow
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers
π» π
Virtual Super System (VSS)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 5200
πΎ
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
A7800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Atari 7800
π» π π§
A7800DS
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 7800
Nintendo DS
BupSystem
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 7800
π»
EMU7800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 7800
π»
ProSystem
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari 7800
π»
V7800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 7800
π»
Wii7800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari 7800
Nintendo Wii
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
BigPEmu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD
π»
Jaggy
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Atari Jaguar
π»
Jagulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari Jaguar
π»
Project Tempest
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari Jaguar
π»
Virtual Jaguar
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Akiko
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Commodore Amiga CD32
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
DAPHNE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
LaserDisc arcade software
π»
Dirk Simple
π
zlib license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Dragon's Lair LaserDisc arcade game
π»
SINGE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
LaserDisc arcade software
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
AdriPSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
Avocado
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation
π€
Bleem!
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
ChonkyStation
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
Connectix VGS (Virtual Game Station)
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π
DuckStation
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
ePSXe
π
Proprietary
No, Free Android version
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
hpsx64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2
π»
Mango (GitHub leads to a 404 page)
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
β
NO$PSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation
π»
PCSX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
PCSX-df
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π§
PCSX-Reloaded
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
PCSX-Reloaded (PGXP fork)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
PCSX-Redux
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
ProjectPSX
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
PS Emu Pro
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
PSXACT
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
pSX (AKA psxfin)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π§
PSXeven
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
Rustation
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
Rustation-NG (fork and continuation of Rustation)
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation
π» π π§
SSSPSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation
π»
Xebra
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation, Sony PocketStation (with PK201)
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
AetherSX2
π
Partially
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π€
DobieStation
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π» π π§
Emotional
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π» π§
hpsx64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π»
NeutrinoSX2
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π»
orbum
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π» π§
PCSX2
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation 2
π» π π§
Play!
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation 2
π» π π§
PS2emu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 2
π»
PurpleSX2
π
Partially
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation 2
π€
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Nucleus
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 3
π» π π§ π€ π±
PS3F
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 3
π»
RPCS3
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation 3
π» π π§ πΏ
Short Waves
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 3
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
fpPS4 and a GUI
π
LGPLv2.1 (GUI is GNU GPLv2)
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π»
GPCS4
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π»
Kyty
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5
π»
Obliteration
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π» π π§
Orbital
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π» π π§
PS4Delta
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π»
RPCSX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π§
shadPS4
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π» π§
Spine
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 4
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Kyty
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation 5
π»
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
3dSen
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§
ANESE
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§
FCEUX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§
FakeNES
π
zlib license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ πΎ
HDNes
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
iNES
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ πΎ π€
Jnes
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π€
KindNES
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§
MacFCEU
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π
MetalNES
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π
Mesen (deprecated in favor of Mesen )
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π§
Mesen-X (deprecated in favor of Mesen )
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π§
Nestopia
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
Nestopia Undead Edition
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π§ πΏ
nemulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System
π»
NESticle
π
Proprietary, source available, source code leaked
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» πΎ
Nintendulator
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
NO$NES
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
Pinky
π
Apache 2.0 and MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§ π€ π
Potatis
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§ π€ π
puNES
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π§ πΏ
QuickNES
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
RockNES
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» πΎ
SimpleNES
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ
VirtuaNES
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
VisualNes
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π» π§
ZeNES
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
π»
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
bsnes
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ
bsnes+
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ
bsnes-classic
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ
bsnes-hd
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ
bsnes-mt
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π»
CATSFC
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Nintendo DS
lsnes
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
β
Mesen-S (deprecated in favor of Mesen )
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§
Mesen-SX (deprecated in favor of Mesen )
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§
NO$SNS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π»
Silhouette was an unofficial port of SNES96 (by an anonymous developer), which was an early version of what would eventually become SNES9x. The README states it is a Nintendo-developed emulator, but this has been proven to be false. You can download it here to try it for yourself.
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π
SNES9x
β
Custom license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π π§ πΏ π π€ Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Wii Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Portable
SNEeSe
β
Artistic License 2.0
βοΈ
β
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» π§ πΏ πΎ
SNESGT
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π»
ZSNES - A historic emulator, and it is undergoing a huge rewrite for a new release eventuallyβ’
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
π» πΎ π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
1964
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
1964.js
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π
1964-GEPD
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π»
Apollo
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Apollo64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo 64
β
Blade64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
CEN64
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π π§
Cor64
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Corn
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Cube64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii
Daedalus
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
Sony PlayStation Portable
DaedalusX64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§ Sony PlayStation Portable Nintendo 3DS
Daedalus-lkb
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
dgb-n64
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§
DotN64
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Dream64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Drop64
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π
Fake64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π§
gopher64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Jario64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π
Kaizen (previously Gadolinium)
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Larper64 (website is down and the developer was anonymous, so only a backup Google Drive link exists)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Mupen64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Mupen64Plus
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π π§ π€
'N64-Emulator'
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π
N64VM
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
n64-emu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π π§
n64.js
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π
Nemu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π»
Nemu64
π
Source may be made available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π π§
NICE64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
NIN64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
NINCEST 64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Not64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii
NSFE (AKA Reality64)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Pagan
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Parallel Launcher (GUI for both RetroArch N64 cores)
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π π§
PC64
π
"Under the laws of GNU"
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Project64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π»
Project64 Legacy
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π»
Project Unreality
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
r64emu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo 64
π» π π§
RealityEmu
π
UNLICENSE
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π§
rokuyon
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo 64
π» π π§ Nintendo Switch
Rosalie's Mupen GUI
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Ryu64
π
UNLICENSE
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Shibumi
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π§
Simple64 (formerly m64p)
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 64
π» π§
SixtyForce
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π
Sunset
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
SupraHLE (fork of UltraHLE)
β
Modified version of leaked UltraHLE source, proprietary
β
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Surreal64 CE
π
Uses leaked Project64 1.6 sources, Mupen64, and 1964, as well as using leaked Xbox SDK (possibly)
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
Microsoft Xbox
TR64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
TRWin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
TrueReality
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π» π π§ πΎ πΏ
Ultra 64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
UltraHLE
π
Source leaked, proprietary
β
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
UltraHLE 2064
π
Modified version of UltraHLE leaked source, proprietary
β
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
UltraHLP
π
Patcher for UltraHLE binary, proprietary
β
β
β
Nintendo 64
π»
Wii64
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Wii
Wii64-PS3
π
Should be GNU GPLv3, but no license present in the repository
β
β
β
Nintendo 64
Sony PlayStation 3
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Dolphin
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
π» π π§ π€
Dolwin
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo GameCube
π»
GCEmu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo GameCube
π»
Gcube
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo GameCube
π»
Ishiiruka-Dolphin
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
π» π π§
Pureikyubu
π
CC0 1.0 Universal
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo GameCube
π» π§
SuperGCube
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo GameCube
π»
WhineCube
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo GameCube
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Dolphin
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
π» π π§ π€
Ishiiruka-Dolphin
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Cemu
π
MPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Wii U
π» π π§
Decaf
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Wii U
π» π π§
Kinnay
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Wii U
π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CageTheUnicorn
π
ISC license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Switch
π» π π§
Mephisto
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Switch
π» π π§
NSEmu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Switch
π§
Ryujinx
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Switch
π» π π§
Skyline
π
MPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Switch
π€
Strato
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Switch
π€
Yuzu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Switch
π» π§ π€
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
FreezeSMS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Master System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, ColecoVision
π»
SMSPLUS
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
π» π π§ πΏ
Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Ages
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
π»
BlastEm
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π» π π§
DGen
π
BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π» π§
Exodus
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π»
Genesis-Plus-GX
π
Custom, source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000
π» π π§ π Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Wii
Gens Plus!
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π» π§ πΏ
Gens+ REWiND
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X
π»
Gens
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π» π§ πΏ
HazeMD
π
MAME license
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π»
Kega Fusion
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000
π» π π§
RetroDrive
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega 32X
π»
TrueLMAO
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sega Genesis/Megadrive
π» π§ π
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
A-SATURN
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Cassini (patched version of GiriGiri)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
GiriGiri
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Hyperion
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Kronos
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Saturn
π» π§
Nova
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sega Saturn
π»
PC-SATURN
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Project Titan
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Sat'On'Em
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Satan (not technically an emulator)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Satourne
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Saturnin
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
SSE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
SSEmu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
SSF
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
UltraSat (technically doesn't emulate anything)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Saturn
π»
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (formerly uoYabause)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Saturn
π» π§ π€ π± Nintendo Switch
Yabause
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sega Saturn
π» π π§ πΏ Sega Dreamcast Sony PlayStation Portable
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
castingDreams
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§
Chankast
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
DEmul
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
dreamcast
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π
DreamEMU
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
Dreamer
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
DreamOxide
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§
Flycast Dojo
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§
Flycast
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§ π€ π± Nintendo Switch Xbox One
Icarus (never publicly released as far as I know, if anybody has links or downloads, please let me know!)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
β
Katana
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§
Katana (unrelated to the above project)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§
lxdream
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π π§ π€
lxdream-nitro
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sega Dreamcast
π π§
Makaron - Download here
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
nullDC
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π»
ReDream
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§ π€
Reicast
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π π§ π€
Swirly
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast
π§ πΏ
washDC (formerly WashingtonDC)
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sega Dreamcast
π» π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
DirectVMS
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast VMU
π»
DreamVMU
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast VMU
π»
ElysianVMU
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sega Dreamcast VMU
π» π π§
SoftVMS
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Dreamcast VMU
π» π§ πΎ Amiga Dreamcast
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Cxbx
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π» π§
Cxbx-Reloaded
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Microsoft Xbox
π»
Dxbx
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π»
OpenXBOX
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π» π§
StrikeBox
π
2-clause BSD license
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π» π§
XQEMU
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π» π π§
Xemu
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Microsoft Xbox
π» π π§
Xeon
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π»
Xenoborg - Source here
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
cs360emu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Microsoft Xbox 360
π»
Xenia
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Microsoft Xbox 360
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system π
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system π
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
ePCEngine
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π»
Hu-Go!
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π» π§ πΏ πΎ
MagicEngine
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π» πΎ π
Neco (only the archived official web page had downloads and info)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π» π§
Ootake
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π»
pcejin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π»
Turbo Engine
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROMΒ²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
π»
SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Gekko
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo AES
π»
GnGeo
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo AES
π§
Kawaks
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES, CPS-2
π»
Neo-RAGEx
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES
π» πΎ
NeoDanji
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES
πΎ
NEOGem
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES
π» πΎ
'NeoGeo CD Emulator'
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo CD
π»
NeoCD
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo CD
π»
NeoCD/SDL
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo CD
π» π§ Dreamcast Sony PlayStation 2 Xbox
NeoRAINE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD
π»
RAINE
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD
π» π§ πΏ
Simulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Simulated systems
Platform
Pong Consoles Simulation
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Various pong consoles
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
O2EM
π
Artistic license
β
β
β
Odyssey 2/Videopac+
π» πΎ π§ πΏ
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CD-iCE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Philips CD-i
π»
CD-i Emulator
π
Proprietary
β
β
βοΈ
Philips CD-i
π»
CeDImu
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Philips CD-i
π» π π§
Same CDi
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Philips CD-i
π» π π§
TinyCDi
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Philips CD-i
π»
Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
3d'oh
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Panasonic 3DO
π§
4DO
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Panasonic 3DO
π»
FreeDO
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Panasonic 3DO
π» π
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system π
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Gemei A330 libretro core
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Gemei A330
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommendation
Emulated systems
Platform
SheepShaver
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple/Bandai Pippin
π» π π§ πΏ
SheepShaver (community maintained fork)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple/Bandai Pippin
π» π π§ πΏ
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Bliss
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
Bliss32
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
BlissX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π» π π§ πΏ
BlissJ Web
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π
BlissJ Java
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π» π π§ πΏ
BlissJX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π» π π§ πΏ
gtk-jzintv
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π§ πΏ
IntvDOS
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
πΎ
IntvWin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
jzIntv
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
jzintvGUI
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
jzIntvImGui
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π» π π§ π€ Nintendo Switch
FreeIntv
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Mattel Intellivision
π» π π§
Nostalgia
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Mattel Intellivision
π»
NINTV
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Mattel Intellivision
Nintendo DS
Xanadu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Mattel Intellivision
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Bee
π
GNU LGPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Coleco ColecoVision
π» π π§
ColEm
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Coleco ColecoVision
π» π§ π€ Nintendo Wii
CoolCV
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Coleco ColecoVision
π» π π§
CULT
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Coleco ColecoVision
π»
Mugrat
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Coleco ColecoVision
π
Virtual ColecoVision (AKA Colem97)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Coleco ColecoVision
π»
ColecoDS
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Coleco ColecoVision
Nintendo DS
Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
cheap8
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
Chip 8 Emulator
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
Chip-3DS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo 3DS
Chip8 Emulator (PS4)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β (no longer available)
β
Chip-8
Sony PlayStation 4
Chip8 Emulator (PSP)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Sony PlayStation Portable
Chip-8 Emulator
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π
Chip-8 Emulator
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
Chip8 To SMD
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
Sega Megadrive/Genesis
Chip8.js
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
π» π π§ π
CHIP-8
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
Chip8
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
chip8
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
chip8-3do
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Panasonic 3DO
CHIP-8-Emulator
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU (original)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo Wii U
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo Wii U
chip8me
π
Unknown source code (link broken)
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo DS
Chip8-NX
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo Switch
chip-8-raku
π
Artistic 2.0 license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Chip-8
π» π π§ πΏ
chip8swemu
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Chip-8
π» π§
CHIP-8z
π
AGPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Chip-8
π» π π§
Chipfinity
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
π€
Chip-n64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
Nintendo 64
Chippy
π
Proprietary, fork of a fork but no source that I can find
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo Wii
DrChip8
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Nintendo Game Boy
DreamChip (PSP Chip8 emulator)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Sony PlayStation Portable
GB-8
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
Nintendo Game Boy Color
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator
π
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (not a source code license)
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
π±
OCTACHIP
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Chip-8
π» π π§ π
PsChip8
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
Sony PlayStation
PSPChip8
π
Possible GPL?
βοΈ
β
β
Chip-8
Sony PlayStation Portable
R8
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Chip-8
π» π§
Super-Chip8X
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Chip-8
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800
See multi-emulators section for "Emma 02 emulator"
Handheld game console emulators
Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommendation
Emulated systems
Platform
BGB
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy
π»
Boycott
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π»
Gambatte
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π» π π§
Game-Boy-DOS
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy
πΎ
GameRoy
π
Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy
π» π§ π€ π
GateBoy
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy
π» π§
GBCC
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π» π π§ π€
GoBC
π
Source available, license is blank
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy
π» π§
Gearboy
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π» π π§ π€ π and many more
hdmg
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π§
hhugboy
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π»
Hu-Boy
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy
PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
KiGB
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy
π» π§ πΎ
MetroBoy
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy
π»
NO$GMB
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy
π»
PyBoy
π
GNU LGPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π» π π§
SameBoy
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy
π» π π§ πΏ
TGB Dual
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π» π§
TGB Dual-L
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color
π»
VGB (AKA Virtual Game Boy)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, and Nintendo Super Game Boy
π» π§ πΏ π€ πΎ
Wzonka-Lad
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy
Commodore Amiga
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
β = WARNING: This emulator is no longer maintained and has security vulnerabilities. This is here for completeness, but use alternatives or at the bare minimum please exercise caution when using these emulators.
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
BoycottAdvance
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π»
GiiBiiAdvance
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π§
β Mac Boy Advance
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π
mGBA
π
MPL 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§ Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
NanoBoyAdvance
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§
SkyEmu
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§ πΏ π€ π±
β VBALink
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π»
VBA-M
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§
β VBA-rr
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π§
VGBA (AKA Virtual Game Boy Advance)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§ πΏ πΎ
β Visual Boy Advance
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π» π π§ πΏ
My Boy!
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π€
My Boy! Lite
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π€
Pizza Boy Pro (Removed from Google playstore by the developer.)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
π€
Nintendo Game And Watch simulators
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Planet Virtual Boy emulator (AKA PVBEmu)
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π§
r3Ddragon
π
MIT license with custom license exceptions
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Nintendo 3DS
Reality Boy (formerly VBEmu98)
π
Custom
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π»
Red Dragon
π
Custom
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π» π§
Red Dragon (PSP)
π
Custom
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Sony PlayStation Portable
Rustual Boy
π
Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π» π§
SoftVUE (not released?) AKA VUE32
π
β
β
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
β
VBjin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π»
VBjin-ovr
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π»
ViBE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π
VirtualBoyGo
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Oculus Quest
VirtualBoyX
π
Supposedly based on another emulator, but I can't confirm
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Microsoft Xbox
Virtual-E
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
π»
Virtual Utopia (not released?)
π
β
β
β
β
Nintendo Virtual boy
β
Wiirtual Boy
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Nintendo Wii
XVBoy
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Microsoft Xbox
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
minimon
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Pokemon Mini
π»
PokeKaMini
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Pokemon Mini
π»
PokeMini
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Pokemon Mini
π» π§ Nintendo DS Sony PlayStation Portable Sega Dreamcast
PokemonMiniX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Pokemon Mini
Microsoft Xbox
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CorgiDS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
DeeS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§ π€ Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
DeSmuME
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
DeSmuME-X432R
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo DS
π»
DesmumeX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
Microsoft Xbox
DeSmuME-PSP
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
Sony PlayStation Portable
dasShiny
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
DraStic
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo DS
π€
DSemu
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
DSemu-ng (no known links to downloads or websites)
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
Dualis
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
Dust
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
DuoS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
iDeaS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
medusa
π
MPL 2.0
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
melonDS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
ndsemu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§
NeonDS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
π»
NooDS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo DS
π» π π§ π€ Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
NooDS-Launcher
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo DS
Sony PlayStation Vita
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
3dmoo
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 3DS
π» π§
Citra
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Nintendo 3DS
π» π π§
Corgi3DS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 3DS
π» π π§
LemonLime
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 3DS
π»
Mikage (not yet released)
β
β
β
β
β
Nintendo 3DS
β
Panda3DS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Nintendo 3DS
π» π π§
TronDS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Nintendo 3DS
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
GeePee32
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Game Park GP32
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Felix
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari Lynx
π»
Handy
π
zlib license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari Lynx
π» π π§ πΏ π€
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Gearsystem
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Othello Multivision
π» π π§ πΏ π€
MasterGear
π
Proprietary, developer says you can contact him for source
No, Android version is Paid
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Sega SC-3000, Sega SF-7000
π» π§ πΏ π€ πΎ
Sony PlayStation Portable
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
cspspemu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
JPCSP
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π» π π§
JPCSP2C
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
jspspemu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π» π π§
mfzpsp
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
PCSP
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
Potemkin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
PPSSPP
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation Portable
π» π π§ π€ π±
PSPE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
pspemu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
pspplayer
π
GNU LGPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
Sam
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Portable
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
PK201 - Android version
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PocketStation
π» π€
PKEmu
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PocketStation
π»
pockystation
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PocketStation
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Vita3K
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sony PlayStation Vita
π» π π§ π€
vitaemu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sony PlayStation Vita
π€
Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Cygne
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π»
MiracleMage
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π»
NitroSwan
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
Nintendo DS
NewOswan
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π π§
Oswan
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π» π§
Oswan (community fork with some changes)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π» π§
StoicGoose
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π» π§
WonderScott
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π»
WSCamp
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
BeNeoPocott (NeoPocott ported to BeOS)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
BeOS/Haiku
Koyote
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π»
NeoPop-SDL
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π» π§
NeoPop
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π»
NeoGPC
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π»
NeoPocott
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π» π§
NGPocket
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Potator (legacy)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Watara SuperVision
π» π§ GP32 OpenDingux
Potator (SDL2 fork)
π
The original license was only source available, so this should technically be the same, but the license in the repo is Unlicense
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Watara SuperVision
π» π§ Nintendo DS OpenDingux GP32 Sony PlayStation Portable
Wataroo
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Watara SuperVision
π»
Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Clicky
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Apple iPod
π» π§
iPod n3g emulator
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Apple iPod
π» π§
qemu-ipod-nano
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple iOS
π» π§
qemu-ios
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple iOS
π» π§
touchHLE
π
MPL 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple iOS
π» π§ π€
unidbg
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple iOS
π» π§
xnu-qemu-arm64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple iOS
π» π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Anbox
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Google Android
π§
Android SDK (includes an emulator)
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π» π π§
Android x86
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
Runs on any x86 computer
BlueStacks
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π» π
GameLoop
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π»
Google Play Games
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π»
NoxPlayer
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π» π
Plarium Play
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π»
Waydroid
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π§
Windows Subsystem for Android
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Google Android
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
EKLA21
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Symbian OS/N-Gage
π» π π§ π€
Engemu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Symbian OS/N-Gage
π»
NGEmu
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
β
β
N-Gage
π»
Nomu
π
Source available
β
β
β
Symbian OS/N-Gage
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Melange
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
BREW
π€
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
MoRePhun
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Mophun
π» π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
FreeJ2ME
π
GNU GPLv3+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
J2ME
π» π π§
J2ME-Loader
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
J2ME
π€
Jademula
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π»
JL-Mod (fork of J2ME-Loader)
π
Apache 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
J2ME
π€
KEmulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π»
KEmulator-nnmod
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
J2ME
π»
ME4SE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π» π π§
Micro Emulator
π
3 licenses are mentioned in the license file (LGPL 2.1, Apache 2.0, and MPL 2.0)
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π» π π§
Micro Emulator (community fork)
π
LGPL 2.1 and Apache 2.0?
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π» π π§
Midp-Emulator
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
J2ME
π» π π§
SquirrelJME
π
MPL 2.0
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
J2ME
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CloudpilotEmu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Multiple devices
π» π π§ π
Mu
π
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License
βοΈ
β
β
Palm OS
π» π π§
Acorn BBC Micro computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
BeebEm
π
Custom
βοΈ
β
β
Acorn BBC Micro
π
BeebEm (community fork)
π
Custom
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Acorn BBC Micro
π
b-em
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Acorn BBC Micro
π» π§
b2
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Acorn BBC Micro
π» π π§
model-b
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Acorn BBC Micro
π»
Acorn Archimedes computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CaPriCe Forever
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Amstrad CPC
π»
NO$CPC
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Amstrad CPC
π»
WinAPE
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Amstrad CPC
π»
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
DOSBox
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
DOS
π» π π§ πΏ
DOSBox Enhanced Community Edition
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
DOS
π» π§
DOSBox-Pure
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
DOS
π» π π§
DOSBox-Staging
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
DOS
π» π π§
DOSBox-Turbo
π
It should have source available due to being based on DOSBox, but I can't find it
β
β
β
DOS
π€
DOSBox-X
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
DOS
π» π π§ πΎ
em-dosbox
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
DOS
π
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
86Box
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π» π π§
Bochs
π
LGPLv2.1
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π» π π§ πΏ
Box86
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π€ Raspberry Pi Others
Box64
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π€ Raspberry Pi Others
Box64Droid
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π€
Fake86
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
x86
π» π§
FEX-Emu
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π§
Firn
π
Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 or MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
x86
π» π§
MartyPC
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π»
PC.js
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π
PCBox
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π» π§
PCem
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
x86
π» π§
PCx86
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π
PDP-8/E
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
x86
π
Programma/Program 101
π
β
βοΈ
β
β
x86
π»
QEMU
π
LGPLv2.1
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, more
π» π π§ πΏ
UniPCEmu (formerly x86EMU)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π» π€ Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Nintendo Switch
VARCem
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π»
VirtualXT
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86
π» π§
Winlator
Yes, partially
Source available/MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
x86
π€
XTulator
π
Might be GNU GPLv2 since it is a rewrite of Fake86, but no license supplied
βοΈ
β
β
x86
π» π§
System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Hercules
π
Q public license
βοΈ
β
β
System/370, ESA/390 architectures, 64-bit z/Architecture
π» π π§ πΏ
z390
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
z390 Portable Mainframe
π» π π§
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Agat
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple computers and the Agat
Apple II Oasis
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Apple computers
Apple2000e (Apple II/IIe emulator for Amiga)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
ApplePC
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
Appler
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
AppleWin
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple computers
Basilisk II
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple computers
Basilisk II (community fork with updates)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple computers
Dapple
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
Dapple II
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
dingusppc
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple computers
Emmac
π
No license supplied, all documentation is in another language
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
Executor
π
Proprietary
β (was discontinued and the dev released "free keys")
β
β
Apple computers
Fusion
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Apple computers
IDLE
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
KEGS
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
KEGS32
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
LisaEm
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Apple computers
LisaEm (fork with some small additions)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple computers
macintosh.js
π
Source available, repo says "for educational use"
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
microm8 and a GUI
π
Proprietary (GUI is source available)
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
Mini vMac
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple computers
PCE/macplus
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
PearPC
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
REINETTE II PLUS DOT PY
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple computers
SheepShaver
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Apple computers
SheepShaver (community fork with updates)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Apple computers
SoftMac XP
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
POM1
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Apple computers
Virtu
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Apple computers
vMac
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
WORM
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Apple computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Previous
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
NeXT computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Oberon RISC Emulator
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Oberon RISC machine
Simulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommendation
Simulated systems
Platform
Open SIMH simulators
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
SIMH computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
CCS64
π
Proprietary
β (not anymore?)
β
β
Commodore 64
Come Back 64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
Dream64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
Emu64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
Free64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
Frodo
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
Hyper64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
JSwing C64
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
micro64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
NO$C64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
PC64
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
VB64
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore 64
VICE
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Commodore PET, Commodore VIC20, Commodore PLUS4, Commodore CBM, Commodore 64, Commodore 64DTV, Commodore 128
Win64
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
FS-UAE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32
UAE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Commodore Amiga
vAmiga
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32
WinFellow
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Commodore Amiga
WinUAE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32
Atari 400/800 and ST computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
ARAnyM
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari computers
Atari800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari computers
Castaway
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari computers
FAST
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari computers
Gemulator
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Atari computers
Hatari
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari computers
HatariWii
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari computers
pce
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari computers
pce-js
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari computers
SainT
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Atari computers
Steem
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Atari computers
Steem SSE
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Atari computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
EightyOne
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Speccy
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
ZXPoly
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
PC6001VX
π
LGPLv2.1
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
NEC 6000 computers
PC6001V
π
LGPLv2.1
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
NEC 6000 computers
PC6001VW
π
I couldn't find the source, but should be LGPLv2.1
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
NEC 6000 computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
ePC8801MA Kai SE
π
Proprietary (source code is in a password-protected 7z file and I haven't cracked it yet)
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
Excite88 (website is down)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
M88
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
M88 for OS/2
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
P88SR (website is down)
π
β
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
pc8801ma
π
β
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
PC88EM
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
PC88WIN
π
β
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
QUASI88
π
"Modified BSD license"
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
W88
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
XM8
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
X88000
π
Referred to as "Public Domain Software (PDS)"
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 8800 computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Anex86
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 9800 computers
J98
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 9800 computers
Neko Project II
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 9800 computers
NP2kai
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
NEC 9800 computers
Neko Project 21/W
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
NEC 9800 computers
SL9821
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 9800 computers
Xnp2
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
NEC 9800 computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
blueMSX
π
Dual-licensed under the zlib/libpng license and the GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
MSX computers, ColecoVision, SV-318/SV-328, Sega SG1000
BrMSX
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
CJS MSX Emulator
π
Proprietary
β (mentions shareware and registering in the README)
β
β
MSX computers
fMSX
π
Source available, Custom license
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
MSX computers
meisei
π
Source available, Custom license
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
MSKISS
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
MSX Emulator for Atari ST
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
MSX computers
MSXPLAYer
π
Proprietary, should be source available?
β
β
β
MSX computers
NLMSX
π
Sound emulation is source available, otherwise proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
NO$MSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
MSX computers
openMSX
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
MSX computers
ParaMSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
Power MSX
π
Source for 0.7 is available, 1.0 is proprietary?
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
RedMSX
π
1.2 source is available, 1.4 is proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
RuMSX
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
Virtual MSX
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
WOOM!
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
Zodiac
π
BSD license/GNU GPLv2 license
βοΈ
β
β
MSX computers
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
eX1
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Sharp X1
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
EX68
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
px68k
π
Source available?
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
Win68k
π
Source available?
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
Win68k patched in English with some performance tweaks
π
Proprietary, No patches provided
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
XM6
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
XM6 Pro 68K
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sharp X68000
XM6 TypeG
π
Proprietary, No source found
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
XM6i
π
Proprietary, No source found
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
XEiJ
π
Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and LGPLv3?
βοΈ
β
β
Sharp X68000
Virtualizer
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Virtualized systems
Platform
VirtualBox
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86 and AMD64/Intel64
Hyper-V
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86 and AMD64/Intel64
VMWare
π
Proprietary
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
x86 and AMD64/Intel64
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Mac-81
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-81
PC-81
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-81
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
AlmostTI
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
TI81, TI82, TI83, TI83+, TI83+SE, TI84+SE, TI85, and TI86
CalcEm
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
TI-82 and TI-83
CEmu
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE
jsTIfied
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Many 70 and 80 series calculators
TI SmartView CE for TI-84+ family
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Ti-84+ family
TI SmartView for the TI-83+
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Ti-83+
TI SmartView for the TI-84+
π
Proprietary
β
β
β
Ti-84+
TilEm
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Many 70 and 80 series calculators
Wabbitemu
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Z80 TI calculator models
EMU83
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-83
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
TiEmu
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
TI89(ti)/92(+)/V200
Virtual TI-89
π
MAME license?
βοΈ
β
β
Ti-89
Graph 89
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-89
TI89-Simulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-89
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Emu-92
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-92
MacTiger
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-92
Tiger
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
TI-92
Misc TI calculator emulators
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
TI-8x Emulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86
TiEmu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+, V200PLT
Virtual TI
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 II, and TI-92 Plus
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Firebird
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
TI-Nspire
kArmTI
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
TI-Nspire
nspire_emu
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
TI-Nspire
Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Emu48
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
HP48
Emu28
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
HP18C and HP28C
Alucin
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
HP 48SX/GX
NeXTStep EM48
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
48SX
saturn
π
GNU GPLv2+
βοΈ
β
β
HP 48GX, HP 49, and HP 40
Droid48
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
HP 48
Power48
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
HP 48sx, 48gx, and 49g
PSPX48
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
HP48
Hewlett Packard Prime calculators
Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators
Other HP calculator resources
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Emu48
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Multiple HP calculators
Simulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Official Sharp simulators
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
EL series calculators
Other miscellaneous emulators and projects
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Ruffle
π
Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Adobe Flash
Gnash
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Adobe Flash
Lightspark
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Adobe Flash
Game engine emulators/interpreters
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
EasyRPG
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RPG Maker
JoiPlay
π
No central repo, seems to just be a combination of other projects?
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RPG Maker, Ren'Py, HTML5
MKXP
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Ruby Game Scripting System
Disclaimer: These tools are listed for preservation of games that are either no longer playable without them or incredibly difficult to get playable via their original downloads or media, these tools are not listed for enabling piracy or otherwise illegal means.
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
Final Burn
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha (AKA FB Alpha or FBA)
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha Neo
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple arcade systems
GnGeo
π
GNU GPLv2 with an exception
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES
Kawaks
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
π
GNU GPLv2 and 3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Many systems
NeoRAGEx
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES
TeknoParrot
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Various arcade systems
Model 2 emulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Sega Model 2
Supermodel
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Sega Model 3
ZiNc
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
ZN1, ZN2, and System 11 arcade hardware
Calice
π
Video plugin is open-source
βοΈ
β
β
Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 hardware
CPS3 Emulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Capcom CPS3 hardware
Viva Nonno
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Namco system 22
Callus
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95 (patch)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Capcom CPS1 hardware
Nebula
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
Neo Geo AES, CPS1/2, Konami, PolyGameMaster arcade hardware
Mjolnir
π
Possibly MIT or MAME license?
βοΈ
β
β
Namco System 21, System 22, and Super System 22 hardware
pfeMAME
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple arcade systems
Pinball machine emulators
Emulator
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulated systems
Platform
ares
π
ISC license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Emulated systems
byuu
π
ISC license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Prototype of ares
higan
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Emulated systems
RetroArch
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of cores
OpenEmu
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
BizHawk
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of cores
Mednafen
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
Altirra
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
Atari++
π
THOR Public License
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
Atari800
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
Atari800Win-PLus
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
See Atari800 above
Mesen (continuation of Mesen project)
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
NES, SNES, Game Boy, and PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Emulicious
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Game Gear, and the MSX computer
NO$GBA
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony PocketStation
GBE+
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Pokemon Mini
Kega Fusion
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
Sega SG1000, SC3000, SF7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SVP, Pico, Sega CD/Mega CD and 32X
Pantheon
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
List of supported systems
Phoenix
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
βοΈ
3DO, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Atari Jaguar
Clock Signal (CLK)
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
JGEmu
π
3-clause BSD license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
DarcNES
π
Source available, links down at the moment
βοΈ
β
β
NES, ColecoVision, Sega Master System
Xe emulator
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
DSP emulator
π
Source available
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
List of supported systems
Meka
π
Custom/"BSD-like"
β
βοΈ
βοΈ
List of supported systems
ZEsarUX
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
[List of supported systems]((https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux )
EMU (page is in Russian)
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
Kindred
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
Z64K
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128K, Atari 2600
Retro Virtual Machine
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, SG-1000, and Sega Master System
Common Source Code Project (page is in Japanese)
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
vdmgr
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
DICE
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Multiple discrete arcade games
Hydra
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Currently only N64?
MultiCott (unreleased along with all the cores except for Game Boy and Game Boy Advance)
π
β
β
β
β
Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color, Gpack32 (?)
PCE
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
β
β
Atari ST/MegaST, IBM 5150 and IBM PC/XT 5160, classic Macintosh computers, and Regnecentralen RC759 Piccoline
Emma 02 Emulator
π
Source available
βοΈ
β
β
List of supported systems
Emulation operating systems for computers
Operating system
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulators used
Platform
Batocera
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Compatibility
Lakka
π
Multiple
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch
Recalbox
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Emulation operating systems for single board computers
Operating system
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulators used
Platform
RetroPie
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Supported systems
Lakka
π
Multiple
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch
Recalbox
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Blast16
π
License
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch using the Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive cores
SNESES
π
License
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch using multiple SNES cores
Ludo
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch
Emulation frontends and launchers for Windows/Linux
Emulation frontends for Android
Frontend
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulators used
Platform
Lemuroid
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch
Daijishou
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
RetroArch, other emulator apps
Dig
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Unknown, "supports 83 systems"
Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators
Script
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Emulators used
Platform
Marley
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
β
β
Mednafen, Dolphin, Mupen64plus, PPSSPP, and PCSX2
Manager
FOSS
License
Free
Active
Recommended
Targeted systems
Platform
Igir
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Multiple
Clrmamepro
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Arcade systems
RomVault
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple
oxyROMon
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple
JRomManager
π
GNU GPLv2
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Arcade systems
ROMSorter
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple
skeletonKey
π
Custom
βοΈ
βοΈ
β
Multiple
Romcenter
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple
Romulus ROM Manager
π
Proprietary
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple
ArcadeManager
π
MIT license
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Arcade systems
Steam ROM Manager
π
GNU GPLv3
βοΈ
βοΈ
βοΈ
Multiple systems
MAME Miner
π
MIT license
βοΈ
β
β
Arcade systems
Contributions are always welcome and much appreciated!
Mostly what needs done now is checking for spelling mistakes, dead links, and incorrect information.
The recommended column should probably never be modified unless you have a VERY good reason to do so, or if I am mistaken about certain information.
Before attempting to get support, please first read through the entire FAQ.
For support, open an issue.
Zophar's domain - for hosting backup downloads for many emulators, plugins, and other tools and software
Emulator Zone - for hosting backup downloads for many emulators, plugins, and other tools and software
The Emulation64 website - for keeping their sites up for so long!
EmuTalk forums - for many great resources
AssemblerGames archive - for many great resources
GBATemp - for many great resources
GameFAQs - for some random little tools and files
Brewology - for many PSP, PS3, and other PlayStation system homebrew downloads
All the incredible, hard working, and talented developers who work on all these emulators for free and in their spare time, thank you!
You for reading this! π
Where can I download games?
Ideally you would dump games and firmware from your legitimately owned hardware. I don't support piracy and I won't engage in discussions of piracy here. This includes (but is not limited to) piracy of emulators, piracy of software for use in emulators, etc. This is not a preference, it is to avoid legal issues.
Keep in mind that piracy and dumping software for your own use are 2 different things. One is legal in most jurisdictions, and the other is not. I am not a lawyer, but there is a difference in definition. Contact your lawyer if you need further information.
Can you give me personal help with emulator setup, dumping games and software, or other things?
I am always willing to help people in need if I have the knowledge and experience to help. However, I spend a lot of time/energy on various projects and helping people with sometimes very technical things for free in my spare time. I am currently unemployed and have been for several years. I'm not here to tell you my life story or anything, but since I take a lot of time out of my own personal free time to create educational resources and work on community projects, it would be nice if you could to either send me a little tip or at the very least spread the word about my resources and projects.
I intend on making YouTube videos to help people with setting up emulators and other things at some point. When that happens, I will add relevant links here.
Also, to help people trying to help you, please at least show you put in some effort to try and fix your issues like searching around the internet and reading documentation/official websites/etc before asking for help, and please provide as much information as you can before trying to get assistance.
Please do not open issues for anything other than issues with the project itself. If it is deemed off-topic or unrelated, they will be locked and closed.
Thank you. π
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