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Awesome Emulators

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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! 😄

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Source Availability

Name Icon Meaning
Check mark âœ”ī¸ Open-source project
Minus sign ➖ Source available, other
X ❌ Closed-source/proprietary project

Platform Support

Name Icon Meaning
Computer đŸ’ģ Runs on Windows
Apple 🍎 Runs on macOS
Penguin 🐧 Runs on Linux
Imp đŸ‘ŋ Runs on BSD
Robot 🤖 Runs on Android
iPhone 📱 Runs on iOS
Globe 🌐 Runs on the web
Floppy Disk 💾 Runs on DOS

Table of Contents

  • 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
      • 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
      • GCE Vectrex
      • Apple/Bandai Pippin
      • Mattel Intellivision
      • Coleco ColecoVision
      • VTech V.Smile
      • Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters
      • COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800
    • Handheld game console emulators
      • Nintendo Handhelds
        • 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 Handhelds
        • 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 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
      • Emulation services
      • Game collection managers
    • 👨‍đŸ’ģ Contributing
    • đŸ’Ŧ Support
    • 🙏 Special Thanks
    • đŸĸ Author
    • 🔗 Links
    • Related projects
    • Disclaimer
    • 📃 License

Home Game Console Emulators

Atari

Atari 2600

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A26 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 💾
Gopher2600 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 2600 đŸ’ģ 🐧
javatari âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ 2600 🌐
javatari (older version) âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 🌐
NO$2K6 ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 2600 đŸ’ģ 💾
PC Atari Emulator (PCAE) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 đŸ’ģ 💾
pyTari âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Stella âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 2600 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Stellarator âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
VCS 2600 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 đŸ’ģ
Virtual 2600 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 💾
Virtual VCS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 2600 đŸ’ģ

Atari 5200

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A5200DS ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 5200 Nintendo DS
Jum52 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ 5200 đŸ’ģ
kat5200 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ 5200, Atari 8-bit computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Rainbow ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ 5200, Atari 8-bit computers đŸ’ģ 🍎
Virtual Super System (VSS) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ 5200 💾

Atari 7800

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A7800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 7800 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
A7800DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ❌ 7800 DS
BupSystem ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ❌ 7800 đŸ’ģ
EMU7800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 7800 đŸ’ģ
ProSystem âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ 7800 đŸ’ģ
test7800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 7800 đŸ’ģ 🐧
V7800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 7800 đŸ’ģ
Wii7800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ 7800 Wii

Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BigPEmu ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Jaguar, Jaguar CD đŸ’ģ 🐧
Jaggy âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Jaguar đŸ’ģ
Jagulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Jaguar đŸ’ģ
Project Tempest ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Jaguar đŸ’ģ
Virtual Jaguar âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Jaguar, Jaguar CD đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Akiko ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ Commodore Amiga CD32 đŸ’ģ

LaserDisc systems

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DAPHNE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ LaserDisc arcade software đŸ’ģ
Dirk Simple âœ”ī¸ zlib ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Dragon's Lair LaserDisc arcade game đŸ’ģ
SINGE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ LaserDisc arcade software đŸ’ģ

Sony

Sony PlayStation 1

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AdriPSX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
Avocado âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1 🤖
Bleem! ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
Bloom âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1 đŸ’ģ
ChonkyStation ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1 đŸ’ģ
Connectix VGS (Virtual Game Station) ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎
DuckStation âœ”ī¸ CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DuckStation - 3D Screenshot âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DuckStation - LightGun Edition âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ePSXe ❌ Proprietary Yes, Free Android version âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
hpsx64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS1, PS2 đŸ’ģ
Mango (GitHub leads to a 404 page) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ❌ PS1 ❓
NO$PSX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ
PCSX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
PCSX-df âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 🐧
PCSX-Reloaded âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PCSX-Reloaded (PGXP fork) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PCSX-Redux âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ProjectPSX âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
PS Emu Pro ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
PSXACT âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
PSXE âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
pSX (AKA psxfin) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🐧
PSX-P âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 Sony PlayStation Portable
PSXeven ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
Rustation âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Rustation-NG (fork and continuation of Rustation) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
SSSPSX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS1 đŸ’ģ
StarPSX âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1 đŸ’ģ
Xebra ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS1, PocketStation (with PK201) đŸ’ģ

Sony PlayStation 2

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AetherSX2 ➖ Partial GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS2 🤖
AetherSX2 decompile ➖ Partial GPLv3 âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ PS2 🤖
ARMSX2 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS2 Windows and Linux are ARM only! đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
ChonkyStation2 âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
CosmicStation âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS2 🤖
DobieStation âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Emotional âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🐧
EtherealSX2 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS2 🤖
hpsx64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ
Iris âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
NetherSX2-patch ➖ Partial GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS2 🤖
NetherSX2-classic ➖ Partial GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS2 🤖
NeutrinoSX2 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ
orbum âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🐧
PCSX2 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PCSX2 ARM64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS2 🤖
Play! âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PS2emu ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS2 đŸ’ģ
PurpleSX2 ➖ Partial GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS2 🤖

Sony PlayStation 3

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ChonkyStation3 âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS3 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Nucleus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS3 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
PS3F ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS3 đŸ’ģ
RPCS3 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS3 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Short Waves ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS3 đŸ’ģ

Sony PlayStation 4

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
fpPS4 and a GUI âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2.1 (GUI is GPLv2) ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS4 đŸ’ģ
GPCS4 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ
Kyty âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ ➖ PS4, PS5 đŸ’ģ
Obliteration âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Orbital âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PS4Delta âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ
PS4U ➖ No license yet ➖ ➖ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ
psOff_public and a GUI (taken down due to it going paid) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ
psOff_premium ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ
RPCSX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS4, PS5 🐧
shadPS4 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS4 đŸ’ģ 🐧
shadPS4Plus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PS4 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Spine ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PS4 đŸ’ģ

Sony PlayStation 5

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Kyty âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ ❌ PS5 đŸ’ģ
RPCSX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PS4, PS5 🐧

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3dSen ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ANESE âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
FCEUX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
FakeNES âœ”ī¸ zlib ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾
HDNes ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ
iNES ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 🤖
Jnes ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🤖
KindNES ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
MacFCEU âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES 🍎
MetalNES âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ ❌ NES 🍎
Mesen (deprecated in favor of Mesen) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🐧
Mesen-X (deprecated in favor of Mesen) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🐧
Nen emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ
NET-NES âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ
NESC âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ
Nestopia âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ
Nestopia Undead Edition âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
nemulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ❌ NES, GB, Game Gear, Master System đŸ’ģ
NESticle ❌ Proprietary, source available, source code leaked ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 💾
Nintendulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ
nSide âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ
NO$NES ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ
Pinky âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 and MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐
Potatis âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐
puNES âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NES đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
QuickNES âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ
RockNES ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ 💾
SimpleNES âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
VirtuaNES âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ
VisualNes ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ NES đŸ’ģ 🐧
Wadatsumi âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ
ZeNES âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ NES đŸ’ģ

Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
bsnes âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
bsnes+ âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
bsnes-classic âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
bsnes-hd âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
bsnes-mt âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ
CATSFC âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ SNES DS
lsnes âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ SNES ❓
Mesen-S (deprecated in favor of Mesen) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Mesen-SX (deprecated in favor of Mesen) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
NO$SNS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ
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. ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ SNES 🍎
SNES9x ➖ Custom license ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ SNES đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🌐 🤖 NGC Wii Switch PSP
SNEeSe ➖ Artistic License 2.0 ❌ ❌ ❌ SNES đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾
SNESGT ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ SNES đŸ’ģ
ZSNES âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ SNES đŸ’ģ 💾 🐧

Nintendo 64

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
1964 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
1964.js âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 🌐
1964-GEPD âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ
Apollo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Apollo64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 ❓
Blade64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
CEN64 âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
CEN64-qt âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Cor64 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Corn ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Cube64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 NGC Wii
Daedalus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 PSP
DaedalusX64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧 PSP 3DS
DaedalusX64-3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 3DS
DaedalusX64-vitaGL âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧 PSP 3DS
Daedalus-lkb âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
dgb-n64 ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
DotN64 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ
Dream64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Drop64 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 🌐
EMG âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Fake64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 🐧
gopher64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Jario64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🌐
Kaizen (previously Gadolinium) âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Larper64 (website is gone and the developer was anonymous, so only a backup Google Drive link exists) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Luna's Project64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ
MiB64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ
Monkey64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 PSP
Mupen64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Mupen64Plus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mupen64Plus-AE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 🤖
Mupen64PlusAE-MPN âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 🤖
Mupen-MPN âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Mupen64Plus-qt âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
'N64-Emulator' ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 🌐
N64VM ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
n64-emu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
n64.js âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 🌐
Nemu ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ
Nemu64 ➖ Source may be made available ➖ ➖ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ
NICE64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
NIN64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
NINCEST 64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Not64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ➖ N64 NGC Wii
NSFE (AKA Reality64) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Pagan ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Parallel Launcher (GUI for both RetroArch N64 cores) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PC64 ➖ "Under the laws of GNU" ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Project64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ
Project64-MPN âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ
Project64 Legacy âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ
Project Unreality ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
PyN64 ➖ Source available ➖ ➖ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
r64emu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
RealityEmu âœ”ī¸ UNLICENSE ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 🐧
rokuyon âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 Nintendo Switch
Rosalie's Mupen GUI âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Ryu64 âœ”ī¸ UNLICENSE ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 đŸ’ģ
Shibumi ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Simple64 (formerly m64p) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ N64 đŸ’ģ 🐧
SixtyForce ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ N64 🍎
Sunset ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
SupraHLE (fork of UltraHLE) ❌ Modified version of leaked UltraHLE source, proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Surreal64 CE ➖ Uses leaked Project64 1.6 sources, Mupen64, and 1964, as well as using leaked Xbox SDK (allegedly) ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 Xbox
TR64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
TRWin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
TrueReality âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 💾 đŸ‘ŋ
Ultra 64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
UltraHLE ➖ Source leaked, proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
UltraHLE 2064 ➖ Modified version of UltraHLE leaked source, proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
UltraHLP ❌ Patcher for UltraHLE binary, proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ N64 đŸ’ģ
Wii64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ N64 Wii
Wii64-PS3 ➖ Should be GPLv3, but no license present in the repository âœ”ī¸ ❌ ➖ N64 PS3

Warning

Older versions of Mupen64Plus (versions prior to this commit) and Project64 (1.6.1 and below) have known security vulnerabilities, so please keep your emulators updated!

Nintendo GameCube

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NGC, Wii đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
DolphiniOS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NGC, Wii 📱
Dolwin ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC đŸ’ģ
GCEmu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC đŸ’ģ
Gcube âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC đŸ’ģ
Ishiiruka-Dolphin âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NGC, Wii đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Pureikyubu âœ”ī¸ CC0 1.0 Universal ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NGC đŸ’ģ 🐧
SuperGCube âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC đŸ’ģ
WhineCube âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC đŸ’ģ

Nintendo Wii

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NGC, Wii đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
DolphiniOS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NGC, Wii 📱
Ishiiruka-Dolphin âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ NGC, Wii đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Nintendo Wii U

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cemu âœ”ī¸ MPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Wii U đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Cemu-Android âœ”ī¸ MPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Wii U 🤖
Decaf âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ ❌ ❌ Wii U đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Kinnay âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ Wii U 🐧

Nintendo Switch

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CageTheUnicorn âœ”ī¸ ISC ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Citron âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
ctremu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 🐧 🍎
Eden âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
Hydra âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 🍎
Kenji-NX âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
MeloNX âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 📱
Mephisto âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Nozomi âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch ➖
NSEmu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch 🐧
NXEmu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ
Pine âœ”ī¸ MPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 🤖
Pomelo âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 📱
Ryujinx (Ryubing fork) âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Ryujinx-mirror âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Ryujinx âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Skyline âœ”ī¸ MPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Switch 🤖
Strato âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ Switch 🤖
Sudachi âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🤖
Suyu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ 🐧
Uzuy âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Switch đŸ’ģ 🐧
Yuzu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Switch đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖

Caution

Since RyuJinx and Yuzu have been shut down, any data collection, telemetry, and analytics from original versions (and probably forks too just in case) should be disabled as a precaution, otherwise the data could be sent to Nintendo or other 3rd parties and the data could be collected, stored, or used for any purpose without user consent.

Nintendo Switch 2

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Oboromi âœ”ī¸ MPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Pound âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Switch 2 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Caution

The Switch 2 is a very new console, please be VERY cautious when trying out these emulators. Also worth noting, the Switch 2 isn't fully hacked yet, so making an emulator will be very difficult without dumps of the system files, etc. being available. Basically, just be careful and use common sense.

Sega

Sega Master System

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreezeSMS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Master System, NES, Game Gear, SG-1000, ColecoVision đŸ’ģ
SMSPLUS âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ➖ Master System, Game Gear đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Ages ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, 32X, Master System, Game Gear đŸ’ģ
BlastEm âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Cega âœ”ī¸ MPL 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Genesis/Megadrive, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DGen âœ”ī¸ BSD license ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ 🐧
Exodus âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ
Genesis-Plus-GX âœ”ī¸ Custom, source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, 32X, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐 Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Wii
Gens Plus! âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Gens+ REWiND âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, 32X đŸ’ģ
Gens âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
HazeMD âœ”ī¸ MAME license ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ
jgenesis âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Genesis, Sega CD, SNES, Master System, Game Gear đŸ’ģ 🐧
Kega Fusion ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, 32X, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
RetroDrive ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive, 32X đŸ’ģ
TrueLMAO âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ Genesis/Megadrive đŸ’ģ 🐧 🌐

Sega Saturn

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A-SATURN ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Cassini (patched version of GiriGiri) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
GiriGiri ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Hyperion ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Kronos âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Saturn đŸ’ģ 🐧
Nova ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Saturn đŸ’ģ
PC-SATURN ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Project Titan ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Sat'On'Em ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Satan (not technically an emulator) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Satourne ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Saturnin ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
SSE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
SSEmu ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
SSF ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
UltraSat (technically doesn't emulate anything) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Saturn đŸ’ģ
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (formerly uoYabause) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Saturn đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖 📱 Switch
Yabause âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Saturn đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ Dreamcast PSP

Sega Dreamcast

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
castingDreams âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chankast ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
Deecy âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🐧
DEmul ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
dreamcast ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎
DreamEMU ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
Dreamer ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
DreamOxide âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Flycast Dojo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Flycast âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱 Switch Xbox One
Icarus (never publicly released as far as I know, if anybody has links or downloads, please let me know!) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast ❌
Katana âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Katana (unrelated to the above project) ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
lxdream âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast 🍎 🐧 🤖
lxdream-nitro âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Dreamcast 🍎 🐧
Makaron - Download here ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
nullDC ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ
ReDream ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Reicast âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Swirly âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Dreamcast 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
washDC (formerly WashingtonDC) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Dreamcast đŸ’ģ 🐧

Sega Dreamcast VMU

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DirectVMS ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU đŸ’ģ
DreamPotato âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Sega Dreamcast VMU đŸ’ģ
DreamVMU ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU đŸ’ģ
ElysianVMU ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Sega Dreamcast VMU đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
SoftVMS ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU đŸ’ģ 🐧 💾 Amiga Dreamcast

Microsoft

Microsoft Xbox

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cxbx âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ 🐧
Cxbx-Reloaded âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Xbox đŸ’ģ
Dxbx âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ
OpenXBOX ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ 🐧
StrikeBox âœ”ī¸ 2-clause BSD license ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ 🐧
XQEMU âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Xbox đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Xemu âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Xbox đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Xeon ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ
Xenoborg - Source here âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Xbox đŸ’ģ

Microsoft Xbox 360

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cs360emu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ 360 đŸ’ģ
Xenia âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 360 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Xenia Canary âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 360 đŸ’ģ 🐧

Microsoft Xbox One

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Spasha ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ Xbox One đŸ’ģ
WinDurango âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Xbox One đŸ’ģ
WinEra ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ Xbox One đŸ’ģ
XWine1 ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ Xbox One đŸ’ģ

Microsoft Xbox Series

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ePCEngine âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ
Hu-Go! âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾
MagicEngine ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ 💾 🍎
Neco (only the archived official web page had downloads and info) ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Ootake âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ
pcejin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ
Turbo Engine ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PCE/TG-16 đŸ’ģ

SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gekko ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES đŸ’ģ
GnGeo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES 🐧
geolith âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Neo Geo AES/MVS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Kawaks ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES, CPS-2 đŸ’ģ
Neo-RAGEx ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES đŸ’ģ 💾
NeoDanji ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES 💾
NEOGem ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES đŸ’ģ 💾
'NeoGeo CD Emulator' ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo CD đŸ’ģ
NeoCD ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo CD đŸ’ģ
NeoCD/SDL ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo CD đŸ’ģ 🐧 Dreamcast PS2 Xbox
NeoRAINE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES/MVS, CD đŸ’ģ
RAINE ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES/MVS, CD đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
NeoBox ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ❌ Neo Geo AES/MVS 🍎 📱

Pong consoles

Simulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Simulated systems Platform
Pong Consoles Simulation ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Various pong consoles đŸ’ģ

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
O2EM âœ”ī¸ Artistic license ❌ ❌ ➖ Odyssey 2/Videopac+ đŸ’ģ 💾 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

Philips CD-i

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CD-iCE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ CD-i đŸ’ģ
CD-i Emulator ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ CD-i đŸ’ģ
CeDImu ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ CD-i đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Same CDi âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ CD-i đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
TinyCDi âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ CD-i đŸ’ģ

Panasonic

Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3d'oh âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ 3DO 🐧
4DO âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ 3DO đŸ’ģ
FreeDO ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ 3DO đŸ’ģ 🍎

Panasonic 3DO M2

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gemei A330

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gemei A330 libretro core ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Gemei A330 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

GCE Vectrex

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Vecx JG âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Vectrex đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Apple/Bandai Pippin

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommendation Emulated systems Platform
SheepShaver âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple/Bandai Pippin đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
SheepShaver (community maintained fork) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple/Bandai Pippin đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

Mattel Intellivision

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Bliss âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
Bliss32 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
BlissX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
BlissJ Web âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision 🌐
BlissJ Java âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
BlissJX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
gtk-jzintv âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
IntvDOS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Intellivision 💾
IntvWin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
jzIntv âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
jzintvGUI âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
jzIntvImGui âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 Switch
FreeIntv âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Intellivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Nostalgia ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Intellivision đŸ’ģ
NINTV âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Intellivision DS
Xanadu ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Intellivision đŸ’ģ

Mattel HyperScan

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
hyperscan-emulator ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ HyperScan đŸ’ģ 🐧

Coleco ColecoVision

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Bee âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
CULT ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ
ColEm ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖 Wii
ColecoDS ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ColecoVision DS
CoolCV ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
jollycv âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Mugrat ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ ColecoVision 🍎
Virtual ColecoVision (AKA Colem97) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ ColecoVision đŸ’ģ

VTech V.Smile

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
veesem âœ”ī¸ ISC ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ V.Smile đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cheap8 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chip 8 Emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chip-3DS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 3DS
Chip8 Emulator (PS4) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ (no longer available) ❌ Chip-8 PS4
Chip8 Emulator (PSP) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 PSP
Chip-8 Emulator âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 🌐
Chip-8 Emulator âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chip8 To SMD ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 Megadrive/Genesis
Chip8.js âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
CHIP-8 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chip8 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
chip8 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
chip8-3do âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 3DO
CHIP-8-Emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU (original) âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 Wii U
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 Wii U
chip8me ➖ Unknown source code (link broken) ❌ ❌ ❌ Chip-8 DS
Chip8-NX ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 Switch
chip-8-raku âœ”ī¸ Artistic 2.0 license ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
chip8swemu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🐧
CHIP-8z âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Chipfinity ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 🤖
Chip-n64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 N64
Chippy ➖ Proprietary, fork of a fork but no source that I can find ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 Wii
DrChip8 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 GB
DreamChip (PSP Chip8 emulator) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 PSP
GB-8 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 GBC
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator ❌ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ❌ ❌ ❌ Chip-8 📱
JEMU âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ CHIP-8 variants đŸ’ģ
OCTACHIP âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
PsChip8 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 PS1
PSPChip8 ➖ Possible GPL? ❌ ❌ ➖ Chip-8 PSP
R8 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Chip-8 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Super-Chip8X ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Chip-8 SNES

COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800

See multi-emulators section for "Emma 02 emulator"

Handheld game console emulators

Nintendo Handhelds

Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommendation Emulated systems Platform
Acolyte Hand PIC'd 32 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Gb, GBC, Super Game Boy PIC32MZ2048EFH144 microcontroller
BGB ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, Super Game Boy đŸ’ģ
Boycott ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ
ChillyGB âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ
CODE-DMG âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
coffee-gb âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
CPBoy âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC Classpad II (fx-CP400)
Fame Boy Color âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
Gambatte âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Game-Boy-DOS ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB 💾
Gameboy âœ”ī¸ UNLICENSE ❌ ❌ ❌ GB đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
GameRoy âœ”ī¸ Dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0 license ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖 🌐
GateBoy ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB đŸ’ģ 🐧
GBCC âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
GoBC ➖ Source available, license is blank ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB đŸ’ģ 🐧
Gearboy âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐 and many more
guac âœ”ī¸ BSD 3-clause ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🐧
hdmg âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC 🐧
hhugboy âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ
Hu-Boy ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ GB PCE/TG-16
KiGB ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC, Super Game Boy đŸ’ģ 🐧 💾
MetroBoy ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB đŸ’ģ
NO$GMB ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, Super Game Boy đŸ’ģ
oxGBC âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐
Peanut-GB âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Peanut-GB RGFW âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Pico-GB âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC Raspberry Pi RP2040
PlayGB âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC Playdate
PyBoy âœ”ī¸ LGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
RetroGBm âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
SameBoy âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, Super Game Boy đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
TGB Dual âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ 🐧
TGB Dual-L âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ GB, GBC đŸ’ģ
VGB (AKA Virtual Game Boy) ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, Super Game Boy đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 💾
Wzonka-Lad âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ GB Amiga

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

  • ❗ = 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 Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
44VBA âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ GBA đŸ’ģ 🌐 Switch
AGD ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
BATGBA ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
BoycottAdvance ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ GBA đŸ’ģ
DreamGBA ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
DSHBA âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ GBA đŸ’ģ
EggVance âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
GameboyAdvanceVM ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA PocketPC, Windows CE
GiiBiiAdvance âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBA đŸ’ģ 🐧
GBAC âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBA đŸ’ģ
GoGBA ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA 🤖 📱
GSE âœ”ī¸ MPL-2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Hades âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
❗ Mac Boy Advance âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA 🍎
mGBA âœ”ī¸ MPL 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 Wii 3DS Switch Vita
NanoBoyAdvance âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PC Advance ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
RascalBoy Advance Unknown Unknown Unknown ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
ReasonableGBA ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
SkyEmu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 📱
❗ VBALink âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ
VBA-M âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
❗ VBA-rr âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🐧
VGBA (AKA Virtual Game Boy Advance) ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy Advance đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾
❗ Visual Boy Advance âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
❗ VirtueBoy Advance ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GBA đŸ’ģ
My Boy! ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🤖
My Boy! Lite ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🤖
Pizza Boy Pro ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ GB, GBC, GBA 🤖

Note

The VirtueBoy Advance link is no longer available. We are looking for source code, binaries, or a working backup link for this emulator.

Warning

A security issue was found in the code base that makes all VBA forks and derivatives vulnerable. Please only use these emulators on fully updated and secure machines with updated and active malware protection and firewalls, or offline and secure computers. The only emulator not affected by this is VBA-M as far as my testing has shown, as well as what I've been told by others.

Nintendo Game And Watch simulators

Simulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Simulated systems Platform
Handheld Quake simulations ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Various handheld systems đŸ’ģ 🐧
lcdgames simulations ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Various handheld systems 🌐
Madrigal simulations ➖ Some source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Various handheld systems đŸ’ģ 🐧 Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Nintendo Switch Microsoft Xbox
Pica Pic simulations (requires Adobe Flash emulator) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Various handheld systems Adobe Flash (requires an emulator to run)
RetroFab simulations ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Various handhelds and tabletop systems 🌐

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Planet Virtual Boy emulator (AKA PVBEmu) âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ VB 🐧
r3Ddragon âœ”ī¸ MIT with custom license exceptions ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ VB 3DS
Reality Boy (formerly VBEmu98) âœ”ī¸ Custom ❌ ❌ ➖ VB đŸ’ģ
Red Dragon âœ”ī¸ Custom ❌ ❌ ➖ VB đŸ’ģ 🐧
Red Dragon (PSP) âœ”ī¸ Custom ❌ ❌ ➖ VB PSP
Red Viper ➖ Custom ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ VB 3DS
Rustual Boy âœ”ī¸ Dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ VB đŸ’ģ 🐧
SoftVUE (not released?) AKA VUE32 ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ VB ❌
VBjin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ VB đŸ’ģ
VBjin-ovr âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ VB đŸ’ģ
ViBE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ VB 🍎
VirtualBoyGo âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ VB Oculus Quest
VirtualBoyX ➖ Supposedly based on another emulator, but I can't confirm ❌ ❌ ➖ VB Xbox
Virtual-E ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ VB đŸ’ģ
Virtual Utopia (not released?) ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ VB ❌
Wiirtual Boy âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ VB Wii
XVBoy ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ VB Xbox

Pokemon Mini

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
minimon âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini đŸ’ģ
PokeKaMini ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini đŸ’ģ
PokeMini âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini đŸ’ģ 🐧 DS PSP Dreamcast
PokemonMiniX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini Xbox

Nintendo DS

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CorgiDS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DeeS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 Wii U Switch Vita
DeSmuME 3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS 3DS
DeSmuME âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DeSmuMEPSPExperimental âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS PSP
DeSmuME-X432R âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS đŸ’ģ
DesmumeX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS Xbox
DeSmuME-PSP âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS PSP
dasShiny âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DraStic ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS 🤖
DS Player âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ DS 🌐
DSemu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
DSemu-ng (no known links to downloads or websites) âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
DSonPSP âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS PSP
DSonPSP-mod âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ DS PSP
DSVita âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS Vita
Dualis ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
Dust âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DuoS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
iDeaS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
medusa âœ”ī¸ MPL 2.0 ❌ ➖ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
melonDS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
melonDS-launcher âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
melonDS-android âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS 🤖
melonDS-android (for nightly binaries) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DS 🤖
ndsemu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
NeonDS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ DS đŸ’ģ
NooDS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 Wii U Switch Vita
NooDS-Launcher âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ DS Vita
yuugen âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ DS đŸ’ģ 🐧

Nintendo 3DS

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3dmoo ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🐧
Azahar âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
Borked3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Citra âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
CitraPlus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Citra MMJ âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 3DS 🤖
Corgi3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
LemonLime ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ 3DS đŸ’ģ
Lime3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mandarine (formerly Lemonade) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mikage ➖ None currently ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ 3DS 🐧
PabloMK7's Citra âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Panda3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 3DS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Tanuki3DS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ 3DS 🍎 🐧
TronDS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ 3DS đŸ’ģ
VitaminC ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ 3DS 🐧

Game Park GP32

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
GeePee32 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Game Park GP32 đŸ’ģ

Atari Lynx

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Felix âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Lynx đŸ’ģ
Handy âœ”ī¸ zlib ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Lynx đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖

Sega Game Gear

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gearsystem âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Mark III/Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000, Othello Multivision đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖
MasterGear ❌ Proprietary, developer says you can contact him for source Yes, Android version is paid âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Mark III/Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000 đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 💾

Sony Handhelds

Sony PlayStation Portable

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cspspemu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
JPCSP âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ PSP đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
JPCSP2C âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
jspspemu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
mfzpsp âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
PCSP ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
Potemkin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
PPSSPP âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PSP đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
PSPE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
pspemu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
pspplayer âœ”ī¸ GNU LGPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ
Sam ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ PSP đŸ’ģ

Sony PocketStation

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PK201 - Android version ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ PocketStation đŸ’ģ 🤖
PKEmu ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ PocketStation đŸ’ģ
pockystation ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ PocketStation đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Sony PlayStation Vita

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Vita3K âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Vita đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Vita3K-Android âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Vita 🤖
vitaemu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Vita 🤖

Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cygne âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ
MiracleMage âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ
NitroSwan ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color DS
NewOswan âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color 🍎 🐧
Oswan âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ 🐧
Oswan (community fork with some changes) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ 🐧
StoicGoose âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ 🐧
WonderScott ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ
WSCamp ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color đŸ’ģ

SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeNeoPocott (NeoPocott ported to BeOS) ➖ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color BeOS/Haiku
Koyote ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ
NeoPop-SDL âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ 🐧
NeoPop âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ
NeoGPC âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ
NeoPocott ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ 🐧
NGPocket ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo Pocket/Color đŸ’ģ

Watara SuperVision

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Potator (legacy) ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Watara SuperVision đŸ’ģ 🐧 GP32 OpenDingux
Potator (SDL2 fork) ➖ The original license was only source available, so this should technically be the same, but the license in the repo is Unlicense ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Watara SuperVision đŸ’ģ 🐧 DS OpenDingux GP32 PSP
Wataroo ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Watara SuperVision đŸ’ģ

Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc

Apple iOS/iPod

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Clicky ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ iPod đŸ’ģ 🐧
iPod n3g emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ iPod đŸ’ģ 🐧
qemu-ipod-nano âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ iOS đŸ’ģ 🐧
qemu-ios âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ iOS đŸ’ģ 🐧
touchHLE âœ”ī¸ MPL 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ iOS đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
unidbg âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ iOS đŸ’ģ 🐧
xnu-qemu-arm64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ iOS đŸ’ģ 🐧

Google Android

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anbox âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Android 🐧
Android SDK (includes an emulator) âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Android x86 âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android Runs on any x86 computer
BlueStacks ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ 🍎
GameLoop ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ
Google Play Games ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ
NoxPlayer ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ 🍎
Plarium Play ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android đŸ’ģ
Waydroid âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Android 🐧
Windows Subsystem for Android âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ Android đŸ’ģ

Warning

Android emulators are in a weird place. A lot of them have had or do have sketchy or weird beginnings or origins. Some of them are essentially wrappers for VirtualBox or Android-x86, or other hypervisor/virtualization software. It is advised you take the usual precautions when dealing with software you've never used or heard of before. Please keep your operating system and software up to date, make sure to have active and updated malware protection and a decent firewall, and don't use cracked or modified versions of the software. Some examples are included below.

NoxPlayer: Affected by a supply-chain attack where attackers replaced legitimate update files with malware, leading to reconnaissance activities and potential infections with other malware.

BlueStacks: Contained vulnerabilities that allowed remote code execution and unauthorized APK installations, affecting versions 4.80 and below.

N-Gage

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EKLA21 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Symbian OS/N-Gage đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Engemu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Symbian OS/N-Gage đŸ’ģ
NGEmu âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ ❌ ❌ N-Gage đŸ’ģ
Nomu ➖ Source available ➖ ❌ ❌ Symbian OS/N-Gage đŸ’ģ

BREW

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Melange ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ BREW 🤖

Mophun

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
MoRePhun âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Mophun đŸ’ģ 🐧

Java

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreeJ2ME âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
FreeJ2ME-Plus âœ”ī¸ GPLv3+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
J2ME-Loader âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ J2ME 🤖
Jademula âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ
JL-Mod (fork of J2ME-Loader) âœ”ī¸ Apache 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ J2ME 🤖
KEmulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ
KEmulator-nnmod ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ
ME4SE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Micro Emulator ➖ 3 licenses are mentioned in the license file (LGPL 2.1, Apache 2.0, and MPL 2.0) ❌ ❌ ❌ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Micro Emulator (community fork) ➖ LGPL 2.1 and Apache 2.0? ❌ ❌ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Midp-Emulator ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
SquirrelJME âœ”ī¸ MPL 2.0 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ J2ME đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Palm devices

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CloudpilotEmu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple devices đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
Mu ➖ CC BY-NC 3.0 United States License ❌ ❌ ➖ Palm OS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Computer emulators

Acorn

Acorn Atom computers

Acorn BBC Micro computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeebEm ➖ Custom ❌ ❌ ➖ BBC Micro 🍎
BeebEm (community fork) ➖ Custom ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ BBC Micro 🍎
b-em âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ BBC Micro đŸ’ģ 🐧
b2 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ BBC Micro đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
model-b ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ BBC Micro đŸ’ģ

Acorn Electron computers

Acorn Archimedes computers

Amstrad CPC computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CaPriCe Forever ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ CPC đŸ’ģ
NO$CPC ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ CPC đŸ’ģ
WinAPE ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ CPC đŸ’ģ
Xcpc âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ CPC 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

DOS emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DOSBox Enhanced Community Edition âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ DOS đŸ’ģ 🐧
DOSBox-Pure âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DOS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DOSBox-Staging âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DOS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
DOSBox-Turbo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ DOS 🤖
DOSBox-X âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ DOS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 💾
DOSBox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ DOS đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
em-dosbox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ DOS 🌐
Magic DOSBox Lite âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ➖ DOS 🤖
Magic DOSBox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖ DOS 🤖

x86 emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
86Box âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Bochs âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2.1 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Box86 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🤖 Raspberry Pi Others
Box64 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🤖 Raspberry Pi Others
Box64Droid âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🤖
Fake86 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
FEX-Emu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🐧
Firn âœ”ī¸ Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
MartyPC âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ
PC.js âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🌐
PCBox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
PCem âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
PCx86 âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🌐
PDP-8/E âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ x86 🍎
Programma/Program 101 ➖ ➖ ❌ ➖ ➖ x86 đŸ’ģ
QEMU âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2.1 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, more đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
UniPCEmu (formerly x86EMU) ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🤖 PSP Vita Switch
VARCem âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ
v86 âœ”ī¸ 2-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 🌐
VirtualXT âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
Winlator Yes, partially Source available/MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ x86 🤖
XTulator ➖ Might be GPLv2 since it is a rewrite of Fake86, but no license supplied ❌ ❌ ➖ x86 đŸ’ģ 🐧
wine-assembly âœ”ī¸ MIT license ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ x86 Win32/Win98 PE 🌐

System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Hercules âœ”ī¸ Q public license ❌ ➖ ➖ System/370, ESA/390 architectures, 64-bit z/Architecture đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
z390 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ z390 Portable Mainframe đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Apple computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Agat âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Apple computers and the Agat đŸ’ģ
Apple II Oasis ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
Apple2000e (Apple II/IIe emulator for Amiga) ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers Amiga
ApplePC ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
Appler ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
AppleWin âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
Basilisk II âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ Amiga BeOS
Basilisk II (community fork with updates) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ Amiga BeOS
Dapple âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers 💾
Dapple II âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers 💾
dingusppc âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Emmac ➖ No license supplied, all documentation is in another language ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
Executor ❌ Proprietary ❌ (was discontinued and the dev released "free keys") ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
Fusion ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
IDLE âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎
KEGS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
KEGS32 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
LisaEm âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
LisaEm (fork with some small additions) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
macintosh.js ➖ Source available, repo says "for educational use" ❌ ➖ ➖ Apple computers 🌐
microm8 and a GUI ❌ Proprietary (GUI is source available) ❌ ➖ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Mini vMac âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PCE/macplus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
PearPC âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
REINETTE II PLUS DOT PY âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
SheepShaver âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
SheepShaver (community fork with updates) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
SoftMac XP ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ
POM1 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
Virtu âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 Xbox 360
vMac âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 💾
WORM ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers đŸ’ģ

NeXT computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Previous âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NeXT computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Oberon RISC machine

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Oberon RISC Emulator âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Oberon RISC machine đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

SIMH simulators

Simulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommendation Simulated systems Platform
Open SIMH simulators âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ SIMH computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Coleco computers

Commodore

Commodore computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
C64Forever ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
CCS64 ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ➖ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ 🐧 💾
Come Back 64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
Dream64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
Emu64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
Free64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
Frodo ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 BeOS AmigaOS RiscOS
Hyper64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
JSwing C64 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ Java phones
micro64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
NO$C64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ 💾
PC64 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
VB64 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ
VICE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ PET, VIC20, PLUS4, CBM, C64, 64DTV, 128 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 AmigaOS BeOS OS/2 QNX
Win64 ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64 đŸ’ģ

Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AmigaForever ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga, Amiga CD32 đŸ’ģ
FS-UAE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga, Amiga CD32 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
UAE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Amiga đŸ’ģ
uae4all âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Amiga đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 BeOS NeXTStep OS/2
vAmiga âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga, Amiga CD32 🍎
WinFellow âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga đŸ’ģ
WinUAE âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga, Amiga CD32 đŸ’ģ

Atari 400/800 and ST computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ARAnyM âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Atari800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
Castaway âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
FAST ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 💾
Fujisan âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Gemulator ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Atari computers đŸ’ģ
Hatari âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
HatariWii âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers Nintendo Wii
pce âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ
pce-js âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Atari computers 🌐
SainT ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Atari computers đŸ’ģ
Steem âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
Steem SSE âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
Xpeccy âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Atari computers đŸ’ģ 🐧

Sinclair

Sinclair ZX81 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EightyOne âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Sinclair ZX81 đŸ’ģ

Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Speccy ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Sinclair ZX Spectrum đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
ZXPoly âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Sinclair ZX Spectrum đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

NEC

NEC 6000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PC6001VX âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2.1 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NEC 6000 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
PC6001V âœ”ī¸ LGPLv2.1 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NEC 6000 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
PC6001VW ➖ I couldn't find the source, but should be LGPLv2.1 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ NEC 6000 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧

NEC 8800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ePC8801MA Kai SE ❌ Proprietary (source code is in a password-protected 7z file and I haven't cracked it yet) ❌ ➖ ❌ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
Excite88 (website is down) ➖ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
M88 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
M88 for OS/2 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ NEC 8800 computers OS/2
P88SR (website is down) ➖ ➖ ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers ❓
pc8801ma ➖ ➖ ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
PC88EM ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers 🍎
PC88WIN ➖ ➖ ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
QUASI88 âœ”ī¸ "Modified BSD license" ❌ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
W88 ➖ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ
XM8 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
X88000 ➖ Referred to as "Public Domain Software (PDS)" ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧

NEC 9800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anex86 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ
J98 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ NEC 9800 computers 🤖
Neko Project II ➖ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ 🍎
NP2kai âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
Neko Project 21/W ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧
SL9821 âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ 🍎
Xnp2 ➖ Source available ❌ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers đŸ’ģ 🐧

MSX computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
blueMSX âœ”ī¸ Dual-licensed under zlib/libpng license and GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ MSX computers, ColecoVision, SV-318/SV-328, Sega SG1000 đŸ’ģ
BrMSX ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
CJS MSX Emulator ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ (mentions shareware and registering in the README) ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
fMSX ➖ Source available, custom license ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ MSX computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 PS1 PSP AmigaOS OS/2 Sharp X68000
meisei ➖ Source available, custom license ❌ ❌ ➖ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
MSKISS ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
MSX Emulator for Atari ST ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ MSX computers Atari ST
MSXPLAYer ➖ Proprietary, should be source available? ➖ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
NLMSX ➖ Sound emulation is source available, otherwise proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
NO$MSX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ MSX computers đŸ’ģ 💾
openMSX âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ MSX computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 OpenDingux
ParaMSX ➖ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ MSX computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 PS1 PSP AmigaOS OS/2 Sharp X68000
Power MSX ➖ Source for 0.7 is available, 1.0 is proprietary? ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers 💾
RedMSX ➖ 1.2 source is available, 1.4 is proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
RuMSX ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
Virtual MSX ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
WOOM! ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ
Zodiac âœ”ī¸ BSD/GPLv2 license ❌ ❌ ❌ MSX computers đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ

Sharp X1 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
eX1 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Sharp X1 đŸ’ģ

Sharp X68000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EX68 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
px68k ➖ Source available? ❌ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🤖 📱 PSP
Win68k ➖ Source available? ❌ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
Win68k patched in English with some performance tweaks ❌ Proprietary, no patches provided ❌ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
XM6 ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
XM6 Pro 68K ➖ Source available ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
XM6 TypeG ➖ Proprietary, no source found ❌ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
XM6i ❌ Proprietary, no source found ❌ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ
XEiJ ➖ Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and LGPLv3? ❌ ➖ ➖ Sharp X68000 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Virtualization solutions

Virtualization solution FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Virtualized systems Platform
AQEMU âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖ QEMU frontend: x86, AMD64/Intel64, ARM64 and more đŸ’ģ 🐧
Hyper-V ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 đŸ’ģ
VirtualBox âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
VMWare ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Supported games Platform
DreamMM âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Supported games đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ResidualVM âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ Supported games đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ScummVM âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Supported games đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 📱 PS3 PSP Vita Dreamcast N64 DS 3DS Wii Switch and MANY more

Calculator emulators

Texas Instruments

TI-81 series

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Mac-81 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-81 🍎
PC-81 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-81 đŸ’ģ

TI-83 / TI-84 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AlmostTI âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ TI81, TI82, TI83, TI83+, TI83+SE, TI84+SE, TI85, and TI86
CalcEm âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-82 and TI-83
CEmu âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE
jsTIfied ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Many 70 and 80 series calculators
TI SmartView CE for TI-84+ family ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ➖ Ti-84+ family
TI SmartView for the TI-83+ ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ➖ Ti-83+
TI SmartView for the TI-84+ ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ➖ Ti-84+
TilEm âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ Many 70 and 80 series calculators
Wabbitemu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Z80 TI calculator models
EMU83 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-83

TI-85 and TI-86 series

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emulator86 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-86
TI-85 Emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-85
TI-85 Emulator (different then the above emulator) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-85
TI-86 Emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-86
TI86EMU ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ TI-86
TIGraph ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-85
Virtual 86 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-86

TI-89 series

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
TiEmu âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ TI89(ti)/92(+)/V200
Virtual TI-89 ➖ MAME license? ❌ ❌ ➖ Ti-89
Graph 89 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ TI-89
TI89-Simulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ TI-89

TI-90 series

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu-92 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ TI-92
MacTiger ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ TI-92
Tiger âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-92

Misc TI calculator emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
TI-8x Emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86
TiEmu ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+, V200PLT
Virtual TI ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 II, and TI-92 Plus

TI-Nspire

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Firebird âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ TI-Nspire
kArmTI ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-Nspire
nspire_emu âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ TI-Nspire

Hewlett Packard

Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ HP48
Emu28 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ HP18C and HP28C
Alucin ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ HP 48SX/GX
NeXTStep EM48 âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ 48SX
saturn âœ”ī¸ GPLv2+ ❌ ❌ ➖ HP 48GX, HP 49, and HP 40
Droid48 ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ HP 48
Power48 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ HP 48sx, 48gx, and 49g
PSPX48 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ HP48

Hewlett Packard Prime calculators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
HP Prime Virtual Calculator Simulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (free) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (paid) ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (free for Android) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (paid for Android) ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators

Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu28 âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ HP18C and HP28C
Free42 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ HP-42S
HP SmartCalc 300s Emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ HP 300s
WP-34s emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ HP-20b and HP-30b
HP 12C emulator (official) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ HP 12c
HP 12C emulator (not official) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ HP 12c
awp34s âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ WP-34S
WP34S-4NS ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ WP-34S

Other HP calculator resources

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 ➖ Source available ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Multiple HP calculators đŸ’ģ

Casio calculators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PB-1000 Emulator âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ PB-1000
PB-2000C Emulator âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ PB-2000
FX-8000G Emulator âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ FX-8000G
FX-7500G Emulator âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖
ClassPad emulators ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖ Unknown Casio calculators
Official emulators for most Casio calculators ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖ Casio calculators

Sharp calculators

Simulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Official Sharp simulators ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ EL series calculators đŸ’ģ

Elektronika calculators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Calculators 3000 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ List of supported systems
MK-90 Emulator ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ MK-90
MK-85 Emulator (link to Lazarus port not working) âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ MK-85
MK-87 Emulator (no links working currently) ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ MK-87
eMKatic âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ MK-161, MK-152, MK-1152
MK 61/54 âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Electronika MK-61 and MK-54

Other miscellaneous emulators and projects

Adobe Flash emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gnash âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Adobe Flash đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🌐 Haiku BeOS OS/2 MANY more
Lightspark âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Adobe Flash đŸ’ģ 🐧 🌐
Ruffle âœ”ī¸ Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Adobe Flash đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
Flashpoint Archive âœ”ī¸ Multiple licenses ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Adobe Flash đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Game engine emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EasyRPG âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RPG Maker đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱 🌐 Wii 3DS Switch Vita
JoiPlay ➖ No central repo, seems to just be a combination of other projects? ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RPG Maker, Ren'Py, HTML5 🤖 🌐
MKXP âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Ruby Game Scripting System đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
OpenGMK âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Game Maker đŸ’ģ 🐧
NScripter ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ❌ NScripter đŸ’ģ
ONScripter âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ NScripter đŸ’ģ 🐧 🍎 🤖 📱
ONScripter-EN (English support) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NScripter đŸ’ģ 🐧 🍎 🤖 📱
ONScripter-Jh (SDL2 with Chinese support) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ NScripter đŸ’ģ 🐧 🍎 🤖 📱
ONScripterYuri (Enhancement version, based on Jh) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NScripter đŸ’ģ 🐧 🍎 🤖

Nuon emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Nuance âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Nuon đŸ’ģ
NuanceResurrection âœ”ī¸ 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Nuon đŸ’ģ
NuonEm (No download link currently) ➖ No license/source available at the moment ❌ ❌ ❌ Nuon ❓

Game client emulators

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 Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Goldberg Steam Emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Steam đŸ’ģ 🐧 SteamOS
SmartSteamEmu (SSE) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Steam đŸ’ģ
SmartSteamEmu (decompiled and modified version of SSE) ❌ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ Steam đŸ’ģ
SmartSteamEmu Reborn Client ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Steam đŸ’ģ
Anadius ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Origin/EA đŸ’ģ
Uplay-r1-loader ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Ubisoft/Uplay đŸ’ģ

Arcade machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Final Burn âœ”ī¸ Custom license ❌ ❌ ❌ Multiple arcade systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
Final Burn Alpha (AKA FB Alpha or FBA) âœ”ī¸ Custom license ❌ ❌ ❌ Multiple arcade systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 Raspberry Pi Switch
Final Burn Alpha Rerecording âœ”ī¸ Custom license ❌ ❌ ❌ Multiple arcade systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Final Burn Alpha Neo âœ”ī¸ Custom license ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple arcade systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 Raspberry Pi Switch
GnGeo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 with an exception ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES 🍎 🐧 GCW
Kawaks ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1/2, Neo Geo MVS đŸ’ģ
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 and 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Many systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 📱 Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One Wii Wii U Switch
NeoRAGEx ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES đŸ’ģ 💾
TeknoParrot ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple PC-based arcade systems đŸ’ģ
Model 2 emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Sega Model 2 đŸ’ģ
Supermodel âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Sega Model 3 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
ZiNc ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ ZN1, ZN2, and System 11 arcade hardware đŸ’ģ
Calice ➖ Video plugin is open-source ❌ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 hardware đŸ’ģ 💾
CPS3 Emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS3 hardware đŸ’ģ
Viva Nonno ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Namco system 22 đŸ’ģ
Callus ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 hardware đŸ’ģ 💾
Callus95 (patch) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 hardware đŸ’ģ
Nebula ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES, CPS1/2, Konami, PolyGameMaster arcade hardware đŸ’ģ
Mjolnir ➖ Possibly MIT or MAME license? ❌ ❌ ➖ Namco System 21, System 22, and Super System 22 hardware đŸ’ģ
pfeMAME âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple arcade systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

Pinball machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PinMAME âœ”ī¸ MAME license and 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Check README đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱 Raspberry Pi
Visual Pinball âœ”ī¸ MAME license and 3-clause BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Everything PinMAME supports đŸ’ģ
Future Pinball (direct link to latest installer) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Various pinball machines đŸ’ģ

Multi-system emulators

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ares âœ”ī¸ ISC ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Emulated systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
byuu âœ”ī¸ ISC ❌ ❌ ➖ See higan's supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
higan âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Emulated systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
RetroArch âœ”ī¸ GNU GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of cores Over 40 platforms
OpenEmu ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems 🍎
BizHawk âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of cores đŸ’ģ 🐧
Mednafen âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Altirra âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
Atari++ âœ”ī¸ THOR Public License ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
Atari800 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 🤖 💾 Amiga Dreamcast Atari Falcon
Atari800Win-PLus âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ See Atari800 above đŸ’ģ
Hemulator âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES, GBA, CHIP-8, and other systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Íris Emulator âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Atari 2600, Lynx, Jaguar đŸ’ģ
ImLunaHey emulators Unknown Unknown Unknown âœ”ī¸ ➖ GBA, GB, NES, SNES, Master System/Game Gear, Genesis, PC Engine, DS, PS1, N64, Xbox, Atari 2600, NGPC, WonderSwan, Virtual Boy, GameCube đŸ’ģ 🍎 🌐
Mesen (continuation of Mesen project) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ NES, SNES, Game Boy, and PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Sega Master System/Game Gear, WonderSwan đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
MesenCE âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, PC Engine, SMS/Game Gear, WonderSwan đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Masquerade Emulator Unknown Unknown Unknown âœ”ī¸ ➖ GBA, NES, CHIP-8 đŸ’ģ 🌐
missingno âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Atari 2600, SG-1000, ColecoVision 🐧
Obentou âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ NES, TMS9918/Z80 systems, Sega 8-bit, GBA, CHIP-8 đŸ’ģ
Emulicious ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Game Gear, and the MSX computer đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 Raspberry Pi
NO$GBA ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony PocketStation đŸ’ģ 💾
GBE+ âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Pokemon Mini đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Kega Fusion ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ Sega SG1000, SC3000, SF7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SVP, Pico, Sega CD/Mega CD and 32X đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Pantheon ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
Phoenix ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸ 3DO, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Atari Jaguar đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
PROTEUS Unknown Unknown Unknown âœ”ī¸ ❌ NES (in development) đŸ’ģ
RALibretro âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple systems via libretro cores đŸ’ģ
Clock Signal (CLK) âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems 🍎 🐧
DarcNES ➖ Source available, links down at the moment ❌ ❌ ➖ NES, ColecoVision, Sega Master System đŸ’ģ 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ 💾 Amiga BeOS
Xe emulator ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ GBA and other systems đŸ’ģ 🐧
Sandopolis âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Genesis, Sega CD, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 đŸ’ģ 🌐
Sly âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 📱 🌐
DSP emulator ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Meka âœ”ī¸ Custom/"BSD-like" âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 💾
ZEsarUX âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ [List of supported systems]((https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux) đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ Haiku OS Open Pandora PocketCHIP
EMU (page is in Russian) ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
Kindred ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
Z64K ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128K, Atari 2600 đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Retro Virtual Machine ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, SG-1000, and Sega Master System đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Common Source Code Project (page is in Japanese) âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ
vdmgr ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ Raspberry Pi
DICE âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Multiple discrete arcade games đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 đŸ‘ŋ
Hydra âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ Currently only N64? đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
MultiCott (unreleased along with all the cores except for Game Boy and Game Boy Advance) ➖ ➖ ➖ ❌ ❌ 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 âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ Atari ST/MegaST, IBM 5150 and IBM PC/XT 5160, classic Macintosh computers, and Regnecentralen RC759 Piccoline đŸ’ģ
Emma 02 Emulator ➖ Source available ❌ ❌ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
WinArcadia, AmiArcadia, and DroidArcadia âœ”ī¸ Source available ❌ ➖ ➖ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🤖 Amiga GBA
Delta Emulator âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems 📱
Provenance emulator âœ”ī¸ MIT/BSD license ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems 📱
ManicEmu âœ”ī¸ AGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems 📱
Folium âœ”ī¸ GNU GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ List of supported systems 📱
PockEmul ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ List of supported systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🤖 📱 🌐

Emulation platforms

Emulation operating systems for computers

Operating system FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Batocera âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Compatibility
Lakka âœ”ī¸ Multiple ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch
Recalbox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖

Emulation operating systems for single board computers (SBCs)

Operating system FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
RetroPie âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Supported systems
Lakka âœ”ī¸ Multiple ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch
Recalbox âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖
Blast16 âœ”ī¸ License ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch using the Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive cores
SNESES âœ”ī¸ License ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch using multiple SNES cores
Ludo âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch

Emulation frontends and launchers

Emulator FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators supported Platform
Arcadia âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖
Attract-Mode âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ➖ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Attract-Mode Plus âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
Boxer âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
ConsoleMini âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ 🍎
Emu4VitaPlus ➖ Source available ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Vita
Emu Loader ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
EmuCenter 2 ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ âœ”ī¸
EmulationStation Desktop Edition âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
EmulationStation âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Emuze âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧
EmuHub âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
EmulatorJS âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ 🌐
Emutastic âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
Firelight âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
FrontEnd Emulator Launcher (AKA FEEL) âœ”ī¸ LGPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
GameBase âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
GameEx ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸
GameHub âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
GamePlay Unknown Unknown Unknown âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
GameRoom ➖ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International ❌ ❌ ❌ ➖
Helios âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧
Heronite âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧
HyperSpin ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ âœ”ī¸
iGame âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Amiga
LaunchBox ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
LCL ❌ GPLv3 âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Lutris âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖
Maximum Arcade ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸
Metropolis Launcher âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ❌ âœ”ī¸
mGalaxy ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
minir âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Nostlan âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸
NeoStation âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
OpenEmux âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧 🤖
OpenRetro âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🤖 🌐
Pegasus âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
Phoenix ❌ Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Playnite âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
ProjectArcade âœ”ī¸ LGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ ➖
QuickPlay âœ”ī¸ BSD ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Rare (GUI for Legendary) âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ➖
raylib-libretro âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🌐
ReEmu âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧
RetriX âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
RetroBat âœ”ī¸ LGPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
RetroFE âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸
Retrom âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧
RetroQUEST âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🐧
SimpleLauncher âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ
skeletonKey ❌ Custom ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Terminal Launch ❌ Proprietary ❌ ❌ ➖ âœ”ī¸
Yamata Launcher âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧 🤖
ZeuX Unknown Unknown Unknown âœ”ī¸ ➖ âœ”ī¸ đŸ’ģ

Emulation frontends for mobile

Frontend FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Lemuroid âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch 🤖
Daijishou âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ RetroArch, other emulator apps 🤖
Dig ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Unknown, "supports 83 systems" 🤖
Limbo Emulator âœ”ī¸ GNU GPLv2 ❌ ➖ ➖ QEMU x86/x86_64, ARM/ARM64, PowerPC/PowerPC64 and SPARC 🤖

Game client frontends for mobile

Frontend FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Client frontend Platform
Pluvia âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Steam client 🤖

Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators

Script FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Marley âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ ❌ ➖ Mednafen, Dolphin, Mupen64Plus, PPSSPP, and PCSX2 🐧

Emulation services

Service FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Afterplay ❌ Proprietary âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ ❌ ❓ (Possibly RetroArch?) 🌐

Game collection managers

Manager FOSS License Paid Active Recommended Targeted systems Platform
Igir âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple
Clrmamepro ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Arcade systems
RomVault ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple
oxyROMon âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple
JRomManager âœ”ī¸ GPLv2 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Arcade systems
ROMSorter âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple
skeletonKey ❌ Custom ❌ âœ”ī¸ ➖ Multiple
Romcenter ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple
Romulus ROM Manager ❌ Proprietary ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple
ArcadeManager âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Arcade systems
Steam ROM Manager âœ”ī¸ GPLv3 ❌ âœ”ī¸ âœ”ī¸ Multiple systems
MAME Miner âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ ❌ ❌ Arcade systems
n01d-timemachine âœ”ī¸ MIT ❌ âœ”ī¸ ❌ Multiple systems đŸ’ģ 🍎 🐧

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  • The Emulation64 website - for keeping their sites up for so long!
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  • AssemblerGames archive - for many great resources
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  • All the incredible, hard working, and talented developers who work on all these emulators for free and in their spare time, thank you!
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