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Awesome Emulators

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 asks the question "is there a use case for this emulator besides for historical or archival reasons?" If the answer is yes, it only means there is a reason to use the emulator in current year. It doesn't necessarily mean you should use it to just play video games necessarily, it could be useful for debugging/development, it might have exclusive features, or it might be relevant for some other reason.

For more information about this project, how you can contribute, frequently asked questions, and more, please go to the end of this document.

Now onto the list! 😄

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Source Availability

Name Icon Meaning
Green book 📗 Open-source project
Orange book 📙 Partically open-Source or disputed
Red book 📕 Closed-source/proprietary

Platform Support

Name Icon Meaning
Computer 💻 Runs on Windows
Apple 🍎 Runs on macOS
Penguin 🐧 Runs on Linux
Imp 👿 Runs on BSD
Floppy Disk 💾 Runs on DOS
Globe 🌐 Runs on the web

Video game console emulators

Atari 2600

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A26 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💾
Gopher2600 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Atari 2600 💻 🐧
javatari 📗 AGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Atari 2600 🌐
javatari (older version) 📗 AGPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 🌐
NO$2K6 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 💾
PC Atari Emulator (PCAE) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💻 💾
pyTari 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Stella 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Stellarator 📗 3-clause BSD ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
VCS 2600 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💻
Virtual 2600 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💾
Virtual VCS 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 2600 💻

Atari 5200

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A5200DS 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Atari 5200
Jum52 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Atari 5200
kat5200 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers
Rainbow 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers
Virtual Super System (VSS) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 5200

Atari 7800

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A7800 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Atari 7800
A7800DS 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ❌ Atari 7800
BupSystem 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ❌ Atari 7800
EMU7800 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 7800
ProSystem 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Atari 7800
V7800 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 7800
Wii7800 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari 7800

Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BigPEmu 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD
Jaggy 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari Jaguar
Jagulator 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari Jaguar
Project Tempest 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari Jaguar
Virtual Jaguar 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD

Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Akiko 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore Amiga CD32

LaserDisc systems

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DAPHNE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ LaserDisc arcade software
Dirk Simple 📗 zlib license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Dragon's Lair LaserDisc arcade game
SINGE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ LaserDisc arcade software

Sony PlayStation 1

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AndriPSX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
Avocado 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation
Bleem! 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
ChonkyStation 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation
Connectix VGS (Virtual Game Station) 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
DuckStation 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation
ePSXe 📕 Proprietary No, Free Android version ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation
hpsx64 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2
Mango 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ➖ ❌ Sony PlayStation
NO$PSX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Sony PlayStation
PCSX 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PCSX-df 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PCSX-Reloaded 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PCSX-Reloaded (PGXP fork) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sony PlayStation
PCSX-Redux 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation
ProjectPSX 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PS Emu Pro 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PSXACT 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
pSX (AKA psxfin) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
PSXeven 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
Rustation 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
Rustation-NG (fork and continuation of Rustation) 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation
SSSPSX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation
Xebra 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation, Sony PocketStation (with PK201)

Sony PlayStation 2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AetherSX2 📙 Partially ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
DobieStation 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
Emotional 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
hpsx64 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
NeutrinoSX2 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
orbum 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
PCSX2 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2
Play! 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2
PS2emu 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 2
PurpleSX2 📙 Partially ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2

Sony PlayStation 3

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Nucleus 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 3
PS3F 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 3
RPCS3 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 3
Short Waves 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 3

Sony PlayStation 4

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
fpPS4 and a GUI 📗 LGPLv2.1 (GUI is GNU GPLv2) ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation 4
GPCS4 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ➖ ❌ Sony PlayStation 4
Kyty 📗 MIT license ✔️ ➖ ➖ Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5
Obliteration 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sony PlayStation 4
Orbital 📗 MIT license ✔️ ➖ ❌ Sony PlayStation 4
PS4Delta 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 4
RPCSX 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation 4
shadPS4 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation 4
Spine 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation 4

Sony PlayStation 5

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Kyty 📗 MIT license ✔️ ➖ ❌ Sony PlayStation 5

Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3dSen | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | ANESE | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | FCEUX | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | FakeNES | 📗 | zlib license | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | HDNes | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | iNES | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Jnes | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | KindNES | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | MacFCEU | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | MetalNES | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ➖ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Mesen (deprecated in favor of Mesen) | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Mesen-X (deprecated in favor of Mesen) | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Nestopia | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Nestopia Undead Edition | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | nemulator | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System | | | NESticle | 📕 | Proprietary, source available, source code leaked | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Nintendulator | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | NO$NES | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Pinky | 📗 | Apache 2.0 and MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | Potatis | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | puNES | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | QuickNES | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | RockNES | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | SimpleNES | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | VirtuaNES | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | VisualNes | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | | | ZeNES | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom | |

Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | bsnes | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | bsnes+ | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | bsnes-classic | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | bsnes-hd | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | bsnes-mt | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | CATSFC | 📗 | GNU GPLv2+ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | lsnes | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | Mesen-S (deprecated in favor of Mesen) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | Mesen-SX (deprecated in favor of Mesen) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | NO$SNS | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | 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 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | SNES9x | ➖ | Custom license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | SNEeSe | ➖ | Artistic License 2.0 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | SNESGT | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | | | ZSNES - A historic emulator, and it is undergoing a huge rewrite for a new release eventually™ | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom | |

Nintendo 64

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| | 1964 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | 1964.js | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | 1964-GEPD | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Apollo | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Apollo64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Blade64 | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | CEN64 | 📗 | 3-clause BSD license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Cor64 | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Corn | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Cube64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Daedalus | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | DaedalusX64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Daedalus-lkb | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | dgb-n64 | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | DotN64 | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Dream64 | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Drop64 | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Fake64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | gopher64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Jario64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Kaizen (previously Gadolinium) | 📗 | 3-clause BSD license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Larper64 (website is down and the developer was anonymous, so only a backup Google Drive link exists) | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Mupen64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Mupen64Plus | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | 'N64-Emulator' | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | N64VM | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | n64-emu | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | n64.js | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Nemu64 | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | NICE64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | NIN64 | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | NINCEST 64 | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Not64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | NSFE | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Pagan | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Parallel Launcher (GUI for both RetroArch N64 cores) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3+ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | PC64 | 📙 | "Under the laws of GNU" | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Project64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Project64 Legacy | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Project Unreality | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | r64emu | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | RealityEmu | 📗 | UNLICENSE | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | rokuyon | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Rosalie's Mupen GUI | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | Ryu64 | 📗 | UNLICENSE | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Shibumi | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Simple64 (formerly m64p) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 64 | | | SixtyForce | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Sunset | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | SupraHLE (fork of UltraHLE) | ❌ | Modified version of leaked UltraHLE source, proprietary | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | Surreal64 CE | 📙 | Uses leaked Project64 1.6 sources, Mupen64, and 1964, as well as using leaked Xbox SDK (possibly) | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | TR64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | TRWin | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | TrueReality | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Ultra 64 | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | UltraHLE | 📙 | Source leaked, proprietary | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | UltraHLE 2064 | 📙 | Modified version of UltraHLE leaked source, proprietary | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | UltraHLP | 📕 | Patcher for UltraHLE binary, proprietary | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 64 | | | Wii64 | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | | | Wii64-PS3 | 📙 | Should be GNU GPLv3, but no license present in the repository | ❌ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo 64 | |

Nintendo GameCube

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Dolwin 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo GameCube
GCEmu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo GameCube
Gcube 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo GameCube
Ishiiruka-Dolphin 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Pureikyubu 📗 CC0 1.0 Universal ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Nintendo GameCube
SuperGCube 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo GameCube
WhineCube 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo Wii

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Ishiiruka-Dolphin 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii U

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cemu 📗 MPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Wii U
Decaf 📗 GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Wii U
Kinnay 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Wii U

Nintendo Switch

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CageTheUnicorn 📗 ISC license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Switch
Mephisto 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Switch
NSEmu 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Switch
Ryujinx 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch
Skyline 📗 MPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Switch
Strato 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Nintendo Switch
Yuzu 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch

Sega Master System

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreezeSMS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sega Master System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, ColecoVision
SMSPLUS 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Ages 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
BlastEm 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
DGen 📗 BSD license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
Exodus 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
Genesis-Plus-GX 📗 Custom, source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000
Gens 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
Gens Plus! 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
Gens+ REWiND 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X
Kega Fusion 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000
HazeMD 📗 MAME license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive
RetroDrive 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega 32X
TrueLMAO 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Sega Genesis/Megadrive

Sega Saturn

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A-SATURN 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Cassini (patched version of GiriGiri) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
GiriGiri 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Hyperion 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Kronos 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn
Nova 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Sega Saturn
PC-SATURN 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Project Titan 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Sat'On'Em 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Satan (not technically an emulator) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Satourne 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Saturnin 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
SSE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
SSEmu 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
SSF 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
UltraSat (technically doesn't emulate anything) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Saturn
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (formerly uoYabause) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn
Yabause 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Sega Saturn

Sega Dreamcast

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
castingDreams 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Chankast 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
DEmul 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
dreamcast 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
DreamEMU 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Dreamer 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
DreamOxide 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Flycast Dojo 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast
Flycast 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast
Icarus (never publicly released as far as I know, if anybody has links or downloads, please let me know!) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Katana (unrelated to the above project) 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Katana 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
lxdream 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
lxdream-nitro 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sega Dreamcast
Makaron - Download here 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
nullDC 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
ReDream 📕 Proprietary ❌ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast
Reicast 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
Swirly 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast
washDC (formerly WashingtonDC) 📗 GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sega Dreamcast

Sega Dreamcast VMU

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DirectVMS 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU
DreamVMU 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU
ElysianVMU 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast VMU
SoftVMS 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sega Dreamcast VMU

Microsoft Xbox

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cxbx 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox
Cxbx-Reloaded 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox
Dxbx 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox
OpenXBOX 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox
StrikeBox 📗 2-clause BSD license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox
XQEMU 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Microsoft Xbox
Xemu 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox
Xeon 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox
Xenoborg - Source here 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft Xbox 360

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cs360emu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Microsoft Xbox 360
Xenia 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox One

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently ❌ emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Microsoft Xbox Series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently ❌ emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ePCEngine 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
Hu-Go! 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
MagicEngine 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
Neco (only the archived official web page has downloads and info) 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
Ootake 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
pcejin 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx
Turbo Engine 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx

SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gekko 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ SNK Neo Geo AES
GnGeo 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ SNK Neo Geo AES
Kawaks 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES, CPS-2
Neo-RAGEx 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES
NeoDanji 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES
NEOGem 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo AES
'NeoGeo CD Emulator' 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Neo Geo CD
NeoCD 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo CD
NeoCD/SDL 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo CD
NeoRAINE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD
RAINE 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD

Pong consoles

| Simulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Simulated systems | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|-----------------------| | Pong Consoles Simulation | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Various pong consoles | |

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
O2EM 📗 Artistic license ❌ ❌ ➖ Odyssey 2/Videopac+

Philips CD-i

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CD-iCE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Philips CD-i
CD-i Emulator 📕 Proprietary ❌ ➖ ✔️ Philips CD-i
CeDImu 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Philips CD-i
Same CDi 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Philips CD-i
TinyCDi 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Philips CD-i

Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3d'oh 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Panasonic 3DO
4DO 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Panasonic 3DO
FreeDO 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Panasonic 3DO

Panasonic 3DO M2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently ❌ emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gemei A330

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gemei A330 libretro core 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Gemei A330

Apple/Bandai Pippin

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommendation | Emulated systems | Platform | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| | SheepShaver | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Apple/Bandai Pippin | | | SheepShaver (community maintained fork) | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Apple/Bandai Pippin | |

Mattel Intellivision

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------| | Bliss | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | Bliss32 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | BlissX | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | BlissJ Web | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | BlissJ Java | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | BlissJX | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | gtk-jzintv | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | IntvDOS | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Mattel Intellivision | | | IntvWin | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | jzIntv | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | jzintvGUI | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | jzIntvImGui | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | FreeIntv | 📗 | GNU GPLv2+ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Mattel Intellivision | | | Nostalgia | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Mattel Intellivision | | | NINTV | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | | | Xanadu | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mattel Intellivision | |

Coleco ColecoVision

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Bee 📗 GNU LGPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Coleco ColecoVision
ColEm 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Coleco ColecoVision
CoolCV 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision
CULT 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Coleco ColecoVision
Mugrat 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Coleco ColecoVision
Virtual ColecoVision (AKA Colem97) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Coleco ColecoVision
ColecoDS 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision

Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cheap8 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Chip-8
Chip 8 Emulator 📗 GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip-3DS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip8 Emulator (PS4) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ (no longer available) ❌ Chip-8
Chip8 Emulator (PSP) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip-8 Emulator 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip-8 Emulator 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip8 To SMD 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
Chip8.js 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
CHIP-8 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
Chip8 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
chip8 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
chip8-3do 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
CHIP-8-Emulator 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU (original) 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
chip8me 📙 Unknown source code (link broken) ✔️ ❌ ❌ Chip-8
Chip8-NX 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
chip-8-raku 📗 Artistic 2.0 license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Chip-8
chip8swemu 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Chip-8
CHIP-8z 📗 AGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Chip-8
Chipfinity 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
Chip-n64 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
Chippy 📙 Proprietary, fork of a fork but no source that I can find ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
DrChip8 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
DreamChip (PSP Chip8 emulator) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
GB-8 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator 📕 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (not a source code license) ✔️ ❌ ❌ Chip-8
OCTACHIP 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Chip-8
PsChip8 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8
PSPChip8 📙 Possible GPL? ✔️ ❌ ➖ Chip-8
R8 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Chip-8
Super-Chip8X 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Chip-8

COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800

Handheld game console emulators

Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommendation | Emulated systems | Platform | |-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | BGB | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy | | | Boycott | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | Gambatte | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | Game-Boy-DOS | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy | | | GameRoy | 📗 | Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy | | | GBCC | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | GoBC | 📙 | Source available, license is blank | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy | | | Gearboy | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | hdmg | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | hhugboy | 📗 | GNU GPLv2+ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | Hu-Boy | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | Nintendo Game Boy | | | KiGB | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy | | | MetroBoy | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy | | | NO$GMB | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy | | | PyBoy | 📗 | GNU LGPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | SameBoy | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy | | | TGB Dual | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | TGB Dual-L | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | | | VGB (AKA Virtual Game Boy) | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, and Nintendo Super Game Boy | | | Wzonka-Lad | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Nintendo Game Boy | |

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 Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BoycottAdvance 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Game Boy Advance
GiiBiiAdvance 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
❗ Mac Boy Advance 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
mGBA 📗 MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
NanoBoyAdvance 📗 GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
SkyEmu 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
❗ VBALink 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
VBA-M 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
❗ VBA-rr 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
VGBA (AKA Virtual Game Boy Advance) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy Advance
❗ Visual Boy Advance 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Nintendo Game And Watch simulators

| Simulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Simulated systems | Platform | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------| | Handheld Quake simulations | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Various handheld systems | | | lcdgames simulations | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Various handheld systems | | | Madrigal simulations | 📙 | Some source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Various handheld systems | | | Pica Pic simulations (requires Adobe Flash emulator) | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Various handheld systems | | | RetroFab simulations | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Various handhelds and tabletop systems | |

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Planet Virtual Boy emulator (AKA PVBEmu) 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Virtual Boy
r3Ddragon 📗 MIT license with custom license exceptions ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Reality Boy (formerly VBEmu98) 📗 Custom ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Red Dragon 📗 Custom ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Red Dragon (PSP) 📗 Custom ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Rustual Boy 📗 Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy
SoftVUE (not released?) AKA VUE32 📙 ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
VBjin 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy
VBjin-ovr 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy
ViBE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
VirtualBoyGo 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy
VirtualBoyX 📙 Supposedly based on another emulator, but I can't confirm ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Virtual-E 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo Virtual Boy
Virtual Utopia (not released?) 📙 ➖ ➖ ➖ ➖ Nintendo Virtual boy
Wiirtual Boy 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy
XVBoy 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo Virtual Boy

Pokemon Mini

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
minimon 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini
PokeKaMini 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini
PokeMini 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini
PokemonMiniX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Pokemon Mini

Nintendo DS

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CorgiDS 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo DS
DeeS 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
DeSmuME 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS
DeSmuME-X432R 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS
DesmumeX 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo DS
DeSmuME-PSP 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo DS
dasShiny 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Nintendo DS
DraStic 📕 Proprietary ❌ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS
DSemu 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
DSemu-ng (no known links to downloads or websites) 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
Dualis 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
Dust 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Nintendo DS
DuoS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
iDeaS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
medusa 📗 MPL 2.0 ✔️ ➖ ❌ Nintendo DS
melonDS 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS
ndsemu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
NeonDS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nintendo DS
NooDS 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Nintendo DS
NooDS-Launcher 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ➖ ➖ Nintendo DS

Nintendo 3DS

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| | 3dmoo | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 3DS | | | Citra | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Nintendo 3DS | | | Corgi3DS | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 3DS | | | LemonLime | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 3DS | | | Mikage (not yet released) | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | Nintendo 3DS | | | Panda3DS | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Nintendo 3DS | | | TronDS | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Nintendo 3DS | |

Game Park GP32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
GeePee32 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Game Park GP32

Atari Lynx

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Felix 📗 MIT license ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Atari Lynx
Handy 📗 zlib license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Atari Lynx

Sega Game Gear

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gearsystem 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Othello Multivision
MasterGear 📕 Proprietary, developer says you can contact him for source No, Android version is Paid ✔️ ✔️ Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Sega SC-3000, Sega SF-7000

Sony PlayStation Portable

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cspspemu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
JPCSP 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sony PlayStation Portable
JPCSP2C 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
jspspemu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
mfzpsp 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
PCSP 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
Potemkin 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
PPSSPP 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable
PSPE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
pspemu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
pspplayer 📗 GNU LGPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable
Sam 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Portable

Sony PocketStation

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PK201 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sony PocketStation
PKEmu 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sony PocketStation
pockystation 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sony PocketStation

Sony PlayStation Vita

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Vita3K 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation Vita
vitaemu 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sony PlayStation Vita

Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cygne 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
MiracleMage 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
NitroSwan 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
NewOswan 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
Oswan 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
Oswan (community fork with some changes) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
StoicGoose 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
WonderScott 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color
WSCamp 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color

SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeNeoPocott (NeoPocott ported to BeOS) 📙 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
Koyote 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
NeoPop-SDL 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
NeoPop 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
NeoGPC 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
NeoPocott 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
NGPocket 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color

Watara SuperVision

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Potator (legacy) 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Watara SuperVision
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 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Watara SuperVision
Wataroo 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Watara SuperVision

Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc.

Apple iOS/iPod

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Clicky 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple iPod
qemu-ipod-nano 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple iOS
qemu-ios 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple iOS
touchHLE 📗 MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple iOS
unidbg 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple iOS
xnu-qemu-arm64 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple iOS

Google Android

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anbox 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Google Android
Android SDK (includes an emulator) 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
Android x86 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
BlueStacks 📕 Proprietary ❌ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
GameLoop 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
Google Play Games 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
NoxPlayer 📕 Proprietary ❌ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
Plarium Play 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
Waydroid 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android
Windows Subsystem for Android 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Google Android

N-Gage

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EKLA21 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Symbian OS/N-Gage
Engemu 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Symbian OS/N-Gage
NGEmu 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ❌ ❌ N-Gage

BREW

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Melange 📙 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ BREW

Mophun

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
MoRePhun 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Mophun

Java

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreeJ2ME 📗 GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ J2ME
J2ME-Loader 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ J2ME
Jademula 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ J2ME
JL-Mod (fork of J2ME-Loader) 📗 Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ J2ME
KEmulator 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ J2ME
KEmulator-nnmod 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ J2ME
ME4SE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ J2ME
Micro Emulator 📙 3 licenses are mentioned in the license file (LGPL 2.1, Apache 2.0, and MPL 2.0) ✔️ ❌ ❌ J2ME
Micro Emulator (community fork) 📙 LGPL 2.1 and Apache 2.0? ✔️ ❌ ➖ J2ME
Midp-Emulator 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ J2ME
SquirrelJME 📗 MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ J2ME

Palm devices

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CloudpilotEmu 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Multiple devices
Mu 📙 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License ✔️ ❌ ➖ Palm OS

Computer emulators

Acorn Atom computers

Acorn BBC Micro computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeebEm 📙 Custom ✔️ ❌ ➖ Acorn BBC Micro
BeebEm (community fork) 📙 Custom ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Acorn BBC Micro
b-em 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Acorn BBC Micro
b2 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ➖ ➖ Acorn BBC Micro
model-b 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Acorn BBC Micro

Acorn Electron computers

Acorn Archimedes computers

Amstrad CPC computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CaPriCe Forever 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Amstrad CPC
NO$CPC 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Amstrad CPC
WinAPE 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Amstrad CPC

DOS emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DOSBox 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ DOS
DOSBox Enhanced Community Edition 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ DOS
DOSBox-Pure 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS
DOSBox-Staging 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS
DOSBox-Turbo 📙 It should have source available due to being based on DOSBox, but I can't find it ❌ ➖ ❌ DOS
DOSBox-X 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS

x86 emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
86Box 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Bochs 📗 LGPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Box86 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Box64 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Box64Droid 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Fake86 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ x86
FEX-Emu 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Firn 📗 Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 or MIT license ✔️ ❌ ❌ x86
MartyPC 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
PC.js 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
PCBox 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
PCem 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ x86
PCx86 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
PDP-8/E 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ x86
Programma/Program 101 📙 ➖ ✔️ ➖ ➖ x86
QEMU 📗 LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, more
UniPCEmu (formerly x86EMU) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
VARCem 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
VirtualXT 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86
Winlator Yes, partially Source available/MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ x86
XTulator 📙 Might be GNU GPLv2 since it is a rewrite of Fake86, but no license supplied ✔️ ❌ ➖ x86

System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Hercules 📗 Q public license ✔️ ➖ ➖ System/370, ESA/390 architectures, 64-bit z/Architecture
z390 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ z390 Portable Mainframe

Apple computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Agat 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple computers and the Agat
Apple II Oasis 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
Apple2000e (Apple II/IIe emulator for Amiga) 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
ApplePC 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
Appler 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
AppleWin 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers
Basilisk II 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ Apple computers
Basilisk II (community fork with updates) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers
Dapple 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
Dapple II 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
dingusppc 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple computers
Emmac 📙 No license supplied, all documentation is in another language ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
Executor 📕 Proprietary ❌ (was discontinued and the dev released "free keys") ❌ ❌ Apple computers
Fusion 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
IDLE 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
KEGS 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
KEGS32 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
LisaEm 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Apple computers
LisaEm (fork with some small additions) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers
macintosh.js 📙 Source available, repo says "for educational use" ✔️ ➖ ➖ Apple computers
microm8 and a GUI 📕 Proprietary (GUI is source available) ✔️ ➖ ➖ Apple computers
Mini vMac 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers
PCE/macplus 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
PearPC 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Apple computers
REINETTE II PLUS DOT PY 📗 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple computers
SheepShaver 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Apple computers
SheepShaver (community fork with updates) 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers
SoftMac XP 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
POM1 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Apple computers
Virtu 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Apple computers
vMac 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers
WORM 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Apple computers

NeXT computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Previous 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NeXT computers

Oberon RISC machine

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Oberon RISC Emulator 📗 MIT license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Oberon RISC machine

SIMH simulators

| Simulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommendation | Simulated systems | Platform | |----------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------| | Open SIMH simulators | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | SIMH computers | |

Coleco computers

Commodore computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CCS64 📕 Proprietary ❌ (not anymore?) ❌ ➖ Commodore 64
Come Back 64 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
Dream64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
Emu64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
Free64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
Frodo 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
Hyper64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64
JSwing C64 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
micro64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64
NO$C64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Commodore 64
PC64 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Commodore 64
VB64 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64
VICE 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore PET, Commodore VIC20, Commodore PLUS4, Commodore CBM, Commodore 64, Commodore 64DTV, Commodore 128
Win64 📕 Proprietary ❌ ❌ ❌ Commodore 64

Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FS-UAE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32
UAE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Commodore Amiga
vAmiga 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32
WinFellow 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga
WinUAE 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32

Atari 400/800 and ST computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ARAnyM 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Atari computers
Atari800 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers
Castaway 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari computers
FAST 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ Atari computers
Gemulator 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Atari computers
Hatari 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers
HatariWii 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Atari computers
pce 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers
pce-js 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Atari computers
SainT 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Atari computers
Steem 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Atari computers
Steem SSE 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers

Sinclair ZX81 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EightyOne 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX81

Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Speccy 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX Spectrum
ZXPoly 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX Spectrum

NEC 6000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PC6001VX 📗 LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC 6000 computers
PC6001V 📗 LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC 6000 computers
PC6001VW 📙 I couldn't find the source, but should be LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ NEC 6000 computers

NEC 8800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free 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
Excite88 (website is down) 📙 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
M88 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ NEC 8800 computers
M88 for OS/2 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ NEC 8800 computers
P88SR (website is down) 📙 ➖ ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
pc8801ma 📙 ➖ ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
PC88EM 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
PC88WIN 📙 ➖ ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
QUASI88 📗 "Modified BSD license" ✔️ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
W88 📙 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
XM8 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers
X88000 📙 Referred to as "Public Domain Software (PDS)" ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 8800 computers

NEC 9800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anex86 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
J98 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
Neko Project II 📙 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
NP2kai 📗 MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
Neko Project 21/W 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
SL9821 📗 Source available ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers
Xnp2 📙 Source available ✔️ ➖ ➖ NEC 9800 computers

MSX computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
blueMSX 📗 Dual-licensed under the zlib/libpng license and the GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ MSX computers, ColecoVision, SV-318/SV-328, Sega SG1000
BrMSX 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ MSX computers
CJS MSX Emulator 📕 Proprietary ❌ (mentions shareware and registering in the README) ❌ ❌ MSX computers
fMSX 📙 Source available, Custom license ✔️ ❌ ✔️ MSX computers
meisei 📙 Source available, Custom license ✔️ ❌ ➖ MSX computers
MSKISS 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ MSX computers
MSX Emulator for Atari ST 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ MSX computers
MSXPLAYer 📙 Proprietary, should be source available? ➖ ❌ ❌ MSX computers
NLMSX 📙 Sound emulation is source available, otherwise proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ MSX computers
NO$MSX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ MSX computers
openMSX 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers
ParaMSX 📙 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ MSX computers
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
RuMSX 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ MSX computers
Virtual MSX 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ MSX computers
WOOM! 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ MSX computers
Zodiac 📗 BSD license/GNU GPLv2 license ✔️ ❌ ❌ MSX computers

Sharp X1 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
eX1 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Sharp X1

Sharp X68000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EX68 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000
px68k 📙 Source available? ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000
Win68k 📙 Source available? ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000
Win68k patched in English with some performance tweaks 📕 Proprietary, No patches provided ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000
XM6 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sharp X68000
XM6 Pro 68K 📙 Source available ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Sharp X68000
XM6 TypeG 📙 Proprietary, No source found ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000
XM6i 📕 Proprietary, No source found ✔️ ❌ ❌ Sharp X68000
XEiJ 📙 Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and LGPLv3? ✔️ ➖ ➖ Sharp X68000

Virtualization solutions

| Virtualizer | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Virtualized systems | Platform | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------| | VirtualBox | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | x86 and AMD64/Intel64 | | | Hyper-V | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | x86 and AMD64/Intel64 | | | VMWare | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | x86 and AMD64/Intel64 | |

Interpreters

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Supported games | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DreamMM | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Supported games | | | ResidualVM | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Supported games | | | ScummVM | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Supported games | |

Calculator emulators

Texas Instruments

TI-81 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Mac-81 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ TI-81
PC-81 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ TI-81

TI-83 / TI-84 series

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

TI-85 and TI-86 series

Emulator FOSS License Free 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 Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
TiEmu 📗 GNU 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 Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu-92 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ TI-92
MacTiger 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ❌ TI-92
Tiger 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ TI-92

Misc TI calculator emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free 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 Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Firebird 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ TI-Nspire
kArmTI 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ TI-Nspire
nspire_emu 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ TI-Nspire

Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ HP48
Emu28 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ HP18C and HP28C
Alucin 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ HP 48SX/GX
NeXTStep EM48 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ 48SX
saturn 📗 GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ❌ ➖ HP 48GX, HP 49, and HP 40
Droid48 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HP 48
Power48 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ➖ HP 48sx, 48gx, and 49g
PSPX48 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ HP48

Hewlett Packard Prime calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free 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 ❌ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (free for Android) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (paid for Android) 📕 Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ HP Prime calculators

Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu28 📗 Source available ✔️ ➖ ✔️ HP18C and HP28C
Free42 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ➖ ✔️ HP-42S
HP SmartCalc 300s Emulator 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ HP 300s
WP-34s emulator 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HP-20b and HP-30b
HP 12C emulator (official) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ HP 12c
HP 12C emulator (not official) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ HP 12c
awp34s 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ WP-34S
WP34S-4NS 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ WP-34S

Other HP calculator resources

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 📙 Source available ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Multiple HP calculators

Casio calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PB-1000 Emulator 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ PB-1000
PB-2000C Emulator 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ PB-2000
FX-8000G Emulator 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ FX-8000G
FX-7500G Emulator 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖
ClassPad emulators 📕 Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Unknown Casio calculators
Official emulators for most Casio calculators 📕 Proprietary ❌ ➖ ➖ Casio calculators

Sharp calculators

| Simulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|-----------------------| | Official Sharp simulators | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | EL series calculators | |

Elektronika calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free 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) 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ MK-85
MK-87 Emulator (no links working currently) 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ MK-87
eMKatic 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ➖ B3-34, MK-52, MK-61
MK 61/54 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Electronika MK-61 and MK-54

Other miscellaneous emulators and projects:

Adobe Flash emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Ruffle 📗 Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Adobe Flash
Gnash 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ❌ ➖ Adobe Flash
Lightspark 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Adobe Flash

Game engine emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EasyRPG 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RPG Maker
JoiPlay 📙 No central repo, seems to just be a combination of other projects? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RPG Maker, Ren'Py, HTML5
MKXP 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Ruby Game Scripting System

Nuon emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Nuance 📗 3-clause BSD ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Nuon
NuanceResurrection 📗 3-clause BSD ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nuon
NuonEm (No download link currently) 📙 No license/source available at the moment ✔️ ❌ ❌ Nuon

Steam emulators (emulate Steamworks or Steam functionality so you can play offline or via LAN)

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 meant for enabling piracy or otherwise illegal means.

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Goldberg Steam Emulator 📗 GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Steam
SmartSteamEmu (SSE) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ✔️ Steam
SmartSteamEmu (decompiled and modified version of SSE) 📕 Source available ✔️ ❌ ➖ Steam
SmartSteamEmu Reborn Client 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Steam
Anadius 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Origin/EA
Uplay-r1-loader 📙 Source available ✔️ ❌ ✔️ Ubisoft/Uplay

Arcade machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Final Burn 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha (AKA FB Alpha or FBA) 📗 Source available ✔️ ❌ ❌ Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha Neo 📗 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple arcade systems
GnGeo 📗 GNU GPLv2 with an exception ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES
Kawaks
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) 📗 GNU GPLv2 and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Many systems
NeoRAGEx 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES
TeknoParrot 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ➖ Various arcade systems
Model 2 emulator 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Sega Model 2
Supermodel 📗 GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Model 3
ZiNc 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ ZN1, ZN2, and System 11 arcade hardware
Calice 📙 Video plugin is open-source ✔️ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 hardware
CPS3 Emulator 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS3 hardware
Viva Nonno 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Namco system 22
Callus 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95 (patch) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Nebula 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ❌ ➖ Neo Geo AES, CPS1/2, Konami, PolyGameMaster arcade hardware
Mjolnir 📙 Possibly MIT or MAME license? ✔️ ❌ ➖ Namco System 21, System 22, and Super System 22 hardware

Pinball machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PinMAME 📗 MAME license and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Check README
Visual Pinball 📗 MAME license and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Everything PinMAME supports
Future Pinball (direct link to latest installer) 📕 Proprietary ✔️ ➖ ➖ Various pinball machines

Multi-system emulators

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulated systems | Platform | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ares | 📗 | ISC license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Emulated systems | | | byuu | 📗 | ISC license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Prototype of ares | | | higan | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Emulated systems | | | RetroArch | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of cores | | | OpenEmu | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | BizHawk | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of cores | | | Mednafen | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | Altirra | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | Atari++ | 📗 | THOR Public License | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | Atari800 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | Atari800Win-PLus | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | See Atari800 above | | | Mesen (continuation of Mesen project) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | NES, SNES, Game Boy, and PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 | | | Emulicious | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Game Gear, and the MSX computer | | | NO$GBA | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony PocketStation | | | GBE+ | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Pokemon Mini | | | Kega Fusion | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Sega SG1000, SC3000, SF7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SVP, Pico, Sega CD/Mega CD and 32X | | | Pantheon | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | Phoenix | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | 3DO, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Atari Jaguar | | | Clock Signal (CLK) | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | JGEmu | 📗 | 3-clause BSD license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | DarcNES | 📙 | Source available, links down at the moment | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | NES, ColecoVision, Sega Master System | | | Xe emulator | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | DSP emulator | 📙 | Source available | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | Meka | 📗 | Custom/"BSD-like" | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | List of supported systems | | | ZEsarUX | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | [List of supported systems]((https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux) | | | EMU (page is in Russian) | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | Kindred | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | Z64K | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128K, Atari 2600 | | | Retro Virtual Machine | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, SG-1000, and Sega Master System | | | Common Source Code Project (page is in Japanese) | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | vdmgr | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | List of supported systems | | | DICE | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Multiple discrete arcade games | | | Hydra | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Currently only N64? | | | 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 | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Atari ST/MegaST, IBM 5150 and IBM PC/XT 5160, classic Macintosh computers, and Regnecentralen RC759 Piccoline | |

Emulation operating systems for computers

| Operating system | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulators used | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------| | Batocera | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Compatibility | | | Lakka | 📗 | Multiple | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch | | | Recalbox | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | |

Emulation operating systems for single board computers

| Operating system | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulators used | Platform | |--------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | RetroPie | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Supported systems | | | Lakka | 📗 | Multiple | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch | | | Recalbox | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | | | Blast16 | 📗 | License | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch using the Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive cores | | | SNESES | 📗 | License | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch using multiple SNES cores | | | Ludo | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch | |

Emulation frontends and launchers for Windows/Linux

| Emulator | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulators supported | Platform | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| | LaunchBox | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | Playnite | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | RetroBat | 📗 | LGPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | HyperSpin | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Attract-Mode | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | QuickPlay | 📗 | BSD license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | EmulationStation | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | EmulationStation Desktop Edition | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | RetroFE | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | Lutris | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | | | Nostlan | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | skeletonKey | 📕 | Custom | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Pegasus | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | GameHub | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | GameEx | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | mGalaxy | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | | | Emu Loader | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Terminal Launch | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Metropolis Launcher | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | | | FrontEnd Emulator Launcher (AKA FEEL) | 📗 | GNU LGPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Maximum Arcade | 📕 | Proprietary | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | | | EmuCenter 2 | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | RetriX | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | minir | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Phoenix | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ➖ | ➖ | ✔️ | | | Rare (GUI for Legendary) | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | | | Arcadia | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | | | Lutris | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | | | GameRoom | ➖ | Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ➖ | |

Emulation frontends for Android

| Frontend | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulators used | Platform | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------| | Lemuroid | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch | | | Daijishou | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | RetroArch, other emulator apps | | | Dig | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Unknown, "supports 83 systems" | |

Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators

| Script | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Emulators used | Platform | |---------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | Marley | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ❌ | ➖ | Mednafen, Dolphin, Mupen64plus, PPSSPP, and PCSX2 | |

Game collection managers

| Manager | FOSS | License | Free | Active | Recommended | Targeted systems | Platform | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| | Igir | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Multiple | | | Clrmamepro | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Arcade systems | | | RomVault | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple | | | oxyROMon | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple | | | JRomManager | 📗 | GNU GPLv2 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Arcade systems | | | ROMSorter | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple | | | skeletonKey | 📕 | Custom | ✔️ | ✔️ | ➖ | Multiple | | | Romcenter | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple | | | Romulus ROM Manager | 📕 | Proprietary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple | | | ArcadeManager | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Arcade systems | | | Steam ROM Manager | 📗 | GNU GPLv3 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Multiple systems | | | MAME Miner | 📗 | MIT license | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Arcade systems | |

👨‍💻 Contributing

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.

💬 Support

Before attempting to get support, please first read through the entire FAQ.

For support, open an issue.

🙏 Special Thanks

  • 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! 😄

❓ FAQ

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. 😄

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