List of video game emulators

This is a selected list of video game system emulators. For information about emulating specific systems, including those not covered by the emulators in this list, see the respective article for each system.

Arcade

An arcade emulator is a program that emulates one or more arcade games on a different computer, such as a PC. The first known arcade emulation available publicly was the Williams Digital Arcade series from Digital Eclipse Software, released for the Macintosh in 1994. This series featured the Williams Electronics' arcade classics Joust,[1] Defender and Robotron: 2084. In 1995, it was repackaged and expanded upon as Williams Arcade Classics for the PC.[2] DASArcade (written by David Alan Spicer) was arguably the first PC-based multiple arcade game emulator. This was distinct from Digital Eclipse's release in that only one program was required to emulate more than one arcade game, rather than one program per game. The first version of DASArcade was released later in 1995 and emulated a few titles including Pac-Man and Frogger (two years before MAME which now dominates arcade emulation). DASArcade evolved into Sparcade which emulates over 70 games.[3]

A virtual arcade is an extension of an arcade game emulator. With some setup, the player can view all the ROMs supported by the virtual arcade as actual arcade machines. The most commonly used emulator and virtual arcade software is MAME and 3D Arcade. Most common Virtual Arcades can not play more than one ROM at a time which makes it near impossible to play a game that requires the player to run two ROMs at once. Most virtual arcades also allow you to add new games, or customize the arcade.

Arcade System Emulators
Name Current version Last release System Platform License Link
DEmul 0.582 WIP October 23, 2013 Dreamcast, Atomiswave, Naomi, Naomi 2, Hikaru, Model 3, Sega Saturn Windows Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color OS X BSD
Dolphin 4.0.2 November 30, 2013 GameCube, Triforce, Wii Windows, OS X, Linux, Android[4] GPL v2 GitHub
FB Alpha 0.2.97.35 March 7, 2015 Various arcade systems Cross-platform FB Alpha License - non-commercial usage clause
Kawaks[5] 1.63 January 14, 2013 CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS Windows Freeware
MAME 0.157 December 31, 2014 Various arcade systems Cross-platform MAME License - non-commercial usage clause
Nebula 2.25b February 18, 2007 CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, PGM, Windows Freeware
Raine 0.64.2 January 7, 2015 Various arcade systems, CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, Neo Geo AES Cross-platform Source available, redistribution without modifications.
Supermodel 3 0.2a September 24, 2011 Sega Model 3 Windows, OS X GPL
Arcadeflex 0.36.1 March 20, 2014 Various Arcade systems Java, Cross-platform Freeware, Open Source ,GitHub

Atari

Atari 2600

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link

Ataroid 1.0.4 2011 Android ? Unknown
EMU7800[6] 1.7 June 1, 2014 Also for Atari 7800 Windows GPL SourceForge
javatari 3.30 March 11, 2013 Java based, multiplatform GPL
PC Atari Emulator 2.6 March 16, 2002 Windows, DOS GPL
Stella 4.6.1 April 22, 2015 AmigaOS, Windows, Mac OS, Linux, MorphOS, Windows Mobile, Dreamcast, GP2X, Nintendo DS, Wii GPLv2 SourceForge
z26[7] 3.02.01 June 13, 2011 DOS, Windows, Mac OS, Linux GPLv2

Atari 5200

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Atari800[8] 3.1.0 August 4, 2014 Various Atari 8-bit computers Cross-platform GPL SourceForge
Altirra 2.60 March 21, 2015 Various Atari 8-bit computers Windows GPL
Atari++ 1.73 February 24, 2014 Various Atari 8-bit computers Cross-platform GPL
Jum52 1.1 March 2, 2010 Cross-platform Freeware
kat5200 0.6.2 June 28, 2009 Various Atari 8-bit computers Windows GPL
Rainbow 2.2 August 25, 2012 Various Atari 8-bit computers Windows, Mac OS, OS X Freeware

Atari 7800

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
EMU7800[6] 1.7 June 1, 2014 Also for Atari 2600 Windows GPL SourceForge
ProSystem Emulator[6] 1.3 May 12, 2008 Windows GPLv2

Atari Lynx

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Handy 0.95 February 20, 2007 Windows, Mac OS, Linux zlib License SourceForge
aLynx 1.032 May 31, 2012 Android MIT License

Atari Jaguar

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Jagulator 2.0.2[9] June 24, 2011 Windows Freeware
Project Tempest 0.95 February 12, 2004 Windows Freeware
Virtual Jaguar 2.1.1 October 8, 2014 Linux, OS X, Windows GPL

Nintendo

See also: Virtual Console

Home consoles

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
EmiNES 1.0.0.6 September 3, 2013 Windows Phone 8, Symbian Commercial
vNESLight 1.2 November 1, 2012 Windows Phone 7 Commercial N/A
FakeNES[10] 0.5.9 beta3 July 20, 2008 Windows, OS X, Linux, DOS zlib SourceForge
FCE Ultra GX 3.3.4 January 12, 2013 GameCube, Wii GPL v2
FCEUX 2.2.2 September 23, 2013 Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris GPL v2 SourceForge
iNES[11] 1.4 January 1, 2011 iOS ?
higan 094 January 20, 2014 Formerly known as bsnes

Multi-system emulator; also for SNES (Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo), Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD GPL v3
IMBNes[12] 2.14 May 31, 2011 PlayStation GPL v2 Unknown
Jnes 1.1.1 June 22, 2013 Windows Proprietary
Mednafen 0.9.38.4 April 14, 2015 Multi-system emulator; also for SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Other systems including: Atari Lynx, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, TurboGrafx-16 (TurboGrafx-CD), SuperGrafx, PC-FX

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
nemulator[13] 3.4 July 21, 2014 Windows Proprietary
Nesoid 2.5 November 29, 2012 Android GPL v3 SourceForge
NESten[14] 0.61 beta1 February 11, 2001 Windows Proprietary
Nester beta4a February 15, 2009 Windows GPL v2 SourceForge
NESticle[15] x.xx August 18, 1998 DOS Proprietary
Nestopia 1.40 June 11, 2008 Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v2 SourceForge
Nestopia UE 1.46.2 October 13, 2014 Also emulates hardware add-on: FDS Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2
Nintendulator 0.975 Beta October 13, 2014 Windows GPL v2 SourceForge]
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Other systems including: SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 Mac OS BSD GitHub
puNES 0.94 April 23, 2015 Also emulates hardware add-on: FDS Windows, Linux Proprietary
TI-NESulator 0.40 May 30, 2008 Windows, OS X, Linux Proprietary
TuxNES 0.75 April 15, 2001 Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
RockNES 5.142 June 2, 2014 Windows Proprietary
VirtuaNES 0.97 October 14, 2007 Windows GPL v2

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
CHAMPI 1.00 December 12, 1999 Windows Proprietary Unknown
ESNES 0.14a August 5, 1997 Windows, MS-DOS Proprietary
GrimSNES ? July 10, 1997 MS-DOS Proprietary Unknown
higan 094 January 20, 2014 Formerly known as bsnes

Multi-system emulator; also for NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Also emulates hardware add-ons: Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD GPL v3
no$sns 1.5 July 30, 2013 Windows Proprietary
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Other systems including: SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 Mac OS BSD GitHub
RSRSNES 0.2d January 7, 1998 MS-DOS Proprietary
SNEeSe 0.853b August 28, 2006 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD Clarified Artistic License SourceForge
Snes9x 1.53 April 25, 2011 Ported as SNES9xTYL for PSP, Snes9x EX+ for Android and iOS, Snes8x for Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT. Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, PlayStation 3 MIT-like license with non-commercial usage clause, LGPL v2.1, GPL v2+
Snes9x GX 4.3.2 November 9, 2012 Based on Snes9x 1.5.3 GameCube, Wii GPL
SNESGT 0.230 b6 August 30, 2008 Also emulates hardware add-on: BS-X Satellaview Windows Proprietary
SNesoid 2.2.4 July 16, 2012 Android Proprietary Unknown
Super Sleuth 1.04 p6 August 1, 2008 Windows Proprietary
ZSNES 1.51 January 24, 2007 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DOS (IA-32 only) GPL v2
MeSNEmu 1.4.4.2 October 17, 2014 Formerly known as SiOS iOS GPL v2
Provenance 1.0.3 January 19, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for (other systems) Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, and Sega Genesis iOS GPL v2

Virtual Boy

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Mednafen 0.9.38.4 April 14, 2015 Multi-system emulator; also for NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Other systems including: Atari Lynx, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, TurboGrafx-16 (TurboGrafx-CD), SuperGrafx, PC-FX

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
VBjin SVN61 May 21, 2010 Windows GPL v2
VBjin-OVR 2.0 July 29, 2014 VBjin-OVR is a Virtual Boy Emulator for Windows with support for the Oculus Rift VR display device. Windows GPL v2

Nintendo 64

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
1964 1.2 r146 August 17, 2012 Windows, Xbox[16] GPL v2
1964js 0.1.21 r296 October 3, 2013 JavaScript GPL v2
CEN64 v0.1 November 17, 2013 Windows, OS X, Linux BSD 3-clause GitHub
Corn 0.3 July 13, 2003 Windows Proprietary
DaedalusX64 r1878[17] August 24, 2013 Windows, PSP GPL v2 GitHub
Mupen64 0.5.1 August 26, 2005 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, QNX, BeOS GPL v2
Mupen64Plus 2.5 April 26, 2015 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD GPL v2
N64js git-b58d391335 April 7, 2013 JavaScript Expat GitHub
Nemu64[18] 0.8 March 23, 2003 Windows Proprietary
Project64 2.2.0.3[19] April 1, 2015 Windows, Xbox[16] GPL v2 GitHub
sixtyforce 1.0 June 2014[20] OS X Proprietary
UltraHLE 1.0.0 January 28, 1999 Windows, Xbox[16] Proprietary

Nintendo GameCube / Wii

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Dolwin 0.10[21][22] January 11, 2005 For GameCube only Windows Open source[23] SourceForge
Gekko 0.3.1 August 12, 2010 For GameCube only Windows, Linux GPL v2
Dolphin 4.0.2 November 30, 2013 Also for Triforce Windows, OS X, Linux, Android[4] GPL v2 GitHub

Handhelds

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
BGB[24][25] 1.5.1 November 14, 2014 Also emulates hardware add-on for SNES: Super Game Boy Windows ?
Gambatte r571 September 28, 2014 Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD GPL v2 SourceForge
GBA4iOS 2.1 November 18, 2014 Also for Game Boy Advance iOS ?
Gearboy 2.0 November 10, 2014 iOS, Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v3 GitHub
GNUboy[26] 1.0.3 December 8, 2001 For Game Boy only AmigaOS, Linux, Cross-platform GPL
Goomba 2.3 September 17, 2005[27] Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Proprietary
Goomba Paletted 2.40 January 31, 2011 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS GPL
higan 094 January 20, 2014 Formerly known as bsnes

Multi-system emulator; also for Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES (Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo)

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD GPLv3
KiGB[28] 2.0.5 September 27, 2008 Windows, Mac OS Proprietary
NO$GMB 2.5 July 23, 2000 DOS, Windows Freeware / shareware (Color)
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES

Other systems including: SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 OS X BSD GitHub
Phoinix[29] 1.4.2 June 14, 2008 For Game Boy only Palm OS GPL SourceForge
VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.2 (Windows) / 1.7.4 (OS X) / 1.7.1 (Linux) May 25, 2004 Also for Game Boy Advance Windows, OS X, Linux, BeOS GPL
VisualBoyAdvance 2 SVN246 February 23, 2010 Also for Game Boy Advance Windows, Linux GPLv3
Visual Boy Advance GX 2.2.8 July 7, 2012 Also for Game Boy Advance GameCube, Wii GPL
VisualBoyAdvance-M 1.8.0 (SVN1229) March 8, 2014 Also for Game Boy Advance Windows, Linux GPL
Wzonka-Lad 1.03 January 3, 2004 For Game Boy only Amiga Shareware (historical), GPL (current)
GBCoid 1.8.6 November 15, 2012 For Game Boy Color only Android GPL[30] SourceForge

Game Boy Advance

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Boycott Advance 0.4.0 September 27, 2008 Windows, Mac OS, BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Java ?
iDeaS[31] 1.0.4.0 February 12, 2012 Also for Nintendo DS Windows, Linux
IodineGBA git-5558faabd3 December 10, 2013 JavaScript GPL v2 GitHub
GBA4iOS 2.1 November 18, 2014 Also for Game Boy and Game Boy Color iOS ?
higan 094 January 20, 2014 Formerly known as bsnes

Multi-system emulator; also for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES, SNES (Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo)

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD GPLv3
mGBA 0.1.1 January 24, 2015 Windows, Linux, OS X, FreeBSD MPL v2.0 GitHub
NO$GBA 2.8 February 2, 2015 Also for Nintendo DS DOS, Windows Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES, SNES

Other systems including: SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 OS X BSD GitHub
PocketGBA 060723 July 24, 2006 Pocket PC ? Site
VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.2 (Windows) / 1.7.4 (OS X) / 1.7.1 (Linux) May 25, 2004 Also for Game Boy and Game Boy Color Windows, OS X, Linux, BeOS GPL
VisualBoyAdvance 2 SVN246 February 23, 2010 Also for Game Boy and Game Boy Color Windows, Linux GPLv3
Visual Boy Advance GX 2.2.8 July 7, 2012 Also for Game Boy and Game Boy Color GameCube, Wii GPL
VisualBoyAdvance-M 1.8.0 (SVN1229) March 8, 2014 Also for Game Boy and Game Boy Color Windows, Linux GPL

Nintendo DS

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
dasShiny git-c2ed70905e August 4, 2013 Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v3 GitHub
DeSmuME 0.9.11 April 14, 2015 Formerly known as YopYop DS Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, AmigaOS 4 GPL v2 SourceForge
DraStic 2.2.1.2a (Android) / 2.1.6.1p (Pandora) April 15, 2014 Android, Pandora Proprietary (available on inquiry)
DuoS 1.0 ? Windows ?
Ensata 1.4e March 16, 2007 Windows Proprietary (official developers only)
iDeaS[31] 1.0.4.0 February 12, 2012 Also for Game Boy Advance Windows, Linux
nds4droid 46 December 9, 2014 Android GPL v2 SourceForge
nds4ios 0r37-272-gdca7ea0 [32] July 27, 2014 iOS GPL v2+ GitHub
NO$GBA 2.8 February 2, 2015 Also for Game Boy Advance DOS, Windows Freeware

Nintendo 3DS

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Citra In development In development OS X, Windows, Linux GPL v2 GitHub
3dmoo In development In development OS X, Windows, Linux GPL v2 GitHub
TronDS 1.0.0.5 2015-02-22 OS X, Windows, Linux Freeware

Sega

SG-1000 / SC-3000 / SF-7000

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
CrabEmu 0.2.0 February 27, 2013 For SG-1000 only

Multi-system emulator; also for Master System, Sega Game Gear

Other systems including: NES, ColecoVision

 OS X, Linux, Dreamcast GPL v2 SourceForge
Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4 June 21, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for Sega Mark III, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis (Sega CD), Sega Pico Nintendo Gamecube, Wii Freeware[33]
Kega Fusion[34] 3.64 (Windows), 3.63i (Mac OS), 3.63x (Linux) March 7, 2010 Multi-system emulator; also for Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Pico, Sega Genesis (Sega CD, Sega 32X, and SVP) Windows, OS X, Linux Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 For SG-1000 only

Multi-system emulator; also for Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis

Other systems including: NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 OS X BSD GitHub

Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
CrabEmu 0.2.0 February 27, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000

Other systems including: NES, ColecoVision

 OS X, Linux, Dreamcast GPL v2 SourceForge
DSMasterPlus[35] 1.3 August 20, 2007 Nintendo DS ?
Gearsystem 2.1 November 12, 2014 iOS, Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v3 GitHub
Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4 June 21, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Sega Mark III, Sega Genesis (Sega CD), Sega Pico Nintendo Gamecube, Wii Freeware[33]
jsSMS git-9ed0ac0b09 November 26, 2013 JavaScript GPL v3 GitHub
Kega Fusion[34] 3.64 (Windows), 3.63i (Mac OS), 3.63x (Linux) March 7, 2010 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Sega Pico, Sega Genesis (Sega CD, Sega 32X, and SVP) Windows, OS X, Linux Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, Sega Genesis

Other systems including: NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 OS X BSD GitHub
Provenance 1.0.3 January 19, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for Sega Genesis

Other system including: SNES

 iOS Freeware

Sega Genesis

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
BlastEm 0.2.0 February 13, 2014 Linux GPL v3
EmiGens Plus 1.0.0.14 September 5, 2013 Also for Sega Game Gear

Also emulates hardware add-ons: Sega CD and Sega 32X

 Windows Phone, Symbian ? Unknown
Exodus 2.0.1 April 30, 2015 Windows MS-RL
Genecyst x.xx August 18, 1998 DOS Freeware
Genesis Plus[36] 1.3.1 January 17, 2010 AmigaOS 4, Windows, Mac OS, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Wii Freeware
Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4 June 21, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Sega Mark III, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Pico

Also emulates hardware add-on: Sega CD

 Nintendo Gamecube, Wii Freeware[33] GitHub
Gens 2.14 May 20, 2006 Also emulates hardware add-ons: Sega CD and Sega 32X Windows, Linux, Palm GPL
Gens/GS r7 February 23, 2010 Also emulates hardware add-ons: Sega CD and Sega 32X Windows, Linux GPL
Gens32 Surreal 1.88 October 6, 2010 Also emulates hardware add-ons: Sega CD and Sega 32X Windows Freeware
Kega Fusion[34] 3.64 (Windows), 3.63i (Mac OS), 3.63x (Linux) March 7, 2010 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Pico

Also emulates hardware add-ons: Sega CD, Sega 32X, and SVP

 Windows, OS X, Linux Freeware
KGen V0.34b June 10, 1998 DOS Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis

Other systems including: NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color

 OS X BSD GitHub
Provenance 1.0.3 January 19, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear

Other system including: SNES

 iOS Freeware

Sega Saturn

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
DEmul 0.582 WIP October 23, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for Dreamcast, Atomiswave, Naomi, Naomi 2, Hikaru, Model 3 Windows GPL v2
GiriGiri[37] 0.6a 2003 Windows Freeware, later commercial
SSF 0.12 beta R4 June 8, 2013 Also for ST-V Windows Freeware
Saturn.emu 1.5.12 (1.4.32 WebOS) May 24, 2013 Android, iOS, WebOS, Linux GPL v2
Yabause 0.9.14 November 22, 2014 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Android, Dreamcast, Wii, PlayStation Portable GPL v2 GitHub

Dreamcast

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Chankast[38] Alpha 0.25 July 7, 2004 Windows Proprietary
DEmul 0.582 WIP October 23, 2013 Multi-system emulator; also for Sega Saturn, Atomiswave, Naomi, Naomi 2, Hikaru, Model 3 Windows GPL v2
lxdream[39] 0.9.1 June 29, 2009 Linux, OS X GPL v2
nullDC 1.0.4 r136 August 21, 2011 Also for Naomi Windows GPL v3
nullDCe 0.37 Alpha August 24, 2012 Also for Naomi Android GPL v3 (currently non-compliant)[40]
reicast git-bdfdfc138a December 19, 2013 Linux, Android, iOS GPL v2 GitHub

Sony

PlayStation

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
bleem! 1.6b August 16, 2001 Windows Commercial Unknown
bleemcast! 1.0 beta November 1, 2001 Dreamcast Commercial Unknown
Connectix Virtual Game Station 1.4.1 October 11, 2000 Windows, Mac OS Commercial Unknown
EmiPSX 1.0.5 November 2013 Windows Phone Commercial
ePSXe 1.9.25 (Windows/Linux) / 1.9.18 (Android) January 27, 2015 Windows, Linux, Android Freeware, Commercial (Android)[41]
FPse 0.11.136 June 23, 2014 Android, Windows Mobile Commercial[42] [130]
Mednafen 0.9.38.4 April 14, 2015 Multi-system emulator; also for (other systems) Atari Lynx, NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, TurboGrafx-16 (TurboGrafx-CD), SuperGrafx, PC-FX Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
NO$PSX 1.9 May 28, 2014 Windows Freeware
PCSX 1.5 May 12, 2003 Windows, Mac OS, Linux GPL
PCSX-df 1.10 March 29, 2009 Linux GPL SourceForge
PCSX-Reloaded 1.9.93 August 26, 2013 Windows, Mac OS, Linux GPL v2
Xebra 150215 February 15, 2015 Windows Freeware (Japanese)

PlayStation 2

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
NeutrinoSX2[43] 0.08.01 January 13, 2004 Windows GPL v2
PCSX2 1.2.1 (Windows) / 0.9.7 (OS X) / 1.2.2 (Linux) February 12, 2014 Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v3 GitHub
PS2Emu Alpha 01 May 6, 2004 Windows Proprietary
Play! git-8d15f1fb1a July 2, 2014 Windows, Android Freeware GitHub

PlayStation 3

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
RPCS3 rolling build Also for PlayStation Vita[44] Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v2 GitHub
Nucleus 0.0.3 January 21, 2015 Windows, Linux GPL v2 GitHub

PlayStation Portable

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
JPCSP r3458 February 7, 2014 Windows, OS X, Linux GPL v2
MFZPSP r270 September 4, 2008 Windows GPL v3
PCSP 0.5.5 June 9, 2012 Windows GPL v3
PSPE4All 0.2.127 June 2, 2013 Windows Proprietary
Potemkin[45] 0.1 May 7, 2007[45] Windows GPL
PPSSPP 1.0.1 February 26, 2015 Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, BlackBerry 10, Symbian, iOS GPL v2+
PSPE[46] 0.9b June 4, 2005 Windows Proprietary Unknown
PSP Player r612 November 24, 2008 Windows LGPL
Sam PSP r18 February 4, 2009 Windows GPL v3
Soywiz PSP Emu r555 August 15, 2013 Windows GPL[47] GitHub
Yaupspe git-c9ddde8b5935 April 24, 2011 Windows, Linux GPL v2

Microsoft

Xbox

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Cxbx[48] 0.8.1-Pre3 May 6, 2013 Windows GPL v2 SourceForge
Dxbx 0.5 December 19, 2010 Windows GPL v3 SourceForge
Xbox Backwards Compatibility Mode X: 5829.0 November 27, 2007 Xbox 360 Proprietary
Xeon[43] 1.0 August 13, 2003 Windows Proprietary
Xqemu 1.2.0 May 28, 2014 Windows, Linux, OS X GPL v2

Xbox 360

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
Xenia rolling build Windows BSD GitHub

Other

These programs emulate multiple systems with cores used from various emulators and/or systems without many alternatives. Many early and obscure systems are covered by one or more of these emulators.

Name Current version Last release System Platform License Link
BizHawk 1.8.2 September 24, 2014 Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis (experimental), Sega Saturn, ColecoVision, TurboGrafx-16, SuperGrafx Windows MIT License
Bliss[49] 2.0.5 May 25, 2006 Mattel Intellivision Windows, Palm OS ?
CDi Emu 0.5.3 beta 2 January 9, 2012 Philips CDi Windows ?
ColEm[50] 2.6 July 31, 2010 ColecoVision Windows Open source
Emulicious 2014-06-26 June 26, 2014 Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear Windows, Linux, OS X and Java Freeware - non-commercial
Little John Palm OS 1.2 2009 NES, SNES, Game Boy/Game Boy Color, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Wonderswan/Wonderswan Color, NeoGeo Pocket/NeoGeo Pocket Color, Atari 2600, TurboGrafx-16 (Not fully implemented) Palm OS GNU General Public License
Mednafen 0.9.38.4 April 14, 2015 Atari Lynx, NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, TurboGrafx-16 (TurboGrafx-CD), SuperGrafx, PC-FX Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
MESS 0.152 December 24, 2013 Various Cross-platform Custom
NeoRAGEx 0.6b June 24, 1999 Neo Geo AES Windows Freeware
OpenEmu 1.0.4 October 15, 2014 NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color OS X BSD GitHub
Oswan 1.73 (Windows) / 0.8.1 (Mac OS) January 23, 2007 WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color, SwanCrystal Windows, Mac OS Open source
RetroArch (Additional Android branch: RetroidNetPlay) 1.0.0.1 February 22, 2015 PlayStation, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Game Boy/Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, SEGA CD/Mega CD, SEGA Master System/SEGA Game Gear, Arcade, Virtual Boy, PC Engine/PC Engine CD, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Wonderswan Color/SwanCrystal, possibly other in-development [51] Windows, OS X, Linux, Android,[52][53][54][55] iOS (jailbroken), Blackberry 10,[56] Raspberry Pi, OpenPandora, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Nintendo Wii GPL v3,[57] individual cores may be licensed differently
RetroCopy 0.960 May 16, 2011 SG-1000, SC-3000, Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive, NES, Various arcade systems Windows, Linux Freeware
WinUAE 2.8.0 May 5, 2014 Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV, other Amiga Windows, Linux GPL

TurboGrafx-16

Name Current version Last release Notes Platform License Link
BizHawk 1.7.0 June 8, 2014 Multi-system emulator; also for SuperGrafx, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, SG-1000, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis (experimental), Sega Saturn, ColecoVision Windows MIT License
DeePCE 0.12a beta August 24, 2000 Windows 9x Proprietary Unknown
DPCE Initial Release September 15, 2000 Windows 9x Proprietary Unknown
Hu-Go! 2.12 April 9, 2005 Windows, MS-DOS, Linux, FreeBSD GPL v2, BSD 3-clause
Hu6280 1.50 February 4, 2000 Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD Windows 9x, MS-DOS Proprietary Unknown
Mednafen 0.9.38.4 April 14, 2015 Multi-system emulator; also for SuperGrafx, PC-FX, Atari Lynx, NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, and WonderSwan

Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD

 Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD GPL v2 SourceForge
MagicEngine[58] 1.1.3 May 26, 2008 Also for SuperGrafx

Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD

 Windows, OS X, MS-DOS Proprietary
Ootake 2.75 November 22, 2013 Also for SuperGrafx Windows GPL v2
pcejin svn-r211 April 20, 2013 Also for SuperGrafx

Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD

 Windows GPL v2
PicchioEngine 0.0.8 October 9, 2009 Windows Expat, LGPL v2.1
Project PC2E 20050123 January 23, 2005 Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD Windows GPL v2
TG16 EMU 0.01 April 14, 1998 Windows 9x, MS-DOS, PlayStation Proprietary
TGEmu 0.1 February 16, 2001 Windows 9x, MS-DOS, Mac OS, BeOS GPL v2
Turbo Engine 0.32 April 18, 2010 Also for SuperGrafx

Also emulates hardware add-on: TurboGrafx-CD

 Windows Proprietary
VPCE 0.3 November 23, 1997 Windows 9x, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Linux, BeOS, RISC OS Proprietary Unknown
xpce 0.11 December 12, 1998 Windows 9x Proprietary
MagicEngine FX 1.1.1 February 13, 2008 PC-FX Windows, Mac OS Proprietary

See also

Notes

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  7. ↑ Grand et al. 2004, p. 396
  8. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 286
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  11. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 166
  12. ↑ PSX Scene, p. 205
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  15. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 165
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  26. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 202
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  29. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 203
  30. ↑ A copy of the GNU General Public License, version 2 on the GBCoid source code repository
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  32. ↑ http://nds4ios.angelxwind.net/builds/iOS-fat/Karen_angelXwind/Version-stable.txt
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  40. ↑ Although nullDCe is listed as GPLv3 on its Google Code project page, the source, as well as the binaries, are nowhere to be found.
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  44. ↑ https://github.com/DHrpcs3/rpcs3/pull/855
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  46. ↑ Prochnow, Dave (2005). PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions. McGraw-Hill. p. 124.
  47. ↑ "Soywiz's PSP Emulator: License". Pspemu.soywiz.com. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  48. ↑ Grand et al. 2004, p. 145
  49. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 148
  50. ↑ Kohler 2006, p. 151
  51. ↑ https://github.com/libretro
  52. ↑ "30 best Android apps this week". www.guardian.co.uk. February 1, 2013.
  53. ↑ "RetroArch: Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. May 8, 2013.
  54. ↑ "Getting to grips with Android emulator app RetroArch - One emulator to rule them all - but is it any good?". pocketgamer.com. February 6, 2013.
  55. ↑ "RetroArch Emulates Nearly Every Classic Gaming Console on Android". lifehacker.com. March 6, 2013.
  56. ↑ "How to play your favorite old school console games on your BlackBerry 10 phone or BlackBerry PlayBook". crackberry.com. June 3, 2013.
  57. ↑ https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/COPYING
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