Game Emulators
Old dedicated video game platforms from childhood can often be disproportionately expensive for what is oftentimes just a desire for a nostalgic escape from the moment. That’s where emulation comes into play. From multi-system emulation systems such as RetroArch to specialized and high performance emulators such as higan, there are many modern methods to play the games of your childhood without having to break the bank in order to get old hardware.
A portable, fast, and lightweight emulator frontend supporting classic and modern gaming systems with features like real-time rewinding and shader support.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- iPad
- F-Droid
- Steam
- Raspberry Pi
- Playstation
- Xbox
+6Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Flathub
- F-Droid
+6PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux & Mac, started by the same team that brought you PCSX (a Sony PlayStation 1 emulator).
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- AppImageHub
- Flathub
A lightweight unofficial Steam client for Android with the ability to play DRM-Free games from your account and chat with friends.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Android
It is a Nintendo Switch Emulator programmed in C#; unlike most emulators that are created with C++ or C. This emulator aims to offer good performance, a friendly interface, and consistent builds. Ryujinx is created by user gdkchan over at the GBAtemp forums.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+1PPSSPP is a PSP emulator written in C++, and translates PSP CPU instructions directly into optimized x86, x64 and ARM machine code, using JIT recompilers (dynarecs).
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- iPad
- Android Tablet
- Meta Quest
+7Lemuroid is an open-source emulation project based on Libretro. It's completely free, without ads and focused on ease of use and good user experience.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- MorphOS
Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Delta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- iPhone
- AltStore
- iPad
+1Project64 is a Nintendo 64 emulator for the Windows platform. It employs a plugin system that allows 3rd party developers to implement their own software. It is an emulator, meaning that the user has the option to run ROM files that can be extracted from a Nintendo 64 game...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
ePSXe (enhanced PSX emulator) is an emulator of the PlayStation video game console for x86-based PC hardware. ePSXe makes use of a plugin system to emulate GPU, SPU, and CD drive functions, similar to the model first introduced in PSEmu Pro.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
+2ZSNES is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface features first introduced in ZSNES have been adopted by other emulators. ZSNES interface features include: Smoothing and dynamic image scaling; screenshot capture; state...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux