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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.
An open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Flathub
- Flatpak
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is a free emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles as well as of Super Game Boy and Super Game Boy 2.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
RetroPie allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi or PC into a retro-gaming machine. It builds upon Raspbian, EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favourite classic games with the minimum set-up.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
Eden is the world's most popular open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, forked from the Yuzu emulator — started by former Citron developer Camille LaVey and the Eden team
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Windows
- Linux
Suyu, pronounced "sue-you" (wink wink) is the continuation of the world's most popular, open-source, Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu.
Discontinued- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
Mupen64Plus is a plugin-based N64 emulator for Linux which is capable of accurately playing many games. Included are four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, with dynamic recompilers for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 systems, and necessary plugins for audio, graphical rendering (RDP)...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Ares, which apparently replaced higan, was formerly known as bsnes. The project was renamed after becoming a multi-system emulator.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
The ROM Depot is dedicated to the preservation of outdated software. There are currently 90 platforms containing over 100,000 files including games, manual, soundtracks, emulators, boxart, and more. You can even contribute your own files to the archive.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
A Nintendo DS emulator with support for commercial games.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Android
iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible.
- DOS Emulator
- Paid • Open Source
- iPhone
- iPad
Emulator configurator for Linux (SteamOS and ChimeraOS), Windows, and Android. Includes features such as pre-configured controls, RetroArch aspect ratios, universal hotkeys, auto save / load and steam ROM manager integration.
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- SteamOS
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
Dive into the vast world of Nintendo Switch gaming with Sudachi Emulator, your ultimate gateway to playing your favorite Switch titles on any device. Embrace a seamless gaming experience that goes beyond the console, crafted with precision to deliver high-quality performance and...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
Kega Fusion is an emulator for the Sega Genesis / Megadrive, Master System, Game Gear, 32x, SegaCD/MegaCD, SVP, Pico, SG-1000, SC-3000, and SF-7000 emulator for Win9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Win7, Mac OSX (Intel), and Linux.
Discontinued- Game Emulator
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Flycast is a SEGA Dreamcast, NAOMI and AtomisWave emulator, forked from reicast, and made by flyinghead. This guide will focus exclusively on the standalone version of flycast, and won't cover anything related to the Retroarch core of flycast (though most information may...
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Homebrew
These scripts create a modified copy of AetherSX2 3668 with the NetherSX2 anti-tampering hack applied
- Game Emulator
- Free • Open Source
- Android