AppleWin Alternatives

AppleWin is described as '(also known as Apple //e Emulator for Windows) is an open source software emulator for running Apple II programs in Microsoft Windows. AppleWin was originally written by Mike O'Brien in 1994; O'Brien himself announced an early version of the emulator in April' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to AppleWin for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best AppleWin alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AppleWin are Mednafen, MESS, RetriX and Nostlan.

AppleWin alternatives are mainly Game Emulators but may also be Game Library Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AppleWin.

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AppleWin

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AppleWin (also known as Apple //e Emulator for Windows) is an open source software emulator for running Apple II programs...

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RetroArch
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
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Windows
Linux
Online
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Blackberry
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OpenPandora
Steam
Raspberry Pi
Playstation
Xbox
143 RetroArch alternatives
RetroArch is a graphical frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players.
- - RetroArch is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to AppleWin.
- - RetroArch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AppleWin.
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RetroArch Features
1. Controller SupportRetroArch supports the use of a controller (XBOX, PlayStation, etc.).
2. Dark ModeRetroArch supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Multi System Emulator
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Mednafen
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
Linux
29 Mednafen alternatives
Mednafen is a portable, utilizing OpenGL and SDL, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator with many advanced features. The Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16), SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, and WonderSwan (Color)...
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1. PortableMednafen can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multi System Emulator
MESS
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Game Emulator
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100 MESS alternatives
MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular system.
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Emulation
Multi System Emulator
RetriX
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
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102 RetriX alternatives
RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the same purpose as RetroArch but is built from the ground up to integrate as well as possible with Windows.
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Windows Compatible
Emulation
Multi System Emulator
Nostlan
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Game Library Manager
Mac
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Linux
115 Nostlan alternatives
A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.
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Nostlan Features
1. Controller SupportNostlan supports the use of a controller (XBOX, PlayStation, etc.).
Game Launcher
Emulation
Xbox
Yabause
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Linux
BSD
13 Yabause alternatives
Yabause is a Sega Saturn emulator under the GNU GPL. It currently runs on FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Dreamcast, PSP and Wii.
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SSF
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Free • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Windows
13 SSF alternatives
SSF is a Sega Saturn emulator for Windows systems using DirectX 9.0c or higher. The current version claims near-complete implementation of the Saturn hardware, and can also emulate the Saturn-based Sega Titan Video arcade hardware.
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Emulation
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RetroX
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Freemium • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Android
102 RetroX alternatives
RetroX is an Android application that will help you organize and play your own Retro Games with the less possible effort. Put your collection in your device and RetroX will take care of the rest.
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Mini vMac
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
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6 Mini vMac alternatives
The Mini vMac emulator collection allows modern computers to run software made for early Macintosh computers, the computers that Apple sold from 1984 to 1996 based upon Motorola's 680x0 microprocessors. The first member of this collection emulates the Macintosh Plus.
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uoYabause
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Windows
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9 uoYabause alternatives
uoYabause aka Yaba Sanshiro, is a unofficial port of Yabause SEGA Saturn Emulator. This project is focused on the Android version of yabause using OpenGL ES 3.x. Versions are also available for iOS and Windows.
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Basilisk II
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
AmigaOS
MorphOS
6 Basilisk II alternatives
Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it allows you to run 68k MacOS software on your computer, even if you are using a different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II.
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PCE
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
27 PCE alternatives
PCE is a collection of microcomputer emulators. At the moment it contains three emulators:
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