CD-i Emulator AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like CD-i Emulator

CD-i Emulator is described as 'The CD-i emulator program (cdiemu) provides a fairly complete emulation of the hardware of an actual physical CD-i player' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CD-i Emulator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best CD-i Emulator alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CD-i Emulator are Snes9x, VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator and Project64.

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  1. RetroArch icon

    RetroArch

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    A fast, modular emulator frontend offering portability and extensive support for systems from arcade consoles to mobile platforms, featuring game engines like Doom and Quake, and capabilities for real-time rewinding and shader support on a variety of devices.

    156 RetroArch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    • RetroArch is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to CD-i Emulator.

    • RetroArch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CD-i Emulator.

    • RetroArch is Free and Open SourceCD-i Emulator is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Snes9x icon

    Snes9x

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    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.

    30 Snes9x alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. VisualBoyAdvance icon

    VisualBoyAdvance

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    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.

    40 VisualBoyAdvance alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  5. Delta Emulator icon

    Delta Emulator

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    Delta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.

    39 Delta Emulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • AltStore
    • iPad
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  6. Project64 icon

    Project64

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    Project64 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...

    24 Project64 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Mame icon

    Mame

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    MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer.

    24 Mame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  9. ZSNES icon

    ZSNES

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    ZSNES 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. ePSXe icon

    ePSXe

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    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.

    24 ePSXe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • ePSXe is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to CD-i Emulator.

    • ePSXe is Free and ProprietaryCD-i Emulator is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Citra icon

    Citra

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    An experimental open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++. At this time, it only emulates a very small subset of 3DS hardware, and therefore is only useful for booting/debugging very simple homebrew demos. Citra is licensed under the GPLv2. Refer to the license.

    18 Citra alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
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  12. OpenEmu icon

    OpenEmu

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    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    55 OpenEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Snes9x EX+ icon

    Snes9x EX+

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    Advanced open-source SNES emulator based on Snes9x with a minimalist UI and a focus on low audio/video latency, supporting a wide variety of devices from the original Xperia Play to modern devices like the Nvidia Shield and Pixel phones.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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