Mednafen Alternatives

Mednafen is described as '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)' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Mednafen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Mednafen alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mednafen are VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator, ePSXe and OpenEmu.

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  1. Nostlan icon
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    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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. uoYabause icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. pSX icon
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    PSX is an emulator of the PlayStation video game console for x86-based PC hardware. It is Windows and Linux compatible. The original game CDs can be used to play the games. ISO files are also supported. Graphics quality may be dependent on the power of the hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. SSF icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Spectral icon
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    Spectral is an experimental Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator from the 80s, which has been randomly assembled since the pandemic days. Accuracy and performance are long-term goals, but the primary focus is just having fun with this thing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    When forking uoYabause, at the start of Kronos, I noticed some issues, mainly on x86 and image loading. I fixed it in my fork and proposed to uoYabause and yabause to reuse my patches. Developers of other yabause fork did not decide to backport the fix.

    7 Kronos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RetroArch
     
  7. DroidEmu icon
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    DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. PicoNES icon
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    PicoNES is an easy to use NES emulator for your Android device. It allows you to play backups of your favorite classic games, or explore new indie games developed for the console.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  9. Yabause icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. BizHawk icon
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    BizHawk is a multi-system emulator designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS). BizHawk focuses on core accuracy and power user tools while still being an easy-to-use emulator for casual gaming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. AppleWin icon
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    AppleWin (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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. FPse icon
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    PSX emulator on Windows Mobile or Windows Phone Device and Android. The name means First PlayStation Emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
     
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