CoolROM is a database and download site for emulators and ROMs of classic videogame systems such as Nintendo 64, SNES, Game Boy and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Online
United States
OpenEmu Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to OpenEmu is RetroArch, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Dolphin Emulator, DuckStation, mGBA and Mame. Game Emulators like OpenEmu are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.
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Most OpenEmu alternatives are Game Emulators, but you can also narrow the list to Game Library Managers or DOS Emulators. Other popular filters are Windows, Android, Linux and Mac.
Alternatives list
- 28 CoolROM alternatives
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
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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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
![Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_980398_full.png)
![Cemu (Wii U) [Windows & Linux* using Wine]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_762210_full.png)
![Yuzu (Switch) [Linux & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_785449_full.png)
+8![Citra (3DS) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/309x197/jpeg/bottlenose_509961_full.png)
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone
- Xbox
- Global
SkyEmu is a low level GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its primary focus is to provide a good user experience through a good mixture of tradeoffs of accuracy, performance, features and usability.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu
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Supermodel emulates Sega's Model 3 arcade platform, allowing you to play a number of ground-breaking arcade classics on your PC. It uses OpenGL and the SDL library, and can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
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Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Italy
EU
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
![Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_980398_full.png)
![Cemu (Wii U) [Windows & Linux* using Wine]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_762210_full.png)
![Yuzu (Switch) [Linux & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_785449_full.png)
![Citra (3DS) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]](https://img.alternativeto.net/s/618x394/avif/bottlenose_509961_full.png)
