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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- Android Tablet
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RetroArch Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to RetroArch is PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are DuckStation, Lemuroid, OpenEmu and Lakka. You're spoiled for choice with Game Emulators like RetroArch: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.
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bsnes is a multi-platform Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) emulator, originally developed by Near, which focuses on performance, features, and ease of use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Folium is a beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Indonesia
Gens Plus! is a Sega Genesis / 32X / SegaCD / Master System / Game Gear emulator based on the Gens emulator that has added features.
Platforms
- Windows
Gens is a Win9x based emulator for the SEGA Genesis/Mega-Drive/Sega-CD/ Mega-CD/32X systems, it allows you to play games developed for these classic SEGA 16bit game consoles on your x86 compatible PC.
Gens is developed by St?phane Dallongeville and has been coded 35% in C/C++ an.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
retroDrive is Sega Genesis and Sega 32X emulator, formerly "GenSX", formerly "Vegas", this was the public's first 32x emulator ever.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
RA Nintendo 3DS Emulator, It's very simple and is only capable of running homebrews. It currently supports:
Platforms
- Windows
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SegaEMU is a multi-console Sega Emulator. The Sega consoles that are emulated are:
- SG-1000
- Genesis / MegaDrive
- SegaCD / MegaCD.
Platforms
- Windows
PicoDrive is a Sega Mega Drive/Pico emulator programmed by notaz. It works on windows systems and has the functions that would be expected of a Pico emulator. The pen board is on a separate window but by selecting a certain option the game screen itself can be used as the pen...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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GENPlusDroid is an open source Sega Genesis emulator powered by GENPlus. Runs Sega Master System and Sega Mega Drive games. High compatibility, games like Virtual Racing and Phantasy Star work full speed!. Devices with a good GPU can use shaders to increase the graphic quality.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
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Gens Re-Recording, formerly known as Gens Movie Test, is a modification of the highly popular Gens emulator by Stéphane Dallongeville (also known as Stef). This modification includes slowdown, recording and playback of controller input logs, dumping of AVI files, and Lua...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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.
Platforms
- Windows
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