RetroArch Alternatives

RetroArch is described as 'A portable, fast, and lightweight emulator frontend supporting classic and modern gaming systems with features like real-time rewinding and shader support' and is a very popular Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 100 alternatives to RetroArch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best RetroArch alternative is DuckStation, which is free. Other great apps like RetroArch are Lemuroid, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, OpenEmu and Lakka.

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RetroArch alternatives are mainly Game Emulators, but if you're looking for Game Library Managers or Compatibility Layer Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Windows, Linux and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to RetroArch.
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  1. Supermodel icon
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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.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  2. Gens Plus! icon
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    Gens Plus! is a Sega Genesis / 32X / SegaCD / Master System / Game Gear emulator based on the Gens emulator that has added features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Gens icon
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • 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.  2 likes

    A Nintendo 3DS Emulator, It's very simple and is only capable of running homebrews. It currently supports:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  1 like

    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7.  3 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. SegaEMU icon
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    SegaEMU is a multi-console Sega Emulator. The Sega consoles that are emulated are:

    • SG-1000
    • Genesis / MegaDrive
    • SegaCD / MegaCD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. GENPlusDroid icon
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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
     
  10. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. 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
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12.  1 like

    3DS Emulator Prototype.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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