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 PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RetroArch are DuckStation, Lemuroid, Lakka and OpenEmu.

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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, Linux, Windows and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to RetroArch.
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  1. iNDS icon

    iNDS

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    iNDS is a derivation of the previous Nintendo DS apps for iOS, nds4ios and Nitrogen. The iNDS Team release of iNDS is a fork of the original iNDS emulator by William Cobb. iNDS Team aims to create a version that is driven by support from the community, adding trusted...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • AltStore
     
  2. Supermodel icon

    Supermodel

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  4. iDeaS icon

    iDeaS

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    iDeaS is a plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Genecyst

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    Genecyst is a Sega Genesis system emulator released in 1997.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Genesis Plus icon

    Genesis Plus

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    Genesis Plus is a freeware, open-source, portable emulator for the Genesis and MegaDrive consoles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. TigerSNES icon

    TigerSNES

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    The famous SNES emulator for android

    • FREE
    • Save/Load states
    • Virutal Touch Keys
    • Seamless Integrated with ROM download
    • Customize keys
    • WiiMote support
    • Save/Load states.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     

  10. Supercade

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    Supercade is a lagless P2P (peer-to-peer) arcade game emulator. It currently supports over 150 games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Client interface
     
  11. PyWinery icon

    PyWinery

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    PyWinery is a graphical, easy and simple wine-prefix manager which allows you to launch apps, explore and manage configuration of separate prefixes, graphically and faster than setting variables on linux shell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Wine
    PyWinery screenshot 1
     
  12. John GBC icon

    John GBC

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    GBC emulator for android powered devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    John GBC screenshot 1
     
  13. KiGB icon

    KiGB

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    KiGB is the most accurate and free portable emulator for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy for Windows, Linux and MS-DOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. nds4droid icon

    nds4droid

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    nds4droid is a free, open source Nintendo DS emulator written for Android smartphones. It is based off of the excellent emulator DeSmuME. The source code can be found on sourceforge.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    nds4droid screenshot 1
     
  15. DGen icon

    DGen

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    DGen is a Genesis/Megadrive emulator, which currently runs under Windows 95/98/2000 and possibly NT using DirectX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • AmigaOS
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