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
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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Most RetroArch alternatives are Game Emulators, but you can also narrow the list to Game Library Managers or Compatibility Layer Tools. Other popular filters are Android, Linux, iPhone and Windows.
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- 32 KiGB alternatives
DGen is a Genesis/Megadrive emulator, which currently runs under Windows 95/98/2000 and possibly NT using DirectX.
Platforms
- Windows
- AmigaOS
DebuGens is a modified version of Gens by Fuzzbuzz. It offers dumps for the ROM, RAM and YM2612 channels for debugging purposes, along with Tile Layer Pro palette creation and layer toggling options. It also allows for sprite and layer toggling which is good for getting screen...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Generator is an open source emulator designed to emulate the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive console, a popular games machine produced in the early 1990s. It is a portable program written in C and has been ported to the Amiga, Macintosh, Windows and even pocket PCs such as the iPAQ...
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
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.
Platforms
- Android
BoycottAdvance is a free and portable emulator for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance handheld. Program is available on Windows, Macintosh, BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD and there is even a Java port, playable online.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
- Haiku
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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
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
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gpSPhone is a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has been ported by ZodTTD from the original source code of gpSP (made by Exophase). They are now both working together on this project.
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
This is an x86 emulator written in pure Java based on the Dosbox project. It currently supports running Dosbox's built in DOS and well as booting into Windows 95/98/NT4.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Ages is a SEGA Genesis, SEGA 32X, and Sega CD emulator. Compare it to your favorite SEGA Genesis emulator and send your thoughts to the authors. This emulator has full sound, and has been built from scratch.
Platforms
- Windows
Gens+ REWiND! is an Emulator with added support for real-time rewinding! Feel free to call this feature "sands of time" if you want ;)
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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