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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    A WIP PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust.

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    When forking uoYabause, at the start of Kronos, I noticed some issues, mainly on x86 and image loading. I fixed it in my fork and proposed to uoYabause and yabause to reuse my patches. Developers of other yabause fork did not decide to backport the fix.

    7 Kronos alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RetroArch
     
  3. D-Box icon
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    D-Box is an easy to use front-end for DOSBox which enables you to run old MS-DOS games and other applications on a modern computer.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
  4. Manic Emu icon
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    Manic EMU is an all-in-one retro game emulator for iOS. It packs powerful features while keeping a clean, sleek UI and delivering buttery-smooth gameplay.

    16 Manic Emu alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. NooDS icon
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    The goal of NooDS is to be a fast and portable DS and GBA emulator. It features accurate software rendering with upscaling, and can take advantage of multiple cores for better performance. I started working on NooDS for fun and as a learning experience, and I'd like to keep...

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    • Android
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo Wii / Wii U
     
  6. This is a fork of Project64 3.0.1 that I made to have a Linux compatible alternative to 2.4 (Yes, it works on Windows too). It is not focused on accuracy or compatibility, but rather on functionality that improves the general gameplay experience on a select set of games.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MAME4droid icon
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    MAME4droid (Current) is developed by David Valdeita (Seleuco) as a port of the latest MAME emulator by MAMEDev and contributors. It emulates arcade games and systems like ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX etc. This version of MAME support over 40000 different ROMs.

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    • Android
     
  8. Snowflake icon
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    Gaming emulator, zero-config (custom config, optional).

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    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. pSX icon
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    PSX is an emulator of the PlayStation video game console for x86-based PC hardware. It is Windows and Linux compatible. The original game CDs can be used to play the games. ISO files are also supported. Graphics quality may be dependent on the power of the hardware.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. guac icon
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    Guac is an Emulator written in golang for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance handheld consoles.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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