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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- Android Tablet
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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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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
China
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Wii / Wii U
Canada
23 MAME4droid alternativesMAME4droid (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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
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Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
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Guac is an Emulator written in golang for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance handheld consoles.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Advanced open-source Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega CD, and Master System/Mark III emulator based on portions of Genesis Plus/Gens/Picodrive/Mednafen, designed and tested on the original Droid/Milestone, Xoom, Galaxy S2, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, NVidia Shield, Xperia Tablet Z, and...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
United States
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OpenDingux is a Linux-based embedded operating system for MIPS processors, designed primarily for portable game consoles. it's designed to have low latency and minimal overhead for very high responsiveness.
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
WineCharm is a graphical user interface (GUI) application designed to simplify running and managing Windows applications on Linux using Wine. Built with Python and GTK4/Libadwaita, it provides an intuitive interface for launching .exe and .
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Python
- Flathub
- Flatpak
PSX emulator on Windows Mobile or Windows Phone Device and Android. The name means First PlayStation Emulator.
Platforms
- Windows Mobile
- Android
France
EU
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18 1964 alternatives1964 is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows, written in C and released as free software. It is one of the oldest and most popular N64 emulators, supporting many commercial N64 games.
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- Windows
