Lemuroid is an open-source emulation project based on Libretro. It's completely free, without ads and focused on ease of use and good user experience.
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RetroArch AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Game Emulators
The best Game Emulator alternative to RetroArch is Lemuroid, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to RetroArch and loads of them are Game Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Game Emulator alternatives to RetroArch are DuckStation, OpenEmu, VisualBoyAdvance and Lakka.
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- 36 Lemuroid alternatives
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- AppImageHub
- Flathub
56 OpenEmu alternativesOpen Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.
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42 VisualBoyAdvance alternativesVisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- MorphOS
37 Lakka alternativesLakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Cubieboard
- HummingBoard
- Raspberry Pi
- Nintendo Switch
- Odroid
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38 Ludo alternativesLudo is an Emulator Frontend able to run retro video games. Ludo does not emulate the consoles itself, but does it through emulator plugins called libretro cores. Libretro cores are well known emulators (like Snes9x or Genesis Plus GX or PCSX) stripped from their user interface.
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GPU-powered SNES emulator offering advanced CPU, audio, and PPU accuracy, high-res Mode 7, redesigned high-definition interface, fast forward, rewind, cheats, save states, and a Super Enhancement Engine for game-specific enhancements, available on multiple platforms.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
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ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Symbian S60
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- MorphOS
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9 PPSSPP alternativesRun PSP games across platforms in crisp HD, enjoy sharper textures, post-processing effects, anisotropic filtering, save or restore progress, customize input controls, transfer existing saves, play on low-spec devices with JIT-optimized performance, and more features.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Meta Quest
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41 Delta Emulator alternativesDelta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.
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ZSNES is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface features first introduced in ZSNES have been adopted by other emulators. ZSNES interface features include: Smoothing and dynamic image scaling; screenshot capture; state...
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- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
5 Vita3K alternativesVita3K is the world's first functional experimental open-source PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.
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is good but i doesn't have advanced features it should have more options but still keeping it simple