Alternatives to AppleWin
An Apple II emulator for Windows that supports several Apple II models, clones and peripherals. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AppleWin
An Apple II emulator for Windows that supports several Apple II models, clones and peripherals.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AppleWin.
MAME
Documents and recreates thousands of arcade machines, consoles and old computers, with accuracy as the point.
MAME covers thousands of arcade, console and computer systems in one program, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and puts accuracy first, but its ROM sets must match exact versions.
Clock Signal
A latency-focused emulator covering dozens of 8- and 16-bit home computers and game consoles.
Clock Signal is an open-source MIT emulator for dozens of 8- and 16-bit home computers, built around low latency, but it offers macOS and Linux builds and no Windows version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
VICE
A long-running emulator for Commodore 8-bit computers, including the C64, C128, VIC-20, PET and Plus/4.
XRoar
An emulator for Dragon 32 and 64, Tandy Colour Computer and Tandy MC-10 8-bit machines.
86Box
A low-level emulator of vintage IBM PC-compatible hardware for running old DOS and Windows systems.
DOSBox-X
A DOSBox fork that also runs Windows 3.x, 95, 98 and Me, plus Japanese PC-98 software.
