Alternatives to BigPEmu
An Atari Jaguar emulator that runs the entire retail game library at full speed. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BigPEmu
An Atari Jaguar emulator that runs the entire retail game library at full speed.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BigPEmu.
MAME
Documents and recreates thousands of arcade machines, consoles and old computers, with accuracy as the point.
MAME is an open-source GPL-2.0 emulator of thousands of arcade, console and computer systems on Windows, macOS and Linux, focused on accuracy, but later hardware needs a genuinely fast machine.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Stella
The reference Atari 2600 emulator, developed since the 1990s.
Hatari
An Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon emulator that closely reproduces the original hardware.
Altirra
A cycle-exact emulator for Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 console.
Atari800
A portable, free emulator for Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 console.
Javatari
An Atari 2600 emulator that runs in the web browser, with netplay and save states.
