Game console emulators
Programs that run software written for older game consoles and arcade machines.
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BizHawk
A multi-system emulator built for tool-assisted speedrunning, with rewinding, frame stepping, memory search and input recording.
Cemu
A Wii U emulator that runs most games and homebrew in a playable state on Windows, Linux and, experimentally, macOS.
DOSBox-X
A DOSBox fork that also runs Windows 3.x, 95, 98 and Me, plus Japanese PC-98 software.
MAME
Documents and recreates thousands of arcade machines, consoles and old computers, with accuracy as the point.
melonDS
A Nintendo DS and DSi emulator focused on accuracy and speed, with local wireless between emulated consoles.
mGBA
A Game Boy Advance emulator that gets the accuracy right and still runs at full speed on weak hardware.
Project64
A Nintendo 64 and 64DD emulator for Windows with a mature plugin system and debugging tools.
RPCS3
The PlayStation 3 emulator, and the only free and open source one that actually plays the games.
ScummVM
Replaces the original executable of hundreds of classic adventure games so they run on hardware that did not exist yet.
Snes9x
The portable Super Nintendo emulator that has been maintained since the 1990s and runs on essentially everything.
Dolphin
The GameCube and Wii emulator, running those games at higher resolutions than the consoles ever managed.
DuckStation
A fast, accuracy-focused PlayStation 1 emulator. Excellent software, but licensed non-commercial and no-derivatives.
PCSX2
The PlayStation 2 emulator, twenty years in development, now running most of the library at full speed.
PPSSPP
A PSP emulator that needs no BIOS file and runs handheld games in HD on phones and PCs.
RetroArch
One front end for dozens of emulators, with unified settings, shaders and a controller setup you only do once.
