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DuckStation vs Mednafen: catalog facts
DuckStation	Mednafen
Free Free to download and use for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
CPU recompilers for x86-64, ARMv7, AArch64 and RISC-V, so it runs well on handhelds too Hardware renderers on D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan and Metal	One accurate emulator covering a long list of systems Saturn and PC Engine emulation are among the most accurate available
Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, which forbids commercial use and derivative works, so it is not open source A PS1 or PS2 BIOS image is required and is not supplied	Command-line driven with no real graphical interface Configuration is a text file with many options
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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