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A curated list of awesome open source emulators.

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Nintendo

  • 1964jsNintendo 64

    Nintendo64 emulator in JavaScript.

  • 3dmooNintendo 3DS

    3DS Emulator Prototype.

  • BsnesSNES

    A subset project of

  • CitraNintendo 3DS

    An experimental open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator/debugger written in C++.

  • Corgi3DSNintendo 3DS

    Corgi3DS is a dog-themed LLE 3DS emulator.

  • daedalusNintendo 64

    Nintendo 64 emulator for Linux and PSP, with plans to port to Windows, Mac, PS Vita among other platforms.

Atari

  • AltirraAtari 800

    Very accurate Atari 8-bit computer (All models) and 5200 console emulator.

  • atari800Atari 800

    Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator.

  • HandyAtari Lynx

    "Handy" is an Atari Lynx Emulator

  • kat5200Atari 5200

    An emulator for the Atari 5200 and 8-bit computers

  • ProSystemAtari 7800

    ProSystem Emulator Version 1.3 by Greg Stanton

  • stellaAtari 2600

    A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator which allows you to play all of your favourite Atari 2600 games on your PC.

Sony

  • AvocadoPSX

    A Modern Playstation 1 emulator.

  • DobieStationPS2

    A young PS2 emulator with plans for an optimized Android port, as well as a fast, accurate, and easy-to-use PC port.

  • GPCS4PS4

    A Playstation 4 emulator which was just started.

  • hpsx64PSX

    Highly-Experimental Playstation Simulator x64.

  • orbitalPS4

    Virtualization-based PlayStation 4 emulator.

  • pcsx2PS2

    Emulate the PS2's hardware, using a combination of MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers and a Virtual Machine which manages hardware states and PS2 system memory.

SEGA

  • blastemGenesis / Megadrive

    Higly accurate emulator for the Genesis/Megadrive that runs on modest hardware.

  • DGenGenesis / Megadrive

    Portable Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator.

  • flycastDreamcast

    Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator

  • GearsystemMasterSystem / GameGear

    Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator for iOS, Mac, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Linux and RetroArch.

  • KronosSaturn

    Supercharged fork of Yabause that supports upscaling and tons more

  • lxdreamDreamcast

    An emulator for the Sega Dreamcast system, running on Linux and macOS.

Microsoft

  • CXBX-ReloadedXbox

    An emulator for running Microsoft Xbox (and eventually, Chihiro) games on Microsoft Windows.

  • XeniaXbox 360

    An open source research project for emulating Xbox 360 games on modern PCs.

  • XQemuXbox

    Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Multiemulators

  • FinalBurn Neo

    An emulator for arcade games & select consoles.

  • Genesis-Plus-GX

    An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator. Emulates the all SEGA 8-bit and 16-bit consoles.

  • MAME

    A multi-purpose emulation framework.

  • Mednafen

    portable, utilizing OpenGL and SDL, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator.

  • Xe

    A emulator for many system such as Nintendo, SEGA, SNK, NEC, etc.

Mattel

  • jzIntvMattel Intellivision

    Mattel Intellivision emulator and development environment.

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