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This is a selected list of video game system emulators. For information about emulating specific systems, including those not covered by the emulators in this list, see the respective article for each system.

Arcade

Arcade System Emulators
Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
DEmul	0.5.6	September 1, 2010	Y	NAOMI, NAOMI 2, Atomiswave	Windows	GPL	[1]
Dolphin	3.0	June 24, 2011	Y	Triforce	Cross-platform	GPL	[2]
FB Alpha	0.2.97.20	January 22, 2012	Y	CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, PGM, Mega Drive and others	Cross-platform	FB Alpha License (open source)	[3]
Kawaks^[1]	1.62	May 17, 2010	Y	CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS	Windows	Freeware	[4]
MAME	0.145	February 5, 2012	Y	Various arcade systems	Cross-platform	MAME License	[5]
Model 2 Emulator	1.0	December 31, 2010	Y	SEGA Model 2	Windows	Proprietary	[6]
Nebula	2.25b	February 28, 2007	N	CP System II and others	Windows	Freeware	[7]
NeoRAGEx	0.6b	June 24, 1999	N	Neo Geo AES	Windows	Freeware	[8]
Raine	0.51.11	April 29, 2011	Y	Various arcade systems	Cross-platform	GPL	[9]
Supermodel	0.2a	September 24, 2011	Y	SEGA Model 3	Windows	GNU	[10]
VivaNonno	22.0.3	February 26, 2004	Y	namco System 22	Windows	Freeware	[11] · [12]
Zinc	1.1	January 25, 2005	Y	namco System 11, Sony ZN1 & ZN2	Windows	Freeware	[13] · [14]

Atari

Atari 2600

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
PC Atari Emulator	2.6	May 2002	N	Atari 2600	MS-DOS, Windows	GPL	[15]
Stella	3.5	December 29, 2011	Y	Atari 2600	Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Windows Mobile, Dreamcast, GP2X, Nintendo DS, Wii	GPL	[16]
z26^[2]	3.02	June 13, 2011	Y	Atari 2600	Windows, Mac OS, Linux, MS-DOS	GPL	[17]

Atari 5200

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
Atari800^[3]	2.2.1	April 28, 2011	Y	Atari 5200, various Atari 8-bit computers	Cross-platform	GPL	[18]

Atari 7800

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
EMU7800^[4]	0.97	January 26, 2011	Y	Atari 2600, Atari 7800	Windows	GPL	[19]
ProSystem Emulator^[4]	1.3	May 12, 2008	Y	Atari 7800	Windows	GPL	[20]

Nintendo

Consoles

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Actual version	Last Release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
iNES^[5]	1.4	January 1, 2011	Y	NES	iOS		[21]
FakeNES^[6]	0.5.9 beta3	July 20, 2008		NES	Windows	zlib	[22]
FCEUX	2.1.5	June 4, 2011	Y	NES	Cross-platform	GPL	[23]
Jnes	1.0.2	February 6, 2010	Y	NES	Windows	Proprietary	[24]
nemulator	2.5	November 11, 2011	Y	NES	Windows		[25]
NESten^[7]	0.61 beta1	February 11, 2001	N	NES	Windows		[26]
Nester	beta4a	February 15, 2009		NES	Windows	GPL	[27]
NESticle^[8]	x.xx	August 18, 1998	N	NES	MS-DOS		[28]
NEStopia	1.40	June 11, 2008	Y	NES	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[29][30]
TI-NESulator	0.40	May 30, 2008		NES	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	Proprietary	[31]
TuxNES	0.75	April 15, 2001	N	NES	Linux, FreeBSD	GPL	[32]
vNES^[9]	2.14	May 31, 2011	Y	NES	Java ME, Symbian	GPL	[33]
IMBNes^[10]	2.14	May 31, 2011	Y	NES	PlayStation	Proprietary

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
bsnes	0.86	February 13, 2012	Y	SNES, Super Game Boy, Satellaview, Sufami Turbo, NES	Linux, Mac OS, Windows	GNU GPLv3	[34][35]
FB Alpha	0.2.97.20	January 22, 2012	Y	CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, PGM, Mega Drive and others	Cross-platform	FB Alpha License (open source)	[36]
NO$SNS	1.1	February 26, 2012	Y	SNES	Windows	Proprietary, Freeware	[37]
Snes9x	1.53	April 25, 2011	Y	SNES	Linux, Mac OS, Windows, PlayStation 3, GameCube, Wii, PSP, iOS, Android	Non-commercial open source	[38]
SnesGT	0.218 (Stable) 0.230 beta 7 (Beta)	January 29, 2011	Y	SNES	Windows	Proprietary, Freeware	[39]
ZSNES	1.51	January 24, 2007	Y	SNES	Linux, MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS X (Intel-only)	GPL	[40]

Nintendo 64

Name	Current version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
1964	1.1	July 7, 2009	Y	Nintendo 64	Windows	GPL	[41][42]
Mupen64 Plus	1.99.4	July 2011	Y	Nintendo 64	Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android, others	GPL v2	[43]
Corn	0.3	July 13, 2003	N	Nintendo 64	Windows		[44]
N64oid^[11]	2.2.3	August 30, 2011	Y	Nintendo 64	Android		[45]
Project64	1.7.51.51	January 4, 2011		Nintendo 64	Windows	Proprietary, Freeware	[46]
Sixtyforce	0.9.5 beta 1	April 3, 2010	Y	Nintendo 64	Mac OS	Proprietary	[47]
UltraHLE	1.0.0	January 28, 1999	N	Nintendo 64	Windows		[48]

GameCube

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
Dolphin	3.0	December 24, 2011	Y	Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Triforce	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[49][50]

Wii

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
Dolphin	3.0	December 24, 2011	Y	Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Triforce	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[51][52]

Handhelds

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
EmuMaster by Team GX FXIII Edition	3.0	February 12, 2010	?	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear	PSP	GPL	[53]
BGB^[12]^[13]	1.3.2	April 10, 2011	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy	Windows		[54]
GNUboy^[14]	1.0.3	December 8, 2001	N	Game Boy	Cross-platform	GPL
Goomba	2.3	September 17, 2005	N	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS	Proprietary	[55]
Goomba Color	3-31-2008	March 31, 2008	N	Game Boy Color	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS	Proprietary	[56]
Goomba Paletted	2.40	January 31, 2011	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS	GPL	[57]
KiGB^[15]	2.0.5	September 27, 2008	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	Windows, Mac OS	Proprietary	[58]
Phoinix^[16]	1.4.2	June 14, 2008	N	Game Boy	Palm OS	GPL	[59]
VisualBoyAdvance	1.7.2	May 25, 2004	N	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[60]
GeMP	3.3	April 19, 2006	N	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	PlayStation Portable	GPL	[61]
Lameboy	0.12	May 2, 2009	N	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	Nintendo DS	GPL	[62]

Game Boy Advance

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
Boycott Advance	0.4.0	September 27, 2008	Y	Game Boy Advance	Mac OS		[63]
gpSP	0.9.15	December 20, 2011	Y	Game Boy Advance	PlayStation Portable	GPL	[64]
iDeaS^[17]	1.0.3.9	February 17, 2011	Y	Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux		[65]
NO$GBA	2.6a	January 23, 2008	N	Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS	Windows		[66]
VBA-M	rev1025	June 15, 2011	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux	GPL	[67]
VBA2	SVN246	February 23, 2010	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux	GPL	[68]
Visual Boy Advance GX	2.2.2	October 7, 2010	Y	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance	GameCube, Wii	GPL	[69]
VisualBoyAdvance	1.7.2	May 25, 2004	N	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[70]

Nintendo DS

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
DSonPSP	0.7	May 28, 2011	Y	Nintendo DS	PSP	GPL	Unknown
DeSmuME	0.9.7	February 1, 2011	Y	Nintendo DS	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[71][72]
Ensata	1.4e	March 16, 2007	N	Nintendo DS	Windows	Official developers only	[73]
iDeaS	1.0.4.0	February 12, 2012	N	Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance	Windows, Linux		[74]
NO$GBA	2.6a	January 23, 2008	N	Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance	Windows		[75]

Sega

Master System

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
DSMasterPlus^[18]	1.3	August 20, 2007		Master System, Game Gear	Nintendo DS		[76]
Kega Fusion^[19]	3.64 (Windows), 3.63i (Mac OS), 3.63x (Linux)	March 7, 2010	Y	SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Game Gear, Sega Pico, Mega Drive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, SVP	Windows, Linux, Mac OS		[77]
"EmuMaster" by Team GX FXIII Edirion	3.0	February 12, 2010	?	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy Sega Master System SGG	PSP	GPL	[78]
CrabEmu	0.1.9	February 27, 2009	Y	SG-1000, Master System, Game Gear	Mac OS X, Linux, Dreamcast	GPL	[79]
Osmose	0.9.96	June 1, 2011	Y	Master System, Game Gear	Linux, Windows	GPL	[80]
MEKA	0.73	May 30, 2010	Y	SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Game Gear	Linux, Windows	GPL	[81]

Sega Genesis / Sega CD / Sega 32X

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
FB Alpha	0.2.97.20	January 22, 2012	Y	CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, PGM, Mega Drive and others	Cross-platform	FB Alpha License (open source)	[82]
Genecyst	x.xx (0.33)	August 1998	N	Sega Genesis	MS-DOS	Freeware	[83]
Genesis Plus^[20]			N	Sega Genesis	Windows, Mac OS, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Wii	GPL	[84][85]
Gens	2.14	May 21, 2006	N	Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32x	Windows, Linux, Palm	GPL	[86]
Gens/GS	r7	Nov 11, 2009	Y	Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X	Windows, Linux	GPL	[87]
Kega Fusion^[19]	3.64	Mar 7, 2010	Y	SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Game Gear, Sega Pico, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32x, SVP	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	Freeware	[88]
"EmuMaster" by Team GX FXIII Edirion	3.0	February 12, 2010	?	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy Sega Master System SGG	PSP	GPL	[89]
Gens32 Surreal	1.88	October 6, 2010	Y	Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X	Windows	? (free)	[90]
Gens+ Rewind	1.1	February 1, 2011	Y	Master System, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X	Windows	? (free)	[91]

Saturn

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
GiriGiri^[21]	0.6a	2003	N	Sega Saturn	Windows, PSP	Freeware, later commercial	[92]
SSF	0.12 beta R3	December 26, 2011	Y	Sega Saturn, ST-V	Windows	Freeware	[93]
Yabause	0.9.11	November 27, 2011	Y	Sega Saturn	Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Dreamcast, Wii, PSP	GNU GPL	[94]

Dreamcast

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
NullDC	1.0.4 r136	August 21, 2011	Y	Dreamcast	Windows	GNU GPL v3	[95]
Chankast^[22]	Alpha 0.25	July 7, 2004	N	Dreamcast	Windows	Freeware	[96]
lxdream^[23]	0.9.1	June 29, 2009	Y	Dreamcast	Linux, Mac OS	GPL	[97]

Sony

PlayStation

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
bleem!	1.6b	August 16, 2001	N	PlayStation	Windows	Proprietary
bleemcast!	1.0 beta	November 2001	N	PlayStation	Dreamcast	Proprietary
Connectix Virtual Game Station	1.4.1	October 11, 2000	N	PlayStation	Windows, Mac OS	Proprietary
ePSXe	1.7.0	May 24, 2008	N	PlayStation	Windows, Linux	Freeware	[98]
FPSE	0.10.58	October 12, 2011	Y	PlayStation	Android, Windows Mobile	Proprietary	[99]
PCSX	1.5	May 12, 2003	N	PlayStation	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	GPL	[100]
PCSX-df	1.10	March 29, 2009	N	PlayStation	Linux	GPL	[101][102]
PCSX-Reloaded	1.9.92	August 5, 2010	Y	PlayStation	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	GPLv2	[103]
pSX	1.13	February 29, 2008	N	PlayStation	Windows, Linux	Freeware	[104]
PSXeven	0.19	April 25, 2005	N	PlayStation	Windows	Freeware	[105]
Xebra/Arbex	110425	April 25, 2011	Y	PlayStation	Windows	Freeware	[106]

PlayStation 2

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
PCSX2	0.9.8 r4600	May 1, 2011	Y	PlayStation 2	Windows, Linux	GPL	[107][108]
NeutrinoSX2^[24]	0.8.1	2004	N	PlayStation 2	Windows	GPL	[109]

PlayStation Portable

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	Link
Potemkin^[25]	0.1	January 10, 2011	N	PSP	Windows
PSPE^[26]	0.9	June 04, 2005	Y	PSP	Windows
JPCSP	0.6 r2394	December 05, 2011	Y	PSP	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	[110]

Microsoft

Xbox

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
cxbx^[27]	Cxbx 0.8.0-Pre2 (Win32)	September 6, 2004	Y	Xbox	Windows	GPL	[111][112][113]
Xbox Backwards Compatibility Mode	X: 5829.0	November 27th, 2007	N	Xbox	Xbox 360	Proprietary	[114]
Xeon^[24]	1.0 (Win32)	August 13, 2003	N	Xbox	Windows, MS-DOS	Freeware	[115]

Other

These programs emulate multiple systems and/or systems without many alternatives. Many early and obscure systems are covered by one or more of these emulators.

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
Bliss^[28]	2.0.5	May 25, 2006	N	Mattel Intellivision	Windows, Palm OS		[116]
M.E.S.S.	0.142	April 4, 2011	Y	Various	Cross-platform	Custom	[117]
WinUAE	2.3.3 (Win32, Stable) 2.4.0 WIP #1 (Win32, WIP)	December 24, 2011	Y	Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV, other Amiga	Windows	GPL	[118]

CBS ColecoVision

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
ColEm^[29]	2.6		Y	ColecoVision	Windows	Open source	[119]

Panasonic 3DO

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
FreeDO	1.9	January 3, 2007	N	3DO	Windows	modified GNU LGPL	[120]
FourDO	1.1.2.0 beta	January 26, 2012	Y	3DO	Windows	GPL	[121]

TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine

Name	Actual version	Last release	Active	System	Platform	License	Link
FB Alpha	0.2.97.20	January 22, 2012	Y	CP System, CP System II, Neo Geo MVS, PGM, Mega Drive and others	Cross-platform	FB Alpha License (open source)	[122]
Mednafen	0.8.D.3 (Stable) / 0.9.18-WIP (Unstable)	May 29, 2010 / August 11, 2011	Y	TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine, SuperGrafx, Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, WonderSwan (Color)	FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Windows	GNU GPL	[123]
MagicEngine^[30]	1.1.3	May 26, 2008	Y	TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine, SuperGrafx	Windows, MS-DOS, Mac OS	Commercial	[124]
Ootake	2.64	January 29, 2012	Y	TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine, SuperGrafx	Windows	Open source	http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/

Notes

^ Carless 2004, p. 59
^ Grand et al. 2004, p. 396
^ Kohler 2006, p. 286
^ ^a ^b Kohler 2006, p. 157
^ Kohler 2006, p. 166
^ Kohler 2006, p. 171
^ Carless, 2004, p. 60
^ Kohler 2006, p. 165
^ Kohler 2006, p. 205
^ PSX Scene, p. 205
^ McElroy, Griffin (2011-03-07). "N64oid emulates Nintendo 64 classics on Android smartphones". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ Kohler 2006, p. 194
^ Gralla 2007, p. 469
^ Kohler 2006, p. 202
^ Kohler 2006, p. 181
^ Kohler 2006, p. 203
^ Ransom-Wiley, James (May 10 2005). "DS emulator off the ground, still glitchy". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-05-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Fletcher, JC (2008-05-22). "Emulating the gaming world on DS". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
^ ^a ^b Kohler 2006, p. 178
^ Fletcher, JC (2008-04-03). "Welcome to the Next Generation of Wii homebrew". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
^ Sheffield, Brandon (2006-11-06). "A Tough Nut To Karrak: Sony's New PR Boss Talks PlayStation 3 Plans". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
^ Stolarz 2005, p.318
^ Goodwin, Steven. "Appliance Hacking". Smart Home Automation with Linux. Apress. p. 53.
^ ^a ^b Stolarz 2005, p.319
^ Yoon, Andrew (2007-05-06). "Experimental emulator brings PSP games to Windows". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
^ Prochnow, Dave (2005). PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions. McGraw-Hill. p. 124.
^ Grand et al. 2004, p. 145
^ Kohler 2006, p. 148
^ Kohler 2006, p. 151
^ Kohler 2006, p. 179

References

Carless, Simon (2004). Gaming Hacks. O'Reilly Media.
Kohler, Chris (2006). Retro Gaming Hacks. O'Reilly Media.
Gralla, Preston (2007). "Emulate The Game Boy On Your PC". Big Book of Windows Hacks. O'Reilly Media. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
Stolarz, Damien (2005). "In-Car Applications". Car PC Hacks. O' Reilly Media.
Game Console Hacking. Syngress. 2004. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[1] Carless 2004, p. 59

[2] Grand et al. 2004, p. 396

[3] Kohler 2006, p. 286

[kohler157-4] Kohler 2006, p. 157

[5] Kohler 2006, p. 166

[6] Kohler 2006, p. 171

[7] Carless, 2004, p. 60

[8] Kohler 2006, p. 165

[9] Kohler 2006, p. 205

[10] PSX Scene, p. 205

[11] McElroy, Griffin (2011-03-07). "N64oid emulates Nintendo 64 classics on Android smartphones". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

[12] Kohler 2006, p. 194

[13] Gralla 2007, p. 469

[14] Kohler 2006, p. 202

[15] Kohler 2006, p. 181

[16] Kohler 2006, p. 203

[17] Ransom-Wiley, James (May 10 2005). "DS emulator off the ground, still glitchy". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-05-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[fletcher-18] Fletcher, JC (2008-05-22). "Emulating the gaming world on DS". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

[kega-19] Kohler 2006, p. 178

[20] Fletcher, JC (2008-04-03). "Welcome to the Next Generation of Wii homebrew". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-07-11.

[21] Sheffield, Brandon (2006-11-06). "A Tough Nut To Karrak: Sony's New PR Boss Talks PlayStation 3 Plans". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

[22] Stolarz 2005, p.318

[23] Goodwin, Steven. "Appliance Hacking". Smart Home Automation with Linux. Apress. p. 53.

[stolarz319-24] Stolarz 2005, p.319

[25] Yoon, Andrew (2007-05-06). "Experimental emulator brings PSP games to Windows". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-07-05.

[26] Prochnow, Dave (2005). PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions. McGraw-Hill. p. 124.

[27] Grand et al. 2004, p. 145

[28] Kohler 2006, p. 148

[29] Kohler 2006, p. 151

[30] Kohler 2006, p. 179

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