The following is a list of notable
video game console emulators.
Arcade
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Visual Pinball
Atari
;
Atari 2600
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Stella
Stella or STELLA may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media Comedy
*Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain
Characters
*Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...
Nintendo
Home consoles
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Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in America ...
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FCEUX
FCEUX is an open-source Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer Disk System emulator. It is a merger of various forks of FCE Ultra.
Multiplayer support
The Win32 and SDL versions of FCEUX do not currently support TCP/IP network play f ...
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NESticle
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Nestopia
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Super NES
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Snes9x
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ZSNES
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Nintendo 64
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Mupen64Plus
Mupen64Plus, formerly named ''Mupen64-64bit'' and ''Mupen64-amd64'', is a free and open-source, cross-platform Nintendo 64 emulator, written in the programming languages C and C++. It allows users to play Nintendo 64 games on a computer by readi ...
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Project64
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Project Unreality
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UltraHLE
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GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...
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Wii
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other Regional lockout, regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major ho ...
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Dolphin
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Wii U
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Cemu
Handhelds
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Game Boy
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Wzonka-Lad
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Game Boy Advance
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VisualBoyAdvance (Also supports
Game Boy and
Game Boy Color
The (commonly abbreviated as GBC) is a handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998 and to international markets that November. It is the successor to the Game Boy and is part of the Game ...
)
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Nintendo 3DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo. It was announced in March 2010 and unveiled at E3 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS. The system features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS video games. As an eighth-generatio ...
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Citra
Hybrid
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Nintendo Switch
The is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. The console itself is a Tablet computer#Gaming tablet, tablet that can either be docking station, docked for use as a home video ...
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Yuzu
SNK
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Neo Geo CD
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NeoCD
Sony
Home consoles
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PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divisi ...
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AdriPSX
AdriPSX ILE is a PlayStation emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables ...
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bleem!
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bleemcast!
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Connectix Virtual Game Station
The Virtual Game Station (VGS, code named Bonestorm) was an emulator by Connectix that allows Sony PlayStation games to be played on a desktop computer. It was first released for the Macintosh, in 1999, after being previewed at Macworld/iWorld ...
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ePSXe
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PCSX-Reloaded
PCSX is a free and open-source, video game console emulator that allows software designed to be used with the Sony PlayStation to run on personal computers. Over the years, development changed hands several times with PCSX-Reloaded (PCSXR) now be ...
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PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...
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PCSX2
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PlayStation 3
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RPCS3
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PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...
*, there are no PlayStation 4 emulators that can boot into commercial games. A website promoting a supposed PS4 emulator, "PCSX4", is a
scam.
Handhelds
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PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, ...
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PPSSPP
PPSSPP (an acronym for "PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably") is a free and open-source PlayStation Portable, PSP video game console emulator, emulator for Microsoft Windows, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android (operati ...
Frontends
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RetroArch
Multi-system emulators
Multi-system emulators are capable of emulating the functionality of multiple systems.
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higan
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MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
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Mednafen
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MESS
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the o ...
(Multi Emulator Super System), formerly a stand-alone application and now part of MAME
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OpenEmu
OpenEmu is an open-source software, open-source multi-system video game emulator designed for macOS. It provides a plugin interface to emulate numerous Video game console, consoles' hardware, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis ...
See also
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Emulator
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List of computer system emulators
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List of emulators
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Video game console emulator
References
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