🕹️ ➜ Megathread / Emulators
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📝 ➜ Table of Contents
- 🕹️ ➜ Megathread / Emulators
- 📝 ➜ Table of Contents
- 📑 ➜ Archive of Knowledge
- 📑 ➜ Browser Play
- 📑 ➜ Multisystem
- 📑 ➜ Microsoft
- 📑 ➜ Nintendo
- 🔗 Cemu • Wii U
- 🐐 Dolphin • GameCube + Wii
- 🔗 FCEUX • Famicom
- 🔗 melonDS • DS
- 🔗 Mesen2 • Game Boy + NES + SNES
- 🔗 mGBA • Game Boy Advance
- 🔗 puNES • NES
- 🔗 Project64 • 64
- 🔗 Rosalie's Mupen GUI • 64
- 🔗 SameBoy • Game Boy + Color + Super
- 🔗 simple64 • 64
- 🔗 Snes9X • SNES
- 🔗 Sudachi • Switch
- 🔗 Suyu ➜ Note • Switch
- 🔗 Torzu • Switch
- 🔗 Yuzu • Switch
- 📑 ➜ Sega
- 📑 ➜ Sony
- 📑 ➜ Valve
- 📑 ➜ ROMs
- 🔗 Best NES Games
- 🔗 CDRomance
- 🔗 ConsoleRoms
- 🔗 Cylum's Sega Master System ROM Collection
- 🔗 edge|emulation
- 🔗 Emu-Land
- 🔗 Emu Games
- 🔗 GameGinie
- 🔗 Lategames
- 🔗 Myrient
- 🔗 NswRom
- 🔗 nsw2u
- 🐐 NXBrew
- 🔗 r/Roms Megathread / 2
- 🔗 Retro Roms "Best" Set
- 🔗 Retrostic
- 🐐 Rom Hustler
- 🐐 ROMhacking
- 🔗 Romheaven / 2
- 🔗 Romsever
- 🔗 ROMSIM
- 🔗 Romslab
- 🔗 Romspedia
- 🔗 ROMSPURE.CC
- 🐐 RomUlation
- 🔗 TAODUNG
- 🔗 TechToRoms
- 🔗 Vimm's Lair ➜ Note
- 🔗 Wowroms
- 🔗 Ziperto
- 📑 ➜ Torrents
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📑 ➜ Archive of Knowledge
📒 Emulation General Wiki
- Awesome list of emulators that are still active and regularly updated.
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📒 The Emulator Zone
- Most up-to-date emulators for classic video game consoles.
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📑 ➜ Browser Play
🌐 Classic games online
- Play the top vintage DOS or vintage console games right now in your web browser and bring back fond memories.
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🌐 ClassicReload
- DOS games in your browser thanks to the preservation of over 6,000 ancient retro abandonware games.
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🌐 DOS_deck
- Vintage MS-DOS games, accessible in full-screen mode on your browser with controller support.
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🌐 Free 80s Arcade
- Free online games from the past like Atari, NES, Colecovision, and Sega in your browser or on your phone.
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🌐 GBA Online
- Seamless open-source emulation of games right in your web browser without spending a dime!
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🌐 Let's Play SEGA
- Sega Retro Classics and new hacked ROMs. Experience iconic characters like Sonic, and more.
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🌐 Play Retro Games Online
- Very convenient consoles from Nintendo, Sega, and Sony available in your browser.
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🌐 RetroGames
- Preserving the 1980s and 1990s video games, developed for consoles and platforms that are no longer available.
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🌐 Retro Games
- Recognizing and maintaining the heritage of numerous retro video games from various systems and genres.
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🌐 SEGA Online Emulator
- Explore over 600 SEGA Megadrive / Sega Genesis games hassle-free.
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🐐 SSega
- Play every 16-bit classic SEGA Genesis/ Mega Drive game available online on your browser.
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🌐 webЯcade
- On a wide range of platforms, games are natively executed within the browser under the control of cloud-based gaming feeds.
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📑 ➜ Multisystem
🔗 ares
- Open source, cross-platform emulator that prioritizes accuracy and preservation.
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🔗 ES-DE
- Frontend for gaming, compatible with RetroArch and standalone emulators, and easily customizable.
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🔗 MAME
- Simulating arcade game systems in gaming PCs and other gaming devices.
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🔗 Mednafen
- Portable, argument-driven, emulator that makes use of OpenGL and SDL.
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🔗 OpenEmu • MacOS
- Adaptable and capable of simulating a broad range of video game systems.
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🔗 RetroArch
- Its sleek graphical interface lets you to play old games on a variety of PCs and consoles.
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🔗 RetroDECK • Linux + SteamOS
- Retro gaming solution for Linux, focusing on SteamOS and the Steam Deck.
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🔗 Zophar's Domain
- Latest emulators, news, utilities, savestates, cheats, hacks, and heaps more.
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📑 ➜ Microsoft
🔗 xemu • Xbox
- Open-source program that allows users to play games on all operating systems.
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🔗 xenia • Xbox 360
- Great project that simulates beloved games on modern PCs.
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📑 ➜ Nintendo
🔗 Cemu • Wii U
- Play the majority of games while continually being updated with new features.
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🐐 Dolphin • GameCube + Wii
- Excellent compatibility with the vast majority of games for both systems.
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🔗 FCEUX • Famicom
- An all-in-one package that provides both casual gaming and realistic emulation.
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🔗 melonDS • DS
- Provides precise and quick emulation with a good selection of features.
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🔗 Mesen2 • Game Boy + NES + SNES
- Built in C++ and C#, this multi-system emulator works on Windows and MacOS.
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🔗 mGBA • Game Boy Advance
- Quick enough to operate on less powerful hardware while maintaining portability.
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🔗 puNES • NES
- Nintendo Entertainment System emulator built using Qt.
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🔗 Project64 • 64
- Free and open-source C++ emulator currently only for Windows.
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🔗 Rosalie's Mupen GUI • 64
- C++ based mupen64plus front-end with a straightforward user interface.
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🔗 SameBoy • Game Boy + Color + Super
- Open source, user friendly emulator on all operating systems.
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🔗 simple64 • 64
- It has several features, such as a GUI, netplay, and a automated updater.
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🔗 Snes9X • SNES
- Portable emulator, letting users play SNES and Super Famicom games on their PC.
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🔗 Sudachi • Switch
- For Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android devices, experience the cutting-edge Switch emulator.
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🔗 Suyu ➜ Note • Switch
- Open-source, free, non-profit Switch emulator built on C++ with a strong compatibility focus.
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🔗 Torzu • Switch
- Running at full speed, the emulator can handle most commercial games.
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🔗 Yuzu • Switch
- No longer developed. Games can be played using this open-source emulator.
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📑 ➜ Sega
🔗 Flycast • Dreamcast
- Good multi-platform emulator also supporting Naomi, Naomi 2, and Atomiswave.
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🐐 Kega Fusion • All consoles released before Sega Saturn
- A tremendous amount of emphasis on precision, highly optimized, and functions very well.
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🔗 redream • Dreamcast
- This little package, less than 4MB, can create a smooth 60Hz experience.
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📑 ➜ Sony
🔗 DuckStation • PlayStation 1
- Console emulator with an emphasis on playability, speed, and long-term accessibility.
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🐐 ePSXe • PlayStation 1
- Awesome emulator that is lighting quick and easy to start playing.
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🐐 PCSX2 • PlayStation 2
- A 20+ years project capable of running the majority of games at full speed.
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🔗 PPSSPP • PSP
- Play games in full HD or greater quality with post-processing shaders as well as other effects.
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🔗 RPCS3 • PlayStation 3
- Bringing its extensive catalog to the PC platform to maintain the heritage of the console.
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🔗 Vita3K • Vita
- Nice, experimental, open-source emulator available for all platforms.
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📑 ➜ Valve
🔗 EmuDeck • Steam Deck
- Simplifies setup with configuration, bezel adjustments, hotkey assignments, and performance optimization.
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🔍 SteamDeckPirates • Steam Deck
- Vibrant community for the Steam Deck guiding users on how to pirate games effectively.
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📑 ➜ ROMs
🔗 Best NES Games
- 180 fantastic games. Simply download and extract the 19MB zip file.
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🔗 CDRomance
- Game collection from the 128-bit era of the sixth console generation, as well 8-bit titles.
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🔗 ConsoleRoms
- Collection of console ROMs and emulators for many popular systems.
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🔗 Cylum's Sega Master System ROM Collection
- Many fantastic, well-known games from different Sega platforms.
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🔗 edge|emulation
- Classics, including Atari, Nintendo, and Sega, are available as free ROM downloads.
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🔗 Emu-Land
- Enthusiasts can find ROMs and emulators for classic consoles and computers.
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🔗 Emu Games
- An extensive variety of ROMs for heaps of different systems.
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🔗 GameGinie
- Free ROMs for GBA, SNES, DS, N64, NES, PSP, PS2, WII, GameCube ISOs, plus more.
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🔗 Lategames
- Access ROMs + Emulators for a variety of consoles like GBA, SNES, NDS.
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🔗 Myrient
- Structured and accessible 200TB video game collection.
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🔗 NswRom
- Download all Nintendo Switch NSZ, NSP, and XCI game ROMs for free.
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🔗 nsw2u
- Number of Switch ROMs that you can effortlessly and securely download.
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🐐 NXBrew
- Most recent NSPs, XCIs, and NSZs for the Nintendo Switch with only one click.
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🔗 r/Roms Megathread / 2
- Fantastic dump of ROMs for many different systems to start playing games.
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🔗 Retro Roms "Best" Set
- Manually offering the most widely agreed-upon list of best games.
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🔗 Retrostic
- Intends to give every conceivable ROM or ISO file for an archived vintage game.
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🐐 Rom Hustler
- Most comprehensive range of excellent ROMs available for free download.
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🐐 ROMhacking
- Hub for classic video game modifications, fan translations, console homebrew, and resources.
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🔗 Romheaven / 2
- Decentralized initiative ensures the everlasting preservation of video games.
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🔗 Romsever
- Download and play all ROMs and ISOs from Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and GBA.
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🔗 ROMSIM
- Games for handheld consoles, ROMs, and Emulators for PC, aiming to simplify the gaming experience.
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🔗 Romslab
- Massive collection of free Switch ROMs, including emulators, DLCs, and much more.
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🔗 Romspedia
- Encyclopedia for ROMs and ISOs, where you may download heaps of games.
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🔗 ROMSPURE.CC
- Explore over 30,000 verified roms, including 3000 pre-patched and 5000 fan-translations.
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🐐 RomUlation
- Retro console games on your PC. Relive your childhood right now.
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🔗 TAODUNG
- Access and download free Switch ROMs NSP, XCI, and NSZ directly.
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🔗 TechToRoms
- Ultimate source for downloading a wide selection of ROMs, games, and emulators.
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🔗 Vimm's Lair ➜ Note
- Devoted to fond memories of several of the best systems and thousands of games.
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🔗 Wowroms
- Embark on a gaming journey of game ROMs, ISOs, emulators, all freely available.
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🔗 Ziperto
- Free ROMs for the PlayStation Vitas, 3DS, Switch, and Wii U.
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📑 ➜ Torrents
🧲 BlueRoms
- Explore a vast collection of ROMs for PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, 3DS, and more!
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