NeXium (2026/09/05) is released. NeXium is a modular Switch emulator with a Vulkan-backed GPU and two interchangeable AArch64 JITs. Choose Dynarmic or Rustarmic at runtime. Homebrew is playable, commercial titles now go past menus into rendered gameplay, and every layer stays visible enough to debug.
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NeXium (2026/10/20)
NeXium (2026/09/05) is released. NeXium is a modular Switch emulator with a Vulkan-backed GPU and two interchangeable AArch64 JITs. Choose Dynarmic or Rustarmic at runtime. Homebrew is playable, commercial titles now go past menus into rendered gameplay, and every layer stays visible enough to debug.
Kronos v2.8.0
Kronos v2.8.0 is released. Kronos is a unofficial port of Yabause SEGA Saturn Emulator( http://yabause.org/ ).
KytyPS5 (2026/10/21)
KytyPS5 (2026/10/21) is released. KytyPS5 is a PlayStation 5 compatibility layer. The project is still in an early stage of development, so compatibility is limited and behavior may change quickly between builds.
RPCN v1.12.1
RPCN v1.12.1 is released. RPCN is a server that implements multiplayer functionality for RPCS3. It implements rooms which permit matchmaking, scoreboards, title user storage(ie cloud saves), etc. All the settings and their descriptions are in rpcn.cfg.
Simple Launcher v5.8.4
Simple Launcher v5.8.4 is released. Simple Launcher is an emulator frontend that makes playing retro games a breeze.
FCE Ultra GX v4.0.3
FCE Ultra GX v4.0.3 is released. FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of the FCE Ultra 0.98.12 Nintendo Entertainment system for x86 (Windows/Linux) PC's. With it you can play NES games on your Wii/GameCube(NGC). Version 2 is a complete rewrite based on code from SNES9x GX.
Visual Boy Advance GX v3.0.4
Visual Boy Advance GX v3.0.4 is released. Visual Boy Advance GX is a Game Boy(GB)/Game Boy Color(GBC)/Game Boy Advance(GBA) emulator based on VBA-M, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The code is a continuation of Softdev and emu_kidid's efforts, and uses libogc and devkitppc.
Supermodel-VK v0.9.2.3a
Supermodel-VK v0.9.2.3a is released. A Vulkan-focused fork of Supermodel, the open-source Sega Model 3 arcade emulator.
Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/21)
N64 Git (2026/10/21)
N64 Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. Experimental low-level N64 emulator written in C and a bit of C++. Still under heavy development and not ready for prime time. Compatibility is not high and performance is not great (yet.) The goals of this project are to create a low-level emulator with good compatibility, while learning a lot along the way.
Xenia Git (2026/10/21)
Xenia Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. Xenia is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360. It does not run games (yet).
VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/21)
VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. VisualBoyAdvance-M(VBA-M) is a [Super] Game Boy [Color / Advance] emulator for Windows, Linux & Mac. Here you can get information about the latest development build of the Windows version and download it while you're at it.
Vita3K Git (2026/10/21)
Vita3K Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. Vita3K is an experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS. The emulator currently runs a few homebrew programs in .vpk format. No commercial games are playable.
ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/21)
ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/21) is released. An early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
rpcs3 Git (2026/10/21)
rpcs3 Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. RPCS3 is an open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows and Linux. The emulator has been in development since early 2011 and currently supports modern DirectX 12, Vulkan and OpenGL renderers. The emulator is capable of booting and playing a decent amount of commercial games and PlayStation 3 SDK samples. Many more titles are also becoming playable with future development by contributors.
SharpEmu Git (2026/10/21)
SharpEmu Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. An experimental PlayStation 5 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.
PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/21)
PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. This is yet another fork of the Playstation Emulator, PCSX. While the work here is very much in progress, the goal is roughly the following: Bring the codebase to more up to date code standards. Get rid of the plugin system and create a single monolithic codebase that handles all aspects of the playstation emulation. Write everything on top of SDL/OpenGL3+/ImGui for portability and readability. Improve the debugging experience. Improve the rendering experience.
PCSX2 v2.9.134
PCSX2 v2.9.134 is released. PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. Its purpose is to 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. This allows you to play PS2 games on your PC, with many additional features and benefits.
OpenMSX Git (2026/10/21)
OpenMSX Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. OpenMSX is an open source MSX emulator which is free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, available under the GNU General Public License.For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing to play quite some games without the need to have an original MSX BIOS ROM image. You can also use your own BIOS ROM image if you please.
NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-877-158f98fb
NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-877-158f98fb is released. NxEmu is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from N3xoX1.
Hades Git (2026/10/21)
Hades Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. A Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator. Hades is still under heavy development but it aimes to have a decent balance between usability, speed and accuracy.
Fceux Git (2026/10/21)
Fceux Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. FCEUX is a cross platform, NTSC and PAL Famicom/NES emulator that is an evolution of the original FCE Ultra emulator. Over time FCE Ultra had separated into many separate branches. The concept behind FCEUX is to merge elements from FCE Ultra, FCEU rerecording, FCEUXD, FCEUXDSP, and FCEU-mm into a single branch of FCEU. As the X implies, it is an all-encompassing FCEU emulator that gives the best of all worlds for the general player, the ROM-hacking community, and the Tool-Assisted Speedrun Community.
Flycast Git (2026/10/21)
FB Neo Git (2026/10/21)
FB Neo Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. FinalBurn Neo is an Emulator for Arcade Games & Select Consoles. It is based on the emulators FinalBurn and old versions of MAME.
EKA2L1 Git (2026/10/21)
EKA2L1 Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. EKA2L1 is a Experimental Symbian OS emulator, written in C++ 17. The emulator currently emulates Symbian OS's EKA2 behavior (with planned EKA1 support), and reimplement most of its critical app servers. It can already boot many EKA2's apps and games, with EKA1 being worked on at the moment.
DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/21)
DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. DOSBox-x is a branch of DOSBox. DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD.
DuckStation Git (2026/10/21)
DuckStation Git (2026/10/21) is compiled. DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices. "Hack" options are discouraged, the default configuration should support all playable games with only some of the enhancements having compatibility issues.
PPSSPP Git (2026/10/21)
Citron-NEO Git (2026/10/21)
Azahar Git (2026/10/21)
Mupen64-RR Lua v1.5.0-7
Mupen64-RR Lua v1.5.0-7 is released. Mupen64 ReRecording is the re-recording branch of Mupen64.This is the development project for this branch of Mupen64. Its primary function is to expand features related to the creation of Tool-Asssisted movies.
Snes9x GX v5.0.4
Snes9x GX v5.0.4 is released. Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo(SFC) emulator based on Snes9x, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The code is a continuation of Softdev and Crunchy2's efforts, and uses libogc and devkitppc.
KytyPlus v4.6
KytyPlus v4.6 is released. KytyPlus is a KytyPS5-based PlayStation 5 emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This repository is a standalone project derived from KytyPS5 (itself based on Kyty), with additional work focused on iGPU optimization, build stability, and a unified PS4/PS5 dispatch (iGPU behavior is not yet verified; see iGPU status).
