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NeXium (2026/10/31) 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.
Copperline v1.1.0 is released. An Amiga emulator written in Rust, built around a vendored copy of the pure-Rust m68k CPU core, with a pixels + winit window for video and stdout for serial. It started life with the modest goal of booting DiagROM far enough to show a menu; it now boots Kickstart and runs timing-sensitive OCS and AGA software from the regression set at real speed.
Fuse v1.10.1 is released. The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator (Fuse) is an emulator of the 1980s home computer and various clones for Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.
VirtualC64 v6.2 is released. VirtualC64 is a C64 emulator for Mac OS X from Dirk W. Hoffmann. VirtualC64 emulates a Commodore 64 personal computer on your Macintosh.
Xenia Edge Git (2026/11/01) is released. Xenia Edge is yet another experimental fork of the Xenia emulator, mainly based on Xenia Canary but with the aim of quicker iteration and improvements to Vulkan backend and Linux platform in particular. Windows of course remains fully supported as well and will benefit from changes made here especially with its Vulkan backend.
CosmoU v0.13.0 is released. CosmoU – The most beautiful way to play Wii U games on PC. A free Cemu frontend with Liquid Glass design, automatic setup, multiple view modes (including a Wii U-style home menu), and simple per-game settings. Built for nostalgia and ease of use.
OpenROM v3.9.5 is released. OpenROM is a free, open-source Universal ROM Conversion Suite built to replace every proprietary and fragmented ROM tool out there. Powered by a modern Flutter desktop UI with a gaming dashboard aesthetic, real-time terminal logging, batch processing, smart platform detection, and a full headless CLI for automation — all running 100% offline.
Eglantine nx2 build 91 is released. Eglantine is a free and opensource (FOSS) Switch 2 emulator, derived from Eden, Yuzu and Sudachi - started by developer Camille LaVey. It's written in C++ with portability in mind, with builds for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Model 3-Vulkan v0.9.8.6a is released. A Vulkan-focused fork of Supermodel, the open-source Sega Model 3 arcade emulator.
KytyPS5 (2026/10/31) 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.
plumsg v0.1.0-beta.9 is released. A Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, 32X and Mega CD / Sega CD emulator for Windows (and Linux) with a pseudo-3D effect that pulls the console's layers apart and puts them at different depths, and with save states. It grew out of plumgg, the Game Gear emulator, from which it inherits the Z80, the PSG, the frontend and the 3D effect.
Zaxnes v0.4.0 is released. Zaxnes is a free, GPL-3.0 NES emulator that renders games in 3D: each frame's tiles and sprites are turned into extruded 3D objects, placed in a scene and drawn with a real camera, lighting and shadows. A 3D profile describes, per game, which patterns become which geometry, and carries Lua scripts that drive the scene while the game plays.
x360ce v4.28.16.0 is released. Xbox 360 Controller Emulator (a wrapper library that translates the xinput calls to directinput calls) which allows your controller (GamePad, Joystick, Wheel, ...) to function like an Xbox 360 controller on a Windows PC. For example it allows you to play Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game with Logitech wheel.
Xenia Git (2026/11/01) is compiled. Xenia is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360. It does not run games (yet).
Vita3K Git (2026/11/01) 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 (2026/10/31) is released. An early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
rpcs3 Git (2026/11/01) 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.
ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/31) is released. QtLauncher is the official launcher for shadPS4. ShadPS4 is an early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
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