2026-05-18
Gecko (2026/05/18)
Gecko (2026/05/18) is released. A cross-platform GameCube/Wii emulator and debugger written in Rust.
vDos (2026/05/01)
vDos (2026/05/01) is released. vDos is a Windows program to conveniently run DOS applications in current Windows versions. vDos to the rescue. It lets you run DOS applications by emulating a (spiced up) DOS PC in a window. vDos itself runs on Windows 32 and 64-bit systems, Windows 7 or later.
86Box v6.0 Beta
86Box v6.0 Beta is released. 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
Xenia Git (2026/05/18)
Xenia Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. Xenia is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360. It does not run games (yet).
VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/05/18)
VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/05/18) 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 (2026/05/18)
Vita3K Git (2026/05/18) 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-QtLauncher (2026/05/17)
ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/05/17) is released. QtLauncher is the official launcher for shadPS4. ShadPS4 is an early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
Stella Git (2026/05/18)
Stella Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator. The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was the most popular home video game system of the early 1980's. Now you can enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella!
ShadPS4 Pre (2026/05/18)
ShadPS4 Pre (2026/05/18) is released. An early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++.
Snes9x Git (2026/05/18)
Snes9x Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; which includes some real gems that were only ever released in Japan. Snes9x is the result of well over three years worth of part-time hacking, coding, recoding, debugging, divorce, etc. (just kidding about the divorce bit). Snes9x is coded in C++, with three assembler CPU emulation cores on the i386 Linux and Windows ports.
PCSX2 v2.7.354
PCSX2 v2.7.354 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.
NxEmu Dev v0.6.0-421-1783701
NxEmu Dev v0.6.0-421-1783701 is released. NxEmu is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from N3xoX1.
NanoBoyAdvance Git (2026/05/18)
NanoBoyAdvance Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. NanoboyAdvance is a Nintendo Game Boy Advance (TM) emulator written in C++17. The goal is to create a minimal, accurate and reasonably efficient Game Boy Advance emulator in modern C++. The emulator implements the core hardware completely and with high accuracy. Almost all games can be emulated without any known issues, even the 'Classic NES' titles which abuse a variety of edge-cases and undefined behaviour.
melonDS Git (2026/05/18)
melonDS Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. melonDS is an open source Nintendo DS(NDS) emulator. melonDS is part of a second wave of DS emulators. There are a few other emulator projects that are part of it, which you might have already heard of. Either way, check them out!
MesenCE Git (2026/05/18)
MesenCE Git (2026/05/18) is released. Mesen is a multi-system emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It supports NES, SNES, Game Boy (GB/SGB/GBC), Game Boy Advance, PC Engine, SMS/Game Gear, and WonderSwan (WS/WSC). MesenCE is a community-managed fork based on Mesen2, created to maintain and expand this emulator into the future.
mGBA Git (2026/05/18)
mGBA Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. mGBA is a new emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack.
GearSystem Git (2026/05/18)
GearSystem Git (2026/05/18) is complied. GearSystem is a Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator written in C++ that runs on iOS, Raspberry Pi, Mac, Windows and Linux. The main focus of this emulator is readability of source code with very high compatibility.Gearcoleco Git (2026/05/18)
Gearcoleco Git (2026/05/18) is complied. Gearcoleco is a very accurate cross-platform ColecoVision emulator written in C++ that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Raspberry Pi and RetroArch. This is an open source project with its ongoing development made possible thanks to the support by these awesome backers.
Gearboy Git (2026/05/18)
Gearboy Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. Gearboy is a Nintendo Game Boy emulator written in C++. The emulator is focused on readability of source code, but nevertheless it has good compatibility. A lot of effort has gone into this in order to follow OOP and keep it as simple as possible.
FB Neo Git (2026/05/18)
FB Neo Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. FinalBurn Neo is an Emulator for Arcade Games & Select Consoles. It is based on the emulators FinalBurn and old versions of MAME.
DuckStation Git (2026/05/18)
DuckStation Git (2026/05/18) 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.
DOSBox-X Git (2026/05/18)
DOSBox-X Git (2026/05/18) 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.
DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/05/18)
DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. This repository attempts to modernize the DOSBox project by using current development practices and tools, fixing issues, adding features that better support today's systems, and sending patches upstream.
PPSSPP Git (2026/05/18)
PPSSPP Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. PPSSPP is a fast and portable PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux, written in C++.
Citron-NEO Git (2026/05/18)
Citron-NEO Git (2026/05/18) is released. A reincarnation of the now gone yuzu emulator; stripped down to the bare minimal requirements.
BizHawk Git (2026/05/18)
BizHawk Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. BizHawk is a A multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
Azahar Git (2026/05/18)
Azahar Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. An open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra.
Ares Git (2026/05/18)
Ares Git (2026/05/18) is compiled. ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.
Yaba Sanshiro v1.20.10
Yaba Sanshiro v1.20.10 is released. uoYabause is a unofficial port of Yabause SEGA Saturn Emulator.This project is focused on the Android version of yabause using OpenGL ES 3.x.
RetroBat v8.1.0
RetroBat v8.1.0 is released. RetroBat is a set of Batch and Powershell scripts written to easily configure and launch EmulationStation for Windows. This frontend software is intended to gather your ROMs collection and run games with compatible emulators such as RetroArch. RetroBat can download and install all the softwares you need to have a good retrogaming experience on your PC. RetroBat is designed to run in Portable Mode. It means that you can either start it from HDD or from any removable storage device, as long as you do it on a computer that meets the requirements.
Ludo v0.22.5
Ludo v0.22.5 is released. Ludo is a work in progress libretro frontend written in go. It works on OSX, Linux, Linux ARM and Windows. libretro is an API designed mainly for games and emulators.
Mupen64-RR Lua v1.4.0-beta-b590d23b
Mupen64-RR Lua v1.4.0-beta-b590d23b 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.
Xenia Edge Git (2026/05/18)
Xenia Edge Git (2026/05/18) 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.