What Emulators are for what Systems (List)

[FrankyRizzo]

HAs these been any work on this topic lately?  Am just curious that the best emulators for each system are at this point.  I like Retro Arch because of the shaders.  But also want to make sure I have max compatibility and accurate emulation.

[Styphelus]

Retroarch uses the cores from the other emulators so in 90% of cases, you are better off with Retroarch. The only systems I can think off where you would be better off without it is the Sega Saturn and Mame. I also prefer Mess for Mess systems like Colecovision, and even Atari 7800.

 

If you want max compatibility you will need to setup 2 emulators in some cases. Retroarch as the main one and a secondary for those rare games that won't run under certain cores.

[FrankyRizzo]

Do you use the real MESS setup?  or the MESS core in retroarch?

[Styphelus]

Real Mess with HLSL effects enabled. They are as good as the Retroarch shaders. As far as I know you can't save states if using the Mess core in Retroarch. At least you couldn't several months ago. Using real Mess solves that problem.

[Iggy]

Alrighty all....ill be compiling a much needed list on our tutorials section on best emulators for each system (to go off what djvj had compiled).  Im going to look at multi-emulators for one section and single emulators as another (as some people do not like to use multi-emulators such a Retroarch/Mednafen/FBA, etc) along with major version numbers.  Stay tuned!

[Iggy]

Ok...could you point me to this website you speak of?......

[Iggy]

Anyways....ill get a list going for everyone to use this weekend hopefully.

[Iggy]

NP...is it this site: http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ ?

[JayC]

Yeah...that's the one!

[meaning]

hey there, noob question maybe but : 

 

I try to grab MESS and get redirected to MAME. WSo, what about it ? Is mess mame ? is mame mess ? what should I grab ? 

 

and what about mess and mame cores available in RetroArch ? does it mean I could eventually use RetroArch for EVERYTHING? 

 

thanls !  

[SIMPLYAUSTIN]

MESS and MAME are in fact the same program as of now.  they have both builds is one.. called MAME.

 

RA can in fact run MESS and MAME.  However RA uses cores, these cores are kinda like the Emulator files it uses to run said emu or core.  Problem is that yes, it emulates MESS and MAME.  However the builds in the cores in RA have in the past been very outdated.  I think its something like MAME 0.38 or something... we are now up to like 0.63 so you can imagine the bugs when running the older versions.

[thcdgaf]

austin is right retroarch mess was mess when i tried it mess out it works better it got some small screen thing going on at amstrad gx4000 on retroarch

[neo.snk]

thanks for the info

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[neo.snk]

we have the same list and I don't think I would change

[Dilated18]

Is the stella core in retroarch better then using the stella emulator directly for atari 2600?

[craiganderson]

Anybody have an opinion for atari 5200? kat or mess? still need both?

NonMame says MESS/MAME (http://nonmame.retrogames.com/)

thanks in advance

craig

[dougan78]

I am using retroarch for 5200. Probaly kat5200 core if available.

[ckeech]

Love this list! It's helped me heaps! Just looked at it again and have recommended it, however, the formatting has gone all crazy with the forum update.

[ckeech]

Figured it out! Here's the correctly formatted list:

 

 

(P) = Preferred Emulator

 

1964 (Un-Official Homepage,Emu and Patches)

Nintendo 64

 

AAE (Homepage, Emu, Update #1, Update #2)

AAE (P)

 

Anex86 (Homepage, Emu)

PC-9801 (used for Touhou)

 

Arnold

Amstrad GX4000

 

Atari800

Atari XEGS

 

Bgb

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color

 

Big Fish Games

Big Fish Games (can use PCLauncher, module is basic)

 

BlueMSX

ColecoVision

Microsoft MSX

Microsoft MSX2

 

Bsnes (Homepage, Emu 32-bit, Emu 64-bit)

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color

Nintendo Satellaview

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (P)

 

CCS64

Commodore 64

 

CDiEmu

Philips CD-i (P)

 

Cxbx

Microsoft XBOX (P)

 

Cygne

Bandai Wonderswan Color

 

Daphne (Homepage, 32-Bit)

Daphne (P)

 

Daphne Singe

American Laser Games (P)

WoW Action Max (P)

 

DCVG5K

Philips VG5000 (P)

 

Demul (Homepage, 0.56, 0.56 GPU Plugin, Netplay Plugin, Pad Plugin) (0.57, 0.57 DX11 Plugin)

Sammy Atomiswave (P)

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Naomi (P - but requires makaron for some games)

 

DeSmuME

Nintendo DS (P)

 

DICE (Homepage, emu 32-bit, 64-bit)

Dice (P)

 

Dolphin (Homepage, 32-Bit, 64-Bit)

Nintendo Gamecube (P)

Nintendo Wii (P)

 

Dolphin Triforce (Homepage, 32-Bit, 64-Bit)

Sega Triforce (P)

 

DOSBox (via Dfend)

Microsoft DOS (P)

 

Emu7800

Atari 7800

 

ePSXe (Homepage, Emu 1.7.0)

Sony PlayStation

 

ePV-1000

Casio PV-1000

 

E-Z Flasher

Flash Games

 

Fceux

Nintendo Entertainment System

 

Final Burn Alpha

Final Burn Alpha

NEC PC Engine

NEC SuperGrafx

NEC TurboGrafx-16

Sega Mega Drive

 

Flash Game Player (custom app)

Flash Games

 

Flash Player Projector

Flash Games

 

FreeDO

Panasonic 3DO

 

FourDO

Panasonic 3DO (P)

 

Frets on Fire X

Frets on Fire

 

Fusion (Homepage, Emu 32-bit)

Sega 32X

Sega CD

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega Master System

Sega SG-1000 (P)

 

Future Pinball (Homepage, Download)

Future Pinball

 

Gambatte

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color

 

GameCom

Tiger Game.com

 

GeePee32

GamePark 32

 

Gens

Sega 32X

Sega CD

Sega Genesis

 

GEST

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color

 

Handy

Atari Lynx

 

Hatari

Atari ST

 

ICE64

Nintendo 64

 

Jaguar Tempest 2000 Emulator

Atari Jaguar (Tempest only)

 

Jagulator

Atari Jaguar

 

JNes

Nintendo Entertainment System

 

JPcsp

Sony PSP (P)

 

Kat5200 (Homepage, 32-Bit)

Atari 5200 (P)

 

Magic Engine

NEC PC Engine

NEC PC Engine-CD

NEC SuperGrafx

NEC TurboGrafx-16

NEC TurboGrafx-CD

 

Magic Engine FX

NEC PC-FX

 

Makaron

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Naomi

 

MakaronEX

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Naomi

 

Mame

Cave

Mame

Nintendo Arcade Systems

SNK Neo Geo

SNK Neo Geo AES

 

Mednafen (Homepage, Emu 32-bit)

Atari Lynx (P)

Bandai Wonderswan

Bandai Wonderswan Color

NEC PC Engine (P)

NEC PC Engine-CD (P)

NEC PC-FX (P)

NEC SuperGrafx (P)

NEC TurboGrafx-16 (P)

NEC TurboGrafx-CD (P)

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Nintendo Game Boy Color

Nintendo Virtual Boy (P)

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega Master System

SNK Neo Geo Pocket

SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color

Sony PlayStation

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

 

Meka

Sega Game Gear

Sega Master System

 

MESS

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Atari 7800

Bally Astrocade

ColecoVision (P)

Creatronic Mega Duck

Emerson Arcadia 2001

Entex AdventureVision (P)

Fairchild Channel F

GCE Vectrex

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Mattel Intellivision

RCA Studio II

VTech CreatiVision

Watara Supervision

 

MFME

Multi Fruit Machine Emulator

 

Mjolnir

(emu based off Mame 0100 for games based on Namco's System 21, System 22, and Super System 22 hardware)

 

MUGEN (Homepage, MUGEN 1.0)

MUGEN (required because some games will not work with PCLauncher)

 

Nebula

Sega Model 2

SNK Neo Geo

SNK Neo Geo AES

 

NeoPop

SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color

 

NeoRaine

SNK Neo Geo CD

 

Nestopia (Homepage, Emu 32-bit)

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Famicom Disk System

 

Nintendulator

Nintendo Entertainment System

 

No$GBA

Nintendo DS

 

Nostalgia

Mattel Intellivision (P)

 

NullDC (Homepage, Emu 1.0.4 r136)

Sega Dreamcast (P) (use Makaron for WinCE games)

 

Odyemu

Magnavox Odyssey

 

Ootake

NEC PC Engine

NEC PC Engine-CD

NEC SuperGrafx

NEC TurboGrafx-16

NEC TurboGrafx-CD

 

OpenBOR

OpenBOR (some games have issues and may not close fully on PCLauncher)

 

Parachute

Nintendo Handheld Simulators

 

ParaJVE

GCE Vectrex (P)

 

PCLauncher

Doujin

PC Games (P)

 

PCSX-R

Sony PlayStation

 

PCSX2

Sony PlayStation 2 (P)

 

Phoenix

Panasonic 3DO

 

PlayGuy

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Color

 

PokeMini SDL

Nintendo Pokemon Mini (P)

Pop Cap

Pop Cap (some games will not close properly with PCLauncher)

 

Project64 (Homepage, Emu 32-bit -- 1.61 Plugin (Homepage, download))

Nintendo 64 (P v1.61)

 

Project Tempest

Atari Jaguar

 

ProSystem

Atari 7800 (P)

 

PSXFin

Sony PlayStation

 

PSXMAME

PSXMAME

 

Radikal Bikers Emu

Radikal Bikers (emu only plays this one game)

 

RealSpectrum

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

 

Regen

Sega Genesis

 

Retroarch

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

 

ScummVM (Homepage, Emu 32-Bit)

ScummVM (P)

 

Sega Model 2 Emulator (Homepage, Emulator)

Sega Model 2

 

Snes9x

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

 

Snes9xPP

Nintendo Satellaview

 

SNESGT

Nintendo Satellaview

 

Spectaculator

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

 

SSF (Homepage, Emulator, Other Versions)

Sega Saturn (P)

Sega ST-V (mame may do better for this hardware)

 

Steam Big Picture

Steam Big Picture

 

Steem

Atari ST

 

Stella (Homepage, Emu 32-bit, Emu 64-bit, 32 & 64bit No Installer)

Atari 2600 (P)

 

SuperModel

Sega Model 3

 

T98-Next

PC-9801 (used for Touhou)

 

Taito Type X

Taito Type X (cannot use PCLauncher)

 

Turbo Engine 16

NEC PC Engine

NEC PC Engine-CD

NEC SuperGrafx

NEC TurboGrafx-16

NEC TurboGrafx-CD

 

TwoMbit

Sega Master System

Sega Game Gear

 

U64Emu Platinum Edition

Ultra64 (only plays Killer Instinct 1 & 2)

 

UNZ

FM Towns

 

Virtual Aquarius

Mattel Aquarius

 

Virtual Jaguar

Atari Jaguar (P)

 

VisualBoyAdvance-M

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy Advance (P)

Nintendo Game Boy Color

 

Visual Pinball

Visual Pinball

 

VivaNonno

VivaNonno (Only plays Ridge Racer 1 & 2 and Rage Racer)

 

WinArcadia

Emerson Arcadia 2001 (P)

 

WinApe

Amstrad CPC

Amstrad GX4000

 

WinKawaks

SNK Neo Geo

SNK Neo Geo AES

 

WinUAE

Commodore Amiga (P)

Commodore Amiga CD32 (P)

Commodore Amiga CDTV (P)

 

WinUAELoader

Commodore Amiga

 

WinX68k High-Speed

Sharp X68000

 

WinVICE

Commodore 64

 

Xebra

Sony PlayStation

 

XM6

Sharp X68000

 

Yabause

Sega Saturn

 

Zinc

Zinc

 

ZSNESw (Homepage, Emu 32-bit)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

 

ZXSpin

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

[heykool69]

Thanks CK

[djvj]

Moving the list to the RL forum since I won't be updating this one here:

http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/showthread.php?2803-Best-Emulator-For-Each-System

[rastan]

I get sluggish performance using BSNES which is weird as hell considering how old the emu is and that I run snes9x and other EMU's perfectly.

[rastan]

BSNES is made for me accurate emulation I believe so may not run as smoothly

 

yeah, perhaps I need to play a real SNES lol because maybe I'm just used to how the other emulators run... 

[melon251]

ok gracias

[ajsensative]

thanks