Emulators
Emulators for Nintendo (SNES/NES)
2025-06-08
- NES.emu (NES Emulator) (4.6@2,782; ~EUR 3.75) 6
- Snes9x EX+ (4.4@113,510) 6
Video Howto 5/2019; Video Demo 1/2019
- NostalgiaNes (4.2@52,563) 8
3
/ NostalgiaNes Pro (4.5@3,204; ~EUR 4.50) 8
1
- Multi Snes9x (beta multiplayer SNES emulator) (4.1@9,759) Ǥ 12 6
LastUpdate: 2020-07-14
- Lemuroid (3.9@21,970) 9
Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
- SNESDroid (3.4@14,593) 5
2
LastUpdate: 2020-09-30
- Nesoid (3@9) 6
LastUpdate: 2012-06-21
Emulators for Nintendo (N64)
2025-06-08
- M64Plus FZ Emulator (4.3@130,352) 12
15
/ Mupen64Plus AE (0@0) 6
LastUpdate: 2020-11-28 Howto 8/2017; Video Intro 7/2019 / Github
- Lemuroid (3.9@21,970) 9
Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
- Super64 Plus (3.9@12,020) 11
2
LastUpdate: 2023-10-31 / Super64Pro Emulator (4.5@1,202; ~EUR 3.00) 9
LastUpdate: 2023-11-01
- Mupen64+AE FREE (N64 Emulator) (3.8@46,754) 3
LastUpdate: 2014-01-22 / Mupen64Plus AE (N64 Emulator) (4.2@70; ~EUR 0.75) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2014-01-19
- Tendo64 (N64 Emulator) (3.3@6,311) Ǥ 8 3
LastUpdate: 2019-08-01
Emulatoren for Nintendo DS
2025-06-08
- SuperNDS Emulator (4.6@296,931) Ǥ 11
3
/ SuperNDS Pro (Emulator) (0@0; ~EUR 2.00) 3
- DraStic DS Emulator (3.9@131,737) Ǥ 10
LastUpdate: 2023-02-08
- nds4droid (3@116,306) 3
LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
- Fast DS Emulator For Android (2.8@103,918) Ǥ 14
3
Emulators for Gameboy
2025-06-08
(GBA = Advanced, GBC = Gameboy Color)
- GBC.emu (Gameboy Emulator) (4.7@1,132; ~EUR 2.75) 6
- GBA.emu (GBA Emulator) (4.6@1,643; ~EUR 4.75) 6
- GBA Emulator (3.9@104,302) Ǥ 16
LastUpdate: 2023-02-07
- Lemuroid (3.9@21,970) 9
Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
- My Boy! Lite (3.8@579,580) 9
1
LastUpdate: 2019-03-16 / My Boy! - GBA Emulator (3.2@58,148; ~EUR 5.00) 7
- John GBC Lite (3.8@39,269) Ǥ 11
2
/ John GBC (4.3@4,289; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4
- VinaBoy Advance - GBA Emulator (3.8@9,768) 3 1
LastUpdate: 2018-10-21
- John GBA Lite (3.5@281,687) Ǥ 11
2
/ John GBA (3.9@14,921; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4
Emulators for Amiga
2025-06-08
- Uae4all2 (3.5@737) 3
LastUpdate: 2016-08-21 Github
- UAE4Droid (3@2,392) 2
LastUpdate: 2013-07-06
- AnUAE4All (3@102; ~EUR 2.50) 3
LastUpdate: 2013-04-25
Emulators for Atari
2025-06-12
- 2600.emu (Atari 2600 Emulator) (4.2@727; ~EUR 2.75) 6
Atari 2600 VCS
- Hataroid (Atari ST Emulator) (4@987) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-09-27
- Colleen (4@543) 1
LastUpdate: 2014-10-31 Atari800: 8bit home computer series (400, 800, XL and XE)
Emulators for the PlayStation
2025-06-12
- FPse for Android devices (4.6@64,977; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 11
LastUpdate: 2023-09-15
- ePSXe for Android (4.4@56,482; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 8
- PPSSPP - PSP emulator (4.3@1,720,483) 9
/ PPSSPP Gold - PSP emulator (4.8@27,577; ~EUR 4.50) 9
Anleitung 11/2017; Howto 3/2019; Github
- Enjoy PSP Emulator to play PSP (3.5@5,896) Ǥ 14
20
- Sunshine Emulator for PSP (3.3@10,012) Ǥ 14
20
Emulators for the ZX Spectrum
2025-06-12
- Xpectroid ZX Spectrum Emulator (5@526) 3
LastUpdate: 2015-09-29
- Spectacol (4.9@471) 4
LastUpdate: 2022-12-16
- PlayZX (4.8@686) 4
- USP - ZX Spectrum Emulator (4.4@2,227) 2
- Spectaculator, ZX Emulator (4.1@1,012) Ǥ 5
- Speccy - ZX Spectrum Emulator (3.7@1,516) 7
1
/ Speccy+ ZX Spectrum Emulator (4.6@574; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8
1
Emulators for Chip8
2025-06-12
- Chipfinity - Chip-8 emulator (5@29) 2
LastUpdate: 2020-04-05
- ChipChip (4.2@8) 1
- Chip8 (0@0) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
Emulators for C64
2025-06-12
- C64 ASM LWP simple (4.7@130) 0
LastUpdate: 2019-12-03
- C64.emu (C64 Emulator) (3.5@653; ~EUR 3.75) 6
- Mobile C64 (3.4@1,422) Ǥ 7
1
- Frodo C64 (2.9@3,745) 2
LastUpdate: 2015-01-12
- AnVICEx64 (2.2@72; ~EUR 2.50) 3
LastUpdate: 2012-04-06
- 8-Bit Wonders (0@0) 4
GitLab; C64- and VC20-Emulator
Emulators for Apple II
2025-06-12
Emulators for SEGA
2025-06-12
- MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator (4.9@658; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8
1
- MD.emu (Genesis Emulator) (4.4@3,607; ~EUR 4.75) 6
- Lemuroid (3.9@21,970) 9
Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
- GENPlusDroid (3.6@34,335) 5
2
- SuperMDS (All in One Emulator) (3.4@10,557) Ǥ 7
3
LastUpdate: 2023-09-20
- MasterEmu (3.1@983) 3
LastUpdate: 2022-10-12
DOS-Emus
2025-06-15
- Magic Dosbox Lite (4@1,939) 7
/ Magic DosBox (4.8@1,360; ~EUR 4.00) 6
Howto 8/2020
- lBochs PC Emulator (3.7@1,195) 6
LastUpdate: 2021-11-02 comes with FreeDOS included
- lDosBox (3.7@461) 6
LastUpdate: 2021-05-06
- Bochs (3@4,326) 5
1
LastUpdate: 2020-02-26 can run Linux, DOS, Windows (x86, 32bit)
- AnDOSBox (2.7@297; ~EUR 3.00) 3
LastUpdate: 2012-10-18
- Limbo PC Emulator QEMU ARM x86 (2.7@14) 10
LastUpdate: 2018-03-29 Github; supports lightweight x86 systems, incl. FreeDOS and some Linux distris
- Limbo PC Emulator: even runs Windows 8.1 on Android; works with VirtualBox images
Emulated Calculators
2025-06-12
- Extended emulator of МК 61/54 (5@736) 1
- Free42 (4.8@3,205) 5
- Emulator for TI-59 Calculator (4.8@664) 4
- FX-602P scientific calculator (4.8@202; ~EUR 5.50) 4
- Droid48 (4.6@15,511) 2
Github
- AlmostTI - TI Calc Emulator (4.6@363; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 7
1
- WRPN 16c (4.4@204) 3
- FX-603P programable calculator (4.3@119; ~EUR 7.00) 4
- Graph 89 Free (4.1@5,198) 3
LastUpdate: 2016-12-10 / Graph 89 - (with TI84 support) (4.7@872) 4
LastUpdate: 2014-07-20 Emulator for the TI-89 graphing calculator
- RPN-45 scientific calculator (3.7@120; ~EUR 4.25) 2
- Graph 89 (0@0) 0
Github; TI Graphing Calculator Emulator
Various other Emulators
2025-06-12
- BkEmu - BK-0010/11M emulator (4.7@301) 3
Github
- J2ME Loader (4.4@28,090) 16
1 Github; MIDP Java (J2ME) Emulator
- Dolphin Emulator (4.3@103,403) 7
Github; Intro 2/2020; Video Walk-Through 6/2020; Wikipedia DE | EN
- ScummVM (4.2@13,211) 5
Github
- RetroArch (3.7@46,372) 5
Video Howto 10/2018 | 5/2019; Guide 7/2019; How-To 9/2020; Rezension 1/2021; Tutorial 3/2022; various consoles, also available for Linux/Mac/Windows
- Reicast - Dreamcast emulator (3.3@27,283) 8
LastUpdate: 2020-04-20 Github;
- Limbo x86 PC Emulator (3.1@8) 11
LastUpdate: 2022-03-24 Github
- PalmOS Emulator StyleTap (14-Tage-Trial, then ~EUR 50)
- Wine
- winlator; How to Run Windows Apps on Android With Winlator
ROMs & ROM Archives
2025-06-12
Android Emulators:
- Anbox (Linux); Howto 7/2022
- The Android SDK has an Emulator included as well
- Android-x86-installer (Linux); supports QEMU
- Android-x86 + VirtualBox (also see this article at Stack Exchange)
- Andro VM (improved Genymotion; Linux, Mac, Windows)
- AndY (Mac/Windows)
- ARChon (Chrome Extension)
- Bliss (XDA) (Chromebook, Linux, Windows; microG + F-Droid)
- BlueStacks is available for Mac/Windows
- dock-droid (Run QEMU Android in a Docker)
- docker-android (Android in docker solution with noVNC supported and video recording)
- Genymotion (Windows)
- Jar of Beans (Java-based; also see: XDA – discontinued)
- KoPlayer (Gamer focused)
- MEmu (Windows)
- Nox App Player (Windows)
- Phoenix OS (Mac/Windows)
- Shashlik (Linux; Github)
- YourDroid (not an emulator: allows you to install Android to your PC or inside a VM as second OS (dual-boot))
- YouWave for Windows
- Windroy for Windows
- Xamarin has integrated emulator, like Android Studio
Run .jar
apps on Android:
Further Readings:
- How to Run Android Apps and Games on Linux (3/2020 - 10/2023)
- How to Run Windows Apps on Android With Wine (12/2019)
- 15 Emulator-App für klassisches Retrogaming (NES, SNES, GBA, PS1, N64 und mehr) auf Android (7/2019)
- Best Android Emulators for PC and Mac (7/2019 - 8/2022)
- Best SNES emulators for Android (5/2019)
- 10 Best Android Emulators for Linux (5/2019 - 1/2022)
- The Best Android Emulator for Windows 10 (5/2019)
- Best SNES Emulators For Android (1/2019 - 10/2022)
- Android-Apps auf dem PC: Mit diesen Methoden klappt es (2/2016 - 8/2019)
- The best N64 emulators for Android (4/2014 - 5/2022)
- The best Nintendo DS emulators for Android (4/2014 - 3/2022)
- Best emulators for Android (11/2013 - 2/2022)
- C64, Amiga und DOS: Emulatoren für Android (7/2013 - 2/2018)
2025-06-15