Emulators

Emulators for Nintendo (SNES/NES)

2025-03-15

NES.emu (NES Emulator) (4.7@2,765; ~EUR 3.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Snes9x EX+ (4.3@113,184) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Howto 5/2019; Video Demo 1/2019
NostalgiaNes (4.1@52,397) 8 3 / NostalgiaNes Pro (4.5@3,187; ~EUR 4.50) 8 1
Multi Snes9x (beta multiplayer SNES emulator) (4.1@9,759) Ǥ 12 6 LastUpdate: 2020-07-14
Lemuroid (3.8@21,070) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
SNESDroid (3.4@14,599) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2020-09-30
Nesoid (3@9) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-06-21

Emulators for Nintendo (N64)

2025-03-15

M64Plus FZ Emulator (4.4@128,987) Ǥ 13 15 / Mupen64Plus AE (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-11-28 Howto 8/2017; Video Intro 7/2019 / Github
Super64 Plus (4@11,963) 11 2 / Super64Pro Emulator (4.6@1,197; ~EUR 3.00) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Mupen64+AE FREE (N64 Emulator) (3.8@46,754) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-22 / Mupen64Plus AE (N64 Emulator) (4.2@70; ~EUR 0.75) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2014-01-19
Lemuroid (3.8@21,070) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
Tendo64 (N64 Emulator) (3.3@6,311) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2019-08-01

Emulatoren for Nintendo DS

2025-03-15

SuperNDS Emulator (4.5@290,186) Ǥ 11 2 / SuperNDS Pro (Emulator) (0@0; ~EUR 2.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
DraStic DS Emulator (3.9@131,737) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-02-08
nds4droid (3@116,306) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
Fast DS Emulator For Android (2.7@103,868) Ǥ 14 3

Emulators for Gameboy

2025-03-15

(GBA = Advanced, GBC = Gameboy Color)

GBC.emu (Gameboy Emulator) (4.8@1,130; ~EUR 2.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
GBA.emu (GBA Emulator) (4.5@1,638; ~EUR 4.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
My Boy! Lite (3.9@579,619) 9 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-16 / My Boy! - GBA Emulator (3.2@57,836; ~EUR 5.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
GBA Emulator (3.9@104,302) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-02-07
John GBC Lite (3.9@39,244) Ǥ 11 2 / John GBC (4.3@4,276; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Lemuroid (3.8@21,070) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
VinaBoy Advance - GBA Emulator (3.8@9,768) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-21
John GBA Lite (3.6@281,413) Ǥ 11 2 / John GBA (3.9@14,892; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
GBCC (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-08 Github

Emulators for Amiga

2025-03-15

Uae4all2 (3.5@737) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-21 Github
UAE4Droid (3.1@2,392) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-07-06
AnUAE4All (3@102; ~EUR 2.50) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-25

Emulators for Atari

2025-03-19

2600.emu (Atari 2600 Emulator) (4.3@724; ~EUR 2.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Atari 2600 VCS
Hataroid (Atari ST Emulator) (4@987) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-27
Colleen (4@543) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-31 Atari800: 8bit home computer series (400, 800, XL and XE)

Emulators for the PlayStation

2025-03-19

FPse for Android devices (4.5@64,944; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-09-15
ePSXe for Android (4.4@56,271; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
PPSSPP - PSP emulator (4.3@1,705,884) Ǥ 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / PPSSPP Gold - PSP emulator (4.8@27,288; ~EUR 4.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Anleitung 11/2017; Howto 3/2019; Github
Sunshine Emulator for PSP (3.4@9,969) Ǥ 14 20
Enjoy PSP Emulator to play PSP (3.4@5,845) Ǥ 14 20

Emulators for the ZX Spectrum

2025-03-19

Xpectroid ZX Spectrum Emulator (5@526) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-09-29
Spectacol (4.9@469) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-12-16
PlayZX (4.8@673) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
USP - ZX Spectrum Emulator (4.4@2,227) 2
Spectaculator, ZX Emulator (4.3@1,002) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Speccy - ZX Spectrum Emulator (3.7@1,492) 7 1 / Speccy+ ZX Spectrum Emulator (4.6@570; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8 1

Emulators for Chip8

2025-03-19

Chipfinity - Chip-8 emulator (5@29) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-05
ChipChip (4.2@8) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Chip8 (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-22

Emulators for C64

2025-03-19

C64 ASM LWP simple (4.7@130) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-12-03
C64.emu (C64 Emulator) (3.5@646; ~EUR 3.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Mobile C64 (3.4@1,404) Ǥ 8 1
Frodo C64 (2.9@3,745) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-12
AnVICEx64 (2.2@72; ~EUR 2.50) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-04-06
8-Bit Wonders (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; C64- and VC20-Emulator

Emulators for Apple II

2025-03-19

KEGS IIgs Emulator (4.1@1,566) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-13

Emulators for SEGA

2025-03-19

MasterGear - SMS/GG Emulator (4.9@654; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8 1
MD.emu (Genesis Emulator) (4.4@3,589; ~EUR 4.75) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Lemuroid (3.8@21,070) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Review 7/2021; Check 9/2021; NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, N64, SEGA
GENPlusDroid (3.6@34,318) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2020-10-11
SuperMD (All in One Emulator) (3.4@10,456) Ǥ 8 3
MasterEmu (2.8@966) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-10-12

DOS-Emus

2025-03-05

Magic Dosbox Lite (4.1@1,902) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Magic DosBox (4.8@1,332; ~EUR 4.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 8/2020
DosBox Manager (3.8@1,676) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-23 / DosBox Turbo (4@2,862; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-23 Tutorial 6/2013 (EN)
lBochs PC Emulator (3.7@1,195) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-02 comes with FreeDOS included
lDosBox (3.7@461) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-10-18
Limbo PC Emulator QEMU ARM x86 (2.7@14) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

2025-03-19

Extended emulator of МК 61/54 (5@724) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Emulator for TI-59 Calculator (4.8@654) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
FX-602P scientific calculator (4.8@201; ~EUR 5.50) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Free42 (4.7@3,189) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Droid48 (4.6@15,486) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
AlmostTI - TI Calc Emulator (4.6@355; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 7 1
FX-603P programable calculator (4.4@119; ~EUR 7.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
WRPN 16c (4.3@202) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Graph 89 Free (4.1@5,198) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-10 / Graph 89 - (with TI84 support) (4.7@872) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-20 Emulator for the TI-89 graphing calculator
RPN-45 scientific calculator (3.9@119; ~EUR 4.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Graph 89 (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; TI Graphing Calculator Emulator

Various other Emulators

2025-03-19

BkEmu - BK-0010/11M emulator (4.7@301) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
J2ME Loader (4.4@27,847) 16 1 Github; MIDP Java (J2ME) Emulator
Dolphin Emulator (4.3@102,390) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Intro 2/2020; Video Walk-Through 6/2020; Wikipedia DE | EN
ScummVM (4.2@13,184) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
RetroArch (3.8@46,046) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-20 Github;
Limbo x86 PC Emulator (3.1@8) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

2025-03-19

UniPatcher (3.9@8,133) 2 1 Github
NeonRom3r

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)

2025-03-19

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