As a fork of DOSBox, DOSBox-X retains compatibility with the wide base of
DOS games DOSBox was designed for.
It also goes further, with a focus on accurate emulation of the hardware,
and many more ways to tweak and configure the DOS virtual machine.
The DOSBox-X team believes that a better way to emulate the legacy PC platform
is to give the user all the options they need to emulate everything from
original IBM PC hardware with 64KB of RAM all the way up to late 90's
hardware, whatever it takes to get that game or software package to run.
melonDS aims at providing fast and accurate Nintendo DS emulation. While it
is still a work in progress, it has a pretty solid set of features:
* Nearly complete core (CPU, video, audio, ...)
* OpenGL renderer, 3D upscaling
* RTC, microphone, lid close/open
* Joystick support
* Savestates
* Various display position/sizing/rotation modes
* (WIP) Wifi: local multiplayer, online connectivity
* and more are planned!
Ancient, unmaintained, dead upstream, and not wanting to build, for some
time.
This version is from 2003 and only supports GTK1.
Lots of alternatives in this category - blastem, mednafen, even the
generator-cbiere fork, if you must.
0.12.1:
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the CGB and AGB boot ROMs being corrupt on the Windows version
- Improved audio quality on the SDL ports on systems using a large audio buffer
0.12:
New/Improved Features
- An experimental support for emulating CGB-CPU C is now available in the Cocoa port. This is still experimental and does not accurately represent all differences between CGB-CPU E and CGB-CPU C yet
- The Libretro port no longer restarts the core after changes to the high-pass filter or color correction
- The SDL port can now start in fullscreen mode via a command line argument
- High level emulation of Super Game Boy:
- Supports game colorization
- Supports borders, including correct emulation of the fade animations and borders that obscure parts of the Game Boy display window
- Up to 4-player multiplayer (Currently only in the Cocoa and Libretro ports)
- Can choose between Super Game Boy (NTSC), Super Game Boy (PAL) and Super Game Boy 2, with correct CPU speed emulation
- All models include open source boot ROMs, just like previously supported models
- Includes a default border for games without SGB support
- Includes a boot animation
- Accurate emulation of cases where the internal frame buffer loses sync with the SNES/SFC side
- New CRT display filter
- New preference panel in the Cocoa port
- Minor visual improvements to the icon
- Many performance all around the core
- The debugger now includes jump-to breakpoints
- New APU debugger commands
- The SDL port now has mouse support
- The SDL port now has an "Open ROM" dialog window, in addition to the previously available drag and drop support
- The Cocoa and SDL ports now have better support for sub-frame input accuracy
- The VRAM display window in the Cocoa port can now display SCX and SCY on the tilemap
- Redesigned audio API that should improve audio quality in all ports
Accuracy Improvements/Fixes
- WRAM, VRAM, and other types of memory are now realistically initialized to random values. The randomization patterns vary across emulated models and revisions. This fixes several games that rely on non-zero values on boot
- Slightly more accurate emulation of the undocumented $FF4C register, which controls DMG mode on CGBs
- Fixed an APU regression where the noise channel's volume envelope ran too fast
- More accurate emulation of analog APU characteristics
- Fixed a CGB boot ROM bug that made some games boot with incorrect palettes
- Fixed incorrect emulation of echo RAM
- Fixed a very rare edge case when an interrupt occurs while the stack points to $FF11
- Correct emulation of the time required to switch the CPU speed
- Correct emulation of CGB palette accessibility in different PPU timings, fixes Lego Racers
- Other accuracy improvements to OAM and VRAM accessibility
- The serial registers now behave realistically by working with bits instead of bytes
- More accurate initial RAM and VRAM values when using the built in CGB boot ROM
- Accurate emulation of AGB audio mixing, which is different from older models
- Fixed the behavior of the wave channel's first sample playback, fixes buzzing sounds on LSDJ and several games
- Most aspects of STOP mode are now accurately emulated
- Fixed a bug where initial register values were incorrect when selecting a palette for a DMG game in the built in CGB boot ROM
- Fixed incorrect emulation of the Background and Window enable bit in LCDC
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the SDL port would not recognize joypads if started directly to a ROM
- Fixed a bug where the Quick Look previewer would show glitched thumbnails for DMG games
- Fixed a regression that made the Cocoa port unable to display anything on Macs not supporting Metal
- Fixed a bug where modifying RTC data could corrupt MBC RAM data
- Fixed a bug where CGB save states were significantly larger than they should have been, older save states are converted
- Fixed several bugs in expression parsing in the debugger
- Work around a bug where some Windows 10 machines using Intel HD Graphics had unresponsive UI in the SDL port
- Fixed a bug where the D-Pad did not work on several gamepads in the Cocoa port
- Fixed a bug where the gamepad D-Pad had unexpected behaviors in the menus of the SDL port
- Fixed a bug where underclocking slowed down the core to ~40% of its speed instead of an exact 50%
Misc Internal Changes
- Rename all Z80 instances to SM83, which is most likely the name of the CPU core used in the Game Boy
- Size optimization in the CGB boot ROM
Mednaffe is a graphical front-end for the Mednafen multi-system emulator.
It allows all of Mednafen's options to be configured, and provides simple
game management features.
- Build broken.
- HOMEPAGE dead.
- No updates for nearly two decades (release is from ~2001).
- Poor quality emulation (at least according to the DESCR full of typos)
- Strange license.
Usable alternatives:
emulators/mednafen, emulators/retroarch, emulators/blastem...
This has a Makefile.common, but it's only included by a package in wip.
BlastEm is an open source, higly accurate emulator for the
Genesis/Megadrive that runs on modest hardware.
Features:
* Save states
* Integrated debugger
* GDB remote debugging
* Joystick/gamepad support
* Mega/Sega Mouse emulation
* XBAND and Saturn keyboard emulation
* Support for homebrew using the SSF2 mapper with Mega Everdrive
compatible heuristics
* Save RAM and EEPROM support
* Cartridge lock-on for both Sonic & Knuckles and XBAND
* Turbo and slow modes
* configurable low pass filter
* Single pass GLSL shaders
* Sega Master System emulation
mGBA is an 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.
It also supports Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
pkgsrc specific changes:
* Remove the deprecated and broken libxml2 and libusb1 options.
* Fix the qt5 option.
* No longer depends on libretro-glsl-shaders, instead use the built-in
updater to install shaders. Fixes shader preset saving as non-root...
* I submitted a sun audio driver to upstream and they accepted it, so
NetBSD and (probably) SunOS will now default to "audioio" instead of "oss".
General changelog
– CHEEVOS: Reset when hardcore mode is toggled.
– CHEEVOS: Update the hashing methods to identify NES, SNES and Lynx games (more accurate and accepting headerless ROMs).
– COMMON: Add new JSON playlist format.
– COMMON: Fix playlist corruption when deleting items.
– COMMON: Fix archive progress display calculation.
– COMMON: Fix playlist entries appearing with previously used names.
– COMMON: Fix screenshot filename with no core or content.
– COMMON: Allow compiling without menu support.
– CORE UPDATER: Allow sideloading cores from the menu.
– CPU FILTERS: Add Normal2x filter.
– CRT/LINUX: New Linux switching method partially implemented.
– CRT/LINUX: Linux restore desktop resolution fixed.
– CRT/LINUX: Monitor index switching and auto enumerate for output detection in Linux (still working on the windows method).
– CRT/RASPBERRY PI: Initial support.
– DATE: Add Date / Time style options.
– DEBUGGING: Add an integrated crash handler for debug builds (see https://docs.libretro.com/tech/debugging)
– DISK CONTROL: Remember the last used folder / current active folder to make disk-swapping faster.
– INPUT: Add new menu toggle (hold start button for 2 seconds)
– INPUT: Fix arrow keys being incorrectly bound as numpad keys
– INPUT/SDL: Flush the joypad events. Decreases cpu usage over time with the SDL joypad driver.
– LOCALIZATION: Add Greek translation.
– LOCALIZATION: Update German translation.
– LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
– LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation.
– LOCALIZATION: Update Simplified Chinese translation.
– LOCALIZATION: Update Spanish translation.
– MENU: New “ozone” menu driver.
– MENU: Only show CRT SwitchRes if video display server is implemented (Windows/Linux for now)
– MENU: User Interface -> Appearance -> ‘Menu Font Green/Blue Color’ settings now work properly.
– MENU: Add option to enable in-menu sound effects.
– MENU/D3D: Scissoring support (will be used for Ozone and menu widgets).
– MENU/QT/WIMP: Allow building with MSVC2017.
– MENU/QT/WIMP: Add detailed file browser table.
– MENU/QT/WIMP: New grid view implementation that is faster and loads thumbnails on-demand.
– MENU/QT/WIMP: Thumbnail drag and drop support.
– MENU/RGUI: Overhaul custom theme interface + add wallpaper support.
– MENU/RGUI: Thumbnail support and thumbnail downscaling.
– MENU: Hide password values.
– MENU/SOUNDS: Implement in-menu sound effects (not enabled by default for now, still experimental).
– MIDI: Add a Linux ALSA driver for MIDI.
– NETPLAY: Force fast-save-states when netplay is enabled.
– NETPLAY: Allow quick joining subsystem lobbies.
– OSX: Initial CoreAudio V3 audio driver (not yet used in release builds).
– OSX: OpenGL 3.2 Core support for cores.
– RECORDING: Implement recording options in the menu complete with quality profiles, streaming, and proper file naming
– SCANNER: Fix GDI disc scanning.
– SHADERS: Fix auto shader preset loading on D3D10, D3D11, D3D12
– SUBSYSTEM: Allow more than 10 subsystems
– SUBSYSTEM: Cores that use subsystem for complex scenarios can now load content without starting a regular content first
– SUBSYSTEM: Remember the last used folder to make loading subsystem type content faster
– VULKAN: Fix RGUI crashing at startup.
– VULKAN/RGUI: Enable ‘Menu Linear Filter’ option.
– VULKAN: Fix secondary screens in overlays not working.
– WAYLAND: Implement idle-inhibit support (needed for screensaver suspend).
– WAYLAND: Fix fullscreen toggle.
– VFS: Update to version 3.
– XMB/OZONE: Add more icons
– XMB: Add Automatic Inverted theme
– ???: Easter Egg
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
MAME is the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. This is a port of MAME
0.139 to libretro with backported improvements and is compatible with
MAME 0.139 romsets.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles:
the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for
these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements:
compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked
multiplayer, and even more!
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Mednafen PSX (Beetle PSX) is a Sony PlayStation 1 video game system emulator
that can be used as a libretro core. It is a libretro port of Mednafen
PlayStation.
Mednafen can load CD-ROM games from a ripped/dumped copy of the disc, such
as CUE+BIN. Additionally there is support for CloneCD "CCD/IMG/SUB" rips,
and cdrdao "TOC" files. A CUE file is required.
This is the OpenGL version. It is currently less accurate than the software
renderer but will enable and/or speed up enhancements like upscaling and
texture filtering.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
Dolphin is a Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator with high compatibility
across the majority of titles for both platforms.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
Caprice32 is a software emulator of the Amstrad CPC 8-bit home computer
series. The emulator faithfully imitates the CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128
models. By recreating the operations of all hardware components at a
low level, the emulator achieves a high degree of compatibility with
original CPC software. These programs or games can be run unmodified at
real-time or higher speeds, depending on the emulator host environment.
It is recommended that users enable "autorun" in the Core Options in
the RetroArch F1 menu after selecting a disk image for the first time,
then restart the core to load it.
A virtual keyboard can be toggled by pressing the virtual "Y" button.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Reicast is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast emulator.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Virtual Jaguar emulates the Atari Jaguar game console.
Switch to a bundled release for the assets, and make libretro-database
and glsls-headers current. This will make it easier to update versions
between releses where the database compatibility differs (e.g. for fbalpha)
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
FB Alpha (Final Burn Alpha) is an arcade game emulator.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
SameBoy is an extremely accurate open source Nintendo Gameboy (DMG)
and Gameboy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C.
It features link cable emulation, and includes open source DMG and CGB
boot ROMs.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
Neko Project II is a PC-9801 emulator. The PC-9800 series, commonly
shortened to PC-98, is a line of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal
computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 through 2000.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
PPSSPP is a PlayStation Portable (PSP) video game system emulator that
can be used as a libretro core.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
O2EM is an open source multi-platform Magnavox Odyssey2 / Videopac+
emulator. The Odyssey2 (Videopac/Jopac in Europe) was a video game
console created in the late 70s.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
ProSystem is an Atari 7800 video game system emulator that can be used as a
libretro core.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
blueMSX is a cycle accurate emulator for MSX, MSX2, MSX2+, and MSX
TurboR-based home computers as well as the ColecoVision and Sega SG-1000
video game systems.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
bsnes/higan is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom
video game system emulator that aims to document SNES/SFC hardware with
an extremely high degree of accuracy without compromise or optimisation.
bsnes-mercury is a fork of bsnes/higan aiming to restore some useful
features that have been removed, as well as improving performance
slightly. Maximum accuracy is still uncompromisable; anything that
affects accuracy is optional and off by default.
As such, it has quite high system requirements. For a SNES/SFC libretro
core that balances performance and accuracy to an acceptable level for
99% of games, consider using a snes9x core.
Three profiles are available: Performance, Balanced, and Accuracy.
Balanced is recommended for modern PCs. Use Accuracy for extreme cases
of hardware spec abuse (e.g. the game A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol).
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Beetle/Mednafen SGX is a NEC PC Engine SuperGrafx video game system emulator
that can be used as a libretro core.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
FreeIntv is a libretro emulation core for the Mattel Intellivision
designed to be compatible with joypads from the SNES era forward even
with software that originally required a number pad.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for
the easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that
can plug straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development
interface is open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator
and game cores also in their own programs or devices.
Snes9x is an emulator for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super
Famicom. This package is derived from the master repository of Snes9x. It
has greater accuracy and worse performance than Snes9x 2005/2010. It has
a less strict approach to accuracy than bsnes and therefore doesn't run
problematic games like bsnes, but has much better performance.
This is the most up-to-date libretro snes9x core available, and is
recommended for netplay.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Beetle/Mednafen VB is a Nintendo Virtual Boy video game system emulator that
can be used as a libretro core.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
mGBA is an 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. It also supports Game Boy and
Game Boy Color games.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Beetle/Mednafen Saturn is a Sega Saturn video game system emulator that can
be used as a libretro core.
Mednafen can load CD-ROM games from a ripped/dumped copy of the disc, such
as CUE+BIN. Additionally, there is support for CloneCD "CCD" rips, and cdrdao
"TOC" files. A CUE file is required.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
This package contains a port of the Mednafen WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color
emulator (based on Cygne) for Libretro.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
VecX is an emulator for the Vectrex vector-based video game system.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
FUSE is an emulator for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and related machines.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Genesis Plus GX is a Sega 8/16-bit game console emulator focused on accuracy
and portability.
This emulator has 100% compatibility with Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega/Mega CD,
Master System, Game Gear & SG-1000 released software (including all unlicensed
software and known pirate dumps), also emulating backwards compatibility modes
when available. It also has Pico emulation.
It may be somewhat slower than PicoDrive on some platforms, but has improved
accuracy. On the other hand, only PicoDrive supports 32X emulation.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
This package contains the Mednafen Neo Geo Pocket emulator for Libretro (based
on NeoPop).
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Mednafen PSX (Beetle PSX) is a Sony PlayStation 1 video game system emulator
that can be used as a libretro core. It is a libretro port of Mednafen
PlayStation.
Mednafen can load CD-ROM games from a ripped/dumped copy of the disc, such
as CUE+BIN. Additionally there is support for CloneCD "CCD/IMG/SUB" rips,
and cdrdao "TOC" files. A CUE file is required.
This package replaces emulators/libretro-mednafen-pce-fast.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Beetle/Mednafen PCE FAST is a NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine/CD video game
system emulator.
This package replaces emulators/libretro-snes9x-next.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
This is a port of Snes9x 1.52+ to Libretro (previously called SNES9x Next),
rewritten in C with several optimizations and speed hacks.
Snes9x is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom emulator.
This package replaces emulators/libretro-catsfc.
Libretro is a simple but powerful development interface that allows for the
easy creation of emulators, games and multimedia applications that can plug
straight into any libretro-compatible frontend. This development interface is
open to others so that they can run these pluggable emulator and game cores
also in their own programs or devices.
Snes9x is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom emulator.
This is a port of SNES9x 1.43 for libretro (it was previously called CAT SFC).
It is an ideal alternative to emulators with a more uncompromising approach to
accuracy, since it runs at full speed on low end devices, for example, low
power ARM SoCs.
