Video game platform emulators

An emulator is a program which serves to replicate the functions of another platform or system so as to allow applications and games to be run in environments they were not programmed for.

Note: For possibly more up to date selection of emulators, try checking the AUR 'emulator' keyword.
Warning: Owning a high-level emulator is legal, but distribution of any type of copyrighted ROMs is illegal. Consequently, Arch Linux does not distribute this copyrighted content, including game ROMs and ripped console BIOSs. You are fully responsible for whatever usage of the emulators obtained from the official repositories or the Arch User Repository you make, as well as any legal repercussion that result. Arch Linux bears no responsibility at all.

Multi-System

  • ares Multi-system emulator by Near with experimental Nintendo 64 and PlayStation support.
https://ares-emu.net/ || ares-emuAUR
  • BizHawk A multi-system emulator on .NET. Features rerecording and tools for TASing. (Mono runtime)
https://tasvideos.org/BizHawk || bizhawk-monortAUR
  • higan Multisystem emulator focusing on accuracy, supporting SNES, NES, GB, GBC, GBA.
https://higan-emu.com/ || higan
  • Fightcade The best way to play your favorite retro games with or against any other player in the world.
https://www.fightcade.com/ || fightcade2AUR
  • FinalBurn Neo Emulator for Arcade Games & Select Consoles. Based on FinalBurn and MAME.
https://neo-source.com/ || fbneo-gitAUR
  • MAME Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.
https://www.mamedev.org/ || mame
  • mednafen Command-line driven multisystem emulator.
https://mednafen.github.io/ || mednafen, graphical front-end mednaffeAUR.
  • RetroArch Frontend to libretro (emulation library, using modified versions of existing emulators as plugins).
https://www.libretro.com/ || retroarch

Nintendo

  • bsnes Super Nintendo emulator focusing on performance, features, and ease of use.
https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes || bsnesAUR HD Fork: bsnes-hdAUR
  • FCEUX NTSC and PAL 8 bit Nintendo/Famicom emulator that is an evolution of the original FCE Ultra emulator. It is accurate, compatible and actively maintained.
https://fceux.com/ || fceux
  • GBCC A Game Boy Color emulator written in C
https://github.com/philj56/GBCC || gbcc-gitAUR
  • puNES Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSFe Music Player
https://github.com/punesemu/puNES || punesAUR (Note: Fails to run on Wayland as of 0.109. Use punes-gitAUR for working version.)
  • SameBoy An accuracy-focused Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator
https://github.com/LIJI32/SameBoy || sameboyAUR

Sony

  • PCSXR PlayStation emulator; Debian fork of the abandoned original PCSX
https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=pcsxr || pcsxrAUR
  • RPCS3 Experimental open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger.
https://rpcs3.net/ || rpcs3-gitAUR

Sega

Other Consoles

  • Supermodel A Sega Model 3 Arcade Emulator
https://www.supermodel3.com/ || supermodel-gitAUR

Personal Computers

  • ARAnyM Atari Running on Any Machine
https://aranym.github.io/index.html || aranymAUR
  • box64 Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist
https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64 || box64AUR
  • Hatari An Atari ST and STE emulator.
https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/ || hatari
  • OpenMSX The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
https://openmsx.org/ || openmsxAUR
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