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

Sega
  • BlastEm — Genesis and Sega CD Emulator focused on accuracy.
https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/ || blastemAUR

Other Consoles
  • Stella — Atari 2600 VCS emulator.
https://stella-emu.github.io/ || stella

Personal Computers
  • 86Box — Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem.
https://86box.net/ || 86boxAUR
  • BeebEM — BBC Micro Emulator
http://beebem-unix.bbcmicro.com/ || beebemAUR
  • FS-UAE — Amiga Emulator.
https://fs-uae.net/ || fs-uae, frontend: fs-uae-launcher
  • Mini vMac — a miniature early Macintosh emulator
https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/ || minivmacAUR

See also
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