Emulators
Emulation software preserving vintage platforms.
Emulation
Preserving the past
Emulators recreate vintage hardware in software, preserving games and enabling development when original machines become scarce—raising complex questions about preservation and legality.
FCEUX
NES emulation and development
FCEUX combined accurate NES emulation with powerful debugging and development tools, making it essential for both players and homebrew developers.
FS-UAE
Cross-platform Amiga emulation
FS-UAE brings accurate Amiga emulation to modern systems with a focus on ease of use, game database integration, and cross-platform compatibility.
Fuse
The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator
The accurate, cross-platform ZX Spectrum emulator that handles the full Spectrum range and its many peripherals.
MAME
The arcade preservation project
The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator that evolved into gaming's most comprehensive preservation effort, documenting and emulating thousands of arcade machines and computers.
Mesen
NES accuracy perfected
The highly accurate NES and SNES emulator known for comprehensive debugging tools and near-perfect hardware emulation.
PCSX / PCSX2
PlayStation emulation
The PCSX family brought PlayStation emulation to PC, with PCSX-Reloaded handling PS1 and PCSX2 tackling the technically demanding PlayStation 2.
RetroArch
The emulator frontend
The unified frontend that brings dozens of emulator cores under one interface, standardising controls, shaders, and features across platforms.
VICE
The definitive C64 emulator
The Versatile Commodore Emulator - the definitive, cycle-accurate emulator for Commodore 8-bit computers including the C64, VIC-20, and PET, essential for preservation and development.
VICE Emulator
The Versatile Commodore Emulator
VICE is the definitive Commodore computer emulator, accurately recreating the C64, VIC-20, C128, and other Commodore machines across all major platforms.
WinUAE
The Amiga gold standard
The definitive Amiga emulator for Windows, offering unparalleled accuracy and comprehensive hardware emulation maintained by Toni Wilen since 2000.