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LakshyAAAgrawal/chip8emu
A Terminal Based Chip-8 Emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2020-11-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-10-07
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- 25 open
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 72 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
PRO100BYTE/ProjectArcade
ProjectArcade - многофункциональная оболочка для запуска ретро игр
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-05-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-02-20
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 1
- Commits
- 421 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher
A data-heavy Emulation & Gaming front-end for Windows
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2024-09-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-04-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 21 open
- Forks
- 3
- Commits
- 14 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
libretro/FreeIntv
A libretro emulation core for the Mattel Intellivision designed to be compatible with joypads from the SNES era forward
AI dev
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-04-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-01-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 13 open
41
stars
- Forks
- 41
- Commits
- 247 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
lxdream/lxdream
Lxdream dreamcast emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2021-03-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2004-03-13
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 27 open
41
stars
- Forks
- 10
- Commits
- 1,319 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Cydrak/dasShiny
a Nintendo DS emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2013-08-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-07-07
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 1 open
39
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 71 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
dh4/cen64-qt
A customizable frontend for CEN64
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-11-17
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-11-02
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 4 open
39
stars
- Forks
- 8
- Commits
- 216 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
masterfeizz/DeSmuME
Port of DeSmuME for the 3DS
Archived
- Updated
- 2024-04-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-12
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 7 open
38
stars
- Forks
- 16
- Commits
- 6 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Nabile-Rahmani/DotN64
Nintendo 64 emulator.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2018-12-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-08-23
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 175 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Comba92/nen-emulator
A simple and clean NES emulator, written in Rust. Fast, lightweight, and with high compatibility.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-10-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-10-27
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 0 open
37
stars
- Forks
- 1
- Commits
- 254 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
gregtour/gameboy
GameBoy Emulator in C and JavaScript.
Stack
- Updated
- 2020-03-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-02-02
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 2 open
37
stars
- Forks
- 6
- Commits
- 46 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
gstanton/ProSystem1_3
ProSystem Emulator Version 1.3 by Greg Stanton
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-08-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-03-17
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 7 open
- Forks
- 5
- Commits
- 14 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
athros/NESticle
The Source Code of the NESticle emulator. Created by Bloodlust Software. It was leaked in 1997 by MindRape
Stack
- Updated
- 2019-04-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-04-25
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- Disabled
35
stars
- Forks
- 17
- Commits
- 7 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
sp1187/veesem
Experimental V.Smile emulator
- Updated
- 2026-04-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-01-11
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- ISC
- Issues
- 21 open
35
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 43 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
liuk7071/ChonkyStation2
PlayStation 2 Emulator
- Updated
- 2023-06-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-02-26
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 1
- Commits
- 12 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
mkwong98/HDNes
A NES emulator with the ability to replace graphics and music
- Updated
- 2021-01-12
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-06-24
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 1 open
34
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 185 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
Echelon9/cxbx-shogun
shogun's mirrored branch of the Cxbx original Xbox emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2015-10-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2008-08-13
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 7 open
33
stars
- Forks
- 7
- Commits
- 182 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
JetSetIlly/test7800
Test7800 is an experimental emulator for the Atari 7800 games console
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-05-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-03-08
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 3 open
33
stars
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 448 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
lemonjesus/qemu-ipod-nano
An attempt at rehosting iPod Nano 3G (and possibly others) in QEMU. Originally a fork of Devos50's QEMU fork which had work for the iPod Touch 1G which I used as a starting point.
- Updated
- 2024-04-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- Disabled
- Forks
- 1
- Commits
- 92,598 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
LiraNuna/hyperscan-emulator
A Mattel HyperScan Emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-03-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-01-31
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 3 open
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 114 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
mrRosset/Engemu
An attempt to create an HLE C++ N-Gage Emulator.
- Updated
- 2019-10-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-06-29
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 0 open
33
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 238 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
henryksloan/kind-nes
An NES emulator in Rust
- Updated
- 2023-08-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-01-31
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
32
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 114 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
GaelCathelin/Game-Boy-DOS
Yet another Game Boy emulator, for DOS
Stack
- Updated
- 2025-02-12
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-11-02
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 6 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
arcanebyte/lisaem
The first fully functional Lisa Emulator™
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-01-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-12-15
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 3 open
29
stars
- Forks
- 7
- Commits
- 170 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
ichisadashioko/midp-emulator
MIDP/J2ME emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2021-10-02
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-11-09
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 80 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
wavemotion-dave/A7800DS
Atari 7800 DS Emulator - updated from Alekmaul's original. Striving for accuracy and speed on the venerable DS handheld. Don't expect perfect emulation but things are good enough to enjoy Atari's last major 8-bit console.
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-06-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-09
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 268 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
jenergy/jzIntvImGui
A cross-platform GUI for jzIntv
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-05-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-11-04
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- Disabled
28
stars
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 16 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
sarbajitsaha/Chip-8-Emulator
A simple Chip 8 Emulator written in C++
- Updated
- 2017-05-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-05-06
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 1 open
- Forks
- 4
- Commits
- 18 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
strayacode/yuugen
A DS Emulator written in C++
- Updated
- 2024-02-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-01
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 8 open
28
stars
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 1,134 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
0ldsk00l/smsplus
Sega Master System/Game Gear Emulator
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2019-08-31
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-09-21
- History
- 1 history point
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 1 open
27
stars
- Forks
- 5
- Commits
- 26 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%