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DerekTurtleRoe/awesome-emulators
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- 640
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- 410
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- 396
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- 410
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- 41
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- 12
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brunodev85/winlator
Android application for running Windows applications with Wine and Box86/Box64
- Updated
- 2026-06-01
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-07-26
- License
- LGPL-2.1
- Issues
- Disabled
17,843
stars
- Forks
- 1,464
- Commits
- 108 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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Provenance-Emu/Provenance
iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
AI dev
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-06-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-08-07
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 257 open
6,329
stars
- Forks
- 708
- Commits
- 9,913 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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ptitSeb/box64
Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64, RV64 and LoongArch Linux devices
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-01
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 217 open
5,462
stars
- Forks
- 430
- Commits
- 8,359 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
86Box/86Box
Emulator of x86-based machines.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-25
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 20 open
4,303
stars
- Forks
- 515
- Commits
- 20,813 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
ptitSeb/box86
Box86 - Linux Userspace x86 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM Linux devices
- Updated
- 2026-01-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-04-28
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 182 open
3,781
stars
- Forks
- 251
- Commits
- 5,071 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
AlexAltea/orbital
Experimental PlayStation 4 emulator.
- Updated
- 2024-04-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-10-28
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- Disabled
3,649
stars
- Forks
- 270
- Commits
- 300 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
joncampbell123/dosbox-x
DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-07-08
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 2,018 open
3,591
stars
- Forks
- 519
- Commits
- 21,545 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
LIJI32/SameBoy
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-03-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-03-30
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 158 open
2,108
stars
- Forks
- 252
- Commits
- 2,749 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
- Updated
- 2026-05-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-04-21
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 134 open
1,906
stars
- Forks
- 243
- Commits
- 1,982 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
oxters168/Pluvia
Lightweight unofficial Steam client for Android
- Updated
- 2026-02-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-10-05
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 77 open
1,718
stars
- Forks
- 49
- Commits
- 510 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core
Core module of the Mupen64Plus project
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-10-02
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 200 open
1,537
stars
- Forks
- 274
- Commits
- 2,746 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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alephsecurity/xnu-qemu-arm64
No description.
- Updated
- 2021-09-16
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 20 open
1,457
stars
- Forks
- 128
- Commits
- 73,552 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
devos50/qemu-ios
A QEMU emulator for legacy Apple devices
- Updated
- 2025-02-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 146 open
1,217
stars
- Forks
- 84
- Commits
- 109,445 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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skylersaleh/SkyEmu
Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-02-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-05-21
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 254 open
1,197
stars
- Forks
- 93
- Commits
- 1,074 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
simple64/simple64
Accurate N64 Emulator
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-02-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-06-02
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 45 open
1,176
stars
- Forks
- 74
- Commits
- 983 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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skyfloogle/red-viper
A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-11-18
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 16 open
1,029
stars
- Forks
- 29
- Commits
- 1,277 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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pound-emu/pound
Open source emulator for the Nintedo Switch 1 and 2. Highly work in progress
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2025-06-06
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 0 open
975
stars
- Forks
- 45
- Commits
- 72 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
vpinball/vpinball
Visual Pinball
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-03-11
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 427 open
930
stars
- Forks
- 138
- Commits
- 9,752 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX
An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-08-09
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 27 open
919
stars
- Forks
- 257
- Commits
- 1,761 commits
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jsdf/pce
Emulates Mac Plus, PC, & Atari ST in the browser using WebAssembly
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-06-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-04-15
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 22 open
916
stars
- Forks
- 152
- Commits
- 1,714 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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AppleWin/AppleWin
Apple II emulator for Windows
- Updated
- 2026-06-06
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2006-02-17
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 364 open
910
stars
- Forks
- 198
- Commits
- 2,793 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
n64dev/cen64
Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator
- Updated
- 2025-10-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-08
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 64 open
838
stars
- Forks
- 78
- Commits
- 956 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
punesemu/puNES
Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-12-31
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-04-30
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 56 open
801
stars
- Forks
- 45
- Commits
- 2,391 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
xqemu/xqemu
Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Updated
- 2023-02-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-02-18
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 122 open
658
stars
- Forks
- 74
- Commits
- 68,839 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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deltabeard/Peanut-GB
A very fast and portable Game Boy (DMG) emulator single header library written in C99.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-01-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-08-24
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 46 open
495
stars
- Forks
- 64
- Commits
- 583 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
allkern/iris
Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-10-16
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 10 open
464
stars
- Forks
- 18
- Commits
- 821 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae
Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)
- Updated
- 2026-04-17
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-10-02
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 76 open
- Forks
- 120
- Commits
- 6,852 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
atari800/atari800
Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-05-16
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2000-10-10
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 20 open
409
stars
- Forks
- 113
- Commits
- 2,956 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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iCatButler/pcsxr
https://pcsxr.svn.codeplex.com/svn/pcsxr
- Updated
- 2021-08-27
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-04-16
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- Disabled
402
stars
- Forks
- 62
- Commits
- 1,731 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
chernandezba/zesarux
ZEsarUX - ZX Second-Emulator And Released for UniX
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-03-04
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- Disabled
399
stars
- Forks
- 34
- Commits
- 8,966 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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AZO234/NP2kai
Neko Project II kai
- Updated
- 2026-05-09
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-06-21
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 100 open
394
stars
- Forks
- 95
- Commits
- 1,152 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
extremscorner/not64
Experimental modification of Mupen64GC using devkitRice.
- Updated
- 2026-04-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2007-09-01
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- Disabled
361
stars
- Forks
- 31
- Commits
- 1,134 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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burhanr13/Tanuki3DS
3DS Emulator
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-05-24
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-08-21
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 38 open
334
stars
- Forks
- 10
- Commits
- 852 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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sputt/wabbitemu
Wabbitemu is a Z80 TI Calculator emulator
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2023-01-22
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-05-16
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 35 open
325
stars
- Forks
- 35
- Commits
- 318 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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Graslu/1964GEPD
1964 0.8.5 for GoldenEye 007/Perfect Dark
- Updated
- 2023-07-03
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-01-25
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- Disabled
301
stars
- Forks
- 11
- Commits
- 67 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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FCare/Kronos
Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator.
- Updated
- 2026-04-14
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-09-11
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 275 open
298
stars
- Forks
- 33
- Commits
- 7,741 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
pdewacht/oberon-risc-emu
Emulator for the Oberon RISC machine
Stack
- Updated
- 2022-02-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-15
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 3 open
295
stars
- Forks
- 57
- Commits
- 96 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
vpinball/pinmame
PinMAME - Pinball Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2002-08-30
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 91 open
293
stars
- Forks
- 69
- Commits
- 7,069 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
woesss/JL-Mod
J2ME emulator for Android (unofficial fork of https://github.com/nikita36078/J2ME-Loader)
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-04-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-05-21
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- 48 open
288
stars
- Forks
- 25
- Commits
- 1,976 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
YouMakeTech/Pico-GB
Game Boy emulation on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller.
- Updated
- 2025-02-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-03-19
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- Disabled
279
stars
- Forks
- 49
- Commits
- 65 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
AntonioND/giibiiadvance
A GB, GBC and GBA emulator with GB Camera support.
- Updated
- 2026-01-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-06
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 0 open
211
stars
- Forks
- 44
- Commits
- 501 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
PCBox/PCBox
Emulator of PC-based machines based on 86Box.
- Updated
- 2026-06-11
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-06-25
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 0 open
207
stars
- Forks
- 17
- Commits
- 24,386 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
meepingsnesroms/Mu
A new Palm OS emulator targeting compatibility, speed and accuracy in that order.
- Updated
- 2024-06-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-03-21
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 9 open
200
stars
- Forks
- 35
- Commits
- 1,014 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
mikechambers84/XTulator
XTulator is a portable, open source x86 PC emulator currently supporting the 8086 instruction set and 80186 extensions.
- Updated
- 2024-06-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-07-07
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 4 open
188
stars
- Forks
- 27
- Commits
- 36 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
Dillonb/n64
experimental low-level n64 emulator
- Updated
- 2026-04-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-06-06
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 5 open
185
stars
- Forks
- 9
- Commits
- 1,913 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
plutooo/3dmoo
3DS Emulator Prototype
- Updated
- 2017-08-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-19
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 1 open
185
stars
- Forks
- 26
- Commits
- 873 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
allkern/psxe
Multi-platform Sony PlayStation emulator written in C
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-05-16
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-05-26
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 4 open
170
stars
- Forks
- 7
- Commits
- 310 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
risolvipro/PlayGB
A Game Boy emulator for Playdate, based on Peanut-GB.
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-04-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-05-22
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 5 open
161
stars
- Forks
- 10
- Commits
- 18 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
stardot/b-em
An opensource BBC Micro emulator for Win32 and Linux
- Updated
- 2026-06-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-03-07
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Issues
- 65 open
133
stars
- Forks
- 62
- Commits
- 2,167 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
mrdanielps/r3Ddragon
A Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS
Archived
Stack
- Updated
- 2024-02-25
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-11-18
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
131
stars
- Forks
- 10
- Commits
- 204 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%