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MrPurple666/AetherSX2

https://archive.org/details/aethersx2-libemucore.tar

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C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-04-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-22
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 27
Commits: 46 commits
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andkrau/NuanceResurrection

No description.

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C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-01-14
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

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Forks: 9
Commits: 422 commits
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pcercuei/bloom

Bloom?

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C CMake .NET SDK Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-05-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 7
Commits: 352 commits
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liuk7071/ChonkyStation

PS1 Emulator coming soon™

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2024-11-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-16
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

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Forks: 3
Commits: 235 commits
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firelight-emulator/firelight

A libretro-based emulation frontend that aims to be the easiest way to play your retro games, discover awesome mods for those games, and just have a dang good time.

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C++ Qt CMake vcpkg

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-09
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

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Forks: 7
Commits: 599 commits
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DenSinH/DSHBA

A highly performant GBA emulator with a hardware renderer

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #gba

Updated: 2021-06-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-20
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 3
Commits: 199 commits
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icculus/DirkSimple

A dirt-simple Dragon's Lair player

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Assembly CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#dragons-lair

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-12-03
License: Zlib
Issues: 12 open

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Forks: 13
Commits: 227 commits
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pedgarcia/fujisan

Cross-platform Atari 8-bit Emulator based on Atari800

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C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#atari #atari800 #atari800xl #atari8bit #atart #emulator

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-18
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

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Forks: 7
Commits: 334 commits
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pcsxr/PCSX-Reloaded

This is a MIRROR of PCSX-Reloaded.

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C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2018-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-12-16
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

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Forks: 18
Commits: 1,697 commits
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StrikerX3/StrikeBox

StrikeBox - Original Xbox emulator

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #emulator #xbox

Updated: 2019-12-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-04
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 15 open

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Forks: 9
Commits: 343 commits
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laoo/Felix

Atari Lynx emulator

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#atari-lynx #emulator

Updated: 2025-04-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-30
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

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Forks: 9
Commits: 728 commits
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7800-devtools/a7800

an Atari 7800 emulator

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C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2024-11-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-23
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

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Forks: 9
Commits: 111 commits
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dh4/cen64-qt

A customizable frontend for CEN64

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C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator-frontend #gui #n64 #qt #qt5

Updated: 2025-11-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-02
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 4 open

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Forks: 8
Commits: 216 commits
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sp1187/veesem

Experimental V.Smile emulator. Project currently on hiatus due to lack of means for hardware testing.

Archived

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #spg200 #unsp #vsmile

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-01-11
License: ISC
Issues: 20 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 51 commits
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jenergy/jzIntvImGui

A cross-platform GUI for jzIntv

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C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #dear-imgui #file-dialog #gui #intellivision #jzintv

Updated: 2022-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-04
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 2
Commits: 16 commits
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sarbajitsaha/Chip-8-Emulator

A simple Chip 8 Emulator written in C++

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#chip8 #cpp

Updated: 2017-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-06
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

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Forks: 4
Commits: 18 commits
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strayacode/yuugen

A DS Emulator written in C++

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2024-02-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-01
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 1,134 commits
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kmc-jp/n64-emu

Low-level Nintendo64 emulator 🌏

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2023-11-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-06
License: Unknown
Issues: 15 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 268 commits
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GhostlyDark/EMG

Electron mupen64plus GUI

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JavaScript Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#electron #emulation #emulator-frontend #n64

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-23
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 953 commits
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odkq/awp34s

WP 34S Calculator Port for Android

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Java Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2023-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-13
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

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Forks: 5
Commits: 10 commits
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ChillyGB/ChillyGB

ChillyGB is a Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator written in C

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #cmake #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #raylib

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-06-03
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 252 commits
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Callum5042/RetroGBm

A gameboy colour emulator

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C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-18
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 278 commits
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beaumanvienna/marley

"Many Awesome Retro Linux Emulators, Yay!" -- A bundle of gaming console emulators for the x86_64 Linux platform

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C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2022-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-04
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

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Forks: 2
Commits: 771 commits
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nixxou/duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2024-03-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-09
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 2
Commits: 6,859 commits
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Luca1991/MoRePhun

Experimental MoPhun Emulator

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C++ CMake Conan

Updated: 2021-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-07
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 35 commits
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RetroDECK/RetroQUEST

Relive the retro gaming history on VR native

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Makefile CMake

Updated: 2025-01-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-11-20
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 34 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 44 commits
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georgemoralis/shadPS4

PS4 emulator for Windows,Linux,MacOS

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-24
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 3
Commits: 4,117 commits
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google0101-ryan/Emotional

Don't be so Emotional (A WIP PlayStation 2 emulator)

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2024-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 57 commits
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minexew/GA330-libretro

A libretro core emulating the Gemei A330

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#arm #gemei-a330 #libretro #libretro-cores #unicorn-emulator

Updated: 2020-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-02
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 23 commits
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Fabxx/LCL

Libretro Core Launchers

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-08
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 6 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 602 commits
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whaison/psxact

Sony Playstation emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2016-11-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-24
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 114 commits
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GitHub

MarioPartyNetplay/Project64-MPN

No description.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-18
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 3,818 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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AzaharPlus/CitraPlus

A fork of Citra_PabloMK7 that restore support for CTGP-7

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 0
Commits: 10,116 commits
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GitHub

Azimer/Apollo64

Cross-platform N64 emulator

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #nintendo-64

Updated: 2024-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-27
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 28 commits
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Godzil/NewOswan

Heavily hacked version of oswan-unix. No external library needed other than OpenGL!

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2022-07-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-01
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 125 commits
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Wiimpathy/HatariWii

A Wii port of Hatari, an Atari ST emulator.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2018-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-25
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 3 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BlackSheepBoy69/NooDS-Launcher-Vita-

A (hopefully!) speedy NDS emulator

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C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2022-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-25
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 0
Commits: 435 commits
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hch12907/orbum

A young PS2 emulator, originally forked from marco9999/orbum

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #ps2

Updated: 2019-01-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-06
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 487 commits
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MarioPartyNetplay/Mupen-MPN

Rosalie's Mupen GUI

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C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 1
Commits: 2,116 commits
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infval/potator

A Watara Supervision Emulator based on Normmatt version

Stack

Objective-C CMake

GitHub topics

#emscripten #emulator #gp2x #opendingux #potator #psp

Updated: 2019-11-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-10
License: Unlicense
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 2
Commits: 27 commits
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MarioPartyNetplay/Mupen64PlusAE-MPN

Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

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Forks: 0
Commits: 6,826 commits
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fenexomega/chip8

Chip-8 Emulator with C++ and SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2016-03-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-29
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 213 commits
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