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Ryu64Emulator/Ryu64

A Nintendo 64 Emulator made in C#!

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #n64 #nintendo64

Updated: 2019-02-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-16
History: 5 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher

A data-heavy Emulation & Gaming front-end for Windows

Stack

Visual Basic .NET .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#devexpress #dot-net-client #emulation #front-end #gaming #launcher

Updated: 2024-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-12
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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LakshyAAAgrawal/chip8emu

A Terminal Based Chip-8 Emulator

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip8-emulator #chip8-interpreter #emulator #hacktoberfest #retrocomputing

Updated: 2020-11-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-07
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 25 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

#emulation #intellivision #libretro #mattel

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-12
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 249 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Comba92/nen-emulator

NES emulator, written in Rust. High mappers compatibility, and FDS support.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #nes #nes-emulator

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 161 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PRO100BYTE/ProjectArcade

ProjectArcade - многофункциональная оболочка для запуска ретро игр

Stack

C# .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#computer #cpp #emulationstation #emulator #emulator-frontend #emulator-launcher

Updated: 2026-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-20
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 421 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lxdream/lxdream

Lxdream dreamcast emulator

Stack

Updated: 2021-03-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-03-13
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 27 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 1,319 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Cydrak/dasShiny

a Nintendo DS emulator

Stack

C++

Updated: 2013-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 71 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dh4/cen64-qt

A customizable frontend for CEN64

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 216 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gregtour/gameboy

GameBoy Emulator in C and JavaScript.

Stack

Updated: 2020-03-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-02
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 46 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sp1187/veesem

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

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #spg200 #unsp #vsmile

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-01-11
History: 5 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 20 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 51 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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masterfeizz/DeSmuME

Port of DeSmuME for the 3DS

Archived

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2024-04-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-12
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Nabile-Rahmani/DotN64

Nintendo 64 emulator.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #emulator #n64 #nintendo-64

Updated: 2018-12-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-23
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 175 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gstanton/ProSystem1_3

ProSystem Emulator Version 1.3 by Greg Stanton

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#atari #atari-7800 #emulator #prosystem-emulator #winapi

Updated: 2022-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-17
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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athros/NESticle

The Source Code of the NESticle emulator. Created by Bloodlust Software. It was leaked in 1997 by MindRape

Stack

C++

Updated: 2019-04-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 7 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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liuk7071/ChonkyStation2

PlayStation 2 Emulator

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2023-06-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-26
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JetSetIlly/test7800

Test7800 is an experimental emulator for the Atari 7800 games console

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#atari7800 #emulation #emulator #emulator-development #go #golang-application

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-08
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 456 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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.

Stack

C Meson pip Pipenv

Updated: 2024-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 92,598 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Echelon9/cxbx-shogun

shogun's mirrored branch of the Cxbx original Xbox emulator

Stack

C++

Updated: 2015-10-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-08-13
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 182 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

LiraNuna/hyperscan-emulator

A Mattel HyperScan Emulator

Stack

C++

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-31
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 116 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

mkwong98/HDNes

A NES emulator with the ability to replace graphics and music

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2021-01-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-24
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 185 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mrRosset/Engemu

An attempt to create an HLE C++ N-Gage Emulator.

Stack

PHP .NET SDK

Updated: 2019-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-29
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 238 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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henryksloan/kind-nes

An NES emulator in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

Updated: 2023-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-31
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 114 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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arcanebyte/lisaem

The first fully functional Lisa Emulator™

Stack

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 176 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ichisadashioko/midp-emulator

MIDP/J2ME emulator

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #j2me #j2me-games #java #midp-platform

Updated: 2021-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-09
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 80 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jenergy/jzIntvImGui

A cross-platform GUI for jzIntv

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 16 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-09
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 269 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sarbajitsaha/Chip-8-Emulator

A simple Chip 8 Emulator written in C++

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#chip8 #cpp

Updated: 2017-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 18 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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strayacode/yuugen

A DS Emulator written in C++

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2024-02-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 1,134 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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