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chernandezba/zesarux

ZEsarUX - ZX Second-Emulator And Released for UniX

Stack

GitHub topics

#chrome #emulator #inves #pentagon #prism #sam-coupe

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-04
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

420

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 9,494 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SourMesen/Mesen-S

Mesen-S is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) SNES emulator built in C++ and C#

Archived

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #snes #super-famicom

Updated: 2024-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 57 open

419

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 917 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mikage-emu/mikage-dev

Mikage Developer Edition

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#3ds #3ds-emulator #cpp #emulation #emulator #recompilation

Updated: 2025-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-07
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 33 open

417

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AZO234/NP2kai

Neko Project II kai

AI dev

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#libretro

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-21
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 104 open

414

stars

Forks: 103
Commits: 1,171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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daniel5151/ANESE

Another NES Emulator - written for fun & learning - first implementation of wideNES

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #apu #assembly #cmake #cross-platform #emulation

Updated: 2022-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

403

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 204 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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iCatButler/pcsxr

https://pcsxr.svn.codeplex.com/svn/pcsxr

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2021-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-04-16
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

402

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 1,731 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenGMK/OpenGMK

A rewrite of the GameMaker Classic engine runners with additional tooling

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-engine #gamemaker #gamemaker8 #gm81 #gmk

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 31 open

402

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 3,623 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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residualvm/residualvm

ResidualVM main repository

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2024-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-08-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 3 open

400

stars

Forks: 108
Commits: 8,224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dingusdev/dingusppc

An experimental emulator

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #macintosh #macos #macos-classic #macos9

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 49 open

389

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 2,834 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jsgroth/jgenesis

Sega Genesis / Sega CD / SNES / Master System / Game Gear emulator

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #rust

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-19
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 174 open

386

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 2,466 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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drhelius/Gearsystem

Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000 emulator, debugger and embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bsd #emulation #emulator #game-gear #gamegear #libretro

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

384

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 1,747 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Force67/prosperity

Experimental dual emulator for sony ps4 & ps5 consoles

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #playstation #ps4

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-29
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2 open

382

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 836 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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masterfeizz/DaedalusX64-3DS

Port of DaedalusX64 to the Nintendo 3DS

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-10-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 105 open

382

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 94 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Tinob/Ishiiruka

No description.

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-01-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 99 open

373

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 12,212 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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extremscorner/not64

Experimental modification of Mupen64GC using devkitRice.

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulator #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo-64 #wii

Updated: 2026-04-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

369

stars

Forks: 31
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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devinacker/bsnes-plus

debug-oriented fork of bsnes

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#debugger #emulation #emulator #qt5 #snes

Updated: 2025-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-26
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 101 open

362

stars

Forks: 104
Commits: 715 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ocornut/meka

MEKA - Sega 8-bit emulator with debugging/hacking tools

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-27
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 75 open

354

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SapphireRhodonite/melonDS-android

Android port of melonDS

Stack

Kotlin CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-25
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

352

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 731 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

burhanr13/Tanuki3DS

3DS Emulator

Stack

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-08-21
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

341

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 855 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

kelpsyberry/dust

A Nintendo DS emulator written in Rust for desktop devices and the web, with debugging features and a focus on accuracy

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#debugging-tools #ds #emulator #nintendo-ds #rust

Updated: 2026-02-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-12-11
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

333

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

sputt/wabbitemu

Wabbitemu is a Z80 TI Calculator emulator

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#calculator #emulation

Updated: 2023-01-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

330

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 318 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

BotRandomness/NET-NES

NET-NES, a NES emulator, written in C#.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-02
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

323

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 8 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kaezrr/starpsx

A cross-platform Sony PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#egui #emulation #playstation

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

321

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 639 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cloudpilot-emu/cloudpilot-emu

A PalmOS emulator for the web

Stack

C++ Angular npm Pipenv Yarn

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 28 open

318

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 2,980 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Graslu/1964GEPD

1964 0.8.5 for GoldenEye 007/Perfect Dark

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2023-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

316

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 67 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Rodrigodd/gameroy

A Game Boy emulator, disassembler and debugger, written in Rust

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #rust

Updated: 2025-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-10
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

314

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 1,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JetSetIlly/Gopher2600

Gopher2600 is an emulator for the Atari 2600 games console

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#atari2600 #emulator #emulator-development #emulator-programming #go #golang-application

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

310

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 3,992 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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woesss/JL-Mod

J2ME emulator for Android (unofficial fork of https://github.com/nikita36078/J2ME-Loader)

Stack

C Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #j2me #j2me-emulator #java #opengles-android

Updated: 2026-04-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-21
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 49 open

304

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FCare/Kronos

Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-09-11
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 278 open

303

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 7,742 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vpinball/pinmame

PinMAME - Pinball Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #pinball #pinmame

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-08-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 96 open

303

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 7,250 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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