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henrikpersson/potatis

🥔 MOS-6502 and NES emulator in Rust (SDL/WebAssembly/Android/Embedded/Cloud)

Stack

Rust Android Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#embedded-hal #emulator #jni #jni-android #mos-6502 #nes

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-27
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

675

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xqemu/xqemu

Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

C pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #games #linux #lle #macos

Updated: 2023-02-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

668

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 68,839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hex007/freej2me

A free J2ME emulator with libretro, awt and sdl2 frontends.

Stack

Java

GitHub topics

#awt #emulator #emulator-frontend #j2me #libretro #sdl2

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 66 open

667

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 307 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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binji/binjgb

Gameboy emulator implemented in C, that also runs in the browser

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #gb-emulator #wasm #webassembly

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-28
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

605

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

JaCzekanski/Avocado

🥑 PlayStation 1 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest #playstation #ps1

Updated: 2023-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-11
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

583

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openMSX/openMSX

the MSX emulator that aims for perfection

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#emulator #emulator-programming #msx #msx-computers #msx-documentation #msx-emulator

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-05-04
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 455 open

544

stars

Forks: 134
Commits: 18,147 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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taniarascia/chip8

🎮 ‎ A Chip-8 emulator written in JavaScript for web, CLI, and native UI.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip-8-emulator #emulator #javascript #node

Updated: 2022-05-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-03
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

474

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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allkern/iris

Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #playstation-2

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

470

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 821 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

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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

Website GitHub

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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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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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

ioncodes/gecko

A GameCube/Wii emulator and debugger written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-17
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

348

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 493 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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

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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

GitHub

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

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

Website GitHub

taisel/IodineGBA

JavaScript GameBoy Advance emulator.

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy-advance-emulator #javascript

Updated: 2023-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-06
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

291

stars

Forks: 166
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

drpetersonfernandes/SimpleLauncher

Simple Launcher is an open-source emulator frontend. Designed for both casual gamers and power users, it provides a seamless interface to organize, browse, and launch your retro gaming collection with deep integration for modern emulators and RetroAchievements.

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #emulator-frontend #emulator-launcher #emulators #emulators-frontend

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

253

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 3,053 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

emu-rs/rustual-boy

Rustual Boy - A Virtual Boy emulator.

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #rust #virtual-boy

Updated: 2021-11-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-08
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 7 open

233

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 461 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shadergz/cosmic-station

🧪Exclusive Android Sony Playstation 2 emulator, from scratch, using Kotlin, C++ 20, OpenGLES, Vulkan, and Cubes

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #emulator

Updated: 2024-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-09
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

230

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 410 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aabalke/guac

NDS, GBA, GBC, DMG Emulator written in golang

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#dmg #emulator #gba #gbc #golang #nds

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-31
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 57 open

227

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Senryoku/Deecy

Dreamcast emulator written in Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#dreamcast #emulation #emulator #zig #zig-program

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-27
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

223

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 1,769 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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