Cores on RetroArch
320 cores (all libretro) that RetroArch runs, the systems each emulates and the project it comes from. Part of Cores by platform. The files are listed on the RetroArch page.
320 rows
| Core | Classification | Systems | Files | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DEngine | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| EightyOne | Community fork | Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX 80, Sinclair ZX Spectrum +7 | 61 (61 standalone-only) | charlierobson/ |
| a5200 | Community fork | Atari 5200 | 1 | alekmaul/ |
| Advanced Test | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| AmiArcadia | Official port | Emerson Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TV Games Computer | 0 | amigan.1emu.net/ |
| Amiberry | Official port | Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV | 255 (13 libretro-only, 40 standalone-only) | tonioni/ |
| Anarch | Community fork | - | 0 | gitlab.com/ |
| AppleWin | Community fork | Apple II | 0 | AppleWin/ |
| Ardens | Official port | Arduboy | 0 | tiberiusbrown/ |
| Arduous | Pure libretro | Arduboy | 0 | jmaroeder/ |
| ARMSX2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 132 (51 libretro-only, 64 standalone-only) | PCSX2/ |
| Atari800 | Official port | Atari 400-800, Atari 5200, Atari XEGS | 19 | atari800/ |
| Azahar | Official port | Nintendo 3DS | 7 | azahar-emu/ |
| b2 | Community fork | Acorn BBC Micro Model B, Acorn BBC Micro Model B+, Acorn BBC Master 128 +1 | 44 (44 standalone-only) | tom-seddon/ |
| BBKEmu | Pure libretro | BBK Longman A4980, BBK Longman A4988 | 4 (2 standalone-only) | AloysHF/ |
| Beetle GBA (Mednafen) | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle Lynx (Mednafen Lynx) | Community fork | Atari Lynx | 1 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle NGP (Mednafen Neo Geo Pocket) | Community fork | SNK Neo Geo Pocket, SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color | 0 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle PCE (Mednafen PCE) | Community fork | NEC PC Engine | 6 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle PC-FX (Mednafen) | Community fork | NEC PC-FX | 1 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle PSX (Mednafen PSX) | Community fork | Sony PlayStation | 7 (4 libretro-only) | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle Saturn | Community fork | Sega Saturn, Sega ST-V | 10 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle VB (Mednafen Virtual Boy) | Community fork | Nintendo Virtual Boy | 0 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle WonderSwan (Mednafen WonderSwan) | Pure libretro | Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color | 0 | mednafen.github.io |
| BennuGD | Community fork | BennuGD games | 0 | SplinterGU/ |
| bk-emulator | Community fork | Elektronika BK | 9 | emestee/ |
| BlastEm | Official port | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega 32X +7 | 13 (5 libretro-only, 4 standalone-only) | retrodev.com/ |
| blueMSX | Community fork | Microsoft MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ +6 | 168 (84 libretro-only, 84 standalone-only) | bluemsx.msxblue.com |
| bnes | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo NES | 0 | Sir-Walrus/ |
| boom3 | Game engine | Doom 3 | 2 | dhewm/ |
| Boytacean | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 6 (6 standalone-only) | joamag/ |
| bsnes | Official port | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview | 20 | bsnes-emu/ |
| bsnes-jg | Community fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview +1 | 16 | gitlab.com/ |
| bsnes 2014 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview +1 | 16 | bsnes-emu/ |
| bsnes C++98 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo SuFami Turbo, Nintendo Satellaview | 0 | byuu.org |
| bsnes-hd beta | Enhanced fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview +1 | 20 | bsnes-emu/ |
| bsnes-mercury | Enhanced fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy, Nintendo Satellaview +1 | 18 | byuu.org/ |
| Cannonball | Game engine | OutRun | 40 | djyt/ |
| Caprice32 | Community fork | Amstrad CPC | 6 (6 standalone-only) | ColinPitrat/ |
| CDi 2015 | Frozen snapshot | Philips CD-i | 1 | mamedev/ |
| Cemu | Community fork | Nintendo Wii U | 72 (4 libretro-only, 4 standalone-only) | cemu-project/ |
| ChaiLove | Game engine | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| ChimeraSNES | Community fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Satellaview, Nintendo SuFami Turbo | 2 | snes9xgit/ |
| Citra | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 4 | citra-emu/ |
| Citra 2018 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo 3DS | 2 | citra-emu/ |
| Citra Canary | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 2 | citra-emu/ |
| ClownMDEmu | Official port | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD | 0 | Clownacy/ |
| CoolbarEmu | Official port | Coolbar feature phones | 0 | AloysHF/ |
| Craft | Pure libretro | - | 0 | fogleman/ |
| CrocoDS | Official port | Amstrad CPC | 0 | redbug26/ |
| Cruzes | Pure libretro | Picross puzzle (libretro sample) | 0 | libretro/ |
| Daphne | Community fork | Laserdisc arcade games | 0 | mirror/ |
| DeSmuME | Community fork | Nintendo DS | 3 | TASEmulators/ |
| DeSmuME 2015 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo DS | 0 | TASEmulators/ |
| DICE | Community fork | Discrete logic arcade games | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| DingooEmu | Pure libretro | Dingoo A320, Gemei A330 | 1 | AloysHF/ |
| Dinothawr | Game engine | Dinothawr game | 1 | libretro/ |
| DirectXBox | Pure libretro | Microsoft Xbox | 2 | libretro/ |
| DirkSimple | Official port | Laserdisc arcade games | 0 | icculus/ |
| Dolphin | Community fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Sega Triforce | 35 (1 libretro-only, 17 standalone-only) | dolphin-emu/ |
| DOSBox | Community fork | MS-DOS | 25 (25 libretro-only) | sourceforge.net/ |
| DOSBox-core | Community fork | MS-DOS | 19 | sourceforge.net/ |
| DOSBox Pure | Enhanced fork | MS-DOS | 25 | codeberg.org/ |
| DOSBox-SVN | Community fork | MS-DOS | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| DOSBox-SVN CE | Community fork | MS-DOS | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| DoubleCherryGB | Enhanced fork | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 0 | libertyernie/ |
| doukutsu-rs | Game engine | Cave Story | 1 | doukutsu-rs/ |
| DuckStation | Official port | Sony PlayStation | 105 | stenzek/ |
| EasyRPG Player | Game engine | RPG Maker games | 4 | EasyRPG/ |
| ECWolf | Game engine | Wolfenstein 3D | 1 (1 standalone-only) | bitbucket.org/ |
| EightyOne (Recalbox) | Community fork | Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX 80, Sinclair ZX Spectrum +7 | 0 | charlierobson/ |
| EKA2L1 | Community fork | Nokia N-Gage, Symbian OS | 94 (93 standalone-only) | EKA2L1/ |
| EmuCV | Pure libretro | Epoch Cassette Vision | 0 | gitlab.com/ |
| EmuSCV | Community fork | Epoch Super Cassette Vision | 1 | takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp |
| emux (CHIP-8) | Official port | CHIP-8 | 0 | sronsse/ |
| emux (Game Boy) | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy | 1 | sronsse/ |
| emux (NES) | Official port | Nintendo NES | 0 | sronsse/ |
| emux (SMS) | Official port | Sega Master System | 1 | sronsse/ |
| ep128emu | Community fork | Enterprise 64, Enterprise 128, Videoton TVC +2 | 23 | istvan-v/ |
| Eternal Computer | Community fork | Eternal Software Initiative computer | 0 | adriancable/ |
| Exel-Hence | Pure libretro | Exelvision EXL 100 | 0 | gitlab.com/ |
| FAKE-08 | Game engine | Lexaloffle PICO-8 | 0 | jtothebell/ |
| FB Alpha 2012 | Frozen snapshot | Arcade games, SNK Neo Geo, Capcom CPS-1 +3 | 9 | fbalpha.com |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | Frozen snapshot | Capcom CPS-1 | 1 | fbalpha.com |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | Frozen snapshot | Capcom CPS-2 | 1 | fbalpha.com |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | Frozen snapshot | Capcom CPS-3 | 1 | fbalpha.com |
| FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo | 0 | fbalpha.com |
| FB Alpha 2019 | Frozen snapshot | Arcade games, SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo CD +11 | 16 | barry65536/ |
| FinalBurn Neo | Official port | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, SNK Neo Geo CD +23 | 165 | finalburnneo/ |
| FinalBurn Neo (CPS-1/CPS-2) | Official port | Capcom CPS-1, Capcom CPS-2, Arcade games | 1 | finalburnneo/ |
| FinalBurn Neo (Neo Geo) | Official port | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, SNK Neo Geo CD +1 | 48 | finalburnneo/ |
| FCEUmm | Community fork | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 3 | sourceforge.net/ |
| FCEUmm Mod | Community fork | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 2 | libretro/ |
| FFmpeg | Pure libretro | - | 0 | ffmpeg.org |
| fixGB | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy Color | 1 | FIX94/ |
| fixNES | Official port | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 1 | FIX94/ |
| Flycast | Official port | Sega Dreamcast, Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI 2 +2 | 10 | flyinghead/ |
| Flycast 2021 | Frozen snapshot | Sega Dreamcast, Sega NAOMI, Sammy Atomiswave | 8 | libretro/ |
| fMSX | Community fork | Microsoft MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ | 22 | fms.komkon.org/ |
| FreeChaF | Pure libretro | Fairchild Channel F | 3 | libretro/ |
| FreeIntv | Pure libretro | Mattel Intellivision | 2 | libretro/ |
| FreeJ2ME | Official port | Java J2ME | 1 | hex007/ |
| FreeJ2ME-Plus | Enhanced fork | Java J2ME | 3 | hex007/ |
| Frodo | Community fork | Commodore C64 | 4 | cebix/ |
| FS-UAE | Community fork | Commodore Amiga | 12 | FrodeSolheim/ |
| Fuse | Community fork | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | 37 | sourceforge.net/ |
| galaksija | Official port | Galaksija computer | 3 | nikp123/ |
| GAM4980 | Pure libretro | BBK Longman A4980 | 2 | codeberg.org/ |
| Gambatte | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 3 | sinamas/ |
| GameTank | Community fork | GameTank console | 0 | clydeshaffer/ |
| Gearboy | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 2 | drhelius/ |
| Gearcoleco | Official port | ColecoVision, Coleco Adam | 3 | drhelius/ |
| Geargrafx | Official port | NEC PC Engine, NEC SuperGrafx, NEC PC Engine CD +1 | 7 | drhelius/ |
| Gearlynx | Official port | Atari Lynx | 1 | drhelius/ |
| Gearsystem | Official port | Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000 | 2 | drhelius/ |
| Geartowns | Official port | Fujitsu FM Towns | 5 | drhelius/ |
| Genesis Plus GX | Community fork | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega Master System +3 | 12 | ekeeke/ |
| Genesis Plus GX Wide | Enhanced fork | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega Master System +3 | 12 | ekeeke/ |
| Geolith | Official port | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, SNK Neo Geo CD | 23 | gitlab.com/ |
| Game Music Emu | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libgme/ |
| gpSP | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 | davidgfnet/ |
| Game & Watch | Pure libretro | Nintendo Game & Watch | 0 | madrigaldesign.it/ |
| Handy | Community fork | Atari Lynx | 2 | handy.sourceforge.net |
| Hatari | Official port | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT +1 | 9 (2 libretro-only, 2 standalone-only) | hatari/ |
| Hatari 2014 | Frozen snapshot | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT +1 | 7 | hatari/ |
| hatariB | Community fork | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT +1 | 8 | hatari/ |
| HBMAME (Homebrew MAME) | Enhanced fork | Arcade games | 0 | Robbbert/ |
| higan (SFC Accuracy) | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy | 21 | gitlab.com/ |
| nSide (SFC Balanced) | Enhanced fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy | 21 | gitlab.com/ |
| Holani | Official port | Atari Lynx | 1 | LLeny/ |
| Image Viewer | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| IroGB | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 2 | AlexSutila/ |
| Ishiiruka | Enhanced fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii | 16 (2 standalone-only) | Tinob/ |
| JAXE | Official port | CHIP-8 | 0 | kurtjd/ |
| Jazz² Resurrection | Game engine | Jazz Jackrabbit 2 | 39 (3 libretro-only, 3 standalone-only) | deathkiller/ |
| JollyCV | Official port | ColecoVision, VTech CreatiVision, Nichibutsu My Vision | 2 | gitlab.com/ |
| Jump 'n Bump | Game engine | - | 0 | fabiangreffrath/ |
| Kronos | Official port | Sega Saturn, Sega ST-V | 20 | FCare/ |
| LowRes NX | Official port | LowRes NX programs | 0 | timoinutilis/ |
| LRPS2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 7 | PCSX2/ |
| Lutro | Game engine | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| M2000 | Official port | Philips P2000T | 0 | p2000t/ |
| MAME | Official port | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +72 | 1563 (132 libretro-only, 3 standalone-only) | mamedev/ |
| MAME 2000 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, Data East DECO Cassette System, Arcade games | 6 | mamedev.org |
| MAME 2003 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +16 | 21 | mamedev.org |
| MAME 2003 Midway | Frozen snapshot | Arcade games | 4 | mamedev.org |
| MAME 2003-Plus | Enhanced fork | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +21 | 35 | mamedev.org |
| MAME 2009 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +20 | 48 | mamedev/ |
| MAME 2010 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, IGS PolyGame Master, Sega NAOMI +48 | 53 | mamedev/ |
| MAME 2015 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +61 | 70 | mamedev/ |
| MAME 2016 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +29 | 69 | mamedev/ |
| MAME Arcade | Official port | SNK Neo Geo MVS, IGS PolyGame Master, Sega NAOMI +41 | 52 | mamedev/ |
| MAME MESS | Official port | Apple II, Apple IIGS, Bally Astrocade +31 | 142 | mamedev/ |
| MCSoftserve | Pure libretro | - | 0 | JesseTG/ |
| Beetle PCE Fast | Community fork | NEC PC Engine | 6 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle bsnes | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES | 0 | mednafen.github.io |
| Mednafen STV | Community fork | Sega ST-V, Sega Saturn | 10 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle Supafaust | Community fork | Nintendo SNES | 0 | mednafen.github.io |
| Beetle SuperGrafx | Community fork | NEC PC Engine | 4 | mednafen.github.io |
| melonDS | Community fork | Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi | 8 | melonDS-emu/ |
| melonDS DS | Community fork | Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi | 7 | melonDS-emu/ |
| Mesen | Official port | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 3 | SourMesen/ |
| Mesen-S | Official port | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color +2 | 21 | SourMesen/ |
| MesenCE | Enhanced fork | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System, Nintendo SNES +16 | 57 (7 libretro-only, 12 standalone-only) | SourMesen/ |
| MESS 2015 | Frozen snapshot | - | 1 | mamedev/ |
| Meteor GBA | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 0 | blastrock/ |
| mGBA | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color +1 | 4 | mgba-emu/ |
| mGBA Splitscreen | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 | mgba-emu/ |
| Mini vMac | Community fork | Apple Macintosh II | 3 | gryphel.com/ |
| mkxp-z | Game engine | RPG Maker games | 6 | mkxp-z/ |
| MojoZork | Pure libretro | Infocom Z-Machine | 0 | icculus/ |
| Moonlight | Community fork | - | 0 | moonlight-stream/ |
| MPV | Community fork | - | 0 | mpv-player/ |
| Mr.Boom | Official port | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| Mu | Pure libretro | Palm OS | 5 | meepingsnesroms/ |
| Mupen64Plus-Next | Enhanced fork | Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD | 2 | mupen64plus/ |
| Native32Emu | Pure libretro | Sunplus Native32 | 0 | AloysHF/ |
| Neko Project II | Community fork | NEC PC-98 | 12 | np2.yui.ne.jp |
| NeoCD | Pure libretro | SNK Neo Geo CD | 10 | libretro/ |
| nes | Community fork | Nintendo NES | 0 | git.9front.org/ |
| Nestopia UE | Community fork | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 8 | gitlab.com/ |
| NicaiEmu | Frozen snapshot | Coolbar feature phones | 0 | AloysHF/ |
| NooDS | Community fork | Nintendo DS, Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 5 | Hydr8gon/ |
| NP2kai | Enhanced fork | NEC PC-98 | 21 | AZO234/ |
| Nuance | Official port | VM Labs Nuon | 9 (1 standalone-only) | andkrau/ |
| Numero | Community fork | Texas Instruments TI-83 | 3 | sputt/ |
| NXEngine | Game engine | Cave Story | 5 | Rox64/ |
| O2EM | Community fork | Magnavox Odyssey2, Philips Videopac | 5 | sourceforge.net/ |
| Oberon | Community fork | Project Oberon | 0 | pdewacht/ |
| Omicron | Game engine | Omicron cartridges | 1 | msx80/ |
| ONScripter | Community fork | ONScripter visual novels | 0 | ogapee/ |
| ONScripter Yuri | Game engine | ONScripter visual novels | 0 | YuriSizuku/ |
| OpenLara | Game engine | Tomb Raider | 0 | XProger/ |
| OpenTyrian | Game engine | Tyrian | 72 | opentyrian/ |
| Opera (4DO) | Community fork | 3DO | 14 | sourceforge.net/ |
| Panda3DS | Official port | Nintendo 3DS | 2 | panda3ds-emu/ |
| ParaLLEl N64 | Community fork | Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD | 1 | mupen64plus/ |
| Pascal Pong | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| PCEE2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 7 | PCSX2/ |
| PCem | Community fork | IBM PC, IBM PC XT, IBM PC/AT +3 | 139 | sarah-walker-pcem/ |
| PCSX1 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation | 3 | notaz/ |
| PCSX-ReARMed | Embedded HLE | Sony PlayStation | 7 | notaz/ |
| PD777 | Community fork | Epoch Cassette Vision | 0 | W88DodPECuThLOl/ |
| PicoDrive | Official port | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis, Sega Mega CD +7 | 16 | irixxxx/ |
| piece-emu | Official port | Aquaplus PIECE | 0 | autch/ |
| Play! | Official port | Sony PlayStation 2 | 0 | jpd002/ |
| PlaydiaEmu | Pure libretro | Bandai Playdia | 0 | AloysHF/ |
| PocketCDG | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| PokeMini | Community fork | Nintendo Pokemon Mini | 1 | sourceforge.net/ |
| Pokket | Official port | Sony PocketStation | 1 | mentalfoundry/ |
| Potator | Community fork | Watara Supervision | 0 | alekmaul/ |
| PPSSPP | Official port | Sony PlayStation Portable | 4 (2 libretro-only, 2 standalone-only) | hrydgard/ |
| PrBoom | Game engine | Doom, Heretic | 16 | prboom.sourceforge.net |
| ProSystem | Community fork | Atari 7800 | 2 | gstanton/ |
| PUAE (P-UAE) | Community fork | Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV | 29 | GnoStiC/ |
| PUAE 2021 | Frozen snapshot | Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV | 29 | GnoStiC/ |
| PuzzleScript | Game engine | - | 0 | increpare/ |
| PX68k | Community fork | Sharp X68000 | 6 | hissorii/ |
| QEMU | Community fork | IBM PC, x86 PC, x86-64 PC +14 | 75 | qemu/ |
| QUASI88 | Community fork | NEC PC-88, NEC PC-8001 | 13 | retropc.net/ |
| QuickNES | Community fork | Nintendo NES | 0 | kode54/ |
| RACE (Neo Geo Pocket) | Community fork | SNK Neo Geo Pocket, SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color | 0 | 8bitpsp/ |
| RB5000 | Official port | Philips VG 5000 | 0 | gitlab.com/ |
| Redbook | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| Redream | - | Sega Dreamcast | 2 | libretro/ |
| REminiscence | Community fork | Flashback | 141 | cyxx/ |
| RemoteJoy | Pure libretro | - | 0 | akiraink/ |
| Retro8 | Game engine | Lexaloffle PICO-8 | 0 | Jakz/ |
| RetroDream | Community fork | Sega Dreamcast | 2 | inolen/ |
| ROM Cleaner | Pure libretro | - | 0 | JesseTG/ |
| Picocomputer 6502 | Official port | Picocomputer 6502 programs | 0 | picocomputer/ |
| Rust-DOS | Official port | MS-DOS | 33 | dividebysandwich/ |
| Rustation | Official port | Sony PlayStation | 22 | simias/ |
| RustyNES | Official port | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 1 | doublegate/ |
| RVVM | Official port | RISC-V | 3 (1 standalone-only) | LekKit/ |
| SAME CDi | Community fork | Philips CD-i | 4 | mamedev/ |
| SameBoy | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy | 5 | LIJI32/ |
| SameDuck | Official port | Welback Mega Duck | 0 | LIJI32/ |
| ScummVM | Game engine | ScummVM games | 54 | scummvm/ |
| SDLPAL | Official port | The Legend of Sword and Fairy | 28 | sdlpal/ |
| SimCoupe | Community fork | MGT SAM Coupe | 0 | simonowen/ |
| SkyEmu | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance +1 | 6 | skylersaleh/ |
| SMS Plus GX | Enhanced fork | Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, ColecoVision +2 | 3 (1 standalone-only) | ekeeke/ |
| Snes9x | Official port | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Satellaview, Nintendo SuFami Turbo | 2 | snes9xgit/ |
| Snes9x 2002 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo SuFami Turbo, Nintendo Satellaview | 0 | snes9xgit/ |
| Snes9x 2005 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo SuFami Turbo, Nintendo Satellaview | 0 | ShadauxCat/ |
| Snes9x 2005 Plus | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo SuFami Turbo, Nintendo Satellaview | 0 | ShadauxCat/ |
| Snes9x 2010 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo SuFami Turbo, Nintendo Satellaview | 1 | snes9xgit/ |
| SPMP8000Emu | Pure libretro | Sunplus SPMP8000 | 1 | AloysHF/ |
| SquirrelJME | Official port | Java J2ME | 10 | SquirrelJME/ |
| Stella | Official port | Atari 2600 | 7 | stella-emu/ |
| Stella 2014 | Frozen snapshot | Atari 2600 | 7 | stella-emu/ |
| Stella 2023 | Frozen snapshot | Atari 2600 | 7 | stella-emu/ |
| Stone Soup | Frozen snapshot | - | 0 | crawl/ |
| Sugarbox2 | Community fork | Amstrad CPC | 0 | Tom1975/ |
| Super Bros War | Game engine | - | 0 | mmatyas/ |
| Supermodel | Community fork | Sega Model 3 | 7 (3 libretro-only, 4 standalone-only) | trzy/ |
| SuperSnes9x | Enhanced fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Satellaview, Nintendo SuFami Turbo +4 | 8 | snes9xgit/ |
| SwanStation | Community fork | Sony PlayStation | 6 | stenzek/ |
| Syobon Action | Community fork | - | 32 | akemin-dayo/ |
| TamaLIBretro | Community fork | Bandai Tamagotchi P1 | 0 | jcrona/ |
| TempGBA | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 | Nebuleon/ |
| netplay-test | Pure libretro | - | 0 | - |
| TestAudio Callback | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestAudio NoCallback | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestAudio Playback Wav | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestGL ComputeShaders | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestGL (FF) | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| Button Test | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| Test RetroLuxury | Pure libretro | - | 0 | leiradel/ |
| TestSW | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestSW VRAM | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TestVulkan AsyncCompute | Pure libretro | - | 0 | libretro/ |
| TGB Dual | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 0 | gigo.retrogames.com/ |
| Theodore | Pure libretro | Thomson TO7, Thomson TO7/70, Thomson TO8 +6 | 0 | dcmoto.free.fr |
| The Powder Toy | Pure libretro | - | 0 | The-Powder-Toy/ |
| Tia | Pure libretro | Atari 2600 | 0 | warmenhoven/ |
| TIC-80 | Game engine | TIC-80 cartridges | 0 | nesbox/ |
| Trident | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 2 | DanAlexMorton/ |
| TyrQuake | Game engine | Quake | 7 | disenchant.net/ |
| UAE4ARM | Community fork | Commodore Amiga | 7 | PandTomB/ |
| UME 2015 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master +61 | 70 | mamedev/ |
| MicroW8 | Pure libretro | - | 0 | exoticorn/ |
| UXN | Community fork | - | 0 | chmod222/ |
| uzem | Pure libretro | Uzebox | 0 | Uzebox/ |
| VaporSpec | Official port | VaporSpec cartridges | 0 | minkcv/ |
| VBA-Next | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 | visualboyadvance-m/ |
| VBA-M | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 3 | visualboyadvance-m/ |
| vecx | Community fork | GCE Vectrex | 0 | jhawthorn/ |
| VeMUlator | Official port | Sega Dreamcast VMU | 0 | closed-source Android app (removed from Google Play ~2020) |
| VICE | - | Commodore C64, Commodore C128, Commodore C64 DTV +4 | 102 | libretro/ |
| VICE x128 | Community fork | Commodore C128 | 5 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE x64 | Community fork | Commodore C64 | 7 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE x64dtv | Community fork | Commodore C64 DTV | 1 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE x64sc | Community fork | Commodore C64 | 7 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xcbm2 | Community fork | Commodore CBM-II | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xcbm5x0 | Community fork | Commodore CBM-II | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xpet | Community fork | Commodore PET | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xplus4 | Community fork | Commodore Plus4 | 0 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xscpu64 | Community fork | Commodore 64 with SuperCPU | 5 | sourceforge.net/ |
| VICE xvic | Community fork | Commodore VIC-20 | 2 | sourceforge.net/ |
| Vircon32 | Official port | Vircon32 cartridges | 1 | vircon32/ |
| Virtual Jaguar | Community fork | Atari Jaguar | 4 | shamusworld.gotdns.org/ |
| VirtualXT | Pure libretro | IBM PC | 0 | codeberg.org/ |
| vitaQuakeII | Official port | Quake II | 0 | Rinnegatamante/ |
| vitaQuakeIII | Community fork | Quake III Arena | 0 | ioquake/ |
| vitaVoyager | Community fork | Quake III Arena | 0 | clover-moe/ |
| WASM-4 | Game engine | - | 0 | aduros/ |
| WQXEmu | Official port | Wenquxing NC1020, Wenquxing PC1000, Wenquxing CC800 +2 | 12 | AloysHF/ |
| X Millennium | Community fork | Sharp X1 | 5 | amethyst.yui.ne.jp/ |
| VICE SDL | Community fork | Commodore C64 | 23 | sourceforge.net/ |
| xemu | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox | 5 | xemu-project/ |
| Xenia Edge | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox | 7 (5 standalone-only) | has207/ |
| XRick | Game engine | Rick Dangerous | 1 | fabiensanglard/ |
| YabaSanshiro | Official port | Sega Saturn | 3 (3 libretro-only) | devmiyax/ |
| Yabause | Community fork | Sega Saturn | 3 | Yabause/ |
| yaps2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 199 (77 libretro-only, 114 standalone-only) | PCSX2/ |
| Ymir | Community fork | Sega Saturn | 16 (3 libretro-only, 10 standalone-only) | ymir-emu/ |
| Zelda Classic v2.10 | Game engine | Zelda Classic | 21 | zeldaclassic.com |
| Zelda Classic 2.55 Prototype | Game engine | Zelda Classic | 0 | closed-source |