Emulators
Each page is one emulator: the files it reads, whether it starts games without them, and the line of its source code that says so. The kind says how a core relates to the emulator it comes from, which tells how far its own files can differ.
623 emulator profiles, 11,182 files total, 21 aliases.
| Kind | Count | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Official ports | 80 | The same authors keep the app and the RetroArch core |
| Community forks | 190 | Ported to RetroArch by someone else |
| Pure libretro | 51 | Built for RetroArch, no app of its own |
| Game engines | 118 | Game engine reimplementation |
| Enhanced forks | 36 | Fork with added features |
| Frozen snapshots | 52 | Frozen at an old version |
| Embedded HLE | 19 | Needs no BIOS file: the emulator carries its own |
| Launchers | 5 | Launches an external emulator |
| Other | 72 | Unclassified |
0 to 9
Section titled “0 to 9”| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Ship 2 Harkinian | Game engine | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | 4 |
| 2048 | Pure libretro | - | |
| 2600.emu | Community fork | Atari 2600 | 7 |
| 3DEngine | Pure libretro | - | |
| 3dSen | Embedded HLE | Nintendo NES | - |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| a5200 | Community fork | Atari 5200 | 1 |
| A7800 | Enhanced fork | Atari 7800 | 3 |
| Abuse | Game engine | 3 | |
| ACE-DL | Community fork | Amstrad CPC | 17 |
| Advanced Test | Pure libretro | - | |
| advanced_drastic | Enhanced fork | Nintendo DS | 8 |
| AdvanceMAME | Enhanced fork | SNK Neo Geo MVS, IGS PolyGame Master, Sega ST-V and 26 more | 31 |
| AdvanceMAME 0.94 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, IGS PolyGame Master, Sega ST-V and 23 more | 30 |
| AdvanceMAME 1.4 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, IGS PolyGame Master, Sega ST-V and 24 more | 29 |
| Adventure Game Studio | Game engine | Adventure Game Studio games | - |
| AetherSX2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 11 |
| Aleph One | Game engine | Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity | 31 |
| Altirra | Embedded HLE | Atari 400-800, Atari XEGS, Atari 5200 | 109 |
| AmiArcadia | Official port | Emerson Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TV Games Computer | - |
| Amiberry | Official port | Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV | 261 |
| Anarch | Community fork | - | |
| AppleWin | Community fork | Apple II | - |
| aPS3e | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 3 | 6 |
| ArcadeDuck | Community fork | Konami GV, Konami GQ, Namco System 11 and 9 more | 12 |
| ArcadeFlashWeb | Launcher | Adobe Flash | 8 |
| Ardens | Official port | Arduboy | - |
| Arduous | Pure libretro | Arduboy | - |
| ares | Other | Arcade games, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and 37 more | 40 |
| ARMSX1 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation | 26 |
| ARMSX2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 140 |
| Atari800 | Official port | Atari 400-800, Atari 5200, Atari XEGS | 19 |
| aX360e | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360 | 6 |
| Azahar | Official port | Nintendo 3DS | 7 |
| Azahar (SDL2) | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 7 |
| AzaharPlus | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 9 |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-Dogs SDL | Game engine | 22 | |
| C64.emu | Community fork | Commodore C64, Commodore 64 with SuperCPU, Commodore C64 DTV and 5 more | 113 |
| Cannonball | Game engine | OutRun | 40 |
| CaPriCe Forever | Other | Amstrad CPC | 7 |
| Caprice32 | Community fork | Amstrad CPC | 6 |
| CapriceRPI | Community fork | Amstrad CPC | 1 |
| CatacombGL | Game engine | Catacomb 3-D, Catacomb Adventure Series | 78 |
| ccleste | Game engine | Celeste Classic | 2 |
| CDi 2015 | Frozen snapshot | Philips CD-i | 1 |
| Cemu | Community fork | Nintendo Wii U | 72 |
| ChaiLove | Game engine | - | |
| Chihiro-DS | Community fork | Sega Chihiro, Microsoft Xbox | 11 |
| ChimeraSNES | Community fork | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Satellaview, Nintendo SuFami Turbo | 2 |
| Chocolate Doom | Game engine | Doom, Heretic, Hexen and 2 more | 18 |
| Citra | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 4 |
| Citra 2018 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo 3DS | 2 |
| Citra Canary | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 2 |
| Citra MMJ | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 18 |
| Citron | Community fork | Nintendo Switch | 4 |
| Clock Signal (CLK) | Other | Amstrad CPC, Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron and 20 more | 118 |
| ClownMDEmu | Official port | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD | - |
| ColEm | Other | ColecoVision, Coleco Adam | 3 |
| Commander Genius | Game engine | Commander Keen | 100 |
| Commander X16 Emulator | Other | Commander X16 | 1 |
| CoolbarEmu | Official port | Coolbar feature phones | - |
| CoolCV | Other | ColecoVision, Coleco Adam, Sega SG-1000 | - |
| CorsixTH | Game engine | Theme Hospital | 6 |
| CPCemu | Other | Amstrad CPC | 14 |
| Craft | Pure libretro | - | |
| CrocoDS | Official port | Amstrad CPC | - |
| Cruzes | Pure libretro | Picross puzzle (libretro sample) | - |
| CSpect | Other | ZX Spectrum Next, Sinclair ZX Spectrum | 5 |
| Cxbx-Reloaded | Embedded HLE | Microsoft Xbox, Sega Chihiro | 18 |
| Cxbx-Reloaded (31ff15b) | Frozen snapshot | Sega Chihiro, Microsoft Xbox | 3 |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.Smile | Other | VTech V.Smile | 3 |
| DaedalusX64 | Embedded HLE | Nintendo 64 | 3 |
| Daphne | Community fork | Laserdisc arcade games | - |
| DarkPlaces | Game engine | Quake | 5 |
| Demul | Other | Sega Dreamcast, Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI 2 and 5 more | 14 |
| DeSmuME | Community fork | Nintendo DS | 3 |
| DeSmuME 2015 | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo DS | - |
| DevilutionX | Game engine | Diablo | 14 |
| DGen/SDL | Other | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis | - |
| dhewm3 | Community fork | Doom 3 | 13 |
| DICE | Community fork | Discrete logic arcade games | - |
| DingooEmu | Pure libretro | Dingoo A320, Gemei A330 | 1 |
| Dinothawr | Game engine | Dinothawr game | 1 |
| DirectXBox | Pure libretro | Microsoft Xbox | 2 |
| DirkSimple | Official port | Laserdisc arcade games | - |
| Dolphin | Community fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Sega Triforce | 35 |
| Dolphin Launcher | Launcher | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii | - |
| Dolphin MMJR | Community fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii | 16 |
| Dolphin MMJR2 | Community fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii | 30 |
| DOSBox | Community fork | MS-DOS | 25 |
| DOSBox (SDL2 fork) | Other | MS-DOS | - |
| DOSBox Pure | Enhanced fork | MS-DOS | 25 |
| DOSBox Pure Unleashed | Official port | MS-DOS | 15 |
| DOSBox Staging | Enhanced fork | MS-DOS, IBM PC, IBM PCjr and 1 more | 56 |
| DOSBox-core | Community fork | MS-DOS | 19 |
| DOSBox-SVN | Community fork | MS-DOS | - |
| DOSBox-SVN CE | Community fork | MS-DOS | - |
| DOSBox-X | Enhanced fork | MS-DOS, IBM PC, IBM PCjr and 2 more | 37 |
| DoubleCherryGB | Enhanced fork | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | - |
| doukutsu-rs | Game engine | Cave Story | 1 |
| DraStic | Other | Nintendo DS | 24 |
| DREAMM | Other | MS-DOS, IBM PC, Tandy 1000 and 1 more | 52 |
| DroidArcadia | Embedded HLE | Emerson Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TV Games Computer and 1 more | - |
| dsda-doom | Game engine | Doom, Heretic, Hexen and 1 more | 22 |
| DSperate | Other | Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi | 11 |
| DuckStation | Official port | Sony PlayStation | 105 |
| DuckStation (legacy) | Frozen snapshot | Sony PlayStation | 29 |
| Dusklight | Game engine | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 6 |
| DXX-Rebirth | Game engine | Descent, Descent II | 31 |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| EasyRPG Player | Game engine | RPG Maker games | 4 |
| ECWolf | Game engine | Wolfenstein 3D | 1 |
| Eden | Community fork | Nintendo Switch | 5 |
| EDuke32 | Game engine | Duke Nukem 3D, NAM, NAPALM and 1 more | 17 |
| EightyOne | Community fork | Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX 80, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and 7 more | 61 |
| EightyOne (Recalbox) | Community fork | Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX 80, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and 7 more | - |
| EKA2L1 | Community fork | Nokia N-Gage, Symbian OS | 95 |
| EmuCoreV | Community fork | Sony PlayStation Vita | 13 |
| EmuCoreX | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 43 |
| EmuCV | Pure libretro | Epoch Cassette Vision | - |
| EmuSCV | Community fork | Epoch Super Cassette Vision | 1 |
| emux (CHIP-8) | Official port | CHIP-8 | - |
| emux (Game Boy) | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy | 1 |
| emux (NES) | Official port | Nintendo NES | - |
| emux (SMS) | Official port | Sega Master System | 1 |
| ep128emu | Community fork | Enterprise 64, Enterprise 128, Videoton TVC and 2 more | 23 |
| ePSXe | Other | Sony PlayStation | 46 |
| ET Legacy | Game engine | Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 4 |
| Eternal Computer | Community fork | Eternal Software Initiative computer | - |
| Exel-Hence | Pure libretro | Exelvision EXL 100 | - |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| hakuX | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox | 12 |
| Handy | Community fork | Atari Lynx | 2 |
| Hatari | Official port | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT and 1 more | 9 |
| Hatari 2014 | Frozen snapshot | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT and 1 more | 7 |
| hatariB | Community fork | Atari ST, Atari STE, Atari TT and 1 more | 8 |
| HBMAME (Homebrew MAME) | Enhanced fork | Arcade games | - |
| higan (SFC Accuracy) | Frozen snapshot | Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Super Game Boy | 21 |
| hode | Game engine | Heart of Darkness | 11 |
| Holani | Official port | Atari Lynx | 1 |
| Hurrican | Game engine | 7 | |
| Hydra Castle Labyrinth | Game engine | 7 | |
| Hypseus Singe | Enhanced fork | Laserdisc arcade games | 72 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| idTech4A++ | Game engine | Doom, Doom 3, Doom 3: BFG Edition and 22 more | 39 |
| Ikemen GO | Game engine | 40 | |
| Image Viewer | Pure libretro | - | |
| iNES | Other | Nintendo NES, Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 19 |
| Infinity | Community fork | Lexaloffle PICO-8 | 10 |
| Ion Fury | Game engine | Ion Fury game | 1 |
| ioquake3 | Game engine | Quake III Arena, Quake III: Team Arena | 14 |
| ioRTCW | Community fork | Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 15 |
| IrataJaguar | Other | Atari Jaguar | 1 |
| IroGB | Official port | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | 2 |
| Ishiiruka | Enhanced fork | Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii | 16 |
| izapple2 | Embedded HLE | Apple II | 2 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| J2ME Loader | Community fork | Java J2ME | 23 |
| JAXE | Official port | CHIP-8 | - |
| Jazz² Resurrection | Game engine | Jazz Jackrabbit 2 | 39 |
| jgenesis | Other | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega 32X and 10 more | 17 |
| JL-Mod | Community fork | Java J2ME | 28 |
| JollyCV | Official port | ColecoVision, VTech CreatiVision, Nichibutsu My Vision | 2 |
| Julius | Game engine | Caesar III | 9 |
| Jump 'n Bump | Game engine | - | |
| Jynx | Other | Camputers Lynx | 6 |
| jzIntv | Other | Mattel Intellivision | 3 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kega Fusion | Other | Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega 32X and 4 more | 12 |
| KEGS | Other | Apple IIGS, Apple II | 3 |
| KEmulator nnmod | Community fork | Java J2ME | 12 |
| Kenji-NX | Community fork | Nintendo Switch | 10 |
| Kronos | Official port | Sega Saturn, Sega ST-V | 20 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexaloffle | Other | Lexaloffle PICO-8, Lexaloffle Voxatron | 7 |
| Lightspark | Game engine | Adobe Flash | - |
| Lime3DS | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 7 |
| LinApple | Community fork | Apple II | 9 |
| Lindbergh Loader | Embedded HLE | Sega Lindbergh | 15 |
| Linkboy | Embedded HLE | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance and 1 more | 3 |
| Linux Loader | Embedded HLE | Sega Lindbergh | 27 |
| LOVE | Game engine | - | |
| LOVE 0.10.2 | Game engine | - | |
| LowRes NX | Official port | LowRes NX programs | - |
| LRPS2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 7 |
| Lutro | Game engine | - | |
| Lynx.emu | Community fork | Atari Lynx | 1 |
| LZDoom | Game engine | Doom, Heretic, Hexen and 2 more | 45 |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| O2EM | Community fork | Magnavox Odyssey2, Philips Videopac | 5 |
| Oberon | Community fork | Project Oberon | - |
| Omicron | Game engine | Omicron cartridges | 1 |
| ONScripter | Community fork | ONScripter visual novels | - |
| ONScripter Yuri | Game engine | ONScripter visual novels | - |
| OpenBOR | Game engine | OpenBOR games | - |
| OpenGOAL | Game engine | Jak and Daxter | 3 |
| OpenJazz | Game engine | Jazz Jackrabbit | 28 |
| OpenJK | Game engine | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | 8 |
| OpenJKDF2 | Game engine | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, Star Wars: DroidWorks | 23 |
| OpenLara | Game engine | Tomb Raider | - |
| OpenMoHAA | Game engine | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough | 16 |
| openMSX | Other | Microsoft MSX, MSX, MSX2 and 4 more | 27 |
| OpenTTD | Game engine | Transport Tycoon Deluxe | 37 |
| OpenTyrian | Game engine | Tyrian | 72 |
| Opera (4DO) | Community fork | 3DO | 14 |
| Oricutron | Other | Tangerine Oric, Oric Atmos | 12 |
| Osmose (RetroPie) | Community fork | Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear | - |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| QEMU | Community fork | IBM PC, x86 PC, x86-64 PC and 14 more | 75 |
| Quake 3 (Raspberry Pi) | Game engine | Quake III Arena | 10 |
| QUASI88 | Community fork | NEC PC-88, NEC PC-8001 | 13 |
| QUASI88kai | Enhanced fork | NEC PC-88, NEC PC-8001 | 19 |
| QuickNES | Community fork | Nintendo NES | - |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| TamaLIBretro | Community fork | Bandai Tamagotchi P1 | - |
| Taradino | Game engine | Rise of the Triad | 9 |
| TeknoParrot | Other | Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI 2, Sega NAOMI GD-ROM and 8 more | 21 |
| TempGBA | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | 1 |
| Test RetroLuxury | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestAudio Callback | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestAudio NoCallback | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestAudio Playback Wav | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestGL (FF) | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestGL ComputeShaders | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestSW | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestSW VRAM | Pure libretro | - | |
| TestVulkan AsyncCompute | Pure libretro | - | |
| TGB Dual | Community fork | Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color | - |
| The Force Engine | Game engine | Star Wars: Dark Forces, Outlaws | 6 |
| The Powder Toy | Pure libretro | - | |
| The Ur-Quan Masters | Game engine | Star Control II | 7 |
| Theodore | Pure libretro | Thomson TO7, Thomson TO7/70, Thomson TO8 and 6 more | - |
| TheXTech | Game engine | Super Mario Bros. X | 19 |
| TI-99/Sim | Other | Texas Instruments TI-99 | 6 |
| TI-99/Sim 0.15.0 | Frozen snapshot | Texas Instruments TI-99 | 6 |
| Tia | Pure libretro | Atari 2600 | - |
| TIC-80 | Game engine | TIC-80 cartridges | - |
| touchHLE | Embedded HLE | Apple iOS | 18 |
| TR1X | Game engine | Tomb Raider | 97 |
| TR2X | Game engine | Tomb Raider II | 100 |
| Trident | Community fork | Nintendo 3DS | 2 |
| Triforce | Enhanced fork | Sega Triforce, Nintendo Wii arcade boards, Nintendo GameCube and 1 more | 26 |
| Tsugaru | Other | Fujitsu FM Towns | 11 |
| TyrQuake | Game engine | Quake | 7 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAE4ALL (libretro, Chips-fr) | Community fork | Commodore Amiga | 1 |
| UAE4All2 | Community fork | Commodore Amiga | 7 |
| UAE4ARM | Community fork | Commodore Amiga | 7 |
| UME 2015 | Frozen snapshot | SNK Neo Geo MVS, SNK Neo Geo AES, IGS PolyGame Master and 61 more | 70 |
| UXN | Community fork | - | |
| UZDoom | Game engine | Doom, Heretic, Hexen and 2 more | 51 |
| uzem | Pure libretro | Uzebox | - |
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| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASM-4 | Game engine | - | |
| WinUAE | Other | Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32, Commodore CDTV | 10 |
| Wolf4SDL | Game engine | Wolfenstein 3D | 56 |
| WQXEmu | Official port | Wenquxing NC1020, Wenquxing PC1000, Wenquxing CC800 and 2 more | 12 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| X Millennium | Community fork | Sharp X1 | 5 |
| X1 BOX | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox, Sega Chihiro | 18 |
| Xash3D FWGS | Game engine | Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and 6 more | 19 |
| xemu | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox | 5 |
| xemu Chihiro | Community fork | Sega Chihiro | 7 |
| XenDroid | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360 | 7 |
| Xenia Canary | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360 | - |
| Xenia Edge | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox | 7 |
| XeniOS | Community fork | Microsoft Xbox 360 | - |
| XM6 Pro-68k | Enhanced fork | Sharp X68000 | 12 |
| XM6 TypeG | Enhanced fork | Sharp X68000 | 30 |
| XM7 | Other | Fujitsu FM-7, Fujitsu FM77AV | 15 |
| XRick | Game engine | Rick Dangerous | 1 |
| XRoar | Other | Dragon 32, Dragon 64, Tandy CoCo and 2 more | 46 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| YabaSanshiro | Official port | Sega Saturn | 3 |
| Yabause | Community fork | Sega Saturn | 3 |
| Yamagi Quake II | Game engine | Quake II, Quake II: The Reckoning, Quake II: Ground Zero and 1 more | 6 |
| yaps2 | Community fork | Sony PlayStation 2 | 199 |
| Ymir | Community fork | Sega Saturn | 16 |
| Yuzu | Official port | Nintendo Switch | 4 |
| Emulator | Kind | Systems | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zelda Classic 2.55 Prototype | Game engine | Zelda Classic | - |
| Zelda Classic v2.10 | Game engine | Zelda Classic | 21 |
| ZEsarUX | Other | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum Next, Sinclair ZX 80 and 17 more | 113 |
| ZiNc | Other | Capcom ZN-1, Capcom ZN-2, Tecmo TPS and 5 more | 7 |
| ZQuest Classic | Game engine | Zelda Classic | 16 |
Aliases
Section titled “Aliases”21 rows
| Core | Points to |
|---|---|
| eden-nightly | eden |
| ep128emu | ep128emu_core |
| flycast_gles2 | flycast |
| freeintv_ts_overlay | freeintv |
| mame4droid-current | mame4droid-2024 |
| mednafen_gba | beetle_gba |
| mednafen_lynx | beetle_lynx |
| mednafen_ngp | beetle_ngp |
| mednafen_pce | beetle_pce |
| mednafen_pcfx | beetle_pcfx |
| mednafen_psx | beetle_psx |
| mednafen_psx_hw | beetle_psx |
| mednafen_saturn | beetle_saturn |
| mednafen_vb | beetle_vb |
| mednafen_wswan | beetle_wswan |
| mkxp-z | mkxp_z |
| mupen64plus_next_develop | mupen64plus_next |
| mupen64plus_next_gles2 | mupen64plus_next |
| mupen64plus_next_gles3 | mupen64plus_next |
| parallel_n64_debug | parallel_n64 |
| vba_m | vbam |