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PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS [5] that supports a wide range of PlayStation 2 video games with a high level of compatibility and functionality.
The Google Play Games emulator service was introduced at the Google I/O 2013 Developer Conference, [1] and the standalone Google Play Games mobile app was launched for Android on July 24, 2013. [2] Andrew Webster of The Verge compared Google Play Games to Game Center , a similar gaming network for users of Apple Inc. 's own iOS operating system.
Citra was initially created in April 2014. [9] The first commercial Nintendo 3DS game to be run by Citra was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. [10] [11]Citra has been able to emulate audio since May 21, 2016, [12] and has had a JIT compiler since September 15, 2016. [13]
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is a free emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles [2] as well as of Super Game Boy and Super Game Boy 2. It is still downloadable to this day. [3]
The emulator has received positive reception on its ability to play Wii U games on PC at higher resolutions than 1080p, the base resolution of the console, via the usage of community graphics packs. For example Mario Kart 8 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild can be run in 4K resolution on compatible hardware.
By February 2021, BlueStacks reported over 1 billion app downloads. [11] The App Player provides support for mouse, keyboard, and external touch-pad controls. In June 2012, the company introduced an alpha version of its App Player software for macOS, [12] while the beta version was released in December of the same year.
In some cases, emulators allow for the application of ROM patches which update the ROM or BIOS dump to fix incompatibilities with newer platforms or change aspects of the game itself. The emulator subsequently uses the BIOS dump to mimic the hardware while the ROM dump (with any patches) is used to replicate the game software. [7]
Project64 is a free and open-source Nintendo 64 emulator written in the programming languages C and C++ for Microsoft Windows. [3] This software uses a plug-in system allowing third-party groups to use their own plug-ins to implement specific components.