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RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2] [3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]
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]
At the time, PS4 emulation had not advanced very far, with most existing emulators being only able to run 2D games reliably. [ 16 ] [ 9 ] On July 2, 2024, shadPS4 version 0.1.0 was released, being able to launch Sonic Mania , One Piece: Unlimited World Red and some other 3D games such as Resident Evil: Origins Collection and Persona 5 .
Yuzu was announced to be in development on January 14, 2018, less than a year after the Switch's release. [13] [5] The emulator was made by the developers of the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra, with significant code shared between the projects. [5] The emulator briefly supported online functionality, but it was removed shortly thereafter. [14]
Ryujinx is a discontinued free and open-source emulator of the Nintendo Switch.It was first released on February 5, 2018 and supported more than 3,000 games by 2024. On October 1, 2024, Ryujinx pulled its source code from GitHub, and the project was shut down after a request from Nintendo.
Multi-system emulators are capable of emulating the functionality of multiple systems. higan; MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Mednafen; MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), formerly a stand-alone application and now part of MAME; OpenEmu
Mednafen (My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' Excellent Name), formerly known as Nintencer, is an OpenGL and SDL multi-system free software wrapper that bundles various original and third-party emulation cores into a single package, and is driven by command-line input.
Yuzu (sometimes stylized in lowercase) is a discontinued free and open-source emulator of the Nintendo Switch, developed in C++.Yuzu was announced to be in development on January 14, 2018, [1] [2] 10 months after the release of the Nintendo Switch.