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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]
MESS, an emulator for many video game consoles and computer systems, based on the MAME core, was integrated into MAME in 2015. With OTVDM (WineVDM) a version of MAME is available to emulate 16-Bit DOS and Windows applications on x64 and AArch64 versions of Windows. The NTVDM from Microsoft is only supported for the 32-bit versions of Windows.
PCSX2 is a free and open-source emulator of the PlayStation 2 for x86 computers. It supports most PlayStation 2 video games with a high level of compatibility and functionality, and also supports a number of improvements over gameplay on a traditional PlayStation 2, such as the ability to use higher resolutions than native, anti-aliasing and texture filtering. [6]
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.
Cross-platform/POSIX API: binaries for 32-bit Intel Linux, Raspberry Pi, OS X Lion, and OS X Yosemite: GPL3: ee9 V3.1a July 18, 2018: English Electric KDF9: Cross-platform/POSIX API: binary for 32-bit Windows with Cygwin: GPL3: ee9 V10 February 25, 2024: English Electric KDF9: Cross-platform/POSIX API: binary for 32-bit Raspberry Pi 4/400 GPL3 ...
Prior to this, the requirements for Mac and PC were lower at macOS 11.6 or later and Windows 7 or later, respectively. The PC must have at least 4 GB of RAM , 8 GB recommended, an x86-64 CPU and a GPU supporting one of the supported graphics APIs: OpenGL 4.3 or greater, or Vulkan , the latter being recommended.
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
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] ROM files and ISO files are created by either specialized tools for game cartridges, or regular optical drives reading the data. [16]