| Console | Recommended Emulator(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | NES.emu | Fast and reliable emulation |
| Super Nintendo (SNES) | Snes9x EX+ | Great performance and save support |
| Game Boy / Color | GBC.emu | Supports cheats and save states |
| Game Boy Advance (GBA) | GBA.emu | Good compatibility and performance |
| Nintendo 64 (N64) | M64Plus FZ | Custom profiles recommended for some games |
| Wii / GameCube | Dolphin | Excellent performance and features |
| PlayStation 1 (PSX) | DuckStation | High compatibility and enhancements |
| PlayStation Portable (PSP) | PPSSPP | Best-in-class PSP emulator |
| Nintendo DS | DraStic | Best performance, not free |
| PlayStation 2 | PPSS22 | Requires powerful device |
| Sega Genesis / Mega Drive | MD.emu | Solid performance and features |
| Sega Saturn | Yaba Sanshiro 2 | Not all games run smoothly |
| Sony PlayStation 3 | RPCSX (difficult but functional), aps3e (very difficult, possibly doesnt work) | Not always reliable |
| Emulator | Consoles | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lemuroid | Atari2600, Atari7200, Atari Lynx, Nes, Snes, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Nintendo 644, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, FinalBurn Neo, Nintendo DS, NEC PC Engine, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo 3DS | Useful for people who aren't familliar with emulation, more user friendly |
| RetroArch | Hundreds of Cores, some cores dont need roms (full list here) | For the more tech savvy people, more focused on quantity than user friendliness |