| 2048 |
Game |
A port of the popular puzzle game 2048 to libretro |
| 3D Engine |
- |
This is a test core; it demonstrates how to create a hardware-rendered core in a libretro context |
| 4DO |
3DO |
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| a5200 |
Atari 5200 |
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| Anarch |
Game |
A port of Anarch, 90s-style Doom clone shooter game |
| Ardens |
Arduboy |
A simulator for the Arduboy FX |
| Arduous |
Arduboy |
A emulator for Arduboy, a handheld game console with open source software, based on the Arduino hardware platform |
| Atari800 |
Atari 5200 |
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| Beetle bsnes |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| Beetle Cygne |
Bandai WonderSwan/Color |
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| Beetle GBA |
Game Boy Advance |
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| Beetle Lynx |
Atari Lynx |
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| Beetle NeoPop |
Neo Geo Pocket/Color |
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| Beetle PC-FX |
NEC PC-FX |
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| Beetle PCE |
NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx/CD |
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| Beetle PCE FAST |
NEC PC Engine/CD |
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| Beetle PSX |
Sony PlayStation |
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| Beetle PSX HW |
Sony PlayStation |
A fork of Mednafen's PSX providing GPU-accelerated renderers for OpenGL and Vulkan |
| Beetle Saturn |
Sega Saturn |
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| Beetle SuperGrafx |
NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx |
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| Beetle Supafaust |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| Beetle VB |
Nintendo Virtual Boy |
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| BK |
BK-0010/BK-0011(M)/Terak 8510-a |
A port of the PDP11 emulator to libretro. This core emulates the PDP-11/03 platform. |
| BlastEm |
Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) |
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| blueMSX |
MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 |
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| bnes |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
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| boom 3 |
Game engine |
A port of the Doom 3 engine to libretro. There is a separate core for it's expansion pack 'Resurrection of Evil'. |
| boom 3 xp |
Game engine |
(See boom 3 note) |
| bsnes |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes 2014 Accuracy |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes 2014 Balanced |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes 2014 Performance |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes C++98 (v085) |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes-hd beta |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes-mercury Accuracy |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes-mercury Balanced |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| bsnes-mercury Performance |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
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| Cannonball |
Game engine |
A port of the Cannonball, enhanced OutRun engine to libretro |
| Caprice32 |
Amstrad CPC |
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| CDi 2015 |
Philips CDi |
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| ChaiLove |
Game engine |
A free, open-source framework used to make 2D games in ChaiScript |
| Citra |
Nintendo 3DS |
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| Citra 2018 |
Nintendo 3DS |
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| Citra Canary |
Nintendo 3DS |
Based on Citra development branch |
| Craft |
Game |
A basic clone of the Minecraft sandbox game |
| CrocoDS |
Amstrad CPC |
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| Cruzes |
Game |
(Further information required) |
| Daphne |
Arcade |
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| DeSmuME |
Nintendo DS |
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| DeSmuME 2015 |
Nintendo DS |
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| Dinothawr |
Game engine |
A push-the-block-in-a-straight-line puzzle game in the spirit of Kickle Cubicle |
| DirectXbox |
Xbox |
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| Dolphin |
Nintendo GameCube/Wii |
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| DOSBox |
DOS |
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| DOSBox-core |
DOS |
Provides some improvements over the DOSBox-SVN trunk, including native MIDI support, cycle-accurate OPL3 (YMF262) emulation, MT-32 emulation and experimental 3dfx Voodoo support |
| DOSBox-Pure |
DOS |
A port of DOSBox with a goal of simplicty and ease of use and gameplay. This core includes a streamlined workflow for launching games directly from ZIP archives with automated mapping of controls to gamepads and a native onscreen keyboard. |
| DOSBox-SVN |
DOS |
This core is based on DOSBox-SVN trunk and allows on-the-fly configuration and different sync methods |
| doukutsu-rs |
Game engine |
An open-source reimplementation of the Cave Story engine compatible with all official (and some unofficial) releases of Cave Story |
| DuckStation |
Sony PlayStation |
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| Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup |
Game |
A preliminary port of the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup strategy game |
| EasyRPG |
RPG Maker 2000/2003 |
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| ECWolf |
Game engine |
A port of the Wolfenstein 3D engine to libretro |
| EighyOne |
Sinclair ZX 81 |
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| Emux CHIP-8 |
CHIP-8 |
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| Emux GB |
Game Boy/Color |
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| Emux NES |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
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| Emux SMS |
Sega Master System |
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| EmuSCV |
Super Cassette Vision |
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| Ep128emu |
Enterprise 128 |
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| FAKE-08 |
Pico-8 |
A port of the FAKE-08 open-source reimplementation of the PICO-8 fantasy console to libretro |
| FB Alpha |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See FB Neo note) |
| FB Alpha 2012 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See FB Neo note) |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 |
CPS-1 |
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| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 |
CPS-2 |
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| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 |
CPS-3 |
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| FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo |
Neo Geo |
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| FB Neo |
Arcade/Console/various |
Full list of supported systems: https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/wiki |
| FCEUmm |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
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| FFmpeg |
Media player |
A port of FFmpeg library which allows playback of a variety of audio and video formats |
| fixGB |
Game Boy/Color |
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| fixNES |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
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| Flycast |
Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI |
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| Flycast GLES2 |
Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI |
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| fMSX |
MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ |
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| FreeChaF |
Fairchild ChannelF |
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| FreeInv |
Mattel Intellivision |
|
| FreeJ2ME |
J2ME |
a port of Java 2 Micro Edition emulator |
| Frodo |
Commodore C64 |
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| FS-UAE |
Commodore Amiga |
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| Fuse |
Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
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| Gambatte |
Game Boy/Color |
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| Game Music Emu |
Music player |
A port of Game Music Emu which allows playback of a wide variety of video game music formats |
| Gearboy |
Game Boy/Color |
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| Gearcoleco |
Coleco ColecoVision |
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| Gearsystem |
Sega MS/GG/SG-1000 |
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| Genesis Plus GX |
Sega MS/GG/MD/CD |
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| Geolith |
SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS |
Highly accurate emulator for the Neo Geo AES and MVS Cartridge Systems |
| gpSP |
Game Boy Advance |
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| Gong |
Game |
A clone of Pong written for libretro |
| GW |
Handheld Electronic |
A simulator of various Game and Watch-style handheld electronic games |
| Handy |
Atari Lynx |
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| Hatari |
Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon |
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| HBMAME |
Arcade/Console/various |
HBMAME (HomeBrew MAME) is a derivative of MAME, and contains various hacks and homebrews |
| higan Accuracy |
Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
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| Imageviewer |
Imageviewer |
A basic core for viewing still images in a libretro frontend |
| Ishiiruka |
Nintendo GameCube/Wii |
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| JAXE |
CHIP-8/S-CHIP/XO-CHIP |
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| Jump 'n Bump |
Game engine |
A reimplementation of the engine of Jump 'n Bump, a open-source MS-DOS multiplayer video game by Brainchild Design |
| Kronos |
Sega Saturn/ST-V |
A port of the Kronos, which is itself a fork of Yabause emulator |
| LowRes NX |
Game engine |
A port of the LowRes NX fantasy console to libretro |
| Lutro |
Game engine |
An experimental Lua game framework for libretro, based on a subset of the LOVE API |
| M2000 |
Philips P2000T |
A port of M2000, the portable Philips P2000 emulator to libretro |
| MAME (Current) |
Arcade/Console/various |
Based on MAME development branch. Full list of supported systems: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/mame.php |
| MAME 2000 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003 Midway |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003-Plus |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2009 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2010 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2015 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| MAME 2016 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| melonDS |
Nintendo DS |
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| Mesen |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
|
| Mesen-S |
Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
|
| MESS 2015 |
Multi (various) |
(See MAME note) |
| Meteor |
Game Boy Advance |
|
| mGBA |
Game Boy Advance |
|
| Microw8 |
Game engine |
A port of a WebAssembly based fantasy console to libretro |
| Minivmac |
Mac II |
MacII variant of minivmac emulator |
| mpv |
Media player |
An port of MPV media player to libretro |
| Mr.Boom |
Game |
A clone of the classic Bomberman series |
| Mu |
Palm OS |
An emulator for the Palm m515 OS ported to libretro |
| Mupen64Plus-Next |
Nintendo 64 |
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| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2 |
Nintendo 64 |
|
| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3 |
Nintendo 64 |
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| Neko Project II |
NEC PC-98 |
|
| Neko Project II Kai |
NEC PC-98 |
|
| NeoCD |
Neo Geo CD |
|
| Nestopia UE |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
|
| nSide Balanced |
Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
|
| Numero |
TI-83 |
A TI-83 Emulator for Libretro |
| NXEngine |
Game engine |
An open-source reimplementation of the Cave Story / Doukutsu engine |
| O2EM |
Magnavox Odyssey2/Philips Videopac+ |
|
| Oberon |
Oberon RISC machine |
An emulator for the Oberon RISC machine, ported to libretro |
| OpenLara |
Game engine |
A port of the OpenLara free/open re-implementation of the engine used by the original Tomb Raider series |
| OpenTyrian |
Game |
A port of the OpenTyrian clone of the classic Tyrian shmup, ported to libretro |
| Opera |
3DO |
|
| ParaLLEl N64 |
Nintendo 64 |
|
| PascalPong |
Game |
A free and basic clone of the classic Pong game, written for libretro |
| PCem |
IBM PC |
|
| LRPS2 |
Sony PlayStation 2 |
|
| PCSX ReARMed |
Sony PlayStation |
|
| PicoDrive |
Sega MS/GG/MD/CD/32X |
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| Play! |
Sony PlayStation 2 |
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| Pocket CDG |
Karaoke player |
A karaoke music player, ported to libretro |
| PokeMini |
Nintendo Pokemon Mini |
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| Potator |
Watara Supervision |
|
| PPSSPP |
PlayStation Portable |
|
| PrBoom |
Game engine |
A port of the PrBoom source port of iD's classic Doom engine |
| ProSystem |
Atari 7800 |
|
| PUAE |
Commodore Amiga |
|
| PUAE 2021 |
Commodore Amiga |
|
| PuzzleScript |
Game engine |
A port of PuzzleScript, open source HTML5 puzzle game engine |
| PX68k |
Sharp X68000 |
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| QUASI88 |
NEC PC-8000/PC-8800 series |
|
| QuickNES |
Nintendo NES/Famicom |
|
| RACE |
Neo Geo Pocket/Color |
|
| Redbook |
Music player |
A libretro core for playing back Redbook-formatted audio, such as commercial audio CDs |
| REminiscence |
Game engine |
A port of the REminiscence engine, a reimplementation of the engine used by Delphine Software's Flashback |
| Retro8 |
Game engine |
A port of the Retro8 open-source reimplementation of the PICO-8 fantasy console to libretro |
| Rustation |
Sony PlayStation |
|
| RVVM |
RISC-V Virtual Machine |
|
| SameBoy |
Game Boy/Color |
|
| SameDuck |
Mega Duck (Cougar Boy) |
An adaptation of SameBoy to play Mega Duck games |
| SAME CDI |
Philips CDi |
SAME CDi is a S(ingle) A(rcade) M(achine) E(mulator) for libretro, forked from MAME, which only includes the Philips CD-i driver |
| ScummVM |
Game engine |
A fork of the ScummVM adventure game engine ported to libretro |
| SimCoupe |
SAM Coupe |
|
| SMS Plus GX |
Sega MS/GG |
|
| Snes9x |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
|
| Snes9x 2002 |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
|
| Snes9x 2005 |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
|
| Snes9x 2005 Plus |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
|
| Snes9x 2010 |
Nintendo SNES/SFC |
|
| SquirrelJME |
Java ME |
A port of the SquirrelJME Java ME 8 Virtual Machine emulator to libretro |
| Stella |
Atari 2600 |
|
| Stella 2014 |
Atari 2600 |
|
| Super Bros War |
Game engine |
A fork of Super Mario War, a fan-made multiplayer Super Mario Bros. style deathmatch game |
| SwanStation |
Sony PlayStation |
SwanStation is a fork of the Duckstation emulator |
| TempGBA |
Game Boy Advance |
|
| TGB Dual |
Game Boy/Color |
|
| Theodore |
Thomson MO/TO |
|
| TIC-80 |
Game engine |
A port of the free and open source fantasy computer TIC-80 to libretro |
| The Powder Toy |
Game |
A port of the Powdertoy physics sandbox/simulation engine to libretro |
| TyrQuake |
Game engine |
A port of the tyrquake engine |
| UAE4ARM |
Commodore Amiga |
|
| UME 2015 |
Arcade/Console/various |
(See MAME note) |
| Uzem |
Uzebox |
A port of Uzem, the official emulator for the Uzebox |
| VaporSpec |
Game engine |
A virtual game platform with capabilities similar to 80s game consoles |
| VBA-M |
Game Boy Advance |
VisualBoy Advance-M is a active fork of VisualBoy Advance emulator |
| VBA Next |
Game Boy Advance |
|
| vecx |
Vectrex |
|
| VeMUlator |
SEGA Visual Memory Unit |
A port of VeMUlator, a SEGA Dreamcast VMU emulator originally developed for Android |
| VICE x64 |
Commodore C64 |
|
| VICE x64sc |
Commodore C64 |
|
| VICE x128 |
Commodore C128 |
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| VICE xcbm2 |
Commodore CBM-II 6x0/7x0 |
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| VICE xcbm5x0 |
Commodore CBM-II 5x0 |
|
| VICE xpet |
Commodore PET |
|
| VICE xplus4 |
Commodore Plus/4 |
|
| VICE xscpu64 |
Commodore C64 SuperCPU |
|
| VICE xvic |
Commodore VIC-20 |
|
| Vircon32 |
Game engine |
A port of Vircon32 game console to libretro |
| Virtual Jaguar |
Atari Jaguar |
|
| VirtualXT |
DOS |
Runns PC/XT class software. Mainly intended for PC booters from the 80's. |
| vitaQuake 2 |
Game engine |
A port of the VitaQuake 2 source port of iD's Quake 2 engine to libretro. There is a separate core for each of the Quake 2 mission packs, 'Rogue', 'Zaero' and 'Xatrix'. |
| vitaQuake 2 (Rogue) |
Game engine |
(See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 2 (Xatrix) |
Game engine |
(See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 2 (Zaero) |
Game engine |
(See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 3 |
Game engine |
A port of the VitaQuake 3 source port of iD's ioquake3 engine to libretro |
| vitaVoyager |
Game engine |
A port of the Lilium Voyager engine, which runs the Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force game and is itself based on the ioquake3 |
| WASM-4 |
Game engine |
WASM-4 is a open source low-level fantasy game console for building small games with WebAssembly |
| X Millennium |
Sharp X1 |
|
| XRick |
Game engine |
A port of the XRick, an open-source clone of the Rick Dangerous engine |
| YabaSanshiro |
Sega Saturn |
A port of the YabaSanshiro, which is itself a fork of Yabause emulator |
| Yabause |
Sega Saturn |
|