Core List
Core | System/Machine | Notes |
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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 | |
Atari800 | Atari 5200 | |
Beetle bsnes | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
Beetle Cygne | Bandai WonderSwan/Color | |
Beetle GBA | Game Boy Advance | |
Beetle Lynx | Atari Lynx | |
Beetle NeoPop | Neo Geo Pocket/Color | |
Beetle PC-FX | NEC PC-FX | |
Beetle PCE | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx/CD | |
Beetle PCE FAST | NEC PC Engine/CD | |
Beetle PSX | Sony PlayStation | |
Beetle PSX HW | Sony PlayStation | A fork of Mednafen's PSX providing GPU-accelerated renderers for OpenGL and Vulkan |
Beetle Saturn | Sega Saturn | |
Beetle SuperGrafx | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx | |
Beetle Supafaust | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
Beetle VB | Nintendo Virtual Boy | |
BK | BK-0010/BK-0011(M) | |
BlastEm | Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) | |
blueMSX | MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 | |
bnes | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
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 | |
bsnes 2014 Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes 2014 Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes 2014 Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes C++98 (v085) | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes-hd beta | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes-mercury Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes-mercury Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
bsnes-mercury Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
Cannonball | Game engine | A port of the Cannonball enhanced OutRun engine to libretro |
Caprice32 | Amstrad CPC | |
ChaiLove | Game engine | A free, open-source framework used to make 2D games in ChaiScript |
Citra | Nintendo 3DS | |
Citra 2018 | Nintendo 3DS | |
Citra Canary | Nintendo 3DS | Based on Citra development branch |
Craft | Game | A basic clone of the Minecraft sandbox game |
CrocoDS | Amstrad CPC | |
Cruzes | Game | (Further information required) |
Daphne | Arcade | |
DeSmuME | Nintendo DS | |
DeSmuME 2015 | Nintendo DS | |
Dinothawr | Game engine | A push-the-block-in-a-straight-line puzzle game in the spirit of Kickle Cubicle |
DirectXbox | Xbox | |
Dolphin | Nintendo GameCube/Wii | |
DOSBox | DOS | |
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 |
DuckStation | Sony PlayStation | |
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup | Game | A preliminary port of the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup strategy game |
EasyRPG | RPG Maker 2000/2003 | |
ECWolf | Game engine | A port of the Wolfenstein 3D engine to libretro |
EighyOne | Sinclair ZX 81 | |
Emux CHIP-8 | CHIP-8 | |
Emux GB | Game Boy/Color | |
Emux NES | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
Emux SMS | Sega Master System | |
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 | |
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | CPS-2 | |
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | CPS-3 | |
FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo | Neo Geo | |
FB Neo | Arcade/Console/various | Full list of supported systems: https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/wiki |
FCEUmm | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
FFmpeg | Media player | A port of FFmpeg library which allows playback of a variety of audio and video formats |
fixGB | Game Boy/Color | |
fixNES | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
Flycast | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI/NAOMI2 | |
Flycast GLES2 | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI | |
fMSX | MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ | |
FreeChaF | Fairchild ChannelF | |
FreeInv | Mattel Intellivision | |
FreeJ2ME | J2ME | a port of Java 2 Micro Edition emulator |
Frodo | Commodore C64 | |
FS-UAE | Commodore Amiga | |
Fuse | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | |
Gambatte | Game Boy/Color | |
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 | |
Gearcoleco | Coleco ColecoVision | |
Gearsystem | Sega MS/GG/SG-1000 | |
Genesis Plus GX | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD | |
gpSP | Game Boy Advance | |
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 | |
Hatari | Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon | |
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 | |
Imageviewer | Imageviewer | A basic core for viewing still images in a libretro frontend |
Ishiiruka | Nintendo GameCube/Wii | |
Jaxe | XO-CHIP/CHIP-8 | |
Jump 'n Bump | Jump 'n Bump | |
Kronos | Sega Saturn/ST-V | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
minivmac | Macintosh | |
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 | |
Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2 | Nintendo 64 | |
Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3 | Nintendo 64 | |
Neko Project II | NEC PC-98 | |
Neko Project II Kai | NEC PC-98 | |
NeoCD | Neo Geo CD | |
Nesopia UE | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
nSide Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color | |
NXEngine | Game engine | An open-source reimplementation of the Cave Story / Doukutsu engine |
O2EM | Magnavox Odyssey2/Phillips 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 | |
PCSX1 | Sony PlayStation | |
PCSX2 | Sony PlayStation 2 | |
PCSX ReARMed | Sony PlayStation | |
PCSX ReARMed Neon | Sony PlayStation | |
PicoDrive | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD/32X | |
Play! | Sony PlayStation 2 | |
Pocket CDG | Karaoke player | A karaoke music player, ported to libretro |
PokeMini | Nintendo Pokemon Mini | |
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 | |
PX68k | Sharp X68000 | |
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 |
RetroDream | Sega Dreamcast | |
Rustation | Sony PlayStation | |
SameBoy | Game Boy/Color | |
SameDuck | Mega Duck (Cougar Boy) | An adaptation of SameBoy to play Mega Duck games. |
SAME_CDI | Arcade | SAME_CDI is a libretro core to play CD-i games. |
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 | |
SwanStation | Sony PlayStation | |
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 |
VBA-M | Game Boy Advance | |
VBA Next | Game Boy Advance | |
vecx | Vectrex | |
VeMUlaor | 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 | |
VICE xcbm2 | Commodore CBM-II 6x0/7x0 | |
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 | |
Virtual Jaguar | Atari Jaguar | |
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 | 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 | |
Yabause | Sega Saturn |
Last update: 2022-04-24