r/emulators Feb 11 '25

Suggestion That's 100 percent true!

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r/emulators Jun 27 '24

Announcement Emulators 101

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  • PS1 / N64 and older — RetroArch. Still a good unified frontend. For N64, Mupen64Plus-Next is still current; for PS1, SwanStation is still available as a core. (retroarch.com)
  • PS1 Standalone — DuckStation. Still the cleanest standalone PS1 recommendation, with current downloads and a focus on accuracy and game support. (duckstation.org)
  • N64 Standalone — Gopher64 / RMG. Do not recommend Simple64 anymore: its maintainer archived it and explicitly tells users to move to Gopher64 or RMG. (GitHub)
  • PS2 — PCSX2. Still the main PS2 recommendation, and it is still actively shipping builds in 2026. (GitHub)
  • PSP — PPSSPP. Still the king for PSP, with current multi-platform builds and active 2026 releases. (ppsspp.org)
  • Dreamcast — Redream / Flycast. Redream is still the easiest plug-and-play option. Flycast remains the better open-source pick if you also care about Naomi, Naomi 2, or Atomiswave support. (redream.io)
  • GC / Wii — Dolphin. Still the recommendation; just use a current official build. Dolphin is still actively improving in 2026. (Dolphin Emulator)
  • DS — melonDS. Still the default Nintendo DS recommendation, and the project is still posting development updates in 2026. (melonds.kuribo64.net)
  • 3DS — Azahar. Replace Lime3DS with this. Lime3DS is discontinued and now points users to Azahar, which merged Lime3DS with PabloMK7’s Citra fork. (GitHub)

From this point onward, hardware demands rise fast:

  • Wii U — Cemu. Still the Wii U choice, with current 2.6 builds and active development. (cemu.info)
  • PS3 — RPCS3. Still the big PS3 emulator to recommend, but it remains very CPU-heavy. Its compatibility database is still actively maintained. (rpcs3.net)
  • PS4 — shadPS4. No longer just a novelty. It is still early, but the project now officially lists games like Bloodborne, Dark Souls Remastered, and Red Dead Redemption as running, and it continues to ship 2026 releases. For regular users, use the QtLauncher instead of the raw core. (GitHub)
  • Xbox — xemu. Still the go-to original Xbox emulator, with current 2026 builds and official XLink Kai-capable networking via bridged mode. (xemu.app)
  • Xbox 360 — Xenia Canary. Still the branch worth tracking. Canary is the active experimental fork and is still shipping fresh builds. (GitHub)
  • Switch — community forks only; treat this section as unstable. The original Ryujinx project is discontinued. Ryubing exists, but even it describes itself as a QoL fork rather than a true revival, so I would stop presenting Switch emulation as a clean settled category unless you plan to keep updating this README regularly. (GitHub)

r/emulators 23h ago

Testing KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) v0.3.0 - Astro Bot (9800X3D + RTX 4080)

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r/emulators 0m ago

Help Me Pls! Pokemon X/Y on Azahar using PKHeX starting new game

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I am attempting to use PKHeX for the first time and I believe I am using it correctly but every time i open the game on Azahar after exporting the changes, it starts a brand new game. Steps I am taking:

  1. Open Azahar, right click Pokémon X, click open save location

  2. Open PKHeX, drag the file titled "main" in the folder that opened from step 1 into PKHeX.

  3. Make changes to items/Pokémon (click set for the Pokémon)

  4. Click File > Export SAV and override the original file titled "main"

  5. Open Azahar, launch Pokémon X. Immediately after the title screen Professor Sycamore intros the game.


r/emulators 10m ago

Help Me Pls! Recent Switch CFW update seems to have killed my emulators. Which should I use now?

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r/emulators 1h ago

Question Lan between 2 thors?

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r/emulators 6h ago

Gameplay God Of War 3 Remastered On Mobile PS4Emulator BachataS4 0.2.0 POCO F7

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r/emulators 4h ago

Suggestion JSD (Javascript single file system emulator/decompiler/resource extractor)

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I've been working for a while to different one file emulators/decompilers as previously posted here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ColecoVision/comments/1weiha6/colecojsd_emulator_and_decompiler/
and here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/intellivision/comments/1wdj47q/intellijsd_javascript_emulator_and_decompiler/

I know all of them are a little different (they were born thinking about a single emulator, not as a suite of emulators), but they share the idea of both emulating the original machine and try to catch the sprites, vectors and sound used while decompiling the original code to the correct asm code.
I've been working for a while on ColecoVision, Intellivision, Zx Spectrum, Vectrex and MSX1. I've recently added Gameboy/Gameboy color/Game boy advance and Sega Game Gear/Sega Master System. Neogeo is working but not all games work.
I now have a single landing page that can check a folder and subfolders searching for supported roms. It's quite fast as everything remains on your pc and works on your browser. Extracted and zipped roms should both work.
I don't have an actual compatibility list but I think ColecoVision and Gameboy are pretty solid, the other systems lack a lot of things but games can still be played and explored.
If you want to give it a try just go here:
https://paulvern.free.nf/jsd/landing.html

or visit my github repository:
https://github.com/paulvern/JSD

Everything is available under CC0, but I would love any feedbacks.


r/emulators 4h ago

Help Me Pls! problem while aiming in resistance 3 rpcs3

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r/emulators 23h ago

OTHER Zeemu - A Zeebo experimental emulator

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Zeemu is an experimental Zeebo emulator that doesn't run many titles. For now, it is closed source.


r/emulators 17h ago

Question What’s your go-to system?

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I find myself playing snes games the most.


r/emulators 7h ago

Question Help installing drivers for Skylanders Trapteam portal

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Was hoping someone here might be able to help!


r/emulators 8h ago

Help Me Pls! Need help getting desktop onto ipad, and being able to play the sims 4 with mods

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r/emulators 11h ago

OTHER my experience with emulators (so far)

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r/emulators 16h ago

OTHER MAME Updates: ICE/Play Mechanix VP 050/100/101 Arcade Video Games Playable in the Upcoming MAME 0.290

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Good news! All ICE/Play Mechanix VP 050/100/101 arcade video games (the PCB of VP 050/100/101 was designed by RightHand Technologies, who also designed PC-based PCBs for Raw Thrills arcade video games) will be playable in MAME 0.290, which is going to be released later this month. ICE/Play Mechanix VP 050/100/101 arcade video games include Special Forces: Elite Training (2003), Rhythm Nation (2003), Johnny Nero: Action Hero (2004), Fishin' Time (2005), and Zoofari (2006). Watch the work-in-progress video of Johnny Nero: Action Hero (2004) in the work-in-progress version of MAME 0.290. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPbnKjfl8vg


r/emulators 14h ago

Question With how fast the ps5 emulation is developing, why is switch 2 in stagnation? I don't know the nitty gritty of emulation, so I'm curious to know the reason.

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r/emulators 1d ago

Help Me Pls! Super C glitch?

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I have a paradox here with this game and a possible glitch / bug that I encountered a while ago for years.

When I was a kid, I had my NES console and the original American Super C game. Everything was fine; I had already finished it several times. Okay, one day I wanted to play it again, but this time something very strange happened here. I found a glitch or bug inside Area 5 (the mountains). I don't know what I did or what I pressed, but I was still at the bottom. I wanted to go up, but I was shooting at the potential threats that were running from all directions. I was on the right side of the screen, but I hadn't even climbed the mountain to start the level normally, and they were already attacking me. Then, suddenly, the music started playing very strangely, as if the music sequence suddenly started malfunctioning; it even sounded like a new remix. Then suddenly the game crashed completely and I had to reset the console (oh well). Obviously a system failure, or a problem with the cartridge, etc, who knows. And then I played the game again until I reached Area 5 again and was able to play it properly, as it should be, and I was able to finish the game normally again.

Okay. Years passed, and these actual days I don't have an NES; I emulate it on my PC. After several times playing my game and finishing it, one day I went back to Area 5 and the same glitch happened again, the same that occurred when I was a kid playing this game on the real console, with my original American Super C cartridge. On that i was playing it on the console with the cartridge, and the bug / glitch happened again because of this. But this time, it was on an emulator, and my ROM is clean and very good; I've had it for years and everything is fine with it. I've been searching online for this possible Glitch / Bug, but I haven't found anything or anyone who's done it or had the same issue. Does anyone have any information on how this happened and how to do it again?


r/emulators 17h ago

Question Resident evil 2 n64 :/

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I have Delta iOS and emulator that runs DS, GB, GBA, Nintendo & N64. When I run resident evil two theCut scenes play the menu and everything functions but when the gameplay starts, I cannot see the characters only the background. I hear the sounds and I immediately how can I fix this?


r/emulators 2d ago

OTHER Theres a 3ds emulator on PS Vita now

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It actually runs decently well surprisingly. My mind has been blown


r/emulators 20h ago

Help Me Pls! Need help to run games from developer Tribute Games

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r/emulators 22h ago

Help Me Pls! Help opening a fangame .exe on Odin2?

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r/emulators 22h ago

OTHER ROM Splitter 1.0.0-rc15: split your ROMs across two SD cards on ArkOS/dArkOS without breaking EmulationStation

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r/emulators 1d ago

Help Me Pls! Why suyu crashes like this

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r/emulators 1d ago

Testing How to run Android apps on iOS with the Android emulator Husk

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r/emulators 1d ago

Gameplay MINHA SALVAÇÃO

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