• ❌: Deprecated or confirmed to be problematic. Unusable for achievements.
• ❓ : Either untested or the issues haven't been narrowed down and documented. Not recommended.
• ⌛ : Currently being looked into or testing.

Unsupported Emulators and Cores (Supported Consoles)

INFO

This is a list of emulators and cores that have either been confirmed to not work with achievements or have had little to no documented testing.

3DO

Name	Type	Status	Notes
4DO	libretro core	❓

Amstrad CPC

Name	Type	Status	Notes
CrocoDS	libretro core	❓

Apple II

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Virtu	BizHawk core	❓	- woz files are not supported (2023-06-04) - joystick not supported. keyboard has to be manually mapped (2023-06-04) - have to manually create and load a multi-disk bundle for games with multiple disks. disks are generically labelled by index only (2023-06-04)

Arcade

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FB Alpha	libretro core	❌	Deprecated core that should not be used
FB Alpha 2012	libretro core	❌	Deprecated core that should not be used
MAME	libretro core	❌	Includes all variants: HBMAME, 2003, 2003 Midway, 2003-Plus, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
MAME	BizHawk core	❌

Atari Lynx

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Gearlynx	libretro core	❓
Holani	libretro core	❓

ColecoVision

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Gearcoleco	libretro core	❓

Fairchild Channel-F

Name	Type	Status	Notes
ChannelFHawk	BizHawk core	❓

Famicom Disk System

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FCEUmm	libretro core	❌	Does not expose extra FDS RAM
QuickNES	libretro core	❌	Does not emulate the disk system
NEStopia	libretro core	❌	Does not expose extra FDS RAM
Emux NES	libretro core	❓
fixNES	libretro core	❓

Game Boy Advance

Name	Type	Status	Notes
gpSP	libretro core	❌
Meteor	libretro core	❓
TempGBA	libretro core	❓

Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Name	Type	Status	Notes
DoubleCherryGB	libretro core	❌	Does not expose all memory, some achievements will show up as unsupported
Emux GB	libretro core	❓
fixGB	libretro core	❓
SameBoy	libretro core	❓
TGB Dual	libretro core	❌

Game Gear

Name	Type	Status	Notes
PicoDrive	libretro core	❓
SMS Plus GX	libretro core	❓

GameCube

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Dolphin	libretro core	❌
Ishiiruka	libretro core	❌

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Name	Type	Status	Notes
O2Hawk	BizHawk core	❓

Master System / Mark III

Name	Type	Status	Notes
SMS Plus GX	libretro core	❓
Emux SMS	libretro core	❓
PicoDrive	libretro core	❓
SMSHawk	BizHawk core	❓

MSX/MSX2/MSX2+

Name	Type	Status	Notes
fMSX	libretro core	❌

Neo Geo Pocket/Color

Name	Type	Status	Notes
RACE	libretro core	❓

NES / Famicom

Name	Type	Status	Notes
NEStopia	libretro core	❌	- Does not map SRAM
Emux NES	libretro core	❓
fixNES	libretro core	❓
bnes	libretro core	❓

Nintendo 64

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2	libretro core	❓
Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3	libretro core	❓
Mupen64Plus	BizHawk core	❓	There are some graphical issues that can be fixed using the angrylion plugin

Nintendo DS

Name	Type	Status	Notes
DeSmuME 2015	libretro core	❌
melonDS 2021	libretro core	❓

Nintendo DSi

Name	Type	Status	Notes
DeSmuME	libretro core	❌
melonDS	libretro core	❌

PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Beetle PCE	libretro core	❌	Does not expose RAM needed for PC Engine CD
Geargrafx	libretro core	❌

PlayStation

Name	Type	Status	Notes
PCSX ReARMed	libretro core	❌	BIOS are not required for this core and will zero out the Kernel RAM
Rustation	libretro core	❓
Octoshock	BizHawk core	❓
Nymashock	BizHawk core	❓
DuckStation	libretro core	❌

PlayStation 2

Name	Type	Status	Notes
AetherSX2	Standalone emulator	❌	No longer being developed, has known incompatibilities. Devs have no means to resolve issues.
LRPS2	libretro core	❌	- Still in alpha state - Does not expose memory.
Play!	libretro core	❌	- Low compatibility with most commercial games. - Black screen with stuttering sound.

Sega Dreamcast

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Flycast GLES2	libretro core	❓

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Blastem	libretro core	❌	While some achievements may work, the core has issues with the Game RAM portion of memory.
ClownMDEmu	libretro core	❓

Sega Saturn

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Yabause	libretro core	❌	Technically supported; not recommended.
Kronos	libretro core	❓	Saving and loading states often locks up the UI in RALibretro - Technically supported; not recommended.
YabaSanshiro	libretro core	❓

SG-1000

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Gearsystem	libretro core	❌	Has significant unexposed memory

SNES / Super Famicom / Satellaview / Sufami Turbo

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Beetle bsnes	libretro core	❌	-
Beetle Supafaust	libretro core	❌	Does not expose memory (2024-06-11)
fixNES	libretro core	❓
bnes	libretro core	❓
bnes 2014 Accuracy	libretro core	❓
bnes 2014 Balanced	libretro core	❓
bnes 2014 Performance	libretro core	❓
bnes C++98 (v085)	libretro core	❓
bnes-hd beta	libretro core	❌	Memory Inspector displays nothing but zeroes. Do not use. (2025-12-29)
bnes-jg	libretro core	❓
bnes-mercury Accuracy	libretro core	❓
bnes-mercury Balanced	libretro core	❓
bnes-mercury Performance	libretro core	❓
Snes9x 2002	libretro core	❌
Snes9x 2005	libretro core	❌
Snes9x 2005+	libretro core	❌
Snes9x 2010	libretro core	❌	PLEASE STOP USING THIS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS!!!
higan Accuracy	libretro core	❓
nSide Balanced	libretro core	❓
BSNES	BizHawk core	❓
BSNESv115+	BizHawk core	❓

Wii

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Dolphin	libretro core	❌

Unsupported Emulators and Cores (Unsupported Consoles)

Acorn BBC Micro

Name	Type	Status	Notes
b2	libretro core	❓	Testing needed

Amiga

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FS-UAE	libretro core	❓	Testing needed
P-UAE	libretro core	❓	- Needs memory map to see exposed memory - Locks disk files so they can't be opened for hashing - Unknown hard disk support
PUAE 2021	libretro core	❓	Testing needed
UAE4ARM	libretro core	❓	Testing needed

Atari 5200

Name	Type	Status	Notes
atari800	libretro core	❌	Appears to work fine, but the core is a bit of a headache to use - The BIOS has to be configured within the core (F1 -> Emulator Configuration -> System ROM settings - Couldn't figure out controls - does the joystick need to be configured within the core too? - Allows loading arbitrary files from the internal menu, which bypasses hashing
a5200	libretro core	❌	Does not expose memory

Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Hatari	libretro core	❌	Does not expose memory

Cassette Vision

Name	Type	Status	Notes
PD777	libretro core	❌

CHIP-8

• Needs console ID, hashing method, and memory map

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Emux CHIP-8	libretro core	❌
JAXE	libretro core	❌	- May need settings blacklist to prevent lowering speed

Commodore 64

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Frodo	libretro core	❌
VICE x64	libretro core	❌	- Joystick is in port 2 by default. Use JOY button on virtual keyboard (select) to switch it to port 1 - Reset does not autorun game (2022-05-01)
VICE x64SC	libretro core	❌
VICE xscpu64	libretro core	❌
VICE x64tv	libretro core	❌
VICE xcbm5x0	libretro core	❌
VICE xcbm2	libretro core	❌
C64Hawk	BizHawk core	❌

Commodore 128

Name	Type	Status	Notes
VICE x128	libretro core	❌

Commodore PET

Name	Type	Status	Notes
VICE xpet	libretro core	❌

Commodore Plus/4

Name	Type	Status	Notes
VICE xplus4	libretro core	❌

Commodore VIC-20

Name	Type	Status	Notes
VICE xvic	libretro core	❌

DOS

Name	Type	Status	Notes
DOSBox	libretro core	❌
DOSBox Core	libretro core	❌
DOSBox SVN	libretro core	❌
DOSBox Pure	libretro core	⌛

Elektronika BK-0010/0011

Name	Type	Status	Notes
BK	libretro core	❌

Enterprise 64/128

Name	Type	Status	Notes
ep128emu	libretro core	❌

Game & Watch

Name	Type	Status	Notes
gw	libretro core	❌	- Does not expose memory

J2ME

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FreeJ2ME	libretro core	❌

MicroW8

Name	Type	Status	Notes
MicroW8	libretro core	❌

Nintendo 3DS

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Citra	libretro core	❌	- Only exposes 64MB of memory - documentation suggests there should be 128MB - Does not support save states
Citra 2018	libretro core	❌
Citra Canary	libretro core	❌

PC-9800

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Neko Project II	libretro core	❌
Neko Project II Kai	libretro core	❌	- Memory appears to be exposed in some games depending on the RAM size selected, but it seems like the machine RAM and not actually related to the game.

Philips CD-i

Name	Type	Status	Notes
CDi 2015	libretro core	❌
SAME CDi	libretro core	❌

Philips P2000

Name	Type	Status	Notes
M2000	libretro core	❌

Pico-8

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FAKE-08	libretro core	❌
Retro8	libretro core	❌

PocketStation

Name	Type	Status	Notes
pockystation	libretro core	❌	Core doesn't seem functional, even in RetroArch

SAM Coupé

Name	Type	Status	Notes
SimCoupe	libretro core	❌	Still in alpha state

Sega Pico

Name	Type	Status	Notes
PicoDrive	libretro core	❌	Needs controls related to turning pages in the attached books

Sharp X1

Name	Type	Status	Notes
X1 Millennium	libretro core	❌	Disk writes modify source media, which breaks hashing (2022-04-16)

Sharp X68K

Name	Type	Status	Notes
px68k	libretro core	❌	Crashes RALibretro upon loading a game

Sharp ZX81

Name	Type	Status	Notes
EightyOne	libretro core	❌	Memory not exposed

Super Casette Vision

Name	Type	Status	Notes
EmuSCV	libretro core	❌	- Unfinished according to libretro docs. - Does not expose memory. Appears to export a save state via the RETRO_MEMORY_SAVE_RAM interface, which we try to shoehorn into $E000 as that's what's flagged as Cartridge RAM for the system.

Thomson TO8/TO8D

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Theodore	libretro core	❌	Uncertain how core handles writing to disk/tape. May affect hashing.

TI-83

Name	Type	Status	Notes
Numero	libretro core	❌
TI83Hawk	BizHawk core	❌

TIC-80

Name	Type	Status	Notes
TIC-80	libretro core	❌	Doesn't export memory correctly. Can only see 8 bytes

VMU

Name	Type	Status	Notes
VeMUlator	libretro core	❌

Xbox

Name	Type	Status	Notes
DirectXbox	libretro core	❌	Still in alpha state

ZX Spectrum

Name	Type	Status	Notes
FUSE	libretro core	❌	- Requires ability to map keyboard to port 3 - Uncertain about save support. Cannot seem to insert save disk
ZXHawk	BizHawk core	❌	Hashing needs to be corrected

Others

• FM Towns
• Nokia N-Gage
• Oric
• PC-6001
• Wii U
• Zeebo

Changelog

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42427b1-Move 3DS to unsupported consoles (#404)

258174a-Convert to tables (#385)

cf9e261-update supported cores for FDS (#355)

6e414d8-Update unsupported-emulators-and-cores.md (#305)

5f4d94d-docs: update PCSX ReARMed copy (#261)

314b3d8-Update - remove ambiguous language about PSXReARMed (#260)

aef3be5-fix: discord channel names (#253)

b121c73-Add DeSmuME 2015 to unsupported Nintendo DS cores (#245)

a860c99-update: adds recent standalone emulator support (#225)

3b34310-Explicitly mark DoubleCherryGB as an unsupported core (#216)

85e2f45-move quasi88 to supported for most games

3b165e0-Update unsupported-emulators-and-cores.md (#116)

ae7e022-docs: add Unsupported Emulators and Cores page (#112)