Emulator Support
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This page focuses on supported emulators. For extensive notes on unsupported emulators and cores, check the unsupported emulators page.
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- ✅ libretro core: Opera
- May have some issues depending on the BIOS.
Amstrad CPC
- ✅ libretro core: Caprice32
- The core does not currently support writing to disk, which may affect hashing when implemented.
Apple II
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAppleWin
Arcade
- ✅ libretro core: FinalBurn Neo
- Some boards may not be fully exposed.
- ✅ libretro core: Flycast
- Used for Atomiswave and NAOMI 1/2.
Arcadia 2001
- ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia
Arduboy
- ✅ libretro core: Ardens
- ✅ libretro core: Arduous
- Cannot emulate the Arduboy FX.
Atari 2600
- ✅ libretro core: Stella
- ✅ BizHawk core: Atari2600Hawk
- Achievements that require emulator resets do not work. Please open a ticket so the achievement can be fixed.
Atari 7800
- ✅ libretro core: ProSystem
- ✅ BizHawk core: A7800Hawk
Atari Jaguar
- ✅ libretro core: Virtual Jaguar
- No save state support.
- Many issues with emulation.
- Does not emulate the Jaguar CD.
- ✅ BizHawk core: Virtual Jaguar
Atari Jaguar CD
- ✅ BizHawk core: Virtual Jaguar
Atari Lynx
- ✅ libretro core: Handy
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle Lynx
- ✅ BizHawk core: Handy (Mednafen's fork)
ColecoVision
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
- ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
- ✅ BizHawk core: ColecoHawk
Elektor TV Games Computer
- ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia
Fairchild Channel F
- ✅ libretro core: FreeChaF
Famicom Disk System
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RANes
- ✅ libretro core: FCEUmm
- ✅ libretro core: Mesen
Game Boy
- ✅ libretro core: Gambatte
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Gearboy
- ✅ libretro core: mGBA
- ✅ libretro core: VBA-M
- ✅ BizHawk core: Gambatte (Pokémon speedrunning fork)
- ✅ BizHawk core: GBHawk
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
Game Boy Color
- ✅ libretro core: Gambatte
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Gearboy
- ✅ libretro core: mGBA
- ✅ libretro core: VBA-M
- ✅ BizHawk core: Gambatte (Pokémon speedrunning fork)
- ✅ BizHawk core: GBHawk
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
Game Boy Advance
- ✅ libretro core: mGBA
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: VBA-M
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle GBA
- ✅ libretro core: VBA Next
- ✅ BizHawk core: mGBA
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
GameCube
- ✅ Standalone emulator: Dolphin
- Must use version 2407-68 or newer.
- Ensure "Enable Dual Core (speedup)" is unchecked as it is unsupported.
Game Gear
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
- ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
- ✅ libretro core: Gearsystem
Intellivision
- ✅ libretro core: FreeIntv
- Crashes when the game is reset.
- Some crashes might be related to the Intellivoice not being emulated.
- ✅ BizHawk core: IntelliHawk
Interton VC 4000
- ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia
Magnavox Odyssey 2
- ✅ libretro core: O2EM
Master System/Mark III
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
- ✅ libretro core: Gearsystem
- ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
- ✅ libretro core: PicoDrive
Mega Duck
- ✅ libretro core: SameDuck
MSX
- ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
Neo Geo CD
- ✅ libretro core: NeoCD
Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle NeoPop
- ✅ BizHawk core: NeoPop (Mednafen)
NES/Famicom
- ✅ libretro core: FCEUmm
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Mesen
- ✅ libretro core: QuickNES
- Does not emulate the Famicom Disk System.
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RANes
Nintendo 64
- ✅ libretro core: Mupen64Plus-Next
- Most recommended.
- Separated into cores for OpenGL ES 2 and 3.
- ✅ libretro core: ParaLLEl N64
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAProject64
Nintendo DS
- Limited microphone support.
- ✅ libretro core: DeSmuME
- Does not emulate the DSi.
- ✅ libretro core: DeSmuME 2015
- Does not emulate the DSi.
- ✅ libretro core: melonDS
- ✅ libretro core: melonDS DS
- ✅ BizHawk core: melonDS
Nintendo DSi
- ✅ libretro core: melonDS DS
- Does not support save states at this time.
- ✅ BizHawk core: melonDS
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/SuperGrafx
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle SuperGrafx
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle PCE Fast
- SuperGrafx games do not work on the Beetle PCE Fast core.
- ✅ BizHawk core: PCEHawk
PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle SuperGrafx
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle PCE Fast
- ✅ BizHawk core: PCEHawk
PC-8000/8800
- ✅ libretro core: QUASI88
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAQUASI88
PC-FX
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle PC-FX
- ✅ BizHawk core: T.S.T. (Mednafen)
PlayStation
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle PSX HW
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle PSX
- ✅ libretro core: SwanStation
- ✅ Standalone emulator: DuckStation
- There may be memory leaks and/or burn-in when using save states. This can be disruptive to softcore mode.
PlayStation 2
- ✅ Standalone emulator: PCSX2
- PCSX2 is currently the only officially supported option for earning achievements. We do not support Aethersx2.
PlayStation Portable
- ✅ Standalone emulator: PPSSPP
- Does not support RAIntegration at this time, so achievement developers are unable to troubleshoot potential issues.
- ✅ libretro core: PPSSPP
- Loading save states too fast can cause it to crash.
- Some games have graphical issues.
Pokémon Mini
- ✅ libretro core: PokeMini
Sega 32X
- ✅ BizHawk core: PicoDrive
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: PicoDrive
- Several games are problematic, use BizHawk if an achievement shows as unsupported.
- Appears to still have unmapped RAM.
Sega CD
- Appears to still have unmapped RAM.
- ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
- ✅ libretro core: PicoDrive
Sega Dreamcast
- ✅ libretro core: Flycast
- Disable threaded rendering to properly use save states.
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
- ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: PicoDrive
- ✅ BizHawk core: Genplus-gx (Genesis Plus GX)
Sega Saturn
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle Saturn
- ✅ BizHawk core: Saturnus (Mednafen)
- Good choice for users who can't run Beetle Saturn
SG-1000
- ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
SNES/Super Famicom/Satellaview/Sufami Turbo
- ✅ libretro core: Snes9x
- Most recommended.
- ✅ libretro core: Mesen-S
- ✅ Standalone emulator: RASnes9x
Uzebox
- ✅ BizHawk core: Uzem
- ✅ libretro core: Uzebox
Vectrex
- ✅ libretro core: vecx
Virtual Boy
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle VB
- ✅ BizHawk core: Virtual Boyee (Mednafen)
WASM-4
- ✅ libretro core: WASM-4
Watara Supervision
- ✅ libretro core: Potator
WonderSwan (Color)
- ✅ libretro core: Beetle Cygne
- ✅ BizHawk core: Cygne (Mednafen)
More details on BizHawk cores can be found here.