Emulator Support and Issues

Console Support

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

• ✅ libretro core: Opera
  • Some issues depending on BIOS

Amiga

• ❓ libretro core: FS-UAE
• ❌ libretro core: P-UAE
  • Needs memory map to see exposed memory
  • Locks disk files so they can't be opened for hashing
  • Hard disk support?
• ❓ libretro core: PUAE 2021
• ❓ libretro core: UAE4ARM

Amstrad CPC

• ✅ libretro core: Caprice32
  • Core does not currently support writing to disk, which may affect hashing when implemented
• ❌ libretro core: CrocoDS

Apple II

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAppleWin
• ⌛ BizHawk core: Virtu
  • Testing
  • 4 Jun 2023 - woz files are not supported
  • 4 Jun 2023 - joystick not supported. keyboard has to be manually mapped.
  • 4 Jun 2023 - have to manually create and load a multi-disk bundle for games with multiple disks. disks are generically labelled by index only.

Arcade

• ✅ libretro core: FinalBurn Neo
  • Some boards may not be fully exposed
• ✅ libretro core: flycast
  • Used for Atomiswave, NAOMI, and NAOMI2
• ❌ libretro core: FB Alpha
  • Deprecated
• ❌ libretro core: MAME
• ❌ BizHawk core: MAME

Arcadia 2001

• ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia

Arduboy

• ✅ libretro core: Arduous

Atari 2600

• ✅ libretro core: Stella
• ❓ libretro core: Stella 2014
• ✅ BizHawk core: Atari2600Hawk
  • Achievements that require emulator resets do not work - if you see one, please open a ticket so the achievement can be fixed.

Atari 5200

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: atari800
  • 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
• ❌ libretro core: a5200
  • Does not expose memory

Atari 7800

• ✅ libretro core: ProSystem
• ✅ BizHawk core: A7800Hawk

Atari Jaguar

• ✅ libretro core: Virtual Jaguar
  • No save state support
  • Many issues with emulation
• ✅ 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)

Atari ST

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: Hatari
  • Memory not exposed

Cassette Vision

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

CHIP-8

• ❌ Not supported - needs console ID, hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: Emux CHIP-8
• ❌ libretro core: JAXE
  • 16 Apr 22 - Seems ready when we are
  • May need settings blacklist to prevent lowering speed

Commodore 128

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: VICE x128

Commodore 64

• ❌ libretro core: vice_x64
  • NOTE: Joystick is in port 2 by default. Use JOY button on virtual keyboard (select) to switch it to port 1.
  • 1 May 2022 - Reset does not autorun game
• ⌛ BizHawk core: C64Hawk
  • Testing
• ❓ libretro core: Frodo

ColecoVision

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
• ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
• ✅ BizHawk core: ColecoHawk
• ❌ libretro core: Gearcoleco

Elektronika BK-0010/0011

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: M

Elektor TV Games Computer

• ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia

Enterprise 128

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: ep128emu

Fairchild Channel-F

• ✅ libretro core: FreeChaF
• ❓ BizHawk core: ChannelFHawk

Famicom Disk System

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RANes
• ✅ libretro core: FCEUmm
• ✅ libretro core: Mesen

FM Towns

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

Game & Watch

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: gw
  • Does not expose memory

Game Boy

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
• ✅ libretro core: Gambatte
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: Gearboy
• ✅ libretro core: mGBA
• ✅ libretro core: VBA-M
• ❓ libretro core: DoubleCherryGB
• ❓ libretro core: Emux GB
• ❓ libretro core: fixGB
• ❓ libretro core: SameBoy
• ❓ libretro core: TGB Dual

Game Boy Color

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
• ✅ 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: Pizza Boy GBC
  • No longer being developed. Compatibility issues can cause problems with unlocks.
• ❓ libretro core: DoubleCherryGB
• ❓ libretro core: Emux GB
• ❓ libretro core: fixGB
• ❓ libretro core: SameBoy
• ❓ libretro core: TGB Dual

Game Boy Advance

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAVBA
• ✅ libretro core: VBA-M
• ✅ libretro core: Beetle GBA
• ✅ libretro core: VBA Next
• ✅ libretro core: mGBA
  • Most recommended
• ✅ BizHawk core: mGBA
• ❌ Standalone emulator: Pizza Boy GBA
  • No longer being developed. Compatibility issues can cause problems with unlocks.
• ❓ libretro core: gpSP
• ❓ libretro core: Meteor
• ❓ libretro core: TempGBA

GameCube

• ✅ Standalone emulator: Dolphin
• ⌛ libretro core: Dolphin
  • Testing

Game Gear

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
• ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
• ✅ libretro core: GearSystem

Genesis / Mega Drive

• ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: Picodrive
• ❌ libretro core: Blastem
  • While some achievements may work, the core has issues with the Game RAM portion of memory.
• ✅ BizHawk core: Genplus-gx (Genesis Plus GX)

Intellivision

• ✅ libretro core: FreeIntV
  • Crashes when game is reset
  • Some crashes which might be related to Intellivoice
• ✅ BizHawk core: IntelliHawk

Interton VC 4000

• ✅ Standalone emulator: WinArcadia

J2ME

• ❌ Not supported - needs console ID, hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: freej2me

Magnavox Odyssey 2

• ✅ libretro core: O2EM
• ❓ BizHawk core: O2Hawk

Master System | Mark III

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
• ✅ libretro core: Gearsystem
• ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
• ✅ libretro core: Picodrive
• ❓ BizHawk core: SMSHawk
• ❓ libretro core: Emux SMS

Mega Duck

• ✅ libretro core: SameDuck

MicroW8

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: MicroW8

MS-DOS

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: dosbox-core
• ❌ libretro core: dosbox-SVN
• ❌ libretro core: dosbox-pure
  • Needs a way to prevent launching with user-specified command line parameters
  • Needs a way to prevent TSRs
  • Needs a way to deactivate achievements if game drops to command prompt

MSX

• ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
  • Hash relies on .DSK file not being modified
  • .DSK files appear to be unsupported if they also require a cartridge. There is a core option for this, but it doesn't seem to function properly. See "SD Snatcher", which used a 'sound' cartridge.
• ❓ libretro core: fMSX

Neo Geo CD

• ✅ libretro core: NeoCD

Neo Geo Pocket

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle NeoPop
• ❓ libretro core: RACE
• ✅ BizHawk core: NeoPop (Mednafen)

Neo Geo Pocket Color

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle NeoPop
• ❓ libretro core: RACE
• ✅ BizHawk core: NeoPop (Mednafen)

NES / Famicom

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RANes
• ✅ libretro core: FCEUmm
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: Mesen
• ✅ libretro core: QuickNES
• ❌ libretro core: NEStopia
  • Does not map SRAM
  • PLEASE STOP USING THIS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS
• ❓ libretro core: Emux NES
• ❓ libretro core: fixNES

Nintendo 3DS

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: Citra
  • Only exposes 64MB of memory - documentation suggests there should be 128MB.
  • Does not support save states
• ❌ libretro core: Citra 2018
• ❌ libretro core: Citra Canary

Nintendo 64

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAProject64
• ✅ libretro core: ParaLLEl N64
• ✅ libretro core: Mupen64Plus-Next
  • Most recommended
• ⌛ BizHawk core: Mupen64Plus
  • Testing (there are some graphical issues that can be fixed using the angrylion plugin)

Nintendo DS

• Limited microphone support
• ✅ libretro core: DeSmuME
• ✅ libretro core: DeSmuME 2015
• ✅ 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
• ❌ libretro core: DeSmuME
• ❌ libretro core: melonDS

Nokia N-Gage

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

Oric

• ❌ Not supported

Palm OS

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: Mu

PC Engine | TurboGrafx-16 | SuperGrafx

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle PCE Fast
  • SuperGrafx games do not work on the Beetle PCE Fast core
• ✅ libretro core: Beetle SuperGrafx
  • Most recommended
• ✅ BizHawk core: PCEHawk

PC Engine CD | TurboGrafx-CD

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle PCE Fast
• ✅ libretro core: Beetle SuperGrafx
  • Most recommended
• ✅ BizHawk core: PCEHawk
• ❌ libretro core: Beetle PCE
  • Does not expose RAM needed for PC Engine CD

PC-6001

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

PC-8800

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAQuasi88
  • Most recommended
• ❌ libretro core: quasi88
  • NOT RECOMMENDED
  • PC-88VA not supported
  • 16 Apr 2022 - Cannot load m3u. Hash fails because core locks disk file.
  • 16 Apr 2022 - Attempting to load a single disk game in RALibretro just goes to "How many disks?" prompt. Seems to work in RetroArch
  • 16 Apr 2022 - RALibretro does not provide subsystem interface for loading multi-disk games

PC-9800

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: Neko Project II Kai
  • Memory is not exposed.
    • It 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.
• ❌ libretro core: Neko Project II

PC-FX

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle PC-FX
• ✅ BizHawk core: T.S.T. (Mednafen)

Philips CD-I

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: CDi 2015
• ❌ libretro core: SAME CDi

Philips P2000

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: M2000

Pico-8

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: FAKE-08
• ❌ libretro core: Retro8

PlayStation

• ✅ Standalone emulator: DuckStation
  • There may be memory leak and/or burn-in when using save states. Softcore players beware!
• ✅ libretro core: Beetle PSX HW
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: Beetle PSX
• ✅ libretro core: SwanStation
• ❌ libretro core: PCSX ReARMed
  • BIOS are not required for this core and will zero out the Kernel RAM.
  • Technically supported; not recommended.
• ❓ BizHawk core: Octoshock (Mednafen)
• ❓ BizHawk core: Nymashock (Mednafen)
• ❓ libretro core: Rustation

PlayStation 2

• ✅ Standalone emulator: PCSX2
  • PCSX2 is currently the only officially supported option for earning achievements.
• ❌ Standalone emulator: AetherSX2
  • No longer being developed, has known incompatibilities
• ❌ Standalone emulator: NetherSX2
• ❌ libretro core: LRPS2
  • Still in alpha state
  • Does not expose memory
• ❌ libretro core: Play!
  • Low compatibility with most commercial games
  • Black screen with stuttering sound

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

PocketStation

• ❌ Not supported - needs console ID, hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: pockystation
  • Core doesn't seem functional, even in RetroArch

Pokemon Mini

• ✅ libretro core: PokeMini

SAM Coupé

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: SimCoupe
  • Still in alpha state

Sega 32X

• ✅ libretro core: PicoDrive
  • Several games are problematic, use BizHawk if an achievement shows as Unsupported
  • Appears to still have unmapped RAM
• ✅ BizHawk core: PicoDrive
  • Most recommended

Sega CD

• Appears to still have unmapped RAM
• ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
• ✅ libretro core: Picodrive

Sega Dreamcast

• ✅ libretro core: flycast
  • Must disable threaded rendering to use save states
• ❓ libretro core: Flycast GLES2

Sega Pico

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: picodrive
  • Needs controls related to turning pages in the attached books

Sega Saturn

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle Saturn
  • The only recommended core
• ❌ libretro core: Yabause
  • Technically supported; not recommended.
• ❌ libretro core: Kronos
  • Saving and loading states often locks up the UI in RALibretro
  • Technically supported; not recommended.
• ❓ libretro core: YabaSanshiro
• ⌛ BizHawk core: Saturnus (Mednafen)
  • Testing

SG-1000

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RAMeka
• ✅ libretro core: Genesis Plus GX
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: blueMSX
• ❌ libretro core: Gearsystem
  • Has significant unexposed memory

Sharp X1

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: X1 Millennium
  • 16 Apr 2022 - Disk writes modify source media, which breaks hashing

Sharp X68K

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: px68k
  • Crashes RALibretro upon loading a game

SNES | Super Famicom | Satellaview | Sufami Turbo

• ✅ Standalone emulator: RASnes9x
• ✅ libretro core: Snes9x (Current)
  • Most recommended
• ✅ libretro core: Mesen-S
• ❓ libretro core: Beetle bsnes
• ❌ libretro core: Beetle Supafaust
  • 11 Jun 2024 - does not expose memory
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes 2014 Accuracy
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes 2014 Balanced
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes 2014 Performance
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes C++98 (v085)
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes-hd beta
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes-mercury Accuracy
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes-mercury Balanced
• ❓ libretro core: bsnes-mercury Performance
• ❓ libretro core: higan Accuracy
• ❓ libretro core: nSide Balanced
• ❓ libretro core: Snes9x 2002
• ❓ libretro core: Snes9x 2005
• ❓ libretro core: Snes9x 2005+
• ❌ libretro core: Snes9x 2010
  • PLEASE STOP USING THIS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS!!!!
• ❓ BizHawk core: BSNES
• ❓ BizHawk core: BSNESv115+

SpectraVideo SVI 318/328

• ❌ Not supported
• ❌ libretro core: blueMSX

Super Cassette Vision

• ❌ libretro core: EmuSCV
  • 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

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method
• ❌ libretro core: Theodore
  • Seems to work
  • Uncertain how core handles writing to disk/tape. May affect hashing.

TI-83

• ⌛ libretro core: Numero
  • Testing
• ⌛ BizHawk core: TI83Hawk
  • Testing

TIC-80

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method
• ❌ libretro core: TIC-80
  • Doesn't export memory correctly. Can only see 8 bytes.

Uzebox

• ✅ BizHawk core: Uzem
• ✅ libretro core: Uzebox

Vectrex

• ✅ libretro core: VecX

VIC-20

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: VICE xvic

Virtual Boy

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle VB
• ✅ BizHawk core: Virtual Boyee (Mednafen)

VMU

• ❌ Not supported - needs console ID, hashing method, and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: VeMUlator

WASM-4

• ✅ libretro core: wasm4

Watara Supervision

• ✅ libretro core: potator

Wii

• ⌛ Standalone emulator: Dolphin
  • Testing
• ⌛ libretro core: Dolphin
  • Testing

Wii U

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

WonderSwan

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle Cygne
• ✅ BizHawk core: Cygne (Mednafen)

WonderSwan Color

• ✅ libretro core: Beetle Cygne
• ✅ BizHawk core: Cygne (Mednafen)

XBOX

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: DirectXbox
  • Still in alpha state

Zeebo

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map

ZX81

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: EightyOne
  • Memory not exposed

ZX Spectrum

• ❌ Not supported - needs hashing method and memory map
• ❌ libretro core: FUSE
  • Requires ability to map keyboard to port 3
  • Uncertain about save support. Cannot seem to insert save disk
• ⌛ - BizHawk core: ZXHawk
  • Hashing needs to be corrected
  • Testing

More details on BizHawk cores can be found here.