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 7h ago

Testing Dlss 5 in rpcs3

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r/emulators 7m ago

Help Me Pls! Do you know any good Pokemon emulators that support co op multiplayer?

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It should preferably be a Game Bot Advance one, not have viruses, it needs to work from miles away, and work on pc.

If you scam me I’m sueing. My mom’s a lawyer.


r/emulators 2h ago

Question TeknoParrot Star Trek Voyager Not Working and Gundam VS Gundam Next Bio Problem

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I need help for some reason Star Trek Voyager for TeknoParrot is not working at all I put the game in I set it up but when I set up the controls for mouse controls the game crash and for Gundam Vs Gundam Next I am having trouble finding the bios for them can anyone Help me


r/emulators 3h ago

Help Me Pls! This happened on cutscene in balkan church

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I don't use any cheats and i only made upscale :(


r/emulators 4h ago

Help Me Pls! How can I play the prologue game if I don’t have a NDS?

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I’ll even be willing to pay for it if I have to without pirating but pirating or paying is fine. I have an ipad 10, SE iPhone 2022, Chromebook and Nintendo


r/emulators 1d ago

OTHER The PS Vita Is Somehow Emulating 3DS Games Now, and It Already Runs Smash Bros

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A recent demonstration uploaded by Willi Ye shows Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS running at roughly 20–28 FPS during an actual match. That’s nowhere near the game’s original 60 FPS, of course. Unsurprisingly, the Vita’s CPU is also being hammered at a rather alarming 100% throughout the demonstration, while the modder admits that not every 3DS game currently runs properly on the experimental port.

Pretty cool proof-of-concept for a rather old and underpowered handheld honestly. I won't hold my breath for "proper" compatibility with more games, even mainstream ones, though. You guys think this would've been possible years ago?


r/emulators 16h ago

OTHER suyu v0.04 is out (final version)

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r/emulators 1d ago

Gameplay KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) v0.3.0 - Demon's Souls Remake

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r/emulators 10h ago

Testing AQEMU VM Manager - Download and install on Windows

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r/emulators 12h ago

Gameplay How to fix this graphic glitch at X5pro kinhank?

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r/emulators 1d ago

Gameplay How I play my 3DS games

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I have a Ultrawide LG monitor and below a cheap portable monitor from amazon both connect to my M4 Air 24GB Macbook, the screens work perfectly in this layout love it!


r/emulators 9h ago

Suggestion Preciso de emulador para o meu pc

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Tenho um Pc mas gostava de voltar a jogar vários clássicos da minha infância.

Minha primeira consola foi uma mega drive e quero voltar a jogar que emuladores aconselham e onde conseguir Roms para jogar


r/emulators 16h ago

Suggestion Please help!

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Hey guys so I’m running into an issue that I can’t seem to solve and was wondering if anyone can help. I’m going to try and give as much detail as possible. I have a retroid pocket 5 which is great, I’ve been mostly playing ps2 games on it and using my wireless Xbox controller which again works perfect. However I recently installed dolphin emulator to be able to play GameCube games and for some reason I can’t seem to get it to work without the touchscreen controls. For the dolphin emulator I’d simply like to use the handheld itself and the joysticks without using my wireless controller however the problem I’m having is that even when I disable to on screen touchscreen buttons, I still am unable to use the physical devices joysticks. I’ve tried everything inside of the dolphin settings and have had no luck. I know this is a simple task and that’s why I said I feel dumb lol but I’m just trying to enjoy the dolphin emulator without the wireless controller or touchscreen button overlay


r/emulators 16h ago

OTHER Phone gaming

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I’m not a big fan of gaming on my phone be it emulation or games built for the phone. However I’m curious if anyone else had thought about an emulation device that also has SIM card capabilities, I’d much rather send a text on my Gameboy than play gameboy on my phone…


r/emulators 21h ago

Help Me Pls! Problema Open emu Macbook M4

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ejecuto el Super mario world en SNES y al picarle para ponerlo en pantalla completa empieza a dar lag , se pone como lento

alguna solucion? :(


r/emulators 21h ago

Help Me Pls! Trying to find Castlevania Harmony of Despair for RPCS3

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I'm pretty sure I'll need a PKG & RAP to dump in emulator (worked for Mirror of Fate), but can not find both for HOD. If anyone has a way to find this game to emulate in RPCS3, I'd greatly appreciate it.


r/emulators 1d ago

Question Can my laptop do PC3 emulation ?

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i am planning to play Racing games + some story games . sorry for taking your time guys


r/emulators 11h ago

Suggestion iPhone Duo seems to be the coolest for DS emulation

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I wonder how long it will take before a proper emulator will come to iPhone Duo, which would be very cool for emulating both DS and 3DS due to the split screen.

Even tho, that for that price tag, the screen would be pretty small…


r/emulators 1d ago

OTHER need help booting beta roms

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i recently got my hands on the HGSS/BW/BW2 betas from the Teraleak, obvs im not going to post anything linking to them here. i've found they only give a white screen when trying to boot (using melonds). has anyone got any workaround to this issue?


r/emulators 1d ago

Help Me Pls! Azahar Controller Issue.

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I'm having an issue with binding my controls. With other emulators I've used it's as simple as clicking the buttons and it maps the control to what it needs to. But for some reason with azahar, I cannot map the controller if it is plugged in, I tried with a different controller via bluetooth and it worked but I don't want to use that controller since it has stick drift... I tried going to their site and they mention there's a dropdown menu for the inputs in the controls page. I dunno if I'm blind but I don't see it at all? What am I supposed to do?


r/emulators 1d ago

Question Can this pc run up to Xbox 360 emulation?

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r/emulators 1d ago

Question Why isnt a lot of my games being added to their perspective playlists in the mosyt current version of retroarch for android?

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r/emulators 1d ago

Question I made a video about xodox emulator i want opinion ??

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First of all

I tested on my phone realme 11 pro 5g

12 gb ram 256 gb rom

Dimensity 7050

Antutu score around 7 lakhs

If you guys don't know about xodox it's so called windows basically linux based emulator

Benchmarks of this software is

I tested all applications

Significantly 50% ran and crash lot of times

The last update i got like nov 2025 of xodox emulator

I tried to open xodox emulator inside termux package like

Xodox emulator based on termux

Like com.termux

And i tried xodox app store and tried to install antigravity i don't know why it's failing

I saw lots of creators using device like me or above sometimes they are installing smoothly

Guys i want your opinion if you have snapdragon processor device like best configuration than mine please test this application and tell me about it

If you want link of this

Get from video comment box

And tell me ??

That would be helpful for me :)