Emulation - Computerphile - YouTube
Software Emulators vs FPGAs - YouTube
From Shady to Legal: How Bleem & VGS Battled Sony - YouTube
The Emulator Zone - Your Source for Emulation!
Emulation General Wiki
Play classic video games on your computer or mobile device | Emuparadise
Retro Game Corps
N-tertainment X-tended - YouTube
Alexwpi Game - YouTube
List of best emulators for each console 2024 - YouTube
The BEST Emulators of 2023 - YouTube
Top 10 Emulators of 2022 - YouTube
EMU-NATION: Cemu Rage, RPCS3 and PJ64 goes clean? - YouTube
Writing NES Games! With Assembly!! - YouTube
MEDNAFEN Multi systems, Good Saturn support
Ethics/Legality
The ethics of emulation: how creators, the community, and the law view console emulators | PC Gamer
"It's Just Emulation!" - The Challenge of Selling Old Games - YouTube
The taboo and secret history of Emulation | Documentary on Emulation and Its Controversies - YouTube
Why Are Emulators Legal? Dolphin vs. Nintendo, and the Fate of Emulation - YouTube
Frontends
FREE Retro Gaming Front-End for PC Completely Pre-Configured! [REVIEW] - YouTube
CoinOPS Arcade Front End For PC - CoinOPs Next - Arcade Punks
RetroFE – Settle that old score!
EmuMovies Sync - EmuMovies Sync - EmuMovies box arts, previews
小鸡模拟器 - 小鸡模拟器 PC 版|小鸡模拟器 iOS 版|小鸡模拟器官网_小鸡模拟器
悟饭游戏厅 - 发现属于你的游戏！
LaunchBox
LaunchBox Frontend for Emulation, DOSBox, and Arcade Cabinets, Portable Games Launcher and Database Multi systems
RetroArch
RetroArch Multi systems
Libretro – A crossplatform application API, powering the crossplatform gaming platform RetroArch
stable - buildbot.libretro.com > stable
RetroArch Starter Guide (2022) - YouTube
RetroArch Starter Guide – Retro Game Corps
RetroArch on Steam
Steam Community :: Guide :: In-Depth 'DLC' Summary
RetroArch - Emulation General Wiki
libretro - Emulation General Wiki
How to Set Up RetroArch, The Ultimate All-In-One Retro Games Emulator
How to Set Up an All-In-One Retro Game Emulator with RetroArch
Transform ANY PC into a Retro Gaming Console - YouTube
Better than reality: New emulation tech lags less than original consoles | Ars Technica
RetroArch Controller Configuration - RetroPie Docs Key binding
"Select" is "Hotkey" key during setup, recommned to use XBox "Home" key
| Hotkeys | Action | Code Example |
|---|---|---|
| Select | Hotkey | input_enable_hotkey_btn = "6" |
| Select+Start | Exit | input_exit_emulator_btn = "7" |
| Select+Right Shoulder | Save | input_save_state_btn = "5" |
| Select+Left Shoulder | Load | input_load_state_btn = "4" |
| Select+Right | Input State Slot Increase | input_state_slot_increase_btn = "h0right" |
| Select+Left | Input State Slot Decrease | input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "h0left" |
| Select+X | RGUI Menu | input_menu_toggle_btn = "3" |
| Select+B | Reset | input_reset_btn = "0" |
To reload games after coping ROMs to ROMs folder:
MENU -> QUIT -> RESTART EMULATIONSTATION
Lakka
Lakka - The DIY open source retrogaming emulation console
Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem.
Also available for RPi.
ROMS
Demystifying MAME ROMS – ChoccyHobNob
Roms
/r/Roms Megathread
How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide - RetroPie Forum
Validating, Rebuilding, and Filtering Arcade ROMs - RetroPie Docs ClrMamePro tutorial
WinKawaks » Roms - The Official Website Of WinKawaks™ Team
Ziperto - A Digital Park for Gamers
/r/Roms Megathread
Torrent Download All Pc Games Full Setup - Rob Gamers
Gamers Maze - Free Torrent Download
Emulator ROMs - Download Emulator ROMs Free
ROMSFUN.COM | Download ROMs and ISOs of Nintendo, Playstation, XBOX... HTTP
[ROMSPURE.CC - News & Download Nintendo & Playstation Game]2(https://romspure.cc/)
Vimm's Lair: The Vault HTTP
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle:
- Final Fight
- Captain Commando
- The King of Dragons
- Knights of the Round
- Warriors of Fate
- Armored Warriors
- Battle Circuit
ClrMamePro
Arcade Quick Start - RetroPie Docs
FinalBurn Neo - RetroPie Docs Download the DAT for FBA
Follow instruction here to repack ROMs with ClrMamePro
Updating Full Romset with ClrMamePro - YouTube
CLRMamePro Walk-through - YouTube
Easy ClrMamePro Tutorial (Updated for RetroPie 3.3) - YouTube
Network Play
Game, Work, and Play Together From Anywhere | Parsec
Kaillera
Open Port Check Tool - Test Port Forwarding on Your Router
BizHawk
automates input, TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedruns)
Bizhawk - TASVideos
TASEmulators/BizHawk: BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
MAME
MAMEdev.org | Home of The MAME Project
Neogeo
UNIVERSE BIOS download
UNIVERSE BIOS usage
WinKawaks - The Official Website Of WinKawaks™ Team Neogeo and CPS1/2
There is also a ~1.4MB neogeo.zip (containing unibios and other ROMs) that works well.
SNES
Super Nintendo emulators - Emulation General Wiki
The Best SNES Emulator for Windows
ZSNES Home Page - About ZSNES
1.5.0 removed netplay
Play Super Nintendo SNES games
Accuracy takes power: one man’s 3GHz quest to build a perfect SNES emulator | Ars Technica
byuu's homepage
PS1
DuckStation: Fast PS1 Emulator
PSXP feature to straighten jagged lines
DUCKSTATION PS Emulator full setup guide 2023 - YouTube
Duckstation Updated Graphics Guide | Make PlayStation PS1 Games Look EXACTLY How YOU Want - YouTube
Duckstation emulator | How to play PS1 games on pc (easy setup guide) - YouTube
Games
Ape Escape
KLONOA (prefer Switch port)
N64
Why is Nintendo 64 emulation still a broken mess in 2025 ? - YouTube
Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more | Tom's Hardware
N64 recompilation is here - and its looking good! - YouTube
simple64 | An easy to use N64 emulator. Available for Windows and Linux
loganmc10 | creating games & software | Patreon
Games
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
XBox
xemu: Original Xbox Emulator
dev kit for homebrew
Dreamcast
Virtual Dreamcast – The number 1 resource for Dreamcast emulation on the net –
redream - Dreamcast Emulator free version up to 900p
REDREAM - Dreamcast Emulator: Full Guide and Review - YouTube
DEMUL - Sega Dreamcast Emulator for Windows
Demul Setup Guide – Virtual Dreamcast
Top 10 Dreamcast Games | The Completionist - YouTube
Saturn
Sega Saturn emulators - Emulation General Wiki
FCare/Kronos: Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator. good yabause fork
Presentation | fcare.github.io
NDS
Citra was no more
DraStic -Index page
DraStic DS Emulator - Apps on Google Play
Home - Panda3DS
wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS: HLE 3DS emulator
NDS ROMs FREE | Nintendo DS Games | ROMs Games
DQ4
DQ5
DQ6
PSP
PPSSPP
Games
Patapon 1-3 (2 is easier, 3 is a deviation)
Patapon Retrospective - YouTube
LocoRoco
LocoRoco 2
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
PS Vita
backward compatibility with PSP
great improvements in 2023
Vita3K - An Experimental PSVita Emulator
Vita3K - compatibility
Vita3K/Vita3K: Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator
A closer look at Vita3k - the PlayStation Vita Emulator - YouTube
Games
Dungeon Crown