Retroarch Alternatives

Retroarch Alternatives

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15 best retroarch alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Retroarch alternative list source: retroarch.com

15 alternativesFree, Open Source, Freemium Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, Android Tablet +2
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Compare top-ranked Retroarch alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

AlternativeScoreLicensePlatforms
PlayOnLinux99% 382 votesFree, Open SourceMac, Linux
ZSNES98% 374 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
VisualBoyAdvance97% 262 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Snes9x98% 226 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
ScummVM97% 212 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux, Android
EPSXe96% 202 votesFreeAndroid Tablet, Windows, Linux, Android
Project6496% 170 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Android
Mame96% 140 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Lutris93% 116 votesFree, Open SourceWeb, Linux
PPSSPP93% 86 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone
OpenEmu97% 86 votesFree, Open SourceMac
Higan92% 76 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
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PlayOnLinux

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
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(PlayOnMac http://www.playonmac.com at ) Linux PlayOnLinux (Mac) user (or Mac, FreeBSD) and Windows-games on Linux is a tool to run programs with the use of Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux,BSD,Wine,FreeBSD
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ZSNES

Score: 98%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, ZSNES. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface introduced in ZSNES that was adopted by others Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
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VisualBoyAdvance

Score: 97%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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(VBA) and the game Boy Advance handheld game consoles as visualboyadvance, Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, especially for free software (GNU GPL) emulator Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,Haiku
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Snes9x

Score: 98%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Snes9x the portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems allows you to play is designed. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
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ScummVM

Score: 97%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinuxAndroid
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Classic graphical ScummVM SCUMM point and click adventure game from LucasArts with the engine running, allows you to have multiple artists Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Windows,Mobile,Android
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202

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EPSXe

Score: 96%

FreeAndroid TabletWindowsLinuxAndroid
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(Enhanced PSX emulator) is an emulator for the PlayStation video game console for ePSXe x86based computer hardware. ePSXe GPU, SPU, and used a plugin to emulate the system, and Features:Free,Windows,Linux,Android,Android,Tablet
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170

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Project64

Score: 96%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsAndroid
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Project64-Nintendo 64 emulator for the Windows platform. 3. - party developers for the implementation of their own software, a plug-in system used. A Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Android
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140

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Mame

Score: 96%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. With images of the original arcade game Rom and disk data, if used, try connecting MAME to reproduce Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,AmigaOS,MorphOS
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116

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Lutris

Score: 93%

FreeOpen SourceWebLinux
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Lutris GNU/Linux-open-source gaming platform. (Install, configure, and start-up), derived from any source, provides a place to collect and manage all of your games. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,Web,Steam,MS-DOS
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86

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PPSSPP

Score: 93%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinuxAndroidiPhone
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PPSSPP is a PSP emulator in C and directly into optimized x86, x64 and ARM machine code translated into the PSP CPU instructions (dynamic range) images with the JIT. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Android,iPhone
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86

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OpenEmu

Score: 97%

FreeOpen SourceMac
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Open Emu OS X is an open source project to game-emulation as first-class citizens, with modern OS such as Cocoa, Core Animation and the advantages of technologies such as X Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac
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76

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Higan

Score: 92%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Higan was earlier known as business. The project was renamed after it as an emulator. suddenly, the development of Higan, a Nintendo started emulator Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
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62

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LaunchBox

Score: 92%

FreemiumWindows
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Lunch box was actually built as an attractive frontend to DOSBox, but has since been extended to support both modern PC games and Features:Freemium,Windows
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50

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EmulationStation

Score: 84%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsLinux
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All your favorite games in one place to access the frontend without a keyboard emulator, which will enable a visually adaptable graphics, and even. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Linux,Raspberry,Pi
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Lakka

Score: 77%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Lakka is located in Aigio and ecosystem RetroArch libretto official Linux distribution. While each game is implemented as a kernel-system RetroArch libretto thirteen Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Cubieboard,Raspberry,Pi

Retroarch alternatives FAQ

What is the best Retroarch alternative?

PlayOnLinux is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.

Are there free Retroarch alternatives?

Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include PlayOnLinux, ZSNES, VisualBoyAdvance, Snes9x, ScummVM.

Which platforms are covered?

The alternatives in this list include options for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, Android Tablet +2, depending on each product.

How are alternatives ranked?

Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.

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