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Marat-Tanalin/bsnes-mt

bsnes-based SNES emulator featuring integer (pixel-perfect) scaling, PNG screenshots, multilanguage user interface, built-in hotkeys, bug fixes, etc.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#bsnes #emulation #emulator #emulators #image-scaling #integer-scaling

Updated: 2022-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-02
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 12 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ArthurFerreira2/reinette-II-plus-dot-py

Apple II emulator in python

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#appleii #emulator #python

Updated: 2023-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-10
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bdragoncore/cor64

N64 Emulator written in C#

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #dotnet #dotnet-core #dotnetcore #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2024-02-14
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-08
History: 52 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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StrikerX3/StrikeBox

StrikeBox - Original Xbox emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #emulator #xbox

Updated: 2019-12-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-04
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 15 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bryanperris/cor64

N64 Emulator written in C#

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #dotnet #dotnet-core #dotnetcore #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2024-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-08
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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laoo/Felix

Atari Lynx emulator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#atari-lynx #emulator

Updated: 2025-04-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 728 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nnnkkk7/snowflake-emulator

A lightweight Snowflake emulator built with Go and DuckDB for local development and testing

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#ci-cd #cicd #data-engineering #database #docker #duckdb

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-29
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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LeviChen1126/melonDS-launcher

GUI launcher for the melonDS emulator.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #gui #launcher #nds

Updated: 2025-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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paoda/zba

Game Boy Advance Emulator. Yes, I'm awful with project names.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #game-boy-advance #gameboy-advance #opengl #rtc

Updated: 2026-03-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-29
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xdanieldzd/StoicGoose

Bandai WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color emulator written in C#

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#csharp #dotnet #emulator #wonderswan

Updated: 2026-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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LakshyAAAgrawal/chip8emu

A Terminal Based Chip-8 Emulator

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip8-emulator #chip8-interpreter #emulator #hacktoberfest #retrocomputing

Updated: 2020-11-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-07
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 26 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Ryu64Emulator/Ryu64

A Nintendo 64 Emulator made in C#!

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #n64 #nintendo64

Updated: 2019-02-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-16
History: 6 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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PRO100BYTE/ProjectArcade

ProjectArcade - многофункциональная оболочка для запуска ретро игр

Stack

C# .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#computer #cpp #emulationstation #emulator #emulator-frontend #emulator-launcher

Updated: 2026-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-20
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 421 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ringtailsoftware/zig-minirv32

Zig RISC-V32 emulator with Linux and baremetal examples

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#emulator #linux #risc-v #zig

Updated: 2025-10-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-15
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 50 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Comba92/nen-emulator

NES emulator, written in Rust. High mappers compatibility, and FDS support.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #nes #nes-emulator

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-27
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 161 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

arlyon/azerust

An experimental World of Warcraft emulator in Rust

Stack

Rust Axum Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #rust #world-of-warcraft #wotlk #wow #wow-server

Updated: 2025-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-22
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 85 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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sp1187/veesem

Experimental V.Smile emulator. Project currently on hiatus due to lack of means for hardware testing.

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #spg200 #unsp #vsmile

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-01-11
History: 6 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 20 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 51 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Nabile-Rahmani/DotN64

Nintendo 64 emulator.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #emulator #n64 #nintendo-64

Updated: 2018-12-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-23
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 175 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gstanton/ProSystem1_3

ProSystem Emulator Version 1.3 by Greg Stanton

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#atari #atari-7800 #emulator #prosystem-emulator #winapi

Updated: 2022-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-17
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

JetSetIlly/test7800

Test7800 is an experimental emulator for the Atari 7800 games console

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#atari7800 #emulation #emulator #emulator-development #go #golang-application

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-08
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 456 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ichisadashioko/midp-emulator

MIDP/J2ME emulator

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #j2me #j2me-games #java #midp-platform

Updated: 2021-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-09
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 80 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0ldsk00l/smsplus

Sega Master System/Game Gear Emulator

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulator #sega-master-system #sms

Updated: 2019-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-21
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 26 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ChillyGB/ChillyGB

ChillyGB is a Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator written in C

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #cmake #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #raylib

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-06-03
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 252 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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tiehuis/zig-gameboy

A gameboy emulator in zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#emulator #zig

Updated: 2019-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-10
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rodamaral/lsnes

Occasional updates to lsnes

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#bsnes #emulator #gambatte #gameboy #mac #rerecording

Updated: 2018-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-13
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 2,191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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stardot/beebem-mac

This is the Mac port of BeebEm

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#bbc-micro #emulator

Updated: 2019-04-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-05
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 16 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 18 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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HerbieHSSO/PyN64

Nintendo 64 emulator written in python

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#emulator #n64 #nintendo64 #python

Updated: 2024-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-17
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PSP-Archive/Psx-P

PlayStation 1 emulator for PSP by yoshihiro.

Stack

GitHub topics

#emulator

Updated: 2021-01-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-16
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 2 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Azimer/Apollo64

Cross-platform N64 emulator

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulator #nintendo-64

Updated: 2024-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-27
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 28 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TheMrIron2/Monkey64

A Nintendo 64 emulator for PSP.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#emulator #n64 #psp

Updated: 2020-07-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-06
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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