Emulators |
System | Emulator | Version | Platforms | License | Homepage | Comments |
Atari 2600 (see the features comparison chart) |
Stella | 1.1 | DOS, WIN, UNIX, et al | Freeware | Homepage | Available for many platforms; portable |
PCAE | 2.1 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | Fastest emulator; good color reproduction |
z26 | 1.25 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | Fast DOS-based emulator |
Intellivision |
Preview Release Volume 1 | 1.1.1 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | The only currently available Intellivision emulator; includes legal ROM images; preview release of commercial version |
Preview Release Volume 2 | 1.0 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | A second preview release; includes different ROM images |
Intellivision Lives | | DOS | Commercial ($29.95) | Homepage | Includes many ROMs |
Commodore 64 |
PC64 | 1.20 | DOS | Freeware (formerly shareware) | Download | No longer updated |
PC64Win | 2.14 | Windows | Freeware (formerly shareware) | Download | Best Windows-based emulator for games; no longer updated |
Frodo | 4.1 | DOS, WIN, UNIX, Amiga, et al | Freeware | Homepage | Available for many platforms |
VICE | 0.16.1 | DOS, WIN, UNIX, Amiga, et al | Freeware | Homepage | Emulates multiple Commodore systems; available for many platforms |
NES |
Nesticle | 0.43 | DOS | Freeware | Download | By far the best NES emulator |
Nofrendo | 0.58 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | Graphics are less stable than NESticle, and there is no GUI |
fwNes | 0.30 | DOS, Linux | Freeware | Homepage | Again, graphics are a little less stable than NESticle |
WinNES | 0.0.4 | Windows | Freeware | Homepage | The only freeware NES emulator for Windows that supports windowed-mode. Still in early stages. |
Gameboy |
Virtual Gameboy | 0.8.8 (DOS), 0.7.12 (Win) | DOS, WIN, WIN CE, et al | Shareware | Homepage | |
Gameboy 97 | Build 2.937 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | |
GBE | 0.30 | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | |
Super Nintendo |
Snes9x | 1.16a | DOS, WIN, Amiga, Linux | Freeware | Homepage | |
Zsnes | 0.800a | DOS | Freeware | Homepage | |