Mednafen (handy)
My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' Excellent Name is an open-source, multi-system emulator, driven from the command-line, OpenGL and SDL. Its Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Virtual Boy, and NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) original cores are recognized for their high quality, compatibility and accuracy.
There are several front-ends available, if you don't know how to execute via command-line:
MedGui Reborn
(Windows)
MedLaunch
(Windows)
Mednaffe
(Multi-platform)
For CRT screens, you can try emu4crt since this mod is intended for +/- 15kHz TVs or arcade monitors. Check it out here!
Last Stable Release:
1.24.1
Dated:
18-03-2020
Windows: 7+ (64-bit is recommended; for better performance and functionality)
Linux: Please follow their instructions on provided homepage to build from source.
MAME
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator is a free and open source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems. The aim of MAME is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines; the ability to actually play the games is considered "a nice side effect". The emulator now supports over seven thousand unique games and ten thousand actual ROM image sets, though not all of the supported games are playable. It worth mentioning that MESS was integrated upstream into MAME in the past.
Last Stable Release:
0.220
Dated:
06-04-2020
Windows: Vista SP1+
Linux: Nothing reported
MacOS: 10.9+
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CPU: Intel Core series CPU or equivalent 2.0 GHz+
GPU: modern card with Direct3D 9.0c+ / OpenGL
RAM: 4GB+
Support files:
MAMEUI Category inifiles - 0.220
Offers to sort games by category, year of release, version of MAME, etc.
Simply place them in the "folders" location of MAMEUI.
File maintained by MASH containing all the information from "mametesters.com". It gives information about the status of games in MAME-Arcade (i.e. development, bugs, improvements).
Access all trivia, facts, tips and other information for the games and machines
x64 GUI version of MAME on the Windows platform.
Snapshot pack - Update (requires original before updating)
Source Code file
Icon Pack file
WolfMAME - 0.220
File (.7z) / Source Code (zip) / Source Code (gz)
Used to prevent cheating (.inp) and important for establishing records