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Best Emulator for every System
General means, the best in general. Nothing gets better than this. The other rows shows alternatives for RetroArch and/or Android.
For Android, it is always highly recommended to either get the App from F-Droid or the Github of the Project, _not_ Google Play Store. You don't cut a steak with a plastic spoon
PC
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| DOS | DOSBOX-staging | DOSBox Pure | RetroArch | Yes |
| Windows 3.x | DOSBOX-staging | - | - | Yes |
| Windows 9x | 86Box | - | - | Yes |
SEGA
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| SG-1000 | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| Mark3/MasterSystem | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| MegaDrive | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameGear | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| MegaCD | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| 32X | PicoDrive | PicoDrive | RetroArch | Yes |
| Saturn | Mednafen | Beetle Saturn | RetroArch | Yes |
| Dreamcast | Flycast | Flycast | RetroArch | Yes |
Bandai
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| WonderSwan | Mednafen | Beetle Cygne | RetroArch | Yes |
| WonderSwan Color | Mednafen | Beetle Cygne | RetroArch | Yes |
Nintendo
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| FC | Mesen1 | Mesen1 | RetroArch | Yes |
| SFC | bsnes-jg | bsnes-jg | RetroArch | Yes |
| N64 | Ares | Mupen64Plus-Next (LLE Angrylion) | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameCube | Dolphin | Dolphin | Dolphin | Yes |
| GameBoy | SameBoy | SameBoy | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameBoy Color | SameBoy | SameBoy | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameBoy Advance | mGBA | mGBA | RetroArch | Yes |
NEC
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| PC Engine | Mednafen | Beetle PCE | RetroArch | Yes |
| PC-FX | Mednafen | Beetle PCFX | RetroArch | Yes |
Sony
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| PS1 | Mednafen | Beetle PSX | RetroArch | Yes |
| PS2 | PCSX2 | - | NetherSX2-patch | Yes |
