The Best 29 EmulationStation Alternatives

  • RetroArch icon

    RetroArch

    What is RetroArch? RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable. It has features few other emulators frontends have, such as real-time rewinding and game-aware shading.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone iPad Web Blackberry

    Modular System Interface Feature Multi System Emulator
  • Mame icon

    Mame

    MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux AmigaOS MorphOS

  • OpenEmu icon

    OpenEmu

    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

    Multi System Emulator Access the AppStore
  • Lakka icon

    Lakka

    Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Raspberry Pi Cubieboard Odroid

  • MESS icon

    MESS

    MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular system.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • HyperSpin icon

    HyperSpin

    HyperSpin is an animated arcade frontend for Windows for use on Home Arcade Machines. HyperSpin allows you to create custom menu systems to run most executables with that arcade look and feel.

    Free Windows

  • WinDS PRO icon

    WinDS PRO

    winds pro contains the best emulators for the consoles gameboy advance and nintendo ds for pc. it contains the latest version of the emulator ideas, desmume, the complements of http://alternativein .

    Free Windows

    Skinnable Multi System Emulator
  • DroidEmu icon

    DroidEmu

    DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full...

    Freemium Android

  • recalboxOS icon

    recalboxOS

    recalboxOS is a light embedded system created to run on the raspberryPi , on the raspberryPI 2 and on PC x86 / x64. You can transform your rpi in an emulation platform, supporting up to 16 systems !.

    Free Open Source Linux Raspberry Pi Odroid Raspbian

  • RetroX icon

    RetroX

    RetroX is an Android application that will help you organize and play your own Retro Games with the less possible effort. Put your collection in your device and RetroX...

    Freemium Android

  • GameEx icon

    GameEx

    GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, GameBase, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based game emulators, along with being a complete Home Theatre...

    Freemium Windows

  • BizHawk icon

    BizHawk

    BizHawk is a multi-system emulator designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS). BizHawk focuses on core accuracy and power user tools...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • John GBC icon

    John GBC

    John GBC is GB/GBC emulator for android 2.3+. This app does not work without your own game files. Please try John GBC lite before purchasing. John GBC can take over...

    Freemium Android Android Tablet

  • RetroFE icon

    RetroFE

    A frontend for arcade cabinets and media PCs. Runs on Windows and Linux to help you to navigate through your collection of games or apps.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • Matsu icon

    Matsu

    Matsu is a free and ad-supported emulator for Android supporting multiple videogame systems from SNES to PSX and featuring save states, fast forward and rewind. ...

    Freemium Android Android Tablet