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ES-DE (EmulationStation Desktop Edition) v3.0 (development version) - Android documentation
This document contains information specific to the Android release, for more general ES-DE documentation refer to the User guide.
Table of contents:
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Emulator installation and setup
In general emulation is not that mature on Android compared to other platforms, and emulator availability on the Google Play store leaves a lot to be desired. Many emulators are not there at all, or they are present but have been crippled or have not been updated for a very long time. As well many emulators simply don't integrate with a frontend application like ES-DE as they offer no way of launching games from an external application. So although it may look like emulator availability is not that bad when browsing the Play store, a lot of those emulators are unfortunately not usable in practice.
Some of the emulators that are supported by ES-DE have to be sideloaded using a manually downloaded APK. But thankfully this is not very difficult to do. The exact producedure for how to install APKs manually is not covered here but there are many resources available online on how to accomplish this.
There is also the F-Droid app store as an alternative to Google Play, and this service contains a couple of emulators that are not present on the Play store, or that are present there but haven't been updated for a very long time.
A number of emulators support the FileProvider API which makes it possible for ES-DE to temporarily provide storage access to the game ROMs on launch. This means that no access permission needs to be setup in the emulator upfront. For those emulators which do not support the FileProvider API, you will generally need to manually provide scoped storage access to each game system directory. Note that it's not supported to give access to the root of the entire ROM directory for emulators that use scoped storage, it has to be for the specific system. For instance /storage/emulated/0/ROMs/n64 rather than /storage/emulated/0/ROMs. But this is not the case for some emulators like RetroArch which may still be using an older storage access method.
The following emulators are configured for FileProvider access:
- 2600.emu
- C64.emu
- GBA.emu
- GBC.emu
- Lynx.emu
- MD.emu
- MAME4droid 2024
- MAME4droid
- NES.emu
- NGP.emu
- PCE.emu
- Play!
- Ruffle
- Saturn.emu
- Swan.emu
- Yuzu
Note that some of these emulators still require BIOS files, so not all of them will be completely free from manual configuration.
The following emulators have partial FileProvider access support but are currently not configured for that in ES-DE:
- Dolphin (the FileProvider interface is broken on Android 13 and later)
- M64Plus FZ (the FileProvider interface doesn't work reliably and game launching randomly fails when using it)
- PPSSPP (the FileProvider interface doesn't work with .chd files specifically)
RetroArch
The RetroArch release in the Play Store is not very good and is therefore not recommended. To get access to all cores make sure to instead manually download and install the 64-bit/aarch64 APK from their website:
You could alternatively install the release on the F-Droid store.
AetherSX2 / NetherSX2
Although the emulator entry is named AetherSX2 the recommended release of this emulator is actually the NetherSX2 patched version as the AetherSX2 release on the Google Play store doesn't work correctly and probably can't be used with ES-DE at all. You'll need to search for this APK online, the filename you'll want is 15210-v1.5-4248-noads.apk
If you prefer to apply the NetherSX2 patch yourself then you can find all relevant information here:
https://github.com/Trixarian/NetherSX2-patch
Citra
The version of Citra on the Google Play store is very old and barely works. Instead download either the Canary or Nightly builds from the Citra website or use the Citra MMJ fork:
https://citra-emu.org/download/
https://github.com/weihuoya/citra/releases
Dolphin
The Play store version is somehow up to date and could be used, otherwise the F-Droid store version is up to date, or you could download the latest release directly from their website:
https://dolphin-emu.org/download/
In the past there were multiple unofficial ports, but these are not really recommended any longer as most of them don't seem to have been updated in a long time and are likely to have been surpassed by the official Dolphin release.
DraStic
This emulator can be installed from the Play store as a paid app. Note that it does not support launching of zipped game files.
DuckStation
The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. This is probably the best PlayStation emulator on Android.
EKA2L1
This emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub page:
https://github.com/EKA2L1/EKA2L1/releases
There does not seem to be a way to launch individual EKA2L1 games from a frontend application on Android, instead ES-DE will simply launch the EKA2L1 user interface and you'll have to manually start your game from there.
ePSXe
This emulator can be installed from the Play store as a paid app.
EX Plus Alpha emulators
These set of emulators also known as the "Robert Broglia" emulators consist of 2600.emu, C64.emu, GBA.emu, GBC.emu, Lynx.emu, NEO.emu, NES.emu, NGP.emu, MD.emu, MSX.emu, PCE.emu, Snes9x EX+, Saturn.emu and Swan.emu
You can install them via Google Play (as paid apps) or download them from their GitHub automatic build system:
https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha/actions
There are also some BIOS files and similar that are needed to run these emulators, and which can be downloaded from here:
Fake-08
This RetroArch core is a good port of the official PICO-8 game engine which does not exist on Android. It's not shipped with RetroArch by default though so you need to manaully install it. After download you'll need to place it inside's RetroArch's downloads directory and then install it from the RetroArch app. Details on how to accomplish this can be found on the Internet. Fake-08 can be downloaded from their GitHub site:
https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08/releases
Flycast
Flycast is not available on the Play store or the F-Droid store, but it can be downloaded from their GitHub site:
https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases
FPse and FPseNG
These emulators can be installed from the Play store as a paid apps. FPseNG is the more modern version so it's probably best to go for that. As .chd files are not supported and because these emulators can't run games with dots in their directory names it's probably better to use DuckStation unless you have a good reason not to.
MAME4droid
This emulator can be installed from the Play store. It's strongly recommended to go for the MAME4droid 2024 version as this is updated with a frequent MAME release while the older MAME4droid emulator is using an ancient MAME release.
melonDS
This emulator can be installed from the Play store but it's quite buggy. Every time you add a new game to the ROM directory you need to start the emulator and manually refresh the game list or you won't be able to launch the game from ES-DE. Filenames containing parentheses also don't work and need to be renamed or they can't be launched from ES-DE. The same is probably true for a number of additional characters.
M64Plus FZ
This emulator can be installed from the Play store. The Pro version is recommended to avoid annoying ads.
Nesoid
Nesoid is not available on the Play store but it can be installed from the F-Droid store, or it can be downloaded from their GitHub site:
https://github.com/proninyaroslav/nesoid/releases
OpenBOR
Although OpenBOR is working fine on Android it's not possible to properly integrate it with a frontend, you'll instead need to install your game PAKs into the /sdcard/OpenBOR/Paks directory and create dummy .openbor files for your games in ROMs/openbor and after launching a game from ES-DE you need to manually start it from inside the OpenBOR GUI. You can download the latest APK from here:
https://github.com/DCurrent/openbor/releases
The version named OpenBOR v3.0 Build 6391 has for example been proven to work well.
Pizza Boy emulators
The Pizza Boy GBA and Pizza Boy GBC emulators can be installed from the Play store. There are Basic (free) versions and Pro (paid) versions available.
As of writing this, the Basic version of the GBA emulator does not seem to be able to launch games from ES-DE, but the Pro version is working fine. Both the Basic and Pro versions of the GBC emulator are working fine however.
Play!
This PlayStation 2 emulator can be downloaded from here:
https://www.purei.org/downloads.php
PPSSPP
The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended.
Ruffle
This emulator can be installed from the Play store.
Real3DOPlayer
This 3DO Interactive Multiplayer emulator can be downloaded from here:
http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23
Redream
Redream is available on the Play store but is as of writing this not usable on Android 13 and later due to Intent filter changes introduced by Google. An emulator update is required before Redream becomes usable again.
Vita3K
This PlayStation Vita emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub site:
https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K-Android/releases
Yuzu
The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. There's an Early Access version as well which is also recommended.
Supported game systems
All emulators are RetroArch cores unless marked as (Standalone)
The @ symbol indicates that the emulator is deprecated and will be removed in a future ES-DE release.
| System name | Full name | Default emulator | Alternative emulators | Needs BIOS | Recommended game setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3do | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | Opera | Real3DOPlayer (Standalone) | Yes | |
| adam | Coleco Adam | Placeholder | |||
| ags | Adventure Game Studio Game Engine | Placeholder | |||
| amiga | Commodore Amiga | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | |
| amiga1200 | Commodore Amiga 1200 | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | |
| amiga600 | Commodore Amiga 600 | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | |
| amigacd32 | Commodore Amiga CD32 | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | |
| amstradcpc | Amstrad CPC | Caprice32 | CrocoDS | No | Single archive or disk file |
| android | Google Android | Placeholder | |||
| apple2 | Apple II | Placeholder | |||
| apple2gs | Apple IIGS | Placeholder | |||
| arcade | Arcade | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), NEO.emu (Standalone), FinalBurn Neo, FB Alpha 2012, Flycast, Flycast (Standalone) |
Depends | |
| arcadia | Emerson Arcadia 2001 | Placeholder | |||
| archimedes | Acorn Archimedes | Placeholder | |||
| arduboy | Arduboy Miniature Game System | Arduous | No | Single archive or .hex file | |
| astrocde | Bally Astrocade | Placeholder | |||
| atari2600 | Atari 2600 | Stella | Stella 2014, 2600.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| atari5200 | Atari 5200 | a5200 | Atari800 | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| atari7800 | Atari 7800 ProSystem | ProSystem | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | |
| atari800 | Atari 800 | Atari800 | Yes | ||
| atarijaguar | Atari Jaguar | Virtual Jaguar | No | ||
| atarijaguarcd | Atari Jaguar CD | Placeholder | |||
| atarilynx | Atari Lynx | Handy | Beetle Lynx, Lynx.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| atarist | Atari ST [also STE and Falcon] | Hatari | Yes | Single archive or image file for single-diskette games, .m3u playlist for multi-diskette games | |
| atarixe | Atari XE | Atari800 | Yes | ||
| atomiswave | Sammy Corporation Atomiswave | Flycast | Flycast (Standalone) | Depends | Single archive file |
| bbcmicro | Acorn Computers BBC Micro | Placeholder | |||
| c64 | Commodore 64 | VICE x64sc Accurate | VICE x64 Fast, VICE x64 SuperCPU, VICE x128, C64.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or image file for tape, cartridge or single-diskette games, .m3u playlist for multi-diskette games |
| cdimono1 | Philips CD-i | SAME CDi | Yes | Single .bin/.cue pair | |
| cdtv | Commodore CDTV | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | |
| chailove | ChaiLove Game Engine | ChaiLove | |||
| channelf | Fairchild Channel F | FreeChaF | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | |
| coco | Tandy Color Computer | Placeholder | |||
| colecovision | Coleco ColecoVision | blueMSX | Gearcoleco, MSX.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| consolearcade | Console Arcade Systems | Placeholder | |||
| cps | Capcom Play System | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), FinalBurn Neo, FB Alpha 2012, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 |
Depends | |
| cps1 | Capcom Play System I | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), FinalBurn Neo, FB Alpha 2012, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 |
Depends | |
| cps2 | Capcom Play System II | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), FB Alpha 2012, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 |
Depends | |
| cps3 | Capcom Play System III | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), FB Alpha 2012, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 |
Depends | |
| crvision | VTech CreatiVision | Placeholder | |||
| daphne | Daphne Arcade LaserDisc Emulator | DirkSimple | No | ||
| desktop | Desktop Applications | Placeholder | |||
| doom | Doom | PrBoom | No | ||
| dos | DOS (PC) | DOSBox-Pure | DOSBox-Core, DOSBox-SVN |
No | |
| dragon32 | Dragon Data Dragon 32 | Placeholder | |||
| dreamcast | Sega Dreamcast | Flycast | Flycast (Standalone), Redream (Standalone) |
No | In separate folder interpreted as a file, with .m3u playlist if multi-disc game |
| easyrpg | EasyRPG Game Engine | EasyRPG | No | ||
| electron | Acorn Electron | Placeholder | |||
| emulators | Emulators | Placeholder | |||
| epic | Epic Games Store | Placeholder | |||
| famicom | Nintendo Family Computer | Mesen | Nestopia UE, FCEUmm, QuickNES, NES.emu (Standalone), Nesoid (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| fba | FinalBurn Alpha | FB Alpha 2012 | FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2, FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 |
Yes | |
| fbneo | FinalBurn Neo | FinalBurn Neo | Yes | ||
| fds | Nintendo Famicom Disk System | Mesen | Nestopia UE, FCEUmm, NES.emu (Standalone), Nesoid (Standalone) |
Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| flash | Adobe Flash | Ruffle (Standalone) | No | Single .swf file | |
| fm7 | Fujitsu FM-7 | Placeholder | |||
| fmtowns | Fujitsu FM Towns | Placeholder | |||
| fpinball | Future Pinball | Placeholder | |||
| gamate | Bit Corporation Gamate | Placeholder | |||
| gameandwatch | Nintendo Game and Watch | Multi (MESS) | MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), Handheld Electronic (GW) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gamecom | Tiger Electronics Game.com | Placeholder | |||
| gamegear | Sega Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, Gearsystem, SMS Plus GX, PicoDrive |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gb | Nintendo Game Boy | Gambatte | SameBoy, Gearboy, TGB Dual, DoubleCherryGB, Mesen-S, bsnes, mGBA, VBA-M, GBC.emu (Standalone), Pizza Boy GBC (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gba | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | mGBA | VBA-M, VBA Next, gpSP, GBA.emu (Standalone), Pizza Boy GBA (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gbc | Nintendo Game Boy Color | Gambatte | SameBoy, Gearboy, TGB Dual, DoubleCherryGB, Mesen-S, bsnes, mGBA, VBA-M, GBC.emu (Standalone), Pizza Boy GBC (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gc | Nintendo GameCube | Dolphin | Dolphin (Standalone) | No | Disc image file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
| genesis | Sega Genesis | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gmaster | Hartung Game Master | Placeholder | |||
| gx4000 | Amstrad GX4000 | Caprice32 | CrocoDS | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| intellivision | Mattel Electronics Intellivision | FreeIntv | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | |
| j2me | Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) | SquirrelJME | No | Single .jar file | |
| kodi | Kodi Home Theatre Software | Placeholder | |||
| laserdisc | LaserDisc Games | DirkSimple | No | ||
| lcdgames | LCD Handheld Games | Multi (MESS) | MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), Handheld Electronic (GW) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| lowresnx | LowRes NX Fantasy Console | LowRes NX | No | Single ROM file | |
| lutris | Lutris Open Gaming Platform | Placeholder | |||
| lutro | Lutro Game Engine | Lutro | |||
| macintosh | Apple Macintosh | Placeholder | |||
| mame | Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator | MAME - Current | MAME 2010, MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2000, MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone), NEO.emu (Standalone), FinalBurn Neo, FB Alpha 2012, Flycast, Flycast (Standalone) |
Depends | |
| mame-advmame | AdvanceMAME | Placeholder | |||
| mastersystem | Sega Master System | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, SMS Plus GX, Gearsystem, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| megacd | Sega Mega-CD | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| megacdjp | Sega Mega-CD [Japan] | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| megadrive | Sega Mega Drive | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| megadrivejp | Sega Mega Drive [Japan] | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| megaduck | Creatronic Mega Duck | SameDuck | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| mess | Multi Emulator Super System | MESS 2015 | |||
| model2 | Sega Model 2 | MAME - Current | Yes | ||
| model3 | Sega Model 3 | Placeholder | |||
| moto | Thomson MO/TO Series | Theodore | |||
| msx | MSX | blueMSX | fMSX, MSX.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| msx1 | MSX1 | blueMSX | fMSX, MSX.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| msx2 | MSX2 | blueMSX | fMSX, MSX.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| msxturbor | MSX Turbo R | blueMSX | fMSX, MSX.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| mugen | M.U.G.E.N Game Engine | Placeholder | |||
| multivision | Othello Multivision | Gearsystem | |||
| naomi | Sega NAOMI | Flycast | Flycast (Standalone) | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game |
| naomi2 | Sega NAOMI 2 | Flycast | Flycast (Standalone) | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game |
| naomigd | Sega NAOMI GD-ROM | Flycast | Flycast (Standalone) | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game |
| n3ds | Nintendo 3DS | Citra | Citra (Standalone) [Play store version or Nightly], Citra Canary (Standalone), Citra MMJ (Standalone) |
No | Single ROM file |
| n64 | Nintendo 64 | Mupen64Plus-Next | M64Plus FZ (Standalone), ParaLLEl N64 |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| n64dd | Nintendo 64DD | Mupen64Plus-Next | ParaLLEl N64 | Yes | |
| nds | Nintendo DS | melonDS DS | melonDS @, melonDS (Standalone), DeSmuME, DeSmuME 2015, DraStic (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| neogeo | SNK Neo Geo | FinalBurn Neo | NEO.emu (Standalone), MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone) |
Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| neogeocd | SNK Neo Geo CD | NeoCD | FinalBurn Neo | Yes | |
| neogeocdjp | SNK Neo Geo CD [Japan] | NeoCD | FinalBurn Neo | Yes | |
| nes | Nintendo Entertainment System | Mesen | Nestopia UE, FCEUmm, QuickNES, NES.emu (Standalone), Nesoid (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| ngage | Nokia N-Gage | EKA2L1 (Standalone) | Yes | See the specific Symbian and Nokia N-Gage section in the User guide | |
| ngp | SNK Neo Geo Pocket | Beetle NeoPop | RACE, NGP.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| ngpc | SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color | Beetle NeoPop | RACE, NGP.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| odyssey2 | Magnavox Odyssey 2 | O2EM | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | |
| openbor | OpenBOR Game Engine | OpenBOR (Standalone) | No | See the specific OpenBOR section in the User guide | |
| oric | Tangerine Computer Systems Oric | Placeholder | |||
| palm | Palm OS | Mu | |||
| pc | IBM PC | DOSBox-Pure | DOSBox-Core, DOSBox-SVN |
No | |
| pc88 | NEC PC-8800 Series | QUASI88 | Yes | ||
| pc98 | NEC PC-9800 Series | Neko Project II Kai | Neko Project II | ||
| pcarcade | PC Arcade Systems | Placeholder | |||
| pcengine | NEC PC Engine | Beetle PCE | Beetle PCE FAST, PCE.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| pcenginecd | NEC PC Engine CD | Beetle PCE | Beetle PCE FAST, PCE.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| pcfx | NEC PC-FX | Beetle PC-FX | Yes | ||
| pico8 | PICO-8 Fantasy Console | Fake-08 | Retro8 | No | See the specific PICO-8 section in the User guide |
| plus4 | Commodore Plus/4 | VICE xplus4 | No | Single archive or image file for tape, cartridge or single-diskette games, .m3u playlist for multi-diskette games | |
| pokemini | Nintendo Pokémon Mini | PokeMini | No | ||
| ports | Ports | ECWolf (Wolfenstein 3D) | NXEngine (Cave Story), OpenLara (Tomb Raider), Super Bros War |
Yes for ECWolf | |
| ps2 | Sony PlayStation 2 | AetherSX2 (Standalone) | Play! (Standalone) | Yes for AetherSX2 | |
| ps3 | Sony PlayStation 3 | Placeholder | |||
| ps4 | Sony PlayStation 4 | Placeholder | |||
| psp | Sony PlayStation Portable | PPSSPP | PPSSPP (Standalone) | No | Single disc image file |
| psvita | Sony PlayStation Vita | Vita3K (Standalone) | Yes | See the specific Sony PlayStation Vita section in the User guide | |
| psx | Sony PlayStation | Beetle PSX | Beetle PSX HW, PCSX ReARMed, SwanStation, DuckStation (Standalone), ePSXe (Standalone), FPseNG (Standalone), FPse (Standalone) |
Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
| pv1000 | Casio PV-1000 | Placeholder | |||
| quake | Quake | TyrQuake | vitaQuake 2, vitaQuake 2 [Rogue], vitaQuake 2 [Xatrix], vitaQuake 2 [Zaero] |
No | |
| samcoupe | MGT SAM Coupé | Placeholder | |||
| satellaview | Nintendo Satellaview | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010, Snes9x EX+ (Standalone), bsnes, bsnes-hd, bsnes-mercury Accuracy, Mesen-S |
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| saturn | Sega Saturn | Beetle Saturn | YabaSanshiro, Yabause, Saturn.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
| saturnjp | Sega Saturn [Japan] | Beetle Saturn | YabaSanshiro, Yabause, Saturn.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
| scummvm | ScummVM Game Engine | ScummVM | No | ||
| scv | Epoch Super Cassette Vision | Placeholder | |||
| sega32x | Sega Mega Drive 32X | PicoDrive | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| sega32xjp | Sega Super 32X [Japan] | PicoDrive | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| sega32xna | Sega Genesis 32X [North America] | PicoDrive | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| segacd | Sega CD | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, PicoDrive, MD.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| sfc | Nintendo SFC (Super Famicom) | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010, Snes9x EX+ (Standalone), bsnes, bsnes-hd, bsnes-mercury Accuracy, Beetle Supafaust, Mesen-S |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| sg-1000 | Sega SG-1000 | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide, Gearsystem, blueMSX |
No | |
| sgb | Nintendo Super Game Boy | Mesen-S | SameBoy, mGBA |
Single archive or ROM file | |
| snes | Nintendo SNES (Super Nintendo) | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010, Snes9x EX+ (Standalone), bsnes, bsnes-hd, bsnes-mercury Accuracy, Beetle Supafaust, Mesen-S |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| snesna | Nintendo SNES (Super Nintendo) [North America] | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010, Snes9x EX+ (Standalone), bsnes, bsnes-hd, bsnes-mercury Accuracy, Beetle Supafaust, Mesen-S |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| solarus | Solarus Game Engine | Placeholder | |||
| spectravideo | Spectravideo | blueMSX | |||
| steam | Valve Steam | Placeholder | |||
| stv | Sega Titan Video Game System | MAME - Current | MAME4droid 2024 (Standalone), MAME4droid (Standalone) |
Yes | Single archive file |
| sufami | Bandai SuFami Turbo | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010, Snes9x EX+ (Standalone), bsnes, bsnes-hd, bsnes-mercury Accuracy |
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| supergrafx | NEC SuperGrafx | Beetle SuperGrafx | Beetle PCE, PCE.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| supervision | Watara Supervision | Potator | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| supracan | Funtech Super A'Can | Placeholder | |||
| switch | Nintendo Switch | Yuzu (Standalone) | Yes | ||
| symbian | Symbian | EKA2L1 (Standalone) | Yes | See the specific Symbian and Nokia N-Gage section in the User guide | |
| tanodragon | Tano Dragon | Placeholder | |||
| tg16 | NEC TurboGrafx-16 | Beetle PCE | Beetle PCE FAST, PCE.emu (Standalone) |
No | Single archive or ROM file |
| tg-cd | NEC TurboGrafx-CD | Beetle PCE | Beetle PCE FAST, PCE.emu (Standalone) |
Yes | |
| ti99 | Texas Instruments TI-99 | Placeholder | |||
| tic80 | TIC-80 Fantasy Computer | TIC-80 | No | Single .tic file | |
| to8 | Thomson TO8 | Theodore | |||
| triforce | Namco-Sega-Nintendo Triforce | Placeholder | |||
| trs-80 | Tandy TRS-80 | Placeholder | |||
| type-x | Taito Type X | Placeholder | |||
| uzebox | Uzebox Open Source Console | Uzem | |||
| vectrex | GCE Vectrex | vecx | No | Single archive or ROM file | |
| vic20 | Commodore VIC-20 | VICE xvic | No | Single archive or tape, cartridge or diskette image file | |
| videopac | Philips Videopac G7000 | O2EM | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | |
| virtualboy | Nintendo Virtual Boy | Beetle VB | No | ||
| vpinball | Visual Pinball | Placeholder | |||
| vsmile | VTech V.Smile | Placeholder | |||
| wasm4 | WASM-4 Fantasy Console | WASM-4 | No | Single .wasm file | |
| wii | Nintendo Wii | Dolphin | Dolphin (Standalone) | No | |
| wiiu | Nintendo Wii U | Placeholder | |||
| windows | Microsoft Windows | Placeholder | |||
| windows3x | Microsoft Windows 3.x | DOSBox-Pure | No | ||
| windows9x | Microsoft Windows 9x | DOSBox-Pure | No | ||
| wonderswan | Bandai WonderSwan | Beetle Cygne | Swan.emu (Standalone) | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| wonderswancolor | Bandai WonderSwan Color | Beetle Cygne | Swan.emu (Standalone) | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| x1 | Sharp X1 | X Millennium | No | Single archive or diskette/tape file | |
| x68000 | Sharp X68000 | PX68k | Yes | ||
| xbox | Microsoft Xbox | Placeholder | |||
| xbox360 | Microsoft Xbox 360 | Placeholder | |||
| zmachine | Infocom Z-machine | Placeholder | |||
| zx81 | Sinclair ZX81 | EightyOne | |||
| zxnext | Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next | Placeholder | |||
| zxspectrum | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Fuse | No |