emulator — independent software & tools

17 independent emulator listings the big search engines bury.

• Retro-Gamer

  github · Free · by enidpenoche926

  Emulate classic game systems on ESP32 hardware using VGA output and the FabGL library.

• rom

  github · Free · by jhickner

  Play ROMs directly in your terminal.

• USP - ZX Spectrum Emulator

  fdroid · Free · by SMT, Dexus, Alone Coder, deathsoft, djdron, scor

  Unreal Speccy Portable - ZX Spectrum Emulator

• WonderDroid X

  fdroid · Free · by Yearbook Labs

  Bandai Wonderswan emulator

• Moonlight Game Streaming

  fdroid · Free · by Cameron Gutman

  Play games from your PC on Android

• TIC-80

  fdroid · Free · by Vadim Grigoruk (Nesbox)

  TIC-80 is a fantasy video game console for making, playing, and sharing games on a limited platform that mimics the 8-bit systems of the 1980s. It has built-in code, sprite, map, music, and sound effect editors, as well as a command line interface that allow users to develop and edit games within the console. The games made in TIC-80 can be exported as virtual game cartridges and bundled for different platforms. It supports programming languages including JavaScript, MoonScript, Lua, Ruby, Wren, Fennel, Squirrel and D.

• RetroArch

  fdroid · Free · by libretro

  Retro games and emulators on your device!

• SDCard StoryTeller

  fdroid · Free · by Fred Par

  Play stories in Lunii® format from the SDCard

• Lemuroid

  fdroid · Free

  All in one emulator on Android

• 8-Bit Wonders

  fdroid · Free · by Rainer Hock

  Flexible and easy to use Commodore 8-bit emulation with builtin games

• AlexGames

  fdroid · Free · by Alex Barry

  Play simple Lua games, host web games server

• Dolphin Emulator

  fdroid · Free

  Nintendo console emulator

• Mupen64Plus AE

  fdroid · Free · by mupen64plus-ae

  Mupen64Plus, Android Edition (AE) is an Android user interface for the Mupen64Plus Nintendo 64 emulator.

• Ruffle

  fdroid · Free · by Ruffle contributors

  An Android application for ruffle.rs

• J2ME Loader

  fdroid · Free · by Nikita Shakarun

  A J2ME emulator for Android.

• sim-cli

  github · Free · by annurdien

  📱 CLI tool to manage iOS and Android simulators

• docker-fex-emu

  github · Free · by supersunho

  🚀 ARM64-native FEX-Emu containers with API-driven automation, multi-distribution support, and selective build system for high-performance x86 emulation