Retro Replay Retro Gaming History, Reviews & Emulation
Handheld Emulation
Browse portable systems across Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Atari, SNK, Bandai, and other hardware families. Each card opens the canonical system branch where compatible emulators and practical guides collect automatically.
EKA2L1
Start with our EKA2L1 profile for the project overview, official sources, and setup guidance.
Handheld system hubs
Choose a system to see its dedicated emulator profiles and guides.
Emulators for Handhelds
Published emulator profiles for this branch. Open a card for setup, downloads, and sources.
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3Beans
NINTENDO 3DS EMULATOR3BeansA young low-level Nintendo 3DS emulator that runs the system software and offers software and hardware GPU rendering.Official downloads ↓Setup guide ↓ Te…
AdvanceOS
GAME BOY ADVANCE EMULATOR AdvanceOS AdvanceOS is a small, bare‑metal operating system that runs Game Boy Advance binaries by providing a GBA-like environment on Raspberry Pi hardwa…
arm_asm_emu
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR arm_asm_emu A Game Boy / Gameboy (DMG/CGB) emulator implemented in ARM assembly, focused on correctness of CPU and timing tests with a Linux-oriented, minim…
Azahar
NINTENDO 3DS EMULATOR Azahar Azahar is an open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator project with official builds for desktop platforms and Android. It is a modern continuation of work star…
Azayaka
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR Azayaka Azayaka is an open-source, cycle-accurate Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator written in C++ with features like rewind, save states, au…
Beetle GBA
GAME BOY ADVANCE EMULATOR CORE Beetle GBA Beetle GBA is a Libretro core that ports the Mednafen/VisualBoyAdvance lineage to the libretro API to run Game Boy Advance software inside…
Beetle Lynx
ATARI LYNX EMULATOR CORE Beetle Lynx Beetle Lynx is the libretro core implementing an Atari Lynx emulator (a Mednafen Lynx port, itself derived from the Handy Lynx emulator). It ru…
BGB
GAME BOY AND GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR BGB BGB — a Windows Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator and debugger with high-accuracy core, link emulation, and extensive developer/debugging …
BigPEmu
ATARI JAGUAR EMULATOR BigPEmu BigPEmu — a modern Atari Jaguar and Jaguar CD emulator by Rich Whitehouse, distributed as public binaries and additional optional Patreon features. Ju…
binjgb
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR binjgb binjgb is an open-source Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator written in C with a WebAssembly build for running in the browser. It emphasizes cycle-acc…
CAMLBOY
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR CAMLBOY CAMLBOY is an open-source Game Boy emulator written in OCaml that runs natively (SDL2) and in the browser (compiled to JS/WASM). The project focuses…
Cardputer-Game-Station-Emulators
NES EMULATOR Cardputer-Game-Station-Emulators Collection of highly optimized console emulator cores (NES, SNES, GameBoy, Master System, Genesis/Megadrive, Neo Geo Pocket, WonderSwa…
chester
GAME BOY EMULATOR chester Chester is an open-source Game Boy emulator (Game Boy and Game Boy Color compatible) written in C with minimal dependencies and an optional SDL2 front-end…
chroma
GAME BOY EMULATOR chroma Chroma is an open-source emulator that implements Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance hardware with a focus on accuracy and readable code. It is …
Citra
NINTENDO 3DS EMULATOR Citra A once-leading open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator that made stereoscopic handheld software approachable on desktop, with resolution scaling and broad con…
coffee-gb
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR coffee-gb Coffee GB is an open-source Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator implemented in Java (core) and Kotlin (UI), distributed from an official GitHub rep…
CoreBoy
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR CoreBoy CoreBoy is an open-source Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator written in C# targeting .NET Core. It provides a Windows WinForms frontend, an Avalonia…
crab
GAME BOY ADVANCE EMULATOR crab Crab is an open-source emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance written in the Crystal programming language. GB/GBC emulation in Cr…
dashboy
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR dashboy dashboy — a Game Boy emulator written in Dart with a Flutter UI. Source-only project hosted on GitHub; no binary releases are provided. The reposito…
dawngb
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR dawngb DawnGB is an open-source Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator implementation written in Go. It includes a desktop frontend, a browser (WASM) build, and…
demo-emulator
GAME BOY COLOR EMULATOR demo-emulator A compact, open-source Nintendo Game Boy emulator implemented in Go, intended as a workshop/demo project and educational reference for emulato…
DeSmuME
NINTENDO DS EMULATOR DeSmuME A once-leading open-source Nintendo DS emulator that made stereoscopic handheld software approachable on desktop, with resolution scaling and broad con…
DeSmuME-PSP
NINTENDO DS 3DS 2 EMULATOR DeSmuME-PSP A homebrew port of DeSmuME that targets the PlayStation Portable, aiming to run Nintendo DS software on PSP hardware. The port is work-in-pro…
DSHBA
GAME BOY ADVANCE EMULATOR DSHBA DSHBA is an open-source Game Boy Advance emulator written in C++ that emphasizes performance and a GPU-backed "hardware" renderer. It uses…