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MesenCE Git (3026/05/18) has been released, enhancing the multi-system emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS, which supports platforms like NES, SNES, Game Boy, and more. MesenCE is a community-managed fork of Mesen2 aimed at future development. Key updates include: SNES status shift register improvements, Lua debugger path fixes, GBA Flash enhancements, and updates to workflows and tests. For more details and to download, visit the source. MesenCE Git (3026/05/18) has …

mGBA Git (2026/05/18) is an advanced emulator for Game Boy Advance games, designed for speed and accuracy while incorporating unique features. Key attributes include support for Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware, local link cable functionality, save type detection, and compatibility with cartridges featuring motion sensors and rumble. It also supports real-time clocks, solar sensors for Boktai games, and various media formats for recording. Notable functionalities include adjustable frameskip, …

GearSystem Git (2026/05/18) is a Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator written in C++ that supports iOS, Raspberry Pi, Mac, Windows, and Linux. Emphasizing source code readability, it offers a highly accurate Z80 core, multi-mapper support, external RAM with save files, and automatic region detection (NTSC-JAP, NTSC-USA, PAL-EUR). Additional features include SMS2 mode support, an internal database for ROM detection, sound emulation via SDL Audio and Sms_Snd_Emu, an integrated disassembler, and …

Gearcoleco Git (2026/05/18) is a cross-platform, open-source ColecoVision emulator written in C++. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Raspberry Pi, and RetroArch. Features include an accurate Z80 core and TMS9918 emulation, SDL Audio sound, save states, and compressed ROM support. It runs on various platforms, including iOS, Android, and multiple gaming consoles. The emulator includes a full debugger with capabilities like CPU breakpoints and memory access inspection. Additionally, users can …

Gearboy Git (2026/05/18) is a Nintendo Game Boy emulator developed in C++, emphasizing readable source code while maintaining good compatibility. It features precise CPU emulation, accurate instruction and timing for various memory types, and a faithful LCD controller simulation. Additional functionalities include sound emulation, Game Boy Color support, an integrated disassembler, save state capabilities, and cheats via Game Genie/GameShark. Gearboy runs on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, Mac, Raspberry …

FB Neo Git (2026/05/18) is an updated emulator for arcade games and select consoles, derived from FinalBurn and older MAME versions. Recent changes include fixing typos in game titles like “Wolfenstein” and adjustments to several files such as d_nes, d_ngp, and d_sms. Notable updates involve enhancements to the Neo Geo game Samurai Shodown II and improvements to the HiscoreReset function. Users can download the latest version from the specified source. …

DuckStation Git (2026/05/18) is a Sony PlayStation emulator prioritizing playability, speed, and long-term support. It aims for accurate performance on low-end devices, with the default settings accommodating most playable games. Features include a CPU recompiler/JIT, multiple rendering options, upscale and texture filtering, PGXP for enhanced precision, fast boot, and save state support. It supports various file formats, including bin/cue and unencrypted PBP. The update includes fixes for the GameDB, improved …

DOSBox-X Git (2026/05/18) is a compilation of DOSBox-X, a branch of DOSBox that emulates Intel x86 PCs, enabling the play of old MS-DOS games on modern systems. The latest changelog includes fixes related to floppy controller behavior, ensuring compatibility with OS/2 1.03 and Windows 95. Notable changes involve correcting floppy command responses, initializing drive parameter tables, and addressing issues causing crashes in protected-mode games. Additionally, missing debugger commands were added, …

DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/05/18) is an updated version aimed at modernizing the DOSBox project through contemporary development practices. Key changes include enhancements for compatibility with current systems, resolution of various issues, and inclusion of new features. Notable updates involve versioning to 0.84.0-alpha, improved build configurations, suppression of warnings during library compilations, and adjustments to support C++23. Documentation updates clarify issues such as game compatibility and storage formats. Reversions of outdated workarounds …

PPSSPP Git (2026/05/18) is a fast and portable emulator for PSP available on Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux, developed in C++. Recent updates include merging multiple pull requests, such as enhancing standard container functions, adding a simple cheat database download feature, and improving translation support. The rendering system has been optimized by unifying Y-flipping states across backends and adjusting the pre-rotation handling in vertex shaders. The latest version can be …

Yaba Sanshiro v1.20.10 has been released, featuring uoYabause, an unofficial port of the Yabause SEGA Saturn Emulator. This project is specifically concentrated on enhancing the Android version of Yabause, utilizing OpenGL ES 3.x for improved performance and graphics. Yaba Sanshiro v1.20.10 has been released. uoYabause is an unofficial port of the Yabause SEGA Saturn Emulator. This project emphasizes the Android version of Yabause, utilizing OpenGL ES 3.x.…More

RetroBat v8.1.0 has been released, offering a user-friendly set of Batch and Powershell scripts to easily configure and launch EmulationStation on Windows. This frontend gathers ROMs and runs games via compatible emulators like RetroArch. RetroBat is designed for Portable Mode, working from various storage devices. Key features include a customizable interface with animated themes, media scraping for game collections, support for over 150 systems, content downloading, and deep integration of …

Ludo v0.22.5 has been released, continuing development as a libretro frontend in Go, compatible with OSX, Linux, Linux ARM, and Windows. The update includes a migration to mholt/archives, attempts for macos-26-intel support, and improved Japanese and Korean text rendering, all contributed by @kivutar. Ludo is built around the libretro API, which is designed primarily for games and emulators. For more details and to download the latest version, visit the provided …

Mupen64-RR Lua v1.4.0-beta-b590d23b has been released, focusing on enhancements for Tool-Assisted movies. This beta version includes performance improvements, such as offloading encoding tasks and optimizing the message loop. New features consist of a confirmation dialog for unsaved settings, a universal combiner for TASVideo, and better A/V sync for VFWEncoder. Lua updates include new API functions and native resizing support. Bug fixes address issues like choppy frame pacing, incorrect texture conversions, …

MesenCE Git (3026/05/17) has been released, enhancing the multi-system emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS, which supports various platforms like NES, SNES, and Game Boy. This community-managed fork of Mesen2 aims to sustain and expand the emulator’s capabilities. Key updates include improvements in GBA serial timings, initial support for Pocket Challenge V2 on WonderSwan, new menu options for Game Boy regions, and modifications to NES OAM decay timing. The user …

Igir v5.0.2 has been released, a zero-setup ROM collection manager that efficiently sorts, filters, extracts, archives, patches, and reports on collections across any OS. Key updates include fixing console output tokens, enhancing documentation for muOS, adding a new {crossmix} output token, and renaming the JELOS token to ROCKNIX. The update also features numerous dependency updates, major source file reorganization, and improvements to GitHub Actions. Notably, Node.js was updated to versions …

Nexen v1.4.43 has been released, enhancing the multi-system emulator that supports NES, SNES, GB, GBA, PCE, SMS/GG, and WS. Key features include a comprehensive TAS editor with undo/redo and greenzone support, an infinite save state system with a visual picker, and a ZIP-based movie format allowing multi-format import/export. It also supports 🌼 Pansy metadata export for integration with the Flower Toolchain disassembly pipeline. Furthermore, active development is underway for Sega …

Xenia Edge Git (2026/05/17) has been released as an experimental fork of the Xenia emulator, focusing on rapid iterations and enhancements, particularly for the Vulkan backend and Linux platform. While it primarily targets Linux, Windows support remains intact and will also benefit from the updates. The changelog highlights changes like default-initializing ClientSlot instead of using memset on std::mutex, and fixing dangling argv pointers in the POSIX relaunch. For more details, …

Xenia Git, compiled on May 17, 2026, is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360. Currently, it does not support game execution but is a work in progress aimed at emulating the Xbox 360 system. Xenia Git (2026/05/17) has been compiled. Xenia is a project aimed at creating an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360. Currently, it does not support game execution (yet).…More

Vita3K Git (2026/05/17) is a newly compiled experimental emulator for PlayStation Vita, compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. Currently, it can run some homebrew programs in .vpk format, but no commercial games are playable. Recent updates include a fix for string/path/QString conversion issues with non-ASCII strings on older Windows systems. For more details, source information is available. Sure! Here’s a rewritten version with the HTML tags kept intact: Vita3K Git …

ShadPS4 Pre, released on May 16, 2026, is an early PlayStation 4 emulator designed for Windows and Linux platforms. Developed in C++, it aims to allow users to play PS4 games on their computers. ShadPS4 Pre (2026/05/16) has been launched. It’s an early PS4 emulator available for Windows and Linux, developed in C++. …More

RPCS3 Git (2026/05/17) is an open-source PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger for Windows and Linux, developed since 2011. It supports DirectX 12, Vulkan, and OpenGL renderers, allowing it to boot and play many commercial games and PS3 SDK samples. Ongoing contributions are continuously enhancing its capabilities. Recent updates include improvements to SPU LLVM and visual enhancements for Windows 11 themes. The latest version can be downloaded in x64 format. rpcs3 …

PCSX2 v2.7.351 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PS2 emulator that allows users to play PlayStation 2 games on their PCs. This version includes updates such as a base translation update in Qt, Linux PCAP capability warnings, and various fixes and improvements in graphics and performance. Key changes involve resolving GPU copy behaviors, updating dependencies like Qt to 6.11.1 and ImGui to v1.92.8, and tracking shader compile metrics. …

Play! Git (2026/05/17) is an emulator for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) designed for Windows and developed in C/C++. It utilizes an instruction caching/recompilation scheme to enhance CPU emulation performance. Recent updates include merging a pull request to add an idle skip patch for the game “After… – Wasure Enu Kizuna.” The latest version is available for download in x64 format, with the source code accessible online. Sure! Here’s the rewritten …

GearSystem Git (2026/05/17) is an open-source Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator developed in C++ that supports multiple platforms including iOS, Raspberry Pi, Mac, Windows, and Linux. It emphasizes code readability and boasts high compatibility features such as an accurate Z80 core, multi-mapper support for various cartridge types, external RAM support, and automatic region detection. Additional features include sound emulation with SDL Audio, an integrated disassembler, and ZIP-compressed ROM support. Recent …