The Week in Emulation: October 26 to November 2, 2026

October 26 to November 2, 2026. A PlayStation 4 trophy that refuses to unlock is a small but infuriating way to end a game. This week’s shadPS4 release addresses that bug alongside changes to video, input, and system libraries. Azahar has a substantial new 3DS alpha for testers, while three Gear emulators refine play on high refresh rate displays. Across the four monitored categories, we found 183 notices across 68 projects. Most of the console entries were successive development builds, grouped by project in the dated log below.

PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS

shadPS4 0.21.0 fixes trophies, game hangs, and more

shadPS4 0.21.0 is a numbered release, not one of the daily prerelease builds surrounding it. Its notes include a fix for platinum trophies that never unlocked and a disconnected-microphone stub intended to get some affected games past hangs. There is also work on add-on content, controller input, video decoding, and the Vulkan renderer. Those are targeted repairs, not a promise that every PlayStation 4 game now runs correctly.

Mac users get several Rosetta 2 workarounds for translated CPU instructions, while the project also corrects filesystem and memory-management behavior. The shadPS4 profile has the broader project overview, and the source repository carries the full change history.

Azahar 2127.0 Alpha 4 gives handheld players more controls

A 3DS game asking for text input can be awkward on a handheld PC with a controller and no handy keyboard. Azahar 2127.0 Alpha 4 adds an optional on-screen software keyboard for desktop emulation. Android users gain per-application settings, opened by long-pressing a game in the list, and the team reports reduced audio, frame, and input latency in some cases. Its measured performance gain on one Mali device is a project result, not a forecast for every phone.

The release page explicitly labels Alpha 4 as unstable test software. Players who want the current stable branch should use the project’s stable downloads instead. See the Azahar profile and official source for the project context.

Three Gear releases tackle display timing

On a modern high refresh rate monitor, an old handheld game should not sound as if the emulator is forever catching up with the screen. Gearsystem 3.9.24, Gearcoleco 1.7.6, and Gearboy 3.8.20 are confirmed numbered releases from the same developer. Their notes emphasize improved VSync pacing or audio synchronization on high refresh rate displays. Gearcoleco also improves OpenGL rendering and video recording; Gearsystem and Gearboy remember the last folder used in file dialogs.

The changes are modest, but they address the ordinary experience of starting a game, opening another file, and listening through a long session. Each project has its own Gearsystem, Gearcoleco, or Gearboy profile and release log.

Other releases and the development stream

VirtualC64 6.2 reached a stable release after its beta. The final notes call out a Commodore file-system bug, drive idle behavior, and several drive-related tests. That is welcome maintenance for anyone waiting at a disk prompt rather than a claim of a new C64 feature. The source repository has the full project record.

Supermodel and FinalBurn Neo continued issuing arcade builds, while DOSBox Staging and DOSBox-X supplied PC snapshots. The console feed was again dominated by repeated development builds for the same projects. PCSX2’s 2.9.x notices are nightly development builds, and entries labeled ShadPS4 Pre are prereleases. We have kept those notices in the log without presenting them as additional stable launches.

Complete grouped dated log

These notices were published between Monday mornings in Eastern time. Dates below are notice dates. Repeated builds sit under one project, and a version-looking notice alone does not establish a stable release. Project names link to Retro Replay profiles where one exists, with verified official release, homepage, and source-code destinations alongside them where available.

PC: 6 notices across 4 projects

• DOSBox-Staging profile | official release or builds | homepage | source code: Nov 2: DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/11/02); Oct 28: DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/10/27)
• Wine: Oct 30: Wine v11.21
• DOSBox Wii: Oct 29: DOSBox Wii v2.0
• DOSBox-X profile | official release or builds | homepage | source code: Oct 27: DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/27)

Tools: 8 notices across 3 projects

• shadNet: Oct 31: shadNet (2026/10/31); Oct 30: shadNet (2026/10/29); Oct 29: shadNet (2026/10/28); Oct 27: shadNet (2026/10/25)
• OpenROM: Oct 31: OpenROM v3.9.5
• PadForge: Oct 29: PadForge v5.2.2; Oct 28: PadForge v5.2.0; Oct 27: PadForge v5.1.0

Arcade: 20 notices across 7 projects

• ARCADE: Nov 2: ARCADE v0.289.5
• FB Neo profile | official release or builds | source code: Nov 2: FB Neo Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: FB Neo Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: FB Neo Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: FB Neo Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: FB Neo Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: FB Neo Git (2026/10/27)
• Model 3-Vulkan: Oct 31: Model 3-Vulkan v0.9.8.6a; Oct 30: Model 3-Vulkan v0.9.8.6; Oct 29: Model 3-Vulkan v0.9.8.3b; Oct 28: Model 3-Vulkan v0.9.8.3a
• FB Neo SDL2 + ImGui: Oct 30: FB Neo SDL2 + ImGui (2026/10/29)
• Supermodel profile | official release or builds | source code: Oct 30: Supermodel v0.3a-20261029; Oct 29: Supermodel v0.3a-20261028; Oct 27: Supermodel v0.3a-20261025
• Supermode Sinden profile: Oct 30: Supermode Sinden v0.3a-036af1c; Oct 28: Supermode Sinden v0.3a-11726c4; Oct 27: Supermode Sinden v0.3a-1481545
• Supermodel Dojo: Oct 30: Supermodel Dojo (2026/10/29); Oct 27: Supermodel Dojo (2026/10/24)

Console: 149 notices across 54 projects

• SuperSnes9x profile: Nov 2: SuperSnes9x v1.63.32; Oct 27: SuperSnes9x Nightly (2026/10/26)
• Coffee GB profile: Nov 2: Coffee GB v2.1.8
• Ymir profile: Nov 2: Ymir Git (2026/11/02); Oct 27: Ymir Git (2026/10/27)
• Vita3K profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: Vita3K Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: Vita3K Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Vita3K Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: Vita3K Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: Vita3K Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: Vita3K Git (2026/10/27)
• ShadPS4 profile | official release or builds | source code: Nov 2: ShadPS4 Pre (2026/11/02); Oct 31: ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/31); Oct 30: ShadPS4 v0.21.0; Oct 29: ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/28) 0614ce3; Oct 28: ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/28); Oct 27: ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/26)
• SharpEmu profile: Nov 2: SharpEmu Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: SharpEmu v0.0.7-pulse; Oct 30: SharpEmu Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: SharpEmu Git (2026/10/29); Oct 27: SharpEmu Git (2026/10/27)
• rpcs3 profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: rpcs3 Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: rpcs3 Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: rpcs3 Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: rpcs3 Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: rpcs3 Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: rpcs3 Git (2026/10/27)
• PCSX2 profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: PCSX2 v2.9.152; Oct 31: PCSX2 v2.9.151; Oct 30: PCSX2 v2.9.150; Oct 29: PCSX2 v2.9.148; Oct 28: PCSX2 v2.9.147; Oct 27: PCSX2 v2.9.146
• PCSX-Redux profile: Nov 2: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/27)
• Project64 profile: Nov 2: Project64 Git (2026/11/02)
• NxEmu profile: Nov 2: NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-929-b3b1c9da; Oct 31: NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-922-77e0e877; Oct 30: NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-912-01d2f8c7; Oct 27: NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-895-db36580c
• mGBA profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: mGBA Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: mGBA Git (2026/11/01); Oct 29: mGBA Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: mGBA Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: mGBA Git (2026/10/27)
• Fceux profile: Nov 2: Fceux Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: Fceux Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Fceux Git (2026/10/31); Oct 28: Fceux Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: Fceux Git (2026/10/27)
• DuckStation profile: Nov 2: DuckStation Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: DuckStation Git (2026/11/01); Oct 29: DuckStation Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: DuckStation Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: DuckStation v0.1-12083; Oct 27: DuckStation Git (2026/10/27)
• Dolphin profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: Dolphin Git 2609-166; Oct 31: Dolphin Git 2609-156; Oct 27: Dolphin Git 2609-127
• PPSSPP profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Nov 2: PPSSPP Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: PPSSPP Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: PPSSPP Git (2026/10/31); Oct 29: PPSSPP Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: PPSSPP Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: PPSSPP Git (2026/10/27)
• CosmoU: Nov 2: CosmoU v0.13.1; Oct 31: CosmoU v0.13.0; Oct 30: CosmoU v0.11.3; Oct 28: CosmoU v0.11.2; Oct 27: CosmoU v0.11.1
• ZeraPS5: Nov 2: ZeraPS5 v0.1.0 (build 705); Oct 30: ZeraPS5 v0.1.0 (build 571)
• RustPS5Emu: Nov 2: RustPS5Emu v0.1.4-alpha; Oct 30: RustPS5Emu v0.1.3-alpha
• Azahar profile | official release or builds | source code: Nov 2: Azahar 2127.0 Alpha 4; Oct 31: Azahar Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Azahar Git (2026/10/30); Oct 29: Azahar Git (2026/10/29); Oct 27: Azahar Git (2026/10/27)
• Zaxnes: Nov 2: Zaxnes v0.4.2; Oct 31: Zaxnes v0.4.0; Oct 27: Zaxnes v0.3.0
• Eglantine nx2: Nov 2: Eglantine nx2 build 129; Oct 31: Eglantine nx2 build 91; Oct 30: Eglantine nx2 build 60
• Xenia Edge profile: Nov 2: Xenia Edge Git (2026/11/02); Oct 31: Xenia Edge Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/31); Oct 30: Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/30); Oct 29: Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/29); Oct 28: Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/27)
• NeXium: Oct 31: NeXium (2026/10/31); Oct 27: NeXium (2026/10/24)
• VirtualC64 | official release or builds | source code: Oct 31: VirtualC64 v6.2
• KytyPS5 profile: Oct 31: KytyPS5 (2026/10/31); Oct 30: KytyPS5 (2026/10/30); Oct 29: KytyPS5 (2026/10/29); Oct 28: KytyPS5 (2026/10/28); Oct 27: KytyPS5 (2026/10/27)
• plumsg: Oct 31: plumsg v0.1.0-beta.9; Oct 30: plumsg v0.1.0-beta.8; Oct 28: plumsg v0.1.0-beta.7; Oct 27: plumsg v0.1.0-beta.5
• x360ce: Oct 31: x360ce v4.28.16.0; Oct 27: x360ce v4.27.53.0
• Xenia profile | official release | homepage or notes | source code: Oct 31: Xenia Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Xenia Git (2026/10/31); Oct 28: Xenia Git (2026/10/28); Oct 27: Xenia Git (2026/10/27)
• ShadPS4-QtLauncher: Oct 31: ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/31); Oct 27: ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/26)
• Hades profile: Oct 31: Hades Git (2026/11/01); Oct 30: Hades Git (2026/10/31)
• melonRA: Oct 30: melonRA v0.4.0
• Eden NX2: Oct 30: Eden NX2 (2026/10/29)
• PS5PCEM: Oct 30: PS5PCEM v0.3.6
• NgpCraft Emulator: Oct 30: NgpCraft Emulator v3.13
• GearSystem profile | official release or builds | source code: Oct 30: GearSystem v3.9.24; Oct 27: GearSystem v3.9.23
• Gearcoleco profile | official release or builds | source code: Oct 30: Gearcoleco v1.7.6
• Gearboy profile | official release or builds | source code: Oct 30: Gearboy v3.8.20; Oct 27: Gearboy v3.8.19
• CEMU Graphic Packs: Oct 30: CEMU Graphic Packs v990
• BizHawk profile: Oct 30: BizHawk Git (2026/10/30); Oct 27: BizHawk Git (2026/10/27)
• KytyPlus: Oct 30: KytyPlus v5.7; Oct 29: KytyPlus v5.6; Oct 28: KytyPlus v5.4; Oct 27: KytyPlus v5.1
• Genesis Plus EX: Oct 30: Genesis Plus EX v3.0.3; Oct 28: Genesis Plus EX v3.0.0
• Kega Fusion EX: Oct 29: Kega Fusion EX v3.64
• RMG-K: Oct 29: RMG-K v0.9.15
• Nextendo: Oct 29: Nextendo v1.10.2
• Ruzu: Oct 28: Ruzu v0.1.1-rc8
• melonDS profile: Oct 28: melonDS Git (2026/10/28)
• Hollycast: Oct 27: Hollycast v1.0
• Mupen64-RR Lua profile: Oct 27: Mupen64-RR Lua v1.5.0-8
• erings profile: Oct 27: erings v1.1.0
• vitaslop: Oct 27: vitaslop v0.2.0
• NitroGrafx: Oct 27: NitroGrafx v0.9.1
• DreamPotato: Oct 27: DreamPotato v1.0.0
• VisualBoyAdvance-M profile: Oct 27: VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/26)