The Week in Emulation: October 5–12, 2026

October 5–12, 2026. The week’s clearest emulator releases were a Dolphin hotfix, a substantial SameBoy update, and a new FCEUX version. Igir also expanded the way collections can be named and sorted. Across the four monitored categories, we found 166 notices; most of the console entries were successive development snapshots. The full dated log groups them below.

Console and handheld releases

Dolphin 2609a fixes the first 2609 release

Dolphin labels 2609a a hotfix for its September release. The official tag comparison shows fixes for an Android settings crash on older API levels, oversized NetPlay messages, and several lower-level stability problems. It is the numbered 2609a release; the later 2609-77 and 2609-79 notices in the log are development builds. Readers using GameCube or Wii software can check the Dolphin profile before changing versions.

SameBoy 1.0.4 balances accuracy and everyday use

The official SameBoy 1.0.4 notes add libretro virtual-file-system support, portable battery-save metadata, VGM audio logging, and improved iOS support. On the emulation side, the release corrects Super Game Boy command handling, Workboy weekday reporting, and a cartridge-detection error affecting some small ROMs. Its new scaling filter becomes the default in the Cocoa and SDL frontends. The SameBoy profile covers the emulator and its supported systems.

FCEUX 2.7.0 refreshes developer tools

FCEUX 2.7.0 is an official release, not one of the daily Git builds. The project describes stronger profiling and debugging support, FFmpeg 9 compatibility, and build-system improvements. Those changes are especially useful to people inspecting NES behavior or recording emulator output; the release notes do not claim a broad compatibility breakthrough. See the FCEUX profile for the project overview.

Arcade, PC, and collection tools

Igir 5.7.2 adds output-name tokens for DAT file names, versions, dates, and RetroNAS, and extends console tokens to MAME and FinalBurn families. These are collection-management changes, not an emulator core release. Igir has no individual emulator profile, so the official homepage and source repository are the useful destinations.

Supermodel published an automated October 9 build whose listed change updates Games.xml. It is a small arcade database change rather than a new major Model 3 milestone; the Supermodel profile remains the starting point for the emulator. FinalBurn Neo, DOSBox-X, and DOSBox Staging each had development notices this week, but the feed titles alone do not establish new stable releases.

Complete grouped dated log

These are the notices published between Monday mornings in Eastern time. Dates are notice dates; repeated daily builds are grouped under one project. A version-looking notice is not confirmation of a stable release. Project headings link to Retro Replay profiles where one exists, and verified project destinations appear alongside them. This log is a record of notices, not a recommendation to install every build.

PC — 7 notices across 3 projects

• DOSBox-X profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 10 — DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/10); Oct 08 — DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/08); Oct 05 — DOSBox-X Git (2026/10/06)
• DOSBox-Staging profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 09 — DOSBox-Staging v0.84.0-alpha-05e20; Oct 08 — DOSBox-Staging v0.84.0-alpha-0f3b9; Oct 05 — DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/10/06)
• MS-DOS Player for Win32-x64: Oct 06 — MS-DOS Player for Win32-x64 (2026/10/04)

Tools — 12 notices across 7 projects

• IV/Play: Oct 12 — IV/Play v2.8.14; Oct 05 — IV/Play v2.8.12
• shadNet: Oct 12 — shadNet (2026/10/12); Oct 11 — shadNet (2026/10/10) 64c43c6; Oct 10 — shadNet (2026/10/10); Oct 06 — shadNet (2026/10/06)
• OpenROM: Oct 10 — OpenROM v3.9.0; Oct 05 — OpenROM v3.8.0
• sidplaywx: Oct 10 — sidplaywx v0.20.1
• Goliath: Oct 09 — Goliath v0.40.1 Preview
• Igir · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 08 — Igir v5.7.2
• JoyToKey: Oct 06 — JoyToKey v7.4

Arcade — 18 notices across 8 projects

• IV/Play: Oct 12 — IV/Play v2.8.14; Oct 05 — IV/Play v2.8.12
• Kitsune: Oct 12 — Kitsune v0.1.8; Oct 11 — Kitsune v0.1.7; Oct 10 — Kitsune v0.1.6; Oct 09 — Kitsune v0.1.5; Oct 06 — Kitsune v0.1.4
• FB Neo profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — FB Neo Git (2026/10/06)
• Supermodel profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 10 — Supermodel v0.3a-20261009
• ZiNc EX: Oct 09 — ZiNc EX v1.0.0
• MAME-NES: Oct 08 — MAME-NES v2.0
• Mame NEHT: Oct 08 — Mame NEHT (2026/10/07)
• pfeMame: Oct 06 — pfeMame v3.9.2

Console — 129 notices across 51 projects

• KytyPS5 profile: Oct 12 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/12); Oct 10 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — KytyPS5 (2026/10/05)
• erings profile: Oct 12 — erings v1.0.0
• suyu: Oct 12 — suyu v14.0.1; Oct 09 — suyu v0.0.13
• NgpCraft Emulator: Oct 12 — NgpCraft Emulator v3.8.8; Oct 10 — NgpCraft Emulator v3.8.7; Oct 09 — NgpCraft Emulator v3.8.4
• KytyPlus: Oct 12 — KytyPlus v4.1
• Lazuli profile: Oct 12 — Lazuli Nightly (2026/10/12)
• Xenia Edge profile: Oct 12 — Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/12); Oct 10 — Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/09); Oct 06 — Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — Xenia Edge Git (2026/10/06)
• Genesis Plus: Oct 11 — Genesis Plus v1.0.0
• Kega Fusion profile: Oct 11 — Kega Fusion v3.64
• prosper: Oct 11 — prosper v0.2.4
• AnyPS5: Oct 11 — AnyPS5 v0.1.1
• VisualBoyAdvance-M profile: Oct 11 — VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2026/10/08)
• Xenia profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — Xenia Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — Xenia Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Xenia Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — Xenia Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — Xenia Git (2026/10/07)
• Vita3K profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — Vita3K Git (2026/10/06)
• PCSX2 profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — PCSX2 v2.9.117; Oct 10 — PCSX2 v2.9.115; Oct 09 — PCSX2 v2.9.114; Oct 08 — PCSX2 v2.9.111; Oct 06 — PCSX2 v2.9.107; Oct 05 — PCSX2 v2.9.103
• ShadPS4 profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/10) 443f022; Oct 10 — ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/10); Oct 08 — ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/07); Oct 06 — ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/06); Oct 05 — ShadPS4 Pre (2026/10/05) c34ca21
• SharpEmu profile: Oct 11 — SharpEmu Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — SharpEmu Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — SharpEmu v0.0.5-nexus-release.2; Oct 08 — SharpEmu Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — SharpEmu Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — SharpEmu Git (2026/10/06)
• SkyEmu profile: Oct 11 — SkyEmu Git (2026/10/11)
• rpcs3 profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — rpcs3 Git (2026/10/06)
• PCSX-Redux profile: Oct 11 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — PCSX-Redux Git (2026/10/06)
• Fceux profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — Fceux Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — Fceux v2.7.0; Oct 09 — Fceux Git (2026/10/09)
• PPSSPP profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/11); Oct 10 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — PPSSPP Git (2026/10/06)
• Dolphin profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 11 — Dolphin Git 2609-79; Oct 08 — Dolphin Git 2609-77; Oct 06 — Dolphin Git 2609-67; Oct 05 — Dolphin Git 2609-61
• Citron-NEO profile: Oct 11 — Citron-NEO Git (2026/10/11)
• ps5rs: Oct 10 — ps5rs v0.6.6
• AzaharPlus 2126.2-A: Oct 10 — AzaharPlus 2126.2-A
• SameBoy profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 10 — SameBoy v1.0.4
• Seta GX profile: Oct 10 — Seta GX v0.4.1
• SuperZSNES: Oct 10 — SuperZSNES v0.320
• DaedalusX64: Oct 10 — DaedalusX64 Git (2026/10/10)
• DuckStation profile: Oct 10 — DuckStation Git (2026/10/10); Oct 08 — DuckStation Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — DuckStation Git (2026/10/07)
• NxEmu profile: Oct 10 — NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-794-c32270c; Oct 09 — NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-784-f208b8d; Oct 08 — NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-781-4c0e628; Oct 06 — NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-762-e95e0f4; Oct 05 — NxEmu Dev v0.8.0-760-a2ba716
• Pureikyubu profile: Oct 10 — Pureikyubu Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Pureikyubu Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — Pureikyubu Git (2026/10/08)
• ShadPS4-QtLauncher: Oct 10 — ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/10); Oct 08 — ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — ShadPS4-QtLauncher (2026/10/05)
• Ymir profile: Oct 10 — Ymir Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Ymir Git (2026/10/09); Oct 06 — Ymir Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — Ymir Git (2026/10/06)
• Azahar profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 10 — Azahar Git (2026/10/10); Oct 09 — Azahar Git (2026/10/09); Oct 08 — Azahar Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — Azahar Git (2026/10/07)
• EMU Collection: Oct 09 — EMU Collection v4.12
• Nextendo: Oct 09 — Nextendo v1.8.14; Oct 06 — Nextendo v1.8.13
• Mupen64-RR Lua profile: Oct 09 — Mupen64-RR Lua v1.5.0-5
• Nemulator: Oct 09 — Nemulator v6.1
• PS5PCEM: Oct 09 — PS5PCEM v0.3.4
• Dolphin 2609a: Oct 08 — Dolphin 2609a
• mGBA profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 08 — mGBA Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — mGBA Git (2026/10/07); Oct 05 — mGBA Git (2026/10/06)
• MesenCE profile: Oct 08 — MesenCE Git (2026/10/08); Oct 06 — MesenCE Git (2026/10/07)
• Flycast profile · official release · homepage · source code: Oct 08 — Flycast Git (2026/10/08)
• PyBoy profile: Oct 08 — PyBoy v2.8.1
• Ruzu: Oct 08 — Ruzu v0.1.1-rc5
• BizHawk profile: Oct 06 — BizHawk Git (2026/10/07)
• VirtuaNES Plus: Oct 06 — VirtuaNES Plus (2026/10/05)
• xemu Chihiro Playtest #2: Oct 06 — xemu Chihiro Playtest #2
• aPS3e: Oct 05 — aPS3e v2.43

Check each project’s own release notes and compatibility guidance before installing a development build.