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Game Boy emulator written in Python



Changelog:

– Fix Pokemon game wrapper for API v2.0
– Document log_level on PyBoy constructor
– Improved documentation on hooks
– Added Pokemon Pinball game wrapper
– Fix broken RTC
– Introduce experimental RTC locking API

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GitHub - Baekalfen/PyBoy: Game Boy emulator written in Python

Game Boy emulator written in Python. Contribute to Baekalfen/PyBoy development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Exclusive Android Sony Playstation 2 emulator, from scratch, using Kotlin, C++ 20, OpenGLES, Vulkan, and Cubes

Project Progress:

• Progression: 16%
• Target for the first demo release: 2025
• Top priority: Adding the IO coprocessor timers (IOP TIMERS)

* XEMU 0.7.122 [XBOX] - https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases

* Simple64 v2024.05.1 [N64] - https://github.com/simple64/simple64/releases

* HBMAME 0.245.19 [Arcade] - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/

* WinArcadia 32.51 / DroidArcadia 2.6 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

* Qemu 8.2.4 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/

* Flycast 2.3.2 [Arcade] - https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases

* DCExel (2024-05-12) [EXL100] - http://dcexel.free.fr/telechargement/index.html

* WinArcadia 32.5 / DroidArcadia 2.53 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

* ExtraMame 24.5 [Front-end] - https://www.wintools.net/extramame/

* pfeMAME 2.30.5 [Front-end] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame/files

Lime is the Nintendo 3DS open source emulator based entirely on Citra, which it is continuing to develop.

It is written in portability and versions are actively maintained for Windows, Linux, Android and macOS.



Changelog:

– Linux: Downgraded minimum glibc version from 2.38 to 2.36
This fixes a regression introduced in 2110 where some Linux distros, such as the Steam Deck’s SteamOS, were unable to launch Lime3DS via AppImage due to the glibc version being too recent
– Android: Updated internal resolution selection interface to more closely match the desktop equivalent
The setting is now configured using a dropdown menu instead of a slider
Alongside the multiplier, the result resolution is now also displayed
– Updated log filenames:
citra-log.txt – lime3ds-log.txt
citra.txt.old.txt – lime3ds-log.old.txt

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GitHub - Lime3DS/Lime3DS: A Nintendo 3DS emulator based on Citra

A Nintendo 3DS emulator based on Citra. Contribute to Lime3DS/Lime3DS development by creating an account on GitHub.

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This is Citra with adjustments/additions that should be better than the original Citra.



Changelog:

– Android: Implement touchscreen opacity controls
– Android: Allow to adjust touchscreen buttons invididually (gperrio)
– Android: Add rotate screen toggle
– Android: Implement haptic feedback to touchscreen controls (gperrio)
– PC and Android: Backport Skip Slow Draw and Skip Texture Copy from Citra MMJ
– Android: Backport Mali GPU fixed from Citra MMJ
– PC: Disable accurate mul by default
– PC and Android: Implement Raise CPU Ticks
– PC and Android: Implement Priority Boost hack
– Android: Implement a in-game Tweaks Dialog, that applies hacks temporalily during game (much UX were improvements made by ishan09811)
– Android: Implement Oboe audio backend
– PC and Android: Improve Anaglyph logic for LCD screens (cybereality)
– PC and Android: Implement Core Downcount Hack (based on CPU Usage Limit from Citra MMJ)
–...

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Torzu is a fork of Yuzu, the most popular open source Nintendo Switch emulator in the world.
It is written in C-for portability, and the author plans to actively maintain the versions for Linux, Android, and Windows.





Changelog:

– Fixed controller UI being cut off at the bottom
– Added menu option under « About » to open to current mirror repository in browser
– Added Windows build
– Added option to optimize generated SPIR-V shaders via spirv-opt
– Added option to synchronize CPU clock to render speed limit
– Added option to launch home menu from Switch firmware
– Fixed crash when switching away from null graphics per-game
– Minor improvements and additions

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* SDLMAME 0.265 for Ubuntu - https://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/

* MEmu 9.1.3 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes

* Gopher2600 0.31.0 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/

* WinArcadia 32.41 / DroidArcadia 2.51 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

* MGalaxy 10.1 [Front-end] - https://www.mgalaxy.com/version-history/

* RomVault 3.7.1 [Rom Manager] - https://www.romvault.com/

Flycast Dojo is a fork of Flycast, a multi-platform emulator Sega Dreamcast, Naomi/2 and Atomiswave derived from Reicast, with an emphasis on netplay features and playback.

Flycast Dojo can be recovered from GitHub or as part of the Fightcade matchmaking service. Regardless of how you get it, you will always have the option of using it autonomously for P2P games using matching codes on a matchmaking Internet server, via a direct IP connection or a virtual LAN such as zeroTier or Radmin.



Changelog:

– Fix Score Transmitting (disabled by default for Fightcade)

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Releases · blueminder/flycast-dojo

A fork of Flycast, a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator. Intended for netplay and quality of life improvements for training & online tournament play - blueminder/flycas...

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Xemu is a cross-platform and open source application that emulates the hardware of the original Xbox game console, allowing users to play their Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.



This project is an active branch of the XQEMU project, which is itself based on the QEMU project which is popular and very actively maintained.

Changelog:

– . . .: Update actions to silence Node 16 warnings
– Fixed misc

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GitHub - xemu-project/xemu: Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development) - xemu-project/xemu

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It is the best Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator. Extremely accurate and faithful, he does not throw PDs that do not work on a real Game Boy by default (yet a hack can be activated).
All games work perfectly with the exception of a handle using an additional special chip in the cartridge



changelog:

– Added « MGB reality » (gameboy pocket) colorscheme and frame blend and doubler, and setting to automatically switch between DMG and MGB colorscheme and border
– Fixed a number of bugs

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Created by Shima is one of the best Saturn emulators. He was the first to emulate commercial games.



Changelog:

– Fixed persons

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Release PreviewVer · shimazzz/SEGASaturnEmulator-SSF

Contribute to shimazzz/SEGASaturnEmulator-SSF development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Created by Rich Whitehouse, BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar and Jaguar CD emulator to offer compatibility with the entire commercially available cartridge library and offers excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features.

It should be noted that at the base it was a closed source emu which was integrated into the Atari50 compilation. Without a shadow of a doubt, Jaguar's best emulator in front of Phoenix (which remains the best 3DO emulator), the VirtualJaguar, Mame and everything else.





Changelog:

Version 1.12
– New D3D12 video plugin. The shader tool has also been updated and supports generating DXIL.
– New Windows ARM64 builds. Less frequently used platform-dependent functionality may remain unimplemented on this platform.
– Added a Blitter capture feature for...

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Play is an emulator of PlayStation 2 and Namco System 2X6 (as well as the System 147/148 variants) for Windows/MacOS/iOS/Android. It is currently written in C/C plus and uses a cacheting and instruction recompilation system to achieve better performance while emulating the CPU.

The emulator can operate a set of games. The author's goal is to achieve a level of quality that will allow anyone to play their favorite PlayStation 2 game on their PC.

– Minor optimizations.
– Compatibility improvements (Fatal Frame 2/3).
– Fixed map rendering in Oneechambara games.
– Reorganized Namco System 147 arcadedefs and added some new ones.

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* Flycast Dojo 6.18 [Arcade] - https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases

* Gopher2600 0.30.1 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/

* Mark5 2.0.0 [Hitachi BML3] - http://s-sasaji.ddo.jp/bml3mk5/download.htm

* Emulicious (2024-04-30) [Multi-system] - http://emulicious.net/news/

* JGenesis 0.7.1 [Genesis/Megadrive] - https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/releases

* WinArcadia 32.4 / DroidArcadia 2.5 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendant of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.










Changelog:

Atari 2600

• Improved 6502 CPU emulation; all unofficial opcodes are now implemented
• Improve handling of the HMOVE register
• Refactor of TIA; fixes many emulation issues but still imperfect
• Implement correct 6502 reset timing

Bandai - WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color

• Minor fixes to v30mz CPU emulation
• Emulate...

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Created by DH and Hykem (and joined by a set of developers), RPCS3 is a multi-platform Playstation 3 emulator that aims to become as complete as possible. It was primarily a disassembly but now pushes performance to the point of running a certain number of commercial games, thus becoming the first PS3 emulator emulating commercial games, however it requires an extremely high-performance PC.

Indeed, you will need nothing less than a CPU type core i7 plus 4Ghz (see minimum config required on the official website), a recent nVidia GTX graphics card, high-performance DDR4/5 memory, or a recent operating system to hope to launch games in a relatively smooth mode (but be careful it depends a lot on builds and games).

Several rendered is available to you: None, OpenGL, DirectX12 (Windows 10 only) and Vulkan (which aims to eventually replace...

It is a user interface that is simple to use for mupen64plus (which it integrates), free and open source is written in C-plus.



Changelog:

– Fix parallel-rsp regression introduced in v0.5.8 (see libretro/parallel-rsp-12)
– Fix corruption when using GLideN64 and resizing the window (seet gone/GLideN64-2835)
– Fix changing save state slot always selecting slot 0 on some system configurations
– Fix changing speed factor always using 0% on some system configurations
– Add color settings for the OSD in the settings dialog
– Add 'Test Rumble' button to the options dialog in RMG-Input
– Add 'Play Game with State' to the context menu of the ROM browser
– Add '-load-state-slot' commandline option
– Update cheats and GLideN64

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* Qemu 7.2.11, 8.2.3, 9.0.0 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/

* SDLMAME 0.265 for Mac - https://ports.macports.org/port/mame/details/

* SDLMAME 0.265 for RPi - https://stickfreaks.com/mame/

* MAMEUI 0.265 - http://www.mameui.info/ or https://messui.1emulation.com/

* NegaMAME 0.265-1 - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm

* WolfMAME 0.265 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases

* PyBoy 2.0.3 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/Baekalfen/PyBoy/releases

* MAME 0.265 (Official) - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html

* Erockus 11.9 [Front-end] - http://erockus.elementfx.com/arcade.html

* Gopher2600 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/

* Hatari 2.5.0 [Atari ST] - http://download.tuxfamily.org/hatari/

* Pyboy 2.0.2 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/Baekalfen/PyBoy/releases

* WinArcadia 32.3 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

* dgVoodoo 2.82.5 [Plugin] - http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/

* JRom Manager 3.0.3 [Rom Manager] - https://github.com/optyfr/JRomManager/releases