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3DO 2
FreeDO Read the tutorial
3DS 3
Azahar Read the tutorial
Acorn Archimedes 2
Arculator Read the tutorial
Acorn Electron 2
b-em Read the tutorial
Adam 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Adventure vision 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Amiga 3
PUAE Read the tutorial
Amiga CDTV 3
PUAE Read the tutorial
AmigaCD32 3
PUAE Read the tutorial
Amstrad CPC 2
Caprice32 Read the tutorial
Amstrad GX4000 1
JavaCPC Desktop v3.0.2 Read the tutorial
Apple II GS 3
GSplus Read the tutorial
AppleII 3
AppleWin Read the tutorial
Arcadia 2001 6
2001 Emulator R1 Read the tutorial
Astrocade 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Atari 800 2
Atari800 Read the tutorial
Atari Jaguar 2
Virtual Jaguar Read the tutorial
Atari2600 2
Stella Read the tutorial
Atari5200 3
Atari800 Read the tutorial
Atari7800 2
Atari800 Read the tutorial
AtariLynx 2
Handy Read the tutorial
AtariST 2
Hatari Read the tutorial
Atom 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Atomiswave 2
Flycast Read the tutorial
BBC Micro 2
b-em Read the tutorial
C64 2
VICE Read the tutorial
Camputers Lynx 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Casio Loopy 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Casio PV 1000 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Cave Story 1
NXEngine Read the tutorial
CDi 2
MAME Read the tutorial
ChannelF 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Chihiro 2
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
ColecoVision 3
Gearcoleco Read the tutorial
CPS1 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
CPS2 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
CPS3 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
Creativision 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Daphne 2
Daphne Read the tutorial
DOS 2
DOSBox-X Read the tutorial
Dragon 32/64 1
XRoar Read the tutorial
Dreamcast 3
Flycast Read the tutorial
EACA EG2000 Colour Genie 1
Genieous (x86/x64) v1.1.0 Read the tutorial
EasyRPG 1
EasyRPG Player Read the tutorial
Epoch Super Cassette Vision 1
eSCV Read the tutorial
Exelvision EXL 100 1
DCexel 2024.05.12 Read the tutorial
FBNeo 2
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
FM-7 1
XM7 Read the tutorial
FMTowns 1
Tsugaru Read the tutorial
Future Pinball 1
Future Pinball Read the tutorial
Game & Watch 2
MAME Read the tutorial
GameCube 2
Dolphin Read the tutorial
GameGear 2
Genesis Plus GX Read the tutorial
GB 3
SameBoy Read the tutorial
GBA 2
mGBA Read the tutorial
GBC 3
SameBoy Read the tutorial
Genesis 3
BlastEm Read the tutorial
GP32 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Hikaru 3
Demul Read the tutorial
Infocom Z-Machine 1
Frotz Read the tutorial
Intellivision 2
FreeIntv Read the tutorial
Lindbergh 1
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
LowRes NX 1
LowRes NX Read the tutorial
Lutro 1
Lutro Read the tutorial
Macintosh 2
BasiliskII Read the tutorial
MAME 2
MAME Read the tutorial
MasterSystem 2
Genesis Plus GX Read the tutorial
Mega Duck 1
Sameduck Read the tutorial
MegaCD 3
BlastEm Read the tutorial
MSX 2
blueMSX Read the tutorial
MSX Turbo R 2
blueMSX Read the tutorial
MSX2 2
blueMSX Read the tutorial
MSX2+ 2
blueMSX Read the tutorial
N64 4
ParaLLEl-N64 Read the tutorial
Namco System 22 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Namco System 246/256 1
Play! Read the tutorial
Naomi 2
Flycast Read the tutorial
Naomi 2 2
Flycast Read the tutorial
Naomi GD-ROM 2
Flycast Read the tutorial
NDS 3
melonDS Read the tutorial
Neo Geo MVS 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
NeoGeo 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
NeoGeo Pocket 1
NGPC Read the tutorial
NeoGeo Pocket Color 1
NGPC Read the tutorial
NeoGeoAES 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
NeoGeoCD 3
NeoCD Read the tutorial
NES 4
Mesen Read the tutorial
NGage 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Nintendo Family Computer Disk System 4
FCEUmm Read the tutorial
Odyssey2 2
O2EM Read the tutorial
OpenBOR 1
OpenBOR Read the tutorial
Oric 2
Oricutron Read the tutorial
PC 3
DOSBox-X Read the tutorial
PC Engine SuperGrafx 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
PC-88 2
QUASI88 Read the tutorial
PC9801 1
NP2kai Read the tutorial
PCECD 2
Beetle PCE Read the tutorial
PCEngine 2
Beetle PCE Read the tutorial
PCEngineCD 2
Beetle PCE Read the tutorial
PCFX 1
Beetle PC-FX Read the tutorial
PET 2
VICE Read the tutorial
Philips VG-5000 1
DCVG5K (Direct X) Read the tutorial
Pico 2
Genesis Plus GX Read the tutorial
Pippin 1
MAME Read the tutorial
Plus/4 2
VICE Read the tutorial
Pokemon Mini 1
PokeMini Read the tutorial
PrBoom 1
PrBoom Read the tutorial
PS1 4
DuckStation Read the tutorial
PS2 1
PCSX2 Read the tutorial
PS3 1
RPCS3 Read the tutorial
PS4 1
shadPS4 Read the tutorial
PS5 1
Non disponible (PS5) Read the tutorial
PSP 2
PPSSPP Read the tutorial
PSVita 1
Vita3K Read the tutorial
PSX 4
DuckStation Read the tutorial
RingEdge 1
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
RingEdge2 1
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
SAM Coupé 1
SimCoupe Read the tutorial
Satellaview 4
bsnes Read the tutorial
Saturn 3
Mednafen Saturn Read the tutorial
ScummVM 1
ScummVM Read the tutorial
Sega 32X 1
BlastEm Read the tutorial
Sega Model 2 2
Model 2 Emulator Read the tutorial
Sega Model 3 1
Supermodel Read the tutorial
SEGA ST-V 2
MAME Read the tutorial
SG1000 2
Genesis Plus GX Read the tutorial
Singe 1
Hypseus Singe Read the tutorial
SNES 4
bsnes Read the tutorial
Solarus 1
Solarus Read the tutorial
Spectravideo 2
blueMSX Read the tutorial
Sufami Turbo 3
bsnes Read the tutorial
Super A'Can 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Supervision 2
Potator Read the tutorial
System 16 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
System 18 3
FinalBurn Neo Read the tutorial
Taito Type X 1
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
TeknoParrot 1
TeknoParrot Read the tutorial
Thomson MO/TO 1
DCMOTO Read the tutorial
TI-99/4A 2
MAME Read the tutorial
TIC-80 1
TIC-80 tiny computer Read the tutorial
TRS-80 1
sdltrs Read the tutorial
TRS-80 Color 1
XRoar Read the tutorial
Uzebox 1
Uzem Read the tutorial
VC 4000 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Vectrex 2
MAME Read the tutorial
VIC-20 2
VICE Read the tutorial
Vircon 32 1
Vircon32: Emulator Read the tutorial
VirtualBoy 1
Mednafen VB Read the tutorial
Visual Pinball 1
Visual Pinball Read the tutorial
VTech V.Smile 2
MAME Read the tutorial
Wii 2
Dolphin Read the tutorial
WiiU 1
Cemu Read the tutorial
Win3x 2
86Box Read the tutorial
Win9x 1
86Box Read the tutorial
Windows 1
Wine Read the tutorial
WonderSwan 1
Beetle Cygne Read the tutorial
WonderSwanColor 1
Beetle Cygne Read the tutorial
X1 2
MAME Read the tutorial
X68000 1
PX68k Read the tutorial
Xbox 1
xemu Read the tutorial
Xbox Series X/S 1
Non disponible (Xbox Series) Read the tutorial
Xbox360 1
Xenia Read the tutorial
XboxOne 1
Non disponible (Xbox One) Read the tutorial
Zeebo 2
MAME Read the tutorial
ZX81 1
EightyOne Read the tutorial
ZXSpectrum 2
Fuse Read the tutorial

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Detailed tutorials

Full step-by-step guides for the most used emulators.

2001 Emulator R1 Arcadia 2001 Easy15 minNo BIOS required 86Box PC, Win3x, Win9x Medium20 minSystem files required AppleWin AppleII Easy15 minNo BIOS required ArcEm Acorn Archimedes Easy15 minNo BIOS required Arculator Acorn Archimedes Easy15 minNo BIOS required Atari800 Atari 800, Atari5200, Atari7800 Medium30 minSystem files required Aucun (pas d’émulateur fiable) Not available Azahar 3DS Easy20 minNo BIOS required b-em Acorn Electron, BBC Micro Easy15 minNo BIOS required BasiliskII Macintosh Medium20 minSystem files required BeebEm Acorn Electron, BBC Micro Easy15 minNo BIOS required Beetle Cygne WonderSwan, WonderSwanColor Easy15 minNo BIOS required Beetle PC-FX PCFX Medium20 minSystem files required Beetle PCE PCECD, PCEngine, PCEngineCD Medium20 minSystem files required Beetle PSX PS1, PSX Medium30 minSystem files required BlastEm Genesis, MegaCD, Sega 32X Easy15 minBIOS required (MegaCD) blueMSX MSX, MSX Turbo R, MSX2, MSX2+, Spectravideo Medium20 minSystem files required bsnes Satellaview, SNES, Sufami Turbo Easy15 minNo BIOS required Caprice32 Amstrad CPC Easy15 minNo BIOS required CD-i Emulator Medium20 minSystem files required CeDImu Medium20 minSystem files required Cemu WiiU Medium30 minKeys required depending on format Citra 3DS Info2 minProject canceled CLK Oric Medium20 minSystem files required Daphne Daphne Hard40 minNo BIOS required DCexel 2024.05.12 Exelvision EXL 100 Easy15 minNo BIOS required DCMOTO Thomson MO/TO Easy15 minNo BIOS required DCVG5K (Direct X) Philips VG-5000 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Demul Hikaru Medium30 minSystem files required DeSmuME NDS Easy10 minNo BIOS required Dolphin GameCube, Wii Easy15 minNo BIOS required DOSBox-Pure DOS, PC Easy15 minNo BIOS required DOSBox-X DOS, PC, Win3x Hard45 minNo BIOS required DuckStation PS1, PSX Easy15 minPS1 BIOS required EasyRPG Player EasyRPG Easy15 minNo BIOS required EightyOne ZX81 Easy15 minNo BIOS required EKA2L1 Medium20 minSystem files required Emulator2001 v2.0 (28/07/2013) Arcadia 2001 Easy15 minNo BIOS required eSCV Epoch Super Cassette Vision Easy15 minNo BIOS required FCEUmm NES, Nintendo Family Computer Disk System Medium20 minSystem files required FCEUX Nintendo Family Computer Disk System Easy15 minNo BIOS required FinalBurn Neo CPS1, CPS2, CPS3, FBNeo, Neo Geo MVS, NeoGeo, NeoGeoAES, PC Engine Su… Hard40 minNo BIOS required Flycast Atomiswave, Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2, Naomi GD-ROM Medium25 minDreamcast BIOS required fpPS4 Medium20 minSystem files required FreeChaF Easy15 minNo BIOS required FreeDO 3DO Medium20 minSystem files required FreeIntv Intellivision Medium20 minSystem files required Frotz Infocom Z-Machine Easy15 minNo BIOS required FS-UAE Amiga, Amiga CDTV, AmigaCD32 Medium20 minSystem files required Fuse ZXSpectrum Easy15 minNo BIOS required Future Pinball Future Pinball Easy15 minNo BIOS required Gambatte GB, GBC Easy15 minNo BIOS required Gearcoleco ColecoVision Medium20 minSystem files required GeePee32 Medium20 minSystem files required Genesis Plus GX GameGear, Genesis, MasterSystem, MegaCD, Pico, SG1000 Easy15 minBIOS required for Mega-CD Genieous (x86/x64) v1.1.0 EACA EG2000 Colour Genie Easy15 minNo BIOS required GSplus Apple II GS Easy15 minNo BIOS required Handy AtariLynx Medium20 minSystem files required Hatari AtariST Medium20 minSystem files required Hypseus Singe Daphne, Singe Easy15 minNo BIOS required JavaCPC Desktop v3.0.2 Amstrad GX4000 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Kronos Medium20 minSystem files required Lime3DS Easy15 minNo BIOS required LowRes NX LowRes NX Easy15 minNo BIOS required Lutro Lutro Easy15 minNo BIOS required MAME Adam, Adventure vision, Apple II GS, AppleII, Arcadia 2001, Astrocade… Hard60 minVersioned romsets Mednafen PCE PC Engine SuperGrafx, PCECD, PCEngine, PCEngineCD Medium20 minSystem files required Mednafen Saturn Saturn Medium20 minSystem files required Mednafen VB VirtualBoy Easy15 minNo BIOS required melonDS NDS Medium30 minDS BIOS and firmware required Mesen NES Very easy10 minNo BIOS required Mesen-S Satellaview, SNES Easy15 minNo BIOS required mGBA GBA Very easy10 minNo BIOS required Model 2 Emulator Sega Model 2 Hard40 minNo BIOS required Mupen64Plus N64 Easy15 minNo BIOS required NeoCD NeoGeoCD Medium20 minSystem files required Nestopia UE NES, Nintendo Family Computer Disk System Easy15 minNo BIOS required NGPC NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo Pocket Color Hard40 minNo BIOS required Non disponible (PS5) PS5 Experimental Non disponible (Xbox One) XboxOne Not available Non disponible (Xbox Series) Xbox Series X/S Not available NP2kai PC9801 Medium20 minSystem files required NXEngine Cave Story Easy15 minNo BIOS required O2EM Odyssey2 Medium20 minSystem files required Obentou v0.1.9 Supervision Hard40 minNo BIOS required OpenBOR OpenBOR Easy15 minNo BIOS required openMSX Medium20 minSystem files required Oricutron Oric Easy15 minNo BIOS required ParaLLEl-N64 N64 Easy15 minNo BIOS required PCem Medium20 minSystem files required PCSX-ReARMed PS1, PSX Medium30 minSystem files required PCSX2 PS2 Medium45 minPS2 BIOS required Phoenix Medium20 minSystem files required PicoDrive Easy15 minNo BIOS required Play! Namco System 246/256 Medium20 minNo BIOS required PokeMini Pokemon Mini Easy15 minNo BIOS required Potator Supervision Easy15 minNo BIOS required PPSSPP PSP Very easy10 minNo BIOS required PrBoom PrBoom Easy15 minNo BIOS required Project64 N64 Easy15 minNo BIOS required ProSystem Medium20 minSystem files required PUAE Amiga, Amiga CDTV, AmigaCD32 Medium20 minSystem files required PX68k X68000 Medium20 minSystem files required QUASI88 PC-88 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Redream Dreamcast Easy15 minOptional BIOS RetroArch 3DO, 3DS, Adam, Adventure vision, Amiga, Amiga CDTV, AmigaCD32, Amstr… Easy30 minNo BIOS required to start RPCS3 PS3 Medium30 minPS3 firmware required Ryujinx Medium20 minSystem files required SameBoy GB, GBC Easy15 minNo BIOS required Sameduck Mega Duck Easy15 minNo BIOS required ScummVM ScummVM Easy15 minNo BIOS required sdltrs TRS-80 Easy15 minNo BIOS required shadPS4 PS4 Medium20 minSystem files required SheepShaver Macintosh Medium20 minSystem files required SimCoupe SAM Coupé Easy15 minSystem ROM required Snes9x Satellaview, SNES, Sufami Turbo Very easy10 minNo BIOS required Solarus Solarus Easy15 minNo BIOS required Stella Atari2600 Very easy5 minNo BIOS required Sudachi Medium20 minSystem files required Supermodel Sega Model 3 Hard40 minNo BIOS required TeknoParrot Chihiro, Lindbergh, RingEdge, RingEdge2, Taito Type X, TeknoParrot Hard40 minNo BIOS required TIC 80 Easy15 minNo BIOS required TIC-80 tiny computer TIC-80 Easy15 minNo BIOS required trs80gp Easy15 minNo BIOS required Tsugaru FMTowns Medium20 minSystem files required Tunix2001 Arcadia 2001 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Uzem Uzebox Easy15 minNo BIOS required VBA-M Easy15 minNo BIOS required VecX Easy15 minNo BIOS required VICE C64, PET, Plus/4, VIC-20 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Vircon32: Emulator Vircon 32 Easy15 minNo BIOS required Virtual Jaguar Atari Jaguar Easy15 minNo BIOS required Visual Pinball Visual Pinball Easy15 minNo BIOS required Vita3K PSVita Medium25 minPS Vita firmware required Win Arcadia (Ami Arcadia) v36.04 Arcadia 2001 Hard40 minNo BIOS required Wine Windows Medium20 minSystem files required xemu Chihiro, Xbox Medium30 minXbox BIOS and hard drive required Xenia Xbox360 Medium25 minNo BIOS required XM7 FM-7 Easy15 minSystem ROMs required XRoar Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Easy15 minNo BIOS required Yabause Saturn Medium20 minSystem files required Yuzu Medium20 minSystem files required
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