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• QEMU - Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. (Docs) (Qemu 680x0 support) (HN) (Code)
• byuu - Multi-system emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.
• Quickemu - Quickly create and run optimized Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines. (HN)
• Lisa Emulator
• Shoebill - Macintosh II emulator that runs A/UX (and A/UX only).
• PCE.js - Emulates Mac Plus, PC, & Atari ST in asm.js & WebAssembly.
• Nintendo 64 homebrew demo & tutorial
• The ultimate goal: a ternary computer
• Citra - Nintendo 3DS Emulator.
• Dolphin - GameCube and Wii Emulator.
• Writing an Emulator in JavaScript (and Interfacing with Multiple UIs) (2020)
• gdbstub - Implementation of the GDB Remote Serial Protocol in Rust, primarily for use in emulators.
• PyBoy - Game Boy emulator written in Python.
• SameBoy - Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C.
• Super Bootable 64 (2020) (Lobsters)
• Kopycat - Multi-architecture hardware emulation solution.
• Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (HN)
• libz80 - Emulator of the Z80 processor (C library).
• Ruffle - Flash Player emulator written in Rust.
• Gameboy emulator: Zig -> wasm
• JSLinux - Run Linux or other Operating Systems in your browser.
• Windows98 Running in the Browser (HN)
• 8-bit CPU simulator in C (HN)
• GBEmu - WebAssembly based Gameboy Emulator. (Web)
• Playstation Emulation Guide: implementation of an emulator from scratch (2016)
• Emu68 - M68K emulation for ARM.
• yuzu - Nintendo Switch Emulator. (Web)
• We made our own x86 shellcode emulator and how it works (2020) (HN)
• Hypervisor Memory Introspection
• vAmiga - Emulates a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 on your Mac.
• Butano - Modern C++ high level GBA engine.
• Awesome Open Source Emulators
• PCSX2 - Playstation 2 Emulator. (Web)
• QEMU 6.0.0 (HN)
• FEX - Fast x86 emulation frontend.
• Magia - GBA emulator written in Go.
• CHIP-8 (and Emulators) In Plain English (2021)
• Bringing emulation into the 21st century (2021) (HN)
• VMKit - Virtualization made easy. Supports QEMU and Apple Virtualization.framework.
• VirtualSMC - Advanced Apple SMC emulator in the kernel.
• GateBoy - Gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.
• SwiftNES - NES emulator written in Swift.
• SwiftNES - Cross-platform NES Emulator written in Swift.
• RBoy - Gameboy Color Emulator written in Rust.
• Mooneye GB - Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust.
• BrowserVM.js - Efficient X86-64 virtual machine runs in modern browsers.
• Mimic - Gameboy emulator written in Rust.
• CHIP-8 emulator written in Rust
• Fearless-NES - NES emulator written in Rust.
• Chip8 Emulator in Go
• How to Write a Computer Emulator (HN)
• llama - Low Level ARM Machine Amulator. Experimental emulator for the Nintendo 3DS's ARM9.
• Tiny Emulators
• CAMLBOY - Game Boy emulator written in OCaml that runs in your browser.
• Ness - SNES emulator written in Rust.
• WASM-4 - Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console. (Web) (HN)
• Chip8 Emulator
• Writing a Game Boy Emulator in OCaml (2022)
• Pinky - NES emulator written in Rust.
• binjgb - Gameboy emulator implemented in C, that also runs in the browser. (Web)
• Snes9x - Portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator.
• SNES Development Part 1: Getting Started (2022)
• Apple I Emulator (2019) (HN)
• Hades - Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.
• Binfmt - Cross-platform emulator collection distributed with Docker images.
• Play! - PlayStation2 emulator. (Web)
• Padme core - Cross-platform gameboy emulator engine.
• Kyty - PS4 & PS5 emulator.
• Goodboy - Pure OCaml Gameboy emulator.
• rgy - No-std cross-platform Rust GameBoy emulator library.
• R64Emu - Nintendo 64 emulator in Rust.
• Ziguana Game System - Retro-style gaming console running on bare x86 metal written in Zig.
• mGBA - Game Boy Advance Emulator. (Code)
• webЯcade - WASM based retro emulation on any device. (HN)
• Implementation of a CHIP-8 machine for FPGAs in Hardcaml with a custom assembler for writing test programs
• AGBRS - Library for writing Game Boy Advance games in Rust.
• Stella - Multi-platform Atari 2600 Emulator.
• Potatis - MOS-6502 and NES emulator in Rust.
• RosettaBoy - Gameboy emulator in several different languages.
• NES emulator in <5000 bytes of C++
• Emulating an emulator inside itself. Meet Blink (2023) (HN)
• A Z80 emulator (2023)
• Making a 68000 Emulator in Rust (2021)
• Weird things I learned while writing an x86 emulator (2023) (HN)
• Simple64 - Accurate N64 Emulator.
• N64 WASM - Web based N64 Emulator.
• Gameboy - Full featured Cross-platform GameBoy emulator by Rust.
• Boytacean - Game Boy emulator that is written in Rust.
• Sled - Library intended to make full system emulation of embedded targets simple.
• ZigNES - NES emulator written in Zig.
• The Adventures of Writing a CHIP8 Emulator (2023)
• Open SIMH machine simulator - Framework and collection of computer system simulators.
• Gameboy emulator written in Rust to WebAssembly