Emulation

• 86Box - Emulator of retro x86-based machines

• Afterplay.io - Play retro games on any device

• Awesome Emulator Development Resources

• CDRomance

• ClassicReload.com

• Compile Like It's 1992 - Fabien Sanglard

• Console Living Room

• CoolROM

• D3D9On12 - Microsoft

• dgVoodoo 2 - implementation of old graphics API's for Windows 7 and later version

• DOSBox - an x86 emulator with DOS

• DOSBox Staging - modern continuation of DOSBox

• Dosemu2 - Run DOS programs under linux

• DREAMM - Bespoke emulator for LucasArts games

• Emu Games

• EmuBrowser

• Emulation General Wiki

• EmulatorGames.online

• Emulator Online

• EmuOS

• Internet Arcade

• Koin - The Retro Saga

• LEGO Island

• My Abandonware

• MyEmulator.online

• Myrient

• Old Games Download

• PCem

• Planet Emulation

• Play Emulator

• Pluvia - Lightweight unofficial Steam client for Android

• r/ROMs Megathread

• r/ROMs Official Wiki

• Recommended Emulators - /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki

• Retro Catalog - Your guide to your perfect gaming handheld

• Retro Game Corps

• RetroArch Web Player

• RetroDECK (GitHub)

• Retrostic

• Rom Hustler

• ROMSFUN

• ScummVM

• SummerCart64

• Vimm's Lair

• VOGONS

• Winlator - Android application that lets you to run Windows (x86_64) applications

• Xemu

• Bad Time Simulator (Sans Fight)

• Classic games online

• Counter-Strike 1.6 online

• Diablo

• EmuDevz - The Neees Emulator

• Pitfall!

• PrinceJS

• RobCo Terminal

• Super Mario 64 on the Web!

• wipEout - Dominic Szablewski (Rewriting wipEout)

Articles

• Detecting a PS2 Emulator - Ty Lamontagne

  • GS Backpressure

  • Remapping ScratchpadRam

  • The VU0 Pipeline

  • When 1*X does not equal X

• Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor - Ryan Miceli

  • Part 1: System Overview

  • Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit

Consoles

Atari Jaguar

• BigPEmu - Atari Jaguar Emulator

Microsoft Xbox

• ENDGAME - A Dashboard Exploit for the Original Xbox

• Insignia - Free replacement for Microsoft's servers for the original Xbox

  • How to Setup Insignia on a Stock Original Xbox - MrMario2011

Microsoft Xbox 360

• 360 Hack Pack - Everything you need to hack an Xbox 360, ready to be copied onto a USB drive in one download!

• Bad Update - Software only hypervisor exploit for Xbox 360

• FreeMyXe - Xbox 360 executable designed to apply freedom-unlocking patches based on xeBuild to the kernel and hypervisor

• Xbox 360 - ConsoleMods Wiki

Microsoft Xbox One

• XWine1 - Xbox One translation layer

• WinDurango - The worlds first Xbox One compatibility layer for Windows

Nintendo 3DS

• 3DS Hacks Guide

• Azahar - open-source 3DS emulator based on Citra

• Pretendo Network - open source replacement for Nintendo servers

Nintendo 64

• Archive.org

  • Nintendo 64 Full Regional Upload

  • Roms Nintendo 64 (EU)

• 2 Ship 2 Harkinian - The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask PC port

• gopher64 - Nintendo 64 Emulator

• Ship of Harkinian - The Legend of Zelda Ocarina Of Time PC port

• Simple 64 - Nintendo 64 Emulator

• SummerCart64

Nintendo DS

• List of all DS homebrew

Nintendo Game Boy

• Archive.org

  • Game Boy Collection

• Gearboy - Game Boy / Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch

• Retro Boy - Game Boy emulator that can be played on the web (GitHub)

Nintendo GameCube

• Archive.org

  • Nintendo GameCube Europe & Japan

  • Redump - Nintendo GameCube - Europe

• GC-Forever Wiki

• How to unlock the GameCube for $6 with the SD2SP2 Pro - Coulter Peterson

• Swiss - The swiss army knife of GameCube homebrew

Nintendo Switch

• Eden - Nintendo Switch Emulator

• Sudachi - Nintendo Switch Emulator for Android and PC

• switchroot - Android and Linux for the Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Wii

• Archive.org

  • Nintendo Wii Europe 1/3 A-K

  • Nintendo Wii Europe 2/3 L-R

  • Nintendo Wii Europe 3/3 S-Z

• LetterBomb

• ModMii for Windows

• Wii Guide

• WiiBrew

• Wiimmfi - open source implementation of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (WFC)

Nintendo Wii U

• Cemu - Wii U Emulator

Sega Dreamcast

• Archive.org

  • Sega Dreamcast

• Flycast - Multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator

Sega Master System

• Gearsystem - Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000 emulator for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch

Sega Mega Drive

• Archive.org

  • Sega Mega Drive Europe

• BlastEm - The fast and accurate Genesis emulator

• Helios - A Java-based Sega Mega Drive/Genesis emulator

• Nuked MD - Cycle accurate Mega Drive emulator

Sega Saturn

• Archive.org

  • Sega Saturn Redump

• Fenrir - Sega Saturn Optical Drive Emulator

• Online tool to convert Saturn saves

• Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK) Guide

• r/SegaSaturn

• SAROO - SAROO is a SEGA Saturn HDloader

• Saturn details

• Sega Saturn Japanese Model 1 Console セガサターン Teardown and Clean

• Sega Saturn PSU Swap

• Sega Saturn:UK Forum

• These Plug N’ Play SEGA Saturn Mods Make Me Happy - Macho Nacho Productions

• Ymir - Sega Saturn emulator

Sony PlayStation

• Alex Free

• Archive.org

  • Sony Playstation (Europe)

  • Sony Playstation (Italy)

• FreePSXBoot

• Playstation cue and sbi files collection

• PS1 Tutorial: Install FreePSXBoot (TonyHax) using PS2 with FreeMCBoot for Backups/Regionfree - Wobbling Pixels

• Tonyhax International - The Ultimate Backup CD-R/Import Disc Loader Soft-Mod Solution For The Original PlayStation & Early Models Of PlayStation 2

• Unirom - Bootdisc, Firmware, Shell for PSX

Sony PlayStation 2

• Archive.org

  • Sony Playstation 2 Europe 1/3 A-G

  • Sony Playstation 2 Europe 2/3 H-R

  • Sony Playstation 2 Europe 3/3 S-Z

• Awesome Open PlayStation 2 Projects

• FreeMcBoot - A homebrew applications launcher

• How to play PS2 games in 16:9 widescreen (no stretching) on PS2, PS3, PS4, PCSX2 (OPL) - Wobbling Pixels

• MemCard PRO2 for PS2 and PS1

  • MemCard Pro 2 - Smart PS2 Memory Card With Wi-Fi, Micro SD, And OLED Display!

• Open PS2 Loader Compatibility List

• OPL Widescreen Cheats

• PSBBN Definitive English Patch

  • I Replaced Free McBoot With THIS, And Won't Go Back - Macho Nacho Productions

  • This PS2 Pro Mod Changes Everything! PSBBN Install Guide - Blaine Locklair

• PCSX2 - open source PlayStation 2 Emulator

• PS2Wide - Widescreen Hex Codes And Patches

• PSRewired Online Servers

• The Great PS2 AIO Guide - PSX-Place

Sony PlayStation 3

• PSRewired Online Servers

• RPCS3 - The Open-source PlayStation 3 Emulator

Sony PlayStation 4

• chiaki-ng - Free and Open Source PlayStation Remote Play Client

• ShadPS4 (GitHub) - PS4 emulator for PC

Sony PlayStation Portable

• ARK-4 - custom firmware

• PSRewired Online Servers

• r/PSP Wiki

  • Convert PSX Games to PSP Format

Sony PlayStation Vita

• Vita3K - PlayStation Vita Emulator

Decompilations and Disassemblies

• Awesome Game Decompilations

• Decompiled Retail Console Games

• N64: Recompiled

• Zelda 64: Recompiled

• Zelda Reverse Engineering Team

• Animal Crossing

• Animal Forest

• Asteroids

• Banjo-Kazooie

• Carmageddon

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night decompilation (GitHub, Overview)

• Descent 3

• Goldeneye 007

• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

• Mario Kart 64

• Mario Party 4

• Metal Gear Solid

• Paper Mario (GitHub)

• Perfect Dark

• Pikmin

• Pikmin 2

• Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

• Resident Evil Gaiden

• Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X

• Sonic 1

• Sonic 2

• Starfox 64

• Super Mario 64

• Super Mario 64 (DualShock Version)

• Super Mario Odyssey

• Super Metroid

• Super Smash Bros Melee

• Tetris

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Ports and Replacements

• Awesome Game Remakes

• Game engine recreations and source ports - Emulation General Wiki

• List of Android ports (Windows based games)

• List of game engine recreations - Wikipedia

• c1 - Port of Crash Bandicoot to C

• Cannonball - An Enhanced OutRun Engine

• CorsixTH - Open source clone of Theme Hospital

• dhewm3 - Doom3 Source Port (GitHub)

• doukutsu-rs - A faithful and open-source remake of Cave Story engine written in Rust

• dxwrapper - Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10 by wrapping DirectX dlls

• FFNx - Next generation modding platform for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII

• GemRB - Portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine

• Memoria - Community rewrite of Final Fantasy IX's game engine

• NFSIISE - Need For Speed™ II SE - Cross-platform wrapper with 3D acceleration and TCP protocol!

• openage (GitHub) - Free cross-platform RTS engine providing "Age of Empires"- style game mechanics

• OpenCrashWOC - An open source, clean-room reverse engineered re-implementation of Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex

• OpenGothic - Reimplementation of Gothic 2 Notr

• OpenMoHAA - Open re-implementation of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

• OpenMW (GitLab) - open-source open-world RPG game engine that supports playing Morrowind

• OpenRA - Red Alert, Command & Conquer, Dune 2000, Rebuilt for the Modern Era

• OpenRCT2 (GitHub) - open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

• OpenSAGE (GitHub) - open source re-implementation of SAGE

• OpenSC2K - An Open Source remake of Sim City 2000 by Maxis

• OpenTomb (GitHub) - a Cross-Platform reimplementation of classic Tomb Raider 1—5 engines

• RBDoom-3-BFG - modernization effort of DOOM-3-BFG

• R.E.L.I.V.E. Engine (GitHub) - Abe's Oddysee / Exoddus for modern platforms

• ReBandicoot - Attempts to reverse engineer the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy game

• RigelEngine - A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II

• Severed Chains (GitHub) - Legend of Dragoon decompiled, reverse engineered, and ported to Java

• SurrealEngine - Unreal Tournament Engine Reimplementation

• Syndicate Wars - Alternative binary for the classic Bullfrog game

• The Force Engine (GitHub) - Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement

• TR1X - Open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider 1 (1996)

• TR2X - Open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider 2

• winevdm - 16-bit Windows on 64-bit Windows

• Zelda3 - reverse engineered clone of Zelda 3 - A Link to the Past

  • zelda3-android - A port of Zelda3 to Android

  • Zelda 3 Launcher - An all-purpose GUI tool to download, extract, compile, and launch Zelda 3 on PC

Reddit Threads

• I am making a list of source ports on android

Subreddits

• r/Emulation

• r/EmulationOnAndroid

• r/EmulationOnPC

YouTube Channels

• Blaine Locklair

• Modern Vintage Gamer

  • A closer look at Original Xbox Emulation on Steam Deck

  • A closer look at Vita3k - the PlayStation Vita Emulator

  • Another look at the Sony PSP GO Handheld in 2018

  • Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked with just a USB Flash Drive

  • Dolphin has been ported to the Xbox..and its AWESOME

  • Dolphin on the Xbox just got a MASSIVE update...

  • DuckStation 4K PS1 Emulator is awesome on the Xbox Series S

  • Finally! Xbox One Emulation is here

  • Full Speed PlayStation 1 emulation in 1999 - Connectix Virtual Game Station

  • Game Boy/GBA Emulation on the Nintendo Switch is impressive

  • Homebrew on a $100 New Nintendo 3DS LL

  • Homebrew on a $25 Nintendo DS Lite Handheld in 2019

  • Homebrew on a $40 Nintendo 2DS Handheld

  • Homebrew on a $99 Nintendo New 2DSXL Handheld

  • Homebrew Wars : Original Xbox vs Nintendo Wii

  • How NESticle changed NES Emulation forever

  • I played Gears of War 3 on the PlayStation PS3...

  • I wrote the Emulators and Homebrew YOU played on the Original Xbox - A Look Back!

  • Jailbreaking a PS3 Slim in 2024 - Preserve your entire PS3 collection.

  • Mistakes Were Made - The Console Security Marathon

  • N64 recompilation is here - and its looking good!

  • Nintendo 64 emulation on the Nintendo Switch is not good...

  • Nintendo 64 emulation on the Switch is FIXED

  • Nintendo 64 emulation on the Switch is getting better...

  • Nintendo Switch Emulator Adds Online Network then Removes it

  • Nintendo used to be GOOD at N64 Emulation..what happened?

  • Original Xbox Emulation on the PC - HUGE improvements are here

  • Pimpin the Original Xbox in 2024

  • PlayStation 2 Games are running on the XBOX Series S

  • PlayStation 4 Emulation is getting better and better

  • PlayStation 4 Emulation on the PC has hit a huge milestone

  • PlayStation 4 emulation on the PC is here

  • RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulation on the PC is seriously impressive

  • RPCS3 PS3 emulator just got updated... and its awesome!

  • Sega Saturn Games are running on the Nintendo Switch...

  • The BEST Emulators of 2023

  • The BEST Emulators of 2025

  • The Current State of Original Xbox Emulation on the PC

  • The Current State of PlayStation 4 Emulation on the PC

  • The Impossible Port Marathon

  • The Original Xbox is still awesome - Softmod, BIOS Flash, Compact Flash HDD, Games, Emulators

  • The Original XBOX is still AWESOME in 2021

  • The Nintendo GameCube is still awesome - Games, Homebrew, Modding and More

  • The Nintendo WiiU is awesome in 2018 - Homebrew, Hacks and More

  • The Nintendo Wii U is a homebrew beast. Here's why

  • The Xbox 360 is still awesome in 2019 - Games, Homebrew, Modding and More

  • The Xbox Series S is STILL an Emulation Beast - New Updates!

  • This $50 PS2 Memory card saves and PLAYS all your games but..

  • Turning a $10 Original Xbox into an awesome Emulation device

  • Why a Hacked PS3 is STILL awesome in 2025.

  • Why a Hacked Xbox 360 is STILL awesome in 2023.

  • Why is Nintendo 64 emulation still a broken mess in 2025?

  • Why the Wii U is the best Retro and Emulation console in 2020

  • Why YOU need a Modded Xbox 360 in 2018 - The History, Custom Dashboards, Emulators, and More!

  • Xbox 360 Emulation on the PC with Xenia takes a huge step forward

  • Xenia UWP has been ported...to the Xbox

  • Xenia Xbox 360 Emulation on Steam Deck is impressive

  • XBSX2 PS2 Emulator is awesome on the Xbox Series S

  • You should hack your PS Vita...

YouTube Videos

• 2 Hours of Console Hacking & Homebrew to Conk Out To

• Recompilation: An Incredible New Way to Keep N64 Games Alive

• Sega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 years - debuglive

• The Engineering Behind Flash Carts - What's Ken Making