RetriX AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like RetriX

RetriX is described as 'Emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the same purpose as RetroArch but is built from the ground up to integrate as well as possible with Windows' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 100 alternatives to RetriX for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best RetriX alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RetriX are Super ZSNES, OpenEmu, Snes9x and VisualBoyAdvance.

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  1. RetroArch icon
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    A fast, modular emulator frontend offering portability and extensive support for systems from arcade consoles to mobile platforms, featuring game engines like Doom and Quake, and capabilities for real-time rewinding and shader support on a variety of devices.

    165 RetroArch alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Haiku
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  2. Super ZSNES icon
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    GPU-powered SNES emulator offering advanced CPU, audio, and PPU accuracy, high-res Mode 7, redesigned high-definition interface, fast forward, rewind, cheats, save states, and a Super Enhancement Engine for game-specific enhancements, available on multiple platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. OpenEmu icon
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    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    56 OpenEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. Snes9x icon
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    Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC.

    28 Snes9x alternatives

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    • Free
    • Source Available

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. VisualBoyAdvance icon
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    VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

    44 VisualBoyAdvance alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  6. ZSNES icon
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    ZSNES is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface features first introduced in ZSNES have been adopted by other emulators. ZSNES interface features include: Smoothing and dynamic image scaling; screenshot capture; state...

    25 ZSNES alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. ScummVM icon
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    ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files.

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    • Windows Mobile
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    • Symbian S60
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  8. Delta Emulator icon
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    Delta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.

    42 Delta Emulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • iPhone
    • AltStore
    • iPad
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  9. mGBA icon
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    mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

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  10. Project64 icon
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    Project64 is a Nintendo 64 emulator for the Windows platform. It employs a plugin system that allows 3rd party developers to implement their own software. It is an emulator, meaning that the user has the option to run ROM files that can be extracted from a Nintendo 64 game...

    26 Project64 alternatives

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    • Windows
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  11. Lakka icon
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    Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.

    38 Lakka alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cubieboard
    • HummingBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Odroid
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  12. Mame icon
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    MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer.

    24 Mame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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