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RetroArch

4.1

(23)

"Retroarch! It's amazing."

"Give Retroarch a go, plenty of cores on there."

"Retroarch."

"RetroArch And it’s not just GBA. It’s every console that you can emulate on RetroArch."

"I use Retroarch for all the older consoles."

"Retro arch works well on my phone."

"There are several emulators available through Retroarch."

"I recommend Retroarch."

"I loved Retroarch and Delta. But I like Retroarch a little more than Delta."

"I just use RetroArch and use the MupenNext64 Core"

Duckstation

4.6

(13)

"Depends on the console: PS1: Duckstation"

"Duckstation is the best, you only need bios and (obviously) games"

"Best emulator for all PS1."

"Duckstation and PCSX2. Don't bother with anything else"

"Duckstation."

"I wanna say duck station."

"Duckstation by miles!!"

"Duckstation is the best one by far."

"Use duckstation for ps1."

"Duckstation and XBSX2.0."

Delta

4.8

(12)

"I think the premier choices are Delta for iOS and MyBoy for android devices."

"Delta is what I use"

"Delta emulator on phone has worked for all the rom hacks I’ve played."

"Delta emulator for phones. VBA is good for PCs and does GameShark codes"

"Delta for iOS and mGBA for desktop"

"Delta was the cleanest and best"

"Thank you to everyone who recommended delta ive downloaded it 👍"

"Delta, just got it. It works great!"

"Try “Delta”"

"I personally find delta the best"

MyBoy

4.0

(12)

"I highly recommend MyBoy."

"It works perfectly for all Pokémon games on my iPhone 14 Pro Max."

"Pretty decent with the right setting on iphone14 pro max."

"MyBoy! is really good and has functional multiplayer as well."

"I’ve heard really good things about MyBoy."

"MyBoy! on the phone, retroarch plugin on my Anbernic."

"MyBoy is the one i I've used for everything."

"I think I used MyBoy and it allowed keymapping"

"I use MyBoy, but I paid for the premium Versions years ago."

"I’m using myBoy with no issues with unbound or other Pokeroms."

Yuzu

4.0

(10)

"Yuzu, always"

"I can only play it on Yuzu because Ryujinx runs like dog water."

"Yuzu and sudachi are what I use."

"Yuzu is still pretty solid for me."

"Yuzu, sudachi, or suyu."

"Play on sudachi or suyu and use totk optimizer."

"Yuzu, although I used Ryujinx for hundreds of hours in TOTK with no issues."

"Using Yuzu and sundachi on my Odin 2 SD8 gen 2."

"Still Yuzu."

"Yuzu, but the thing is that the development team abandoned the project."

Citra

4.4

(9)

"I use citra mmj on a t618."

"Use Citra MMJ."

"Citra is the 3ds emulator i think most people use?"

"Your option is Citra or a Citra fork like Lime3DS."

"Never had any problem with Citra"

"I use Citra on my PC."

"I have heard good things from Citra3DS."

"Honestly, citra is still the best, even it's not being maintained anymore."

"Citra, but you would need to find the source code."

Sudachi

4.1

(8)

"From what I have seen here, Sudachi and Yuzu are the good ones."

"I erm allegedly use sudachi for most games."

"In my personal opinion Sudachi, I was impressed by it's performance"

"Sudachi."

"Have had pretty good luck with sudachi."

"Tbh sudachi. barely heats up to 35c."

"I use sudachi and it runs everything I need."

"Sudachi, I have the same phone."

PPSSPP

4.7

(7)

"Use the PPSSPP save states! They work great!"

"PPSSPP"

"Ppsspp"

"Ppsspp. It's also for linux."

"Believe it or not, your best choice of a J2ME emulator for iOS is by running PSPKVM inside PPSSPP."

"Had issues with few games like Silent Hill Shattered Memories but still had a great time with it."

Pizza Boy

4.0

(8)

"I really like Pizzaboy for Android."

"I used to use John GBA, now i use Pizza Boy."

"I have been using pizzaboy and trading locally with one phone is easy."

"Pizza Boy. Always."

"Pizzaboy"

"Pizza boy"

"I use pizza boy have for well over a year now."

"I like pizza boy"

#10

mGBA

4.3

(7)

"For standalone your options are: mGBA, Visualboy-Advance M. However mGBA is superior."

"Best GBA emulator for any platform: mGBA."

"Goated imo easy download and runs perfectly."

"MGBA or RetroArch"

"MGBA is more reliable."

"I use mGBA and don't have any issues."

"I was considering mGBA."

#11

Citron

4.3

(7)

"I second this. Citron is the gold standard now."

"I use citron from citron.org. it's great."

"Citron and GreemDev's Ryujinx are probably the best currently maintained forks."

"I tried most of them including the forks, and my favorite so far is Citron."

"Citron for switch, cemu for Wii u"

"Citron works best for me."

"I use citron as it's all done for you setting up the config etc"

#12

Anbernic

3.8

(6)

"The best device for GBA."

"Feels like a GBA, and obviously looks like one as well."

"Honestly, it’s the steam deck for the best experience but I love my Anbernic SP."

"It can run n64 and dreamcast, but some later games definitely lag a bit."

"A great choice for a first retro handheld."

"Most of the handhelds sold by Abernic etc can't handle it smoothly."

#13

Ryujinx

4.0

(5)

"Ryujinx is a little clunky to get working but performs well."

"Ryujinx/ suyu, sudachi"

"I've been using Ryujinx and it's been working fine"

"Ryuninx for switch games."

"Citron is good for totk and botw I use ryujinx for everything else."

#14

Suyu

4.0

(5)

"Totk runs best on suyu."

"Suyu is the only one that never gave me problems."

"I’m using suyu 0.2 with ultracam and UI blackout mods."

"Either latest sudachi or uzuy."

"Suyu."

#15

LDPlayer

3.8

(5)

"LD player has been awesome"

"LDPlayer"

"I used LDPlayer and from what little I did use it, it worked just as well as old versions of BlueStacks."

"LDPlayer has been very solid for me."

"I tried LDPlayer. Folks here say it's better than Bluestacks but I wasn't impressed and went back to Blue."

#16

DeSmuME

4.8

(4)

"Desmume, retroarch and melonds are the best for pc"

"I’ve been using DeSmuMe for a while now on my laptop (with Windows). So far no problems at all!"

"I would recommend DeSmuMe emulator for DS."

"I second DesMuMe. Been using it for quite a while now."

#17

Steam Deck

4.8

(4)

"I’d definitely recommend steam deck as well as everyone else in the thread"

"As others have said the steam deck is perfect for it"

"It’s pricey but the steam deck is perfect!"

"Steam Deck is pretty good from what ive heard."

#18

Mesen

4.8

(4)

"Mesen and punes are considered 'the most accurate'."

"Mesen, standalone or via RetroArch"

"Mesen"

"Mesen."

#19

My Boy

4.8

(4)

"For sure My Boy for mobile and mGBA for desktop"

"My boy is what I went with"

"Myboy"

"MyBoy"

#20

Provenance

3.8

(5)

"I think, the emulator provenance, is a great app."

"I will say that it played MUCH smoother on Provenance than it ever has on Folium."

"I would suggest adding Provenance (multiplatform via TestFlight)"

"Me personally, I use Provenance for PS1."

"I found an app called Provenance to play 3DS games."

#21

Lemuroid

4.3

(4)

"Lemuroid works great on all the phones I've had."

"Lemuroid is nice"

"Lemuroid easily, I played with some others like John GBA but Lemuroid lets you emulate the most amount of consoles overall."

"There is a emulator called lemuroid that plays Atari, NES, SNES that would cover a lot."

#22

Mumu

3.4

(5)

"I use mumu! my laptop is kind of low end, so it isn't as smooth compared to my phone."

"Mumu 12"

"I swapped to mumu. It's still laggier than my phone."

"Try mumu, if that doesn't work you can use VMs with the blissOS installed."

"Mumu 12."

#23

Lime3DS

4.0

(4)

"Try the Vulkan graphics backend in Lime3ds."

"3ds - lime3ds."

"Lime3DS is awesome."

"Lime3ds, I understand a developer forked citra and is continuing development."

#24

BlueStacks

3.8

3.5

3.0

(1)

"A lot of people cite the One Page Solo Engine as their favorite free emulator."

#92

MUNE

3.0

(1)

"I would suggest MUNE (the Madey Upey Namey Emulator)."

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