Best Emulators for
Android

RetroArch is an all-in-one frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players. It brings hundreds of emulator cores under one roof with a unified interface, shader support, and cross-platform availability.

SNES9x is the most widely used SNES emulator, available on virtually every platform. It offers excellent compatibility, a large feature set, and easy configuration for beginners and veterans alike.

mGBA is a fast and accurate emulator supporting Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. It runs on desktop and Android and is widely regarded as the best GBA emulator available.

My Boy! is the most popular GBA emulator for Android. It delivers full-speed emulation on most modern phones, with support for cheats, fast-forward, and hardware controller input.

DraStic is the fastest Nintendo DS emulator for Android. It features 2× fast-forward, resizable dual screens, cheat code support, and hardware controller compatibility.

melonDS is a modern, open-source Nintendo DS emulator aiming for accuracy and performance. It supports Wi-Fi simulation, DSi emulation, and OpenGL rendering.

DuckStation is the leading PlayStation 1 emulator, supporting upscaling up to 16×, widescreen patches, PGXP geometry correction, and near-perfect game compatibility.

ePSXe is one of the most well-known PlayStation emulators, available for PC and Android. It is user-friendly, supports NetPlay, and has good compatibility with the PS1 library.

Yaba Sanshiro 2 is a Sega Saturn emulator for Android and Windows with a focus on mobile performance. It supports a growing list of Saturn titles at playable speeds.

Flycast is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, NAOMI, and Atomiswave emulator with wide game support, upscaling, and active development. Available on all major desktop and mobile platforms.

Redream is a user-friendly Sega Dreamcast emulator supporting upscaling up to 8× resolution. The free version covers most games; a premium unlock removes resolution limits.

FinalBurn Neo (FBNeo) is an open-source arcade emulator covering CPS1/2/3, Neo Geo, Capcom, Konami, and hundreds of other arcade boards. Great performance on low-end hardware.

TurboStation is a PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 emulator for Android devices. It supports HuCard and CD-ROM games with reasonable compatibility on modern smartphones.

fMSX is a portable MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulator available on Android, Windows, and Linux. It is one of the oldest MSX emulators still actively maintained, with broad game compatibility.

Red Dragon is a Virtual Boy emulator for Android and Windows. It provides solid compatibility with the Virtual Boy game library and is one of the few dedicated Virtual Boy emulators available.

ColEm is the most widely used ColecoVision emulator, available on Windows, Linux, and Android. It supports the full ColecoVision library and various expansion modules.