Newb-friendly list of recommended emulators + required files + other thingies.
PC gaming from the 1980-1990 era (DOS / Win 3.1) (Move your mouse to reveal the content)
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RA - bsnes-hd (casual use) or RA - bsnes (most accurate) or RA - Snes9x (for rom hacks which work only on emulators) cores
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bsnes-hd is a newer fork of bsnes, released in 2019 by DerKoun, that adds HD video features, such as:
- HD Mode 7 – Rendering the rotated, scaled or pseudo perspective backgrounds at higher resolutions. This does not involve new custom imagery or upscaling algorithms. It is a higher resolution version of the process the SNES uses.
- Widescreen – Extending the scenes to the left and right, without distorting them. Works for most Mode 7 scenes, but also for some other scenes/games, after some setting tweaking.
- Some non-HD related features – Like the ability to disable background layers, sprites and window effects for screenshots for wallpapers or soft crop to zoom in, leaving maps or static art off the sides of the screen.
Some of the features of this fork are or will be included in official bsnes. The difference is that official bsnes only has slight visual improvements but with mostly perfect compatibility. bsnes-hd has more hacks that give true HD in mode 7 SNES games and widescreen in other games.
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RA - Mupen64Plus Next core
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Project64
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RA - ParaLLEl core a.k.a. The New LLE Shit
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RetroArch's Nintendo 64 libretro core is based on Mupen64Plus and its plugins but with heavy modifications. It introduces many features and optimizations not present in mainline alongside RetroArch's general features, including Project64-style overclocking for faster framerates, 3-point texture filtering, superior A/V sync and latency, and even an exclusive LLE Vulkan renderer based on Angrylion's pixel-perfect plugin, making it a better alternative to the standalone version in some cases. Its developers have expressed intentions to eventually rewrite the core and brand it as its own emulator, called paraLLEl. That new paraLLEl core has a special "Super VI Mode" option which, if used, can make the visuals of N64 games look less blurry with fairly mitigated jaggies even at their native resolutions. Although, it may need a powerful GPU.
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Quality oldshit:
N64 All-in-One pack by Phantasmal
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RA - mGBA (the best ATM) or RA - VBA-M (still 2nd-best) cores
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Using shaders to reduce oversaturation is recommended for some games.
mGBA deals with this problem with special "Color Correction" core option.
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DEmul
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Best one ATM.
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Bios pack - DEmul
RA - Flycast core
Official releases & Unofficial builds
libretro fork of reicast. libretro collaborators, primarily flyinghead, dramatically improved Reicast in areas such as graphics, input, system clock, and Dreamcast VMU. Atomiswave and NAOMI SH-4-based arcade systems have also been added to great fanfare, along with support for MAME's popular CHD format. Even full MMU support, which is needed to run WinCE-based games such as "Armada", "Half-Life" and "SEGA Rally Championship 2", has recently been tackled through an experimental branch (anyone following Dreamcast emulation over the years understands what a tough nut this is to crack). Aside from some audio stuttering issues in games such as "Looney Toons Space Race" and "Resident Evil: Code Veronica", this is a highly compatible and accurate emulator.
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Bios pack - Reicast core
NEC TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine (Move your mouse to reveal the content)
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RA - Beetle PSX or RA-Beetle PSX HW cores
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Most accurate PSX emu ATM. Regular core is software-only, but internal resolution can be increased. HW core also has two hardware renderers (Vulkan and OpenGL), various filtering options and PGXP (reduces texture wobbling and improves perspective correction).
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Bios pack - Beetle PSX cores
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Halal bios packs for various systems
(Day of latest decline: 19.02.2020)