List of Switch homebrew emulators

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Console

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Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Flycast	A standalone Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator.	2.6	flyinghead	2026/01/11
pSNES	SNES emulator. Port of Snes9x.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
pGen	Sega Genesis emulator, multiplatform port of Genesis Plus GX.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
pNES	Portable NES Emulator. Based on Nestopia.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
melonDS	DS emulator for Nintendo Switch.	7.2.1	Arisotura, Hydr8gon, RSDuck, Gheovgos, ArcDelta	2025/11/19
DuckStation	Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64.	Prerelease 2	RSDuck	2024/04/23
snesnx2005	Port of snes9x2005 libretro core for Nintendo Switch.	0.0.1-alpha1	kazuki-4ys	2023/05/17
Yaba Sanshiro	Yaba Sanshiro stand alone for Nintendo Switch.	2.2	devmiyax	2019/11/23
reiCast	A multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator.	2019	davidgfnet	2019/05/13
NoiES	NES emulator written from scratch.	1.2	Hydr8gon	2019/05/06
Mupen64Plus-Next + GLideN64	Nintendo 64 emulator, A complete rewrite of	3.0	m3xw	2019/03/15
NESalizer	SDL2 NES emulator ported to the Nintendo Switch (unfinished).	2018	Kevoot	2018/09/15
PCSX-ReARMed	ARM optimized PCSX fork.	0.0.2	rock88	2018/07/28
LaiNES	Cycle accurate NES emulator based on LaiNES.	1.4	Kevoot	2018/07/26

• 
  Flycast

  flyinghead

  v.2.6
  

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  pSNES

  Cpasjuste

  v.7.1
  

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  pGen

  Cpasjuste

  v.7.1
  

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  pNES

  Cpasjuste

  v.7.1
  

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  melonDS

  Arisotura, Hydr8gon, RSDuck, Gheovgos, ArcDelta

  v.7.2.1
  

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  DuckStation

  RSDuck

  v.Prerelease 2
  

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  snesnx2005

  kazuki-4ys

  v.0.0.1-alpha1
  

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  Yaba Sanshiro

  devmiyax

  v.2.2
  

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  reiCast

  davidgfnet

  v.2019
  

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  NoiES

  Hydr8gon

  v.1.2
  

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  Mupen64Plus-Next + GLideN64

  m3xw

  v.3.0
  

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  NESalizer

  Kevoot

  v.2018
  

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  PCSX-ReARMed

  rock88

  v.0.0.2
  

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  LaiNES

  Kevoot

  v.1.4
  

Handheld

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Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
pGBA	GBA emulator for Switch.	7.1	cpasjuste	2025/12/30
Vita2hos	(WIP) PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer.	0.4	xerpi	2025/03/21
mGBA	Game Boy Advance emulator.	0.10.5	mgba-emu	2025/03/08
PPSSPP	Highly WIP standalone PPSSPP port.	1.17.1	m4xw	2024/09/11
TamaTool-NX	A cross-platform Tamagotchi P1 explorer for Switch.	1.0.0	Avellea	2024/07/11
NooDS	A multiplatform NDS emulator.	Rolling Release	Hydr8gon	2023/02/13
44VBA	A GBA emulator for various platforms.	20220417	44670	2022/04/17
MelonDS	DS emulator, sorta.	release6fix1	Hydr8gon, RSDuck	2021/07/17
GameLad	Open Source Gameboy Emulator written in C++.	1	darkxex	2021/04/29
Switch GBA Emulator	Browser based Nintendo Switch GBA emulator.	1.0.2	BFriedrichs	2019/07/21
DeSmuME with JIT	Advanced port of DeSmuME for Nintendo Switch.	2019	RSDuck	2019/06/17
VBA-next	Libretro VBA-Next port for Switch.	0.7	RSDuck	2018/07/14
DeSmuME-NX	Port of the DS emulator DeSmuME (w/Laprox Vertical Mod).	0.0.3	MasterFeizz, Laprox	2018/07/11
khedgb	GBC Emulator port.	update7	jakibaki	2018/07/10
gdkGBA	GameBoy Advance Emulator port (discontinued).	update9	jakibaki	2018/05/22
Neopop-SDL	Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color emulator.	0.2	nop90	2018/03/21

• 
  pGBA

  cpasjuste

  v.7.1
  

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  Vita2hos

  xerpi

  v.0.4
  

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  mGBA

  mgba-emu

  v.0.10.5
  

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  PPSSPP

  m4xw

  v.1.17.1
  

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  TamaTool-NX

  Avellea

  v.1.0.0
  

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  NooDS

  Hydr8gon

  v.Rolling Release
  

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  44VBA

  44670

  v.20220417
  

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  MelonDS

  Hydr8gon, RSDuck

  v.release6fix1
  

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  GameLad

  darkxex

  v.1
  

• 
  Switch GBA Emulator

  BFriedrichs

  v.1.0.2
  

• 
  DeSmuME with JIT

  RSDuck

  v.2019
  

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  VBA-next

  RSDuck

  v.0.7
  

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  DeSmuME-NX

  MasterFeizz, Laprox

  v.0.0.3
  

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  khedgb

  jakibaki

  v.update7
  

• 
  gdkGBA

  jakibaki

  v.update9
  

• 
  Neopop-SDL

  nop90

  v.0.2
  

Arcade

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Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
pFBNeo	Port of FBNeo, an arcade and console emulator for the Switch.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
Supermodel-NX	Sega Arcade Model 3 emulator on Nintendo Switch (L4T Ubuntu).	2021	sergio_prado	2021/02/02
MAME-NX	MAME 0.72 for the Nintendo Switch.	2.3	MVG/lantus	2020/04/17

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  pFBNeo

  Cpasjuste

  v.7.1
  

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  Supermodel-NX

  sergio_prado

  v.2021
  

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  MAME-NX

  MVG/lantus

  v.2.3
  

Computer

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Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
ScummVM	Point and Click Adventures for old Pc games.	2026.1.0	ScummVM Team	2026/02/01
Switch P8	Pico-8 emulator.	0.5.0	voliva	2025/10/25
UAE4All2	Amiga Emulator UAE4All2 for Switch.	2.12	rsn8887	2024/03/23
UniPCemu	The UniPCemu emulator (previously called x86EMU).	2023	superfury	2023/04/11
ResidualVM	ResidualVM port for Switch.	0.4.0	usineur	2020/09/20
AXChip8	Chip 8 emulator for Nintendo Switch.	1	darkxex	2020/03/05
CHIP8-NX	A CHIP8 emulator for the Nintendo Switch.	0.3	Marice	2018/05/25

• 
  ScummVM

  ScummVM Team

  v.2026.1.0
  

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  Switch P8

  voliva

  v.0.5.0
  

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  UAE4All2

  rsn8887

  v.2.12
  

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  UniPCemu

  superfury

  v.2023
  

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  ResidualVM

  usineur

  v.0.4.0
  

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  AXChip8

  darkxex

  v.1
  

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  CHIP8-NX

  Marice

  v.0.3
  

Other Emulators

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Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
RetroArch	A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.	1.21.0	Libretro	2025/04/30
Lakka Switch	Lakka - The DIY retro emulation console.	5.0	Libretro	2024/04/14
FAKE-08	A Pico-8 player/emulator for console homebrew.	0.0.2.20	jtothebell	2023/03/11

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  RetroArch

  Libretro

  v.1.21.0
  

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  Lakka Switch

  Libretro

  v.5.0
  

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  FAKE-08

  jtothebell

  v.0.0.2.20