RetroArch VS blastem

Compare RetroArch vs blastem and see what are their differences.

RetroArch

Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3. (by libretro)

blastem

Upstream tracking repo of BlastEm, the fast and accurate Genesis emulator, with libretro specific changes (by libretro)
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RetroArch blastem
265 12
9,217 42
2.4% -
9.8 0.0
2 days ago over 1 year ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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RetroArch

Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroArch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.

blastem

Posts with mentions or reviews of blastem. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-02.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RetroArch and blastem you can also consider the following projects:

batocera.linux - batocera.linux

mame - MAME - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch

Genesis-Plus-GX - An enhanced port of Genesis Plus - accurate & portable Sega 8/16 bit emulator

arkos - Another rockchip Operating System

ludo - A libretro frontend written in golang

EmulationStation - A Fork of Emulation Station for RetroPie. Emulation Station is a flexible emulator front-end supporting keyboardless navigation and custom system themes.

duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64

docker-emulatorjs - Web based retro emulation frontend with rom scanning and automated art ingestion.

CLK - A latency-hating emulator of various vintage computers and some consoles: the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum.

mame - MAME

moa - An emulator for various m68k and z80 based computers, written in Rust. Currently it has support for the Sega Genesis, TRS-80, and Computie (my own project), with Macintosh support in the works