RetroArch VS mame

Compare RetroArch vs mame and see what are their differences.

RetroArch

Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3. (by libretro)
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RetroArch mame
265 287
9,263 7,582
2.9% 3.0%
9.8 10.0
2 days ago 2 days ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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.

mame

Posts with mentions or reviews of mame. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-01.

What are some alternatives?

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

batocera.linux - batocera.linux

FBNeo - FBNeo - We are Team FBNeo.

libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch

BizHawk - BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.

arkos - Another rockchip Operating System

mame2003-plus-libretro - Updated 2018 version of MAME (0.78) for libretro. with added game support plus many fixes and improvements

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

Mesen-X - Mesen X is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) NES/Famicom emulator built in C++ and C#. This fork is meant to gather development efforts from different forks. Deprecated; see https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2/

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

AppleWin - Apple II emulator for Windows

351ELEC - Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V devices.

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