mame VS RetroArch

Compare mame vs RetroArch and see what are their differences.

RetroArch

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

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

FBNeo - FBNeo - We are Team FBNeo.

batocera.linux - batocera.linux

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.

libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch

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

arkos - Another rockchip Operating System

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/

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

AppleWin - Apple II emulator for Windows

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

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

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