Play classic console and arcade games with open-source emulators.
Play classic console and arcade games with open-source emulators. Browse our curated collection of free, open-source games. All games feature publicly available source code, allowing you to learn, modify, and contribute to their development.
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Browse all categoriesEmulators themselves are legal as they don't contain copyrighted code. However, downloading copyrighted game ROMs you don't own is illegal. Use emulators with your own game backups.
Open-source emulators exist for most classic consoles: NES, SNES, Game Boy, PlayStation, N64, and more. Newer systems are also supported with varying accuracy.
Many open-source emulators prioritize accuracy. Projects like BSNES/higan achieve cycle-accurate SNES emulation, while others balance accuracy with performance.
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