# Best emulators to run

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45>\
**Category:** GameShell\
**Created:** [January 2, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45 "2018-01-02T12:06:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ajg1214](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ajg1214/32/249_2.png) [@Ajg1214](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Ajg1214)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45/1 "2018-01-02T12:06:45Z")

</div>

Anyone have suggestions on emulators for NES, Sega and SNES that are compatible with the OS?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![xor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/xor/32/53_2.png) [@xor](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/xor)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45/2 "2018-01-04T20:37:25Z")

</div>

yes, working and fast

nothing more  
;D

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![QuantumKraken](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/quantumkraken/32/11986_2.png) [@QuantumKraken](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/QuantumKraken)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45/5 "2018-01-21T06:28:10Z")

</div>

To actually answer the question though, I assume LibRetro emulators are going to work on it. For a baseline, since we don’t have the GameShell yet, I would check out which emulators work best on Raspberry Pi for now, and see if those work/are-ported over to this system when it comes out.

lr-genesis-plus-gx worked great for Sega consoles  
lr-fceumm and lr-nestopia are NES emulators  
lr-snes9x2005 is one of several snes9x emulators for SNES games, but that worked the best for me.

The lr is for LibRetro, which aims to make cross-platform support one of their highest priorities.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Godzil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/godzil/32/60_2.png) [@Godzil](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Godzil)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45/6 "2018-01-22T10:54:11Z")

</div>

You should remove that link. Sharing such sort of content is not really welcome in public places. This is piracy and it is forbidden by law in multiples countries (if not all) and against the rules here.

C.f. the TOS ( [Terms of Service - clockworkpi](http://forum.clockworkpi.com/tos) ) #2 point 1:

> the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the  
> proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent,  
> trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![QuantumKraken](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/quantumkraken/32/11986_2.png) [@QuantumKraken](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/QuantumKraken)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/best-emulators-to-run/45/7 "2018-01-22T16:45:33Z")

</div>

> [@Godzil](#):
>
> sort of content is not really welcome in public places. This is piracy and it is forbidden by law in multiples countries (if not all) and against the rules here.

Sorry, I was unaware that it was against the policies of the forum, it will be removed.

Please inform the other as well.  
Thanks for the heads up!

Don’t pirate, or at least know the rules so that it technically isn’t pirating.  
(AKA You need to rip the roms from games you already own and don’t redistribute roms you have ripped. Technically you can download the roms for games you already own, but we don’t endorse that.)