Note About Upgrading

If you were brought to this page because the emulator told you that a new version is available, download the new version and extract it over the existing folder. This way you won't lose any save files that you may have.

Mega Drive/Genesis Emulator

SNES Emulator

Gameboy/GBA Emulator

NES Emulator

Master System/Game Gear/ColecoVision Emulator

N64 Emulator

RALibretro Multi Emulator - achievement creation

NEC PC-8000/8800 Emulator

Apple II Emulator

RetroArch - only for playing

The official RetroAchievements.org emulators are all Windows-based. For other operating systems - such as Linux (which includes RetroPie, Recalbox and lakka), Mac, Android, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and, of course, even Windows - you can use RetroArch:
https://retroarch.com

You can also find more info about RetroArch on our FAQ.

Note: although we have some members contributing in the RetroArch front, keep in mind that RetroArch is maintained by another team.

Source Code

All RetroAchievements emulators are released as free software. Licensing terms for usage and distribution of derivative works may vary depending on the emulator. Please consult the license information of each one for more details.
Standalone Emulators repository: https://github.com/RetroAchievements/RAEmus
RALibretro repository: https://github.com/RetroAchievements/RALibretro

Legal

RetroAchievements.org does not condone or supply any copyright-protected ROMs to be used in conjunction with the emulator supplied within. There are no copyright-protected ROMs available for download on RetroAchievements.org.