Games are currently divided into three major platforms, namely console games, PC games, and mobile games. Each camp has games that are exclusively available on their platforms, respectively. But as time went on, playing these exclusive games in cross-platform has become possible, and most of them can be played on a PC. Exactly! We know it as console emulators.

PS1 emulator, PSP emulator, PS2 emulator, and so on are some technologies that allow you to play console games on PC. Those emulators also have many applications, and Dunia Games has chosen some of the best. Let’s check the list below!

Nintendo SNES

• Emulator: FCEUX, JNES, RetroArch

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was one of the earliest and most popular game consoles of its time around the ’80s. This game console uses an 8-bit system that is still ‘boxy.’ Two of the famous games from NES are Super Mario Bros and Pacman.

Sega Genesis

• Emulator: RetroArch, Kega Fusion

The console created by SEGA is a rival of Nintendo SNES. The games use 16-bit technology and use cartridges as game storage. Sonic the Hedgehog series is one of its famous games.

GameBoy Advance

• Emulator: NO$GBA, Visual Boy Advance

GameBoy Advance or GBA has plenty of cool games. There’s Pokemon that contains early generations pokemon. There’s also Legend of Zelda, which is as fun as today’s games.

GBA emulators are quite light, as well as the games. Your potato PC is guaranteed to be able to play GBA games smoothly.

Nintendo DS

• Emulator: DeSmuME, NO$GBA, RetroArch

Nintendo DS is known as the portable console with two screens. Of course, NDS emulators are also made to have two screens - top and bottom. This console also has cool PSP class games. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, for example.

Nintendo 3DS

• Emulator: Citra

There’s only one Nintendo 3DS emulator at the moment, Citra. Unfortunately, the 3D display offered by Nintendo 3DS can not be displayed on a PC. However, Citra can emulate 3DS games quite well.

Nintendo Wii

• Emulator: Dolphin, Dolwin

For those of you who want to try Nintendo Wii games on PC, you can try one of the two emulators above. There are many Wii games that already compatible with emulators, so it’s comfortable to play.

To emulsify Nunchuk Controller movements on the Wii emulator, you can use a PC mouse, but not every games are comfortable to play.

Nintendo Wii U

• Emulator: Cemu

The development of the Nintendo Wii U emulator went really well. Many of the games are compatible, and there’s no in-game performance-drop.

PlayStation 2

• Emulator: PCSX2

The only PS2 emulator on the internet and the best at the moment is PCSX2. You can play almost every PS2 games on the emulator - without glitches or performance-drop. In fact, the graphic display of PS2 games on the emulator can be improved with plugins.

PlayStation Portable

• Emulator: PPSSPP, Jpcsp

When talking about PSP emulators, PPSSPP is certainly the-go-to for playing PSP games on PC. This PSP emulator can be considered as light, smooth, and compatible with all of the PSP games. With additional graphic settings, the screen display of your game can be sharper and better.

PlayStation (PS1)

• Emulator: ePSXe, PCSX

Your occasional urges in playing PS1 games on your PC are no longer a problem, thanks to ePSXe and PCSX. Once again, these PS1 emulators actually beat the original console’s graphic displays, due to the ability to enhance the graphics.

That was the list of console emulators that you can try on PC. Even though you don’t have said consoles, as long as you got a PC, you can play those exclusive games. Keep following Dunia Games to get the latest info about games!

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