If you have a PS Vita or PSTV on firmware version 3.60, you can turn it into a decent emulation device by installing the HENkaku homebrew enabler . Those on firmware versions prior to 3.60 can update manually by following the instructions here . There are no homebrew solutions for firmwares 3.61 and higher at this time.
Multi-system [ edit ]
Available cores
Core
Game/System
Working?
Notes
2048
2048
✓
DeSmuME
Nintendo DS
✗
DOSBox
DOS
✓
Virtual keyboard does not work
Final Burn Alpha
Arcade
✓
Final Burn Alpha (2012)
✓
Uses FBA v0.2.97.30 ROM sets Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speed
FCEUmm
NES
✓
Fuse
ZX Spectrum
✓
Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
Gambatte
Game Boy/Color
✓
Genesis Plus GX
Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD)
✓
Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch
gpSP
Game Boy Advance
✓
~45-50 FPS
Handy
Atari Lynx
✓
MAME (2000)
Arcade
✓
Uses MAME 0.37b5 ROM sets Up to 60 FPS depending on game
MAME (2003)
✓
Uses MAME 0.78 ROM sets 30 FPS or less, FBA is recommended instead
Mednafen
Neo Geo Pocket/Color
✓
Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
PC Engine
✓
Virtual Boy
✓
~25-30 FPS
WonderSwan/Color
✓
Full speed on WS games, ~45-60 FPS on WSC games
Nestopia
NES
✓
~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead
NXEngine
Cave Story
✓
PCSX ReARMed
PlayStation
✓
~50-60 FPS at standard resolution
PicoDrive
Sega systems (GEN/SCD/32X)
✓
2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less
PrBoom
Doom
✓
ProSystem
Atari 7800
✓
QuickNES
NES
✓
Snes9x 2002 (PocketSNES)
Super Nintendo
✓
Least accurate but fastest SNES core
Snes9x 2005 (CatSFC)
✓
~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games
Snes9x 2005+ (CatSFC+)
✓
Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS
Snes9x 2010 (Snes9x Next)
✓
Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS)
Stella
Atari 2600
✓
TGB Dual
Game Boy/Color
✓
TyrQuake
Quake
✓
~40-50 FPS, use vitaQuake instead
VBA Next
Game Boy Advance
✓
~50-60 FPS
Vecx
Vectrex
✓
Yabause
Sega Saturn
✗
Technically works but is unplayably slow
Nintendo [ edit ] Super Nintendo [ edit ]
Name
Version
CATSFC-libretro-vita
Git
Snes9xVITA
Git
Game Boy/Color/Advance [ edit ] * mGBA runs slow on the Vita currently, but optimizations and a dynamic recompiler are in progress. [1] [2]
Nintendo DS [ edit ] * No dynamic recompiler, runs very slow No official binary available, but an unofficial one can be found here .
Name
Version
GEN
SCD
SMS
GG
Recommended
Genesis Plus GX
Git
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
SMSplusVITA
Git
✗
✗
✓
✓
✗
Other systems [ edit ] Atari Lynx [ edit ] HandyVITA (Download: Git ) Neo Geo Pocket/Color [ edit ] NeopopVITA (Download: Git ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] 