Emulator Tier List: The Best and Worst PC Emulators

[@AlexwpiGame]

Tier List 3DS / Nintendo Switch for Android: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2OQlqh3ntSGhKM Thanks to channel patreons / youtube members: • Paolo • Cecilia • martinez3010 • Kesnei • MunzMadeThis Game list: 0:00 Bayonetta 3 0:48 Castlevania Symphony of the Night 1:38 Die Hard Arcade 2:16 Road Rash 2:50 Crash 3 3:30 Megaman 8 4:07 007 GoldenEye 4:31 Mario Kart 64 5:03 Conker's Bad Fur Day 5:35 The house of the Dead 2 6:32 Capcom vs. SNK 2 7:10 Sonic Adventure 2 7:44 Tékken 5 8:21 Gran Turismo 4 9:01 Mario Kart 7 9:50 Dead or Alive 3 11:03 New Super Mario Bros 11:51 Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow 12:16 Ace Combat X 12:53 Forza Horizon 13:32 Lollipop Chainsaw 14:31 Fire Emblem Awakening 15:09 Senran Kagura 2 15:41 Heroes of Ruin 16:09 Dead or Alive 5 + 17:00 Zelda: BotW 17:50 Sonic Mania 18:22 Bayonetta 3

[@baistosh]

Thank you for your list... I felt when I first venture the emulators in 90's,. There are so many emulators from developers flooded the internet..neorage,winkawaks,final burn,psxmame,epsxe,pcsx,mGBA,Zinc,Cps3, and hope these developers didn't age at all..and continue their amazing works

[@marcell7406]

"ryujinx was the only nintendo switch project that has not yet faced problems with nintendo" famous last words

[@AlexwpiGame]

😖

[@baistosh]

@@marcell7406 oh my..when I read this..I find it funny..now with ryujinx news today .it made me cringe

[@FuoxdenTech]

@@baistosh Welp, i guess the bright side is, yuzu and ryujinxs source code is forever on the internet and most nintendo exclusive games can be played perfectly fine!

[@polocatfan]

they didn't face any problems, Nintendo paid them off. ryujinx devs suck

[@godnyx117]

@@polocatfan Yeah, they suck because they choose to get paid for their work instead of serving a (mostly ungrateful, as your comment proves) community for free. This comment shows how ungrateful and selfish the open source community is. Ryujinx devs are a W!

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

Cemu deserves an S-tier rating. It is easy to use and runs smoothly on my low-end potato PC. It's the easiest emulator to set up and use. The only downside is that the Wii U has few games and exclusives.

[@KnucklesWTD]

Ui is pretty basic in comparison to the others.

[@AlexwpiGame]

I agree with everything you're saying, but I placed CEMU in tier A due to a lack of relevant updates in the past year.

[@spahr001]

Some eshop games don't work at all.

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

@@spahr001 I have not tried Eshop games yet.

[@JohnGamer03]

@@AlexwpiGame You can't just slip in another metric just for Cemu after announcing only the ease of use, game performance, compatibility, and accuracy. :D

[@matthewharris517]

PPSSPP is definitely one of the BEST and most stable emulators out there But most emulators are best ran on PC with controller (except for DS and GB which are better on phone)

[@telostia]

Ppsspp is the only emulators that runs perfect on android, ios(using jit via hack),pc, switch mod. Definitely sss tier 😛

[@AlexwpiGame]

@telostia It definitely deserves it.

[@AkiRalcolf]

Don't forget about the texture mods and other stuff

[@djsiddiki3430]

PPSSPP gives the best feel on android. The perfect portable experience

[@tenaciousinvestigator4940]

PPSSPP has crazy good optimasation. On my old pc that completely choked on ps2 and gamecube emulation and even had issues with ds emulation unless i was using outdated No$gba, PPSSPP had me running games on full speed no problem with only a few very small exceptions. Also, it can run pretty good even on cheap phones.

[@douglasscott7551]

Duckstation literally changed EVERYTHING that we thought was possible for ps1 emulation....there's soo many emulators I play....pcsx2, dolphin, rpcs3, xenia....what we need is a better version of xemu

[@CHALETARCADE]

I agree, even Xenia with Xenia Manager offers a great experience, but Xemu is a pain in the nut, but to be clear, Rallisport Challenge and Buffy on xemu are near perfect!

[@douglasscott7551]

@@CHALETARCADE 💯 agree!!!

[@danpatrick7176]

Awesome video and well thought out positions

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thx bro

[@RegalPixelKing]

For NDS I would put DeSmuME in B tier and MelonDS in A or even S tier. MelonDS already has outstanding compatibility, plus MelonDS' upscaling in leagues better than what DeSmuME could ever hope for as it currently is. MelonDS utilizes the GPU which make upscaling very easy and lite even on moderate hardware, meanwhile DeSmuME uses on the CPU which means upscaling can and will cause lag even the most powerful CPUs on the market. Also Citra got robbed. On PC it's practically perfect for 99% of games with great upscaling and an easy setup. As for N64 I think that you should look at more projects outside of RetroArch. simple64 for example is outstanding. As the name implies it's as simple as can be and it practically plug and play, it's an easy contender for an S tier as well, it also has some of the best online utility that you could ask for in an emulator. Also the standalone version of Mupen64 is far ahead of the RetroArch version and with the RMG frontend is also S tier worthy.

[@Bajolzas]

no, MelonDS lacks a lot of feature like shaders and texture filtering, also it cant upscale some games like Golden Sun DD; its only upside over DeSmuME is that it is lighter and has DSi support; I can understant putting it higher for that reason, but never in S tier.

[@AlexwpiGame]

@RegalPixelKing Thank you for sharing your knowledge and opinion about the tier list. Recently, melonDS added the ability to play online.

[@AlexwpiGame]

@Bajolzas I preferred to place emulators that are noob-friendly in tier S, so that anyone can have fun without spending time on long setup videos to configure the emulator properly. I only placed CEMU in tier A due to a lack of recent updates.

[@snootyink809]

I'd say N64 emulators are still really far behind. They still rely on outdated plugin systems, have a lot of limitations that become apparent when talking about mods or textures and still can't interpolate frames. Yes, it does the job and it's certainly playable, but it's still neither perfectly accurate nor good at enhancing the console's titles. As recompilation is starting to take off, I imagine N64 emulation will just become obsolete

[@AlexwpiGame]

@snootyink809 The already decompiled N64 games, along with the ability to configure the camera with the right analog stick, bring significant quality of life improvements, as well as other features such as texture packs and increased FPS-things that only decompilation can provide us.

[@MysterionLL-]

I think it's unfair to rank Bizhawk D only taking into consideration its Saturn Emulation, since Bizhawk is not a "saturn-only" emulator, but a multisystem emulator and a nice libretro front-end with a traditional mousecentric GUI and its actually pretty good at emulating other systems like N64, SNES, Turbografx16, Sega Genesis, 32x, Sega Master System, Game Gear, NES, Colecovision, Intellivision.

[@GeorgePerakis]

PCSX2 and Dolphin are the actual GOATs, the Michael Jordan and Lebron James of emulators. It took PCSX2 especially so many years to get where they are, but those years have been so incredibly worth it. Three entire console libraries with absurd amounts of variety and novelty available on pretty much any device with decent horsepower is so incredible.

[@KatelynTea]

Sadly pcsx2 is full of problems, like rendering for some games will just break for weeks with no fix, they removed Async mix for no reason even though loads of people used it and the devs are kinda just generally rude

[@solosapnation]

@@KatelynTeathis is just untrue, literally everyday there’s new fixes and improvements and idk where u got the devs being rude form

[@KatelynTea]

@@solosapnation ofc there's fixes but some games have major problems that render them unplayable when they were fine 1 update ago. They removed Async mix which was incredibly useful for slower games so you could run them faster and have the audio remain the same speed, when people complained they said "well you shouldn't have been using that anyway" They told p3fes modders they wouldn't fix certain bugs (they did it anyway but still) because "this is PS2 emulator not the p3fes emulator"

[@caifabe8050]

@@KatelynTea that just sounds more like they don't like being demanded shit. they'll do it when they get around to it. make them aware of an issue but don't badger them about it and things'll be a lot healthier. respecting boundaries is important. remember, these devs are doing it for free, it's volunteer work. be respectful and be grateful.

[@KatelynTea]

@@caifabe8050 they were getting pissed *at people reporting bugs* because they decided that they had fixed too many bugs for that game or smth. Iirc the bugs was that you couldn't use more than one pnach file at a time which is not the intended behaviour. The p3 modding community reported this first since they make heavy use of pnach files, they then got pissed because the p3 modders make too many bug reports I guess??

[@Goober89]

I didn't realize Xenia was that lacking, quite unfortunate.

[@VirgilioGolden]

I can run Gears of war 1/2/3 and judgment, Spiderman web of shadows, Naruto rise of ninja and broken Bond, NBA homecourt, fifa Street 3, fist of the North star 2 ken's range, DBZ Burst limit and asura's wrath quite well, and I have an old pc (Xenon 1270 V2 and rx550 4gb)

[@megamanx1291]

It's still a solid emulator if you have basic computer knowledge

[@meh78336]

I find it about on par with RPCS3 in terms of compatibility and both run equally well on my Legion Go handheld. If I can't run a game on one I can often run it or run it better on the other.

[@Dregomz02]

It can't even increase resolution without breaking games. And performance is awful at higher resolutions.

[@Your_Favorite_Onion]

@@VirgilioGolden I tried Broken Bond like 6 months ago and it had glitches, freezing and crashing did they fix that?

[@DanielRobson]

RPCS3 deserves S tier with there recent improvements etc... and every game is bootable and the highest compatibility rate

[@resghrtgsrw4687]

Not yet

[@KnucklesWTD]

Wish it had an option to use controller to control everything

[@AlexwpiGame]

@KnucklesWTD like Big Picture?

[@nthnglsn]

Rpcs3 is still not that great. It's a lot better now but it's not anywhere close to pcsx2

[@KnucklesWTD]

@@AlexwpiGame Yeah,it gets annoying closing games and things like that

[@la_corchea_rota]

I really want to start emulating,but I am scared of getting a virus since it happened to me in the past. Is there any guide to do it as safely as possible?

[@AlexwpiGame]

I recommend downloading the emulators directly from the official developers' websites or their official GitHub. If you want to join our Discord, I can share a reliable link for each project, but unfortunately, we cannot share games.

[@la_corchea_rota]

@@AlexwpiGame I will join the discord during this weekend, thank you so much

[@premnaidu4254]

Lovely ranking pls keep pumping content like this!

[@UncleSev]

Thanks for these videos. Easy to follow and understand

[@spiderphone4430]

I agree with you mostly on this list , and you did put time and effort in this video. Thanks.

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thx bro

[@chocolate_tobi]

Has your opinion of shadps changed?

[@dreyb1801]

Very good video👏. I appreciate your hard work bro. I already have Vita3k, PCSX2 1.7 (yet to update to 2.0), Dolphin 5.0, Cemu, & PPSSPP. My laptop is old & low-end (4th-gen core i7 & Nvidia quadro k2100m). I haven't bothered getting OG Xbox, Xenia, or RPCS3 b'cos I'm sure my system will struggle with those. I used to have Yuzu & Ryujinx & I could play 2d games okay but 3d games struggled.

[@AlexwpiGame]

I was able to run lighter games, even some 3D ones, using Ryujinx and a 3rd generation i5, but it was a desktop CPU, not a laptop. Sometimes you'll get better performance with Ryujinx, and other times it might not even run. It's really a matter of trial and error.

[@dreyb1801]

@@AlexwpiGame Lol. Yeah

[@Roadmanshy]

is the lenovo slim 7 2024 RTX4070 version good for all these emulators ?

[@jeffreypeters5578]

Question what game was playing during the lime3ds it looked like a overhead dungeon crawler maybe diablo-ish like arpg?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Check out the full list of games in the pinned comment.

[@jeffreypeters5578]

@@AlexwpiGame ok thx

[@jeffreypeters5578]

Sry but your pinned games are wrong Mario kart 7 is actually double dash and some other stuff don't line up but whatever idc just looking out for ya

[@5persondude]

It’s wild to see how far PCSX2 has come. I still mostly associate it with being pretty buggy and difficult to use (and tbf I haven’t tried the new 2.0 version yet). I guess it also doesn’t help that I was almost entirely interested in the more difficult games to emulate like Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Ratchet and Clank. I still remember trying to play Jak X Combat Racing on v1.4 when that game would freeze/crash after 5 minutes; had to find a fan patch just to extend that to 20 minutes

[@Dean123123100]

What's the game you played on vita3k ?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Dead or alive 5

[@joojfelipe]

Bom trabalho meu mano, adorei a lista

[@AlexwpiGame]

Valew irmão

[@ZhangMaza]

nice video, you should do it every year :)

[@Srhyle]

8:45 what game is that?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Gran Turismo 4 (playstation 2)

[@Srhyle]

@@AlexwpiGame thank you!

[@NyxTheNerd]

The list is pretty good, but I have a couple of problems with how certain entries are. I don't quite think it's fair to include ShadPS4 or any PS4 emulators in the list yet, as the scene is still in it's infancy. Within the past few weeks, we went from merely booting Bloodborne to getting into game, fighting bosses with framerates over 30. Persona 4 went from not working to fully playable within days. The scene is still really early on, so while it *is* there, it's just not quite at a point where it'd be smart to consider it as an emulator to play PS4 exclusives such as Bloodborne or InFamous. I would personally bump Cemu up to S tier; not only is it the only PC Wii U emulator, but it's great in all regards. It's easy to set up, it runs really well on lower end hardware, and it has a lot of potential for mods, which other emulators like Yuzu (at least for a while) or RPCS3 struggled with. Likewise, I'd also bump Citra up as well, as most games run fine within Citra (speaking for the PC release), run well and also has mod support for the games it can run. Not quite S tier, but it's still a versatile emulator that works for pretty much anything you'd wanna throw at it.

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thank you for sharing your opinion and for making this tier list more complete for the users based on your insights.

[@IntrovertSinceBirth]

Next For Android, iOS 🔥🔥

[@Ghostlynotme445]

iOS don’t much emulator out there like android due to no jit

[@AlexwpiGame]

I can make a list for Android if you guys want, but it will take me more time because I'm not sure which projects are good enough to test. Basically, on Android, my full knowledge is mostly on NDS, 3DS, PS series, and Switch.

[@hettige]

@@AlexwpiGame would appreciate a android list thanks

[@sudoo6987]

​@@AlexwpiGame take your time king but an android list would be nice especially older systems like n64 and saturn and dreamcast. Since they have pro versions would love to know more free options out there

[@Outfires]

I could help you with the android list since I've been doing that stuff since 2016

[@mozydiaz8296]

Isn't your cpu bottelnecking your gpu? with an I5 13600K or a R7 7800X 3D you'll have better perfs.

[@AlexwpiGame]

Yes, but these emulators don't properly utilize the GPU's power. I could say there was a bottleneck here only with Switch emulation and RPCS3. The only emulator that excessively uses the GPU is Xenia.

[@JohnGamer03]

@@AlexwpiGame Diaz is correct. Your PC hardware is not pair correctly. Do a benchmark test: 1080p, 1440p, 2160p with high settings and compare. You should notice the bottleneck is on the CPU. Skip intel CPUs and go with 7800X3D with fast memory. When you do a performance test on PC, you should include the resolutions above in your video.

[@Floof_Factory]

Do you know which computer/laptop specs can handle Nintendo switch emulators and PS4 emulators? Edit: if you could do a video on that, that would be amazing

[@AlexwpiGame]

i5 4460 and a GTX 1050 for Switch emulation on Sudachi, Yuzu, and similar emulators-this hardware is obviously the minimum requirement and won't run all games. For a recommended setup, I’d suggest at least a 10th gen i7 and a GTX 1070. As for ShadPS4, there are no set requirements yet since everything is still a work in progress, but I'll be running tests soon. Keep in mind that emulation for both of these systems relies more on the CPU than the GPU.

[@Floof_Factory]

@@AlexwpiGame so even with a basi Nvidia card, as long as the CPU is really good it should work fine?

[@arkelole]

@@Floof_Factoryusually the cpu is doing most of the heavy lifting yes but you should still get a decent gpu

[@alenny1740]

What about mednafen for saturn? Sega Rally Championship

[@saakuya6148]

Great video

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thx bro

[@hettige]

HI where can i download the tier list image like you said? joined the discord but can't find it

[@AlexwpiGame]

ibb.co/XZxTznG

[@ammarahmed7566]

Man I love this channel

[@AlexwpiGame]

😍✌

[@hongkaiyuan]

Just curious, why didn't you mention mednafen for Saturn emulation? I thought that emulator had great compatibility.

[@jmtradbr]

Zsnes is the goat for introducing me to emulation in 2005

[@DoinThatRag]

I'm not trying to discount your statement, but zsnes was horribly inaccurate and needs to just slip away into history. To this day we still have to deal with a vast number of ROM hacks that only work in zsnes because of how inaccurate to hardware that emulator was. It serves as a lesson to this day that if you are going to write an emulator, it should be as close to real hardware as possible so that if it runs in your emulator, it should also run on real hardware. All these ROM hacks that used zsnes for testing don't run in any modern SNES emulators or on real hardware and will be lost to time along with the emulator.

[@jmtradbr]

@@DoinThatRag it's more a nostalgia thing, the znes ui was very cool (but clunky when dealing with directory and controls) and was very popular where i lived.

[@alexver3748]

Agree, except for xenia canary. Must say I don't play much xenia games and only play compatible ones. Upscaling is an issue though, have made custom resolutions and they tend to slow game down significantly, maybe that's the issue?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Problems with saves and audio in an emulator that has been in development for a decent amount of time are unacceptable. Another major issue with the project is the lack of a UI. All the other emulators on this list have a UI and don't have save issues. Losing a save is a gamer's worst enemy.

[@shamanoty8115]

@@AlexwpiGame yes its not in same league with emulators for other systems , this new xenia manager projects (frontend) is refreshing to see

[@alexver3748]

@@AlexwpiGame Didn't know about the saves. That is a major flaw indeed. Yeah, the UI, or should I say cfg file is pretty bare bones. Cursed a few times when I first began using it and it was by no means my first emulator setup. Xenia manager should fix that but haven't tried it (last time I checked it did not yet run xbox live). But you're right. When it runs a game it runs it good but the UI is not up to par with other emulators, far from it.

[@irvingescobar737]

Xenia does not have Vulkan tho I recall that Xenia Canary does have Vulkan support, haven't ran into issues yet

[@douglasscott7551]

Xenia I've noticed causes bad flickering on alot of games, like Blue Dragon, but if you go into the config file and place resolution at 2x or even 3x, the games it's compatible with are wow...greatly enhanced, i like playing F.E.A.R. and also the Xbox 360 (console) exclusives Perseus Mandate and Extraction Point on xenia instead of pc because of the gamepad support, but with 3x resolution on xenia, looks almost on par with pc, which pc needs mods nowadays to function properly at a proper framerate....F.E.A.R. was definitely the can it run game, right before Crysis came out.

[@Celorion2]

i stil use Yuzu for switch its all working fine for me. i won't use another one for switch.

[@lokomaniatiklmo2862]

I have been installed yuzu and ryujinx in my pc and I can confirm,yuzu give me better performance in my opinion,yuzu has more configuration options while ryujinx configuration it’s so poor.

[@Cocoamallows69]

What's the game in the intro?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch)

[@Witchling86]

Disagree with Xenia Canary on d. I would put it in b. I have not yet found any xbla game that is not playable on it. :)

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thank you for your opinion and politeness.

[@xsham6224]

i have some issues with xenia, for example it cant run need for speed the run, far cry 4 and is a pain to setup without xenia manager, but i agree that it deserves at least C tier

[@Witchling86]

@@xsham6224 I recommend playing the games that have a native pc port on pc instead of emulating them. Always works better :)

[@ProdigalSui]

Nah that emulator sucks ass atm

[@Witchling86]

@@ProdigalSui Alright, i guess the digital xbla game arent as demading as other games.

[@angelrhythm-e2t]

3 meses depois, ShadPs4 subiria algumas posições pela dedicação dos devs e o quão meteórico tem sido a evolução dele

[@AlexwpiGame]

Sim, evoluiu bem d+, praticamente uma boa novidade a cada semana que passa. O pessoal ainda afirma dizer que o emulador de PS4 desenvolvido pela equipe do RPCS3 será melhor que o ShadPS4, mas sinceramente eu não acredito.

[@bookworm2267]

how did you get bayonetta 3 to launch on sudachi my game just shuts off even before the title screen. Ryujinx works fine but the cutscenes have huge delay in ryujinx

[@AlexwpiGame]

update your game, firmware 17+, use sudachi 1.0.4

[@bookworm2267]

@@AlexwpiGame can i also ask what version do you play on 1.0.0 or 1.2.0 dunno why but my game keeps reverting back to 1.0.0 after one game session on 1.2.0

[@AlexwpiGame]

@@bookworm2267 Your game should be on version 1.2, but the menu is showing version 1.0; this happens to me as well.

[@bookworm2267]

How did you understand the game was displaying the wrong version?

[@AlexwpiGame]

@@bookworm2267 on sudachi main menu right click on game and check properties

[@voidwalker8430]

I wanted to play persona 5 royal and ive seen good performance on ryujinx, is it better on sudachi (i want to play a zelda game later and since u said it wasn't that good on ryujinx you got me wondering which simulator to download)

[@GUNAWIR1]

How u change your layout in emu switch??

[@RivadoValon]

Thank you for this great list. I'm just starting to get my feet wet in playing games on a emulator and always wanted a great list of top ranked / recommended ones. Again Thank You. BTW do you also have a list for Neo Geo & Arcade emulators ?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Hello, my friend! Welcome to the world of emulation. I'm sure you'll discover more games here than you'll be able to play in a lifetime, haha. Recently, I was testing arcade emulators since it's a platform I love. Ever since I got my first PC, I've always liked WinKawaks, but with the lack of updates, it's starting to fall short. It's very easy to configure and run games, but nowadays, the best option is MAME. Even though it's difficult to set up and its user interface is outdated and not very intuitive.

[@RivadoValon]

@@AlexwpiGame thank you for the reply and recommendation. So far I can not seem to find an emulator for Neo Geo 😕 or maybe my search results are just subpar. Too me Neo Geo is underrated and has some great games that need to be played like Windjammers, Pulstar, Neo Turf Masters, Spinmaster, Shock Troopers, Cross Swords etc etc just to name a few. Hope you get to test these games out with a great emulator. Good luck sir if you find it. Let us know please 🙏 and have a great day 😊

[@tytds]

what is the game in the intro?

[@v2power921]

Eu partilho da mesma opinião, tirando o DeSmuME... Esse emulador é literalmente o mais pesado de todos quando o assunto é upscaling, mudar jogos 3D pra 4K ou até 1080p faz meu PC Gamer chorar. 😂 Atualmente eu uso o MelonDS DS, por mais que não tenha upscaling é bem mais estável.

[@puck7277]

So what is the best switch emulator if i want to play The Legend of Zelda: ToTK?

[@Agr_35-w2j]

Sudachi

[@Foxxionly]

can't help but laugh seeing some comments like "you should put x in S tier" [because i played one game on it and liked it] or "i'd put Y in D tier" [because the one game i wanted to play on it didn't work well and i don't like it]

[@cyclonmaster]

nice one

[@Nobody_247]

5:35 what game are you playing there?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Tekkén 5 (PS2)

[@spahr001]

I never thought Dolphin would be surpassed but I think PCSX2 and Duckstation have both surpassed it. Dolphin needs to figure out a way to get the Wii Remote speaker emulation to work correctly.

[@tarballqc]

What’s the name of the game shown right at the beginning of the video ?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (nintendo Switch)

[@georgeedwardang3871]

No XEBRA for PS1? It has also PK201 for Pocketstation...???

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

Only one I kind of disagree with is Ryujinx. It should be S-tier. For a long time kept up with yuzu and even surpassed Yuzu in some titles and Features. Overall good list tho.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Agree. Ryujinx should be lower. Like C tier at best

[@omegawaffles7348]

for saturn imo, i think the best is SFF. no audio or visual stutters. i been playing castlevania sotn saturn version on it very enjoyably. u can even set up cheat codes if u rlly want to but that’s a bit of a step than yaba where it already has the option

[@JohnGamer03]

Great job with the video. Tidy up the title for the video even if you have to remove a some emulator(s), such as: Emulator Tier List: The Best/Worst FREE Open and Closed Source PC Emulators. This video requires a follow up video regarding to ranking of metric(s) and a brief explanation of each metric before The Best/Worst FREE Open Source Emulators on Android video. Please invite developers like Phoenix, Jarrod Norwell, etc... for a discussion on the metric(s). Developers may have a different metric system from emulator gamers and testers. Alex & Subscribers: What other metrics should be added beside ease of use, game performance, compatibility, and accuracy?

[@AlexwpiGame]

From my side, there have been several attempts to contact Jarrod, but he never responds or even sees my messages. On the other hand, for any "EmuDrama," he promptly tags Mr. Sujano to help him with his conflicts. Other devs, like Phoenix and Gamer64 (Mandarine), always respond and treat me very well. I've even exchanged a few words with PabloMK7, who seems to be a really nice guy.

[@quas3728]

I want to add SSF (Sega Saturn). SSF works smooth on my potato laptop (others were laggy on my potato laptop). RMG (N64), this is my option. It works great. there is no glitches. I don't know why but retroarch had small visual glitches.

[@musaddiquenehal5917]

Which font is in the thumbnail??

[@AlexwpiGame]

badaboom BB

[@musaddiquenehal5917]

@AlexwpiGame thanks bro 🤜

[@SaturdayGo]

Can you make a another video about Emulators for Steam Deck? I believe there's more like me hoping to see it from you. Thank you

[@AlexwpiGame]

If I had a Steam Deck, I would definitely make this type of video and many others.

[@sambo5402]

What game that was in the intro?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch)

[@chrisryan8894]

Is the ps4 emulator for Mac as well ?

[@meyou-dz2kl]

for Saturn emulation try RetroArch and Mednafen ssf is accurate but hasn't bin updated in a while but its a great option as well

[@clay.invictus]

First time using emulators. I want to play Fire Emblem games. Which emulator is best for it? Thanks!

[@g4z-kb7ct]

It should be noted that Play! is the only emulator that runs arcade games based on the PS2 hardware (I dumped most of them). That means Namco System 246/256 and System 147/148. Many of those arcade games were not ported to any consoles so to play those you need either real arcade games or use Play! :-)

[@geniusbugshow]

Isn't Mednafen the best Saturn Emulator?

[@Tongbeitiao]

Yeah mednafen best saturn and pax for me no questions asked👍👍👍

[@MrSquirreller]

Duckstation was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the video's title. The N64 decompilation project should also be here and to be placed at S tier.

[@DEZ9223]

You have a decent ranking, but I would personally put Dolphin in A not S. It's a very old emulator and it lacks in terms of user interface (you need to type commands in a user .txt file for changing graphical settings per game) + it has corrupted my save files a couple of times + recording issues, etc.

[@AlexwpiGame]

As I said earlier, losing saves is unacceptable, and the configuration parameters are already integrated into the game. Besides that, it has simulated HDR, and I love playing with HDR. But I respect your opinion, and thank you for commenting.

[@RedPill780]

Use save states. Dolphin corrupted my save file for Wind Waker after I finished the game. 🤣

[@zaflame3755]

Dolphin is not lacking outside per game settings, 95% of emulators on this list don't even have what dolphin has.

[@1981AdamGs]

I have tried all the Switch emulators. But I still use Yuzu. Just because it's dead doesn't mean it's broken. I have been able to play every new game that I want without any real issues. Any performance issues were easily fixed by tweaking the settings. Even now I still don't understand why people wouldn't just continue to use Yuzu.

[@pranprotim5312]

Ryujinx and Cemu should be S tier, Xenia should be either B or C. Agreed with the rest.

[@JohnGamer03]

Ryujinx and Cemu is definitely S tier.

[@zaflame3755]

Xenia def better than vita3K.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

​@@JohnGamer03no

[@gnarly814]

this channel is fantastic

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thx bro

[@wahidovich2021]

what about Rosalie's Mupen for N64?

[@jeffreypeters5578]

It's just a gui for mupen

[@eskitvturkiye774]

best switch emulator ? suyu vs torzu vs sudachi? my system recoments rx 6600 16 gb ram

[@AlexwpiGame]

Sudachi man, keep your distance from torzu

[@eskitvturkiye774]

@@AlexwpiGame suyu vs sudachi ?

[@CurtEyeEX]

What game is that in the intro?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 Nintendo Switch

[@duduchannel6729]

Can you make another one for older consoles? For example mGBA, VBA-M for the GBA and No$GBA for the GBA/DS, the latter being the first one for those consoles as far as i know or game gear emulators if there are any

[@AlexwpiGame]

Nintendo DS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onnGi4iLfMeliLM

[@HeartPliz]

What is playing during the intro

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (nintendo Switch)

[@Draconix6]

Good list, except putting Ryujinx in B tier is ridiculous.

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thank you for your opinion, I only placed it below the Yuzu forks because I was thinking specifically about emulating Zelda TotK. The performance of Ryujinx falls well below Yuzu, but I respect your opinion if you consider it better. Just for curiosity's sake, I was able to run Ryujinx on my third-generation i5, but I couldn't run Yuzu.

[@Draconix6]

@@AlexwpiGame It depends on your hardware. I have a pretty decent rig and both emulators run great. One might work better than the other depending on the person's computer, though generally Yuzu is more optimized for performance and Ryujinx is more accurate. Both emulators should be in the same tier.

[@steventhekid5985]

@@Draconix6in my experience yuzu runs games better but ryujinx has more settings and graphics options

[@NyxTheNerd]

@@AlexwpiGame Ryujinx runs slower than Yuzu due to the fact it focuses on stability and accuracy, rather than performance. For a while, it was the only emulator that could run mods for games like Smash Bros. because of the accuracy. it also tends to run early games a lot better. I remember Yuzu had problems with Scarlet and Violet that Ryujinx didn't have. Fire Emblem: Engage was also unstable on Yuzu for a bit, my friend kept getting crashes. Yuzu is faster and better for lower end PCs, but Ryujinx is more consistent. I'd consider bumping it up if you ever do a revision.

[@TrexelCat]

It's quite sad to see that yet again, PSX113 is forgotten. It was the first PlayStation 1 emulator that had over 95% game compatibility(If I remember correctly, the developer didn't bother with a compatibility list like other emulators had because out of the box it ran almost every PS1 game). Even when ePSXe was struggling with having 50%. It didn't have any frills or fancy advancements like up upscaling. It just ran the games in the most accurate way possible. It was essentially a 1-to-1 replica of the original PlayStation. I get that some people might not like an emulator that can't upscale to 8k with shaders and graphics enhancements. But it really was the best PS1 experience for purists who wanted to experience the PS1, ugly graphics on a LCD/LED and all. It even included the full PS1 bootup sequence(you know, that white starting screen with the PlayStation logo). Someone even made a PSX113 Frontend to simplify the command line functions. And allowed you to set up a per game launch configuration. If you ever find yourself using PSX113, you might find an option for PS2. This is because the developer had plans to add that in. It even has the option to have a PS2 BIOS. Sadly, it does not work. The project was abandoned a long while back. Still though, it was the best PS1 emulator for accuracy and authenticity.

[@joeylopez834]

thank you for your ideas about emulators. many things i learn from this vid

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thanks for the feedback, my friend.

[@leminhtrieuvy5657]

how to use automatic config on PCSX2, I can't find how

[@AlexwpiGame]

In the graphics API selection, leave it on automatic. For the joystick settings, plug in your joystick and select auto; the PCSX2 will download the original layout according to its database. Lastly, make sure to enable automatic game fixes to avoid ghosting and other issues.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Even though I don't speak Portuguese, I had to turn on subtitles just to comprehend what emulators you are referring to from that A.I. voice.

[@AlexwpiGame]

Sorry about that; it really did sound strange with the AI saying "DesMuMe," for example. If it helps, there is native English subtitles available, and it’s not an automatic Google translation but from the actual script, which might assist in understanding.

[@rishiverma7003]

the day i buy a laptop ryujinx get dead😭😭plzz suggest me a good emulator to play legend arceus and other pokemon games plzz🙏🙏🙏

[@AlexwpiGame]

Sudachi

[@capnsop]

-I see a video about emulators being recommended to me. -Ask myself "why?" -See many footages of Dead or Alive gameplay. -I think: "I see. This KZbin AI is starting to get dangerous."

[@AlexwpiGame]

hahaha

[@gisel213]

Sudachi yuzu and torzu still cannot run princess peach and or games like 30xx properly...ryujinx should be the top emulator for Nintendo switch...

[@AlexwpiGame]

I wasn't interested in the Princess Peach game, but I can confirm that 30XX only runs decently on Ryujinx. You make a great point, especially since I love both 20XX and 30XX.

[@gisel213]

@@AlexwpiGame Ryujinx does everything correctly accurately which is why new exclusives with protections and some newer titles run vs yuzu and it's forks having issues... But don't get me wrong yuzu and the forks is still a piece of golden software...

[@MattKimura]

I use Yuzu/its forks for everything older and ryujinx for the few new titles

[@lordleonn1712]

What' game was playing at the intro

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (nintendo Switch)

[@Xenokhaos]

Cemu is an absolute S tier for me, insane performance, mods and graphical enhancements are extremely easy to access and configure and of course how easy you can get every game you want thanks to Wii USB Helper

[@d0tS...]

Is there a reason why you didn't rate any of the GameBoys, NES and SNES consoles?

[@AlexwpiGame]

only 3d graphics on this video

[@yadspi]

Saturn has Mednafen or Beetle on RetroArch. N64 you have to enter the menu and change to parallel RDP (that's why there's artifacting in the screen borders)

[@hakamal-asyam3709]

Uzuy must be S tier for andoird emulator, the devs revolutionize this scene by bringing custom driver for mali devices

[@NumbHydro]

That was revealed to be fake though, look it up.

[@fishbones3650]

I'd place Vita3k on D tbh, I kept on fixing and re-configuring it but to no avail, even going as far as to follow all youtube tutorials, it always say the "Archive" message

[@DarkmoonWinter]

Though duckstation is possibly the best emu ever it seems like its some kind of ritual for Stenzeck to break texture pack and xbrz filters every other update for some reason lol. Thats why its a rule of thumb to always make a back up of your previous emulator before updating.

[@franzgucktyoutube]

Love your videos Alex, though I disagree to some of your opinions: Project 64 is the best N64 emulator and standalone, so no need for Retroarch configuration. Secondly, I still think the classic Yuzu should have deserved a spot in your Switch emulation sector.. Just opinions, no offense;-)

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thanks for commenting! I’ve responded to almost all the comments with other users' opinions, and if I were to list Yuzu, I’d place it right next to Sudachi. While Sudachi received RAM usage reductions, Yuzu had the UMA project during its active development. UMA aimed to reduce the RAM used by games, allowing you to play Zelda TotK with about 10GB of RAM. Unfortunately, that project went down with Yuzu, but I believe that by now, UMA would have been released. About Project 64, I’ll definitely make another video-comprehensive and updated-covering all emulators, including RetroArch cores for Sega Saturn and N64. I consider these to be some of the most challenging emulators to run properly today.

[@leinad6748]

I think Parallel launcher is even better than Project 64

[@crow9283]

I have tried to use Ryujinx on my PC but it doesn't work. Is there any project that continues the development of Yuzu that actually works? Only Yuzu works on my PC.

[@AlexwpiGame]

try sudachi man

[@crow9283]

@@AlexwpiGame Project's GitHub and web are down.

[@PingTPunk-rq9us]

Sounds like it may be a setup issue.

[@AlexwpiGame]

@crow9283 sudachi.emuplace.app/

[@collectibles4u]

Personally I think the hardest to emulate right now I mean as far as emulators them working the content would definitely have to be Xbox 360, psychic Saturn can have a myriad of problems but that platform has come a long long way in the last few years. Xbox 360 however and maybe now that the store shut down that will start to see some massive improvements on that but yeah

[@GhibliNova]

Mednafen is the best Sega Saturn emulator. Complicated to set up, but everything I've thrown at it runs perfectly from Panzer Dragoon Saga to Sonic Jam

[@Troop-]

Whats the game at the start?

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch)

[@aquapendulum]

2:47 "DUSCKSTATION" Drank too much?

[@AlexwpiGame]

It took more than two full weeks working on this video, and I had to drink a lot, especially energy drinks 🤣

[@Antzmacadamia]

mednafen has been updated earlier this year for sega saturn. Also known as beetle on retroarch. Great improvements but rarely a mention online.

[@richiefoster2975]

You need to do a video for Android. This would be super helpful for users who need to know the best current emulators

[@VrilyaSS]

Please next time, every Game-Title in Video, Thank you

[@AlexwpiGame]

I will add them to the pinned comment in the next few minutes.

[@VrilyaSS]

@@AlexwpiGame please in video next to the emulator next videos, thank you

[@AlexwpiGame]

✌

[@swakv]

subbed

[@AlexwpiGame]

Thx bro

[@nbayoungbird109]

What was the game at the start

[@AlexwpiGame]

Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch)