MAME's purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important "vintage" software from being lost and forgotten. This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions. The source code to MAME serves as this documentation. The fact that the software is usable serves primarily to validate the accuracy of the documentation (how else can you prove that you have recreated the hardware faithfully?). Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade video games that were its initial focus.

Cemu is the first eighth generation console emulator in the world, specifically the Nintendo Wii U. The requirements are big - at least efficient Core i5 and 6 GB RAM, Nvidia graphics card or AMD with support for OpenGL 4.0 (and if possible, OpenGL 4.5), 64- Windows bit (7, 8.1 or 10). In return, we get the ability to run games smoothly even in 4K resolution (although it is better to have 1080 Ti). Also DRC (GamePad), Pro Controller and Classic Controller controllers are emulated, the keyboard and USB controllers are partially supported.

Xroar - emulator mikrokomputerów Tandy Colour Computer (CoCo) models 1 i 2 doczekał się nowej aktualizacji. Pliki systemowe i trochę stuffu można znaleźć np. na archive.org, a osobom, którym to nie wystarcza polecam gamebase tej konstrukcji - odpada nam wertowanie i poszukiwanie komend aby załadować tytuł do emulatora:).

HBMAME (HomeBrew MAME) is a derivative of MAME, and contains various hacks and homebrews. It is based on the latest MAME source at the time of release.

Eighty One is one of the older designs of machine emulators with Z80 on board and quite accidentally with a rainbow in the logo - he can not only pretend the construction from Sinclair ZX80, to Amstrad ZX Spectrum +3 but also familiar with Timex, or more exotic ZX81 - Ringo clones and Lambda.

Altirra is an 8-bit Atari emulator, thanks to which, on a computer with the Windows operating system, we will launch classic games available exclusively on Atari. The emulator has an internal core, allowing you to run selected games or programs without the need to install ROMs, the manufacturer does not recommend using this solution. He explains that the internal kernel implemented here has been written from scratch, so compatibility issues may occur. The emulator supports disk images saved in the following formats: ATR, DCM, ATX and PRO. You can also make use of Atari (.obx/.xex) executable files.

WinUAE is a 32-, 64-bit Windows version (XP/Vista/7/8/10) of the UAE Amiga Emulator. UAE is the collaborative effort of a number of Amiga enthusiasts to create a portable Amiga emulator under the GNU Public License.

Raine (for Rainbow Islands Emulator) is an arcade multiemulator, it can handle games from CPS systems, Taito, Jaleco and it's run titles from NeoGeoCD (in last year project raine and neoraine was combined in one application).