Essential Tools (Console-Specific)
This is for tools which pertain to specific systems.
NES Tools
MESEN: An accurate emulator for NES with many debugging tools.
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GB/GBC Tools
BGB: An accurate emulator which supports Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Super Game Boy.
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Super Game Boy Border Injector: Set custom palettes and border maps for GB games.
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SNES Tools
SNES9X: An emulator with a great mix of accuracy and performance, generally recommended for casual users.
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MESEN-S: An extremely accurate emulator with great debugging tools. Highly recommended for hacking purposes.
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ZSNES: Severely outdated and not recommended for
casual usage, but helpful for running very old hacks (such as various
Super Mario World hacks and Chrono Trigger: Prophet’s Guile) which were
made specifically for ZSNES.
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Advanced SNES ROM Utility: Edits basic header data such as the title, region, version, etc. Can fix broken CheckSums.
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TUSH: A tool for adding or removing copier headers from SNES ROMs.
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Lunar Address: A SNES address conversion tool with support for LoROM, HiROM, and more.
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SNESTilesKitten: A Snes tile viewer/importer/exporter
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Virtual Boy Tools
Mednafen: A multi-system emulator with a Virtual Boy core which boasts high compatibility. Can edit the Virtual Boy’s screen colours.
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N64 Tools
ares: A multi-system emulator with a Nintendo 64 core which boasts high compatibility.
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GBA Tools
mGBA: A highly accurate emulator which supports Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance.
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GCN Tools
Dolphin: A GameCube emulator which boasts high accuracy.
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NDS Tools
melonDS: A modern fast and accurate DS emulator.
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SG-1000 Tools
BizHawk: A multi-system emulator with excellent Sega
core support. Includes SMS Hawk and Genesis Plus GX cores for
8-bit/16-bit Sega emulation.
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Master System Tools
BizHawk: A multi-system emulator with excellent Sega
core support. Includes SMS Hawk and Genesis Plus GX cores for
8-bit/16-bit Sega emulation.
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Genesis/SCD/32X Tools
BizHawk: A multi-system emulator with excellent Sega
core support. Includes SMS Hawk and Genesis Plus GX cores for
8-bit/16-bit Sega emulation.
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ESE FixCheckSum: A simple program to fix the CheckSum for modified Genesis ROMs.
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Gens KMod: An enhanced version of Gens with excellent debugging features for developers.
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GEMS: Genesis Editor for Music and Sound effects.
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Game Gear Tools
BizHawk: A multi-system emulator with excellent Sega
core support. Includes SMS Hawk and Genesis Plus GX cores for
8-bit/16-bit Sega emulation.
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Pico Tools
PicoDrive: Stylus and turn page support.
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Saturn Tools
Mednafen: A multi-system emulator with a Saturn core
which boasts high compatibility. By default it is a command-line
emulator, but GUI add-ons can be found on GitHub.
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Sega Saturn Patcher: Mainly used for creating and applying hacks with the SSP format.
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Saturn Region Patcher: Patches Saturn area codes.
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Sega Saturn Film Tools: Extracts and replaces audio in Cinepak files.
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PCX to Saturn tools: Picture rebuilding tools.
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Dreamcast Tools
Redream: A modern Dreamcast emulator with great performance and compatibility.
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DEmul: A legacy emulator which may still be recommended for Sega NAOMI and its variants.
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Universal Dreamcast Patcher: Cross-format game patching solution.
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PS1 Tools
Mednafen: A multi-system emulator with a PS1 core
which boasts high compatibility. By default it is a command-line
emulator, but GUI add-ons can be found on GitHub.
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XEBRA: A PS1 emulator mostly notable for PocketStation support.
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PPF-O-Matic: Applies PPF files.
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jPSXdec: A cross-platform PlayStation 1 audio and video converter.
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PS2 Tools
PCSX2: The PS2 emulator of choice.
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PSP Tools
PPSSPP: The PSP emulator of choice.
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UMDGen: Edits PSP ISOs. PPF patches can be applied.
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PC Engine + CD Tools
Mednafen: A multi-system emulator with a PCE core
which boasts high compatibility. Has a version of the core to prioritize
performance over accuracy.
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