Recalbox the superstar
Of all the known emulation systems, Recalbox is probably the best known and is one of the most complete.
What is an emulation system?
Well, it's simple: an emulation system is either software or an operating system (like Recalbox) that allows you to emulate a variety of consoles and platforms.
The Recalbox OS is completely open source and free, and has been specifically designed so you can configure your machine in no time.
It can be installed on:
- Raspberry Pi
- Odroid C2 and XU4
- PC
Can it be installed on an arcade machine or a bartop?
The Recalbox OS system has also been designed for integration into terminals and bartops.
You can connect buttons and joysticks directly to the Raspberry Pi's GPIOs.
You can disable the menus to prevent misuse. It's also possible to use the HDMI/DVI/VGA (with an adapter) or RCA outputs.
Which consoles are compatible with RecalBox?
List of consoles playable on the RecalBox system:
| Nom de la console | Fabricant | Génération | Année de sortie EU | |
| Nes | Nintendo | 3ème | 1987 | Super Mario Bros. |
| Super Nintendo | Nintendo | 4ème | 1992 | Super Mario World |
| Playstation | Sony | 5ème | 1995 | Gran Turismo |
| Game Boy | Nintendo | 4ème | 1990 | Tetris |
| Atari 7800 | Atari | 3ème | 1991 | – |
| PC Engine | NEC Corporation | 4ème | 1990 | PC Kid |
| Sega SG-1000 | Sega | 3ème | 1983 (uniquement au Japon) | Flicky |
| Nintendo 64 | Sega | 5ème | 1997 | Super Mario 64 |
| Sega CD | Sega | 4ème | 1983 | Sonic CD |
| Game and Watch | Nintendo | 2ème | 1980 | – |
| Vectrex | Smith Engineering | 2ème | 1983 | Asteroid |
| Virtual Boy | Nintendo | 5ème | 1995 (US & Japon uniquement) | Mario’s Tennis |
| Wonderswan Color | Bandai | 6ème | 2000 | – |
| Master System | Sega | 3ème | 1987 | Alex Kidd in Miracle World |
| Atari 2600 | Atari | 2ème | 1981 | Pac-man |
| Atari 5200 | Atari | 2ème | 1982 (US uniquement) | – |
| Megadrive | Sega | 4ème | 1990 | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Game Boy Advance | Nintendo | 6ème | 2001 | Pokémon Rubis et Saphir |
| Commodore 64 | Commodore | – | 1982 | – |
| Dreamcast | Sega | 6ème | 1999 | Sonic Adventure |
| GameCube (PC uniquement ) | Nintendo | 6ème | 2002 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
| Nintendo DS (PC uniquement) | Nintendo | 7ème | 2005 | New Super Mario Bros |
| Neo Geo | SNK | 4ème | 1990 | The King of Fighters ’95 |
| Mega Drive 32X | Sega | 4ème | 1995 | – |
| Game Boy Color | Nintendo | 5ème | 1998 | Pokémon Cristal |
| Famicom Disk System | Nintendo | 3ème | 1986 (uniquement au Japon) | Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels |
| Game Gear | Sega | 4ème | 1991 | Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos |
| Jaguar | Atari | 5ème | 1994 | Alien vs. Predator |
| Lynx | Atari | 4ème | 1990 | – |
| Amiga CD32 | Commodore | 5ème | 1993 | Simon the Sorcerer |
| Neo Geo CD | SNK | 4ème | 1994 | – |
| Neo-Geo Pocket Color | SNK | 6ème | 1999 | – |
| SuperGrafX | NEC Corporation | 4ème | 1990 | – |
| Atari ST | Atari | – | 1985 | – |
| ZX Spectrum | Sinclair | – | 1982 | – |
| Amstrad CPC | Amstrad | – | 1984 | – |
| Sinclair ZX81 | Sinclair | – | 1981 | – |
| Videopac (Odyssey2) | Magnavox/Philips | 2ème | 1980 | – |
| Intellivision | Mattel | 2ème | 1979 | Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack |
| Atari 400 | Atari | 2ème | 1979 | – |
| Atari 800 | Atari | 2ème | 1979 | – |
| Atari 1200XL | Atari | 2ème | 1982 | – |
| Atari 1400XLD | Atari | 2ème | 1982 | – |
| Atari 600XL | Atari | 2ème | 1983 | – |
| Atari 800XL | Atari | 2ème | 1983 | – |
| Atari 65XE | Atari | 2ème | 1985 | – |
| Atari 130XE | Atari | 2ème | 1985 | – |
| Atari 1020 | Atari | 2ème | 1985 | – |
| Atari 800XE | Atari | 2ème | 1987 | – |
| Atari XEGS | Atari | 2ème | 1987 | – |
| Sam Coupé | MGT | 3ème | 1989 | – |
| Fairchild Channel F | Fairchild Semiconductor | 2ème | 1976 | – |
| Apple II | Apple | 2ème | 1977 | – |
| MSX | multi-fabricant | 2ème | 1983 | – |
| PC-98 | NEC Corporation | 2ème | 1982 | – |
| 3DO | Panasonic | 5ème | 1994 | – |
| Pokémon Mini | Nintendo | 6ème | 2002 | – |
| Sharp X68000 | Sharp | 2ème | 1987 | – |
| Thomson MO5 | SIMIV (Thomson) | 2ème | 1984 | – |
| Thomson TO7 | Thomson | 2ème | 1982 | – |
| WonderSwan | Bandai | 6ème | 1999 (uniquement Japon) | – |
How to download and install Recalbox?
For this I invite you to go to the publisher's website clic here
How do I install Recalbox on my PC?
This is a question that comes up often, as I said above Recalbox is an OS and not a software installable on Windows or Mac OS like other systems. You will therefore need to install it as an OS on your PC and for that I share with you a very well made video:
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