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Products that do what ROM Player by Coops does

20+ retro systems, zero installs — just drop a ROM and play

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   Afterplay▲113

   Play retro games on any device, saves synced, no jailbreak

   2023

2. 2
   NESBox▲98

   Online multiplayer NES(FC) games

   2022

3. 3PS
   Play SNES, gba, in your terminal, even in tmux▲6

   rom is a ~5k-line C libretro frontend that plays games in the terminal. It renders native pixels with the kitty graphics protocol in Ghostty or kitty, inline! even in tmux! Nine platforms: SNES, NES, GB/GBC, GBA, Genesis, PC Engine, N64, Doom/Heretic/Hexen, Wolfenstein. macOS and Linux, MIT. https://github.com/jhickner/rom

   Jul 2026 · github.com

4. 4NP
   NES Party – Online Multiplayer NES Emulator Using WebRTC▲237

   2018 · nes.party

5. 5PM
   Play multiplayer and singleplayer NES games online▲196

   2017 · nescat.gcubed.co

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   Sutāto▲84

   Play NES and Gameboy games on IOS

   2024

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   Super Mario Run▲327

   Mario jumps into a new adventure on iPhone and iPad

   2016

8. 8
   Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch▲181

   Nintendo brings back their original handheld system

   2020

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   WePlayDOS▲205

   Play classic DOS games in browser

   2024

10. 10
    Delta▲245

    The first Gameboy emulator approved in the App Store

    2024

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    NES30▲114

    Nintendo controller for iOS, Android, & Windows

    2014

12. 12
    Super Mario 3D All Stars▲93

    The return of 3 classic Mario games on Switch

    2020

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    Opal Emu▲1

    Drop a game. Play instantly. Browser-based retro emulator.

    29d ago · opalemu.com

14. 14
    GameShell▲87

    Open Source Retro Gaming & STEM Portable Console

    2017

15. 15OG
    Online Game Emulation Platform – Afterplay.io▲19

    Hello HN users, I made a web app that allows you to upload any SNES or GameBoy ROM file and play right within the web browser. It’s called Afterplay.io. It got a lot of upvotes on Reddit, and I noticed users signing up and coming back to play games every day, which feels great and has motivated me to keep on developing this thing :). Demo Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9iYbJ-1lQ Site : https://afterplay.io Problem: I couldn't play emulated games across my devices easily with saves. The Apple App Store does not allow emulator apps. Solution: Use…

    2021

16. 16GJ
    GBA.js, a Game Boy Advance emulator written in JavaScript▲76

    2012 · jpfau.github.com

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    Wavedash▲215

    Play the latest games in your web browser

    2025

18. 18GJ
    GameTime – JS emulator supporting SNES and GBA▲12

    2015 · matthewbauer.us

19. 19AN
    An NES emulator written in Rust▲125

    2013 · github.com

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    Delta Emulator▲68

    Best Emulator for playing retro games on iOS

    2022

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    Mega Man▲133

    The original Mega Man for NES now on iOS and Android

    2017

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    Retrobit Game▲96

    A monthly subscription box of retro video games

    2017

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    pleNx — Plex client for Nintendo Switch▲84

    The first native Plex client for Nintendo Switch

    Jun 2026 · thcolin.github.io

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    GameBoy vibes▲150

    a Candycat themed GameBoy Emulator in the browser

    2025

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