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All Emulator links listed in this section are Microsoft Windows based emulators and have been tested with Windows 10 64bit, if you have an older or newer OS they may or may not work, some have 32bit and 64bit versions so make sure you download the correct version for your operating system, while 32bit works fine on a 64bit system, 64bit programs don't work on 32bit systems.

Some of the emulator links also contain other OS releases, ie.. Apple Mac, BeOS, Linux, Wii etc... I've not tested any of these as I don't have access to any of these systems.

There are many other emulators available for the various systems but these are the only ones I've tested and the Gradius related games play fine on these.

If more than one emulator is listed for each system then the top listed one is the one to test first.

Arcade Arcade - アーケード (AC)

https://www.mamedev.org/ - MAME 0.276 - 31/03/2025 - Windows Console Version Tested.

Local Hosting - Sparcade v2.33b - 22/12/1999 - DOS Only Emulator by Dave Spicer - Will only run in DOS and maybe DOSBOX

Nintendo PlayChoice 10 Nintendo PlayChoice 10 - プレイチョス10 (P10) ニンテンドー

https://mamedev.org/ - MAME 0.276 - 31/03/2025 - Windows Console Version Tested.

Sega Saturn Sega Saturn - サターン (SS) セガ

https://yabause.org/ - Yabause 0.9.15 - 24/08/2016 - 32bit or 64bit, original Japanese site is now dead.

https://archive.org/details/yabause0915win - Yabause 0.9.15 - 24/08/2016 - 32bit or 64bit

Sony PlayStation Sony PlayStation - プレイステーション (PS) ソニー

https://www.duckstation.org/ - DuckStation - Updates often

Sony PlayStation2 Sony PlayStation 2 - プレイステーション2 (PS2) ソニー

https://pcsx2.net/ - PCSX2 v2.3.256 - Updates often

Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Portable - プレイステーション・ポータブル (PSP) ソニー

https://www.ppsspp.org/ - PPSSPP - 1.18.1 - Updates often

Nintendo Famicom Nintendo Famicom - フアミコン (FC) ニンテンドー

https://www.mesen.ca/ - Mesen - 2.0.0 - 04/04/2025 - NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, PC Engine, SMS

Nintendo Super Famicom Nintendo Super Famicom - スーパーフアミコン (SFC) ニンテンドー

https://www.mesen.ca/ - Mesen - 2.0.0 - 04/04/2025 - NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, PC Engine, SMS

https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes - bsnes - v115

Nintendo Super Famicom Nintendo Wii - (WII) ニンテンドー

https://dolphin-emu.org/ - Dolphin - Updates often

NEC PC Engine NEC PC Engine - PCエンジン (PCE) NEC

https://www.mesen.ca/ - Mesen - Mesen - 2.0.0 - 04/04/2025 - NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, PC Engine, SMS

http://www.magicengine.com - Magic Engine 1.1.3 - 26/05/2008

Sharp X68000 Sharp X68000 - X68000ーX68030 (X68000) Sharp

https://mijet.eludevisibility.org/XM6%20Pro-68k/XM6%20Pro-68k.html - XM6 Pro-68k - 05/02/2025 - Best X68000 Emulator

WinX68k Boot Roms

Xbox 360 - エックスボックス360 (XB360) マイクロソフト Xbox 360 - エックスボックス360 (XB360) マイクロソフト

https://xenia.jp/ - Xenia - Updated often

Windows 9x Windows PC - WIN (WIN) マイクロソフト

Try it on your Windows PC first, if not try DOSBox

https://www.dosbox.com/ - Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 - v 0.74-3DOSBox

Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy - ガームボーイ (GB) ニンテンドー

https://mgba.io/ - mGBA - v0.10.5 - 08/03/2025

Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Game Boy Advance - ガームボーイ アドバンス (GBA) ニンテンドー

https://mgba.io/ - mGBA - v0.10.5 - 08/03/2025

i-mode - iモード (IMO) NTTドコモ i-mode - iモード (IMO) NTTドコモ

https://nnp.nnchan.ru/kem/ - KEmulator nnmod - v2.19.1 - 12/02/2024

MSX MSX - MSX (MSX) マイクロソフト

http://nlmsx.generation-msx.nl/ - NLMSX 0.48 - 12/06/2003 - Old but runs fast

Commodore 64 Commodore CBM 64 - CBM C64 (C64) Commodore

https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ - VICE 3.9 - 24/12/2024

Amstrad CPC Amstrad CPC 464/6128 - Amstrad (CPC)

http://www.winape.net/ - WinAPE32 2.0 Beta 2 - 06/01/2016

Sinclair ZX Spectrum Sinclair ZX Spectrum - ZXSpectrum (ZXS) Sinclair

Local Hosting - zx32 version 2.00.04.04 (beta) - 04/04/2000 (hosted here as the original site is dead).

Sharp X-1 Sharp X-1 - X1 (X1) Sharp

http://www.retropc.net/yui/xmil.html - X Millennium Ver 0.26d (Japanese) - 14/11/2000

NEC PC8801 NEC PC8801 - PC88ー5INCH (PC88-5INCH) NEC

http://retropc.net/pi/ - XM8 1.70 (Japanese) - 23/01/2018 - eXellent Multi-platform emulator type 8 - 'XM8' based on ePC-8801MA

NEC PC8801 NEC PC9801 - PC98ー5INCH (PC98-5INCH) NEC

https://www.yui.ne.jp/np2/ - Neko Project II Ver 0.86 (Japanese) - 06/03/2016