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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 0.268 - 31/07/2024 - 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 0.268 - 31/07/2024 - 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.

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

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

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

https://pcsx2.net/ - PCSX2 2.0 - - Updated Often

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

No Link - VirtuaNES 0.97 (Japanese) - 14/10/2007

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

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

http://www.snes9x.com - Snes9x-1.53-win32 - 25/04/2011

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

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

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

https://www.mesen.ca/ - Mesen - Also plays NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, SMS

https://www.ouma.jp/ootake/ - Ootake - 3.04 - 30/05/2022

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 - Best X68000 Emulator - 03/03/2024

https://web.archive.org/web/20041028050133/http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Sunnyvale/1779/ - WinX68kHighSpeed v0.95 (English Version) - 06/03/2004

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 - v0.10.6 - 07/01/2024

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 - v0.10.6 - 07/01/2024

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 - v2.16.2

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 with no problems.

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

https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ - VICE 3.8 - 24/12/2023

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 no longer exists).

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