A collection of open source software, compiled as native ARM64 binaries for Windows 11+. Focused on retro gaming: console emulation, system emulation, chip tune trackers, pixel editors, and more.
Software is tested on physical hardware:
- Lenovo Thinkpad X13s Gen 1 (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3)
- Dell Inspiron 14 3420 (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2)
- Samsung Galaxy Book Go 5G (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2)
- Samsung Galaxy Book Go (Snapdragon 7c Gen 2)
Sponsorship / Donations
Please consider sponsorship or hardware donations. These will go to hardware for additional testing and development.
Future hardware:
- Any Device (Snapdragon 7c)
- Any Device (Snapdragon 850)
- Any Device (Snapdragon Plus)
- Any Device (Snapdragon Elite)
- Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Go (Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3)
- Lenovo Flex 5g (Snapdragon 8cx)
- Microsoft Surface (SQ1 / SQ2 / SQ3)
AppleWin is a fully-featured emulator supporting different Apple II models and clones. A variety of peripheral cards and video display modes are supported (eg. NTSC, RGB); and there's an extensive built-in symbolic debugger.
https://github.com/tordona/applewin/releases
ArcEm is a portable open-source emulator for the Acorn Archimedes. It's capable of running multiple operating systems including RISC OS and ARM Linux. ArcEm runs on Amiga OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, RISC OS, Unix (X Windows)
https://github.com/tordona/win-arm64-binaries/releases/tag/arcem
FBNeo, or FinalBurn Neo, is a multi-system arcade emulator designed for retro gaming enthusiasts. It emulates a wide range of classic arcade games and consoles, such as Capcom CPS-1, CPS-2, CPS-3, Neo Geo, and Sega System 16, among others. FBNeo focuses on accurate emulation and high performance, supporting advanced features like netplay, rewinding, and shader effects. It's a continuation of the FinalBurn and FinalBurn Alpha projects, aiming to provide a comprehensive and user-friendly platform for preserving and enjoying vintage games on modern systems.
https://github.com/tordona/fbneo/releases
Frodo is a portable Commodore 64 emulator that runs on a variety of platforms, with a focus on the exact reproduction of special graphical effects possible on the C64. It was also the world's first Commodore 64 emulator without a “64” in its name. Frodo comes in two flavours: The regular “Frodo” which uses a cycle-exact emulation, and the simplified “Frodo Lite” which is less compatible but runs better on slower machines.
https://github.com/tordona/frodo4/releases
Hades is a fully functional emulator for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It aims to have a decent balance between speed, usability and accuracy. Hades features multiple post-rendering effects for a better experience, including color correction and an LCD grid effect.
https://github.com/tordona/hades/releases
NanoBoyAdvance is a cycle-accurate Game Boy Advance emulator. It aims to be as accurate as possible, while also offering enhancements such as improved audio quality.
https://github.com/tordona/nanoboyadvance/releases
Nintendulator is an open source Win32 NES emulator written in C++. The original goal was to emulate the NES down to its hardware quirks, and while it's not 100% perfect, it does emulate a variety of special cases that most other emulators neglect to handle. However, this emulation precision comes at a price - a 1500MHz (estimated) or faster CPU is required to emulate at full speed.
https://github.com/tordona/nintendulator/releases
Snes9x is a portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. It has a high compatibility with games and is a good choice if your PC isn't fast enough to run higan. Ports and forks of Snes9x exist for many platforms.
https://github.com/tordona/snes9x/releases
https://github.com/tordona/snes9x/blob/rel-1.62.3/README.md
Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator which allows you to play all of your favourite Atari 2600 games on your PC.
https://github.com/tordona/stella/releases
Glaxnimate is a powerful and user-friendly desktop application for vector animation and motion design. It focuses on Lottie and SVG and provides an intuitive interface that makes it easy to create stunning animations.
https://github.com/tordona/glaxnimate/releases
LibreSprite is a free and open source program for creating and animating your sprites. Real-time animation previews. Onion skinning. Multiple sprites can be edited at once. Ready to use palettes, or make your own. Sprites are composed of both layers & frames and more...
https://github.com/tordona/libresprite/releases
Cross-platform bitmap image drawing and editing program inspired by Paint.NET, a similar image editing program which is limited to Microsoft Windows. Pinta has more features than Microsoft Paint. Compared with open-source image editor GIMP, Pinta is simpler and has fewer features.
https://github.com/tordona/pinta/releases
A free pixel art editing software. Create beautiful sprites for your games and edit images. All packed in an eye-friendly dark theme.
https://github.com/tordona/pixieditor/releases
A photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
https://github.com/tordona/darktable/releases
RawTherapee is a powerful, cross-platform raw photo processing system, released as Free Software (GPLv3). It is designed for developing raw files from a broad range of digital cameras and targeted at users ranging from enthusiast newcomers who wish to broaden their understanding of how digital imaging works to professional photographers.
RawTherapee provides a powerful suite of tools for you to produce amazing photos and showcase your creativity.
https://github.com/tordona/rawtherapee/releases
FamiStudio is a simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. Available on multiple platforms, it is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.
https://github.com/tordona/famistudio/releases
A multi-system chiptune tracker compatible with DefleMask modules. Supports nearly every old-school 8-bit/16-bit system. From the Atari 2600 and Commodore PET to SNES, Genesis and arcades.
https://github.com/tordona/furnace/releases
MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
