Batocera Retro Gaming OS: Complete Emulator Compatibility List for All Raspberry Pi Models
When Batocera meets the Raspberry Pi, what happen is an impressive, tiny and considerably cheap emulator box that can play numerous retro computer application and games as well as various retro game console games. Check out below on what are the system compatible when Batocera installed on the Raspberry Pi so that you know what are compatible and what are not (yet) compatible with Raspberry Pi.
For Batocera installation guide on Raspberry Pi, check out the following link: Beginner’s step by step guide to Install and Setup Batocera on Raspberry Pi at JILAXZONE.
Here are the Complete Emulator Compatibility List for All Raspberry Pi Models.
As of when this article is written, the list presented below are correct, taken and summarized from Batocera Compatibility Information Table (reference: https://batocera.org/compatibility.php).
Here they are, sorted alphabetically:
| Legends: “Yes”: Means compatible. “-“: Means not (yet) compatible. |
| System | Raspberry Pi 0 W/WH Raspberry Pi A/A+ Raspberry Pi B/B+ (known as Raspberry Pi 1) | Raspberry Pi 2B | Raspberry Pi 3A+ Raspberry Pi 3B/B+ Raspberry Pi CM3/CM3+ | Raspberry Pi 4B Raspberry Pi 400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | – | – | – | Yes |
| Adobe Flash Player | – | – | – | – |
| Amiga AGA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amiga CD32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amiga CDTV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amiga OCS/ECS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amstrad CPC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amstrad GX4000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apple II | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apple IIGS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari 2600 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari 5200 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari 7800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari 800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari Jaguar | – | – | – | – |
| Atari Lynx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atari ST | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atomiswave | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Cannonball | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cave Story | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Channel-F | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ColecoVision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commander Genius | – | – | – | – |
| Commodore 128 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commodore 64 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commodore PET | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commodore Plus4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commodore VIC-20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Daphne | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DevilutionX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dos (x86) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EasyRPG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ECWolf | – | – | – | – |
| Family Computer Disk System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Final Burn Neo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fujistu FM-TOWNS | – | – | – | – |
| Future Pinball | – | – | – | – |
| Game and Watch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Game Boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Game Boy Advance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Game Boy Color | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Install a new Windows game | – | – | – | – |
| Lutro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mame | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mattel Intellivision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft XBOX | – | – | – | – |
| Moonlight Embedded | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MrBoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MSX Turbo-R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MSX1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MSX2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MSX2+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MUGEN | – | – | – | – |
| NEC PC-8800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEC PC-9800 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Neo-Geo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Neo-Geo CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Neo-Geo Pocket | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Neo-Geo Pocket Color | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nintendo 3DS | – | – | – | – |
| Nintendo 64 | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nintendo 64 Disk Drive | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nintendo DS | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Nintendo Entertainment System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nintendo GameCube | – | – | – | – |
| Nintendo Wii | – | – | – | – |
| Odyssey2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenBOR | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PC Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PC Engine CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PC-FX | – | – | – | Yes |
| Pico-8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pokemon-Mini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrBoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pygame | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Satellaview | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ScummVM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SdlPop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega 32x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Dreamcast | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Game Gear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Master System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Megadrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Model 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Sega Model 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Sega Naomi | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Sega Saturn | – | – | – | Yes |
| Sega SG1000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sharp X1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sharp X68000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Solarus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sonic Retro Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sony Playstation 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sony Playstation 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Sony Playstation 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Sony Playstation Portable | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Steam | – | – | – | – |
| SuFami Turbo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Super Cassette Vision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Super Disc System (MSU1) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Super Game Boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supergrafx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thomson – MO/TO (Theodore) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TIC-80 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TyrQuake | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Uzebox | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vectrex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Watara Supervision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wii U | – | – | – | – |
| Windows | – | – | – | – |
| WonderSwan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WonderSwan Color | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xash3D-FWGS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ZX81 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ZXSpectrum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
In case you feel there are some system missing from the list and/or list is not updated, do let me know on the comment section down below, I’ll check and update accordingly. You can also refer to Batocera official compatibility page here: Compatibility list at Batocera.
Bring it all together
For those who are thinking to play retro games or run retro applications using Batocera with Raspberry Pi, now you can get more clarity whether or not the system you intend to play/run with Raspberry Pi is compatible.
Interested to see other tips and tricks? Check them out on the links below.
Batocera: Batocera Tips & Tricks at JILAXZONE.
Raspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi Tips & Tricks at JILAXZONE.
Android: Android Tips & Tricks at JILAXZONE.
iPhone and iOS: iPhone and iOS tips and tricks at JILAXZONE.
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