The purpose of Emupedia is to serve as a nonprofit meta-resource, hub and community for those interested mainly in video game preservation which aims to digitally collect, archive and preserve games and software to make them available online accessible by a user-friendly UI that simulates several retro operating systems for educational purposes.
The purpose of Emupedia (Emulation Encyclopedia) is to serve as a nonprofit meta-resource hub and community for those interested mainly in video game preservation and computer history which aims to digitally collect, archive and preserve games and software to make them available online accessible by a user-friendly UI that simulates several retro operating systems for educational purposes.
We mainly collect content from:
We revive old games and software by the use of emulation software.
Similar organizations that do digital preservation and archiving:
Logo | Company | Name | Rendering Engine | Version |
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Microsoft | Internet Explorer | Trident | *11+ | |
Microsoft | Edge | EdgeHTML | *12+ | |
Microsoft | Edge | Blink | 79+ | |
Mozilla | Firefox | Gecko | *4+ | |
Mozilla | Firefox | Quantum Gecko | 57+ | |
Moonchild Productions | Pale Moon | Goanna | *4+ | |
Moonchild Productions | Basilisk | Goanna | *1+ | |
Chrome | WebKit | *3+ | ||
Chrome | Blink | 28+ | ||
Opera Software | Opera | Presto | *12+ | |
Opera Software | Opera | Blink | 15+ | |
Apple | Safari | WebKit | 8+ | |
Brave Software | Brave | Blink | 1+ | |
Vivaldi Technologies | Vivaldi | Blink | 1+ |
Name | Website | Repository | License |
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MAME | mamedev.org | github.com/mamedev/mame | GPL-2.0 |
DOSBox | dosbox.com | sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox | GPL-2.0 |
Em-DOSBox | â | github.com/dreamlayers/em-dosbox | GPL-2.0 |
emularity | archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Emularity | github.com/db48x/emularity | GPL-3.0 |
JS-DOS | js-dos.com | github.com/caiiiycuk/js-dos | GPL-2.0 |
Name | Website | Repository | License |
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Butterchurn | butterchurnviz.com | github.com/jberg/butterchurn | MIT |
Clippy | pi0.github.io/clippyjs/demo | github.com/pi0/clippyjs | MIT |
Clippy.js | smore.com/clippy-js | github.com/smore-inc/clippy.js | MIT |
desktopPet | adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet | github.com/Adrianotiger/desktopPet | â |
JS Paint | jspaint.app | github.com/1j01/jspaint | â |
Method Draw | editor.method.ac | github.com/methodofaction/Method-Draw | MIT |
Pipes | 1j01.github.io/pipes | github.com/1j01/pipes | MIT |
SVG Editor | svg-edit.github.io/svgedit/releases/latest | github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit | MIT |
Visual Studio Code | code.visualstudio.com | github.com/Microsoft/vscode | MIT |
web-esheep | adrianotiger.github.io/web-esheep | github.com/Adrianotiger/web-esheep | GPL-3.0 |
WebAmp | webamp.org | github.com/captbaritone/webamp | MIT |
â Honorable mentions (not included because a more faithfull alternative was used)
Name | Website | Repository | License |
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minesweeper_js | minesweeper.zone | github.com/reed-jones/minesweeper_js | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
winmine-exe | winmine-exe.now.sh | github.com/1000hz/winmine-exe | â |
HTML5 Pacman | â | github.com/daleharvey/pacman | WTFPL |
Name | Website | Repository | License |
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3D Spatial Audio | howlerjs.com/#spatial | github.com/goldfire/howler.js | MIT |
8-bit Palette Color Cycling | effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle | effectgames.com/effect/article-Old_School_Color_Cycling_with_HTML5 | LGPL-3.0 |
asciicker | asciicker.com/y3 | â | đ Permission granted from the author(s) đ |
Biolab Disaster | playbiolab.com | â | đ Permission granted from the author(s) đ |
Super Blob Blaster | phoboslab.org/twopointfive | github.com/phoboslab/TwoPointFive | MIT |
Voxel Space | s-macke.github.io/VoxelSpace | github.com/s-macke/VoxelSpace | MIT |
OS-like Desktops
UI Toolkits
Name | Website | Repository | License |
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7.css | khang-nd.github.io/7.css | github.com/khang-nd/7.css | MIT |
98.css | jdan.github.io/98.css | github.com/jdan/98.css | MIT |
BOOTSTRA.386 | kristopolous.github.io/BOOTSTRA.386 | github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 | APACHE |
os-gui.js | 1j01.github.io/os-gui | github.com/1j01/os-gui | MIT |
React95 | react95.github.io/React95 | github.com/React95/React95 | MIT |
vue-win-3.1 | disjfa.github.io/vue-win-3.1 | github.com/disjfa/vue-win-3.1 | â |
XP.css | botoxparty.github.io/XP.css | github.com/botoxparty/XP.css | MIT |
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