RetroArch作为一个全能模拟器拥有非常多的核心，每个核心的功能和特点都不一样，并且对应的主机和平台也不同。对于刚接触RetroArch的用户来说，这些核心对应什么主机和平台就非常的重要，下面是通过官方文档整理出来的RetroArch核心对应平台的列表，方便玩家们查找不同主机平台所需要的核心。
RetroArch核心对应的平台列表
| 核心 | 平台/主机 |
|---|---|
| 2048 | Game |
| 3D Engine | – |
| 4DO | 3DO |
| a5200 | Atari 5200 |
| Anarch | Game |
| Ardens | Arduboy |
| Arduous | Arduboy |
| Atari800 | Atari 5200 |
| b2 | Acorn BBC Micro |
| Beetle bsnes | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Beetle Cygne | Bandai WonderSwan/Color |
| Beetle GBA | Game Boy Advance |
| Beetle Lynx | Atari Lynx |
| Beetle NeoPop | Neo Geo Pocket/Color |
| Beetle PC-FX | NEC PC-FX |
| Beetle PCE | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx/CD |
| Beetle PCE FAST | NEC PC Engine/CD |
| Beetle PSX | Sony PlayStation |
| Beetle PSX HW | Sony PlayStation |
| Beetle Saturn | Sega Saturn |
| Beetle SuperGrafx | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx |
| Beetle Supafaust | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Beetle VB | Nintendo Virtual Boy |
| BK | Elektronika BK-0010/BK-0011(M)/Terak 8510-a |
| BlastEm | Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) |
| blueMSX | MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 |
| bnes | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| boom 3 | Game engine |
| boom 3 xp | Game engine |
| bsnes | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes 2014 Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes 2014 Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes 2014 Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes C++98 (v085) | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes-hd beta | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes-jg | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes-mercury Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes-mercury Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| bsnes-mercury Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Cannonball | Game engine |
| Caprice32 | Amstrad CPC |
| CDi 2015 | Philips CDi |
| ChaiLove | Game engine |
| Citra | Nintendo 3DS |
| Citra 2018 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Citra Canary | Nintendo 3DS |
| Craft | Game |
| CrocoDS | Amstrad CPC |
| Cruzes | Game |
| Daphne | Arcade |
| DeSmuME | Nintendo DS |
| DeSmuME 2015 | Nintendo DS |
| DICE | Arcade |
| Dinothawr | Game engine |
| DirectXbox | Xbox |
| Dolphin | Nintendo GameCube/Wii |
| DOSBox | DOS |
| DOSBox-core | DOS |
| DOSBox-Pure | DOS |
| DOSBox-SVN | DOS |
| doukutsu-rs | Game engine |
| DuckStation | Sony PlayStation |
| Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup | Game |
| EasyRPG | RPG Maker 2000/2003 |
| ECWolf | Game engine |
| EighyOne | Sinclair ZX 81 |
| Emux CHIP-8 | CHIP-8 |
| Emux GB | Game Boy/Color |
| Emux NES | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| Emux SMS | Sega Master System |
| EmuSCV | Super Cassette Vision |
| Ep128emu | Enterprise 64/128 |
| FAKE-08 | Pico-8 |
| FB Alpha | Arcade/Console/various |
| FB Alpha 2012 | Arcade/Console/various |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | CPS-1 |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | CPS-2 |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | CPS-3 |
| FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo | Neo Geo |
| FB Neo | Arcade/Console/various |
| FCEUmm | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| FFmpeg | Media player |
| fixGB | Game Boy/Color |
| fixNES | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| Flycast | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI |
| Flycast GLES2 | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI |
| fMSX | MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ |
| FreeChaF | Fairchild ChannelF |
| FreeIntv | Mattel Intellivision |
| FreeJ2ME | J2ME |
| Frodo | Commodore C64 |
| FS-UAE | Commodore Amiga |
| Fuse | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| GAM4980 | BBK 4980/4988/5980 electronic dictionary |
| Gambatte | Game Boy/Color |
| Game Music Emu | Music player |
| Gearboy | Game Boy/Color |
| Gearcoleco | Coleco ColecoVision |
| Geargrafx | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx |
| Gearsystem | Sega MS/GG/SG-1000 |
| Genesis Plus GX | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD |
| Geolith | SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS |
| gpSP | Game Boy Advance |
| Gong | Game |
| GW | Handheld Electronic |
| Handy | Atari Lynx |
| Hatari | Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon |
| HBMAME | Arcade/Console/various |
| higan Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
| Holani | Atari Lynx |
| Imageviewer | Imageviewer |
| Ishiiruka | Nintendo GameCube/Wii |
| JAXE | CHIP-8/S-CHIP/XO-CHIP |
| Jump ‘n Bump | Game engine |
| Kronos | Sega Saturn/ST-V |
| LowRes NX | Game engine |
| Lutro | Game engine |
| M2000 | Philips P2000T |
| MAME (Current) | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2000 | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2003 | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2003 Midway | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2003-Plus | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2009 | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2010 | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2015 | Arcade/Console/various |
| MAME 2016 | Arcade/Console/various |
| melonDS 2021 | Nintendo DS |
| melonDS DS | Nintendo DS/DSi |
| Mesen | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| Mesen-S | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
| MESS 2015 | Multi (various) |
| Meteor | Game Boy Advance |
| mGBA | Game Boy Advance |
| Microw8 | Game engine |
| Minivmac | Mac II |
| mpv | Media player |
| Mr.Boom | Game |
| Mu | Palm OS |
| Mupen64Plus-Next | Nintendo 64 |
| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2 | Nintendo 64 |
| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3 | Nintendo 64 |
| Neko Project II | NEC PC-98 |
| Neko Project II Kai | NEC PC-98 |
| NeoCD | Neo Geo CD |
| Nestopia | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| nSide Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color |
| Numero | TI-83 |
| NXEngine | Game engine |
| O2EM | Magnavox Odyssey2/Philips Videopac+ |
| Oberon | Oberon RISC machine |
| OpenLara | Game engine |
| OpenTyrian | Game |
| Opera | 3DO |
| ParaLLEl N64 | Nintendo 64 |
| PascalPong | Game |
| PCem | IBM PC |
| LRPS2 | Sony PlayStation 2 |
| PCSX ReARMed | Sony PlayStation |
| PicoDrive | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD/32X |
| Play! | Sony PlayStation 2 |
| Pocket CDG | Karaoke player |
| PokeMini | Nintendo Pokemon Mini |
| Potator | Watara Supervision |
| PPSSPP | PlayStation Portable |
| PrBoom | Game engine |
| ProSystem | Atari 7800 |
| PUAE | Commodore Amiga |
| PUAE 2021 | Commodore Amiga |
| PuzzleScript | Game engine |
| PX68k | Sharp X68000 |
| QUASI88 | NEC PC-8000/PC-8800 series |
| QuickNES | Nintendo NES/Famicom |
| RACE | Neo Geo Pocket/Color |
| Redbook | Music player |
| REminiscence | Game engine |
| Retro8 | Game engine |
| Rustation | Sony PlayStation |
| RVVM | RISC-V Virtual Machine |
| SameBoy | Game Boy/Color |
| SameDuck | Mega Duck (Cougar Boy) |
| SAME CDI | Philips CDi |
| ScummVM | Game engine |
| SimCoupe | SAM Coupe |
| SMS Plus GX | Sega MS/GG |
| Snes9x | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Snes9x 2002 | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Snes9x 2005 | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Snes9x 2005 Plus | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| Snes9x 2010 | Nintendo SNES/SFC |
| SquirrelJME | Java ME |
| Stella | Atari 2600 |
| Stella 2014 | Atari 2600 |
| Super Bros War | Game engine |
| SwanStation | Sony PlayStation |
| TempGBA | Game Boy Advance |
| TGB Dual | Game Boy/Color |
| Theodore | Thomson MO/TO |
| TIC-80 | Game engine |
| The Powder Toy | Game |
| TyrQuake | Game engine |
| UAE4ARM | Commodore Amiga |
| UME 2015 | Arcade/Console/various |
| Uzem | Uzebox |
| VaporSpec | Game engine |
| VBA-M | Game Boy Advance |
| VBA Next | Game Boy Advance |
| vecx | GCE/MB Vectrex |
| VeMUlator | SEGA Visual Memory Unit |
| VICE x64 | Commodore C64 |
| VICE x64dtv | Commodore C64DTV |
| VICE x64sc | Commodore C64 |
| VICE x128 | Commodore C128 |
| VICE xcbm2 | Commodore CBM-II 6×0/7×0 |
| VICE xcbm5x0 | Commodore CBM-II 5×0 |
| VICE xpet | Commodore PET |
| VICE xplus4 | Commodore Plus/4 |
| VICE xscpu64 | Commodore C64 SuperCPU |
| VICE xvic | Commodore VIC-20 |
| Vircon32 | Game engine |
| Virtual Jaguar | Atari Jaguar |
| VirtualXT | DOS |
| vitaQuake 2 | Game engine |
| vitaQuake 2 (Rogue) | Game engine |
| vitaQuake 2 (Xatrix) | Game engine |
| vitaQuake 2 (Zaero) | Game engine |
| vitaQuake 3 | Game engine |
| vitaVoyager | Game engine |
| WASM-4 | Game engine |
| X Millennium | Sharp X1 |
| XRick | Game engine |
| YabaSanshiro | Sega Saturn |
| Yabause | Sega Saturn |
注意：以上核心对应的平台和主机列表内容来自RetroArch官方文档，不同核心功能和性能会有差别，同一平台可以尝试不同的核心。
