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Flycast is a free multi-platform emulator for Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2, and Atomiswave, derived from reicast.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidLinuxmacOS
Best Dreamcast Emulators in 2026
Dreamcast emulators let you run games from Sega’s Dreamcast on supported devices. The ranking includes Flycast, MAME and Deecy, with Flycast appearing more than once among the opening entries. Compare supported platforms and graphics backends to see whether an emulator fits your setup, then look at controller support and save states for play and progress. The criteria also cover whether a Dreamcast BIOS is required,…
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Flycast is a free emulator for Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2, and Atomiswave, available on Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidLinuxmacOS
37.1
MAME is a free emulation framework built to document and preserve the hardware behind arcade games, vintage computers, consoles, calculators, and…
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOS
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nullDC 2.0.0
nullDC 2.0.0 is a Sega Dreamcast emulator with browser access and downloadable builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows6.9Free plan - 5
WashingtonDC
washDC is an open-source SEGA Dreamcast emulator for Linux and Windows PCs with x86 processors.
Free planLinuxWindows6.4Free plan - 6
Redream
Redream is a Dreamcast emulator for playing games from Sega’s Dreamcast library.
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.2$6 one-time - 7
Flycast
Flycast Dojo is a free, open-source fork of the Flycast emulator for Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2, and Atomiswave.
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.1 - 8
Deecy
Deecy is an experimental, open-source Dreamcast emulator written in Zig for Windows and Linux.
LinuxWindows5.8 - 95.0