Amiberry vs GEKKO Amiga Emulator

Amiberry is a free Amiga emulator built on the WinUAE core. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows, and supports Amiga models including the A500, A1200, A4000, CD32, and CDTV, as well as listed arcade systems. It supports save states, hardware acceleration, and a wide range of disk image formats, including ADF, HDF, ISO, and CHD. Kickstart is not included. The emulator can launch WHDLoad titles with automatic configuration and offers CRT bezels, built-in shaders, and external GLSL shaders. Its interface can be navigated by mouse or gamepad, and floppy images, hard files, and configuration files can be dragged into it. A custom JIT compiler supports ARM64 and x86-64. The built-in update checker verifies downloads with SHA256. Amiberry is licensed under GPLv3, and the site lists packages or installation options for its supported platforms. The project welcomes bug reports, feature suggestions, and pull requests.

GEKKO Amiga Emulator is a free Android app that emulates Commodore Amiga systems. Its listed emulation covers Amiga graphics, floppy-drive behavior, and hard-disk behavior. Controls include mouse input, virtual mouse controls, and joystick switching between ports 1 and 2. Bluetooth joypads are supported. The app listing describes fast loading and a Force 256 display-aspect option. Users can use a command line to insert text or press a key. GEKKO links to an Android version on Google Play, where the app is listed at free and contains ads. Google Play gives it an Everyone content rating. The developer is named as Gennaro Coda, with an address in Gragnano, Italy, and support is available at [email protected]. The developer’s privacy policy says its apps and games do not collect information. Google Play separately says the app may share device or other IDs with third parties, collects no data, encrypts data in transit, and does not allow data deletion.