FinalBurn Neo vs XRoar

FinalBurn Neo is a free emulator for arcade games and selected consoles, with builds or ports documented for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows. Its emulation scope includes Capcom CPS-1, CPS-2 and CPS-3, Neo Geo, and Sega System 16. The project is based on FinalBurn and older versions of MAME, and is intended to run vintage games on modern systems. Described capabilities include accurate emulation, high performance, netplay, rewinding and shader effects. The project documents Windows and macOS builds, Linux SDL builds and Raspberry Pi builds; a LibRetro port is also available through RetroArch for many platforms. It recommends SDL2 over SDL1.2, citing a better renderer, on-screen display, game selection and ROM scanning. Linux SDL2 builds can be compiled with make sdl2 and require SDL2, SDL2_image, GCC, make, Perl and NASM. On macOS, the build supports keyboard and mouse input but not joysticks; its launcher imports ZIP and 7z archives. The listed terms allow use, modification and distribution, but prohibit sale or monetary profit; ROM images require legal distribution rights.

XRoar is a free emulator for Dragon, Tandy Colour Computer, Tandy MC-10, and related 8-bit systems. Supported machines include Dragon 32/64/200-E, Tandy CoCo 1/2/3, MC-10, and Matra & Hachette Alice 4K. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows, with XRoar Online available in a browser. The emulator reads and writes cassette, floppy disk, and block-device images, and supports machine snapshots. Emulated hardware includes floppy controllers, sound cartridges, Glenside IDE, and several RAM expansions. Video options include PAL or NTSC emulation and composite video simulation, with multiple sound drivers. A GDB remote target supports interactive debugging, though 6803 debugging is not implemented. The Becker port can communicate with pyDriveWire or Drivewire 4. In the browser version, users can fetch cassette, floppy, and hard disk images from the web or upload local files, but its sandbox keeps accessed files temporarily in memory rather than working transparently with local files. Firmware ROM images are required for useful emulation, and floppy write-back is enabled by default. XRoar is GPL version 3 or later software and comes without warranty.