Software platform preservation overview

General overview of system preservation status, including info on non No-Intro projects. Lots of systems to fill out still.

todo: would this be better on dumping.guide or somewhere?

General	Dumping Tools				ROM dumps			ROM loaders					Emulation
Name	Status	Type	Issues	Source Code Status	Status	Coverage[1]	Verification	Status	Type[2]	Source Code Status	Accuracy	Compatibility	Compatibility	Accuracy	Source Code Status
NES	Good	Dedicated hardware		Open Source	Good	All	[todo]	Good	Flashcart	Open Source?	Good	Good	Good	Good	Open Source
SNES	Good	Dedicated hardware		Open Source	Good	All	[todo]	Good	Flashcart	Open Source?	Good	Good	Good	Good	Open Source
Game Boy	Good	Dedicated hardware		Open Source	Good	All	[todo]	Good	Flashcart	Open Source?	Good	Good	Good	Good	Open Source
PlayStation	Okay	Specific optical drives and PC software	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity)	Open Source	Okay	Most	[todo]	Okay	ODE	Closed Source	Okay	Okay	Okay	Okay	Open Source
Nintendo 64	Good	Dedicated hardware		Open Source	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	Flashcart	Open Source	Good	Good	Okay	Okay	Open Source
Dreamcast	Okay	Specific optical drives and PC software	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity), system-specific disc issues	Open Source	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Okay?	ODE	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]
PlayStation 2	Okay	Specific optical drives and PC software	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity)			[todo]	[todo]	Okay	Burned discs	[todo]	Good?	Good?	Okay	Okay	Open Source
GameCube	Okay	Homebrew	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity)			All	[todo]	Good	ODE	Open Source pending	Good	Good	Good?	Good?	Open Source
GBA	Good	Dedicated hardware / homebrew		Open Source	Good	All	[todo]	Good	Flashcart	Open Source?	Good	Good	Good	Good	Open Source
Xbox 360	Okay	Specific optical drives and PC software	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity), system-specific disc issues	Open Source	Okay	Most	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	Needs Work	Needs Work	Open Source
Xbox 360 (digital)	Needs Work	[todo]	Lack of tools and documentation	Closed Source	Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	“	“	“
PlayStation 3	Okay	Specific optical drives and PC software	General optical disc issues	Open Source	Okay	Most	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	Needs Work	Needs Work	Open Source
PlayStation 3 (digital)	Okay?	[todo]	Lack of tools and documentation	Open Source?	Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	“	“	“
Nintendo DS(i)	Good	Homebrew	Can’t dump useless area of ROM	Open Source	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good?	Flashcart w/ ROM patching	Closed Source	Good?	Good?	Good?	Good?	Open Source
Nintendo DSi (digital)	Good?	[todo]		[todo]	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	OS patching with native title install ability	Open Source	Good	Good	Needs Work	Needs Work	Open Source
Wii	Good	Homebrew	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity)	Open Source	Good	All	[todo]	Good?	OS patching	Open Source	Good?	Good?	Good?	Good?	Open Source
Wii (digital)	Good?	[todo]		[todo]	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	OS patching with native title install ability	Open Source	Good	Good	Good?	Good?	Open Source
3DS	Good	Homebrew		Open Source	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	CFW with native title install ability	Open Source	Good	Good	Okay?	Okay?	Open Source
3DS (digital)	Good?	[todo]		[todo]	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	CFW with native title install ability (physical games use same API as digital)	Open Source	Good	Good	“	“	“
Wii U	Good	Homebrew	General optical disc issues (lack of fidelity)			Nearly all	[todo]	Good	“	Open Source	Good	Good	Okay?	Okay?	Open Source
Wii U (digital)	Good?	[todo]		[todo]	Good	Nearly all	[todo]	Good	CFW with native title install ability (physical games use same API as digital)	Open Source	Good	Good	“	“	“
Switch	Good	Homebrew	Can’t dump useless area of ROM		[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	Good	CFW with native title install ability (physical games use same API as digital)	Open Source	Good	Good	Okay?	Okay?	Open Source
Switch (digital)	Good?	[todo]	Lack of tools and documentation	Open Source	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	Good	“	Open Source	Good	Good	“	“	“
Modern PC	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]
Steam (modern PC digital)	Needs Work	[todo]	Lack of tools and documentation	[todo]	Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	“	“	“
Modern Android	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]
Google Play (Android digital)	Needs Work	[todo]	Lack of tools and documentation		Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	Needs Work	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	[todo]	“	“	“

[1] good, retail, confirmed-to-exist dumps
[2] only best option listed