Compatibility Notice

How Glitch works with retro gaming platforms.

What Glitch Is

Glitch is a general-purpose software platform designed to run emulator cores and stream gameplay from a self-hosted server to client devices via WebRTC. Glitch is a personal game streaming server — your games live on your hardware and stream to any device. The Glitch client receives a video stream and sends controller input; it does not execute emulator code locally.

What Glitch Is Not

Glitch does not contain, distribute, or provide access to copyrighted game content. Glitch does not distribute ROMs, disc images, BIOS files, or any copyrighted game software. Glitch does not link to, index, or facilitate the downloading of copyrighted material from any source.

User-Supplied Content

Users are solely responsible for supplying their own legally obtained game files. Glitch provides the streaming infrastructure — the content comes entirely from the user's own hardware and personal collection. When you use Glitch, you load game files from your own storage onto your own server, and Glitch streams the output to your own devices.

Emulator Cores

Glitch uses open-source emulator cores from the libretro ecosystem. These cores are developed and maintained by the open-source community and are distributed under their own licenses (primarily GPL). Glitch does not modify these cores and respects all applicable open-source license terms.

Supported Platforms

Glitch supports emulator cores capable of running software originally designed for systems such as:

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
  • Nintendo 64 (N64)
  • Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance
  • Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
  • Sega Master System and Game Gear
  • Sony PlayStation
  • Atari 2600 and Atari 7800
  • TurboGrafx-16
  • Neo Geo Pocket
  • MS-DOS and early Windows (via DOSBox and ScummVM)

Platform names are used solely to identify compatibility. Glitch does not claim any affiliation with or endorsement from the manufacturers of these platforms.

Trademark Notice

All trademarks referenced on this website belong to their respective owners and are used solely to identify compatible platforms:

  • Nintendo, NES, Super Nintendo, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, and N64 are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
  • PlayStation is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
  • Sega, Genesis, Mega Drive, Master System, and Game Gear are trademarks of Sega Corporation.
  • Atari is a trademark of Atari Interactive, Inc.
  • TurboGrafx-16 is a trademark of Konami Digital Entertainment.
  • Neo Geo is a trademark of SNK Corporation.

Glitch Gaming System is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies.

Responsible Use

Glitch is designed for personal, non-commercial use with games that users legally own. We encourage all users to respect intellectual property rights and to only use game files that they have the legal right to use. For more details, see our Terms of Service.

Contact

For questions about this notice or any intellectual property concerns, contact legal@glitchonline.com.