Comparison

Myrddin vs BigPEmu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Myrddin

Relive the classic handheld electronic game experience with a faithful digital recreation. Enjoy all six original games, including Tic-Tac-Toe, Blackjack, and Mindbender, right on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Faithful reproduction of original game
  • Six classic games included
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Music Machine
  • Blackjack 13
  • Mindbender
Features
Currently charting
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The classic handheld game, back in the palm of your hand. A faithful reproduction of the late-'70s bestseller Merlin, with all six of the original games: • Tic-Tac-Toe • Music Machine • Echo • Blackjack 13 • Magic Square • Mindbender

About

BigPEmu

This application emulates the Atari Jaguar console, offering high accuracy and performance for its entire retail game library. It provides advanced features like saved states, movie recording, and customizable controller support, enhancing the classic gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Full retail library compatibility
  • High performance emulation
  • Accurate emulation
  • Saved states and movie recording
  • Jaguar CD support
  • Customizable controller overlays
  • Fast forward and rewind
Features
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BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features: • Fast. The emulator runs the entire Jaguar retail library (with default settings) at full speed on most devices. • Accurate. It's the most accurate Jaguar emulator to-date, although it's still being improved all the time. • Better than hardware. Although the emulator defaults to settings which are catered toward compatibility and accuracy, it's capable of far more. BigPEmu enables you to play lots of Jaguar games at a full 60 frames per second for the first time ever! • Saved states and movies. Everything is completely deterministic, just like real life. That's right, I went there. This means that all "randomness" is also controlled by a preserved seed. BigPEmu can record movies from nothing but controller inputs, and play them back with perfect accuracy. You can even interrupt a movie's playback and start playing yourself at any point. • Jaguar CD support. In addition to supporting the entire retail disc library (along with Memory Track), complete hardware emulation means that the Virtual Light Machine is fully functional. Also featured is a virtual disc system with an audio loopback option, allowing the VLM to be used as a native audio/music visualizer. • Excessive presentation detail. There's native support for the Jaguar Game Drive's MRQ format in the software browser (as well as box art sourced from PNG files), support for global and per-game backgrounds, and even support for controller overlays! Everything about the touch overlay for the iOS port is fully customizable, from appearance to collision boxes. • Extra device support. Featuring emulated device support for analog controllers (both via external bank switching and the ADC), driving controllers, rotary controllers, and Team Tap. For native input devices, the iOS port supports any MFi "Extended Gamepad" type device as well as keyboards through Apple's Game Controller API. • Glorious shaders. The emulator comes equipped with a powerful, fully customizable postprocessing system. The system supports any type of effect you can imagine, from applying smoothing filters to simulating CRT displays. • Per-game profiles. Mapping the Atari Jaguar controller to anything other than a telephone with wings can get a little complicated, so you might want to switch your controller mapping up for different games. You can do that! With per-game profiles, you can automatically load up a new input scheme (or any other emulator setting) each time you load a game. • Time travel. Native fast forwarding and rewinding capability means you can speed forward through time or go back in time whenever you please. • Flexible scripting. BigPEmu features a powerful scripting system. The emulator comes with a variety of scripts to enhance popular Jaguar games in amazing ways, from analog controller support to native-resolution and stereoscopic rendering! • The usual. Enjoy all of the emulator niceties you've come to expect in modern times. Automatic preservation of EEPROM, PAL support, custom boot ROM images, native support for multiple display aspect ratios, resolution scaling, custom display cropping, extremely customizable input, and a whole lot more. BigPEmu and Swinecrafters LLC are in no way affiliated with Atari. The name "Atari" and all associated game console names are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Myrddin1 screens
BigPEmu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BigPEmu at 5.0 against Myrddin's 4.1. BigPEmu also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 62 months) and review sentiment (94% vs 82%). Myrddin's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and chart position (#53 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Myrddin costs $0.99 and BigPEmu $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BigPEmu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Myrddin's written reviews are positive against 94% of BigPEmu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Myrddin ships an update every 62 months, BigPEmu every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Myrddin versus BigPEmu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyrddinBigPEmu
Price$0.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.1 (28 ratings)5.0 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 62 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#53 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB16 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperBrian LundgrenSwinecrafters LLC

Customer experience

Myrddin

All ratings28 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.9%

BigPEmu

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Myrddin

No in-app purchases

None

BigPEmu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Myrddin free?
Myrddin costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigPEmu free?
BigPEmu costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Myrddin or BigPEmu?
BigPEmu is rated higher. Myrddin averages 4.1 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while BigPEmu averages 5.0 from 27 ratings.
Do Myrddin or BigPEmu have ads?
Neither Myrddin nor BigPEmu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Myrddin or BigPEmu?
Myrddin ships an update every 62 months, and BigPEmu every 4 months. Most recently, Myrddin was updated on November 10, 2026 and BigPEmu on November 4, 2026.

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