Even though I knew there were quite a few options, I never imagined I'd come up with a list this long! I knew about most of these from before, but seeing it all in one place really makes you wonder what's the status of all these projects.
So without further ado, here are the (current) contenders:
AMIDuOS - http://www.amiduos.com/
Android on Intel Platforms (android-ia) - https://01.org/android-ia
Android-x86 - http://www.android-x86.org/
Andy - http://www.andyroid.net/
ARChon Runtime for Chrome - http://archon-runtime.github.io/
BlueStacks - http://www.bluestacks.com/
Droid4X - http://www.droid4x.com/
Genymotion - https://www.genymotion.com/
Google Android SDK - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Jar of Beans - discontinued ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975675 )
Manymo - https://www.manymo.com/
Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android - http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/explore/msft-android-emulator-vs.aspx
Oracle VirtualBox - https://www.virtualbox.org/
quemu - http://www.qemu.org
WindowsAndroid - http://windowsandroid.en.uptodown.com/ (no official page?)
Windroid - ?
Windroy - http://www.windroye.com/
Xamarin Android Player - https://xamarin.com/android-player
YouWave - http://youwave.com/
- new emulators and projects
- updates to links and prices
- adding emulators for non-Windows platforms (OS X, Linux)
- adding short reviews
- adding and updating table(s) with features and specifications
- ... anything else of interest ;)
If you have any info to add, or you find a mistake please comment below!
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