diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67ba4590db62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/flycast/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, alsa-lib
+, libX11
+, libevdev
+, udev
+, libpulseaudio
+, SDL2
+, libzip
+, miniupnpc
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "flycast";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "flyinghead";
+    repo = "flycast";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-MzHAGK++oukIs84OR/l6gBwCJssdi8Iyte5Rtro2+Q0=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsa-lib
+    libX11
+    libevdev
+    udev
+    libpulseaudio
+    SDL2
+    libzip
+    miniupnpc
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    description = "A multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f9e8e4d69376..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, pkg-config
-, curl
-, alsa-lib
-, libGLU
-, libX11
-, libevdev
-, udev
-, libpulseaudio
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "reicast";
-  version = "20.04";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "reicast";
-    repo = "reicast-emulator";
-    rev = "r${version}";
-    sha256 = "0vz3b1hg1qj6nycnqq5zcpzqpcbxw1c2ffamia5z3x7rapjx5d71";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    curl
-    alsa-lib
-    libGLU
-    libX11
-    libevdev
-    udev
-    libpulseaudio
-  ];
-
-  # No rule to make target 'install'
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -D ./reicast $out/bin/reicast
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://reicast.com/";
-    description = "A multi-platform Sega Dreamcast emulator";
-    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 gpl2Only lgpl2Only ];
-    platforms = ["x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a196d7d053f0..65a742ad5f8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   readline80 = throw "readline-8.0 is no longer supported in nixpkgs, please use 'readline' for main supported version or 'readline81' for most recent version"; # Added 2021-04-22
   redkite = throw "redkite was archived by upstream"; # Added 2021-04-12
   redshift-wlr = throw "redshift-wlr has been replaced by gammastep"; # Added 2021-12-25
+  reicast = throw "reicast has been removed from nixpkgs as it is unmaintained, please use flycast instead"; # Added 2022-03-07
   renpy = throw "renpy has been removed from nixpkgs, it was unmaintained and the latest packaged version required python2"; # Added 2022-01-12
   residualvm = throw "residualvm was merged to scummvm code in 2018-06-15; consider using scummvm"; # Added 2021-11-27
   retroArchCores = throw "retroArchCores has been removed. Please use overrides instead, e.g.: `retroarch.override { cores = with libretro; [ ... ]; }`"; # Added 2021-11-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d2f1c10f15f9..62ab14368aa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9478,8 +9478,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   repseek = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/repseek { };
 
-  reicast = callPackage ../applications/emulators/reicast { };
-
   reredirect = callPackage ../tools/misc/reredirect { };
 
   retext = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/editors/retext { };
@@ -12155,6 +12153,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   flasm = callPackage ../development/compilers/flasm { };
 
+  flycast = callPackage ../applications/emulators/flycast { };
+
   flyctl = callPackage ../development/web/flyctl { };
 
   fluidd = callPackage ../applications/misc/fluidd { };