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Below is a basic comparison table for all the known multi-system [[Frontends|front-ends]] for emulators. The table does not include single system front-ends (such as EmuCon, Mame Classic, Negatron, pfeMame, QMC2, etc.) or front-ends for other dedicated software such as Kodi. | Below is a basic comparison table for all the known multi-system [[Frontends|front-ends]] for emulators. The table does not include single system front-ends (such as EmuCon, Mame Classic, Negatron, pfeMame, QMC2, etc.) or front-ends for other dedicated software such as Kodi. | ||
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! Name | ! Name | ||
! Creator | ! Creator | ||
! Open Source | ! Open Source | ||
− | ! Free ( | + | ! Free (FOSS) |
! First public release date | ! First public release date | ||
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! Windows | ! Windows | ||
! Macintosh | ! Macintosh | ||
! GNU/Linux | ! GNU/Linux | ||
! Other platforms | ! Other platforms | ||
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! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic] | ! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic] | ||
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3) | | {{✓}} (GPLv3) | ||
| 2013-11-17 (v1.0) | | 2013-11-17 (v1.0) | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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| style="background: #FFB" | "minefield"<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/blob/e60896c1b745ef573fde784155432bef44e78b18/LICENSE Repository License]</ref> | | style="background: #FFB" | "minefield"<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/blob/e60896c1b745ef573fde784155432bef44e78b18/LICENSE Repository License]</ref> | ||
| 2018-03-15 (v1.0.0) | | 2018-03-15 (v1.0.0) | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
| N/A | | N/A | ||
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk#gnulinux BizHawk README.md - Installing GNU+Linux]</ref> | | style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk#gnulinux BizHawk README.md - Installing GNU+Linux]</ref> | ||
+ | | N/A | ||
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+ | ! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Bottlenose] | ||
+ | | Quinton Ashley | ||
+ | | {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Github - quinton-ashley/bottlenose]</ref> | ||
+ | | {{✓}} (MIT) | ||
+ | | 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12) | ||
+ | | 2019-04-09 (v1.0.65) | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
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| N/A | | N/A | ||
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| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181) | | 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181) | ||
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! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station] | ! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station] | ||
− | | Alec Lofquist | + | | Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau |
− | | {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation]</ref><ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/ | + | | {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation]</ref><ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Herdinger/EmulationStation Github - Herdinger/EmulationStation (fork)]</ref> |
| {{✓}} (MIT) | | {{✓}} (MIT) | ||
| 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0) | | 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0) | ||
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| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6) | | 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6) | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL] | ! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL] | ||
| 'Sincro' | | 'Sincro' | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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! [https://gameroom.me/ GameRoom] | ! [https://gameroom.me/ GameRoom] | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3) | | {{✓}} (GPLv3) | ||
| 2015-10-20 (v3.18.0) | | 2015-10-20 (v3.18.0) | ||
− | | 2019-05-24 (v3. | + | | 2019-05-24 (v3.32.0) |
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
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! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher] | ! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher] | ||
− | | Jörg | + | | Jörg Sonntag |
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher Github - theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher]</ref> | | {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher Github - theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher]</ref> | ||
| {{✓}} (GPLv3) | | {{✓}} (GPLv3) | ||
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! [https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus] | ! [https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus] | ||
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3) | | {{✓}} (GPLv3) | ||
| 2017-08-07 (Alpha 3) | | 2017-08-07 (Alpha 3) | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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| {{✓}} (MIT) | | {{✓}} (MIT) | ||
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha) | | 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha) | ||
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! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay] | ! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay] | ||
− | | | + | | Tony 'butter100fly' Woode |
| {{✓}}<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref> | | {{✓}}<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref> | ||
| {{✓}} (BSD-3) | | {{✓}} (BSD-3) | ||
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0) | | 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0) | ||
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| {{✓}} | | {{✓}} | ||
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! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe] | ! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe] | ||
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! [https://romjacket.github.io/ skeletonKey] | ! [https://romjacket.github.io/ skeletonKey] | ||
| 'romjacket' | | 'romjacket' | ||
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| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| 2018-05-22 (v0.99.34.34) | | 2018-05-22 (v0.99.34.34) | ||
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! Libraries used | ! Libraries used | ||
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! Atomic | ! Atomic | ||
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! CoinOPS | ! CoinOPS | ||
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! EmuCenter 2 | ! EmuCenter 2 | ||
| 176 MiB | | 176 MiB | ||
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| C++ and/or C# | | C++ and/or C# | ||
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! Emulation Station | ! Emulation Station | ||
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! GameRoom | ! GameRoom | ||
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! Games (Gnome) | ! Games (Gnome) | ||
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! Ice | ! Ice | ||
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! MaLa | ! MaLa | ||
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! Metropolis Launcher | ! Metropolis Launcher | ||
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! Project Ascension | ! Project Ascension | ||
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! Steam Rom Manager | ! Steam Rom Manager | ||
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