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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
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! Free (Libre)
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! Free (FOSS)
 
! First public release date
 
! First public release date
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! Latest stable version release date
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! Year of latest stable version
 
! Windows
 
! Windows
 
! Macintosh
 
! Macintosh
 
! GNU/Linux
 
! GNU/Linux
 
! Other platforms
 
! Other platforms
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! [http://guerilla.bplaced.net/x86WinSoft.html All Stars Launcher]
 
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| 'el Comandante'
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✗}}
 
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| 2020-09-30 (v2020.274)
 
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| 2024-01-30 (v2024.030)
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✗}}
 
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| {{✗}}
 
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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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| 2023-06-10 (v2.7.0)
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| 2018-11-14 (v2.5.1)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
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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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| 2020-02-24 (v2.4.8_1)
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| 2019-01-06 (v2.3.1)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| 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>
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| N/A
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! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Bottlenose]
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| Quinton Ashley
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| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Github - quinton-ashley/bottlenose]</ref>
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
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| 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12)
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| 2019-04-09 (v1.0.65)
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
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|-
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| 2010-03-20 (v0.6)
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| N/A
 
| 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]
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| Alec Lofquist and others
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| Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau
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| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation]</ref><ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation Github - RetroPie/EmulationStation (fork)]</ref>
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| {{✓}}<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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| 2019-03-09 (v2.7.6 - on retropie repo)
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| 2014-06-12 (v1.0.2 - on original repo)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
 
| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
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| 2021-10-27 (v8.9.4)
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| 2019-05-31 (v8.7.6)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL]
 
! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL]
 
| 'Sincro'
 
| 'Sincro'
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| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/dr-prodigy/feel-frontend Github - dr-prodigy/feel-frontend]</ref>
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}} (LGPLv3)
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| {{✗}}
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| 2015-09-12 (v1.8.1)
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| N/A
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| 2020-04-21 (v1.9.8.6)
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| 2017-06-13 (v1.9.8.1c)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| 2016-04-14 (v14.44)
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| N/A
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| 2024-03-13 (v18.61)
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| 2019-05-09 (v1.05)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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|-
 
|-
 
! [https://gameroom.me/ GameRoom]
 
! [https://gameroom.me/ GameRoom]
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| Max 'n0xew' ??
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| N/A
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| 2016-12-13 (v0.0.0.9)
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| N/A
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| 2018-03-12 (v1.1.2.0)
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| N/A
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
| 2015-10-20 (v3.18.0)
 
| 2015-10-20 (v3.18.0)
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| 2019-05-24 (v3.33.2)
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| 2019-05-24 (v3.32.0)
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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|-
 
! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]
 
! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]
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| Jörg 'MK2k' Sonntag
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| 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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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]
 
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| Quinton Ashley
 
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| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Github - quinton-ashley/Nostlan]</ref>
 
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
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| 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12)
 
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| 2024-01-10 (v2.4.1)
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| N/A
 
 
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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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| 2021-05-04 (alpha15)
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| style="background: #FFB" | 2019-03-10 (Alpha 11)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha)
 
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha)
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| 2023-06-22 (v10.18)
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| 2019-02-25 (v4.74)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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|-
 
|-
 
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
 
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
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| John Scott
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| 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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| 2022-03-26 (v4.7.6)
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| 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6)
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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! [https://www.retroarch.com/ RetroArch]
 
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| 'Twinaphex' and others
 
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| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch Github - libretro/RetroArch]</ref>
 
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
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| 2011-01-25 (v0.2)
 
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| 2023-03-16 (v1.15.0)
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| DOS, BSD, Haiku, Solaris, PS2, PS3, PSP, PSVita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, Switch, NES/SNES Classic Edition, Raspberry Pi, Android, iOS, Blackberry, Web Browser
 
 
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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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| {{{✗}}<ref>[https://github.com/romjacket/skeletonKey Github - romjacket/skeletonKey]</ref>
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| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/romjacket/skeletonKey Github - romjacket/skeletonKey]</ref>
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| 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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! All Stars Launcher
 
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| 100 KiB - 135 MiB
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
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| MASM - Machine Language
 
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! Atomic
 
! Atomic
 
| 35.2 MiB
 
| 35.2 MiB
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! EmuCenter 2
 
! EmuCenter 2
 
| 176 MiB
 
| 176 MiB
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
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| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
| C++ and/or C#
 
| C++ and/or C#
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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! FEEL
 
! FEEL
 
| 26.4 MiB
 
| 26.4 MiB
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
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| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
| C#
 
| C#
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| XNA, SharpDx, SmartASD, "other smaller libs" (sic)
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| N/A
 
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|-
 
! GameEx
 
! GameEx
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| 81.8 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| C#
 
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! GameRoom
 
! GameRoom
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| 67.7 MiB
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
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| Java
 
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! Games (Gnome)
 
! Games (Gnome)
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| 8.9 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| Vala
 
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| retro-gtk, libmanette, libhandy
 
 
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! HyperSpin
 
! HyperSpin
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| 479.12 MiB
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
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| ActionScript
 
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! Ice
 
! Ice
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| 11.3 MiB
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
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| Python
 
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| appdirs, pastebin, psutil, pysteam
 
 
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! Launch Box
 
! Launch Box
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| 218 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| C#
 
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|-
 
! LusSpace
 
! LusSpace
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| 2.9 MiB
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
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| Visual Basic 6
 
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! Lutris
 
! Lutris
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| 1.7 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| Python
 
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| PyYAML, PyGObject, evdev, requests, optional pypresence for discord
 
 
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! MaLa
 
! MaLa
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|-
 
! Metropolis Launcher
 
! Metropolis Launcher
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| 261.16 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| VB.Net 4.0
 
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| DevExpress WinForms v15.2, DiscUtils, HtmlAgilityPack, Newtonsoft.Json, Ookii.Dialogs, SgmlReaderDll, SharpCompress
 
 
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|-
 
! mGalaxy
 
! mGalaxy
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|-
 
! Playnite
 
! Playnite
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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! Project Ascension
 
! Project Ascension
 
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|-
 
! QuickPlay
 
! QuickPlay
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| 32.8 MiB
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| Delphi
 
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! RetroArch
 
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| 4.8 - 165 - 806 MiB (Android - Win10 64bit - PS3 DEX)
 
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| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
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| C
 
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| libretro, an audio library (ALSA, OSS, etc.), optional dependencies
 
 
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|-
 
! RetroFe
 
! RetroFe
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! Name
 
! Name
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! RetroArch
 
 
! MAME
 
! MAME
 
! NEStopia
 
! NEStopia
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|-
 
! Launch Box
 
! Launch Box
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
 
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|-
 
! LusSpace
 
! LusSpace
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|-
 
|-
 
! Metropolis Launcher
 
! Metropolis Launcher
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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|
 
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| {{✓}}
 
 
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|-
 
! mGalaxy
 
! mGalaxy
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|-
 
|-
 
! QuickPlay
 
! QuickPlay
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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! RetroArch
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! RetroFe
 
! RetroFe
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|-
 
! Metropolis Launcher
 
! Metropolis Launcher
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}} (built-in only)
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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|
 
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| {{✓}} (offline db)
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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|
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! mGalaxy
 
! mGalaxy
 
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|-
 
! Pegasus
 
! Pegasus
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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|
 
−
|
 
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|
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Photon Game Manager
 
! Photon Game Manager
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Playnite
 
! Playnite
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Via plugin
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| {{✓}}
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | Via plugin
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Project Ascension
 
! Project Ascension
 
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|-
 
! QuickPlay
 
! QuickPlay
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! RetroArch
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! RetroFe
 
! RetroFe
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! Steam Rom Manager
 
! Steam Rom Manager
 
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