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Below is a basic comparison table for all the known multi-system front-ends for emulators. The table does not include single system front-ends (such as EmuCon, Mame Classic, Negatron, pfeMame, QMC2, etc.)
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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.
 
  
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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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|-
 
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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]
 
| 'Youki'
 
| 'Youki'
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| 2005-02-08 (v0.11)
 
| 2005-02-08 (v0.11)
 
| 2010-01-23 (v0.20)
 
| 2010-01-23 (v0.20)
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
 
! [http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
 
| Andrew Mickelson
 
| Andrew Mickelson
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| {{✓}}<ref name="Github repository">[https://github.com/mickelson/attract Github - mickelson/attract]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name="Github repository">[https://github.com/mickelson/attract Github - mickelson/attract]</ref>
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (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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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
−
|-
 
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! [http://www.auroragamehub.com/ Aurora Game Hub]
 
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| Carlos Machado, Sammy Guergachi
 
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| {{✓}}<ref name="Sourceforge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/projects/auroragm/ SourceForge.net - auroragm]</ref><ref name="AuroraGameHub gh repo">[https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub Github - sguergachi/AuroraGameHub]</ref>
 
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
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| 2013-08-14 (Alpha_8_b794)
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | 2013-08-14 (Alpha_8_b794)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
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| N/A
 
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| BSD
 
−
|-
 
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! [http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk.html BizHawk]
 
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| 'Nach'
 
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| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk Github - TASVideos/BizHawk]</ref>
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | "minefield"<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/blob/e60896c1b745ef573fde784155432bef44e78b18/LICENSE Repository License]</ref>
 
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| 2018-03-15 (v1.0.0)
 
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| 2020-02-24 (v2.4.8_1)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| N/A
 
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| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk#gnulinux BizHawk README.md - Installing GNU+Linux]</ref>
 
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
 
! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
 
| Steve Maddison
 
| Steve Maddison
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| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio Github - SteveMaddison/cabrio]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio Github - SteveMaddison/cabrio]</ref>
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| {{✓}} (GPLv2)
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (GPLv2)
 
| 2009-10-26 (v0.3.0)
 
| 2009-10-26 (v0.3.0)
 
| style="background: #FFB" | 2011-06-24 (v0.8.2 - beta version)
 
| style="background: #FFB" | 2011-06-24 (v0.8.2 - beta version)
 
| style="background: #FFB" | v0.8.1
 
| style="background: #FFB" | v0.8.1
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
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! [http://coinops.ninja/ CoinOPS]
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! [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/website/ENG/ EmuCenter 2]
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
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| N/A
 
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|-
 
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! [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/website/ENG/ EmuCenter 2]
 
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| N/A
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
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| 2010-03-20 (v0.6)
 
 
| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181)
 
| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181)
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
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! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/ EmuCon]
 
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| N/A
 
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| {{✓}}<ref name"Download page">[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon Download page with sources]</ref>
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
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| 2008-04-23 (v2.0)
 
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| 2017-11-21 (v2.7.7)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station]
 
! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station]
−
| 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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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation]</ref><ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Herdinger/EmulationStation (fork)]</ref>
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (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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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| Raspberry Pi<ref name="RetroPie Documentation">[https://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#install_rpi_retropie RetroPie Documentation on the emulation station wiki]</ref>
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| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
 
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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| {{✓}}<ref name"Download page">[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm EmuLoader Download page with sources]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"Download page">[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm EmuLoader Download page with sources]</ref>
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| 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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| 2018-08-31 (v8.6.6)
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [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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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✓}} (LGPLv3)
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| 2015-09-12 (v1.8.1)
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| N/A
−
| 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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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
 
! [https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
 
| Tom Speirs
 
| Tom Speirs
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| 2016-04-14 (v14.44)
 
−
| 2024-03-13 (v18.61)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://gameroom.me/ GameRoom]
 
−
| Max 'n0xew' ??
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| 2016-12-13 (v0.0.0.9)
 
−
| 2018-03-12 (v1.1.2.0)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]
 
−
| Various contributors
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/ Gitlab - GNOME-games]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2015-10-20 (v3.18.0)
 
−
| 2019-05-24 (v3.33.2)
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 +
| 2019-05-09 (v1.05)
 +
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://hyperspin-fe.com/ HyperSpin]
 
! [https://hyperspin-fe.com/ HyperSpin]
 
| Jonathan Habers
 
| Jonathan Habers
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2018-05-07 (v1.5.1)
 
| 2018-05-07 (v1.5.1)
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| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| Android<ref name="Android download forum thread">[https://hyperspin-fe.com/files/category/445-hyperspin-android/ HyperSpin (Android)]</ref>
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| style="background: #FFB" | Android<ref name="Android download forum thread">[https://hyperspin-fe.com/files/category/445-hyperspin-android/ HyperSpin (Android)]</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
 
! [https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
 
| Scott Rice
 
| Scott Rice
−
| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/scottrice/Ice Github - scottrice/Ice]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/scottrice/Ice Github - scottrice/Ice]</ref>
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (MIT)
 
| 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0)
 
| 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0)
 
| 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0)
 
| 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0)
−
| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ Launch Box]
 
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ Launch Box]
 
| Jason Carr
 
| Jason Carr
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://lusspace.free.fr/ LusSpace]
 
! [http://lusspace.free.fr/ LusSpace]
 
| 'Space1'
 
| 'Space1'
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2016-11-08 (v1.23)
 
| 2016-11-08 (v1.23)
−
| {{✓}}
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
−
|-
 
−
! [https://lutris.net/ Lutris]
 
−
| Mathieu Comandon and others
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/lutris/lutris Github - lutris/lutris]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2013-12-15 (v0.3.2)
 
−
| 2019-04-09 (v0.5.2)
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://malafe.net/ MaLa]
 
! [http://malafe.net/ MaLa]
 
| Stefan 'swindus' Windus, Simon 'loadman' Loader
 
| Stefan 'swindus' Windus, Simon 'loadman' Loader
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| 2005-07-26 (v0.9.7b)
 
| 2005-07-26 (v0.9.7b)
 
| 2011-03-27 (v1.74)
 
| 2011-03-27 (v1.74)
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
|-
 
−
! [https://www.maximus-arcade.com/ Maximus Arcade]
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]
 
−
| Jörg 'MK2k' Sonntag
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher Github - theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2017-04-27 (v1.0.0)
 
−
| 2018-09-07 (v1.2.0)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://www.mgalaxy.com/ mGalaxy]
 
! [http://www.mgalaxy.com/ mGalaxy]
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
 
| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
 
| 2019-04-?? (v7.5)
 
| 2019-04-?? (v7.5)
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
|-
 
−
! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]
 
−
| Quinton Ashley
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Github - quinton-ashley/Nostlan]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
−
| 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12)
 
−
| 2024-01-10 (v2.4.1)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus]
 
−
| Mátyás Mustoha
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Github - mmatyas/pegasus-frontend]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2017-08-07 (Alpha 3)
 
−
| 2021-05-04 (alpha15)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| Android, Raspberry Pi
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://photongamemanager.com/ Photon Game Manager]
 
−
| Thomas Preece
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Experimental
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://playnite.link/ Playnite]
 
−
| Josef Nemec
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/JosefNemec/Playnite Github - JosefNemec/Playnite]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
−
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha)
 
−
| 2023-06-22 (v10.18)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://projectascension.io Project Ascension]
 
−
| Jake Schadewe and others
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/Proj-Ascension/ Github - Project Ascension]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
−
| 2016-01-30 (v1.0.34)
 
−
| 2016-01-30 (v1.0.34)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
 
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
−
| John Scott
+
| Tony 'butter100fly' Woode
−
| {{✓}}<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref>
+
| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref>
−
| {{✓}} (BSD-3)
+
| style="background: #9F9" | yes (BSD-3)
 
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
 
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
−
| 2022-03-26 (v4.7.6)
+
| 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6)
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
−
|-
 
−
! [https://www.retroarch.com/ RetroArch]
 
−
| 'Twinaphex' and others
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch Github - libretro/RetroArch]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2011-01-25 (v0.2)
 
−
| 2023-03-16 (v1.15.0)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| 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
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
 
! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
 
| Don Honerbrink
 
| Don Honerbrink
−
| {{✓}}<ref name"BitBucket repository">[https://bitbucket.org/phulshof/retrofe/src/ Bitbucket - phulshof/retrofe]</ref>
+
| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"BitBucket repository">[https://bitbucket.org/phulshof/retrofe/src/ Bitbucket - phulshof/retrofe]</ref>
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
+
| style="background: #9F9" | yes (GPLv3)
 
| 2016-07-26 (v0.7.2-beta-1)
 
| 2016-07-26 (v0.7.2-beta-1)
 
| 2019-05-26 (v0.9.0)
 
| 2019-05-26 (v0.9.0)
−
| {{✓}}
+
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 +
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
−
| {{✓}}
 
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://romjacket.mudlord.info/ RoM-Jacket]
 
! [http://romjacket.mudlord.info/ RoM-Jacket]
 
| 'Jinx'
 
| 'Jinx'
−
| {{✓}} (.bat files)
+
| style="background: #9F9" | yes (.bat files)
−
| {{✗}}
+
| style="background: #F99" | No
−
| N/A
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://romjacket.github.io/ skeletonKey]
 
−
| 'romjacket'
 
−
| {{{✗}}<ref>[https://github.com/romjacket/skeletonKey Github - romjacket/skeletonKey]</ref>
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| 2018-05-22 (v0.99.34.34)
 
−
| 2019-05-30 (v0.99.69.81)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
| {{✗}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! [https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]
 
−
| Ronny Chan
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/SnowflakePowered/snowflake Github - SnowflakePowered/snowflake]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (MPLv2.0)
 
−
| 2015-01-15 (v0.1.0)
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | 2017-07-10 (v0.2.1158)
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
−
|-
 
−
! [https://frogthefrog.github.io/steam-rom-manager/ Steam Rom Manager]
 
−
| Lukas Senionis
 
−
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/FrogTheFrog/steam-rom-manager Github - FrogTheFrog/steam-rom-manager]</ref>
 
−
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
−
| 2017-04-30 (v1.0.0)
 
−
| 2019-03-10 (v2.2.19)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
|}
 
−
 
−
= Technical facts =
 
−
 
−
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
−
! Name
 
−
! Download size
 
−
! Current status
 
−
! Language used
 
−
! Libraries used
 
−
|-
 
−
! All Stars Launcher
 
−
| 100 KiB - 135 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| MASM - Machine Language
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Atomic
 
−
| 35.2 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
−
| Visual Basic
 
−
| N/A
 
−
|-
 
−
! Attract-Mode
 
−
| 34.5 - 35.9 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C++
 
−
| SFML, OpenAL, Zlib, FreeType 2, FFmpeg (avformat, avcodec, swscale, avutil, swresample/avresample), OpenGL+GLU, JPEG. Optionally: Fontconfig, Xinerama, libarchive, Libcurl.
 
−
|-
 
−
! Aurora Game Hub
 
−
| 12.2 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
−
| Java
 
−
| h2 database Engine
 
−
|-
 
−
! BizHawk
 
−
| 48.1 MiB (+43 MiB on windows)
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C++ & C#
 
−
| DirectX 9, libblip_buf
 
−
|-
 
−
! Bottlenose
 
−
| 56.4 - 87.2 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| HTML/JS/CSS
 
−
| await-spawn, bootstrap, chrome-finder, circletype, contro, contro-ui, copy-paste, deep-extend, delay, diacritics, electron-pug, fs-extra, fuse.js, gca-js, gooder, jquery, klaw, markdown-it, material-design-icons-iconfont, moment, mousetrap, node-7z, opn, popper.js, probe-image-size, pug, puppeteer-core, requisition, tether, three, yauzl-promise
 
−
|-
 
−
! CabrioFE
 
−
| 1.5 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
−
| C
 
−
| SDL, SDL_image, SDL_gfx, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf, glut, libxml2, ffmpeg
 
−
|-
 
−
! CoinOPS
 
−
| ?
 
−
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
−
| ?
 
−
| ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuCenter 2
 
−
| 176 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| C++ and/or C#
 
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 +
| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 +
| style="background: #F99" | No
 
|-
 
|-
−
! EmuCon
 
−
| 5.54 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
 
−
| Pascal
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Emulation Station
 
−
| 13.1 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C++
 
−
| SDL2, Boost (System, Filesystem, DateTime, Locale), FreeImage, FreeType, Eigen3, and cURL
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuLoader
 
−
| 16.50 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| Pascal
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! FEEL
 
−
| 26.4 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| C#
 
−
| XNA, SharpDx, SmartASD, "other smaller libs" (sic)
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameEx
 
−
| 81.8 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C#
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameRoom
 
−
| 67.7 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| Java
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Games (Gnome)
 
−
| 8.9 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| Vala
 
−
| retro-gtk, libmanette, libhandy
 
−
|-
 
−
! HyperSpin
 
−
| 479.12 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| ActionScript
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Ice
 
−
| 11.3 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| Python
 
−
| appdirs, pastebin, psutil, pysteam
 
−
|-
 
−
! Launch Box
 
−
| 218 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C#
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! LusSpace
 
−
| 2.9 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
 
−
| Visual Basic 6
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Lutris
 
−
| 1.7 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| Python
 
−
| PyYAML, PyGObject, evdev, requests, optional pypresence for discord
 
−
|-
 
−
! MaLa
 
−
|-
 
−
! Maximus Arcade
 
−
|-
 
−
! Metropolis Launcher
 
−
| 261.16 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| VB.Net 4.0
 
−
| DevExpress WinForms v15.2, DiscUtils, HtmlAgilityPack, Newtonsoft.Json, Ookii.Dialogs, SgmlReaderDll, SharpCompress
 
−
|-
 
−
! mGalaxy
 
−
|-
 
−
! Pegasus
 
−
|-
 
−
! Photon Game Manager
 
−
|-
 
−
! Playnite
 
−
|
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Project Ascension
 
−
|-
 
−
! QuickPlay
 
−
| 32.8 MiB
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| Delphi
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroArch
 
−
| 4.8 - 165 - 806 MiB (Android - Win10 64bit - PS3 DEX)
 
−
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
 
−
| C
 
−
| libretro, an audio library (ALSA, OSS, etc.), optional dependencies
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroFe
 
−
|-
 
−
! RoM-Jacket
 
−
|-
 
−
! skeletonKey
 
−
|-
 
−
! Snowflake
 
−
|-
 
−
! Steam Rom Manager
 
−
|}
 
−
 
−
= Emulator support =
 
−
 
−
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
−
! Name
 
−
! RetroArch
 
−
! MAME
 
−
! NEStopia
 
−
! FCEUX
 
−
! Snes9x
 
−
! ZSnes
 
−
! Mupen64Plus
 
−
! Dolphin
 
−
! Cemu
 
−
! VisualBoyAdvance(-M)
 
−
! Citra
 
−
! NeoCD
 
−
! EPSXe
 
−
! PCSX2
 
−
! RPCS3
 
−
! PPSSPP
 
−
|-
 
−
! Atomic
 
−
|-
 
−
! Attract-Mode
 
−
|-
 
−
! Aurora Game Hub
 
−
|-
 
−
! BizHawk
 
−
|-
 
−
! Bottlenose
 
−
|-
 
−
! CabrioFE
 
−
|-
 
−
! CoinOPS
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuCenter 2
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuCon
 
−
|-
 
−
! Emulation Station
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuLoader
 
−
|-
 
−
! FEEL
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameEx
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameRoom
 
−
|-
 
−
! Games (Gnome)
 
−
|-
 
−
! HyperSpin
 
−
|-
 
−
! Ice
 
−
|-
 
−
! Launch Box
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! LusSpace
 
−
|-
 
−
! Lutris
 
−
|-
 
−
! MaLa
 
−
|-
 
−
! Maximus Arcade
 
−
|-
 
−
! Metropolis Launcher
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! mGalaxy
 
−
|-
 
−
! Pegasus
 
−
|-
 
−
! Photon Game Manager
 
−
|-
 
−
! Playnite
 
−
|-
 
−
! Project Ascension
 
−
|-
 
−
! QuickPlay
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroArch
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroFe
 
−
|-
 
−
! RoM-Jacket
 
−
|-
 
−
! skeletonKey
 
−
|-
 
−
! Snowflake
 
−
|-
 
−
! Steam Rom Manager
 
−
|}
 
−
 
−
= Features =
 
−
 
−
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
−
! Name
 
−
! Has console categories
 
−
! Theme support
 
−
! Display descriptions
 
−
! Display box arts
 
−
! Display video previews
 
−
! Scrape descriptions
 
−
! Scrape box arts
 
−
! Scrape video previews
 
−
|-
 
−
! Atomic
 
−
|-
 
−
! Attract-Mode
 
−
|-
 
−
! Aurora Game Hub
 
−
|-
 
−
! BizHawk
 
−
|-
 
−
! Bottlenose
 
−
|-
 
−
! CabrioFE
 
−
|-
 
−
! CoinOPS
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuCenter 2
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuCon
 
−
|-
 
−
! Emulation Station
 
−
|-
 
−
! EmuLoader
 
−
|-
 
−
! FEEL
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameEx
 
−
|-
 
−
! GameRoom
 
−
|-
 
−
! Games (Gnome)
 
−
|-
 
−
! HyperSpin
 
−
|-
 
−
! Ice
 
−
|-
 
−
! Launch Box
 
−
|-
 
−
! LusSpace
 
−
|-
 
−
! Lutris
 
−
|-
 
−
! MaLa
 
−
|-
 
−
! Maximus Arcade
 
−
|-
 
−
! Metropolis Launcher
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}} (built-in only)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
| {{✓}} (offline db)
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! mGalaxy
 
−
|-
 
−
! Pegasus
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
! Photon Game Manager
 
−
|-
 
−
! Playnite
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Via plugin
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| {{✓}}
 
−
| style="background: #FFB" | Via plugin
 
−
|-
 
−
! Project Ascension
 
−
|-
 
−
! QuickPlay
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroArch
 
−
|-
 
−
! RetroFe
 
−
|-
 
−
! RoM-Jacket
 
−
|-
 
−
! skeletonKey
 
−
|-
 
−
! Snowflake
 
−
|-
 
−
! Steam Rom Manager
 
−
|}
 
−
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−
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