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LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive front-end to [[DOSBox]] but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and historical games. Probably the most customizable emulator on here, alongside HyperSpin, if you buy a license. You can customize the interface to however you like and the metadata of each game and comes with a metadata scraper. Has integrated support for launching from Kodi (XBMC). There is one version free, but also has a premium version that gives you access to Big Box which is an HTPC version of Launch Box along with some other features..
 
LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive front-end to [[DOSBox]] but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and historical games. Probably the most customizable emulator on here, alongside HyperSpin, if you buy a license. You can customize the interface to however you like and the metadata of each game and comes with a metadata scraper. Has integrated support for launching from Kodi (XBMC). There is one version free, but also has a premium version that gives you access to Big Box which is an HTPC version of Launch Box along with some other features..
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=Emulators included type=
 
=Emulators included type=
 
These "frontends" have a graphical user interface and let you launch included emulators, it's not possible to use non-included emulators. They may or may not contain original emulator cores. If a program has mostly original cores, then it's called a [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]] and is not included here.
 
These "frontends" have a graphical user interface and let you launch included emulators, it's not possible to use non-included emulators. They may or may not contain original emulator cores. If a program has mostly original cores, then it's called a [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]] and is not included here.
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==Comparisons==
 
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==Comparisons==
 
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=Specific frontends=
 
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==MAME==
 
==MAME==
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MAME used to be command line only, but as of Feb 2016 they merged the frontend [https://dankan1890.github.io/mewui/ MEWUI] to be used as the default GUI. MEWUI is keyboard driven, if you prefer mouse driven or something else these are the alternatives.
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="8"|PC / x86
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|[http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|[http://attractmode.org/download.html 2.6.1]
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|{{✓}}
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|?
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!colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|[http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
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|align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}
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|[http://attractmode.org/download.html 2.6.1]
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|{{✓}}
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|?
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|}
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==Mednafen==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="8"|PC / x86
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|[https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe Mednaffe]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe/releases 0.8.8]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|[https://github.com/Speedvicio/MedGuiReborn MedGui Reborn]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://github.com/Speedvicio/MedGuiReborn/releases 0.110]
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|{{✓}}
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|?
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|[https://medlaunch.info/ MedLaunch]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://github.com/Asnivor/MedLaunch/releases 0.5.25.3]
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|{{✗}}
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/medgui/ MedGui]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/medgui/files/latest/download 1.99999]
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==Others==
 
==Others==
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Mednafen
 
 
Mupen64
 
Mupen64
 
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Model 2
 
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Revision as of 12:16, 28 January 2020

Launcher type

the "Launcher" or "Executor" kind of frontend allow a user to execute an emulator program using a graphical interface. These frontends can be used with almost any emulator of your choosing, as long as they support command-line arguments.

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
LaunchBox Windows 10.0 ✓ ✓
Mobile / ARM
LaunchBox Android 0.33 ($) ✓ ✓

Comparisons

LaunchBox

LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive front-end to DOSBox but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and historical games. Probably the most customizable emulator on here, alongside HyperSpin, if you buy a license. You can customize the interface to however you like and the metadata of each game and comes with a metadata scraper. Has integrated support for launching from Kodi (XBMC). There is one version free, but also has a premium version that gives you access to Big Box which is an HTPC version of Launch Box along with some other features..


Emulators included type

These "frontends" have a graphical user interface and let you launch included emulators, it's not possible to use non-included emulators. They may or may not contain original emulator cores. If a program has mostly original cores, then it's called a multi-system emulator and is not included here.

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
OpenEmu macOS 2.4.1 ✓ ✓
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 ✓ ?
RetroPie Linux 4.5.1 ✓ ?
Mobile / ARM
RetroPie Linux ARM 4.5.1 ✓ ✓

Comparisons

OpenEmu


Add-ons to other programs

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
Steam ROM Manager Windows Linux macOS 2.2.22 ✓ ?
Ice Windows 1.0.0 ✗ ✗

Comparisons

Steam ROM Manager


Specific frontends

Libretro

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
RetroArch Windows Linux macOS Web 1.18.0 ✓ ✓
Ludo Windows Linux macOS 0.10.4 ✓ ?
Mobile / ARM
RetroArch Android iOS Linux ARM 1.18.0 ✓ ✓
Ludo Linux ARM 0.10.4 ✓ ?
Consoles
RetroArch Xbox Xbox One AppleTV Vita PSP PlayStation 2 1.18.0 ✓ ✓

MAME

MAME used to be command line only, but as of Feb 2016 they merged the frontend MEWUI to be used as the default GUI. MEWUI is keyboard driven, if you prefer mouse driven or something else these are the alternatives.

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
Attract-Mode Windows Linux macOS 2.6.1 ✓ ?
Mobile / ARM
Attract-Mode Linux ARM 2.6.1 ✓ ?

Mednafen

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
Mednaffe Windows Linux 0.8.8 ✓ ✓
MedGui Reborn Windows 0.110 ✓ ?
MedLaunch Windows 0.5.25.3 ✗ ?
MedGui Windows 1.99999 ✗ ✗

Others

Mupen64 Model 2 Model 3

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