Editing Template:Infobox emulator

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! [[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]

An infobox for pages detailing specific emulators. It's an improvement from [[Template:Infobox|the original template]], with a design closely modelled from Wikipedia, and with support for a lot more parameters. Most parameters are optional but are explained below.

|platform      = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[libretro]]

|target        = [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]<br/>[[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]]<br/>[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|GB]]<br/>[[Sega Genesis emulators|MD]]<br/>''others''

|compatibility = <small>100% for commercial titles<br/>Some homebrew may have small defects</small>

===Render===

|website      = [http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ byuu.org]

 

The order of parameters here are arranged according to the order they are displayed in the box. You can technically place each parameter in any order you want (as opposed to <code>first</code>, <code>second</code>, <code>third</code>, etc.) in the markup, but it can get confusing as the template is designed to have the values show up only one way.

:The name of the emulator. If no value is given, it will default to the name of the page instead. This one might be necessary for emulators that are not capitalized (and also make sure {{t|lowercase title}} is included on the page) because the default behavior relies on MediaWiki's internal name for the page.

:Also optional. Set the width of the logo. Might be useful for logos that either exceed the size of the infobox, or have a more vertical (and thus uncomfortable) aspect ratio.

:Used to put screenshots of the program in. This is optional for a few reasons, the most compelling being that some emulators run from the terminal and don't have a recognizable user interface.

:Also optional. Set the width of the screenshot. This may be necessary for programs that only output in much more square aspect ratios like 4:3 and thus extend the infobox a fair bit.

:What is the screenshot showing? Optional because in many cases the image is self-explanatory, though details may be added if desired.

:If development was passed onto other people, use this to write the ''original'' developer (and use <code>developer</code> for the current). This will change the text accordingly, and is optional.

:Who's making the emulator? If the project is inactive, then who ''made'' the emulator? If the project is on GitHub, you can link it to the contributors page as "(project) Team". Leave it unanswered and it will say "''Anonymous/Unidentified''".

:What's the current version? For new pages, you will want to templatize this, especially when updates happen often. Emugen naming conventions are usually Template:(Project)Ver and you transclude it into the infobox by doing <code><nowiki>{{ (Project)Ver }}</nowiki></code> (or  <code><nowiki>{{ Version|(Project) }}</nowiki></code>, see [[Template:Version]] to know which to use). See the pages of other emulators if you're confused. For the targeted platform's own table, apply the same template there. For open-source projects that don't have a version system in place, you can use Git (as is often done on the comparison table). Leave it unanswered and it will say "N/A".

:What platforms does the emulator run on? Often called the host in virtualization. Required because it's gotta run somewhere. If the emulator has a libretro core, include libretro (but do not use RetroArch in place of libretro).

:'''List clearly the operating systems and consoles the emulator's standalone package runs on, including the names of the platforms.''' Do not use "multi-platform" as a replacement for a clear list of platforms, and do not justify it with the fact that it's used on the console page. That usage is different because, in that context, it signifies that the number of platforms the emulator is available for is too many to show in an overview, and that the full list would make the table too wide on smaller displays. When transferred to the emulator's page itself however, this doesn't apply because the infobox is a fixed width and can handle the list.

:How [[Emulation accuracy|accurate]] the emulator is. Optional.

:Optional because most articles link to builds in their downloads section instead.

:The crowdfunding service the emulator uses (with a link to the account). [[Emulators on Patreon|Many projects run on contributions from their users]] so to help fit that into the article better, this parameter allows you to link to such service whether it be Patreon or any other; the parameter is generalized because there are other services, otherwise it'd be <code>patreon</code>. Optional because not every project has one set up, and it probably doesn't exist at all for inactive and outdated projects.