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! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic]
 
! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic]
 
| 'Youki'
 
| 'Youki'
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| 2005-02-08 (v0.11)
 
| 2005-02-08 (v0.11)
 
| 2010-01-23 (v0.20)
 
| 2010-01-23 (v0.20)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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! [http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
 
! [http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
 
| Andrew Mickelson
 
| Andrew Mickelson
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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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| {{✓}}<ref name="Github repository">[https://github.com/mickelson/attract Github - mickelson/attract]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (GPLv3)
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
 
| 2013-11-17 (v1.0)
 
| 2013-11-17 (v1.0)
 
| 2018-11-14 (v2.5.1)
 
| 2018-11-14 (v2.5.1)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
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! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
 
! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
 
| Steve Maddison
 
| Steve Maddison
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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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| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio Github - SteveMaddison/cabrio]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (GPLv2)
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| {{✓}} (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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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/website/ENG/ EmuCenter 2]
 
! [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
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181)
 
| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181)
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station]
 
! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station]
 
| Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau
 
| Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau
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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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| {{✓}}<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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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (MIT)
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
 
| 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0)
 
| 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0)
 
| 2014-06-12 (v1.0.2 - on original repo)
 
| 2014-06-12 (v1.0.2 - on original repo)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
 
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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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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| {{✓}}<ref name"Download page">[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm EmuLoader Download page with sources]</ref>
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
 
| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
 
| 2018-08-31 (v8.6.6)
 
| 2018-08-31 (v8.6.6)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
|-
 
! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL]
 
! [http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL]
 
| 'Sincro'
 
| 'Sincro'
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2017-06-13 (v1.9.8.1c)
 
| 2017-06-13 (v1.9.8.1c)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
|-
 
! [https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
 
! [https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
 
| Tom Speirs
 
| Tom Speirs
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2019-05-09 (v1.05)
 
| 2019-05-09 (v1.05)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
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! [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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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2018-05-07 (v1.5.1)
 
| 2018-05-07 (v1.5.1)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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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>
 
| style="background: #FFB" | Android<ref name="Android download forum thread">[https://hyperspin-fe.com/files/category/445-hyperspin-android/ HyperSpin (Android)]</ref>
 
|-
 
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! [https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
 
! [https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
 
| Scott Rice
 
| Scott Rice
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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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| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/scottrice/Ice Github - scottrice/Ice]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (MIT)
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| {{✓}} (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
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ Launch Box]
 
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ Launch Box]
 
| Jason Carr
 
| Jason Carr
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
|-
 
! [http://lusspace.free.fr/ LusSpace]
 
! [http://lusspace.free.fr/ LusSpace]
 
| 'Space1'
 
| 'Space1'
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| 2016-11-08 (v1.23)
 
| 2016-11-08 (v1.23)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
|-
 
! [http://malafe.net/ MaLa]
 
! [http://malafe.net/ MaLa]
 
| Stefan 'swindus' Windus, Simon 'loadman' Loader
 
| Stefan 'swindus' Windus, Simon 'loadman' Loader
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| {{✗}}
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| 2005-07-26 (v0.9.7b)
 
| 2005-07-26 (v0.9.7b)
 
| 2011-03-27 (v1.74)
 
| 2011-03-27 (v1.74)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
|-
 
! [http://www.mgalaxy.com/ mGalaxy]
 
! [http://www.mgalaxy.com/ mGalaxy]
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
 
| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
 
| 2019-04-?? (v7.5)
 
| 2019-04-?? (v7.5)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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| style="background: #F99" | No
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|-
 
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! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
 
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
 
| Tony 'butter100fly' Woode
 
| Tony 'butter100fly' Woode
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref>
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (BSD-3)
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| {{✓}} (BSD-3)
 
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
 
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
 
| 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6)
 
| 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
 
! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
 
| Don Honerbrink
 
| Don Honerbrink
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes<ref name"BitBucket repository">[https://bitbucket.org/phulshof/retrofe/src/ Bitbucket - phulshof/retrofe]</ref>
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| {{✓}}<ref name"BitBucket repository">[https://bitbucket.org/phulshof/retrofe/src/ Bitbucket - phulshof/retrofe]</ref>
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| 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)
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #9F9" | Yes
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| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
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! [http://romjacket.mudlord.info/ RoM-Jacket]
 
! [http://romjacket.mudlord.info/ RoM-Jacket]
 
| 'Jinx'
 
| 'Jinx'
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| style="background: #9F9" | yes (.bat files)
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Revision as of 00:37, 2 June 2019

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.)

Name Creator Open Source Free (FOSS) First public release date Year of latest stable version Windows Macintosh GNU/Linux Other platforms
Atomic 'Youki' ✗ ✗ 2005-02-08 (v0.11) 2010-01-23 (v0.20) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Attract-Mode Andrew Mickelson ✓[1] ✓ (GPLv3) 2013-11-17 (v1.0) 2018-11-14 (v2.5.1) ✓ ✓ ✓ N/A
CabrioFE Steve Maddison ✓[2] ✓ (GPLv2) 2009-10-26 (v0.3.0) 2011-06-24 (v0.8.2 - beta version) v0.8.1 ✓ ✗ N/A
EmuCenter 2 N/A ✗ ✗ N/A 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Emulation Station Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau ✓[3][4] ✓ (MIT) 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0) 2014-06-12 (v1.0.2 - on original repo) ✓ ✗ ✓ N/A
EmuLoader N/A ✓[5] ✗ 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6) 2018-08-31 (v8.6.6) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
FEEL 'Sincro' ✗ ✗ N/A 2017-06-13 (v1.9.8.1c) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
GameEx Tom Speirs ✗ ✗ N/A 2019-05-09 (v1.05) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
HyperSpin Jonathan Habers ✗ ✗ N/A 2018-05-07 (v1.5.1) ✓ ✗ ✗ Android[6]
Ice Scott Rice ✓[7] ✓ (MIT) 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0) 2016-01-29 (v1.0.0) ✓ ✓ ✓ N/A
Launch Box Jason Carr ✗ ✗ N/A N/A ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
LusSpace 'Space1' ✗ ✗ N/A 2016-11-08 (v1.23) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
MaLa Stefan 'swindus' Windus, Simon 'loadman' Loader ✗ ✗ 2005-07-26 (v0.9.7b) 2011-03-27 (v1.74) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
mGalaxy N/A ✗ ✗ 2007-02-05 (v1.0) 2019-04-?? (v7.5) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
QuickPlay Tony 'butter100fly' Woode ✓[8] ✓ (BSD-3) 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0) 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6) ✓ N/A N/A N/A
RetroFe Don Honerbrink ✓[9] ✓ (GPLv3) 2016-07-26 (v0.7.2-beta-1) 2019-05-26 (v0.9.0) ✓ ✓ To be compiled N/A
RoM-Jacket 'Jinx' ✓ (.bat files) ✗ N/A N/A ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
  1. ↑ Github - mickelson/attract
  2. ↑ Github - SteveMaddison/cabrio
  3. ↑ Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation
  4. ↑ Github - Herdinger/EmulationStation (fork)
  5. ↑ EmuLoader Download page with sources
  6. ↑ HyperSpin (Android)
  7. ↑ Github - scottrice/Ice
  8. ↑ SourceForge - QuickPlay
  9. ↑ Bitbucket - phulshof/retrofe
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