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  ! [[EmulationStation|ES-DE]]

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  | WIMP

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  ! [https://neostation.dev/ NeoStation]

  | [https://github.com/miguelsotobaez/neostation-frontend/releases beta]

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  | WIMP

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  | [https://github.com/inssekt/CocoonFE/ Beta 3.0]

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  ! [[Daijishō]] (台字章)

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  ! [https://github.com/utkarshdalal/GameNative GameNative]

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  | {{✗|text=❌}}<ref group="A" name="gamesirgamehub">Some users have expressed concerns about the app's stability and security.</ref>

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  ! [http://attractmode.org Attract-Mode]

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  ! [https://neostation.dev/ NeoStation]

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:; [https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/ Attract-Mode Plus] : Attract-Mode Plus is a fork of Attract-Mode, enhanced by numerous community-driven improvements, fixes, and features. Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

; [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net QuickPlay] : An excellent FOSS alternative to LaunchBox. It has a WIMP style interface and is Windows only. Compared to LaunchBox it has less eye-candy but it requires a lot less system resources, it's blazing-fast and slow down-free.

; [https://romjacket.github.io/skeletonkey/index.html skeletonKeY] : According to the author, skeletonKeY is ''a unified interface for ROMs emulators and frontends''. A dynamic GUI provides granular options for MAME, snes9x, mednafen, emulationStation, retroFE, PegasusFE and a very comprehensive interface for RetroArch (including netplay). SkeletonKeY integrates and supports the installation of hundreds of emulators. SkeletonKeY is free, open source and very ugly.

; [https://playnite.link Playnite] : A great general gaming frontend for Windows. Version 9 greatly expanded emulation support, and better arcade support is planned. For something similar on Linux, check out Lutris.

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  ! [[Lakka]]

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  ! [[BizHawk]]

  | [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html {{BizHawkVer}}]

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  ! CoinOPS

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  ! [https://github.com/doZennn/steam-rom-manager Steam ROM Manager]

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  ! [[RetroArch]]

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  ! [[RetroArch]]

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  | Most non-GL cores

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  ! [[RetroArch]]

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  ! [https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame pfeMAME]

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; [http://qmc2.batcom-it.net QMC2] : QMC2 is a multi-platform MAME/MESS/UME frontend.

; [https://superiorcode.gitlab.io/mamefave/ MameFave] : A Windows-only frontend launched in March 2022<ref name="mamefave_reddit">Reddit thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MAME/comments/tpsvvl/new_windows_gui_for_mame MameFave GUI for MAME]</ref>. Creator intends for this to be a simple way to manage hundreds of ROMs.<ul><li>The favorites database can be filtered to help you find the game you want to play.</li><li>Works with many versions of MAME (32 and 64-bit).</li><li>Optional artwork download includes icons and marquees for all the classics!</li><li>Links to your favorite games can be made in just a few mouse clicks.</li><li>Games can be played directly from the ROM picker and search windows.</li></ul>

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  ! [[LaunchBox]]

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  ! [http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net D-Fend Reloaded]

==== Comparison ====

; [https://dbgl.org DOSBox Game Launcher] : Another frontend based on Java that is said to be inspired by the D-Fend's.

; [http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net D-Fend Reloaded] : Was a great frontend, which allowed custom per-game configurations to cut back on fiddling with settings just to run specific games well. It also let use third-party builds of DOSBox, instead of the one it comes with, so it could have been used with forks as well.

; [https://github.com/rtts/ialauncher IA Launcher] : IA Launcher is a graphical games launcher for under 3000 MS-DOS games from old times. It uses the Internet Archive to download games on-the-fly and DOSBox to play them offline.

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  ! [https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe Mednaffe]

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  ! [https://github.com/dh4/mupen64plus-qt Mupen64Plus-Qt]