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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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Below is a basic comparison table for all the known multi-system emulator [[frontends]]. Intentionally excluded from this page are single-system frontends—such as EmuCon, MAME Classic, Negatron, pfeMame, QMC2 and others like them—and other software dedicated to other purposes that also offer some level of integration with standalone emulators, such as Kodi.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
== Basic details ==
|-  
<div style="overflow-x: auto; width: 100%;">
! Name
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-weight: 500; text-align: center; width: 100%;"
! Creator
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width: 12em;" | Name
! Open Source
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width: 9em;" | Developer
! Free (FOSS)
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Distribution
! First public release date
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Release production era
! Latest stable version release date
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Platform support and installation package types
! Windows
|-
! Macintosh
! scope="col" style="width: 4em;" | Source code available
! GNU/Linux
! scope="col" style="width: 8.5em;" | Free/Libre license
! Other platforms
! scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate" style="width: 8.25em;" | Initial public
|-
! scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate" style="width: 9em;" | Latest stable
! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic]
! scope="col" | Windows
| 'Youki'
! scope="col" | macOS
| {{✗}}
! scope="col" | GNU/Linux
| {{✗}}
! scope="col" style="width: 15em;" | Other
| 2005-02-08 (v0.11)
|-
| 2010-01-23 (v0.20)
! scope="row" | [http://guerilla.bplaced.net/x86WinSoft.html All Stars Launcher]
| {{✓}}
| 'el Comandante'
| {{✗}}
| data-sort-value="1" {{Yellow|color=PaleGoldenrod}} On request
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text="Freeware"}}
| {{✗}}
| data-sort-value="2020-09-30" | {{#formatdate:2020-09-30|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v2020.274)</span>
|-
| data-sort-value="2024-01-30" | {{#formatdate:2024-01-30|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v2024.030)</span>
! [http://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="asl_zip">File: [http://guerilla.bplaced.net/x86WinSoft/AllStarsLauncher.zip AllStarsLauncher.zip], version 2024.030, published on {{#formatdate:2024-01-30|ISO 8601}} at guerilla.bplaced.net.</ref>}}
| Andrew Mickelson
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}}<ref name="Github repository">[https://github.com/mickelson/attract Github - mickelson/attract]</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2013-11-17 (v1.0)
|-
| 2018-11-14 (v2.5.1)
! scope="row" | [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/ Atomic FE]
| {{✓}}
| [mailto:[email protected] 'Youki']
| {{✓}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="2005-02-08" | {{#formatdate:2005-02-08|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v0.11)</span>
|-
| {{✗|sort=2010-01-23|text={{#formatdate:2010-01-23|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v0.20)</span>}}
! [http://www.auroragamehub.com/ Aurora Game Hub]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:.exe|EXE]]<ref name="atomic_exe">File: [http://www.atomicfe.com/ccount12/click.php?id=1 AtomicFE_v020.exe], version 0.20, published on {{#formatdate:2010-01-23|ISO 8601}} at www.atomicfe.com.</ref>}}
| Carlos Machado, Sammy Guergachi
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}}<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>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2013-08-14 (Alpha_8_b794)
|-
| style="background: #FFB" | 2013-08-14 (Alpha_8_b794)
! scope="row" | [https://attractmode.org/ Attract-Mode]
| {{✓}}
| [mailto:[email protected] Andrew Mickelson]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/mickelson/attract GitHub]<ref name="attract-mode_github">[https://github.com/mickelson/attract mickelson/attract] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2013-07-02|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License#Version 3|GPL-3.0-or-later]]<ref name="attract-mode_license">File: [https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/6fe2d8031308a641b525161f240b63fa24f32088/License.txt License.txt], from [https://github.com/mickelson/attract/commit/6fe2d8031308a641b525161f240b63fa24f32088 commit <kbd>6fe2d80</kbd>: Initial commit.] on {{#formatdate:2013-07-02|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/mickelson/attract mickelson/attract] at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| BSD
| data-sort-value="2013-11-17" | {{#formatdate:2013-11-17|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/mickelson/attract/releases/tag/v1.0.2 v1.0])</span>
|-
| data-sort-value="2023-06-10" | {{#formatdate:2023-06-10|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/mickelson/attract/releases/tag/v2.7.0 v2.7.0])</span>
! [http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk.html BizHawk]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="am_zip">File: [https://github.com/mickelson/attract/releases/download/v2.7.0/attract-v2.7.0-win64.zip attract-v2.7.0-win64.zip], version 2.7.0, published on {{#formatdate:2023-06-10|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| 'Nach'
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:Apple Disk Image|DMG]]<ref name="am_dmg">File: [https://github.com/mickelson/attract/releases/download/v2.6.1/attract-v2.6.1.dmg attract-v2.6.1.dmg], version 2.6.1, published on {{#formatdate:2020-01-18|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk Github - TASVideos/BizHawk]</ref>
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:tar (computing)|<span title="Compilation required">.tar.gz</span>]],<ref name="am_tarball">File: [https://github.com/mickelson/attract/archive/v2.7.0.tar.gz v2.7.0.tar.gz], version 2.7.0, published on {{#formatdate:2023-06-10|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref> [[wikipedia:Arch Linux#AUR|AUR]],<ref name="am_aur">Package: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/attract attract] (unofficial), version 2.7.0-1, published on {{#formatdate:2023-06-12|ISO 8601}} by [https://aur.archlinux.org/account/eclairevoyant eclairevoyant] to the [[wikipedia:Arch Linux#AUR|Arch Linux User Repository (AUR)]].</ref> [[wikipedia:deb (file format)|DEB]]<ref name="am_ppa">File: [https://launchpad.net/~daveg/+archive/ubuntu/attract/+files/attract_2.2.0-3daveg1+yakkety_amd64.deb attract_2.2.0-3daveg1+yakkety_amd64.deb] (unofficial), version 2.2.0, published on {{#formatdate:2016-11-11|ISO 8601}} by [https://launchpad.net/~daveg David Gillies] to the [https://launchpad.net/~daveg/+archive/ubuntu/attract Attract-Mode PPA] on Launchpad.net.</ref>}}
| style="background: #FFB" | "minefield"<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/blob/e60896c1b745ef573fde784155432bef44e78b18/LICENSE Repository License]</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2018-03-15 (v1.0.0)
|-
| 2019-01-06 (v2.3.1)
! scope="row" | [https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/ Attract-Mode Plus]
| {{✓}}
| [https://github.com/oomek Radek Dutkiewicz]
| N/A
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/ GitHub]<ref name="amp_github">[https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/ oomek/attractplus] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2017-03-17|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled<ref>[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk#gnulinux BizHawk README.md - Installing GNU+Linux]</ref>
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License#Version 3|GPL-3.0-or-later]]<ref name="attract-mode_license" />}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="2022-01-29" | {{#formatdate:2022-01-29|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/releases/tag/2.6.1 v2.6.1])</span>
|-
| {{✓|sort=2025-05-31|text={{#formatdate:2025-05-31|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/releases/tag/3.1.2 v3.1.2])</span>}}
! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Bottlenose]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:7z|7z]]<ref name="amp_7z_win">File: [https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/releases/download/3.1.2/attractplus_3.1.2_Windows.7z attractplus_3.1.2_Windows.7z], version 3.1.2, published on {{#formatdate:2025-05-31|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| Quinton Ashley
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:7z|7z]]<ref name="amp_7z_mac">File: [https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/releases/download/3.1.2/attractplus_3.1.2_MacOS.7z attractplus_3.1.2_MacOS.7z], version 3.1.2, published on {{#formatdate:2025-05-31|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Github - quinton-ashley/bottlenose]</ref>
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:deb (file format)|DEB]]<ref name="amp_deb">File: [https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/releases/download/3.1.2/attractplus_3.1.2_ubuntu-24.04_X11_amd64.deb attractplus_3.1.2_ubuntu-24.04_X11_amd64.deb], version 3.1.2, published on {{#formatdate:2025-05-31|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}} (MIT)
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12)
|-
| 2019-04-09 (v1.0.65)
! scope="row" | [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub Aurora Game Hub]
| {{✓}}
| [https://github.com/sguergachi Sammy Guergachi]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://sourceforge.net/projects/auroragm/ Sourceforge],<ref name="agh_sourceforge">[https://sourceforge.net/projects/auroragm/ auroragm] public project page, created on {{#formatdate:2010-05-01|ISO 8601}} at Sourceforge.net.</ref> [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub GitHub]<ref name="agh_github">[https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub sguergachi/AuroraGameHub] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2012-09-30|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:Creative Commons license#BY-NC-ND|CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0]]<ref name="agh_license">File: [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub/blob/9080345e3c0638bb998a51b7058fded134b30ae0/LICENSE.txt LICENSE.txt], from [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub/commit/9080345e3c0638bb998a51b7058fded134b30ae0 commit <kbd>9080345</kbd>: Completed DashboardScreen Commenting&Refactoring] on {{#formatdate:2012-10-29|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub sguergachi/AuroraGameHub] at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="2010-08-27" | {{#formatdate:2010-08-27|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://sourceforge.net/projects/auroragm/files/Aurora%20V1/ r09])</span>
|-
| {{✗|sort=2014-08-30|text={{#formatdate:2014-08-30|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://sourceforge.net/p/auroragm/news/2014/08/aurora-game-hub---alpha-10/ Alpha 10])</span>}}
! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="agh_zip_win">File: [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub/releases/download/Alpha_10/Aurora_Alpha10_Win.zip Aurora_Alpha10_Win.zip], version Alpha 10, published on {{#formatdate:2022-04-03|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| Steve Maddison
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="agh_zip_mac">File: [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub/releases/download/Alpha_10/Aurora_Alpha10_Mac.zip Aurora_Alpha10_Mac.zip], version Alpha 10, published on {{#formatdate:2022-04-03|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio Github - SteveMaddison/cabrio]</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}} (GPLv2)
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2009-10-26 (v0.3.0)
|-
| style="background: #FFB" | 2011-06-24 (v0.8.2 - beta version)
! scope="row" | [[BizHawk]]<ref name="bizhawk_site">[https://tasvideos.org/BizHawk BizHawk official website], first uploaded on {{#formatdate:2012-03-03|ISO 8601}}.</ref>
| style="background: #FFB" | v0.8.1
| [mailto:[email protected] 'YoshiRulz']
| {{✗}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk GitHub]<ref name"bizhawk_github">[https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk TASEmulators/BizHawk] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2011-01-11|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT]]<ref name="bizhawk_license">File: [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/blob/f4a6e8711cbe660adf482fc1877c00d4bf2de8b2/LICENSE LICENSE], from [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/commit/f4a6e8711cbe660adf482fc1877c00d4bf2de8b2 commit <kbd>f4a6e87</kbd>: add MIT license to repository, since that's what it's always been, but add a long section describing what a mishmash this repository is -- fair warning. Fixes #933] on {{#formatdate:2017-07-24|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk TASEmulators/BizHawk] at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="2012-03-03" | {{#formatdate:2012-03-03|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/PreviousReleaseHistory#Bizhawk100 v1.0.0])</span>
|-
| {{✓|sort=2025-01-07|text={{#formatdate:2025-01-07|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ReleaseHistory#Bizhawk210 v2.10])</span>}}
! [http://coinops.ninja/ CoinOPS]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="bizhawk_zip">File: [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/releases/download/2.10/BizHawk-2.10-win-x64.zip BizHawk-2.10-win-x64.zip], version 2.10, published on {{#formatdate:2025-01-07|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="1" {{Yellow|color=PaleGoldenrod}} [[wikipedia:tar (computing)|<span title="Compilation required">.tar.gz</span>]]<ref name="bizhawk_tarball">File: [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/releases/download/2.10/BizHawk-2.10-linux-x64.tar.gz BizHawk-2.10-linux-x64.tar.gz], version 2.10, published (with [https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk#building compilation instructions]) on {{#formatdate:2025-01-07|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>
| N/A
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| N/A
|-
| N/A
! scope="row" | [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ Cabrio FE]
| N/A
| [https://github.com/SteveMaddison Steve Maddison]
| N/A
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio GitHub]<ref name"cabrio_github">[https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio SteveMaddison/cabrio] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2009-10-19|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License#Version 2|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref name="cabrio_license">File: [https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio/blob/a825fc8252489cabf4c17a65f5f67ec40cabc4ff/COPYING COPYING], from [https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio/commit/a825fc8252489cabf4c17a65f5f67ec40cabc4ff commit <kbd>a825fc8</kbd>: Added license information] on {{#formatdate:2009-10-24|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio SteveMaddison/cabrio] at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| N/A
| data-sort-value="2009-11-29" | {{#formatdate:2009-11-29|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio/blob/master/debian/changelog v0.8.1 beta])</span>
|-
| {{✗|sort=2011-06-24|text={{#formatdate:2011-06-24|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/SteveMaddison/cabrio/blob/master/debian/changelog v0.8.2 beta])</span>}}
! [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/website/ENG/ EmuCenter 2]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="cabrio_zip">File: [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/download/cabrio-0.8.1.zip cabrio-0.8.1.zip] (32-bit), version 0.8.1 beta, published on {{#formatdate:2009-11-29|ISO 8601}} at www.cabrio-fe.org.</ref>}}
| N/A
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:tar (computing)|<span title="Compilation required">.tar.gz</span>]],<ref name="cabrio_tarball">File: [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/download/cabrio-0.8.2.tar.gz cabrio-0.8.2.tar.gz], version 0.8.2 beta, published on {{#formatdate:2011-06-24|ISO 8601}} at www.cabrio-fe.org.</ref> [[wikipedia:deb (file format)|DEB]]<ref name="cabrio_deb">File: [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/download/cabrio_0.8.2-1_i386.deb cabrio_0.8.2-1_i386.deb] (32-bit), version 0.8.2 beta, published on {{#formatdate:2011-06-24|ISO 8601}} at www.cabrio-fe.org.</ref>}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2010-03-20 (v0.6)
|-
| 2016-09-01 (v7.1.0.181)
! scope="row" | [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/website/ENG/ EmuCenter2]
| {{✓}}
| [mailto:[email protected] 'XotoB']
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✗}}
| data-sort-value="2010-03-20" | {{#formatdate:2010-03-20|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v0.6)</span>
|-
| {{✗|sort=2016-09-01|text={{#formatdate:2016-09-01|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v7.1.0.1)</span>}}
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/ EmuCon]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:.exe|EXE]]<ref name="emucenter2_exe">File: [http://emucenter.2.free.fr/update/update.7.1.0.1.exe update.7.1.0.1.exe] (32/64-bit), version 7.1.0.1, published on {{#formatdate:2016-09-01|ISO 8601}} at emucenter.2.free.fr.</ref>}}
| N/A
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}}<ref name"Download page">[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon Download page with sources]</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2008-04-23 (v2.0)
|-
| 2017-11-21 (v2.7.7)
! scope="row" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607003404if_/https://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/ EmuCon]
| {{✓}}
| [mailto:[email protected] Ciro Alfredo Consentino]
| {{✗}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=✅<ref name"emucon_source">File: [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607003406if_/http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/files/emucon277-src.rar emucon277-src.rar], version 2.7.7, published on {{#formatdate:2017-11-21|ISO 8601}} at emuloader.mameworld.info.</ref>}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✗}}
| data-sort-value="2008-04-23" | {{#formatdate:2008-04-23|ISO 8601}}<ref name="emucon_changelog">[https://web.archive.org/web/20180208221312if_/http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/changelog.htm EmuCon Changelog] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607003404if_/https://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/ emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/], last updated on {{#formatdate:2017-11-21|ISO 8601}}.</ref><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v2.0)</span>
|-
| {{✗|sort=2017-11-21|text={{#formatdate:2017-11-21|ISO 8601}}<ref name="emucon_changelog" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(v2.7.7)</span>}}
! [https://emulationstation.org/ Emulation Station]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:RAR (file format)|RAR]]<ref name="emucon_rar">File: [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607003406if_/http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/files/emucon277-bin.rar emucon277-bin.rar], version 2.7.7, published on {{#formatdate:2017-11-21|ISO 8601}} at emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/.</ref>}}
| Alec Lofquist, Eduard Strehlau
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}}<ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Github - Aloshi/EmulationStation]</ref><ref name"Github repository">[https://github.com/Herdinger/EmulationStation Github - Herdinger/EmulationStation (fork)]</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓}} (MIT)
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| 2013-10-26 (v1.0.0)
|-
| 2014-06-12 (v1.0.2 - on original repo)
! scope="row" | [https://emulationstation.org/ EmulationStation]
| {{✓}}
| [https://aloshi.com/ Alec Lofquist]
| {{✗}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation GitHub]<ref name"es_github">[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Aloshi/EmulationStation] public Git source code repository, created on {{#formatdate:2012-07-18|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT]]<ref name="es_license">File: [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/blob/9350ed3615e996146e8adaf554a8403ef2b8fa9e/LICENSE.md LICENSE.md] from [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/commit/9350ed3615e996146e8adaf554a8403ef2b8fa9e commit <kbd>9350ed3</kbd>: Removed extremely out-of-date changelog.] on {{#formatdate:2014-06-05|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Aloshi/EmulationStation] at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| Raspberry Pi<ref name="RetroPie Documentation">[https://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#install_rpi_retropie RetroPie Documentation on the emulation station wiki]</ref>
| data-sort-value="2013-10-26" | {{#formatdate:2013-10-26|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/releases/tag/1.0.0 v1.0.0])</span>
| {{✗|sort=2015-03-08|text={{#formatdate:2015-03-08|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/commit/646bede3d9ec0acf0ae378415edac136774a66c5 v2.0.1a])</span>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:.exe|EXE]],<ref name="es_exe">File: [https://emulationstation.org/downloads/releases/2.0.1a/emulationstation_2.0.1a_win32.exe emulationstation_2.0.1a_win32.exe] (32-bit), version 2.0.1a, published on {{#formatdate:2015-03-08|ISO 8601}} at emulationstation.org.</ref> [[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="es_zip">File: [https://emulationstation.org/downloads/releases/2.0.1a/emulationstation_2.0.1a_win32.zip emulationstation_2.0.1a_win32.zip] (32-bit), version 2.0.1a, published on {{#formatdate:2015-03-08|ISO 8601}} at emulationstation.org.</ref>}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:deb (file format)|DEB]]<ref name="es_deb">File: [https://emulationstation.org/downloads/releases/2.0.1a/emulationstation_2.0.1a-1_amd64.deb emulationstation_2.0.1a-1_amd64.deb] (64-bit), version 2.0.1a, published on {{#formatdate:2015-03-08|ISO 8601}} at emulationstation.org.</ref>}}
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
|-
! scope="row" | [https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/ EmulationStation:<br />RetroPie fork]
| [https://github.com/tomaz82 Tomas Jakobsson] & [https://github.com/joolswills <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Jools Wills</span>]
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation GitHub]<ref name"es_retropie_github">[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation RetroPie/EmulationStation] public Git source code repository forked from [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Aloshi/EmulationStation] on {{#formatdate:2015-06-01|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT]]<ref name="es_license" />}}
| data-sort-value="2017-03-07" | {{#formatdate:2017-03-07|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/releases/tag/v0.2 v2.0.2])</span>
| data-sort-value="2023-04-13" | {{#formatdate:2023-04-13|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/releases/tag/v2.11.2 v2.11.2])</span>
| data-sort-value="1" {{Yellow|color=PaleGoldenrod}} [[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|<span title="Compilation required">ZIP</span>]]<ref name="es_retropie_zip">File: [https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.2.zip v2.11.2.zip], version 2.11.2, published (with [https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation#building-on-windows compilation instructions]) on {{#formatdate:2023-04-12|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>
| {{✗|sort=0|text=❌}}
| data-sort-value="1" {{Yellow|color=PaleGoldenrod}} [[wikipedia:tar (computing)|<span title="Compilation required">.tar.gz</span>]]<ref name="es_retropie_tarball">File: [https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.2.tar.gz v2.11.2.tar.gz], version 2.11.2, published (with [https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation#building-on-linux compilation instructions]) on {{#formatdate:2023-04-13|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]] Zero/<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Zero 2 W</span>/1/2/3/4/400<ref name="RetroPie Documentation">[https://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#install_rpi_retropie RetroPie Documentation on the EmulationStation wiki]</ref> ([[wikipedia:IMG (file format)|IMG]])<ref name="es_retropie_img">File: [https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases/download/4.8/retropie-buster-4.8-rpi4_400.img.gz retropie-buster-4.8-rpi4_400.img.gz], version 4.8, published on {{#formatdate:2022-03-14|ISO 8601}} at GitHub.com.</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" | [https://es-de.org/ EmulationStation<br />Desktop Edition (ES-DE)]
| [mailto:[email protected] Leon Styhre]
| {{~|sort=2|color=PaleGoldenrod|text=[https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de GitLab]<ref name="es-de_gitlab">[https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de ES-DE/ES-DE Frontend] public Git source code repository forked from [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation Aloshi/EmulationStation] on {{#formatdate:2020-05-16|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref><ref name="es-de_sources">[https://es-de.org/#Download ES-DE Frontend (EmulationStation Desktop Edition) – Download (es-de.org)]: "The Android release is a paid app and is partially-closed source; please don't distribute it or share download links to the APK. The Windows, macOS and Linux releases are, however, fully open source and free to download, use and distribute in any way you want." Android version requires a minimum donation of US$5.50 on [https://www.patreon.com/es_de Patreon] (no re-subscription required for future updates) or US$6.50 at select mobile app stores (currently only [https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/org.es_de.frontend.galaxy Samsung Galaxy Store]; the app was delisted from the Huawei AppGallery).</ref>}}
| {{~|sort=2|color=PaleGoldenrod|text=[[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT]]<ref name="es_license" /><br />(except Android)}}
| data-sort-value="2021-04-20" | {{#formatdate:2021-04-20|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/releases?after=eyJyZWxlYXNlZF9hdCI6IjIwMjItMDMtMzAgMTc6MTk6NTMuNjU5NDk2MDAwICswMDAwIiwiaWQiOiI0NjAwMDA4In0#version-100 v1.0.0])</span>
| {{✓|sort=2025-07-15|text={{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}}<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">([https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/releases#version-330--330-48 v3.3.0-48])</span>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:.exe|EXE]],<ref name="es-de_exe">File: [https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/210672910/download ES-DE_3.3.0-x64.exe] (64-bit), version 3.3.0-48, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref> [[wikipedia:ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]<ref name="es-de_zip">File: [https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/210673039/download ES-DE_3.3.0-x64_Portable.zip] (64-bit), version 3.3.0-48, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:Apple Disk Image|DMG]],<ref name="es-de_dmg_intel">File: [https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/212641229/download ES-DE_3.3.0-x64.dmg] (Intel 64-bit), version 3.3.0-48, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref><ref name="es-de_dmg_apple">File: [https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/210210122/download ES-DE_3.3.0-arm64.dmg] (Apple Silicon 64-bit), version 3.3.0-48, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref> [[wikipedia:Homebrew|Homebrew]]<ref name="es-de_homebrew">Cask: [https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/es-de es-de], version 3.3.0,210210122; published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-18|ISO 8601}} to the Homebrew Formulae.</ref>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:AppImage|AppImage]],<ref name="es-de_appimage_linux">File: [https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/210210324/download ES-DE_x64.AppImage] (64-bit, official), version 3.3.0-48, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} at GitLab.com.</ref> [[wikipedia:rpm (file format)|RPM]],<ref name="es-de_rpm_terra">File: [https://github.com/terrapkg/packages/blob/frawhide/anda/games/emulationstation-de/emulationstation-de.spec emulationstation-de.spec] (unofficial), version 3.3.0, from [https://github.com/terrapkg/packages/commit/8ab9217999fa1a7a75a18c2e5dda4d6b171cc0cd commit <kbd>8ab9217</kbd>: bump: emulationstation-de inputplumber] on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} to [https://github.com/terrapkg/packages terrapkg/packages] (Fyra Labs Terra 3<sup>rd</sup>-party package repository for Fedora Linux) at GitHub.com.</ref><ref name="es-de_rpm_alt">Package: [https://packages.altlinux.org/en/sisyphus/srpms/emulationstation-de/ emulationstation-de] (unofficial), version 3.2.0-alt1, published on {{#formatdate:2025-05-23|ISO 8601}} by [https://packages.altlinux.org/en/sisyphus/maintainers/arbars/ Artyom Bystrov] to the [[wikipedia:ALT Linux|ALT Linux]] [https://packages.altlinux.org/en/sisyphus/ Sisyphus package repository].</ref> [[wikipedia:Arch Linux#AUR|AUR]],<ref name="es-de_aur">Package: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emulationstation-de emulationstation-de] (official), version 3.3.0-1, published on {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}} by [https://aur.archlinux.org/account/LeonStyhre LeonStyhre] to the [[wikipedia:Arch Linux#AUR|Arch Linux User Repository (AUR)]].</ref> [[wikipedia:Nix (package manager)#Nixpkgs|Nixpkg]]<ref name="es-de_nixpkg">Package: [https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&show=emulationstation-de emulationstation-de] (unofficial), version 3.2.0, published on {{#formatdate:2025-04-30|ISO 8601}} by [https://github.com/ivarmedi Ivar Larsson] to [[wikipedia:Nix (package manager)#Nixpkgs|Nixpkgs]].</ref>}}
| {{✓|sort=2|text=[[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]], [[wikipedia:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]], [[wikipedia:Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]], [[wikipedia:OpenBSD|OpenBSD]], [[wikipedia:Steam Deck|Steam Deck]]}}
|-
|-
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
! [http://emuloader.mameworld.info/ EmuLoader]
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| {{✗}}
| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
| 2007-08-27 (v5.1.6)
| 2019-05-31 (v8.7.6)
| 2021-10-27 (v8.9.4)
| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}} (LGPLv3)
| {{✓}} (LGPLv3)
| 2015-09-12 (v1.8.1)
| 2015-09-12 (v1.8.1)
| 2018-06-08 (v1.9.8.5)
| 2020-04-21 (v1.9.8.6)
| {{✓}}
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| 2016-04-14 (v14.44)
| 2016-04-14 (v14.44)
| 2019-05-15 (v15.60)
| 2024-03-13 (v18.61)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
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| N/A
|-
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! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ Launch Box]
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ LaunchBox]
| Jason Carr
| Jason Carr
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
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! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]
! [https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]
| Jörg Sonntag
| Jörg 'MK2k' Sonntag
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher Github - theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher]</ref>
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher Github - theMK2k/MetropolisLauncher]</ref>
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
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| {{✗}}
| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
| 2007-02-05 (v1.0)
| 2019-04-?? (v7.5)
| 2024-05-01 (v10.1)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
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! [https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]
| Quinton Ashley
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Github - quinton-ashley/Nostlan]</ref>
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| 2019-03-04 (v1.0.12)
| 2025-08-12 (v3.0)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| N/A
|-
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! [https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus]
! [https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus]
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| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
| {{✓}} (GPLv3)
| 2017-08-07 (Alpha 3)
| 2017-08-07 (Alpha 3)
| style="background: #FFB" | 2019-03-10 (Alpha 11)
| 2025-10-04 (alpha 16)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
| style="background: #FFB" | Experimental
|{{Yellow}}  Experimental
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}} (MIT)
| {{✓}} (MIT)
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha)
| 2017-03-28 (v0.70 Alpha)
| 2019-02-25 (v4.74)
| 2025-01-28 (v10.35)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
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|-
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
! [http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
| Tony 'butter100fly' Woode
| John Scott
| {{✓}}<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref>
| {{✓}}<ref name"SourceForge repository">[https://sourceforge.net/p/quickplay/code/ SourceForge - QuickPlay]</ref>
| {{✓}} (BSD-3)
| {{✓}} (BSD-3)
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
| 2014-04-14 (v3.9.0)
| 2019-02-19 (v4.6.6)
| 2022-03-26 (v4.7.6)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| 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)
| 2024-05-30 (v{{RetroArchVer}})
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| 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
|-
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! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
! [http://retrofe.nl/ RetroFe]
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| 2019-05-26 (v0.9.0)
| 2019-05-26 (v0.9.0)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
|{{Yellow}}  To be compiled
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| N/A
| N/A
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! [https://romjacket.github.io/ skeletonKey]
! [https://romjacket.github.io/ skeletonKey]
| 'romjacket'
| 'romjacket'
| {{✓}}<ref>[https://github.com/romjacket/skeletonKey Github - romjacket/skeletonKey]</ref>
| {{{✗}}<ref>[https://github.com/romjacket/skeletonKey Github - romjacket/skeletonKey]</ref>
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| 2018-05-22 (v0.99.34.34)
| 2018-05-22 (v0.99.34.34)
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| {{✓}} (MPLv2.0)
| {{✓}} (MPLv2.0)
| 2015-01-15 (v0.1.0)
| 2015-01-15 (v0.1.0)
| style="background: #FFB" | 2017-07-10 (v0.2.1158)
|{{Yellow}}  2017-07-10 (v0.2.1158)
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
|{{Yellow}}  To be compiled
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
|{{Yellow}}  To be compiled
| style="background: #FFB" | To be compiled
|{{Yellow}}  To be compiled
| N/A
| N/A
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= Technical facts =
== Technical facts ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Name
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! Libraries used
! Libraries used
|-  
|-  
! All Stars Launcher
| 100 KiB - 135 MiB
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| MASM - Machine Language
|
|-
! Atomic
! Atomic
| 35.2 MiB
| 35.2 MiB
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| Visual Basic
| Visual Basic
| N/A
| N/A
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! Attract-Mode
! Attract-Mode
| 34.5 - 35.9 MiB
| 34.5 - 35.9 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C++
| C++
| SFML, OpenAL, Zlib, FreeType 2, FFmpeg (avformat, avcodec, swscale, avutil, swresample/avresample), OpenGL+GLU, JPEG. Optionally: Fontconfig, Xinerama, libarchive, Libcurl.
| SFML, OpenAL, Zlib, FreeType 2, FFmpeg (avformat, avcodec, swscale, avutil, swresample/avresample), OpenGL+GLU, JPEG. Optionally: Fontconfig, Xinerama, libarchive, Libcurl.
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! Aurora Game Hub
! Aurora Game Hub
| 12.2 MiB
| 12.2 MiB
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| Java
| Java
| h2 database Engine
| h2 database Engine
|-
|-
! BizHawk
! BizHawk
| 48.1 MiB (+43 MiB on windows)
| 48.1 MiB (+43 MiB on Windows)
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C++ & C#
| C++ & C#
| DirectX 9, libblip_buf
| DirectX 9, libblip_buf
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! Bottlenose
! Bottlenose
| 56.4 - 87.2 MiB
| 56.4 - 87.2 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| HTML/JS/CSS
| 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
| 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
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! CabrioFE
! CabrioFE
| 1.5 MiB
| 1.5 MiB
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| C
| C
| SDL, SDL_image, SDL_gfx, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf, glut, libxml2, ffmpeg
| SDL, SDL_image, SDL_gfx, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf, glut, libxml2, ffmpeg
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! CoinOPS
! CoinOPS
| ?
| ?
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
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! EmuCenter 2
! EmuCenter 2
| 176 MiB
| 176 MiB
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| C++ and/or C#
| C++ and/or C#
| N/A
| N/A
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! EmuCon
! EmuCon
| 5.54 MiB
| 5.54 MiB
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | Discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| Pascal
| Pascal
|  
|  
|-
|-
! Emulation Station
! EmulationStation
| 13.1 MiB
| 13.1 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C++
| C++
| SDL2, Boost (System, Filesystem, DateTime, Locale), FreeImage, FreeType, Eigen3, and cURL
| SDL2, Boost (System, Filesystem, DateTime, Locale), FreeImage, FreeType, Eigen3, and cURL
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! EmuLoader
! EmuLoader
| 16.50 MiB
| 16.50 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| Pascal
| Pascal
|
|
|-
! ES-DE
| 189 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C++
|
|-
|-
! FEEL
! FEEL
| 26.4 MiB
| 26.4 MiB
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| C#
| C#
| XNA, SharpDx, SmartASD, "other smaller libs" (sic)
| XNA, SharpDx, SmartASD, "other smaller libs" (sic)
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! GameEx
! GameEx
| 81.8 MiB
| 81.8 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C#
| C#
|
|
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! GameRoom
! GameRoom
| 67.7 MiB
| 67.7 MiB
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
|{{Red}} Discontinued
| Java
| Java
|
|
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! Games (Gnome)
! Games (Gnome)
| 8.9 MiB
| 8.9 MiB
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Actively maintained
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| Vala
| Vala
| retro-gtk, libmanette, libhandy
| retro-gtk, libmanette, libhandy
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! HyperSpin
! HyperSpin
| 479.12 MiB
| 479.12 MiB
| style="background: #FFB" | Possibly discontinued
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| ActionScript
| ActionScript
|
|
|-
|-
! Ice
! Ice
| 11.3 MiB
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| Python
| appdirs, pastebin, psutil, pysteam
|-
|-
! Launch Box
! LaunchBox
| 218 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C#
|
|-
|-
! LusSpace
! LusSpace
| 2.9 MiB
|{{Yellow}}  Possibly discontinued
| Visual Basic 6
|
|-
|-
! Lutris
! Lutris
| 1.7 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| Python
| PyYAML, PyGObject, evdev, requests, optional pypresence for discord
|-
|-
! MaLa
! MaLa
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|-
|-
! Metropolis Launcher
! Metropolis Launcher
| 261.16 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| VB.Net 4.0
| DevExpress WinForms v15.2, DiscUtils, HtmlAgilityPack, Newtonsoft.Json, Ookii.Dialogs, SgmlReaderDll, SharpCompress
|-
|-
! mGalaxy
! mGalaxy
| 194 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
|-
|-
! Pegasus
! Pegasus
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|-
|-
! Playnite
! Playnite
|
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
|
|
|-
|-
! Project Ascension
! Project Ascension
|-
|-
! QuickPlay
! QuickPlay
| 32.8 MiB
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| Delphi
|
|-
! RetroArch
| 4.8 - 165 - 806 MiB (Android - Win10 64bit - PS3 DEX)
|{{Green}} Actively maintained
| C
| libretro, an audio library (ALSA, OSS, etc.), optional dependencies
|-
|-
! RetroFe
! RetroFe
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|}
|}


= Emulator support =
== Emulator support ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Name
! RetroArch
! MAME
! MAME
! NEStopia
! NEStopia
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! EmuCon
! EmuCon
|-
|-
! Emulation Station
! EmulationStation
|-
|-
! EmuLoader
! EmuLoader
|-
! ES-DE
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! FEEL
! FEEL
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! Ice
! Ice
|-
|-
! Launch Box
! LaunchBox
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! LusSpace
! LusSpace
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|-
|-
! Metropolis Launcher
! Metropolis Launcher
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! mGalaxy
! mGalaxy
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! Pegasus
! Pegasus
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|-
|-
! QuickPlay
! QuickPlay
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
! RetroArch
|-
|-
! RetroFe
! RetroFe
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|}
|}


= Features =
== Features ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Name
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! Scrape video previews
! Scrape video previews
|-  
|-  
! Atomic
! [http://www.atomicfe.com/EN2/index.php Atomic]
|
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Attract-Mode
! [http://attractmode.org/index.html Attract-Mode]
|
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! Aurora Game Hub
! [https://github.com/sguergachi/AuroraGameHub Aurora Game Hub]
|
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! BizHawk
! [https://tasvideos.org/BizHawk BizHawk]
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
! Bottlenose
! [https://github.com/vassilmladenov/bottlenose Bottlenose]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! CabrioFE
! [http://www.cabrio-fe.org/ CabrioFE]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! CoinOPS
! CoinOPS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! EmuCenter 2
! EmuCenter 2
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! EmuCon
! EmuCon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Emulation Station
! Emulation Station
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
! EmuLoader
! EmuLoader
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
|
|-
|-
! FEEL
! [https://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ FEEL]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! GameEx
! [https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! GameRoom
! GameRoom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Games (Gnome)
! Games (Gnome)
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! HyperSpin
! [https://hyperspin-fe.com/ HyperSpin]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
|
|
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! Ice
! [https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
! Launch Box
! [https://www.launchbox-app.com/ LaunchBox]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}} (Paid)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! LusSpace
! LusSpace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Lutris
! Lutris
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! MaLa
! MaLa
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Maximus Arcade
! Maximus Arcade
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Metropolis Launcher
! Metropolis Launcher
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}} (built-in only)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
| {{✓}} (offline db)
| {{✓}}
|
|-
|-
! mGalaxy
! mGalaxy
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}} (Paid)
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
! Pegasus
! Pegasus
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Photon Game Manager
! Photon Game Manager
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Playnite
! Playnite
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|{{Yellow}}  Via plugin
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|{{Yellow}}  Via plugin
|-
|-
! Project Ascension
! Project Ascension
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! QuickPlay
! QuickPlay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! RetroArch
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}} (Limited)
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
! RetroFe
! RetroFe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! RoM-Jacket
! RoM-Jacket
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! skeletonKey
! skeletonKey
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Snowflake
! Snowflake
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Steam Rom Manager
! Steam Rom Manager
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
|}
|}
</div>
== References ==
<references responsive />
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190306132727/http://coinops.ninja/ CoinOPS.ninja]
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