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{{Infobox software
|version = 3/8/15
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|title        = EmulationStation
|active = Yes
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|logo          = EmulationStation.png
|platform = Windows, Linux
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|logowidth    =
|type = Launcher
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|developer    = Alec Lofquist,<br />Nils Bonenberger,<br />[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/graphs/contributors contributors]
|developer = Alec Lofquist<br/>Nils Bonenberger
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|version       = {{EmulationStationVer}} <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>
|website = [http://www.emulationstation.org/ emulationstation.org]
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|active       = Yes <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>
|source = [https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation GitHub]
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|platform     = Windows, Linux
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|architecture  = x86, ARM
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|type          = Launcher
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|website       = [http://emulationstation.org/ emulationstation.org]
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|prog-lang    = C++
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|support      =
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|license      = MIT-like
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|source       = [https://github.com/Retropie/EmulationStation GitHub <small>(RetroPie fork)</small>]<br />[https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/ GitHub <small>(original source)</small>]
 
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'''EmulationStation''' is a graphical launcher for various emulators. While commonly referred to as a frontend to emulators, it is not designed for this purpose, instead to simply launch a particular game on a particular emulator. A frontend handles the audio and video of the backend. It is no longer being developed.
 
  
==Fork==
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'''EmulationStation''' is a graphical and themeable [[Frontends|launcher]] for various emulators. It can import custom themes to use, but it doesn't have a large community so there is not an abundance of these. Comes with a metadata scraper. It is a great front end, and thanks to some users on the RetroPie Forum, development has been picked up after the original developers left. Some new additions include support for video playback as well as custom carousels.
* https://github.com/Herdinger/EmulationStation
 
  
[[Category:Tools]]
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==Download==
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big|Lin-big|LinuxARM-big}}
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|[https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/releases '''RetroPie fork Git''']<br /><small>The active fork of EmulationStation</small>
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}
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|[https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/releases '''RetroPie fork Git Continuous Integration Builds''']<br><small>Windows Builds from the RetroPie EmulationStation fork.
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|align=center|{{Icon|LinuxARM|Lin}}
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|[https://retropie.org.uk/download/ RetroPie package]<br /><small>RetroPie for x86 Linux is only available Ubuntu (16.04 LTS or later) and Debian based distros.</small>
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win}}
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|[https://github.com/fabricecaruso/batocera-emulationstation/releases Batocera fork]<br /><small>Another active fork, from [https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]</small>
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|LinuxARM}}
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|[https://emulationstation.org/#download Original version]<br /><small>Last updated 2015.</small>
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[[Category:Frontends]]

Revision as of 11:29, 22 September 2020

EmulationStation
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Developer(s) Alec Lofquist,
Nils Bonenberger,
contributors
Latest version 3.0.1 (RetroPie fork)
Active Yes (RetroPie fork)
Platform(s) Windows, Linux
Architecture(s) x86, ARM
Type Launcher
Programmed in C++
Website emulationstation.org
License MIT-like
Source code GitHub (RetroPie fork)
GitHub (original source)

EmulationStation is a graphical and themeable launcher for various emulators. It can import custom themes to use, but it doesn't have a large community so there is not an abundance of these. Comes with a metadata scraper. It is a great front end, and thanks to some users on the RetroPie Forum, development has been picked up after the original developers left. Some new additions include support for video playback as well as custom carousels.

Download

Windows Linux Linux ARM RetroPie fork Git
The active fork of EmulationStation
Windows RetroPie fork Git Continuous Integration Builds
Windows Builds from the RetroPie EmulationStation fork.

Linux ARM Linux RetroPie package
RetroPie for x86 Linux is only available Ubuntu (16.04 LTS or later) and Debian based distros.
Windows Batocera fork
Another active fork, from Batocera.linux
Windows Linux Linux ARM Original version
Last updated 2015.