EmulationStation

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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

Linux ARM Linux RetroPie package
RetroPie for x86 Linux is only available Ubuntu (16.04 LTS or later) and Debian based distros.
Windows Linux Linux ARM Original version
Last updated 2015.