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|$299.99-$499.99 <small>(Deluxe bundle)</small>
|[[Mednafen]], [[Mesen]], [[Kega Fusion]], and [[MAME]]
|Modular system. First emulation box with CD support and one of the few to run on a an Intel processor instead of ARM. Emulates PS1, Saturn, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, TG-16/CD, Neo Geo CD, NES, SNES (only disc-based systems are supported out of the box, cartridge-based systems requires a separate add-on for each system).
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|[[Retron5]]
|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]]
|$79.99
|?<br/>(Genesis-on-a-Chip ?)
|Produced under license from Sega. Emulates the Master System and the Sega Genesis. It also has a cartridge port that can load original cartridges to some degree. Very disappointing and the ensuing outcry has led Sega to drop their planned further partnership with AtGames for their actual Sega Genesis Mini.
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|$200-$500 (Depends on the game)
|[[MAME]], [[FinalBurn Alpha]], [[RetroArch]], and MOO <small>(their own commercial emulator)</small><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Arcade1Up/comments/a02870/hack_original_board_not_just_replace_w_pietc/</ref>
|Officially licensed recreations of selected arcade cabinets. Emulates whatever arcade cabinet they can get the license for. Many have criticized its short height (about 3/4 the size of a normal cabinet), lack of a CRT monitor nor any filters for it, and minor inaccuracies compared to the original. Many hobbyist hobbyists have even went gone as far as to replace the main motherboard with a Raspberry Pi just to use [[MAME]] instead. |-|Pandora Boxes|Unknown|[[Arcade emulators|Arcade]]|$30-$170 (Depends on model and peripherals)|[[MAME]], [[FinalBurn Alpha]] (Older ones) / [[RetroArch]] (Newer ones)|A kind of plug & play device filled with hundreds of pirated arcade game ROMs, which was designed to be used as substitutions for actual arcade boards in commercial arcades. Emulation quality is always hit or miss, with issues like unbearable slowdowns, input latency, and screen tearing in some games.
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* Capcom Home Arcade: Koch Media (under license from Capcom) announced that they would use [[FinalBurn Alpha]] as the backend for games on the Capcom Home Arcade. This is despite the fact that FinalBurn Alpha was developed and released under a license that forbids commercial use (which was taken from versions of [[MAME]] before they had relicensed in 2015). When other FBA developers were questioned on the issue, they were completely unaware that this happened, resulting in the the project maintainer revealing that he had greenlit its use. The resulting fallout led to the creation of [[FinalBurn Neo]].
==DIY Solutionssolutions=={{WIP|section}}
If you don't want to be limited by any consumer product, but still have something you can technically call an "emulation box," you can make one yourself! These single-board computers tend to be cheaper and offer more than a first party box will:
;Nvidia Shield TV
:An Android TV box fast enough for 2D and 3D emulation of many consoles.
;LattaPandaLattePanda
:A Windows 10 computer with integrated Arduino. Fast enough for Saturn emulation.
;ODROID
For more convenience, a [[Frontends|frontend]] is recommended with these devices.
===Distributions===
These Linux distributions offer complete emulation packages for single board computers and other systems.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Architecture
! scope="col"|Frontend
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|[[RetroPie]]
|ARM
|[[EmulationStation]] fork
|[https://retropie.org.uk/download/ {{RetroPieVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Lakka]]
|ARM, x86
|[[RetroArch]]
|[http://www.lakka.tv/get/ {{LakkaVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
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|[https://batocera.org/ Batocera.linux]
|ARM, x86
|[[EmulationStation]] fork
|[https://batocera.org/download {{BatoceraLinuxVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
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|[https://www.recalbox.com/ Recalbox]
|ARM, x86
|[[EmulationStation]]
|[https://archive.recalbox.com/ {{RecalboxVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
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|[https://chimeraos.org/ ChimeraOS]
|x86
|Steam Big Picture
|[https://chimeraos.org/download 28]
|{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}
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==See also==
