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[[File:openemu-wimp.png|thumb|[[OpenEmu]] with a <abbr title="Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer">WIMP</abbr> interface]]

[[File:attractmode-htpc.png|thumb|Attract-Mode with a HTPC interface]]

'''Frontends''' are programs that address a quality-of-life issue that emulators may not fulfill. For example, some emulator developers skip the user interface portion of development by having the user launch them from the command line. This usually means opening Command Prompt in the folder where the emulator is installed and typing something like <code>emulator.exe game.rom</code>. From a usability perspective, this is not optimal; running emulators from a shell can be considered tedious if commands aren't already scripted by the user (and they can't be expected to know how to set up such a thing if their first time loading the program is a black window that pops up and then disappears). To avoid this, many emulators will try to incorporate some kind of ''graphical user interface (GUI)'' in their standalone builds. For the emulators that never receive one however, a separate frontend project usually emerges.

|[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]

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|WIMP, HTPC, Touch

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|[https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus]

|[https://lutris.net/ Lutris]

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|WIMP

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|[https://tkashkin.tk/projects/gamehub/ GameHub]

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|WIMP

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|[https://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]

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|HTPC

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|CLI

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|[https://www.metropolis-launcher.net/ Metropolis Launcher]

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|[http://attractmode.org/download.html 2.6.1]

|HTPC

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|[https://pegasus-frontend.org/ Pegasus]

|[https://pegasus-frontend.org/#downloads Alpha 13]

|HTPC, Touch

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|RESET Collection

|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retroloungelab.resetcollection 1.0.12 ($4.99)]

|Touch

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|[[HyperSpin]]

|[https://hyperspin-fe.com/files/category/445-hyperspin-android/ 1.1]

|Touch

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==Integrated emulator types==

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|[https://retropie.org.uk/ RetroPie]

|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}<ref group=I name=retropie>RetroPie for x86 Linux is only available Ubuntu (16.04 LTS or later) and Debian based distros. See these [https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/ install instructions].</ref>

|HTPC

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|[https://retropie.org.uk/ RetroPie]

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|HTPC

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

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|[https://ludo.libretro.com/ Ludo]

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|Most non GL cores

|HTPC

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|[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]

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|[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games/Documentation#Supported_platforms Limited]

|WIMP

|[https://ludo.libretro.com/ Ludo]

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|Most non GL cores

|HTPC

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|[https://www.retrix.me/ RetriX]

|[https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid Lemuroid]

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|[https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid#supported-systems Limited]

|Touch

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!colspan="8"|Consoles

;[[RetroArch]]

:The flagship project for libretro, and the most widely available.

;[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]

:A Linux launcher for PC games and a libretro frontend. Very easy to use, almost no setup. You'll need the GNOME Settings app to be able to bulk add ROMs.

===[[MAME]]===

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|[http://www.mameui.info/ MAMEUI64]

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|[http://babelsoft.net/products/negatron.htm Negatron]

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|[https://github.com/strippato/gnome-arcade gnome-arcade]

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

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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mameplus/ M+GUI]

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

:Python front end for MAME that can run in Linux and Windows. It also includes a pretty graphical Tile View designed for MAME cabinets which allows control using joystick / gamepad. pfeMAME was written by Gareth Finch and the development project started in 2014.

===[[Mednafen]]===

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

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|[https://medlaunch.info/ MedLaunch]

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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/medgui/ MedGui]

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===Others===

|[[Mupen64Plus]]

|WIMP

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|mupen64plus-gui / m64p

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|[[Mupen64Plus]]

|WIMP

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|[https://github.com/dh4/cen64-qt CEN64-Qt]

|[[CEN64]]

|WIMP

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|[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,159733.msg1680224.html Sega Model 2 UI]

|[[Model 2 Emulator]]

|WIMP

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|[https://www.supermodel3.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1636 Sega Model 3 UI]

|[[Supermodel]]

|WIMP

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|[https://www.emu-land.net/consoles/saturn/emuls/windows?act=showonly&id=4227 MedSat]

|[[Mednafen]] (Saturn core)

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