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;[[BizHawk]]:
 
;[[BizHawk]]:
 
{{Main|BizHawk}}
 
{{Main|BizHawk}}
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;[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Bottlenose]: Designed for UHD displays, Bottlenose is a high quality electron based front-end launcher that supports many popular video game emulators. Open source and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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;[http://coinops.ninja/ CoinOPS]:
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Almost setup free frontend. Everything is preconfigured, just add games. Originally for Xbox but now has an early PC release.
 
;[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]:
 
;[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]:
 
EmuCon is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for many emulators systems: consoles, handhelds, and computers.
 
EmuCon is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for many emulators systems: consoles, handhelds, and computers.
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;[http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html mGalaxy]:
 
;[http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html mGalaxy]:
 
mGalaxy is a minimalistic front end aimed at arcade cabinets. It does, however, have some really good features such as picking a random game out of your library, background music, favorites, top ten most played and more.
 
mGalaxy is a minimalistic front end aimed at arcade cabinets. It does, however, have some really good features such as picking a random game out of your library, background music, favorites, top ten most played and more.
;[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]: Designed for UHD displays, Nostlan (formerly Bottlenose) is a high quality electron based front-end launcher that supports many popular video game emulators. Open source and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
 
 
;[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Pegasus]:
 
;[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Pegasus]:
 
A cross-platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection. Runs on Linux, Windows, all Raspberries, and Odroids.
 
A cross-platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection. Runs on Linux, Windows, all Raspberries, and Odroids.
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;[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]:
 
;[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]:
 
An extensible framework and frontend for modern emulators.
 
An extensible framework and frontend for modern emulators.
;[https://github.com/doZennn/steam-rom-manager Steam Rom Manager]:
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;[https://frogthefrog.github.io/steam-rom-manager/ Steam Rom Manager]:
 
An easier, still active alternative to Ice.
 
An easier, still active alternative to Ice.
;[https://terminallaunch.blogspot.com/ Terminal Launcher]:
 
Terminal themed (DOS look) front end. User emulators, easy setup. This one is as simple as they come. Designed to setup quickly, and access any game you choose without the weight and eye-candy of the bigger front ends
 
  
===Comparison of supported platforms===
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==Comparison of supported platforms==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Linux
 
! scope="col"|Linux
 
! scope="col"|macOS
 
! scope="col"|macOS
! scope="col"|Android
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! scope="col"|Other
! scope="col"|Raspberry Pi
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://attractmode.org Attract-Mode]
 
|[http://attractmode.org Attract-Mode]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[BizHawk]]
 
|[[BizHawk]]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/coinopsproject/next-gen-f85/ CoinOPS]
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|[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/bottlenose Bottlenose]
|{{✓}} ||{{}} ||{{}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{}} ||{{✓}} ||
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|-
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|[http://coinops.ninja/ CoinOPS]
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]
 
|[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[EmulationStation]]
 
|[[EmulationStation]]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Raspberry Pi
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
 
|[http://www.gameex.com/ GameEx]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]
 
|[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[HyperSpin]]
 
|[[HyperSpin]]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Android
 
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|-
 
|[http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
 
|[http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
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|[https://kodi.tv/ Kodi]
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|[https://www.launchbox-app.com/about Launch Box]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
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|[https://www.launchbox-app.com/about LaunchBox]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
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|-
 
|[https://www.maximus-arcade.com/ Maximus Arcade]
 
|[https://www.maximus-arcade.com/ Maximus Arcade]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://www.metropolis-launcher.net Metropolis Launcher]
 
|[https://www.metropolis-launcher.net Metropolis Launcher]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html mGalaxy]
 
|[http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html mGalaxy]
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
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|[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Pegasus]
 
|[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Pegasus]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||Android, Raspberry Pi
 
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|-
 
|[https://playnite.link/ Playnite]
 
|[https://playnite.link/ Playnite]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
 
|[http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[RetroFE]]
 
|[[RetroFE]]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://romjacket.github.io skeletonKey]
 
|[http://romjacket.github.io skeletonKey]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
 
|-
 
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|[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]
 
|[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||
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|[https://github.com/doZennn/steam-rom-manager Steam Rom Manager]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
 
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|[https://thegamerx.com/ Terminal Launcher]
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|[https://frogthefrog.github.io/steam-rom-manager/ Steam Rom Manager]
|{{✓}} ||{{}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{}} ||{{}} ||
 
|}
 
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For more information, see the [[Comparison of Emulator Frontends]] page.
 
For more information, see the [[Comparison of Emulator Frontends]] page.
  
==Frontends (libretro)==
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[[Category:FAQs]]
These are frontends that only work with [[libretro]] cores.
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[[Category:Tools|*]]
 
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[[Category:Frontends|*]]
===Comparison of supported platforms===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Windows
 
! scope="col"|Linux
 
! scope="col"|macOS
 
! scope="col"|Android
 
! scope="col"|Raspberry Pi
 
|-
 
|[[RetroArch]]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|[[BizHawk]]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|[http://www.blast16project.com/ Blast16]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|[[Lakka]]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|[https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid Lemuroid]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|[https://ludo.libretro.com/ Ludo]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|[https://github.com/Alcaro/minir minir]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|[[Phoenix (frontend)|Phoenix]]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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|[http://www.sneses.com/ SNESES]
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
 
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|[https://vintagesimulator.com/ Vintage Simulator (VSIM)]
 
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|}
 
 
 
[[Category:Tools]]
 
[[Category:Frontends]]
 

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