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'''Frontends''' are programs that allow a user to execute a an emulator program, usually a command-line one, using an a graphical interface. Examples of such are shown below.==ePSXeCutor==ePSXeCutor is a configuration utility for the ePSXe emulator (and maybe for PCSX-R too?) this comes in handy if you are juggling with many psx games and plugin configurations and want specific settings for each individual game and an easy way to swap between settings. It also allows for easy memory card and savestate managing. Latest version is [http://www.pbernert.com/epsxecutor1063-prerelease.zip ePSXeCutor 1.0.6.3].

==HyperSpin=={{Box1 start}}HyperSpin ''Note: "Frontend" can be a somewhat confusing term since it is a sometimes used to refer to an emulator's internal frontend for several emulatorsthat handles video, audio, however and input interaction with the focus tends to be for arcade emulators (e.g. MAME). Officially suggested emulators available for HyperSpin include MAME, [[MESS]], [[Nestopia]] user and [[ZSNES]]. For general useOS, though, do not use ZSNES; see [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]] for more information on better emulators. Latest version is [http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/downloads.php HyperSpin 1.0]while this page refers to the "Launcher" or "Executor" kind of "frontend".''{{Boxes end}}

==RoM-JacketFrontends (launcher)==;[http://dlattractmode.org Attract-Mode]: A graphical frontend for command line emulators such as [[MAME]], [[MESS]], and [[Nestopia]].dropboxIt hides the underlying operating system and is intended to be controlled with a joystick, gamepad or spin dial, making it ideal for use in arcade cabinets. Attract-Mode is open source and runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.;[[BizHawk]]:{{Main|BizHawk}};[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]:EmuCon is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for many emulators systems: consoles, handhelds, and computers.;[[EmulationStation]]:{{main|EmulationStation}};[http://www.gameex.com/uGameEx]:GameEx is a front end that does a lot. It is also used for commercial applications. It has a powerful in-program editor that allows you to customize the front-end's visuals to all lengths. It also has a built-in media player. It has a free version and a registered version. It is a powerful front end.;[https:/413403/indexwiki.gnome.html RoM-Jacketorg/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)] :Games is toolkit for people new a GNOME application to browse your video games library and to easily pick and play a game from it.;[[HyperSpin]]:{{main|HyperSpin}};[http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]:Ice isn't really a front end, but it's more of a way to emulation add you're old retro and advanced users alikearcade games as executable files that steam can run as it would a regular steam game. It provides frontend settings lets you add your ROMs as steam games basically.;[https://www.launchbox-app.com/about Launch Box]:LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive front-end to [[DOSBox]] but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for supported emulators both modern and historical games. Probably the most customizable emulator on here, alongside HyperSpin, if you buy a license. You can customize the interface to however you like and the metadata of each game and comes with a metadata scraper. Has integrated support for launching from Kodi (XBMC). There is one version free, but also has a premium version that gives you access to Big Box which is an HTPC version of Launch Box along with some other features..;[https://www.maximus-arcade.com MaximusArcade]:Maximus Arcade is Windows-based software that allows for simple you to relive thousands of classic games and creates seamless interaction with multiple arcade and automated setups console emulators while keeping the Windows environment hidden. Although best suited for 7 different HTPC Mediause in computer-Center programsbased arcade cabinets, it can be configured for use in a kiosk or simply running on a computer with a keyboard, trackball, or arcade joystick. RoM It is widely-Jacket considered the easiest software for reliving classic games with emulators like MAME. It is designed a commercial software.;[https://www.metropolis-launcher.net Metropolis Launcher]:Metropolis Launcher has been created to allow users be a great old-school launcher, emulation front-end and an extensive offline database of video game metadata thanks to create MobyGames and their strong user base. Over 50 fields of metadata are supported by Metropolis Launcher's Main Screen. You can search-as-you-type, filter, group, and sort by any combination of them. Metropolis Launcher already ships with MobyGames based metadata, no web-scraping for this data is needed.;[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.;[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]: Designed for UHD displays, Nostlan (formerly Bottlenose) is a high quality electron based front-end launcher that localizes emulator configuration preferencessupports many popular video game emulators. Open source and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.;[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, joystick layouts and artwork assets to the ROMOdroids. I;[https://playnite.elink/ Playnite]: Turns each Playnite is an open source video game into library manager with one simple goal: To provide a unified interface for all of your games.;[http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]:QuickPlay is a selfwindows-contained program that maintains only powerful universal emulator 'frontend-of-frontends', which has support for countless emulators and systems, old and new, with a philosophy of being quick and easy for new users, yet comprehensive and flexible for old-timers. It was written in the heyday of RAD and OO frontends (as such it's written in Delphi), and like other frontends of the time, its very powerful and able to support considerable complexity and customisation (think MAMEUI, but on steroids). However unlike many other frontends of the time, its integrity independentlyalso very flexible and adaptable, and still updated by enthusiastic supporters. Latest version It takes a fresh approach to the backend which, in particular, gives blisteringly-fast search over large and diverse romsets. ;[[RetroFE]]:{{main|RetroFE}};[http://romjacket.github.io skeletonKey]:skeletonKey is an open-source ROM-Library management tool which functions as both a Launcher and as a deployment backend.[http://dlgithub.dropboxcom/romjacket/skeletonkey/releases [mirror]];[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]:An extensible framework and frontend for modern emulators.;[https://github.com/udoZennn/steam-rom-manager Steam Rom Manager]:An easier, still active alternative to Ice.;[https:/413403/indexterminallaunch.html v0blogspot.98bcom/ 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==={| 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|-|[http://attractmode.org Attract-Mode]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[BizHawk]]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/coinopsproject/next-gen-f85/ CoinOPS]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/downloads.htm EmuCon]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[MAMEEmulationStation]] frontends==There are a |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|[http://www.zophargameex.netcom/ GameEx]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https:/frontends/mamewiki.gnome.html myriadorg/Apps/Games Games (Gnome)]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[HyperSpin]] of frontends for MAME, the most popular are |{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ Ice]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://kodi.tv/ Kodi]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[https://www.hyperspinlaunchbox-feapp.com/forumabout LaunchBox]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://www.maximus-arcade.com/ Maximus Arcade]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://downloadswww.metropolis-launcher.php HyperSpinnet Metropolis Launcher] and |{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://www.mameuimgalaxy.com/index.html mGalaxy]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://github.com/quinton-ashley/nostlan Nostlan]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend Pegasus]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[https://playnite.infolink/ Playnite]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ QuickPlay]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[RetroFE]]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://romjacket.github.io skeletonKey]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://snowflakepowe.red/ Snowflake]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://github.com/doZennn/ MAMEUIsteam-rom-manager Steam Rom Manager]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://thegamerx.com/ Terminal Launcher]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|}

==For more information, see the [[DOSBox]] frontends==There are several DOSBox frontends, all Comparison of which exist for similar purposes. A popular example would be [http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/ D-Fend ReloadedEmulator Frontends], which allows you to sort/search and run DOS games without having to use the DOS command prompt. Other examples can be found on the [http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 DOSBox website]page.

==Frontends (libretro)==These are frontends that only work with [[PCSX2libretro]] Frontendscores. ===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|-There are 2 main frontends for PCSX2, |[[RetroArch]]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[BizHawk]]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://forumswww.pcsx2blast16project.netcom/ThreadBlast16]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-PCSX2Bonus|[[Lakka]]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-A|[https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid Lemuroid]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-PCSX2|[https://ludo.libretro.com/ Ludo]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-launcher|[https://github.com/Alcaro/minir minir]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[Phoenix (frontend PCSX2Bonus)|Phoenix]] and |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://forumswww.pcsx2sneses.netcom/ThreadSNESES]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-PS2Lunch-a-simple-launcher-for-PCSX2 PS2Lunch|[https://vintagesimulator.com/ Vintage Simulator (VSIM)]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|} [[Category:Tools]].[[Category:FAQsFrontends]]