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HyperSpin Hyper Spin is a frontend for several emulators, however the focus tends to be front end aimed primarily for arcade emulators (ecabinets.gNext to Launch Box it is the most personalizable front end on the list. MAME). Officially suggested emulators available The community for Hyper Spin is gigantic! There is a huge fanbase for HyperSpin include MAME, [[MESS]], [[Nestopia]] hyper spin that is constantly coming out with new creations and [[ZSNES]]programs that make it better. For general use, though, do not use ZSNES; see [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES]] If you are looking for a front end for your arcade cabinet i would reccomend this one for more information on better emulatorssure. Latest version is [http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/downloads.php HyperSpin 1.0[Link]].
RoM-Jacket creates ==Ice==Ice isn't really a native Windows™ (batch-script) library-layer for front end, but it's more of a way to add you're old retro-emulationand arcade games as executable files that steam can run as it would a regular steam game. It lets you add your ROMS as steam games basically. [http://scottrice.Works on Windows XP,Vista, 7, 8x & Linux via WINEgithub.io/Ice/ [Link]]
==Misc Notes==
It's worth noting that Kodi/XBMC has addons for adding emulators and other computer games to its interface, complete with auto scraped game info, covers, and screenshots.
Also, if you are comfortable making batch files for your emulators, you can use Steam's "Add Non-Steam Game" to add emulators, or even specific games, to your Steam. If you set up the emulators right, you can browse your whole collection through Big Picture Mode, launching, and playing them all from a single controller. However, icon graphics are up to you, and some emulators don't play nice with the Steam Overlay.
For OSX, there's OpenEmu. Look for the experimental version for more game system cores.
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Note: "Frontend" can be a somewhat confusing term since it is sometimes used to refer to an emulator's internal frontend that handles video, audio, and input interaction with the user and OS, while this page refers to the "Launcher" or "Executor" kind of "frontend".
==ePSXeCutorLaunch Box==ePSXeCutor is a configuration utility LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive frontend 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 both modern and historical games. Probobly the ePSXe most customization emulator (and maybe for PCSX-R too?) this comes in handy if on here, alongside hyperspin. You can customize the interface to how ever you are juggling with many psx games like and plugin configurations and want specific settings for the metadata of each individual game and an easy way to swap between settingscomes with a metadata scraper. Has integrated support for launching from Kodi (XBMC). It is completely free but also allows for easy memory card and savestate managing. Latest has a premium version that gives you access to Big Box which is a HTPC version of Launch Box along with some other features. My personal favourite. It has an incredible UI. [httphttps://www.pbernertlaunchbox-app.com/epsxecutor1063-prerelease.zip ePSXeCutor 1.0.6.3about [Link]].
==HyperSpin==
==RoM-JacketEmulation Station==A graphical and themeable emulator front-end that allows you to access all your favorite games in one place, even without a keyboard. It lets you import custom themes to use, but it doesen'''Main Articlet have a large community so there are not an abundance of these. But, this is the one emulator on here that is made for the Raspberry Pi and is bundled with Retro Pie. Comes with a metadata scraper. It is a great front end but is no longer recieving updates. [http: //emulationstation.org/#home [[RoM-JacketLink]]'''
==[[MAME]] frontendsmGalaxy==There are mGalaxy is a [http://wwwminimalistic front end aimed at arcade cabinets.zophar.net/frontends/mame.html myriad] It does however have some really good features such as picking a random game out of frontends for MAMEyour library, the background music, favourites, top ten most popular are played and more. [http://www.hyperspin-femgalaxy.com/forum/downloadsindex.php HyperSpinhtml [Link] and [http://www.mameui.info/ MAMEUI].
==[[DOSBox]] frontendsGameEx==There are several DOSBox frontends, all of which exist GameEx is a front end that does a lot. It is also used for similar purposescommercial applications. A popular example would be [http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/ DIt has a very powerful in-Fend Reloaded], which program editor that allows you to sort/search customize the front-end's visuals to all lengths. It also has a built in media player. It has a free version and run DOS games without having to use the DOS command prompta registered version. A VERY powerful front end. Other examples can be found on the [http://www.dosboxgameex.com/download.php?main=1 DOSBox website[Link]].
==[[PCSX2]] FrontendsMaLa==There are 2 main frontends A Arcade emulator that seems to be very good for PCSX2, [http://forums.pcsx2cocktail arcade cabinets.net/Thread-PCSX2Bonus-A-PCSX2It has on-launcherthe-frontend PCSX2Bonus] fly screen orientation and great support for hot keys. Has lots of great plugins available. [http://forums.pcsx2malafe.net/Thread-PS2Lunch-a-simple-launcher-for-PCSX2 PS2Lunch[Link]].
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