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'''LaunchBox''' is a [[Frontends|frontend]] for Windows developed by Unbroken Software, LLC. The primary developer is Jason Carr, who originally developed it to improve his experience with [[DOSBox]] but the program became highly customizable over time.
 
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Revision as of 17:12, 13 July 2021

LaunchBox
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Developer(s) Jason Carr
Latest version 13.12
Active Yes
Platform(s) Windows
Architecture(s) x86
Type Launcher, frontend
Programmed in C#
Website launchbox-app.com
License Proprietary

LaunchBox is a frontend for Windows developed by Unbroken Software, LLC. The primary developer is Jason Carr, who originally developed it to improve his experience with DOSBox but the program became highly customizable over time.

LaunchBox today is program agnostic, having been used by BlueMaxima for Flashpoint before its standalone launcher was introduced. LaunchBox is proprietary freeware, but it has a premium version that includes an HTPC UI called Big Box. It also includes a metadata scraper for some platforms.

Carr has previously explored porting LaunchBox to Linux using Mono.[1]

There used to be an Android version, but development stopped and the app was removed from the app store due to it generating too little revenue and taking up about as much development time as the Windows version.[2]

Download

Windows Free version
Has limitations. Download requires e-mail.

Windows Premium version
$75 payware
Linux Experimental Linux support
Forum page about Linux support using Wine.

References

  1. Unbroken Software. LaunchBox for LINUX!? Who's interested...? January 22, 2018. YouTube.
  2. The State of LaunchBox on Android April 10, 2020.