LaunchBox

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

LaunchBox is a frontend for Windows and Android 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]

Download

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

Windows Premium version
$75 payware
Android Android version
$4.99 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.