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'''Distro-agnostic packages''' are application portability solutions in Linux.
|title = Sharp X68000
 
|logo = 0038_01_l.jpg
 
|developer = Sharp Corporation
 
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]
 
|generation =
 
|release = 1987
 
|discontinued = 1993 (?)
 
|predecessor = ?
 
|successor = ?
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
}}
 
The '''X68000''' <small>(<span lang="ja">エックスろくまんはっせん</span> ''Ekkusu Rokuman Hassen'')</small> is a home computer created by [[wikipedia:Sharp_Corporation|Sharp]], first released in March, 1987, sold only in Japan.
 
  
The X68000 to SUPER models had a Hitachi HD68HC000 CPU at 10 MHz. The XVI to Compact models had a [[wikipedia:Motorola_68000|Motorola 68000]] at 16 MHz. The X68030 has a Motorola MC68EC030 CPU at 25 MHz. They had 1-4MB of RAM and 1MB of VRAM. It had a Sharp-Hudson Custom Chipset as its GPU.
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There are thousands of different distributions of Linux, and many of these use different package systems to manage application installation. Some popular ones are .deb format used by Debian, Ubuntu and its variants, and there is also RPM format used by [[Emulation on Fedora|Fedora]], RedHat, and many others.
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Packages of the game console and computer emulators exist for popular Linux distros, usually available from the official software repositories of the distribution, but they are usually very old compared to the upstream versions. In addition, these packages are typically made only for one single version of the distribution, and due to dependency problems, these can not be used in other distros.
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There are at least three new package formats that are aiming to bring application portability to the Linux ecosystem. Packages using these formats are quite huge in file size due to bundling all dependencies in it, but they can run in any popular Linux distros.
  
==Emulators==
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==Flatpak==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a distro-agnostic application framework. It is a decentralized system and has no central package repository. Instead, the user must manually add the repository's URL to the system before packages can be installed, like in [[Emulation on Ubuntu|Ubuntu's PPA]].
! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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[https://flathub.org/ Flathub], probably the biggest Flatpak repository, has several emulators.
! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[Libretro|Libretro Core]]
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To install emulators from Flathub, add the location of Flathub repository to your system:
! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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<code>$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo</code>
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List of available application package names can be obtained by the following command:
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<code>$ flatpak remote-ls flathub</code>
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Use the following command to install the emulator from Flathub:
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<code>$ flatpak install flathub ''Package Name''</code>
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Available emulators and its package name is listed below.
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{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="6"|PC
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! scope="col"|Emulator/Project
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! scope="col"|Package Name
 
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|XM6 Pro-68k
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|[[RetroArch]]<ref group=N>[https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-with-flatpak/ Official Flatpak Announcement of RetroArch]</ref>
|Windows
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.libretro.RetroArch org.libretro.RetroArch]
|[http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/XM6%20Pro-68k/XM6%20Pro-68k.html 180617]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[[XM6 TypeG]]
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|[[Dolphin]]
|Windows
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu]
|[http://www.geocities.jp/kugimoto0715/xm6g/index.html 3.30 L35]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>
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|[[DOSBox]]
|Multi-platform (PC)
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dosbox.DOSBox com.dosbox.DOSBox]
|[https://github.com/libretro/px68k-libretro Git] (libretro)
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100718143624/http://ytanaka.vicp.net/x680x0/xm6.html XM6]
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|FS-UAE
|Windows
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.fsuae.FS-UAE net.fsuae.FS-UAE]
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100718143624/http://ytanaka.vicp.net/x680x0/xm6.html#download 2.06]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20030207200922/http://retropc.net/kenjo Keropi]
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|[[mGBA]]
|Windows
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.mgba.mGBA io.mgba.mGBA]
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20011223081157/http://www.retropc.net:80/kenjo/win68hist.html 0.61]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~yamama/emul EX68]
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|[[Nestopia]]
|Windows
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/ca._0ldsk00l.Nestopia ca._0ldsk00l.Nestopia]
|[http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~yamama/emul 215]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[[MAME]]
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|[[PCSX2]]
|Multi-platform
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.pcsx2.PCSX2 net.pcsx2.PCSX2]
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
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|[http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/XM6i/ XM6i]
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|[[Citra]]
|Multi-platform
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|[https://flatpak.citra-emu.org flatpak.citra-emu.org]
|[http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/XM6i/ 0.55]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
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|px68k (hissorii)
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|[[PPSSPP]]
|Multi-platform <small>(macOS)</small>
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.ppsspp.PPSSPP org.ppsspp.PPSSPP]
|[http://hissorii.blog45.fc2.com/ 0.15]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
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! colspan="6"|Mobile
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|[[Snes9x]]
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.snes9x.Snes9x com.snes9x.Snes9x]
 
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|px68k-libretro <br/><small>(Fork of hissorii's branch)</small>
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|[[VICE]]
|Multi-platform <br/><small>([[PlayStation Portable emulators|PSP]], [[Android emulators|Android]], [[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small>
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.sf.VICE net.sf.VICE]
|[https://github.com/libretro/px68k-libretro Git] (libretro)
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
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|px68k (ptitSeb)
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|[[FUSE]]
|Pandora
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.sf.fuse_emulator net.sf.fuse_emulator]
|[https://github.com/ptitSeb/px68k Build 09] (Pandora)
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
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|[http://hissorii.blog45.fc2.com/blog-entry-253.html px68k (hissorii)]
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|[[ScummVM]]
|Multi-platform
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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.scummvm.ScummVM org.scummvm.ScummVM]
|[http://hissorii.blog45.fc2.com/ 0.15]
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
 
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<references group=N />
  
===Comparisons===
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==Snappy==
;XM6 Pro-68k
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Snappy, also called 'snaps' or just 'snap', is a distro-agnostic application framework made by Canonical, the Ubuntu devs. Unlike other formats, it is a centralized system and has the official repository to download the packages from.
:Focused on providing necessary debugging features and has decent compatibility. It has since been succeeded by TypeG in most regards.
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List of all packages can be viewed from [https://uappexplorer.com/snaps?type=application uApp Explorer] (Lists all latest packages but often flooded with "Hello World" apps) and [https://snapcraft.io/store Snapcraft] (Apps are listed by categories).
;[[XM6 TypeG]]
 
:It can run in X68030 mode in high accuracy, good peripheral/expansion support and will run just about any game you throw at it.
 
;[[MAME]]
 
:Its X68000 core is still in a very early stage of development in terms of playability and should only be used if the debugging features of Pro-68k are lacking. Small work on it was put in several versions between [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.146u5 0.146u5] (2012) & [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.177 0.177] (2016), but working software started being added regularly from [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.178 0.178] and onwards.
 
;XM6i
 
:Built largely around being able to run NetBSD/X68k. While it can run games, it is clear that this is not what XM6i is focused on.
 
;px68k
 
:An open-source fork of the c68k emulator. px68k has a libretro core but lacks options like save states present in other emulators. It lacks MIDI emulation.
 
;px68k-libretro
 
:It is supported on Windows, Linux and Mac systems; and has portable versions for PSP, Android, and other platforms. Games' performance on this emulator (Both PC & mobile variants) is considerably faster than what MAME's X68 core can achieve.<ref name="forums.libretro">{{cite web|url=https://forums.libretro.com/t/px68k-libretro/10113|title=Px68k-libretro|publisher=forums.libretro|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref name="libretro">{{cite web|url=https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-px68k-androidioswindowslinuxmac/|title=New Core: PX68k (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux/Mac)|publisher=libretro|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-06-10}}</ref><ref name="Reddit">{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6ggz06/px68klibretro_x68000_emu_released/?st=jfh7xutu&sh=831c6f7b|title=PX68k-libretro X68000 Emu Released|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=2018-04-02|date=2017-06-10}}</ref> This libretro branch was forked, starting on May 3, 2017, from hissorii's old build (Last updated on August 2014), backported 'c68k' core from [https://github.com/kenyahiro/px68k/ kenyahiro's 'px68k'] branch (fork of [https://github.com/hissorii/px68k hissorii's 'px68k'] branch using recent c68k yabause core to support X64 build). The Pandora version (An open-source handheld PC) by ptitSeb was forked from hissorii's 'px68k' branch and encapsulates the latest code from px68k-libretro (A spin-off of hissorii's branch). It should now have good performance as of Build 09 (March 2018).
 
 
 
==Playing Games==
 
Before first using the [[RetroArch]] core for px68k, make sure to go under the directory for BIOS files ("system" by default) and create a new folder called "keropi". Then inside that folder put cgrom.dat and iplrom.dat from [http://www.gradiushomeworld.co.uk/download.php?file=x68_win68k_roms.rar this pack]. If you're using standalone Pro-68k, put those two files under the same directory as the emulator executable.
 
 
 
If you're using MAME's core under RetroArch, you'll need to put those X68000 BIOS files (from emuparadise) under the keropi folder: x68000, x68000 super, x68000 XVI, x68030, x68k_cz6bs1.
 
 
 
You'll need the MS Gothic font installed on your PC as well. Make sure to decompress the games before playing them. The lzh extension means it's a compressed archive format popular in Japan in the nineties, but fortunately, it's handled by any zipping tool worth its salt (like 7-zip).
 
  
While in-game, the F12 key (or L2 button) brings up a menu, "SWITCH for px68k", that's still in Japanese.
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Snappy has the following emulators:
;FDD0, FDD1: Floppy Disk Drive slots 0 and 1. You can choose another ROM from here (preferably from the current drive letter). Simpler games will use just FDD0, some like Nemesis '90 will have two disks to be loaded on FDD0 and FDD1, and multi-disk games will require going to this menu in-game at some point to change the disk image.
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*[https://snapcraft.io/retroarch RetroArch] ([https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-snap-packages-now-available/ Official Announcement])
;No Wait Mode: This makes fast-forwarding work in RetroArch if turned on.
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*[[Hatari]] [https://snapcraft.io/hatari-emulator]
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*[[DOSBox]] [https://snapcraft.io/dosbox-jz]
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*FS-UAE [https://snapcraft.io/fsuae]
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*Atari800 [https://snapcraft.io/atari800-jz]
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*[[VICE]] [https://snapcraft.io/vice-jz]
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*[[ScummVM]] [https://snapcraft.io/scummvm]
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*Virtual Jaguar [https://snapcraft.io/virtualjaguar-jz]
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*[[MAME]] [https://snapcraft.io/mame]
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*Citra (unofficial) [https://snapcraft.io/search?q=Citra]
  
On p68k-libretro, After the first boot, a “config” file will be generated in the “keropi” folder. You can enter your rom folder into the “StartDir” line to make it accessible from the px68k-libretro core’s in-game menu.
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==AppImage==
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AppImage is a package format that allows software distribution without a superuser permission. Unlike the other two, AppImage does not have a system to find, download, install and uninstall the packages. Instead, it works like Microsoft Windows .exe files with no DLL requirements.
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The user must give the 'executable' permission to the AppImage package (chmod +x ./appname.AppImage) but this is the only requirement.
  
Core options include some other things of interest:
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Unfortunately, emulator adaption is very poor compared to the other two systems. [[RPCS3]] and [[yuzu]] are the most notable emulators to officially adopt this format, but aside of [https://github.com/probonopd/qemu-ppc QEMU_PowerPC] (A PowerPC emulator), [https://forums.libretro.com/t/linux-retroarch-runtime-for-every-modern-distro-with-appimage/4965 unofficial build of RetroArch], [https://github.com/ferion11/PCSX2_Appimage PCSX2] and [https://www.appimagehub.com/p/1238151 Dolphin] (both are outdated compared to upstream releases) no other emulators are known to available in this format.
* Amount of RAM used
 
* CPU Clock Speed: Useful when games run too fast (for example changing from 25MHz to 10MHz to play Arkanoid as intended), or to speed up floppy disk loading times (by changing it to something like 100MHz for example).
 
* Sound: 44kHz for Audio-CD sound quality is recommended.
 
  
==References==
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List of AppImage packages can be found in [https://appimage.github.io/apps/ AppImageHub].
{{reflist}}
 
  
[[Category:Computers]]
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[[Category:FAQs]]
[[Category:Sharp X68000 emulators]]
 

Revision as of 15:26, 7 July 2021

Distro-agnostic packages are application portability solutions in Linux.

There are thousands of different distributions of Linux, and many of these use different package systems to manage application installation. Some popular ones are .deb format used by Debian, Ubuntu and its variants, and there is also RPM format used by Fedora, RedHat, and many others. Packages of the game console and computer emulators exist for popular Linux distros, usually available from the official software repositories of the distribution, but they are usually very old compared to the upstream versions. In addition, these packages are typically made only for one single version of the distribution, and due to dependency problems, these can not be used in other distros. There are at least three new package formats that are aiming to bring application portability to the Linux ecosystem. Packages using these formats are quite huge in file size due to bundling all dependencies in it, but they can run in any popular Linux distros.

Flatpak

Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a distro-agnostic application framework. It is a decentralized system and has no central package repository. Instead, the user must manually add the repository's URL to the system before packages can be installed, like in Ubuntu's PPA.

Flathub, probably the biggest Flatpak repository, has several emulators.

To install emulators from Flathub, add the location of Flathub repository to your system:

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

List of available application package names can be obtained by the following command:

$ flatpak remote-ls flathub

Use the following command to install the emulator from Flathub:

$ flatpak install flathub Package Name

Available emulators and its package name is listed below.

Emulator/Project Package Name
RetroArch[N 1] org.libretro.RetroArch
Dolphin org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu
DOSBox com.dosbox.DOSBox
FS-UAE net.fsuae.FS-UAE
mGBA io.mgba.mGBA
Nestopia ca._0ldsk00l.Nestopia
PCSX2 net.pcsx2.PCSX2
Citra flatpak.citra-emu.org
PPSSPP org.ppsspp.PPSSPP
Snes9x com.snes9x.Snes9x
VICE net.sf.VICE
FUSE net.sf.fuse_emulator
ScummVM org.scummvm.ScummVM

Snappy

Snappy, also called 'snaps' or just 'snap', is a distro-agnostic application framework made by Canonical, the Ubuntu devs. Unlike other formats, it is a centralized system and has the official repository to download the packages from. List of all packages can be viewed from uApp Explorer (Lists all latest packages but often flooded with "Hello World" apps) and Snapcraft (Apps are listed by categories).

Snappy has the following emulators:

AppImage

AppImage is a package format that allows software distribution without a superuser permission. Unlike the other two, AppImage does not have a system to find, download, install and uninstall the packages. Instead, it works like Microsoft Windows .exe files with no DLL requirements. The user must give the 'executable' permission to the AppImage package (chmod +x ./appname.AppImage) but this is the only requirement.

Unfortunately, emulator adaption is very poor compared to the other two systems. RPCS3 and yuzu are the most notable emulators to officially adopt this format, but aside of QEMU_PowerPC (A PowerPC emulator), unofficial build of RetroArch, PCSX2 and Dolphin (both are outdated compared to upstream releases) no other emulators are known to available in this format.

List of AppImage packages can be found in AppImageHub.