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Best emulation front-end for PC? (lemmy.ml)
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Looking for opinions on what the best best front-end is for emulating. Preferably something that can be easily used with a controller.

Recently installed launch box on Windows and it’s alright but not sure if I want to pay for big box.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use RetroArch, and it is very controller-friendly. It also supports RetroAchievements, which is a plus. However, some people view RetroArch on a negative light because of some drama linked to its main guy, who is kind of a dick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seconded. RetroArch is a very polished frontend and works great with a controller. And RetroAchievements is super addicting haha

Never heard anything about the drama though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the guy scammed some emulator creators or something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Wow that’s more fucked up than I remember. Def don’t wanna use retroarch now.

[–] 4am 3 points 2 years ago

God dammit, I’ve been recommending retroarch for years. This shit makes me fucking sick.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@entropicdrift @steal_your_face wanted to read it but the link to Twitter is broken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's not the link. I's Twitter itself. Elon fucked it up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I never knew about retro achievements. That sound super cool actually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

A bit late - but I have had great success with Batocera. I have it running on a dedicated machine, but it can be run from an USB-stick.

[–] simple 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan of Ludo. It's pretty minimalist and doesn't offer many options but chances are you won't need to tweak anything. The UI is gorgeous and simple. Wouldn't really have it any other way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This looks super dope actually thanks! Do you know if you can set your own emulators instead of using the pre-packages ones? Didn’t see anything on their website about that.

Edit: looks like you have to use their baked in cores and there’s no support for n64, ps2, or Dreamcast yet :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can try retrobat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hyperspin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use EmulationStation DE. It's a fork of EmulationStation with a lot of improvements.

[–] timeisart 2 points 2 years ago

Emulation Station Desktop Edition

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use RetroBat https://www.retrobat.org/

[–] prey169 1 points 2 years ago

Emudeck WE/emulation station

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You could try Playnite. It's controller friendly and has a "big picture" mode.

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