Front-End comparison chart - Nobody has made this yet (anybody can?)

[NLS]

This is something someone should make eventually.

Would help many many people.

Items I would compare:

• Host platform support (where it runs on).
• Emulators supported.
• Style. (desktop GUI, cabinet friendly, HTPC style etc.)
• Support for video snaps.
• Support for other non-AV media (like PDF).
• Filtering/sorting/grouping type (presets, customizable etc.).
• Ambient sound and/or attract mode.
• Media playback and HTPC features (CD/DVD, photos, videos, TV, web etc.).
• Configuration type (manual text config, separate config app, embedded config section etc.).
• First release date.
• Latest release date. (last update)
• Unique features.
• Link to it.

Maybe I'll give it a try and then people can add/edit things - hopefully even front-end devs themselves.

 

[Circo]

That would be incredibly useful

[phulshof]

RetroFE:

• Host platform support (where it runs on). - Windows, Linux, MacOS
• Emulators supported. - All
• Style. (desktop GUI, cabinet friendly, HTPC style etc.) - Cabinet, HTPC
• Support for video snaps. -  yes
• Support for other non-AV media (like PDF). - no
• Filtering/sorting/grouping type (presets, customizable etc.). - yes, via text files and favorites support
• Ambient sound and/or attract mode. - attract mode
• Media playback and HTPC features (CD/DVD, photos, videos, TV, web etc.). - no, but can be configured to launch a media player
• Configuration type (manual text config, separate config app, embedded config section etc.). - text config
• First release date. - 2014
• Latest release date. (last update) - 2017 (1 or more releases per month)
• Unique features. - F/OSS, multi platform, merged/sub collections, playlists, highly animated layouts
• Link to it. - http://www.retrofe.nl

Edited May 19, 2017 by phulshof
Added F/OSS

[NLS]

Good job phulshof.

More?

 

[lordmonkus]

Launchbox:

• Host platform support (where it runs on). - Windows 7 or newer
• Emulators supported. - All
• Style. (desktop GUI, cabinet friendly, HTPC style etc.) - Desktop, Cabinet and HTPC
• Support for video snaps. - Yes
• Support for other non-AV media (like PDF). - Yes
• Filtering/sorting/grouping type (presets, customizable etc.). - Yes, favourites, sort by meta data fields and playlists
• Ambient sound and/or attract mode. - Attract mode
• Media playback and HTPC features (CD/DVD, photos, videos, TV, web etc.). - Yes with a media player setup as an "emulator" or a plugin
• Configuration type (manual text config, separate config app, embedded config section etc.). - All done in the UI or text if you really want to do so.
• First release date. - August 26, 2013
• Latest release date. (last update) - May 26, 2017 (latest official) updated regularly and often
• Unique features. - Ease of use, own database for media and metadata scraping, user created plugin support, DOSBox built in
• Link to it. - https://www.launchbox-app.com/

[Circo]

Need a few more and I'll figure out how to make this pretty


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[DBergamelli]

Great initiative! Please let me know if I can help! Possibly something to make a spreadsheet of (e.g. shared on Google Drive)?

[Raminios]

It would be nice if there were a wiki-based resource for Emulation in general like this that people could freely contribute to. Would be really nice to have a page per platform and all emulators with supported features side by side.