Software:Mednafen

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Short description: Emulator for multiple systems
Mednafen
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Mednafen emulating the GBA game luminesweeper
Developer(s)Mednafen Team
Stable release
1.29.0 / January 18, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-18)
Preview release
1.31.0-UNSTABLE / August 27, 2022; 17 months ago (2022-08-27)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, PlayStation 3, RISC OS, Wii, AmigaOS
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, PowerPC
Size7.49 MB: Windows, x64
5.57 MB: Windows, x86
3.05 MB: Source code
TypeVideo game console emulator
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitemednafen.github.io

Mednafen (My Emulator Doesn't Need A Fucking Excellent Name), formerly known as Nintencer, is an OpenGL and SDL multi-system free software wrapper that bundles various original and third-party emulation cores into a single package, and is driven by command-line input.[1][2] It is distributed under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license.[3] Certain emulation cores of Mednafen have been ported to RetroArch/Libretro.[4]

RetroArch's fork Beetle-PSX supports additional features, including hardware rendering (Vulkan and OpenGL), higher internal resolution, anti-aliasing, texture filtering, texture replacement, post-processing shaders, GTE subpixel precision and perspective-correct texture mapping.[5][6][7]

The emulator runs under Microsoft Windows,[8] Linux,[8] AmigaOS, OpenBSD,[9] PlayStation 3,[10][11] RISC OS,[12] and Wii.[13]

Supported systems

System Computer system/video game console emulator
Apple II/Apple II Plus[14] Original
Atari Lynx[15] Handy
Game Boy / Color[16] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Boy Advance[8][16] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Gear SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Master System[8] SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Neo Geo Pocket / Color NeoPop
Nintendo Entertainment System[8][16] FCE Ultra
PC Engine SuperGrafx Unknown
PC-FX Original. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
PlayStation Original
Sega Genesis Genesis Plus by Charles MacDonald
Sega Saturn[17] Original
Super Nintendo Entertainment System bsnes
TurboGrafx-16 / TurboGrafx-CD[15][16] Original. CD-ROM interface based on PC2e
Virtual Boy Original. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
WonderSwan[15] Cygne

Front-ends

Mednaffe v0.8.4 on Debian
MedLaunch v0.5.7.0 running on Windows 7

There are a number of open-source graphical front-ends for Mednafen actively being developed.

GUI Operating System Description Repository
Mednaffe Linux and Windows Mednaffe is written in C (programming language) and uses GTK, it allows all of Mednafen's options to be configured, and provides simple game-management features.[18][19] [1]
MedLaunch Windows MedLaunch is written in C# WPF using .NET 4.5.2. It allows all Mednafen options and controllers to be configured and includes a dynamic games library with DAT file lookup and online scraping.[20][21] [2]
MedGui Reborn Windows MedGui Reborn is written in VB .NET using .NET Framework 2.0, It supports all Mednafen options, includes a lot of game utility and an easy way to perform Net Play session.[22][23] [3]
MedSat Windows MedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mednafen — Ubuntu Apps Directory". Ubuntu.com. Canonical Ltd.. https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/mednafen/. Retrieved 16 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Package mednafen-0.8.13-1003". Fink. March 27, 2012. http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mednafen. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Introduction to Mednafen". Mednafen. SourceForge. http://mednafen.sourceforge.net/. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Libretro". https://github.com/libretro?query=beetle. 
  5. ↑ "Beetle PSX HW – Experimental texture replacement now available! – Libretro". https://www.libretro.com/index.php/beetle-psx-hw-experimental-texture-replacement-now-available/. 
  6. ↑ "Mednafen/Beetle PSX – PGXP arrives! – Libretro". https://www.libretro.com/index.php/mednafenbeetle-psx-pgxp-arrives/. 
  7. ↑ "GitHub - libretro/beetle-psx-libretro: Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API.". 15 October 2021. https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Pot, Justin (September 29, 2010). "Mednafen – A Simple Cross-Platform Emulator To Play Your Old Games". MakeUseOf. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mednafen-a-simple-cross-platform-emulator-to-play-your-old-games/. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Mednafen". OpenPorts.se. February 21, 2016. http://openports.se/emulators/mednafen. Retrieved February 21, 2016. 
  10. ↑ Addicted_to_Mod (September 30, 2011). "Mednafen-PS3 emulator released -- built on 9/30/11". Jailbreak Scene. http://www.jailbreakscene.net/forum/threads/mednafen-ps3-emulator-released-built-on-9-30-11.1705/. Retrieved April 13, 2012. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  11. ↑ "mednafen-ps3". Google Code. http://code.google.com/p/mednafen-ps3/. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  12. ↑ Gransden, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Mednafen - multi-system emulator released". riscos.info. http://www.riscos.info/index.php?title=Special:AWCforum&action=st/id257/Mednafen_-_multi-system_emulator_released. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  13. ↑ "wii-mednafen". http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMednafen. 
  14. ↑ "Mednafen 1.22.0-UNSTABLE". https://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=rview&goto=5736&th=1752#msg_5736. Retrieved 20 April 2019. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Riley, Jeremy. "Arcade Machine Build Documentation". Arcade Machine Reloaded. flashingblade.net. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140124185817/http://www.flashingblade.net/classics/arcade_machine/Arcade_Machine_Reloaded_Build_Documentation_v5.1.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2013. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Garnett, Alex (September 6, 2011). "Mednafen review". PC Advisor. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/game/3301517/mednafen-review/. Retrieved April 13, 2012. 
  17. ↑ "Mednafen Emulator Includes Experimental Saturn Emulation in Its Latest Release". Segalization. 7 August 2016. https://www.segalization.com/2016/08/07/mednafen-emulator-includes-experimental-saturn-emulation-in-its-latest-release/. Retrieved 19 August 2016. 
  18. ↑ "Debian -- Details of package mednaffe in stretch". Debian. https://packages.debian.org/stretch/mednaffe. Retrieved 2017-05-16. 
  19. ↑ "GitHub - AmatCoder/mednaffe: A front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator". https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe. Retrieved 2017-05-16. 
  20. ↑ "GitHub - Asnivor/MedLaunch: A Windows (.NET) Front-End for the Mednafen Emulator". https://github.com/Asnivor/MedLaunch. 
  21. ↑ "MedLaunch = A Windows Front-End for Mednafen". https://medlaunch.info. 
  22. ↑ "SourceForge - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". https://sourceforge.net/projects/medguireborn/. 
  23. ↑ "Mednafen Forums - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". https://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=924&start=0&. 

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