Mednafen


Mednafen, 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. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2. Certain emulation cores of Mednafen have been ported to RetroArch/Libretro.

Host systems

The emulator runs under Microsoft Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, PlayStation 3, RISC OS, and Wii.

Supported systems

Front-ends

There are a number of open-source graphical front-ends for Mednafen actively being developed.
GUIOperating SystemDescriptionRepository
MednaffeLinux and WindowsMednaffe is written in C and uses GTK, it allows all of Mednafen's options to be configured, and provides simple game-management features.
MedLaunchWindowsMedLaunch 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.
MedGui RebornWindowsMedGui 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.
MedSatWindowsMedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation