What other emulators do folks want?

[mdeguzis]

I am open to adding any emulators I can, provided they are stable and work with the base target distribution, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Anyone?

[RobLoach]

Other than the ones you've already listed, I also enjoy:

• ScummVM
• DOSBox
• Mednafen (for all systems it supports)
• RetroArch (only a bit)
• MESS (only a bit)
• Steam Native (more of just to launch it)
• Steam via Wine (for games not yet ported)

The Linux Game Database has a good Emulators list.

[mdeguzis]

I added in mednafen today for GBC games. I will test mednafen out with other gameboy games (GBA, GC, and so on). The performance in past testing for SNES was bad for sound syncing, so for now, ZSNES will stay the defacto there.

As far as anything Steam, again that would need to be with Advanced Launcher (doable I think on XBMC Gotham, maybe), or if Steam accepts command line arugments, I can hard code an XML entry for "Steam" into Rom Collection Browser". But I fear that probably isn't feasible. We'll see. Retroarch is a big undertaking, since it has a lot of backend work (cores, configs, all separate from what I have). That one is way down the road, and probably a different project all together. DOSBox is very doable. I'll put it on my goals list. ScummVM ill have to look in to.

[mdeguzis]

mednafen is proving really well. I will likely move to that for SNES, NES, Genesis, GBC, and others. I like the one large config file. Once I do some testing and implement the resolution switcher, ill move that out of beta into master.

[mdeguzis]

Rob, I just worked in MESS tonight for Neo Geo CDZ (U.S.). I played a sample game, Aero Fighters 2 and loved it! It was a struggle to figure out BIOS file loading due to CRC check errors with some of my zip files, but it's good. I'll be utilizing MESS for a ton of more consoles if speed/accuracy holds up well. I will likely keep the mednafen games where they are for now until time allows if I wish to swap them to MESS (if applicable). I'll probably get to adding in the cartridge-based Neo Geo home console tomorrow. So much fun :) so tired...

[mdeguzis]

Once the current beta (0.8.6) goes into master. I will start to look at a few other emulators. I won't include any by default if they don't have gamepad support, or command line access to launch them without interaction that pulls away from Rom Collection Browser.

[Two-Tone]

Would ScummVM even be doable? Point and Click games need, well, a mouse to be at all playable.

[mdeguzis]

I have looked at that, the project goal is to remain as gamepad friendly as possible, but I suppose if enough people wanted it, we maybe could. I have rigged up xboxdrv in the past to use as a mouse/keyboard for my HTPC, but I'm sure how doable that is with PS3 controllers over sixad on bluetooth. So...not sure :P