Mednafen

Last updated
Other namesNintencer [1]
Developer(s) Mednafen Team
Stable release
1.32.1 / April 5, 2024;6 months ago (2024-04-05)
Preview release
1.32.0-UNSTABLE / January 9, 2024;9 months ago (2024-01-09)
Written in C++
Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, PlayStation 3, RISC OS, Wii, AmigaOS
Platform IA-32, x86-64, PowerPC
Size 7.49  MB: Windows, x64
5.57  MB: Windows, x86
3.05  MB: Source code
Type Video game console emulator
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website mednafen.github.io

Mednafen (My Emulator Doesn't Need AFrickin' 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. [2] [3] It is distributed under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license. [4] Certain emulation cores of Mednafen have been ported to RetroArch/Libretro. [5]

Contents

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. [6] [7] [8]

The emulator runs under Microsoft Windows, [9] Linux, [9] AmigaOS, OpenBSD, [10] PlayStation 3, [11] [12] RISC OS, [13] and Wii. [14]

Supported systems

System Computer system/video game console emulator
Apple II/Apple II Plus [15] Original
Atari Lynx [16] Handy
Game Boy / Color [17] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Boy Advance [9] [17] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Gear SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Master System [9] SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Neo Geo Pocket / Color NeoPop
Nintendo Entertainment System [9] [17] 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 [18] Original
Super Nintendo Entertainment System bsnes
TurboGrafx-16 / TurboGrafx-CD [16] [17] Original. CD-ROM interface based on PC2e
Virtual Boy Original. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
WonderSwan [16] Cygne

Front-ends

Mednaffe v0.8.4 on Debian Mednaffe v0.8.4 on Linux (Debian) and GNOME Shell 3.22.png
Mednaffe v0.8.4 on Debian
MedLaunch v0.5.7.0 running on Windows 7 MedLaunch-Library.png
MedLaunch v0.5.7.0 running on Windows 7

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

GUIOperating SystemDescriptionRepository
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. [19] [20]
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. [21] [22]
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. [23] [24]
MedSat Windows MedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation.

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