Mednafen

Last updated
Other namesNintencer [1]
Developer(s) Mednafen Team
Stable release
1.32.1 / April 5, 2024;16 months ago (2024-04-05)
Preview release
1.32.0-UNSTABLE / January 9, 2024;19 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Releases". Mednafen. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mednafen — Ubuntu Apps Directory". Ubuntu.com . Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Package mednafen-0.8.13-1003". Fink. March 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Introduction to Mednafen". Mednafen. SourceForge. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Libretro". GitHub .
  6. ↑ "Beetle PSX HW – Experimental texture replacement now available! – Libretro". 17 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mednafen/Beetle PSX – PGXP arrives! – Libretro". 4 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "GitHub - libretro/beetle-psx-libretro: Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API". GitHub . 15 October 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Pot, Justin (September 29, 2010). "Mednafen – A Simple Cross-Platform Emulator To Play Your Old Games". MakeUseOf. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Mednafen". OpenPorts.se. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ Addicted_to_Mod (September 30, 2011). "Mednafen-PS3 emulator released -- built on 9/30/11". Jailbreak Scene. Retrieved April 13, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "mednafen-ps3". Google Code. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  13. ↑ Gransden, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Mednafen - multi-system emulator released". riscos.info. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  14. ↑ "wii-mednafen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  15. ↑ "Mednafen 1.22.0-UNSTABLE". Mednafen Forum. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  16. 1 2 3 Riley, Jeremy. "Arcade Machine Build Documentation" (PDF). Arcade Machine Reloaded. flashingblade.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Garnett, Alex (September 6, 2011). "Mednafen review". PC Advisor . Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Mednafen Emulator Includes Experimental Saturn Emulation in Its Latest Release". Segalization. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Debian -- Details of package mednaffe in stretch". Debian. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  20. ↑ "GitHub - AmatCoder/mednaffe: A front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator". GitHub . Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  21. ↑ "GitHub - Asnivor/MedLaunch: A Windows (.NET) Front-End for the Mednafen Emulator". GitHub . Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  22. ↑ "MedLaunch = A Windows Front-End for Mednafen". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  23. ↑ "SourceForge - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  24. ↑ "Mednafen Forums - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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