Mednafen
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Other names | Nintencer[1] |
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Developer(s) | Mednafen Team |
Stable release | 1.32.1 / April 5, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-04-05) |
Preview release | 1.32.0-UNSTABLE / January 9, 2024; 7 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 |
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.[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]
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 |
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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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mednaffe_v0.8.4_on_Linux_%28Debian%29_and_GNOME_Shell_3.22.png/220px-Mednaffe_v0.8.4_on_Linux_%28Debian%29_and_GNOME_Shell_3.22.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/MedLaunch-Library.png/220px-MedLaunch-Library.png)
There are a number of open-source graphical front-ends for Mednafen actively being developed.
GUI | Operating System | Description | Repository |
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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] | [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.[21][22] | [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.[23][24] | [3] |
MedSat | Windows | MedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation. | [4] |
See also
References
- ^ "Releases". Mednafen. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Mednafen — Ubuntu Apps Directory". Ubuntu.com. Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Package mednafen-0.8.13-1003". Fink. March 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "Introduction to Mednafen". Mednafen. SourceForge. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "Libretro". GitHub.
- ^ "Beetle PSX HW – Experimental texture replacement now available! – Libretro". 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Mednafen/Beetle PSX – PGXP arrives! – Libretro". 4 October 2016.
- ^ "GitHub - libretro/beetle-psx-libretro: Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API". GitHub. 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Mednafen". OpenPorts.se. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ Addicted_to_Mod (September 30, 2011). "Mednafen-PS3 emulator released -- built on 9/30/11". Jailbreak Scene. Retrieved April 13, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "mednafen-ps3". Google Code. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Gransden, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Mednafen - multi-system emulator released". riscos.info. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "wii-mednafen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Mednafen 1.22.0-UNSTABLE". Mednafen Forum. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Garnett, Alex (September 6, 2011). "Mednafen review". PC Advisor. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package mednaffe in stretch". Debian. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- ^ "GitHub - AmatCoder/mednaffe: A front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "MedLaunch = A Windows Front-End for Mednafen". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ "SourceForge - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "Mednafen Forums - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
External links
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