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Developer(s)Mednafen Team
Stable release
1.24.3 / May 4, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-04)
Preview release
1.26.0-UNSTABLE / October 28, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-10-28)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, PlayStation 3, RISC OS, Wii
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
Size7.49 MB: Windows, x64
5.57 MB: Windows, x86
3.05 MB: Source code
TypeVideo game console emulator
LicenseGNU GPLv2
Websitemednafen.github.io

Mednafen (My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' 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.[1][2] It is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.[3] Certain emulation cores of Mednafen have been ported to RetroArch/Libretro.[4]

Host systems

The emulator runs under Microsoft Windows,[5] Linux,[5] OpenBSD,[6] PlayStation 3,[7][8] RISC OS,[9] and Wii.[10]

Supported systems

System Based on code from
Apple II/Apple II Plus[11] Original
Atari Lynx[12] Handy
Game Boy / Color[13] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Boy Advance[5][13] VisualBoyAdvance
Game Gear SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Master System[5] SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Neo Geo Pocket / Color NeoPop
Nintendo Entertainment System[5][13] 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[14] Original
Super Nintendo Entertainment System bsnes
TurboGrafx-16 / TurboGrafx-CD[12][13] Original. CD-ROM interface based on PC2e
Virtual Boy Original. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
WonderSwan[12] Cygne

Front-ends

Mednaffe v0.8.4 on Debian
MedLaunch v0.5.7.0 running on Windows 7

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

GUI Operating System Description Repository
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.[15][16] [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.[17][18] [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.[19][20] [3]
MedSat Windows MedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mednafen — Ubuntu Apps Directory". Ubuntu.com. Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Package mednafen-0.8.13-1003". Fink. March 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Introduction to Mednafen". Mednafen. SourceForge. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  4. ^ https://github.com/libretro?query=beetle
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Mednafen". OpenPorts.se. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Addicted_to_Mod (September 30, 2011). "Mednafen-PS3 emulator released -- built on 9/30/11". Jailbreak Scene. Retrieved April 13, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "mednafen-ps3". Google Code. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  9. ^ Gransden, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Mednafen - multi-system emulator released". riscos.info. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  10. ^ "wii-mednafen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  11. ^ "Mednafen 1.22.0-UNSTABLE". Mednafen Forum. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Mednafen Emulator Includes Experimental Saturn Emulation in Its Latest Release". Segalization. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Debian -- Details of package mednaffe in stretch". Debian. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  16. ^ "GitHub - AmatCoder/mednaffe: A front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator". Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  17. ^ "GitHub - Asnivor/MedLaunch: A Windows (.NET) Front-End for the Mednafen Emulator". Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  18. ^ "MedLaunch = A Windows Front-End for Mednafen". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  19. ^ "SourceForge - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  20. ^ "Mednafen Forums - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

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