I'm at the tail end of my quest to create an emulation box that doesn't use Retroarch as much as possible. Why not use Retroarch? Long story, not important, don't worry about it.
I'm having difficulty finding good emulators for pretty much every Sega console. All the best ones are Libretro cores, and I haven't been doing this long enough to know if there's a more simple frontend I can use for Libretro instead of Retroarch, so if you have a recommendation, I would appreciate it. Some of my needs are a little specific so I'll go in to details now:
-My Sega CD ROMs are in CHD format. I simply cannot find a standalone Windows emulator that will run them. I've tried the Windows fork of Genesis Plus GX to no success, and Kega Fusion doesn't seem to like CHD either. PicoDrive is another Libretro-only emulator.
-My Sega Saturn ROMs are also in CHD format. I've tried Madnafen, SSF, and Kronos, but none of them seem to like CHD. If you've been able to get CHD to work in any of these emulators, let me know.
-My Master System, Game Gear, and Genesis ROMs are in normal formats, but one of the emulators I choose to use for the CD or Saturn would ideally run these ROMs as well.
If Retroarch is truly my only option here, then so be it, I'll use it. But I can't imagine I'm the only one who has the above issues. Please let me know if you have ANY ideas. I'll try anything.