Maybe I am a noob, but why do I need any launcher?

[metamorphic]

After dorking around with retroarch and rocketlaunch. I finally just used the built-in launcher in launchbox. Not only did it work. But I was able to add pre post applications so that I could reprogram my ultrastick for 4way or 8way or flightstick mode on the fly.  I had some trouble with Daphne but at the end of the day I just created a batch file with the commandline settings the DaphneLauncher used and pointed launchbox at it. This worked flawlessly and I think it even pop's up faster than either of those two launchers.

It seems I can also add custom commandline options per game as well as global settings in the emulator settings of launchbox. I have yet to figure out why I needed them in the first place? I'm sure it will works just as well for the other platforms also.

[Lordmonkus]

Moved this thread to a more appropriate section.

You don't need RocketLauncher at all but some people do like it for some of the features it can provide that Launchbox cannot on it's own like bezels for all emulators and loading screens.

I don't use RocketLauncher and neither do most users.