Rhetro Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hello everyone! I’ve been looking for a frontend to my mame cabinet that can run and host a multitude of emulators -not just Mame. In the past I was using Mame and Mess (which had it’s share of issues). I really found that just using a screen (desktop) full of icons that would run their respective emulators (EXEs) worked best (with mixed results); Until now! I Just found this software/site/community. My goal of course is to run every emu possible (hopefully from one place) I’m very impressed with Launchbox as a frontend end all be all!However, in referencing some of the youtube tutorials, I’m somewhat confused about Retroarch running within in Launchbox; aren’t they both separate frontends? What is the advantage of doing this -the only thing I can take from this is portability; i.e., you can take a configuration across multiple game systems. Is this correct? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 When using RetroArch through LB you only use the Libretro emulator cores and you don't really see the RA interface unless you need to edit. So basically you are using the emulation side of RA but not the frontend side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, Rhetro said: I’m somewhat confused about Retroarch running within in Launchbox; aren’t they both separate frontends? What is the advantage of doing this -the only thing I can take from this is portability; i.e., you can take a configuration across multiple game systems. Is this correct? Yes more or less. You can setup your graphics/audio/control .etc options the once in Retroarch and then use those across the many many different systems that are supported there. As @DOS76 said you dont really need to use there frontend once you have done your initial configuration, Launchbox will launch straight to the game without you seeing the Retroarch UI at all. Of course the UI still works and can be called up at any time with a key/button or combo if you need to tinker with a specific game like it would be if running directly from Retroarch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhetro Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 Thanks gentlemen, I’ve been doing some reading on this subject with some of your other posts. Some very valuable info. It appears the Retroarch is a good front end for some of the older consoles going back to 1983 with the first Nintendo. But then before that, with some of the more obscure emulators, it’s better to just go stand alone. Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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