Mednafen

Mednafen emulating the GBA game luminesweeper
Other names	Nintencer[1]
Developer(s)	Mednafen Team
Stable release	1.32.1 / April 5, 2024; 8 months ago (2024-04-05)
Preview release	1.32.0-UNSTABLE / January 9, 2024; 11 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.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.^[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
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

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.[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

• List of video game console emulators
• Computer system

References

1. "Releases". Mednafen. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. "Mednafen — Ubuntu Apps Directory". Ubuntu.com. Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
3. "Package mednafen-0.8.13-1003". Fink. March 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
4. "Introduction to Mednafen". Mednafen. SourceForge. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
5. "Libretro". GitHub.
6. "Beetle PSX HW – Experimental texture replacement now available! – Libretro". 17 June 2020.
7. "Mednafen/Beetle PSX – PGXP arrives! – Libretro". 4 October 2016.
8. "GitHub - libretro/beetle-psx-libretro: Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API". GitHub. 15 October 2021.
9. 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.
10. "Mednafen". OpenPorts.se. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
11. Addicted_to_Mod (September 30, 2011). "Mednafen-PS3 emulator released -- built on 9/30/11". Jailbreak Scene. Retrieved April 13, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12. "mednafen-ps3". Google Code. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
13. Gransden, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Mednafen - multi-system emulator released". riscos.info. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
14. "wii-mednafen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
15. "Mednafen 1.22.0-UNSTABLE". Mednafen Forum. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
16. 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.
17. Garnett, Alex (September 6, 2011). "Mednafen review". PC Advisor. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
18. "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.
19. "Debian -- Details of package mednaffe in stretch". Debian. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
20. "GitHub - AmatCoder/mednaffe: A front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
21. "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.
22. "MedLaunch = A Windows Front-End for Mednafen". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
23. "SourceForge - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
24. "Mednafen Forums - MedGui Reborn & MetroMed". Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

External links

• Official website