Developer(s)Mednafen Team
Stable release
1.29.0 / January 18, 2022 (2022-01-18)
Preview release
1.31.0-UNSTABLE / August 27, 2022 (2022-08-27)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, PlayStation 3, RISC OS, Wii, AmigaOS
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, PowerPC
Size7.49 MB: Windows, x64
5.57 MB: Windows, x86
3.05 MB: Source code
TypeVideo game console emulator
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitemednafen.github.io

Mednafen (My Emulator Doesn't Need A Fucking 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 GPL-2.0-or-later license.[3] Certain emulation cores of Mednafen have been ported to RetroArch/Libretro.[4]

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.[5][6][7]

The emulator runs under Microsoft Windows,[8] Linux,[8] AmigaOS, OpenBSD,[9] PlayStation 3,[10][11] RISC OS,[12] and Wii.[13]

Supported systems

SystemComputer system/video game console emulator
Apple II/Apple II Plus[14]Original
Atari Lynx[15]Handy
Game Boy / Color[16]VisualBoyAdvance
Game Boy Advance[8][16]VisualBoyAdvance
Game GearSMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Master System[8]SMS Plus by Charles MacDonald
Neo Geo Pocket / ColorNeoPop
Nintendo Entertainment System[8][16]FCE Ultra
PC Engine SuperGrafxUnknown
PC-FXOriginal. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
PlayStationOriginal
Sega GenesisGenesis Plus by Charles MacDonald
Sega Saturn[17]Original
Super Nintendo Entertainment Systembsnes
TurboGrafx-16 / TurboGrafx-CD[15][16]Original. CD-ROM interface based on PC2e
Virtual BoyOriginal. NEC V810 CPU core based on Reality Boy
WonderSwan[15]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.[18][19]
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.[20][21]
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.[22][23]
MedSat Windows MedSat only supports Sega Saturn emulation.

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