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dgVoodoo is a wrapper for old graphics APIs to run on modern Windows operating systems. Its applied using Direct3D11 with different types of wrapping outputs:

• Hardware rendering at GPU feature level 10.1 (recommended)

• Hardware rendering at GPU feature level 10.0 (there are some restrictions)

• Software rendering through Microsoft WARP renderer

The API's it currently can wrap are:

• Glide 2.11, Glide 2.45, Glide 3.1 and Glide 3.1 Napalm

• DirectX 1-7 (all versions of DirectDraw and Direct3D up to version 7)

• Direct3D 8.1

You also need the 3Dfx splash dlls for Glide if you want 3Dfx splash screen or watermark (shameless plug) through dgVoodoo. 

• 3DfxSplashDlls.zip

You may also need D3DRM.dll (Direct3D Retained mode) for some games and demos. It's not part of the OS since Windows Vista.

• D3DRM.zip

Ludo is a minimalist frontend  launcher for most non-GL libretro cores and is written in go. It offers certain quality of life features like browsing game collections categorized by system with playlists showing in-game screenshots wrapped in a minimalist design. Also provides contextual menu which give you access to actions including quick save and quick load.

WineD3D For Windows is a DirectX 1-11 to OpenGL wrapper with almost full implementation of DirectX used in Wine. Even if Windows supports DirectX natively, using WineD3D can enhance backwards compatibility with older games, especially on Windows 8+ that don't support 16-bit screen modes. Others possible values include eliminating unsupported versions of DirectX, or porting DirectX applications to OpenGL without having to rewrite the rendering code. That said, it's far from perfect... 

Launchbox is a front-end wrapper for emulators. Not only does it automatically download box art for games, it also grabs fanart, screenshots, logos and more to create an immersive experience via BigBox.

It also supports arranging and filtering by genre, platform, ESRB rating, developer, publisher, genre, etc. It also includes automated import processes for your MS-DOS games, ROM files, and Steam in order to help get you up and running as quickly as possible. Game box-art and metadata can also be automatically downloaded from their Games Database or community-based online databases.

Playnite is an open source video game library manager with support for 3rd party libraries like Steam, GOG, Origin, Battle.net and Uplay. While providing one unified interface for your games, it includes game emulation support, fullscreen mode, themes and much more.

Requires Windows 7+ and .NET Framework 4.6 

Modern fork of x360ce built with SDL3, ViGEmBus, vJoy, Windows MIDI Services, HelixToolkit, .NET 10 WPF, and Fluent Design. Turn any input device into any virtual controller:
Gamepads, joysticks, keyboards, mice, and touchscreens — mapped to Xbox 360, DualShock 4, DirectInput, MIDI, or Keyboard+Mouse output that games treat as real hardware.

Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that can be copied to a USB stick or an SD card with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently. Batocera.linux does not require any modifications and can run on Windows, Macs, Raspberry Pi and even some handhelds.

AntiMicroX is a graphical program used to map gamepad keys to keyboard, mouse, scripts and macros. You can use this program to control any desktop application with a gamepad on Linux and Windows. It can be also used for generating SDL2 configuration (useful for mapping atypical gamepads to generic ones like xbox360).