Information on donations
RetroDECK is nothing without our dependencies without them this project and many others like us cannot exist. Without them RetroDECK can not run any games at all, it is their software that make this possible. If you do not want to donate to RetroDECK and you might want to donate to the ES-DE Frontend, art assets or a specific emulator. We support you no matter what, whatever choice you take from this list will be a good one for us all.
Please note:
We are trying to list current and future software we want to include in RetroDECK here. More things will be added all the time. There are even more emulators, software, front-ends, and assets out there that are not part of the RetroDECK project for various other systems. This is not a complete list of all Emulators or Frontends for the entire internet.
RetroDECK
By donating to RetroDECK you support this project and the vision of a unified packaged retro experience.
We will use those funds to:
- Pay for upkeep: Web hosting / Build servers / Certificates / Software licenses
- Develop better integrations, new functions and features.
- Try to do more cooperation between projects for the betterment of RetroDECK and sometimes Linux as a whole.
Buy new hardware and target new devices
- New SteamOS based devices.
- New Linux based devices.
- Various big brand and small brand controllers.
- Lightguns.
- Special peripherals.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Flatpak
As a flatpak we are nothing without the technology.
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Frontend
ES-DE Frontend
ES-DE Frontend is a frontend for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game backup collection.
Where to donate / support the project?
Or buy the app to show them your support:
Licenses
Emulators: Multi-system
LibreRetro - RetroArch
The LibreRetro Team makes RetroArch, Libretro and Lakka
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
MAME
MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework.
MAME's purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important "vintage" software from being lost and forgotten.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
ares
ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation.
Where to donate / support the project?
License
Emulators: Sony
RPCS3
The world's first free and open-source PlayStation 3 emulator/debugger, written in C++ for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD.
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Duckstation
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices. "Hack" options are discouraged, the default configuration should support all playable games with only some of the enhancements having compatibility issues.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
PPSSPP
PPSSPP can run your PSP games on your PC or Android phone in full HD resolution or even higher. It can also upscale textures to make them sharper, and you can enable post-processing shaders to adjust color and brightness the way you like, and other effects.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
PCSX2
PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. Its purpose is to emulate the PS2's hardware and this allows you to play PS2 games on your PC, with many additional features and benefits.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Vita3K
Vita3K is an experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Emulators: Nintendo
Dolphin
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
Primehack
PrimeHack is a modified version of Dolphin-Emu solely for playing Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii with keyboard and mouse on a PC.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
Ryujinx
Ryujinx is an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, created by gdkchan, written in C#. This emulator aims at providing excellent accuracy and performance, a user-friendly interface and consistent builds. It was written from scratch and development on the project began in September 2017.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
melonDS
melonDS aims at providing fast and accurate Nintendo DS emulation. While it is still a work in progress, it has a pretty solid set of features:
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Cemu
Cemu, a Wii U emulator that is able to run most Wii U games and homebrew in a playable state. It's written in C/C++ and is being actively developed with new features and fixes to increase compatibility, convenience and usability.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Emulators: Microsoft
Xenia
Xenia is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Xemu
A free and open-source application that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console, enabling people to play their original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Software
OpenBOR
OpenBOR is a royalty free sprite-based side scrolling gaming engine. From humble beginnings in 2004, it has since grown into the most versatile, easy to use, and powerful engine of its type you will find anywhere.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
GZDoom
GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
ScummVM
ScummVM allows you to play classic graphic point-and-click adventure games, text adventure games, and RPGs, as long as you already have the game data files. ScummVM replaces the executable files shipped with the games, which means you can now play your favorite games on all your favorite devices.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Solarus
Solarus is a free and open-source 2D game engine written in C++, that can run games scripted in Lua. It has been designed with 16-bit classic Action-RPGs in mind, and is available on a wide range of platforms.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
IKEMEN Go
IKEMEN Go is a remake of the IKEMEN (open source fighting games engine that supports M.U.G.E.N resources) in Google’s Programming Language “Go”.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
Art and Assets
Kenney.nl
RetroDECK Team owns a seperate donation license.
Licenses: CC0 & CC1.
Pixel UI Theme for Godot
RetroDECK Team owns a license.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
CC0
Pixelitos
Pixel Sans 13
Freedoom
Other Licenses
Here we showcase the licenses of projects / functions we might use in part, got inspired by the code/solutions or want to give special credit.
Capsimg
BoilR
Lutris
Steam Deck & Steam Deck Logo
The Steam Deck logo and Steam Deck device is a registered trademark of Valve Corporation. This project is in no way officially affiliated with Valve.
Other Trademarks
All trademarks, logos, controller images and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this project are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement.