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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Pegasus
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Pegasus
| Free. Theme-able. Open-source and actively in development. An absolute pain to configure, and has no built-in scraping support. Actively being developed (an official Retroid Handhelds launcher is currently being developed with this frontend). Here's a very helpful [https://basvroegop.nl/pegasus guide] to help you set it up. It is currently being optimized for the RP2. Not available on the Play Store. Download from [https://pegasus-frontend.org/#downloads here].
| Free. Theme-able. Open-source and actively in development. An absolute pain to configure, and has no built-in scraping support. Actively being developed (an official Retroid Handhelds launcher is currently being developed with this frontend). Here's a very helpful [https://basvroegop.nl/pegasus guide] to help you set it up. It is currently being optimized for the RP2. Not available on the Play Store. Download from [https://pegasus-frontend.org/#downloads here].
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Beacon
| $3. Theme-able. Built-in scraping. Very easy to configure. Actively being developed by the dev, radiKal. Available on the Play Store [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radikal.gamelauncher here].
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| RESET
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| RESET
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| $12/year. Theme-able. The easiest to configure. Uses built-in emulator cores, giving you handy universal shortcuts in all of your games. Some systems might be faster in RetroX than on the RP2s pre-installed emulators, while some might be slower (currently). Emulation is less customizable than with other emulators. The subscription covers cloud saves, letting you stay synced across any device you use RetroX on, but its worth noting that internet access is required to open your games. Actively being developed, with RP2 optimized performance. Dev is Franco Catrin. RetroX offers a 5-day free trial to see if its right for you. Not available on the Play Store. Download from [https://RetroX.tv RetroX.TV].
| $12/year. Theme-able. The easiest to configure. Uses built-in emulator cores, giving you handy universal shortcuts in all of your games. Some systems might be faster in RetroX than on the RP2s pre-installed emulators, while some might be slower (currently). Emulation is less customizable than with other emulators. The subscription covers cloud saves, letting you stay synced across any device you use RetroX on, but its worth noting that internet access is required to open your games. Actively being developed, with RP2 optimized performance. Dev is Franco Catrin. RetroX offers a 5-day free trial to see if its right for you. Not available on the Play Store. Download from [https://RetroX.tv RetroX.TV].
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| LaunchBox
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ClassicBoy
| $10. Like Launchbox on Windows, except on your Android device! Still early in development but coming along nicely, a $25 lifetime license is available. Also free for first 100 games, get it from their website [https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-download here].
| $4. ClassicBoy is an all-in-one emulator that uses RetroArch cores. It has cores for PlayStation, GB, GBC, GBA, Nintendo 64, NES, SEGA consoles, and NeoGeo. Contains standard features like audio settings, and save states. The developer hasn’t updated the app since 2014. It gives you free access to basic functions. Paying the upgrade fee is needed for it to be objectively usable. Pre-installed on the RP2. Please note it DOES NOT WORK on 8.1. Available on the Play Store [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portableandroid.classicboyLite&hl=en_US here].
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A video guide for setting up Pegasus can be found [https://youtu.be/fGWve7YYwGQ/ here.]
A video guide for setting up Pegasus can be found [https://youtu.be/fGWve7YYwGQ/ here.]
== Beacon Frontend ==
=== Installation ===
Get it from Play Store [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radikal.gamelauncher here].
=== Configuration ===
Go to Settings > Platforms and tap the plus button.
1. Platform type: choose from a pre-defined list of platforms, or tap "Custom" to input your own name for the platform.
2. Player app: the emulator you want to use for this platform
3. ROMs folder: the folder where the ROM files are located
4. Box art aspect ratio: the aspect ratio you want to use for your box art images
5. (Optional) Advanced: edit more advanced options like custom launch commands or file handling (only if necessary)
Screen: [https://i.imgur.com/lryaMR2.png]
=== Themes ===
Go to Settings > Preferences.
Choose from a variety of colors, animated backgrounds, fonts and other options.
Example: [https://i.imgur.com/ChSrCWA.png]


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