Cool to see you covering this software. For anyone wanting to know more about it and ask for help be sure to check on the Launchbox forums or the public Launchbox Discord channel, we always got a bunch of helpful people willing to help out getting people set up and running. There is also the Launchbox TH-cam channel with tons of tutorial videos.
I've been using Launch Box now for about six months and not only do I recommend it but the team at Launch Box is constantly working to make a good emulator front end even better. I appreciate that they are very responsive to their user's suggestions and needs and they are rapidly moving up in popularity because of it.
I discovered Launch box a couple months ago and I am loving it. It is so convenient having all my ROMS all in one place. Its easy to use since I'm using the free version and with Retroarch, it's even better. Would highly recommend.
I purchased launchbox and love it! Definitely well worth it but having problems with certain systems like amiga, jaguar and cd-I. But other than that it's very well worth the price
I have been using Launchbox for sometime and love it as well. What you can also do is setup an account with enumovies which adds additional media for the games and platforms such as videos, fan art etc. Def recommend it.
What why? RetroPi is just a distribution of RetroArch, you can get the latter straight for your Windows PC, no need for a Pi. Of course it's not the smoothest software out there, sexy, but rough around the edges.
I just downloaded this the other day! yeah it's pretty sweet just having all your available ROMs right at your fingertips any game in your collection just a click (or two) away! (although I haven't used it as much lately because I've been sucked into Breath of the Wild on Wii U but when that's all over I'll probably be right back to it!)
So is the only point of this software the nice interface? I mean it is really nice I'm just not sure what the point of this is other than a nice organizer which again isn't a bad thing I'm just making sure I'm not missing anything. Do you have to map inputs through launch box or the emulators themselves?
Good on you for showing the 32X some love, RGT. I love the 32X and Sega CD both. I have been weary of putting a single access point to my emulators on my PC. It is under-powered and am concerned with it using more resources than just the emulator alone. Any info on it would be appreciated.
Generally, you should be okay even on under-powered machines. We recently just put up a video of everything running on the GPD Win, which is extremely underpowered and can still run everything very well.
GPD Win is an eerily fast device for a handheld. I mean my tablet from just a couple years ago certainly can't run UE3 games from the Xbox 360 era at the same performance as a big decade old console, but GPD Win just about manages to.
That is another great solution, Nation! I have one myself; LaunchBox will get you a lot more customization, filtering, and presentation options, but yes, that is a great a solution if you have a Wii that you don't mind frankensteining.
LaunchBox Wow, i appreciate the reply! the Wii does 8/16 bit really well but anything more and it does struggle. i might have to look into launch box for the 4th gen stuff and arcade too.
Launchbox as the name says is just a launcher, it's middleware between the emulator and rom that neatly organizes and starts up the games for each system. So as long as what you are wanting to launch supports the command line (which 99% of things do) it will work.
This might be the easies frontend yet Learning rocket launcher then figure it out with hyperspin is a bitch With launchbox you pretty much only need to add rom folder and emulator folder ready to go
I've been using emulators since the 90s but have never enjoyed these one-stop emulator solutions. I tend to play my console and arcade emulators on my WiiU, home micro emulators on my laptop and just about anything I can on my GPD XD handheld.
I believe I saw uploaded the other day one video about TH-cam and a few minutes later it was gone. Hope you didn't have any problems for expressing yourself.
The review is good and all but you missed something the program. You missed out on it being able to be ran portable off a usb drive like external hdd or thumb drive. I may ask for a license from them to do a review and include that in my review. I may not do that who knows.
We don't sell them and highly discourage people from doing that. NO ONE should be making money off of these games other than the original developers and publishers.
I understand, but making a complete collection can be a pain in the ass even with LaunchBox being so easy to configure compared to Hyperspin. And about developers and publishers... we all download ROMS from the Internet
i agree. i've been trying to get my hands on a dreamcast, my own dreamcast had that problem where it would restart because of that laser defect so emulation is a good thing
My friend Charles is creating a gaming computer, with a new computer use it for twitch and my laptop for youtube,with the Launch box anything is possible
I love launch box I have the license but I also have a retropie emulation needs to plugged a lot more so the rest of the world who plays these games can know about it
I'm gonna check this out I keep seeing everyone talking about it I just like to have it to play games before I go spend the Lil bit of money I have on the actual game itself see if worth it lol
Yes, you can preserve games, and yes, you can play games that are expensive or impossible to get, but that doesn't justify people who emulate recent games like Breath of the Wild. The game is not old by any means, and if you can afford a PC than can run the game you may afford a second hand Wii U as well. Emulation is good, but as always the problem comes when people use it the wrong way.
No kidding Necro, much agreed. We try and encourage people to buy their games as much as we can (I'm a game collector myself). Honestly emulating BOTW grinds my gears too.
Thank you Shawn! Sweet review. Let us know guys if you have any questions; we're happy to get you guys all ready to go. :)
This is cool! Will be checking you guys out.
Great to hear Inubito. Enjoy! :)
ive been using launchbox for almost a year now. i love the UI and how you can seemlessly launch classic games especially through retroarch
+CaponeTone it's pretty slick. I keep discovering more fun stuff.
Good to hear Tone. :)
Cool to see you covering this software. For anyone wanting to know more about it and ask for help be sure to check on the Launchbox forums or the public Launchbox Discord channel, we always got a bunch of helpful people willing to help out getting people set up and running. There is also the Launchbox TH-cam channel with tons of tutorial videos.
+Lord Monkus very true!
Thank you Monkus! :)
I've been using Launch Box now for about six months and not only do I recommend it but the team at Launch Box is constantly working to make a good emulator front end even better. I appreciate that they are very responsive to their user's suggestions and needs and they are rapidly moving up in popularity because of it.
for sure!
This is my go to front end emulator software, best out there. Awesome you are showing some love to the emu crowd.
I love all aspects of the retro scene!
Definitely picking this up! Thank you for showing this off, Master Long! Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a Dreamcast Godzilla game to play. :D
+It's A Trapp! Productions my man!
Enjoy Trapp! :)
I discovered Launch box a couple months ago and I am loving it. It is so convenient having all my ROMS all in one place. Its easy to use since I'm using the free version and with Retroarch, it's even better. Would highly recommend.
I haven't heard about this program. Thanks for the heads up.
+Jeremy Seal no prob!
Enjoy Jeremy and hit us up on the forums if you need help with anything. :)
I purchased launchbox and love it! Definitely well worth it but having problems with certain systems like amiga, jaguar and cd-I. But other than that it's very well worth the price
This is proof you don't have to die to go to heaven.....how did I get here?
+Dave Dave Rohit Patel
Destiny.
Awesome! I heard about it now and it is really great. Makes using roms and emulators very streamlined indeed.
+Strider K-JIN it's legit for shre
Thank you Strider! Great to hear. :)
Do you have to import all the games or can you select the games that you want?
I have been using Launchbox for sometime and love it as well. What you can also do is setup an account with enumovies which adds additional media for the games and platforms such as videos, fan art etc. Def recommend it.
Where do u get the Roms from???
I am really surprised how much progress has happened with emulators. It is really interesting.
Can this handle input/graphics configuration, etc?
good video is that a berner instrumental i hear in the background? 🤔
I've been using Big Box for a long time. I love it.
where get you roms from
Incoming "Just get a retropie" comments. This looks like a really nice software, i'll definitely be looking into this!
Hehehehe. Thank you Scorpion! Enjoy. :)
What why? RetroPi is just a distribution of RetroArch, you can get the latter straight for your Windows PC, no need for a Pi. Of course it's not the smoothest software out there, sexy, but rough around the edges.
Awesome video Shawn! It would be nice if the emulators were all built in already.
I just downloaded this the other day! yeah it's pretty sweet just having all your available ROMs right at your fingertips any game in your collection just a click (or two) away! (although I haven't used it as much lately because I've been sucked into Breath of the Wild on Wii U but when that's all over I'll probably be right back to it!)
So is the only point of this software the nice interface? I mean it is really nice I'm just not sure what the point of this is other than a nice organizer which again isn't a bad thing I'm just making sure I'm not missing anything. Do you have to map inputs through launch box or the emulators themselves?
Where did you find your ROMS? I've been trying to play Crash Bandicoot, but it won't let me.
i need to come over to Pinehurst to go game hunting I'm from Salisbury great video
WOW... THIS... is some smooth ass stuff. Gotta get my grubby hands on this magic.
I plan on checking it out for sure
Good on you for showing the 32X some love, RGT. I love the 32X and Sega CD both.
I have been weary of putting a single access point to my emulators on my PC. It is under-powered and am concerned with it using more resources than just the emulator alone. Any info on it would be appreciated.
+Nick West it didn't seem to use that much cpu at all. And you can always make it so it doesn't show pics.
Generally, you should be okay even on under-powered machines. We recently just put up a video of everything running on the GPD Win, which is extremely underpowered and can still run everything very well.
LaunchBox
Thanks to the both of you. I will give it a shot.
GPD Win is an eerily fast device for a handheld. I mean my tablet from just a couple years ago certainly can't run UE3 games from the Xbox 360 era at the same performance as a big decade old console, but GPD Win just about manages to.
Nice!
looks like pretty good software, and you should consider pairing it with RetroArch, that's the best emulator software imo.
Hi phoenix, yeah, Retroarch is great, and we recommend it for a ton of platforms. We support pretty much all emulators though. :)
can you use that app on pi game console
It's a Windows only program for now, that may change sometime in the future though.
Only one system im missing emulating is original x box, suprised how that can bi that difficult
whilst a little limited, a soft nodded wii is my personal preference. cheap, easily modable and quite robust.
That is another great solution, Nation! I have one myself; LaunchBox will get you a lot more customization, filtering, and presentation options, but yes, that is a great a solution if you have a Wii that you don't mind frankensteining.
LaunchBox Wow, i appreciate the reply! the Wii does 8/16 bit really well but anything more and it does struggle. i might have to look into launch box for the 4th gen stuff and arcade too.
Launchbox as the name says is just a launcher, it's middleware between the emulator and rom that neatly organizes and starts up the games for each system. So as long as what you are wanting to launch supports the command line (which 99% of things do) it will work.
This is so useful ! thanks man :D
no problem!
My, this has my attention. I just hope it's able to let me carry over my Baseball Stars save file. I don't want to start over the teams I made on it!
Maybe someday I will use it. Currently I use my original Xbox to emulate things from the Atari to the PS1 and for the arcade games.
That is a great way to do it, RetroGamer. These days you can emulate a lot more than that now though. :)
ive messed around with this s little bit played with keyboard. best controller to use on pc and way to hook up. thanks
Xbox 360.
This might be the easies frontend yet
Learning rocket launcher then figure it out with hyperspin is a bitch
With launchbox you pretty much only need to add rom folder and emulator folder ready to go
Exactly. Super easy.
If you're a Mac user, check out OpenEmu. It's very similar and totally free/open source. I've enjoyed it quite a bit.
Yeah, OpenEmu is a great solution for Mac users. :)
That said, I just downloaded Launchbox to play on my PC laptop! Looking forward to trying it out!
great video.... i will Defently be getting this
I've been using emulators since the 90s but have never enjoyed these one-stop emulator solutions. I tend to play my console and arcade emulators on my WiiU, home micro emulators on my laptop and just about anything I can on my GPD XD handheld.
Between us, what happened to the last video? Couldn't watch it on time.
What do you mean?
I believe I saw uploaded the other day one video about TH-cam and a few minutes later it was gone. Hope you didn't have any problems for expressing yourself.
The review is good and all but you missed something the program. You missed out on it being able to be ran portable off a usb drive like external hdd or thumb drive. I may ask for a license from them to do a review and include that in my review. I may not do that who knows.
I want to buy a premade hard drive full of games using launchbox. Anyone knows who sells them?
We don't sell them and highly discourage people from doing that. NO ONE should be making money off of these games other than the original developers and publishers.
I understand, but making a complete collection can be a pain in the ass even with LaunchBox being so easy to configure compared to Hyperspin. And about developers and publishers... we all download ROMS from the Internet
i agree. i've been trying to get my hands on a dreamcast, my own dreamcast had that problem where it would restart because of that laser defect so emulation is a good thing
My friend Charles is creating a gaming computer, with a new computer use it for twitch and my laptop for youtube,with the Launch box anything is possible
I'd like to use it more with a forever-updates license but to poor for it this month.
You should Check out and review the GPD XP. It works great for portable emulation and can also hook up to the t.v.
I love launch box I have the license but I also have a retropie emulation needs to plugged a lot more so the rest of the world who plays these games can know about it
I'm gonna check this out I keep seeing everyone talking about it I just like to have it to play games before I go spend the Lil bit of money I have on the actual game itself see if worth it lol
+tony lenzi it's legit for sure.
It's definitely good for that Tony. :)
I suggest OpenEmu for mac users, it's the best emulator program I've ever seen, mutch better than launch box
I use BigBox , now with Update to 8.8 LaunchBox is getting better for Free users
I love the 32X. I may have to try this out since my 32X broke
32X is life!
Sega kfusion had plugins so you could play genesis,32x,Sega cd and in us,eur,jp better than separate emulators
Hey rgt hat bro where ?
more links would be useful
Yes, you can preserve games, and yes, you can play games that are expensive or impossible to get, but that doesn't justify people who emulate recent games like Breath of the Wild. The game is not old by any means, and if you can afford a PC than can run the game you may afford a second hand Wii U as well. Emulation is good, but as always the problem comes when people use it the wrong way.
No kidding Necro, much agreed. We try and encourage people to buy their games as much as we can (I'm a game collector myself). Honestly emulating BOTW grinds my gears too.
+NecromancerAdr well I'm obviously not talking ripping new games. That ain't my style.
I'm glad to know that. I hope your project benefits both gamers and the industry at the end of the day.
Mah favorite part was ur face sweet cheeks
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Meh, RetroPie.
RetroPie is an excellent solution, but you will run into limitations with it that you won't on Windows.
Yup the Pie is awesome for what it is but it is very limited.
Yeh I'm going to go Launchbox or mmm there was another good one too, for my arcade build. I have stuffed around with it already n its great.