Ludo
Ludo is an Emulator Frontend able to run retro video games. Ludo does not emulate the consoles itself, but does it through emulator plugins called libretro cores. Libretro cores are well known emulators (like Snes9x or Genesis Plus GX or PCSX) stripped from their user interface.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Emulation
- Playstation
Tags
- User interface
- sega-32x
- snes
- atari-8bit-emulator
- retroarch
- sega-cd
- gameboy
- sega-genesis
- gameboy-advance
- gameboy-color
- arcade-emulation
Ludo News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
justarandom added Ludo as alternative to Simple Launcher (Emu front-end)
justarandom added Ludo as alternative to Papaya: Games Launcher- VentiStudio liked Ludo
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Purwana added Ludo as alternative to RetroGames for Windows
RogueScholar added Ludo as alternative to Aurora Game Hub
justarandom added Ludo as alternative to RetroAssembly
Ludo information
Developed by
libretro Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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- English
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What is Ludo?
Ludo is an Emulator Frontend able to run retro video games. Ludo does not emulate the consoles itself, but does it through emulator plugins called libretro cores. Libretro cores are well known emulators (like Snes9x or Genesis Plus GX or PCSX) stripped from their user interface. They contain only console specific logic.
Separating the frontend from the emulation logic has the following advantages: Frontend developers only have to code the user interface once Developing a new frontend functionality can benefit all the emulators at once Emulator developers can benefit from a mature user interface without coding it Gamers can configure emulators all at once The user interface, configuration, and storage are consistent across emulators
From the gamer perspective, Ludo is a universal retro game browser and player. It offers a gaming experience optimized for TV and joypads, but can also be used on a traditional PC with a keyboard.
How is Ludo different from RetroArch? Ludo will stay smaller than RetroArch by only implementing the core features and by targeting less platforms. By not adding advanced functionalities we aim to deliver a stable frontend for beginner users on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Some design choices are different, for example we support less cores, and choose cores for the user. The cores are packaged in the frontend so no additional step is required to launch a game.
Comments and Reviews
Ludo is an easy alternative to RetroArch, it is great to beginners, and having all the cores it supports already integrated in it out-of-the-box is a nice plus. It is not as powerful as RetroArch but it is definitely worth using!