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About Attract-Mode Plus
Attract-Mode Plus is a frontend that sits in front of your command-line emulators and gives you a browsable game list to launch from. It offers detailed list filtering and uses a scripting language for layouts, so themes can display a wide range of image, video and audio formats.
It runs on Windows and Linux, including x86, ARM and Raspberry Pi systems, which makes it a common choice for home arcade cabinets. It is a continuation of the original Attract-Mode project.
Strengths
- Scriptable layouts with image, video and audio support
- Flexible filtering of large game lists
- Runs on Raspberry Pi and other ARM boards
Limitations
- Emulators must be installed and configured separately
- Building custom layouts requires scripting
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download and use.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- oomek
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Arcade cabinet builders and emulation setups that want a themed game menu
- Categories
- Emulators, Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Compare allSoftware that can replace Attract-Mode Plus for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
RetroArch
One front end for dozens of emulators, with unified settings, shaders and a controller setup you only do once.
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Retrom
A self-hosted game library manager and launcher built around emulation and retro game collections.
Retrom is an open-source, self-hosted library manager and launcher that shares one collection across several machines, but you must run and maintain your own server.
OpenEmu
macOS emulator front end with a polished library interface.
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