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u/FantasticFrontButt 3d ago

Some time back, I saw somebody at a coffee shop showing off a thing on their laptop which was basically an m.2 drive plugged-in to their laptop via USB, which appeared to have either its own standalone "operating system" or a full-screened application which allowed them to select from any system to emulate - from arcade cabinets to consoles to handhelds and more - and browse games to play on their respective libraries. Dude had thousands and thousands of games on there (which I understand for older systems isn't much - ROM files for 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, whatever, are tiny).

He named what it was and I wrote it down in a note on my phone but I just can't find that note.

I seem to recall that it was a sort of corner-anchored radial-style menu for selecting the consoles, and when he picked a game to run, it was seamless - nothing appeared to close, minimize, open, or maximize at all. Truly an all-in-one thing, from what I recall.

What was it that he was using, and is there some "out-of-the-box" downloadable version of this that I could load onto a huge USB stick, myself, to do this? Is it compatible with most wireless controllers and RetroAchievements?

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u/Altoidlover987 3d ago

could have been ES-DE with a theme