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It's never been easier to get started with emulation!\n\n### Hardcore collector?\n\nA big bookshelf of game boxes is an impressive feat. A list of games displayed by a file explorer? Pretty lame.\n\nUse Nostlan to show off your virtual game collection with high quality box assets. Nostlan is [unlike any other game launcher](https://github.com/nostlan/nostlan/wiki/How-is-Nostlan-different-from-other-front-ends%3F) because it has a minimal, [skeuomorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph) UI design that prioritizes box art. It's like a virtual game room!\n\nCheck out the screenshots below. 👇\n\n### Couch gamer?\n\nNostlan was designed to be used with a game controller, so you won't have to use a mouse and keyboard if you don't want to. Nostlan's UI uses large text only, making it perfect for a big UHD TV or projector.\n\n### Looking to play retro and modern games?\n\nNostlan can do it all!\n\n_Systems supported: Arcade, DS, 3DS, GBA, N64, PS2, PS3, PSP, SNES, SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, **Nintendo Switch**, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, and Xbox 360._\n\n_Emulators supported: bsnes, Cemu, Citra, Cxbx-Reloaded, Dolphin, DeSmuME, DS Player, em-fceux, MAME, melonDS, mesen, mupen64plus, mGBA, PCSX2, PPSSPP, RPCS3, **Ryujinx**, Ryujinx-LDN, snes9x, VBA, webretro, xemu, Xenia, and Yuzu._\n\n## Exclusive Features\n\n- browse the entire app with your mouse, keyboard, or game controller\n- cloud backup and sync of game saves\n- automated install of many emulators\n- no nonsense setup with sensible defaults\n- checks multiple database sites for the highest quality box art\n- nostalgic UI themes for each supported console\n- designed for big UHD displays and projectors\n- most controllers connect to Nostlan automatically, no setup required\n- cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows\n- menu translations for Spanish, German, Hebrew, Russian, and Dutch\n- box edit mode provides an in-app image search on the web (no need to download and manually place image files in the right folder)\n- can launch games using standalone emulator apps or JavaScript/WASM based emulator cores\n- browser-based features are completely isolated from the main process in accordance with the latest [Electron](https://electronjs.org/) app security standards\n- advanced customization: edit launch commands and change themes\n\n## Join the fun!\n\n**[Download Nostlan](https://github.com/nostlan/nostlan/releases)** and join the [Nostlan community Discord](https://discord.gg/cT2yNC6). 😄\n\n**Big fan? Support the development of Nostlan on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/nostlan)!** ✨\n\n## Systems and Emulators\n\nClick on an image to see it in full quality 4K resolution.\n\n### Switch [Ryujinx, Yuzu]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/switch.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/switch_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Wii U [Cemu]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/wiiu.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/wiiu_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console [Dolphin]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/wii.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/wii_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### PS3 [RPCS3]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ps3.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ps3_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### PS2 [PCSX2]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ps2.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ps2_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### SNES [bsnes, snes9x]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/snes.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/snes_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Arcade Machines [MAME]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/mame.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/mame_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### NES [Mesen, em-fceux]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/nes.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/nes_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### DS [melonDS, DeSmuME]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ds.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/ds_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### GBA [mGBA, Visual Boy Advance]\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/gba.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/gba_LQ.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Xbox, SEGA Genesis, N64, Nintendo 3DS, and more!\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/more_systems.png\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://nostlan.github.io/nostlan-screenshots/more_systems_LQ.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Documentation\n\nLearn more about Nostlan by reading the [wiki pages](https://github.com/nostlan/nostlan/wiki).\n\n## Contact\n\nContact me on [Discord](https://discord.gg/cT2yNC6) with your comments, question, suggestions, or if you need any general help using the app.\n\nPlease report technical issues and make specific feature requests on this project's Github.\n\n## Is Nostlan safe to use?\n\nAllow me to introduce myself, my full legal name is Quinton Michael Ashley.\n\nI created Nostlan for fun and also to learn more about app development. Since Nostlan started as a personal project I wasn't under any pressure to make it look like a corporate website or follow any UI standards. Nostlan is an experiment in UI design. I consider it a piece of art that I'm sharing because I want other people to experience it too. Of course, I'd also like making some money off it but I have no interest in collecting your usage data, hijacking your cpu to mine crypto sh\\*tcoin, or doing anything malicious.\n\nI also put a LOT of effort into following the latest Electron security standards. All the 3rd party emulator cores that Nostlan uses are sandboxed, meaning they run in isolation from the main process.\n\n## Legal Disclaimer\n\nAlthough [emulation is legal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!), pirating games you do not own is illegal. Nostlan does not condone piracy. Nostlan is open source software that does not infringe on any copyrights of publishers, developers, artists, or texture packers. Anyone asking for or sharing information related to digital piracy on Nostlan's Discord server or GitHub page will be blocked and have their comments removed and flagged.\n\n## COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS\n\nNostlan is not affiliated with Nintendo, Sony, SEGA, or Microsoft. All trademarks and servicemarks referenced in this app are the property of their respective owners.\n\nMAME and the MAME Logo are Copyright © 1997-2025 MAMEDev and contributors. MAME® is a registered trademark of Gregory Ember. Use of the MAME name and logo is done so with the expressed written permission from the trademark owner. For more information, please visit \u003chttps://www.mamedev.org\u003e.\n\nNostlan was created by Quinton Ashley Copyright © 2019-2025. The Nostlan logo images are licensed under [Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). 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