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Donations & Licenses
Information
RetroDECK relies on its dependencies to function. Without them, RetroDECK and similar projects cannot exist. We aim to collaborate with other projects to improve RetroDECK and Linux as a whole.
If you prefer to donate to the frontend, art assets, a specific emulator, or engine instead of RetroDECK, we support your choice. The goal of RetroDECK is not to make a big profit but to pursue a passion project.
If you feel passionate about a specific emulator/engine/other, always donate to them directly and not via proxy. No project should control another project's funds.
We list current and future software and functions we want to include in RetroDECK and their licenses. More items will be added in upcoming updates.
There are many emulators, software, front-ends, and assets not part of RetroDECK. This is not a complete list of all emulators or frontends on the internet.
RetroDECK
By donating to RetroDECK, you support the project and the vision of a unified experience.
We will use those funds to:
- Pay for web hosting, build servers, and other hosting costs.
- Pay for development software and licenses (we strive to use FOSS and CC licenses as much as possible).
- Pay for UI elements and art from artists (we strive to use FOSS and CC licenses as much as possible).
On rare occasions, the RetroDECK Team might need to buy new devices and hardware for RetroDECK development (we will inform the community before doing so):
- Gaming devices like the Steam Deck or Rog Ally.
- Various big brand and small brand controllers for development.
- Special peripherals: Lightguns, Wheels, XAC, Vboard, etc.
Where to donate / support the project?
We aim to have better FOSS donation methods in the future.
Licenses
Flatpak
As a flatpak we are nothing without the technology.
Where to donate / support the project?
ES-DE Frontend
ES-DE Frontend is a frontend for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game backup collection.
Where to donate / support the project?
Buy the app to show them your support:
Licenses
LibreRetro - RetroArch
The LibreRetro Team makes RetroArch, Libretro and Lakka
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
MAME
MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework.
MAME's purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important "vintage" software from being lost and forgotten.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
ares
Not yet added to RetroDECK
ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation.
Where to donate / support the project?
License
RPCS3
The world's first free and open-source PlayStation 3 emulator/debugger, written in C++ for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD.
Where to donate / support the project?
Duckstation
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices. "Hack" options are discouraged, the default configuration should support all playable games with only some of the enhancements having compatibility issues.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
PPSSPP
PPSSPP can run your PSP games on your PC or Android phone in full HD resolution or even higher. It can also upscale textures to make them sharper, and you can enable post-processing shaders to adjust color and brightness the way you like, and other effects.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
PCSX2
PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. Its purpose is to emulate the PS2's hardware and this allows you to play PS2 games on your PC, with many additional features and benefits.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Vita3K
Vita3K is an experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Dolphin
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
Primehack
PrimeHack is a modified version of Dolphin-Emu solely for playing Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii with keyboard and mouse on a PC.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
melonDS
melonDS aims at providing fast and accurate Nintendo DS emulation. While it is still a work in progress, it has a pretty solid set of features:
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Cemu
Cemu, a Wii U emulator that is able to run most Wii U games and homebrew in a playable state. It's written in C/C++ and is being actively developed with new features and fixes to increase compatibility, convenience and usability.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Xenia
Not yet added to RetroDECK
Xenia is an experimental emulator for the Xbox 360.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Xemu
A free and open-source application that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console, enabling people to play their original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
OpenBOR
OpenBOR is a royalty free sprite-based side scrolling gaming engine. From humble beginnings in 2004, it has since grown into the most versatile, easy to use, and powerful engine of its type you will find anywhere.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
GZDoom
GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
ScummVM
ScummVM allows you to play classic graphic point-and-click adventure games, text adventure games, and RPGs, as long as you already have the game data files. ScummVM replaces the executable files shipped with the games, which means you can now play your favorite games on all your favorite devices.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Solarus
Solarus is a free and open-source 2D game engine written in C++, that can run games scripted in Lua. It has been designed with 16-bit classic Action-RPGs in mind, and is available on a wide range of platforms.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
IKEMEN Go
IKEMEN Go is a remake of the IKEMEN (open source fighting games engine that supports M.U.G.E.N resources) in Google’s Programming Language “Go”.
Where to donate / support the project?
We have not found a donation link to this project at this time or the project does not support donations.
Licenses
Steam Rom Manager (SRM)
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
Art and Assets
Kenney.nl
RetroDECK Team owns a seperate donation license.
Licenses: CC0 & CC1.
Pixel UI Theme for Godot
RetroDECK Team owns a license.
Pixelitos
Pixel Sans 13
Mini Banner / RetroDECK Theme (Remixed Mini Banner)
Mini Banner is a LaunchBox theme with several pixelart made by the artist group: Weestuarty, DerSchlachter (LaunchBox), Dan Patrick.
Weestuarty of the group made the remix version of their LaunchBox theme for usage in RetroDECK.
Other Licenses
Here we showcase the licenses of projects / functions we might use in part, got inspired by the code/solutions or want to give special credit.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
CC0
Freedoom
Capsimg
BoilR
Lutris
Pugsy's Cheats for MAME
Batocera
Steam Deck & Steam Deck Logo
The Steam Deck logo and device are registered trademarks of Valve Corporation. This project is not officially affiliated with Valve.
Other Trademarks
All trademarks, logos, controller images, and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product, and service names used in this project are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks, and brands does not imply endorsement.
Propriety / Closed Source Emulators
These are not yet added to RetroDECK.
BigPEmu
BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features.
Where to donate / support the project?
Licenses
ReDream
ReDream
ReDream is a Sega Dreamcast emulator.