Emu Loader

Emulators allow us to enjoy video games from a by-gone era on our modern-day computers. You can find an emulator for just about any platform out there, from the Atari 800 to the Nintendo Switch. However, if you keep a large number of emulators and ROMs on your computer, you may have a hard time keeping track of everything. To make everything more manageable, you can use Emu Loader to organize your games and virtual platforms. Though it doesn't come with its own emulation capabilities, the software gives you the possibility of keeping all your ROMs in a single place, where you can filter them by various criteria and run them at a moment's notice. It's an excellent tool for anyone who keeps more than one emulator on their computer.

Emu Loader is a free piece of software, and it works without any issues on all modern Windows platforms, including Windows 10. Its components are distributed in a RAR archive, and you only need to extract them and run an executable, without installing anything on your system. Furthermore, the software doesn't have any special requirements, apart from the emulators you plan to use.

When launched for the first time, Emu Loader will ask you to make a few initial settings, which involve specifying the paths to your emulators and ROMs. It supports a wide range of platforms, including arcade games, which you can emulate through MAME and other software. You will go through several steps, on separate windows, so you won't end up lost and confused during the initial setup.

Once you're done telling the program where it can find your emulators and their corresponding ROMs, you will be greeted by the main user interface, which displays a long list of emulated games. Their icons will help you figure out what platform they are associated with and if you actually have them on your disk. The options on the toolbar allow you to filter the games by keywords, platform, controller type and other criteria, so you can instantly find whatever game you're looking for. At this point, you can simply double click the game to launch it with its associated emulator and enjoy yourself playing it.

If emulators are a big part of your life, you can make it more comfortable with Emu Loader's smart sorting features.