3 FAQ

Q: Pros and cons of each type of frontend:

A: stock, dig, reset collection, pegasus

stock: (when first starting, learning how the emulators work)

• + literally no setup, totally free
• - each emulator has a different experience to start a game; no consistency

dig: (good middle ground between themes and easy setup)

• + mostly easy setup
• + scrape images in the app
• + a lot of themes available
• - available themes don't have much variety and tend to be simple
• - the developer is spotty and unresponsive

reset: (good for one-and-done setup)

• + very easy setup
• + scraping images in the app
• + scraped images are curated and beautiful
• + built in theme is well designed and easy to use
• + developer is very generous and active in the community
• - not theme-able (but as I said, the built in one is good)
• - pay only
• + get the theme for free when you join $5 tier RH patreon

pegasus: (good for a tinkerer)

• + free and open source
• + theme language is very powerful and flexible
• + available themes are fantastic and varied
• - most complicated out of the four to set up
• - scraping images and metadata requires some extra steps (about as hard as emulationstation/skraper)
  • this can be done on the same device with a separate app, or on a PC
• - fewer themes available than Dig (though they are subjectively better)

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