Emulators in Windows Store Metro Apps

[ncrouch141]

This may be the wrong place to post this idea, but here it goes anyway. I've noticed that Emuparidise hasn't updated their emulator section to include emulators from the Windows Store. As the Windows Store covers Desktops, Tablets, Windows Phones, and the Xbox One; it's a valid point to bring up. One good example is a variation of VBA called VBA-X. If you have Windows 8 or higher or any modern Windows Devices or an Xbox 1 you can search emulator in the Windows Store and find at least 50, although a lot of them are variations of VBA.

[Raekuul]

Why not do it yourself?

[ncrouch141]

Ok, could you tell me how to do that?

[Raekuul]

I'm more concerned that you aren't fully aware of the scope of what you've proposed. How many emulators are in the Windows App Store? Will you be listing based on the underlying emulator/core or on the variants?

As for the instructions, I'm... not actually sure myself? I don't see an "add an emulator" link on the emulators page, and some-but-not-all games have a "suggest an emulator" option. I don't immediately see anything in the tutorials-faqs-and-help repository section on adding an emulator to the main site either.

[ncrouch141]

Most of the emulators on the Windows Store seem to be variants of older emulators, so I would be listing them as variants. And I counted 38 emulators. Most are paid with a free trial though. So I could at least test them for performance and the touch screen enhancements on my Windows 10 Intel based tablet to provide feed back.

[Zorlon]

Posts of Free emulators that you have to pay for to remove adverts

Don't see the harm in you making a windows tablet and phone emulators posts

Not something we would post on the main site though, not when it's some lamers trying to make money of someone else's hard work by doing a simple port and inserting adverts saying you have to pay to remove the adverts

For windows itself though Retroarch is one of the best out there that covers many systems for emulation all based on free open source code, with no advertising intrusion or ransom to get rid of them

[ncrouch141]

The VBA-X at least in my case thinks the paid features have already bean paid for. Can someone confirm this isn't just a random thing? Also there are some advantages to those Metro App emulators like improvements for touch screens. Unless there is version of standard VBA or Retroarch that supports touch controls, I will stick to the ports on the Windows Store.

Edit: it seems that because I bought VBA10 that VBA-X thought I had also bought the paid features. Btw, I think VBA-X is better.