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QuickPlayWiki is the main source of end-user documentation for Quickplay, the multi-emulator frontend.
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What is an Emulator Frontend?
OK so you're probably wondering what is a frontend. Historically frontends were GUI programs that allowed easy access to Command-Line applications. This is also true for emulators as a lot of the early emulators had no proper GUI functionality. Quickplay is a multi-emulator frontend, which basically means that instead of being a GUI for just one emulator, its a frontend for A LOT of emulators. It hides the complexity of configuring and running different emulators and generally makes life easier.
QuickPlay History
QuickPlay began development in July 2001 as a challenge between my brother and me to see which is the better language, Delphi (which QuickPlay is written in) or visual basic 6. My brother gave up and turned to writing 'easier' applications such as save-state editors. The project has kind of taken on a life of its own and although new versions dont come along very often its still going!
Using the Wiki
QuickPlayWiki is fully editable and everyone is welcome to contribute to the documentation.
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software, or there's a handy reference at metawikipedia:Help:Editing, and then you can head over to the SandBox to see how it all works.
Contents
QuickPlayWiki is the main source of end-user documentation for Quickplay, the multi-emulator frontend.
What is an Emulator Frontend?
OK so you're probably wondering what is a frontend. Historically frontends were GUI programs that allowed easy access to Command-Line applications. This is also true for emulators as a lot of the early emulators had no proper GUI functionality. Quickplay is a multi-emulator frontend, which basically means that instead of being a GUI for just one emulator, its a frontend for A LOT of emulators. It hides the complexity of configuring and running different emulators and generally makes life easier.
QuickPlay History
QuickPlay began development in July 2001 as a challenge between my brother and me to see which is the better language, Delphi (which QuickPlay is written in) or visual basic 6. My brother gave up and turned to writing 'easier' applications such as save-state editors. The project has kind of taken on a life of its own and although new versions dont come along very often its still going!
Using the Wiki
QuickPlayWiki is fully editable and everyone is welcome to contribute to the documentation.
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software, or there's a handy reference at metawikipedia:Help:Editing, and then you can head over to the SandBox to see how it all works.
