Flatsonar

ares

by ares team

Multi-system console emulation suite

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed ISC v148
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About

ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation. ares includes the following features:

  • Native multi-platform UI
  • Adaptive sync
  • Dynamic rate control
  • Save states
  • Run-ahead
  • Rewind and fast-forward
  • Pixel shaders
  • Color correction
  • 6th-order IIR audio filtering
  • Input multi-mapping
  • Built-in games database
  • Debugger
  • Librashader

ares currently emulates the following hardware devices:

  • Aleck 64
  • Arcade
  • ColecoVision
  • Famicom + Famicom Disk System
  • Super Famicom
  • Nintendo 64 + Nintendo 64DD
  • Game Boy + Super Game Boy
  • Game Boy Color
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Game Gear
  • Master System
  • Mega 32X
  • Mega Drive
  • Mega CD
  • MSX + MSX 2
  • My Vision
  • Neo Geo AES
  • Neo Geo Pocket + Neo Geo Pocket Color
  • PC Engine + PC Engine CD + SuperGrafx
  • PlayStation
  • Pocket Challenge V2
  • SG-1000
  • Satellaview
  • SuFami Turbo
  • WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color + Pocket Challenge V2
  • ZX Spectrum

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.