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OpenEmu has been in development for a really long time, first around 2009 which is before RetroArch came around. Our focus has always been a native OS X application while theirs has been cross-platform. Also, cross-platform UI's are a pain!

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So why should we use your app instead of RetroArch? :)

That's really personal preference isn't it?

One has a polished cocoa UI, the other is a cross-platform app. There's no animosity between the two projects here in case anyone is curious.

Ah, a very diplomatic answer. I'm just teasing you with the cliche "why are you better?" pitch test.

OSS with polished UI's are rare and desperately needed. Nice work.

The hard part is that once you go cross-platform, there's no such thing as a "native UI". If you target just one single environment, it'll be so much easier to make something that feels like it belongs there.

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