Leumas Consoles for Windows
The desktop build runs the same deck on your own machine, with no network needed once it is installed. It plays the browser-core consoles in its own window, and hands everything else to a native emulator you already have.
What you get
A one-click installer, no administrator rights required — it installs for your user account only. Your games and save states live in a folder beside the app, the emulator cores are packaged inside it, and it updates itself in the background.
What it does not do
It ships no games and no third-party emulators. For the seventeen consoles a browser cannot run, it detects an emulator you installed yourself and launches it. If you have none, those consoles simply say so rather than offering a button that fails.
Before you run it
The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen will warn you the first time. Choose "More info" and then "Run anyway". The SHA-256 for each build is published next to its link — check it if you want to be certain the file you downloaded is the file we published.
Questions
- Which versions of Windows?
- Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. There is no macOS or Linux build yet: the installer pipeline targets Windows x64 only, and advertising the others before they exist would be a promise we cannot keep.
- Do I still need a membership?
- Yes. The desktop build signs in with the same Leumas account, and any active membership unlocks it.
- Does it work with no internet?
- Yes, once installed and signed in. The emulator cores are inside the package rather than fetched from a CDN, and your library is on your own disk.