enjoy is a blazingly fast wrapper around “RetroArch” on Linux, to help running emulator cores on the commandline. A user configuration file can be setup, including rules and core aliases pointing to file extensions and emulator paths.
Usage Examples:
enjoy '~/Emulation/Roms/snes/Super Mario World (U) [!].smc'
enjoy --core psx 'Gran Turismo 2 - Epic Turismo 2 (v1.3.1).chd'
find . -maxdepth 2 | fzf | enjoy -w
The configuration file looks something like this:
“~/.config/enjoy/default.ini”
[options]
retroarch = /usr/bin/retroarch
fullscreen = 1
[cores]
snes = snes9x
gb gbc = sameboy_libretro.so
[.smc .sfc]
core = snes
[.gb]
core = gb
[/home/user/Roms/psx*]
libretro = mednafen_psx_hw
The idea is to make it easier to play games without the need to explicitly specifying the core name in the commandline. The core will be looked up from a user configuration file based on the file extension of the Rom file. This also makes it possible to run games from the graphical filemanager, if the file extension is associated with this program.
If cargo is installed on your system, then you can just
cargo install enjoy
Otherwise download it from Releases page: https://github.com/thingsiplay/enjoy/releases
It was developed for myself mainly and that’s why I did not bother to make it run on other platforms than Linux.