This website is for the original EmulationStation, last updated in 2015!
A graphical and themeable emulator front-end that allows you to access all your favorite games in one place, even without a keyboard!
Forget the glitz. Indie films are shot on iPhones, use natural light, and employ unknown actors. Directors like Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, and the late Tareque Masud paved the way, but the new generation (e.g., Nurul Alam Atique, Akram Khan) is taking risks that "Grade" cinema never would.
However, beneath the surface of these mainstream blockbusters lies a tectonic shift. A new wave of is challenging the status quo, bringing raw storytelling, technical nuance, and social realism back to the big screen. For the discerning viewer, navigating this landscape requires a new lens of movie reviews —one that judges a film not by its star power, but by its soul. Forget the glitz
For decades, the term "Bangladeshi cinema" conjured a specific image for local audiences: grandiose love stories shot in the Swiss Alps, physics-defying action sequences, and the eternal trope of the rich girl falling for the poor boy. This is what critics and fans alike have dubbed "Bangladeshi Grade Cinema" —a colloquial term referring to the commercial, formulaic, and often low-budget productions that dominate the Dhallywood industry. For decades, the term "Bangladeshi cinema" conjured a
Here is a fair rubric for Bangladeshi audiences: physics-defying action sequences
For the viewer, the advice is simple: Go to the hall to enjoy the theatrical madness of a grade-action flick. But stay at home on a rainy Sunday to absorb the quiet devastation of an indie drama.
However, the gap remains wide. fights for festival screens and streaming visibility, while Grade cinema fights for box office crores.
EmulationStation includes a custom theming system that gives you control over how each screen looks on a per-system basis, from the system select screen to the game list.
Don't like our style? Try another set, or make your own!
You can download an installer below.
The installer will install a pre-compiled
EmulationStation executable and a set of themes.
Or, you can build EmulationStation yourself!
Browse on GitHub »Remember, you need to configure EmulationStation to use your emulators!
You can read more about how to do that on the Getting Started page.