Want to build essentially retro emulation/gaming PC hybrids for some cousins and was wondering how could I seamlessly have everything set up?

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Want to build essentially retro emulation/gaming PC hybrids for some cousins and was wondering how could I seamlessly have everything set up?

The specs are:
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor
RTX 4090 graphics card
ASRock AMD X870E Taichi Ryzen motherboard(if you have one that's just as good but cheaper please recommend thanks)
G Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 128GB(4 32GB sticks)
Samsung 990 pro 4TB SSDs(3)
ASUS ROG Thor 1000W power supply

Basically It will run all the new games with everything maxed out with mods even at 100+FPS and the old games definitely no issues but I have some questions about the seamlessly of it. So basically I want it to be where they can go from the old arcade and retro games and the PS3/Xbox 360/Wii/Wiiu/3DS/PS Vita/Switch exclusives to the modern games. I was thinking having one of the arcade/retro game frontends like Launchbox, Retrobat, etc and actually that's what I'm gonna do use a frontend like above and then a option you can click on(like how you have an option for NES games, Genesis games, PS2 games etc) for Steam, Epic games, EA Orgins, Ubisoft connect, but is that possible to add your own custom options or whatever they are called to said frontends? Also I sure I can but 2 of the cousins have daughters(2 I think and 4) and so can I have it where they have their own profile that has the arcade light gun games that have blood and stuff and the older games(PC or console) that are a little too violent for them not shown so they can't play it?. For Steam/EA Orgins/Ubisoft Connect, is there a way to make the games a certain rating unavailable because obviously they shouldn't be playing the M rated games and my other cousin has a 7 year old son so there's A LOT more games he can play but the m rated games should be unavailable for him too.

I'm going to build like 4 of them

Also what are some must have apps? Thanks and stay blessed and safe
 

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Retroarch is on Steam as a potential frontend, aside from being the generally recommended emulation workhorse.

You can use Family stuff on Steam to add in members and have some filtering options. I haven't used it but I am certain that option is available. You'd have to truncate your own account to filter whatever games for whatever family members.

Poke around Steam. It should be enough.
 
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