diff --git a/console/main_wrap.c b/console/main_wrap.c
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+/*  SSNES - A Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Emulator frontend for libsnes.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2012 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *
+ *  Some code herein may be based on code found in BSNES.
+ * 
+ *  SSNES is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  SSNES is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SSNES.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "main_wrap.h"
+#include "../strl.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define MAX_ARGS 32
+#define MAX_ARG_LENGTH PATH_MAX
+
+int ssnes_main(int argc, char **argv);
+
+int ssnes_main_init_wrap(const struct ssnes_main_wrap *args)
+{
+   int argc = 0;
+   char *argv[MAX_ARGS] = {NULL};
+
+   argv[argc++] = strdup("ssnes");
+   
+   if (args->rom_path)
+      argv[argc++] = strdup(args->rom_path);
+
+   if (args->sram_path)
+   {
+      argv[argc++] = strdup("-s");
+      argv[argc++] = strdup(args->sram_path);
+   }
+
+   if (args->state_path)
+   {
+      argv[argc++] = strdup("-S");
+      argv[argc++] = strdup(args->state_path);
+   }
+
+   if (args->config_path)
+   {
+      argv[argc++] = strdup("-c");
+      argv[argc++] = strdup(args->config_path);
+   }
+
+   if (args->verbose)
+      argv[argc++] = strdup("-v");
+
+   int ret = ssnes_main(argc, argv);
+
+   char **tmp = argv;
+   while (*tmp)
+   {
+      free(tmp);
+      tmp++;
+   }
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
diff --git a/console/main_wrap.h b/console/main_wrap.h
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+++ b/console/main_wrap.h
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+/*  SSNES - A Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Emulator frontend for libsnes.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2012 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *
+ *  Some code herein may be based on code found in BSNES.
+ * 
+ *  SSNES is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  SSNES is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SSNES.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MAIN_WRAP_H__
+#define MAIN_WRAP_H__
+
+// Builds argc/argv and calls ssnes_main_init().
+
+struct ssnes_main_wrap
+{
+   const char *rom_path;
+   const char *sram_path;
+   const char *state_path;
+   const char *config_path;
+   bool verbose;
+};
+
+int ssnes_main_init_wrap(const struct ssnes_main_wrap *args);
+
+#endif
+