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RetroArch 1.8.2 – Coming Soon – Accessibility features for blind people
Coming soon - RetroArch singlehandedly takes big strides to cater to an underrepresented group of people, opening up a whole new world of entertainment.Read more about it in our article here. Stay tuned for even more announcements in the upcoming days!
Flycast world’s first Dreamcast emulator to receive Vulkan renderer – available later today on RetroArch with nightly core!
The first Dreamcast emulator ever to get a Vulkan renderer. Completely open-source, written from scratch, and available later today on RetroArch. Update your core later today to get the latest version with the Vulkan renderer! Available for Android, Windows, and Linux.For more information, read our blog post on our website here.
RetroArch – Hardware video decoding – coming soon!
RetroArch will get GPU-based video decoding very soon! With this and other planned improvements, we hope to make RetroArch's video player a lot more performant. Should be very nice for Lakka! Read more about it here.
RetroArch - Manual content scanning coming very soon!
One of the most requested features for RetroArch, manual content scanning, will finally be added!If you'd like to read how it will work compared to the current database-based scanning, read our article here.This and more will be added to RetroArch 1.8.2 soon!
Libretro/RetroArch Cores Quick Look - Flycast - Automatic widescreen patch support! Run nearly all your Dreamcast games now in proper widescreen!
The premiere league open source Dreamcast emulator #Flycast just keeps going from strength to strength! Not being content with being the first open source Dreamcast emulator to have HLE BIOS support, Windows CE support (not available in many non-open source emulators), and DSP audio support, we are now introducing automatic widescreen patching for the vast majority of games available for Dreamcast...
Doom 3 Libretro/RetroArch core dhewm3 coming soon to Core Updater!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chNMZ0FcNK0The #Doom 3 source port dhewm3 finally hits #Libretro/#RetroArch, allowing you to play Doom 3 natively on #RetroArch! This is all thanks to the efforts of Rinnegatamante, who previously did the Quake 2 and 3 source ports to libretro/RetroArch.In the video above you will see us running through the beginning sections. This video was recorded at a resolution...
RetroArch 1.8.1 released!
RetroArch 1.8.1 has just been released. This version sees the coming of age of the mobile UI, which now has support for thumbnails. This will bring a transformative change to the way people get to interact with the UI on Android/iOS. And the best part is that this is only the beginning, even more drastic UX enhancements are planned!Grab ithere.If you’d like to show your support, consider donatin...
RetroArch 1.8.0 released!
RetroArch 1.8.0 has just been released. The default mobile UI has seen a complete overhaul and we hope this will address many of the usability issues people had with RetroArch’s menu on Android/iOS. Note that we are far from done and that the next versions will have even more enhancements coming up!In addition to the MaterialUI menu improvements, we now have MAME overlay compatibility for the Op...
RetroArch Overlay Editor – Create and edit your own overlays easily – now available for free!
Article written by meepingsnesromsDownload here – http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/cores/Utilities/OverlayEditor.zipSince RetroArch was first running on touchscreen devices, it has been dependent on overlays for onscreen controls. But there has been no good way of editing them, for the last 6 years the only way to make overlays was to edit numbers in a text file, see if they looked good and i...
VitaQuake 2 Libretro core is now available for Windows/Mac/Linux and can be played on RetroArch!
We’ve always felt at libretro that RetroArch is a platform that is agnostic to emulators. That is, the libretro API is not in any way tied to emulators and allows for far more applications to be ported beyond just emulators. So it’s always a delight to us when game engines get ported as libretro cores to add to the growing pool of non-emulator libretro cores. So it was music to our ears when t...
vitaQuake II Libretro core WIP available soon + high refresh rates in libretro core games
Read the original article here -We’ve always felt at libretro that RetroArch is a platform that is agnostic to emulators. That is, the libretro API is not in any way tied to emulators and allows for far more applications to be ported beyond just emulators. So it’s always a delight to us when game engines get ported as libretro cores to add to the growing pool of non-emulator libretro cores. So...
RetroArch 1.7.9 (v2) released!
RetroArch 1.7.9 v2 has been released! This is an incremental bugfix release that fixes some crucial bugs that crept into the initial release. Updated release post here -https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-7-9-released/Grab it here - https://retroarch.com/?page=platforms
RetroArch 1.7.9 released!
Read the full article here.RetroArch 1.7.9 has just been released. Among many other things, it includes big QoL (Quality of Life) improvements for mobile users.The menu system should now support touchscreen gestures and controls in general should be much improved inside the menu. But that’s far from all!Grab ithere.If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Checkherein order ...
Upcoming – RetroArch 1.7.9 – Menu Touchscreen Gestures!
RetroArch 1.7.9 (scheduled for release soon) will debut touchscreen gestures for the menu for the first time! You will now be able to operate the XMB menu without needing a gamepad or overlay!The following gesture-like functionality is available: Swipe up/down in the left margin: scroll through current menu list by ascending/descending the alphabet Swipe up/down in the middle region of the screen:...
RetroArch 3DS: Full speed PS1 now possible with PCSX ReARMed w/ Unai renderer!
Written by Justin WeissThe Nintendo 3DS is a great little portable RetroArch machine. Especially for classic systems: it has all the buttons you need, and the screen is sharp and pixel-perfect. We’re happy to share a few improvements to RetroArch 3DS that make it even better.Full-speed cores from the homebrew menuThere are a few different ways to run homebrew apps on the 3DS. Until recently, you...
Beetle PSX Dynarec – Accurate PlayStation1 emulation is about to become a lot faster!
Read the full article here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mue4PmNC6Z0Two years ago, we started a bounty for Beetle PSX, our own heavily modified fork of Mednafen PSX. Mednafen PSX is a highly accurate PlayStation1 emulator. However, unlike emulators like ePSXe, it only has a CPU interpreter, which means that the emulator is fairly slow and is therefore not really usable on anything but desktop PC...
Lakka 2.3 has just been released - featuring RetroArch v1.7.8!
Lakka 2.3 is finally out! With RetroArch 1.7.8 and new platforms such as Raspberry Pi 4, GPICase and ROCKPro64, this is one of the biggest updates released so far. Read the release highlights and full changelog on the release article -https://www.lakka.tv/articles/2019/09/15/lakka-2.3-with-retroarch-1.7.8/
RetroArch v1.7.8 (v4) released!
RetroArch 1.7.8 v4 released! Read the article here. A point fix release but still some worthwhile additions, such as iOS 13 support, PSX support for Retro Achievements, and more. Read the changelog contained in the article for more details.
Flycast WinCE has merged into regular Flycast – only one core now! Plus – Switch port teaser!
So, flyinghead finally feels confident enough that we are at a stage where the WinCE branch can be merged into master.This is a pretty big deal. This marks the first time that an open source Dreamcast emulator has Windows CE support in a mainline release, along with arcade Naomi support. Right now, the only other emulator that manages to emulate both these is a closed source emulator called demul....
RetroArch - How To Set Up the AI Service (Tutorial)
Our AI Service tutorial blog post has been updated with a link to the new narrated tutorial video. The formatting of the JSON config files have also been fixed so that you will have an easier time following the steps.Visit the updated blog article here -https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-7-8-ai-service-how-to-set-it-up/
RetroArch 1.7.8 (v3) released + big core updates! (bsnes HD, Flycast, Android, etc)
RetroArch 1.7.8 was a very ambitious release, and as a result, it is taking some time to iron out some of the kinks. Instaed of leaving you waiting for a month again to fix some crucial bugs, we’d rather release these point fix releases first instead so that we leave you with a rock-solid 1.7.8 in the end while we then shift our focus and attention to 1.7.9.In light of that, we are releasing ver...
PSA - Important message to our Lakka users
An internal error caused all of Lakka's release images to be deleted from the server. Please use the nightlies here http://nightly.builds.lakka.tv while we work on fixing this issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.
RetroArch v1.7.8 (v2) released!
This is an important bugfix release of RetroArch 1.7.8. It has just been released! Grab ithere.If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Checkherein order to learn more.For all other details surrounding version 1.7.8, we refer you to our original article here.Changes 3DS: Fix 3DS startup crash AI SERVICE: Fix ‘Japanese’ setting D3D12: Fix runtime error at startup CHEEVOS: ...
RetroArch 1.7.8 – Released!
RetroArch 1.7.8 has just been released! Grab it here.If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Check here in order to learn more.It would be an understatement to say that version 1.7.8 is a pretty big deal. Two major landmark features are added for this version on top of numerous enhancements. In fact, there is so much to talk about again, we have been forced to split this rel...
RetroArch 1.7.8 - What's New - AI Service Allows For Machine Translation from Japanese to English!
Be sure to read our #RetroArch article here for setup instructions -https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-7-8-ai-service-how-to-set-it-up/Welcome to the future! Sometime ago, a RetroArch bounty got posted proposing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and Text To Speech services being added to RetroArch.Some months later, and here we are - a bounty hunter valiantly took on the challenge an...
Core News – PUAE (Amiga emulator) and VICE (Commodore 64)
Commodore Amiga and Commodore 64 Libretro cores have seen heavy improvements as of late! A status update (while we wait for 1.7.8 to drop) - sonninnos and rsn8887 made a lot of improvements recently to two home computer Libretro cores.PUAE Amiga core improvements<figure>PUAE Amiga Core IK+</figure> fix two player controls (sonninnos) Implement new core options with some small print explanations (s...
RetroArch 1.7.8 – Important changes for people using the Google Play build
Important - the upcoming RetroArch version on the Google Play Store will be a 64bit/32bit hybrid build - what this means for you when you upgrade the application and what you need to know - read our article hereon www.libretro.com.
New bounty started at $200! New bounty, starting at $200! Create 32bit/64bit x86 and ARM 64 dynarec backends for PCSX ReARMed!
This bounty is meant specifically for the PCSX ReARMed core. We finally want to make it no longer an ARM-centric core!PCSX ReARMed uses a modified version of the Ari64 dynarec from Mupen64 Plus, but it only has a backend for ARMv7 (32bit).This bounty is for the following: Add dynarec backends for the following architectures: ARM 64bit x86 (32bit) x86_64 (64bit) The 32bit/64bit x86 dynarecs shou...
Flycast – 90% compatibility with HLE BIOS - Open-source Dreamcast emulation no longer requires a BIOS!
New version will be available later today on the Buildbot!Flyinghead has significantly improved HLE BIOS support to the point where 90% of Dreamcast games (both regualr and Windows CE-based games) should now be supported! Previously, compatibility with the HLE BIOS was quite abysmal, to the point where we couldn’t justify enabling it by default. So this marks an important point where users are n...
Upcoming – RetroArch 1.7.8 – AI Service (Machine Translation / OCR / Text-To-Speech)
Read the entire article here.Written by Barry RoweWhat is the AI Service?The AI Service lets you translate games, or add automated voice-overs capability in real time. Instead of using a ROM patch, this is done by RetroArch taking a screenshot and then sending it to the AI Service listed in your config, which will do OCR (optical character recognition), machine translation, and/or text-to-speech. ...
