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Lakka 4.0 release
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.Release summaryChanges since version 3.7: Build system based on LibreELEC 10.0.2 RetroArch updated to 1.10.1 Cores updated to their most recent versionssuperbroswar: added new libretro coresameduck: added new libretro core Mesa updated to 22.0.0 Mainline kernel updated to 5.10.103 (PC, Amlogic, Allwinner, NXP) Raspberry kernel updated to 5.10.95 Most arm devices switched to aarch64 Rockchip RK3288, RK3328 and RK3399 switched to mainline kernel 5...
New Libretro/RetroArch Cores – A5200/WASM4/Arduous/SameCDi/JumpnBump
Libretro and its various contributors have certainly been busy these past few weeks. We bring to you a wide range of new cores, available for use in RetroArch, and/or any other Libretro-compatible frontend.a5200The a5200 core is an optimised Atari 5200 emulator based on Atari800 2.0.2. Originally developed for the GCW Zero, it runs full speed on even the weakest hardware (e.g. o3DS) – yet with a design focussed on ease of use and tight libretro integration it provides a simple ‘plug and play’ solution for Atari 5200 content on all platfor...
RetroArch 1.10.1 release!
RetroArch 1.10.1 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. We have always prioritized the endusers experience, and unlike others, we have never emburdened them with in-app ads, monetization SDKs or paywalled features, and ...
RetroArch 1.10.0 release!
RetroArch 1.10.0 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Check here in order to learn more. In addition to being able to support us on Patreon, there is now ...
RetroArch Open-Hardware Newsletter & User Survey
A busy year passed by and there was a lot of silence on the Open-Hardware Project.The promise of RetroArch Open-Hardware has always been open hardware with open software delivering an open solution.We stand by this goal to this day, however we felt that the DIY market alone will not help the cause significantly to bring emulation to the mainstream.Thus we partnered with a hardware manufacturer for a commercial release – bringing the peripheral into everyone’s hands – while still keeping a free and open DIY route.With that in mind we are r...
RetroArch 1.9.14 release!
RetroArch 1.9.14 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Check here in order to learn more. In addition to being able to support us on Patreon, there is now ...
Lakka 3.6 release
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.Release summaryChanges since version 3.5.2: RetroArch updated to 1.9.13.2Option to control the menu by all users is backNew option for automatic frame delay (accessible via Settings → Latency, and also via Quick Menu; Advanced Settings must be enabled to access this option) Cores updated to their most recent versionsbeetle-fce: added new libretro core (exists besides beetle-fce-fast)ecwolf: added new libretro corefbneo: added highscore.dat to ...
RetroArch 1.9.13 ninjafix release
A ninjafix release was just pushed for RetroArch 1.9.13. This overwrites the current 1.9.13 build. Download it here.The main reason for this was that the overlays had been changed in 1.9.13. This would lead to many people’s existing overlay config files being broken due to the paths no longer working. So we changed it back to defaults. We apologize for the inconvenience. For example, because of this, the default overlay for Android would fail to start, and some overlays for 3DS would fail to show up.Several Cheevos-related fixes have also bee...
RetroArch Steam – 6 New Core DLCs added!
The submission process is taking a while, but we are happy to report that the following core DLCs have now been added for use with RetroArch Steam: BlastEm Snes9x Desmume Nestopia Flycast PPSSPPEnjoy!This brings the core total up to 18.
RetroArch is looking for more translators
Written by DisasterMoAs all here know, RetroArch is an amazing open-source project. It has provided many people with countless hours of high quality entertainment. At the same time many contributors strive to make it better, more inclusive and more enjoyable for more people. That is why we translators do our best to localize RA into any and all languages we can!Unfortunately, some translation efforts have been stagnating for some time, so we would like to ask you for help: If you would like to contribute to localizing RetroArch into your langua...
RetroArch 1.9.13 release!
RetroArch 1.9.13 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Check here in order to learn more. In addition to being able to support us on Patreon, there is now ...
RetroArch 1.9.13 - Automatic Frame Delay
Article written by RyunamRetroArch 1.9.13 introduces a new option called “Automatic Frame Delay”. It has been added to the Latency sub-menu (found under Settings -> Latency).This new feature provides an effective way to avoid having to configure a specific value for the “Frame Delay” option for each and every core and individual piece of content that you may want to run, by automatically tuning down its strength based on your system performance.This is yet another contribution that empowers our long-standing efforts in reducing input la...
RetroArch 1.9.12 release
RetroArch 1.9.12 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider donating to us. Check here in order to learn more. In addition to being able to support us on Patreon, there is now ...
Lakka 3.5.1 release
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.Changes since version 3.5: RetroArch updated to 1.9.11 Cores updated to their most recent versions Mesa updated to 21.2.4 Updated Kernel/Firmwarefixed Analog / CRT output on Raspberry Pi (thanks to kFYatek, see examples)You can download the latest release from Lakka download page. If you want to follow the development of Lakka more closely, you can download latest Lakka nightly builds.If you want to show your support for further development of t...
RetroArch 1.9.11 released!
RetroArch 1.9.11 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.11 version) is scheduled to be released very soon!Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider donating...
Lakka 3.5 released!
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce a new and updated version of Lakka.Changes since version 3.4: RetroArch updated to 1.9.10Added Bluetooth pairing removal (press START / Space in the device list to remove pairing for the selected device) Cores updated to their most recent versionsEnabled RDP/RSP dynarec on N64 cores on Generic Mesa updated to 21.2.3DRI i965 driver replaced with GALLIUM crocus driver Added support for new devicesPiBoyDMGCapcom Home ArcadeRetroDreamerAnbernic RG351MP Added xpadneo driver to support X...
RetroArch Steam – Important information for Linux users
Hello everyone!We have been busy working on the Steam version to improve compatibility and stability. Right now, we need to make some changes for the Linux platform. For a long time, we have manually released everything on the Steam, this has now been automated for both platforms. Looking forward you can expect regular updates and soon a nightly branch. However, to simplify RetroArch on Steam we are moving to the same folder structure on all platforms. Additionally, on Linux, we are moving from the AppImage-based release to using the newer sold...
RetroArch 1.9.10 released!
RetroArch 1.9.10 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.10 version) is scheduled to be released very soon!HighlightsRetroArch is now finally on Steam!On September 14, 2021, RetroArch finally appeared on Steam (available here). It is available right now for both Linux (SteamOS) and Windows. See our initial release article here. Since then, we have already had over 100K+ downloads on Steam and over one mill...
RetroArch finally released on Steam!
Today, RetroArch has finally been released on Steam for both Windows and Linux/SteamOS. The Store page can be found here.Differences between the Steam version and regular versionFunctionally, RetroArch on Steam should be identical to the version you can get on our website, except for the following: There is no Core Downloader to stay compliant with Valve/Steam’s Terms of Service.Instead, you can download and install cores in either one of two ways: Manually dragging the core file (a .dll file on Windows, .so on Linux) over to the ‘cores’ ...
Lakka 3.4 released! (Based on RetroArch 1.9.9)
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce new and updated version of Lakka.Changes since version 3.3: RetroArch updated from 1.9.7 to 1.9.9added core option categoriesupdated translationsgeneral stability improvements to enhance the user experience Cores updated to their most recent versionsnew core: upstream Duckstation core (Sony Playstation)new core: PCSX2 (Sony Playstation 2), available only on 64-bit PCnew core: DOSBOX-pure (DOS)fixed Play! (Sony Playstation 2) and available on more platformsfixed Vulkan support in PP...
RetroArch 1.9.9 released!
RetroArch 1.9.9 has just been released.Grab it here.NOTE: Windows UWP build coming later todayIf you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.9 version) is scheduled to be released very soon!Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like...
PCSX2 Libretro/RetroArch Core Progress Report – August 2021
We’re very excited to share with you all the work we’ve been putting into the PCSX2 core as of late.Reducing file requirementsAs a general baseline, Libretro strives to make sure that the cores we self-maintain are fairly portable. We’d like not to have the user to require to install several data files inside the System folder in order for an emulator core to work. The problem with the PCSX2 core up to this point was that it was too much of a straight port – PCSX2 by itself writes to dozens of files during startup and logging. However, ...
RetroArch 1.9.8 released!
RetroArch 1.9.8 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.8 version) is scheduled to be released a week from today.Remember that this project exists for the benefit of our users, and that we wouldn’t keep doing this were it not for spreading the love to our users. This project exists because of your support and belief in us to keep going doing great things. If you’d like to show your support, consider do...
Regarding prior deleted posts
Hi Patrons,this is a rare private post from us.An earlier message was sent today. Unfortunately, we had to take the difficult decision of removing this for now since some of the other afflicted parties dont want word to get out yet that we are onto them. Please do not ask us questions about this yet or talk about it until we finally make the decision to publish this. We thank you for your understanding.
Miniretro: testing emulators at scale. New tooling and debugging options for libretro developers!
We're getting ready for a big new release soon! In the meantime, here's something nice for you all...This is a guest article written by David GF Net republished with his authorization. Original blog article can be viewed here.Last year I got involved in Libretro/Retroarch development after buying an Odroid Go Advance. During this time I’ve been working mainly on gpsp and porting it to new devices and such.One of the main issues about working in software is testing, and as you can probably imagine there’s no tests in most emulators. ...
Lakka 3.3 released!
New version of Lakka has been released!We are happy to announce new and updated version of Lakka.Changes since version 3.2: RetroArch updated from 1.9.5 to 1.9.7Optimized scanning of large data setsAdded support for mapping multiple controllers to a single input device‘Analog to Digital Type’ usability improvementsUpdated translations from Crowdin Cores updated to their most recent versionsDolpin: add dolphin-emu/Sys folder to RetroArch system folderNew: np2kai core (PC-98) Generic: enable MIDI sequencer support Generic: add Gamecon support...
RetroArch 1.9.7 released!
RetroArch 1.9.7 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.7 version) is scheduled to be released a week from today.NOTE: We will update this notice as soon as we have uploaded the 1.9.7 version for UWP/Xbox as well to our server. For now, these still point to the previous version (1.9.6). We thank you for your understanding.Release notesA brand new platform port has been added for RetroMini RS-90 (and simila...
RetroArch now available on Amazon App Store
RetroArch is now available on the Amazon App Store! Note: Will work best with a gamepad. Link here.As of this moment, RetroArch is available on the Google Play Store (here and here), Amazon App Store (here), and Steam (here, available by requesting access).
RetroArch 1.9.6 released!
RetroArch 1.9.6 has just been released.Grab it here.If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap here. The next version of Lakka (with an updated RetroArch 1.9.6 version) is scheduled to be released a week from today.Release notesBe sure to also read our Libretro Cores Progress Report (a link will appear here later).Windows users (with XAudio2 audio driver): RetroArch would previously hang/lock up if you happened to disconnect your current audio device. For instance, this could happen if you were playing wit...
Obituary - Near
Hi there community,last Sunday a tragedy befell the emulation community, when Near tragically took his own life. While we feel Near needs no introduction, we feel it is only right to let people know of the extent to which Near’s work laid the foundational framework of Libretro/RetroArch, and what other great projects they worked on, including of course bsnes (which needs no introduction at this point).Among Near’s other great accomplishments: libsnes (which later turned into our fork, libretro), libco (a cooperative multi-threading library)...
