The Libretro Team

No RetroArch on Amazon App Store (also, please help us let Amazon know they should moderate their store)

Read the tweet here -

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq3qu7 

Guys, we really need your support here.

If you could retweet this -

2017-08-11 17:11:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Stay always up-to-date with RetroArch Android nightlies through F-Droid!

By installing RetroArch through F-Droid on your Android phone/tablet, you will be able to use the latest nightlies as soon as our buildbot churns them out! Stay always on the bleeding-edge with this version without having to wait a long time for the ...

Beetle PSX dynarec bounty posted - now at $305!

We desperately want this to happen so we are putting our money where our mouth is, and we let it start at $150.

EDIT: Users ajshell1, webgeek1234, saftle, JoostR, finkler and   2017-08-08 15:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post

RetroArch 1.6.4 released!

Read the blog article here -

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-6-4-released/ 

Plenty of updates on cores too -

2017-08-08 03:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post

RetroArch for Windows 98 SE/ME/2000 pre-release!

RetroArch for Windows 98 SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 has just been released! Note that this will require cores specially made for it, and as of now there are none, so just consider this a pre-release for now!

2017-08-01 21:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Mednafen/Beetle Saturn latest core now has MAME CHD support!

Romain Tisserand is on the verge of successfully having completed the bounty 'Mednafen/Beetle Saturn MAME CHD support'! What this means, is that the latest core version now has MAME CHD support.

You can convert your Saturn CD images to MAME CHD for...

Recent core updates since v1.6.0

This details all the core improvements/changes that have been made since the last version, v1.6.0. 

Read about it more here -

https://www.libretr...

RetroArch 1.6.3 released!

RetroArch 1.6.3 has just been released! Read all about it here -

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-6-3-released/

 There are...

RetroArch with Flatpak - Distro-independent Linux version!

The big new RetroArch 1.6.2 release is imminent, and it will bring some big changes and improvements.

Right out of the gates, here is something that a lot of Linux users have been requesting for decades - a distribution-agnostic way of installing R...

Parallel N64 is about to get a big image quality boost soon!

There will soon be a 'quasi-VI filter' mode built into Parallel N64's Vulkan renderer. What this is, is effectively a cut above what the RDP's regular VI filter would be able to do.

In essence, we apply NNEDI 3x  together with 2-pass anti-alia...

Beetle PSX updated - now supports 16x / 32x resolution options!

Read our updated article here for benchmarks performed with Beetle PSX -

2017-07-22 00:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Cores progress report - Catering to high-end desktops - Dolphin libretro core and others now supports resolutions of 8K and up!

Lots to talk about here -

* Up to 8K/12K resolutions added to Dolphin core. Benchmarks included.

* Up to 8K/12K resolutions added to OpenLara core. Benchmarks included.

* Up to 8K/12k resolutions added to Craft core. Benchmarks included...

RetroArch FPGA - cores are beginning to run!

Consider this project still in an experimental phase - but cores are already beginning to run! What you see is a FPGA devboard with RetroArch that is outputting a random libretro core to the screen.

It's still far too premature to speculate on what...

Which two new libretro cores would you like us to work on for the current month and a half?

Take your pick. The two highest rated ones will be picked. In case only one core gets all the votes and none of the other two get any, one other core will be picked at random.

For further clarification -

PPSSPP is a PlayStation Portable ...

Lakka 2.1 RC3 with Citra core

Lakka 2.1 RC3 is available for testers.

You can download the builds from http://le.builds.lakka.tv/

Please remember that this is a release candidate meant for testers.

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2017-07-01 11:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post

New core: Dolphin! (Windows/Linux) (Alpha)

Check our article here!

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-dolphin-windowslinux-alpha-release/

W...

Lakka 2.1 RC2 published

Lakka 2.1 RC2 is available for testers.

You can download the builds from http://le.builds.lakka.tv/

Please remember that this is a release candidate meant for testers.

...

2017-06-19 23:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post

New core: OpenLara! (Windows/Linux)

Check our article here!

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-openlara-windowslinux/

This is a work-in-progress o...

New core: Redream! (Windows/Linux)

Check our article here!

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-redream-windowslinux/

This is a promising work-in-development Sega D...

New core: Citra! (Windows/Linux)

Check our article here!

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/new-core-citra-windowslinux/

Still to arrive in the next upcoming days:

*...

More new cores: MelonDS, SameBoy, ARM Linux cores!

Read our extensive blog article here -

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/more-new-cores-melonds-sameboy/ 

* MelonDS core (new Nin...

New Core: PX68k (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux/Mac)

A plethora of new cores are coming out  over the next few days! First out of the gates is PX68K. 

Read the article dedicated to it here, written by Tatsuya79, a contributor to this core. He helped flesh it out and he also wrote a terrific...

New cores still coming up + something else exciting!

Guys, we are still working hard on all sorts of new cores and a new RetroArch release to go along with it. Dolphin, SameBoy, melonDS, PX-68K, Neko Project II and OpenLara are all coming up.

We are going to get that into your hands as soon as possib...

RetroArch 1.6.0 released!

Get it here -

http://retroarch.com/index.php?page=platforms

Read more about it here -

2017-06-01 03:04:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Lakka 2.1 RC1 ready to test

Lakka 2.1 RC1 is ready to test! You can download the builds from http://le.builds.lakka.tv/

Please note that this is a release candidate meant for testers.

Changelog

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Redream (new Dreamcast emulator) up and running as libretro core!

inolen (the author of Redream) ported his promising new Dreamcast emulator to libretro! This is the only active open-source Dreamcast emulator available right now, so please support its development!

You will see the core appearing on the buildbot s...

MAME core updated to 0.185!

The MAME libretro core has been updated today to version 0.185!

See this changelog for more details -

http://mamedev.org/?p=442

The core has been updated for: Linux, ...

Impressive input latency results in test conducted between real SNES and RetroArch!

Brunnis (quite the input lag authority who regularly posts on the Libretro forums) has committed several patches over the past few months which dramatically decreased input latency in NES and SNES emulator cores.

Today, he came back with some resul...

New cores coming! OpenLara, SameBoy, MelonDS!

The Dolphin core is making steady progress and it won't be too long until we will publicly announce it and let you all tinker with it.

For now, here is something to tide you over until then :

* MelonDS by StapleButter has been ported to libre...

Lakka 2.0 stable release!

After 6 months of community testing, we are proud to announce Lakka 2.0!

This new version of Lakka is based on LibreELEC instead of OpenELEC. Almost every package has been updated!

We are now using RetroArch 1.5.0, which includes so many chan...