We have a brand new PlayStation2 core, LRPS2. It’s a heavily modified version of PCSX2 custom made for the Libretro API, and it currently runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
The core code is modern and up-to-date unlike the old core and it no longer suffers from the serious drawbacks the ol...
2025-01-05 21:14:55 +0000 UTC
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The PlayStation2 is a system designed almost entirely from the ground up for use with CRT TVs. Like any other game console built around analog video output, it is not designed around pixels or resolution, but scanlines and timing. Yes, there is a way to attach a VGA monitor for the official PS2 L...
2025-01-05 18:24:32 +0000 UTC
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We are excited to introduce a new shader that significantly improves motion clarity on modern displays, without the typical drawbacks associated with black-frame insertion (BFI) implementations. This shader is the work of Mark Rejhon from BlurBusters (2025-01-05 18:23:06 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.20.0 has just been released.
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Shader subframes
2025-01-05 18:21:31 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.19.0 has just been released.
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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. T...
2024-05-30 21:48:25 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch is available on the Apple App Store now. It is currently available for iPhone, iPad and tvOS.
A macOS version on the Apple App Store is planned but no ETA.
A new RetroArch version is also coming out soon.
2024-05-15 22:40:05 +0000 UTC
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New version of Lakka has been released!
We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.
Release summary
Changes since version 4.3:
Hi there, everybody! I’m Jesse Talavera, a libretro contributor. I’m primarily known in this community as the author of melonDS DS, but I’ve got some other exciting projects in the oven as well. Today I’d like to share with you something new that I’ve been working on for some time. Intr...
2024-04-01 04:24:47 +0000 UTC
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Game screenshots from Vircon32
2024-03-15 09:59:43 +0000 UTC
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2024-02-27 20:02:01 +0000 UTC
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We have the pleasure of announcing a great new emulator core, the Neo Geo
emulator Geolith. The upstream author of the Jolly Good Emulation project broke
out this core and ported it to libretro to make it available to as many ...
2024-02-24 21:30:17 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.17 expands Netplay to support playing multiplayer games that were originally played on two or more separate consoles or computers connected together. This is currently supported by two cores: DOSBox Pure and gpSP.
In DOSBox Pure it is now possib...
2024-02-04 17:24:30 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.17.0 has just been released.
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Changelog
There are more changes than mentioned here, but for the sake of brevity, here is the changes since 1.16.0.
- AC...
2024-02-03 20:03:14 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.16.0 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2023-09-22 22:11:52 +0000 UTC
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We added a new core, DirkSimple. This brings the total number of available cores on Steam to 60 now.
DirkSimple is a core written from scratch by icculus, one of the original creators/maintainers of popular open source projects like SDL. It can play some of the 1980s LaserDisc arcade games...
2023-03-17 18:46:47 +0000 UTC
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A new concept we’re going to try, we’ll see if it lasts. Expect irregular blog posts like this, whenever something is on our mind that we want to share. It’s basically like a development diary where we discuss future plans for upcoming versions and what we have been thinking about doing.
2023-03-13 08:21:16 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.15.0 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2023-03-11 19:48:20 +0000 UTC
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We will cover all core updates here from May 2022 to December 2022. It has been a long time since our last core update report, so bear with us as we go through this long laundry list.
There might be more cores that have seen updates which have gone underreported during this time period. We ...
2022-12-13 14:49:03 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.13.0 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2022-11-20 00:54:32 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.12.0 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2022-10-18 00:32:10 +0000 UTC
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This is a hot fix release. To read the full article, go here.
1.11.1
- GENERAL: Fix DEFAULT_FILL_TITLE_MACRO
- NETWORKING: Add the const qualifier to some f...
2022-10-04 20:30:09 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.11.0 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2022-09-30 20:00:29 +0000 UTC
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Sonic with a Blended Waterfall, Genesis Preset and graphics by Duimon</figure><figure>
2022-07-08 17:59:05 +0000 UTC
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTywBDJ1h2o
Windows 10/11 users now have an even more convenient way of installing RetroArch! RetroArch is now available from the Windows Package Manager (see 2022-06-27 04:52:12 +0000 UTC
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We keep expanding!
We’re happy to announce that RetroArch is now available on the Samsung Galaxy Store! For free, of course.
Q&A
How can I download RetroArch from the Galax...
2022-05-31 20:47:32 +0000 UTC
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New version of Lakka has been released!
We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.
Release summary
Changes since version 4.1:
RetroArch 1.10.3 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2022-04-15 23:29:14 +0000 UTC
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New version of Lakka has been released!
We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka.
Release summary
Please see Lakka 4.1-rc release notes for changes since version 4.0...
2022-04-08 21:29:11 +0000 UTC
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We are proud to announce a release canditate for the upcoming release of Lakka 4.1. This release candidate is considered to be stable. Before we release final 4.1 version, we want to give it a good test drive by a broader audience. We thank all testers in the community who give us valuable feedba...
2022-04-03 01:07:30 +0000 UTC
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RetroArch 1.10.2 has just been released.
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If you’d like to learn more about upcoming releases, please consult our roadmap 2022-03-29 17:40:54 +0000 UTC
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