We have given RetroArch its own dedicated website now . We hope you dig the overall design of the site.
You can also expect a revamp of the Libretro website as well.
Be also on the lookout later th...
2017-04-26 20:46:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe have made a new subforum now dedicated to the bounty system.
https://forums.libretro.com/c/bounty-discussion
New bounties/updates
Stay tuned for a lot of announcements/ releases concerning new cores and updates to existing ones next week!
2017-04-22 20:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Lakka 2.0 RC5 is ready to test. The changes are mainly bug fixes and emulator updates.
Mr. Boom (the freeware Bomberman clone), written by talented coder Franck , now has AI Player options.
You can select up to 7 players to act as AI bots. You do this by pressing Select on the player select screen. You can even let A...
2017-04-13 00:50:56 +0000 UTC View Post
* The EasyRPG Player core has been updated to the latest version (0.5.1.0). It's currently available on our updater service for : Linux (32bit/64bit), iOS, and macOS. We are currently preparing to add it for Windows and Android as well as we speak.
With EasyRPG, you can play RPG Maker-compatible g...
2017-04-11 20:40:58 +0000 UTC View Post
A low-level, low-latency WASAPI audio driver has been written for RetroArch, and will likely appear in the next stable RetroArch version (1.5.1).
Windows users have requested this for a long time. Up until now, RetroArch on Windows could make use of either DirectSound (the older audio API ) or XAu...
2017-04-11 20:28:48 +0000 UTC View Post
People were not satisfied with just having SABR texture filtering, so we added more !
here is a screenshot gallery of Ridge Racer Revolution. Each screenshot shows a different texture filter.
Not...
2017-04-03 00:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Read the rest of the article on our Libretro site -
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/sdl-libretro-proof-of-concept/
What this means for endusers:
* Developers familiar with SDL c...
2017-04-01 18:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the current bounties we have created for March - about $15 remains to be spent from this month.
Here is an overview of all the bounties we have spent money on so far -
2017-03-31 12:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe have the bounty system up and rolling with Bountysource and have begun adding awards to a series of issues. The libretro organization has seeded $80 to issues so far, and another $100 has been offered by ...
2017-03-29 22:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Lakka 2.0 RC4 is available for testers. This is certainly the last Release Candidate before the stable release.
* Mednafen/Beetle Saturn got updated today to the latest version - 0.9.43. It also got a bit faster in the process.
* CrocoDS, an Amstrad CPC emulator, got added!
* Improved/added cheat support for PicoDrive, Genesis Plus GX, Beetle PSX, and others!
How to update to the latest ...
2017-03-27 10:13:23 +0000 UTC View Post
We just updated the Beetle PSX core with a couple of worthwhile new features.
To begin with, we fixed a longstanding bug that could occur with the OpenGL renderer.
Most importantly, though, we added a new texture filtering option for the OpenGL renderer. Called 'SABR', using this option will...
2017-03-27 09:56:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The 3rd and last new core for this weekend is a port of the VICE 3.0 emulator, a Commodore 64/128 emulator!
Not all bells and whistles are hooked up yet, however, this emulator core comes with a builtin GUI made possible by the middleware GUI software 'Nuklear'. It is rendered in software fo...
2017-03-26 04:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The second new core comes out of leftfield and has been graciously provided by RedBug.
This is a karaoke music player! It can load any MP3+CDG file combination. It will then show the lyrics onscreen and on-cue like a true karaoke player, and it will also highlight the text which should be cu...
2017-03-26 04:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Three new cores today! The first one to cover is a game program core called 'xRick'. This is a game engine for the old Core Design game 'Rick Dangerous'. This game was released in 1989 by the same people who would later go on to make games like Thunderhawk and Tomb Raider.
Our thanks goes out to '...
2017-03-26 04:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This new site shows all existing RetroArch netplay lobbies which are currently running! It also has links to video tutorials demonstrating how to host and/or join new netplay sessions.
We have also p...
2017-03-24 23:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post
All the Final Burn Alpha cores now have cross-architecture savestate support! This means that:
- savestates can now be reliably saved and loaded
- you can netplay with popular systems like Capcom CPS1/2/3, NeoGeo, etc.
- You can even netplay across architectures now. For instance...
2017-03-23 06:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostBounty : Create a WASAPI audio driver for Windows
Current bounty amount: $20
To kick things off, and as promised, $150 has been made available for bounties on Bountysource! Over the upcoming days you will see us setting up additional bounties on issues (both RetroArch and core-related).
You as an individual user can also join on Bountysource and pledge addition...
2017-03-22 17:04:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Polygon tearing bug now fixed through a hack in Donkey Kong 64 for the ParaLLEl N64 core!
2017-03-21 02:07:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first development issue on which we have placed a $20 bounty!
This particular issue involves write permissions for SD cards (Android 6.0+ issue).
Any user is free to pledge money too towards any given issue; so together ,we can raise the total amount ensuring that the right issues ...
2017-03-19 23:03:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The Mr. Boom core should work now with netplay! Use the latest RetroArch in order to do multiplayer online!
To get Mr. Boom, in RetroArch go to Online Updater -> Update Cores. Select 'Mr. Boom' in order to download it.
From there you can start Mr. Boom by going to 'Load Core', select 'Mr....
2017-03-15 20:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post
After two weeks of work, we can now publish the Release Candidate 3 of Lakka 2.0.
The RPi Zero W is the new version of the RPi Zero with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
There are some account setup issues still left to deal with (Coinbase/Bountysource), but we feel we are ready enough to already pre-announce the bounty system that is going live this month!
Both core and RetroArch-related work will be included as part of this bounty system. Please look forwa...
2017-03-10 16:16:57 +0000 UTC View PostRetroArch 1.5.0 has just been released!
Download
You can get the latest version here.
On Android, you can expect version 1.5.0 to be downloadable on the Google Play Store later today. I...
2017-03-10 02:57:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The new Lakka 2.0 RC2 images are waiting to be tested on our server.
This version fixes:
Some big releases these next two weeks -
* A preliminary version of Dolphin libretro core for Linux and Windows, potentially macOS if time and resources allow for it! It will work as a dynamic library, there will be Gamecube controls only at first and we have yet to hook up Wiimote controls. This ...
2017-03-01 12:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post
During the last two months, we’ve been busy rebasing Lakka on LibreELEC. It was quite difficult because we didn’t want to drop support for any ARM boards, but we finally managed to get it working on time. This new version of Lakka is based on the LibreELEC 8.0 ...
2017-02-28 13:45:47 +0000 UTC View Post