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Revision as of 09:42, 29 November 2020

RetroArch
RetroArch cover
Developers
Libretro
Release dates
Windows May 26, 2010
macOS (OS X) 2011[citation needed]
Linux 2013[citation needed]
RetroArch on Wikipedia

Key points

Free open-source, cross-platform front end for emulating a huge variety of classic computers, retro consoles, arcade machines and game engines.
For a list of currently emulated systems see: Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions.

General information

Official website
Official forums
Official help pages
Steam Community Discussions
Source code (GitHub)

Availability

[1][2]
Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Free to download.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Will be available for free. (Release date is TBA)
itch.io
DRM-free
Free to download.
Windows
Windows
A browser-based version is also available.
RetroArch can be compiled to run in DOS but no official builds are available.

DLC and expansion packs

RetroArch uses plug-ins called "cores" for emulating specific systems. They can be downloaded and installed by using the Online Updater feature.
Name Notes
Home computers Amstrad CPC
Atari ST, STE, TT, Falcon
Commodore PET, CBM-II, VIC-20, 64, Plus/4, 128, Amiga
Elektronika BK-0010, BK-0011M
MSX, MSX2, MSX2+, MSX TurboR
NEC PC-8000, PC-8800 (PC-88), PC-9800 (PC-98)
Sega SC-3000, SF-7000
Sharp X1, X68000
Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum
Spectravideo SV-318, SV-328
Thomson TO7, MO5
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Home consoles Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar
Coleco Industries ColecoVision
Fairchild Channel F
GCE Vectrex
Magnavox Odyssey 2, Phillips Videopac+ G7400 (Odyssey 3)
Mattel Intellivision
NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, TurboGrafx-CD, CD-ROM², Super CD-ROM²
NEC PC Engine SuperGrafx, PC-FX
Nintendo NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, 64, GameCube, Wii
Panasonic 3DO
Sega SG-1000, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, CD, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast
SNK Neo Geo CD
Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Uzebox
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Handheld consoles Atari Lynx
Bandai WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color
Dedicated handheld electronic games
Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, DS, 3DS
Nintendo Pokemon Mini, Virtual Boy
Sega Game Gear, VMU
SNK Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color
Sony PlayStation Portable
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Arcade machines Capcom CPS-1, CPS-2, CPS-3
Cave
Data East DEC-0, DEC-8, DECO IC16
Galaxian based hardware
Irem M62, M63, M72, M90, M92, M107
Kaneko 16
Konami
LaserDisc games
Neo-Geo
NMK16
Pacman based hardware
PGM
Psikyo 68EC020 and SH-2 based hardware
Sega NAOMI, ST-V, System 1, System 16, System 18, X-Board, Y-Board
Super Kaneko Nova System
Toaplan 1, 2
Taito F2, X, Z
and others
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Multi-system MAME 2015, 2016
MESS 2015
UME 2015
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Virtual machines CHIP-8
DOS (DOSBox, DOSBox SVN/Glide)
Java ME
Palm OS
TIC-80
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Game engines ChaiScript
Lutro (LUA Game Framework)
RPG Maker 2000, 2003
ScummVM
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Game ports and clones 2048
Boom3 (Doom 3)
Cannonball (Out Run)
Craft (Minecraft clone)
Dinothawr
ECWolf (Wolfenstein 3D)
FloppyBird (Flappy Bird clone)
Mr. Boom (Bomberman / Dynablaster clone)
NXEngine (Cave Story)
OpenLara (Tomb Raider)
PrBoom (Doom)
REminiscence (Flashback: The Quest for Identity)
The Powder Toy
TyrQuake (Quake)
vitaQuake 2 (Quake II)
vitaQuake 3 (Quake III Arena)
vitaVoyager (Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force)
XRick (Rick Dangerous clone)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\retroarch.cfg[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\retroarch-core-options.cfg[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1118310/pfx/[Note 2]
General program settings are stored in retroarch.cfg, whereas specific core (emulator) options are saved in retroarch-core-options.cfg.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\states\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1118310/pfx/[Note 2]
Emulated in-game saves are stored in the saves directory, whereas manual "snapshots" in states.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
In order for the Steam Cloud sync to work correctly, default directories shouldn't be changed to other locations.[3]

Video settings

Main menu (default XMB skin.)
Main menu (default XMB skin.)
Auxiliary desktop menu.
Auxiliary desktop menu.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Vietnamese
The optional AI Service feature can grab a screenshot of the emulated content and translate the in-game text between 63 languages.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
The number of players and multiplayer modes depend on the emulated game.
LAN play
The number of players and multiplayer modes depend on the emulated game.
Online play
The number of players and multiplayer modes depend on the emulated game.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 55355, 55400, 55435
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 10, 11, 12
OpenGL
Metal support
Metal 2 version available for High Sierra (10.13) or higher.
Vulkan
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Platform dependent DirectSound, WASAPI, XAudio2, CoreAudio, OpenAL, SDL, ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio
Interface Platform dependent DirectInput, SDL
Input Platform dependent DirectInput, XInput, HID, SDL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4
AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
DirectX 9 compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G4 867 MHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1118310/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1118310) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References