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Toggle navigation Home News Download FAQ Interface Netplay 101 Cores Shaders Latency Discord Achievements For Developers Debugging Help Docs Forums Socials Discord Youtube (Libretro) Youtube (RetroArch) Dailymotion Facebook Twitter Merchandise Bounties Donate RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all. In addition to this, you are able to run original game discs (CDs) from RetroArch. RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, runahead, machine translation, blind accessibility features, and more! Get RetroArch Try RetroArch Online Features New Update (v1.10.3) Get the latest version of RetroArch right now on your platform of choice. Read the article linked down below to see what's new! Read article Changelog A Polished Interface Browse your game collection through a beautiful settop box-oriented menu. After scanning your collection, games will be sorted by system. The menu supports thumbnails and features various animated backgrounds. Learn more Cross platform RetroArch can run on the usual platforms like Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. RetroArch also runs on Apple and Android for tablets and phones, as well as on game consoles like PS3, PSP, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U and more! See the list Next-frame response time - impeccable latency results RetroArch is capable of next-frame responsive time. This means that there should be no nearly no perceivable difference in terms of input latency from real hardware, FPGA/clone or original hardware. On top of all that, there are various settings you can configure to optimize the results even more. Learn more Highly Configurable Our advanced settings interface lets you tweak every possible option about how the games are run and displayed. Every setting has a logical default so you can be up and running in no time. Learn more Automatic Controller Configuration Common game controllers are automatically configured when plugged in, just like a real console. Ideal for multiplayer games when a friend brings their own controller! You can also configure controllers manually to assign special actions to button combos. Learn more Shaders Shaders are efficient graphical filters that can greatly improve the rendering of old games. They can also be used to replicate the look and feel of old CRT monitors. You can even stack them to create your own effect. The possibilities are endless. Learn more Achievements Unlock achievements on your favorite classic games! Unlock trophies and badges like on a modern game consoles! Learn more Netplay Host or join a network gaming session. Rediscover the joy of multiplayer games using RetroArch built-in netplay lobby. You can also use the spectator mode to watch others play. Learn more Recording & Streaming RetroArch is able to record your gaming session to a video file. The same mechanism also enables you to live stream your games to platforms like Twitch.tv or Youtube. Learn more Expanding app library New programs are constantly being added to RetroArch's app library. And with RetroArch's built-in Core Updater, you can download new programs directly as soon as they become available! Learn more Latest Cores Dolphin Dolphin is a Wii and Gamecube emulator. It has been ported to libretro and an alpha version of the core is available now for Windows and Linux! Version for macOS will be released at a later date. For more information on Dolphin, visit the author's website here. See also our in-depth article here. Citra Citra is a 'work in progress' Nintendo 3DS emulator. Core available now for Windows and Linux. Version for macOS will be released at a later date. For more information on Citra, visit the author's website here. See also our in-depth article here. OpenLara OpenLara is an early Tomb Raider game engine recreation. Core available now for Windows/Linux. For more information, read our article on this release here. It uses the original data files in order to work. What is nice about this one is that it has some very fancy graphics effects that it adds on top of the old game engine without it resulting in any stylistic clashes. melonDS melonDS is a 'work in progress' Nintendo DS emulator. Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. For more information on melonDS, visit the author's website here. See also our in-depth article here. SameBoy SameBoy is a highly accurate Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator. Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. For more information on SameBoy, visit the author's website here. PX68K PX-68K is a Sharp X68000 emulator. This is a Japanese home computer from the late '80s/early '90s that was used by Capcom as devkits for their arcade games. It played host to many popular games from the likes of Namco, Konami and Capcom. Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. For more information, read our article on this release here. News Lakka 4.2 release Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:17:42 +0000 Libretro Team New version of Lakka has been released! We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka. Read the full article here. Continue reading RetroArch 1.10.3 release! Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:22:46 +0000 Libretro Team RetroArch 1.10.3 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 […] Continue reading Lakka 4.1 release Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:13:25 +0000 Libretro Team New version of Lakka has been released! We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka. Read the full article here. Continue reading Lakka 4.1 RC release Sun, 03 Apr 2022 01:01:42 +0000 Libretro Team New version of Lakka has been released! We are happy to announce the new and updated version of Lakka. Read the full article here. Continue reading Latest video // https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=user_uploads&list=Libretro&modestbranding=1&showinfo=0 Related Links Libretro Blog Lakka OS Web Player Gamegirl Powered by Libretro Mission Privacy Developer Links Documentation Core Development Libretro API Follow us