Having some trouble getting multidisk games brought together in RetroArch. I followed the tutorials of how to create m3u files and manually added them into my playlist, but as soon as I try to load them, it crashes retroarch immediately. All the tutorials I watched that used this were on Windows. RetroArch - Mesen S This content requires the base game RetroArch on Steam in order to play. Steam says RA play test still running. After closing steam says its still running. Dont know if steam problem or RA problem. RA process closes. Its gone from task manager. Using the steam interface to close it dies nothing. Have to restart steam to fix it. Downloading and Installing RetroArch for Steam Link The download and installation process is as follows, and may change in the future. Threads, alsa, pulse, neon and shaderpipeline are disabled, RGUI theme is pre-configured and most Cores installed into the Cores folder for full efficiency.
With the awesome RetroArch application for running emulators and all sorts coming to Steam, they now have a Playtest available you can opt into to try it out.
Using the new dedicated Steam Playtest feature announced by Valve in early November, developers can have a banner on their Steam store page letting users request access. So the Libretro team have put this up, and as of today it also has Linux builds available for testing.
All you have to do is go to the RetroArch Steam page, and look for this banner:
The way it's setup appears to give instant access, so you should be accepted instantly to then be able to see it switch over to saying 'Play Now', which then let's it download. The Linux build on Steam is using an AppImage, so it should work nicely across most Linux distributions.
Currently it only has a limited amount of emulator cores available. At release, they will be putting up more cores as free DLC to download to access more emulators.
Pictured - RetroArch on Steam for Linux.
So far so good, everything appears to work pretty much as expected. Their Linux support has been in pretty great shape for some time now, so that's not exactly surprising. Still, having it on Steam is going to be a boon for the project as so many more people will be able to see and use it. Another great example of open source in action.
Pictured - Golden Sun running through mGBA with RetroArch.
You can try it out on Steam or simply head to the actual RetroArch site for the main downloads.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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.
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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
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SameBoy is a highly accurate Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator.
Core available now for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
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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.
Retroarch Steam Beta
For more information, read our article on this release here.