The RetroArch component of the Libretro API is just a front-end and there are much better ones out there if you want to use the emulation cores. The real talented programmers are the ones who created ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Cost and ease-of-use have been the traditional knocks against emulation which, despite its promise, remains in limited use by designers. Overcoming the latter roadblock has been a ...

If you’ve spent any time emulating older video game consoles, you know the experience can be a mix of joy and frustration. There’s nothing quite like booting up a childhood favorite like Super Mario ...

The developers of RetroArch, an all-in-one emulation front-end that allows users to download emulator “cores” for a huge number of older consoles and which recently came to the Nintendo Switch, say it ...

Gaming on the big screen in the living room isn't really new, but that has traditionally been the domain of gaming consoles. In recent times, however, even other gaming platforms, like PCs and even ...

When someone is looking to get into game emulation in this day and age, RetroArch is likely the most common suggestion. It's a front-end that utilizes Libretro cores that open up the ability to ...

Steam has been the de facto home of PC gaming for years, and emulation is one of the coolest reasons to game on PC, but there aren't many emulators on Steam. RetroArch aims to change that. The ...

Emulator front-end RetroArch finally launched on Steam in September, but as the devs noted prior to release, it's a somewhat limited form of the program. The Steam version currently only allows you to ...

I've always kind of wondered why Steam (or any competitor) didn't try to actually integrate emulation. Take the open-source emulator cores, and merge them into the actual client (or, for ...