RetroArch - General Guide
RetroArch is a multi-emulator that play games with emulator cores.
RetroDECK ships all available cores from the stable branch and if no stable core exist RetroDECK will take the latest Beta version of the core.
RetroArch Links:
Where is the RetroArch folder located?
/.var/app/net.retrodeck.retrodeck/config/retroarch/
Does RetroArch require BIOS or Firmware?
It depends on the core
Navigation Guide
How to enable Cheats
Arcade Systems Guide (FBNeo and MAME cores)
Shaders
Core List
| Core | System/Machine | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2048 | Game | A port of the popular puzzle game 2048 to libretro |
| 3D Engine | - | This is a test core; it demonstrates how to create a hardware-rendered core in a libretro context |
| 4DO | 3DO | |
| a5200 | Atari 5200 | |
| Anarch | Game | A port of Anarch, 90s-style Doom clone shooter game |
| Arduous | Arduboy | A emulator for Arduboy, a handheld game console with open source software, based on the Arduino hardware platform |
| Atari800 | Atari 5200 | |
| Beetle bsnes | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Beetle Cygne | Bandai WonderSwan/Color | |
| Beetle GBA | Game Boy Advance | |
| Beetle Lynx | Atari Lynx | |
| Beetle NeoPop | Neo Geo Pocket/Color | |
| Beetle PC-FX | NEC PC-FX | |
| Beetle PCE | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx/CD | |
| Beetle PCE FAST | NEC PC Engine/CD | |
| Beetle PSX | Sony PlayStation | |
| Beetle PSX HW | Sony PlayStation | A fork of Mednafen's PSX providing GPU-accelerated renderers for OpenGL and Vulkan |
| Beetle Saturn | Sega Saturn | |
| Beetle SuperGrafx | NEC PC Engine/SuperGrafx | |
| Beetle Supafaust | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Beetle VB | Nintendo Virtual Boy | |
| BK | BK-0010/BK-0011(M)/Terak 8510-a | A port of the PDP11 emulator to libretro. This core emulates the PDP-11/03 platform. |
| BlastEm | Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) | |
| blueMSX | MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 | |
| bnes | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| boom 3 | Game engine | A port of the Doom 3 engine to libretro. There is a separate core for it's expansion pack 'Resurrection of Evil'. |
| boom 3 xp | Game engine | (See boom 3 note) |
| bsnes | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes 2014 Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes 2014 Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes 2014 Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes C++98 (v085) | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes-hd beta | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes-mercury Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes-mercury Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| bsnes-mercury Performance | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Cannonball | Game engine | A port of the Cannonball, enhanced OutRun engine to libretro |
| Caprice32 | Amstrad CPC | |
| CDi 2015 | Philips CDi | |
| ChaiLove | Game engine | A free, open-source framework used to make 2D games in ChaiScript |
| Citra | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Citra 2018 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Citra Canary | Nintendo 3DS | Based on Citra development branch |
| Craft | Game | A basic clone of the Minecraft sandbox game |
| CrocoDS | Amstrad CPC | |
| Cruzes | Game | (Further information required) |
| Daphne | Arcade | |
| DeSmuME | Nintendo DS | |
| DeSmuME 2015 | Nintendo DS | |
| Dinothawr | Game engine | A push-the-block-in-a-straight-line puzzle game in the spirit of Kickle Cubicle |
| DirectXbox | Xbox | |
| Dolphin | Nintendo GameCube/Wii | |
| DOSBox | DOS | |
| DOSBox-core | DOS | Provides some improvements over the DOSBox-SVN trunk, including native MIDI support, cycle-accurate OPL3 (YMF262) emulation, MT-32 emulation and experimental 3dfx Voodoo support |
| DOSBox-Pure | DOS | A port of DOSBox with a goal of simplicty and ease of use and gameplay. This core includes a streamlined workflow for launching games directly from ZIP archives with automated mapping of controls to gamepads and a native onscreen keyboard. |
| DOSBox-SVN | DOS | This core is based on DOSBox-SVN trunk and allows on-the-fly configuration and different sync methods |
| DuckStation | Sony PlayStation | |
| Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup | Game | A preliminary port of the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup strategy game |
| EasyRPG | RPG Maker 2000/2003 | |
| ECWolf | Game engine | A port of the Wolfenstein 3D engine to libretro |
| EighyOne | Sinclair ZX 81 | |
| Emux CHIP-8 | CHIP-8 | |
| Emux GB | Game Boy/Color | |
| Emux NES | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| Emux SMS | Sega Master System | |
| EmuSCV | Super Cassette Vision | |
| Ep128emu | Enterprise 128 | |
| FAKE-08 | Pico-8 | A port of the FAKE-08 open-source reimplementation of the PICO-8 fantasy console to libretro |
| FB Alpha | Arcade/Console/various | (See FB Neo note) |
| FB Alpha 2012 | Arcade/Console/various | (See FB Neo note) |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | CPS-1 | |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | CPS-2 | |
| FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | CPS-3 | |
| FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo | Neo Geo | |
| FB Neo | Arcade/Console/various | Full list of supported systems: https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/wiki |
| FCEUmm | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| FFmpeg | Media player | A port of FFmpeg library which allows playback of a variety of audio and video formats |
| fixGB | Game Boy/Color | |
| fixNES | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| Flycast | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI | |
| Flycast GLES2 | Sega Dreamcast/NAOMI | |
| fMSX | MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ | |
| FreeChaF | Fairchild ChannelF | |
| FreeInv | Mattel Intellivision | |
| FreeJ2ME | J2ME | a port of Java 2 Micro Edition emulator |
| Frodo | Commodore C64 | |
| FS-UAE | Commodore Amiga | |
| Fuse | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | |
| Gambatte | Game Boy/Color | |
| Game Music Emu | Music player | A port of Game Music Emu which allows playback of a wide variety of video game music formats |
| Gearboy | Game Boy/Color | |
| Gearcoleco | Coleco ColecoVision | |
| Gearsystem | Sega MS/GG/SG-1000 | |
| Genesis Plus GX | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD | |
| Geolith | SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS | Highly accurate emulator for the Neo Geo AES and MVS Cartridge Systems |
| gpSP | Game Boy Advance | |
| Gong | Game | A clone of Pong written for libretro |
| GW | Handheld Electronic | A simulator of various Game and Watch-style handheld electronic games |
| Handy | Atari Lynx | |
| Hatari | Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon | |
| HBMAME | Arcade/Console/various | HBMAME (HomeBrew MAME) is a derivative of MAME, and contains various hacks and homebrews |
| higan Accuracy | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color | |
| Imageviewer | Imageviewer | A basic core for viewing still images in a libretro frontend |
| Ishiiruka | Nintendo GameCube/Wii | |
| JAXE | CHIP-8/S-CHIP/XO-CHIP | |
| Jump 'n Bump | Game engine | A reimplementation of the engine of Jump 'n Bump, a open-source MS-DOS multiplayer video game by Brainchild Design |
| Kronos | Sega Saturn/ST-V | A port of the Kronos, which is itself a fork of Yabause emulator |
| LowRes NX | Game engine | A port of the LowRes NX fantasy console to libretro |
| Lutro | Game engine | An experimental Lua game framework for libretro, based on a subset of the LOVE API |
| MAME (Current) | Arcade/Console/various | Based on MAME development branch. Full list of supported systems: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/mame.php |
| MAME 2000 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003 Midway | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2003-Plus | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2009 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2010 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2015 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| MAME 2016 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| melonDS | Nintendo DS | |
| Mesen | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| Mesen-S | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color | |
| MESS 2015 | Multi (various) | (See MAME note) |
| Meteor | Game Boy Advance | |
| mGBA | Game Boy Advance | |
| Microw8 | Game engine | A port of a WebAssembly based fantasy console to libretro |
| Minivmac | Mac II | MacII variant of minivmac emulator |
| mpv | Media player | An port of MPV media player to libretro |
| Mr.Boom | Game | A clone of the classic Bomberman series |
| Mu | Palm OS | An emulator for the Palm m515 OS ported to libretro |
| Mupen64Plus-Next | Nintendo 64 | |
| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2 | Nintendo 64 | |
| Mupen64Plus-Next GLES3 | Nintendo 64 | |
| Neko Project II | NEC PC-98 | |
| Neko Project II Kai | NEC PC-98 | |
| NeoCD | Neo Geo CD | |
| Nestopia UE | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| nSide Balanced | Nintendo SNES/SFC/Game Boy/Color | |
| Numero | TI-83 | A TI-83 Emulator for Libretro |
| NXEngine | Game engine | An open-source reimplementation of the Cave Story / Doukutsu engine |
| O2EM | Magnavox Odyssey2/Phillips Videopac+ | |
| Oberon | Oberon RISC machine | An emulator for the Oberon RISC machine, ported to libretro |
| OpenLara | Game engine | A port of the OpenLara free/open re-implementation of the engine used by the original Tomb Raider series |
| OpenTyrian | Game | A port of the OpenTyrian clone of the classic Tyrian shmup, ported to libretro |
| Opera | 3DO | |
| ParaLLEl N64 | Nintendo 64 | |
| PascalPong | Game | A free and basic clone of the classic Pong game, written for libretro |
| PCem | IBM PC | |
| LRPS2 | Sony PlayStation 2 | |
| PCSX ReARMed | Sony PlayStation | |
| PicoDrive | Sega MS/GG/MD/CD/32X | |
| Play! | Sony PlayStation 2 | |
| Pocket CDG | Karaoke player | A karaoke music player, ported to libretro |
| PokeMini | Nintendo Pokemon Mini | |
| Potator | Watara Supervision | |
| PPSSPP | PlayStation Portable | |
| PrBoom | Game engine | A port of the PrBoom source port of iD's classic Doom engine |
| ProSystem | Atari 7800 | |
| PUAE | Commodore Amiga | |
| PUAE 2021 | Commodore Amiga | |
| PuzzleScript | Game engine | A port of PuzzleScript, open source HTML5 puzzle game engine |
| PX68k | Sharp X68000 | |
| QUASI88 | NEC PC-8000/PC-8800 series | |
| QuickNES | Nintendo NES/Famicom | |
| RACE | Neo Geo Pocket/Color | |
| Redbook | Music player | A libretro core for playing back Redbook-formatted audio, such as commercial audio CDs |
| REminiscence | Game engine | A port of the REminiscence engine, a reimplementation of the engine used by Delphine Software's Flashback |
| Retro8 | Game engine | A port of the Retro8 open-source reimplementation of the PICO-8 fantasy console to libretro |
| Rustation | Sony PlayStation | |
| RVVM | RISC-V Virtual Machine | |
| SameBoy | Game Boy/Color | |
| SameDuck | Mega Duck (Cougar Boy) | An adaptation of SameBoy to play Mega Duck games |
| SAME CDI | Philips CDi | SAME CDi is a S(ingle) A(rcade) M(achine) E(mulator) for libretro, forked from MAME, which only includes the Philips CD-i driver |
| ScummVM | Game engine | A fork of the ScummVM adventure game engine ported to libretro |
| SimCoupe | SAM Coupe | |
| SMS Plus GX | Sega MS/GG | |
| Snes9x | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Snes9x 2002 | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Snes9x 2005 | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Snes9x 2005 Plus | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| Snes9x 2010 | Nintendo SNES/SFC | |
| SquirrelJME | Java ME | A port of the SquirrelJME Java ME 8 Virtual Machine emulator to libretro |
| Stella | Atari 2600 | |
| Stella 2014 | Atari 2600 | |
| Super Bros War | Game engine | A fork of Super Mario War, a fan-made multiplayer Super Mario Bros. style deathmatch game |
| SwanStation | Sony PlayStation | SwanStation is a fork of the Duckstation emulator |
| TempGBA | Game Boy Advance | |
| TGB Dual | Game Boy/Color | |
| Theodore | Thomson MO/TO | |
| TIC-80 | Game engine | A port of the free and open source fantasy computer TIC-80 to libretro |
| The Powder Toy | Game | A port of the Powdertoy physics sandbox/simulation engine to libretro |
| TyrQuake | Game engine | A port of the tyrquake engine |
| UAE4ARM | Commodore Amiga | |
| UME 2015 | Arcade/Console/various | (See MAME note) |
| Uzem | Uzebox | A port of Uzem, the official emulator for the Uzebox |
| VaporSpec | Game engine | A virtual game platform with capabilities similar to 80s game consoles |
| VBA-M | Game Boy Advance | VisualBoy Advance-M is a active fork of VisualBoy Advance emulator |
| VBA Next | Game Boy Advance | |
| vecx | Vectrex | |
| VeMUlator | SEGA Visual Memory Unit | A port of VeMUlator, a SEGA Dreamcast VMU emulator originally developed for Android |
| VICE x64 | Commodore C64 | |
| VICE x64sc | Commodore C64 | |
| VICE x128 | Commodore C128 | |
| VICE xcbm2 | Commodore CBM-II 6x0/7x0 | |
| VICE xcbm5x0 | Commodore CBM-II 5x0 | |
| VICE xpet | Commodore PET | |
| VICE xplus4 | Commodore Plus/4 | |
| VICE xscpu64 | Commodore C64 SuperCPU | |
| VICE xvic | Commodore VIC-20 | |
| Vircon32 | Game engine | A port of Vircon32 game console to libretro |
| Virtual Jaguar | Atari Jaguar | |
| VirtualXT | DOS | Runns PC/XT class software. Mainly intended for PC booters from the 80's. |
| vitaQuake 2 | Game engine | A port of the VitaQuake 2 source port of iD's Quake 2 engine to libretro. There is a separate core for each of the Quake 2 mission packs, 'Rogue', 'Zaero' and 'Xatrix'. |
| vitaQuake 2 (Rogue) | Game engine | (See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 2 (Xatrix) | Game engine | (See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 2 (Zaero) | Game engine | (See vitaQuake 2 note) |
| vitaQuake 3 | Game engine | A port of the VitaQuake 3 source port of iD's ioquake3 engine to libretro |
| vitaVoyager | Game engine | A port of the Lilium Voyager engine, which runs the Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force game and is itself based on the ioquake3 |
| WASM-4 | Game engine | WASM-4 is a open source low-level fantasy game console for building small games with WebAssembly |
| X Millennium | Sharp X1 | |
| XRick | Game engine | A port of the XRick, an open-source clone of the Rick Dangerous engine |
| YabaSanshiro | Sega Saturn | A port of the YabaSanshiro, which is itself a fork of Yabause emulator |
| Yabause | Sega Saturn |