RetroArch v0.9.8.3 Released

RetroArch's Developers / libretro Contributors have been hard at work improving the Multi-System Emulator. Since its debut it has expanded in supporting more platforms as well as bringing additional cores to the emulator. Today Themaister & PS3 Developer Sqaurepusher/Twin Aphex has released RetroArch v0.9.8.3 for the PS3. There are some changes/additions to the FBA, SNES9x Next & Genesis Plus GX Cores. Also, The Save Preset has been fixed. Plus many more changes you can view below in the PS3 change log from v0.9.8.3 release tpday.

Updates where also pushed for the Xbox 360, Wii & Android RetroArch ports. Xbox and Gamecube updates will come later.
Update: Opuim2k has made me aware of a user by the name of box on the RetroArch Forums who has posted some very nice overlays for the Android ports of RetroArch. Here is the link for anyone interested.

PS3 Change log:

[FBA core] Various changes/fixes
- Hook up Armed Police Batrider controls
- Afterburner - make fire buttons work
- Hook up Bad Dudes controls
- Hook up Cyberbots controls
- Hook up 1942 controls
- Add missing Chase HQ controls
- Add missing WWF Wrestlefest controls
- EEPROM save should now work (tested with EEPROM-based system such as Capcom CPS2)
- Samples are now looked for - should be in 'samples' subdirectory
- Hiscore files should now be read from/written to.
[SNES9x Next] Added big speed hack for Star Fox 1 - makes it fast enough for it to run at fullspeed on the Wii.
[Genesis Plus GX] Set samplerate back to 44Khz.
[CONSOLES] Audio resampler is now adjustable - can choose between Sinc resampler (new) and Hermite resampler (old). Sinc is now selected by default, is superior audio-quality wise and will fix a lot of sound issues.
[PS3] Save Preset fixed
[PS3] Starting with Dual Shader/Custom Scaling mode OFF and then turning it ON works now

Emulated Systems Per Core

Libretro Core	System(s)
SNES9x Next	Super Nintendo/Super Famicom
Genesis Plus GX	Sega SG-1000 Sega Master System Sega Game Gear Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Sega CD / Mega CD
VBA Next	GameBoy Advance
NEStopia	Nintendo NES / Famicom
FCEUmm	Nintendo NES / Famicom
Gambatte	GameBoy GameBoy Color
Final Burn Alpha	Capcom CPS-1/2/3 Neo Geo MVs Sega X/Y Boards Sega System 16 A & B / 18 CAVE Tatio Konami Psikyo 68EC020 Based HW PGM Toaplan Plus Other Misc.Games
Mednafen PCE	Turbo GrafX 16/PC-Engine Turbo GrafX CD/PC-Engine CD Super GrafX
Mednafen Wonderswan	Bandai WonderSwan Bandia WonderSwan Color
Mednafen NGP	Neo Geo Pocket Neo Geo Pocket Color
Mednafen VB	Nintendo Virtual Boy
PrBoom	Doom 1 Doom 2

PS3 README Click Spoiler Below for important Usage Info

PS3-README - Complete RetroArch Info

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RETROARCH PS3 - 0.9.8.3
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RetroConsole Level: 2
Author: Themaister, Squarepusher/Twin Aphex
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HOW TO INSTALL THIS
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ON DEBUG (DEX) PS3
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Put the PKG file 'retroarch-ps3-v0.9.8.3-dex.pkg' on your
USB stick, put it in your PS3. Go to the PS3 XMB - go to the
Game tab - Select 'Install Packages', and install the PKG file.

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ON CFW PS3
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Put the PKG file 'retroarch-ps3-v0.9.8.3-cfw.pkg' on your
USB stick. Put it in your CFW PS3. Go to the PS3 XMB - go to the
Game tab - select 'Install Packages', and install the PKG file.

NOTE: The official release no longer supports Geohot/Wutangzra
CFWs. If you must use them, you have to do pkg_finalize on the PKG
to install it.

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HOW TO USE THIS
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On first startup, RetroArch will select one of the dozen or
so emulator/game cores. The name of the core currently loaded will
be shown at the top side of the screen.

You can now select a ROM that this core supports and load it in
the Filebrowser.

To select a different core in the menu - press Select to go to the
Settings screen. From here, go to the 'Retro tab', and select
'Default emulator core'. Press X to go to a filebrowser where you
can select a different core. Press X to confirm, then exit
RetroArch. Start up again to boot up to the new emulator core.

To change to a different core ingame - press R3 to bring up
the 'Quick Menu'. Select 'Change libretro core'. Press X to
go to a filebrowser where you can select a different core.

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INGAME CONTROLS
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During ingame operation you can do some extra actions:

Right Thumb Stick - Down - Fast-forwards the game
Right Thumb Stick - Up - Rewinds the game in real-time
('Rewind' has to be enabled in the
'Settings' menu - warning - comes at a
performance decrease but will be worth it
if you love this feature)
RStick Left + R2 - Decrease save state slot
Rtick Right + R2 - Increase save state slot
RStick Up + R2 - Load selected save state slot
RStick Down + R2 - Save selected save state slot
L3 + R3 - Go back to 'Menu'/'Quick Menu'

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WHAT IS RETROARCH?
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RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is
designed to be fast, lightweight and portable. It has features
few other emulator frontends have, such as real-time rewinding
and game-aware shading.

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WHAT IS LIBRETRO?
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Libretro is the API that RetroArch uses. It makes it easy to
port games and emulators to a single core backend, such as
RetroArch.

For the user, this means - more ports to play with, more
crossplatform portability, less worrying about developers having
to reinvent the wheel writing boilerplate UI/port code - so that
they can get busy with writing the emulator/porting the emulator/game.

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WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
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Right now it's unique in that it runs the same emulator cores on
multiple systems (such as Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, Xbox 1, etc).

For each emulator 'core', RetroArch makes use of a library API that
we like to call 'libretro'.

Think of libretro as an interface for emulator and game ports. You
can make a libretro port once and expect the same code to run on all
the platforms that RetroArch supports. It's designed with simplicity
and ease of use in mind so that the porter can worry about the port
at hand instead of having to wrestle with an obfuscatory API.

The purpose of libretro is to help ease the work of the emulator/game
porter by giving him an API that allows him to target multiple
platforms at once without having to redo any code. He doesn't have
to worry about writing input/video/audio drivers - all of that is
supplied to him by RetroArch. All he has to do is to have the emulator
port hook into the libretro API and that's it - we take care of the rest.

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PLAYSTATION3 PORT
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The PS3 port of RetroArch is one of the most developed console ports
of RetroArch.

A couple of unique features RetroArch PS3 boasts that is not commonly
found anywhere else:

- Game-aware shading in every emulator now (*)
- Real-time rewinding
- More shader features (motion blurring, etc)
- Switching between emulator cores seamlessly, and ability to install new
libretro cores

Included with RetroArch PS3 are a bunch of shaders - including the
latest versions of the popular xBR shader. It is possible to use two
shaders simultaneously to get the best possible graphical look.

* Check out Opium2k's manual shaders for Zelda 3 and others - you can
find DLC packs for RetroArch at this site:

https://code.google.com/p/retro-arch/

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EMULATOR/GAME CORES BUNDLED WITH PS3 PORT
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The following emulators have been ported to RetroArch and are included
in the PS3 release of RetroArch.

For more information about them, see the included
'retroarch-libretro-README.txt' file.

- Final Burn Alpha (Arcade - various) [version 0.2.97.28]
- FCEUmm (Nintendo Entertainment System) [recent SVN version]
- NEStopia (Nintendo Entertainment System) [1.44]
- Gambatte (Game Boy | Super Game Boy | Game Boy Color) [version 0.5.0 WIP]
- Genesis Plus GX (Sega SG-1000 | Master System | Game Gear | Genesis/Mega Drive |
Sega CD) [version 1.7.3]
- SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom)
- VBA Next (Game Boy Advance)
- Prboom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom)
- Mednafen PCE Fast (PC Engine/PC Engine CD/Turbografx 16)
- Mednafen Wonderswan (WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/WonderSwan Crystal)
- Mednafen NGP (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
- Mednafen VB (Virtual Boy)

All of the emulators listed above are the latest versions currently
available. Most of them have been specifically optimized so that they
will run better on PS3 (some games would not reach fullspeed without these optimizations).

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WHAT EXTENSIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY EACH CORE
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- Prboom WAD|wad
- SNES9x Next smc|fig|sfc|gd3|gd7|dx2|bsx|swc|zip|SMC|FIG|SFC|BSX|GD3|
GD7|DX2|SWC
- Genesis Plus GX md|smd|bin|gen|zip|MD|SMD|bin|GEN|ZIP|sms|SMS|gg|GG|sg|SG|
cue|CUE
- VBA Next GBA|gba
- FCEUmm nes|NES|unif|UNIF
- NEStopia nes|NES|fds|FDS
- Gambatte gb|gbc|dmg|zip|GB|GBC|DMG|ZIP
- Final Burn Alpha zip|ZIP
- Mednafen PCE pce|PCE|cue|CUE
- Mednafen Wonderswan ws|WS|wsc|WSC
- Mednafen NGP ngp|NGP
- Mednafen VB vb|VB

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ZIP SUPPORT
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Selecting a ZIP file will temporarily unzip that file to the harddrive. The
temporary file will be deleted as soon as the game gets unloaded and/or when
you quit RetroArch.

NOTE: For the FBA core (and other cores that have 'block_extract' set to
true) - selecting a ZIP file from the Filebrowser will load that game
directly.

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Troubleshooting
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If you find that RetroArch no longer works for whatever reason, there is
a way to get it back to work -

- Remove retroarch.cfg from the 'SSNE100000' folder, then start up again.
The Libretro management service in RetroArch should automatically pick a
random libretro core and write this to the config file.

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What can you expect in the future?
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- Do a Blackberry Playbook/Blackberry 10 RetroArch port
- Do an iOS port of RetroArch (will need hardware for this - gifts appreciated)
- Make the libxenon port release-worthy.
- Add console-friendly features (nicely formatted names for FBA, some better
way to do core switching, etc)
- Fix NxEngine issues on consoles
- Finish up MAME 0.72 port
- Finish up ScummVM port
- Port of VICE to libretro
- More emulators, more games that will run on RetroArch
- Lots of other crazy ideas that might or might not pan out

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Credits
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- Mudlord for his Waterpaint/Noise shaders.
- Hyllian for the xBR shader.
- Opium2k for the nice manual shaders (bundled with PS3 release).
- Deank for assistance with RetroArch Salamander on CFW PS3s and
Multiman interoperability.
- FBA devs for adopting the libretro port.
- Ekeeke for help with the Genesis Plus GX port.
- ToadKing for having done a lot of work on RetroArch Wii.
- Freakdave for helping out with the Xbox 1 port.

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Websites
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/libretro
Source: http://github.com/libretro
Homepage: RetroArch - multi-system frontend for libretro
Opium2K DLC for RetroArch: https://code.google.com/p/retro-arch/
IRC: #retroarch (freenode)

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Download CEX 3.55+: RetroArch PS3 0.9.8.3
Download DEX 3.55+: RetroArch PS3 0.9.8.3

Source: Libretro Twitter & xbins.org

Additional Resources
Twitter: http://twitter.com/libretro
Source: http://github.com/libretro
Homepage: http://www.libretro.org
Opium2K DLC for RetroArch: https://code.google.com/p/retro-arch/
IRC: #retroarch (freenode)

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31 Comments

scott7seven - 02-12-2013, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by underball

could use Atari 5200 and 7800 support as well. There's more than a few open source emulators for those out there.

true, stella for one, it was getting good for the ps3 then just kind of dropped, lets add the 2600's arch nemesis to the list, intellivision, lol

onizuka - 02-12-2013, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Assmonkey

I'm still using the old version that is available for download through multiMAN. That's the only version that seems to work through multiMAN. If I install any of the newer versions the integration with multiMAN disappears and since I access my ROMs through PS3 Net Server, I'm stuck on this old version indefinitely.

ditto- hopefully we can get a proper fox for this.

luke70it - 02-12-2013, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Assmonkey

I'm still using the old version that is available for download through multiMAN. That's the only version that seems to work through multiMAN. If I install any of the newer versions the integration with multiMAN disappears and since I access my ROMs through PS3 Net Server, I'm stuck on this old version indefinitely.

I've just tried RA 0.9.8.3 with latest MM 4.19.07 and all my retro games worked fine from MultiMan.
BTW I don't use net server...

Ciao,
Luca

luke70it - 02-12-2013, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by onizuka

ditto- hopefully we can get a proper fox for this.

Unless you are a hunter, I think you need a fix for your keyboard too...

Luca

STLcardsWS - 02-12-2013, 06:06 PM
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@scott7seven , @underball @deicidemilan

Hmm Atari 2600 on RetroArch.. : Well maybe today is your lucky day!

Stella Atari 2600 libretro Core for RetroArch

This was compiled from the official Libretro Git.
https://github.com/libretro/stella-libretro

This is an Unofficial Compile. It is buggy and experimental.

DO NOT complain to the official RetroArch Developers of any issues. As this is an unofficial release.

The buttons vary from game to game. I have been messing with this off and on for a couple weeks now and every game behaves a bit different

Some games when you enter the menu will goto black and white but L3 will switch the color back. Some games wont do this at all... Its buggy and experimental but there is some great retro play

Saving/Loading doesn't work either,

Place this .SELF file with your other libretro cores in RetroArch.
dev_hdd0/games/SSNE1000/USRDIR/cores/

Thanks goes out to the the RetroArch Developers and to the person who compiled and shared this with all. (you know who you are)

scott7seven - 02-12-2013, 08:48 PM
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Hmmm, thanks STLcards, i will definitely try it, ......do you know what version of stella this was made from, stella stopped at 3.3 rev3 years ago i think, is this higher?

STLcardsWS - 02-12-2013, 08:52 PM
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good question i would suspect it would be that but i dont recall i know it shows on the RA menu when you load the core.

scott7seven - 02-12-2013, 09:24 PM
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was ok, but last stella had bugs, like not going back to the rom choice page and just freezing if u tried, maybe choosing the rom itself from the retro section will help that, either way, long live 2600 space invaders lol.......someone should pick up the development of this....

JOshISPoser - 02-15-2013, 04:52 PM
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i just had an idea that could be cool but since i'm not very technical, i could see it not being possible. anyways, adding widescreen to the emulators kind of like how people did it for ps2 games. i used to use it on an n64 emulator a while back to some success; idk if it was the emu or the games that sometimes wouldn't like it.

anyways, i think it'd make things pretty nice and i don't think it'd be too stressful on the system to make it emulate that much more of the screen.

underball - 02-15-2013, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JOshISPoser

i just had an idea that could be cool but since i'm not very technical, i could see it not being possible. anyways, adding widescreen to the emulators kind of like how people did it for ps2 games. i used to use it on an n64 emulator a while back to some success; idk if it was the emu or the games that sometimes wouldn't like it.

anyways, i think it'd make things pretty nice and i don't think it'd be too stressful on the system to make it emulate that much more of the screen.

The only reason this was possible on the PS2 and N64 emus is because the widescreen aspect ratio coding already existed in the games themselves, because they were being coded after Widescreen TVs hit the market. (It wasn't until DVD became the home video standard that 720x480 became the default NTSC aspect ratio.)

The older game systems never had those resolutions available to them, so it doesn't exist in the game code. You would need to reprogram the whole game in order to do this.

JOshISPoser - 02-15-2013, 05:37 PM
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damn...is that why some n64 games wouldn't work when it tried to make them widescreen?

what about psx games? some of them had a widescreen option. idk...i just thought maybe it would be possible to have it emulate more edges of the screen especially for like sonic and rpg's where the screen just seems to scroll or other games where enemies are placed in a certain spot.