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RetroArch 1.21.0 release
RetroArch 1.21.0 has just been released. Changelog AUTOCONF: Enable alternative display name in autoconfig files AUTOCONF: Make autoconfig failure messages optional AUDIO: Option to mute on rewind AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix ap…
Security34 changesUI/audioServer - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.20.0 release
RetroArch 1.20.0 has just been released. Changelog AUDIO: Fix audio handling in case of RARCH_NETPLAY_CTL_USE_CORE_PACKET_INTERFACE AUDIO: Include missing audio filters on some platforms AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Add PipeWire aud…
Event33 changesUI/audioStore - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.19.0 release
RetroArch 1.19.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here. Changelog AI: Revert AI translation to previous version (fix for translation not working with HW rendered cores) APPLE: Try to use syst…
Patch notes1 changeFixCompatibility - RetroArch
Version 1.19.0 released
RetroArch 1.19.0 has just been released. Changes AI: Revert AI translation to previous version (fix for translation not working with HW rendered cores) APPLE: Try to use system preferred language APPLE: Correctly regist…
Announcement1 changeFixCompatibility - RetroArch
Dosbox Pure core added
We added a new core, Dosbox Pure. This brings the total number of available cores on Steam to 65 now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3005610/RetroArch__DOSBox_Pure/ DOSBox Pure is a hard fork of the multiplatform MS…
Store2 changesGameplay - RetroArch
Geolith core added
We added a new core, Geolith. This brings the total number of available cores on Steam to 62 now. Geolith is a highly accurate core for a popular console/arcade system released in the early 1990s, and surviving into the…
Store2 changesGameplay - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.17 – new netplay features
RetroArch 1.17 expands Netplay to support playing multiplayer games that were originally played on two or more separate consoles or computers connected together. This is currently supported by two cores: DOSBox Pure (no…
Store2 changesGameplay - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.17.0 release
RetroArch 1.17.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here. We also added a new core, PX68K. This brings the total number of available cores on Steam to 61 now. https://store.steampowered.com/app…
Event31 changes1 numericFix - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.16.0 release
RetroArch 1.16.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here. Changelog AUDIO: Fast-Forward Audio Resampling AUDIO: Reinit audio on audio sync toggle AUDIO: Count audio samples in stats when rate c…
Event66 changesFixUI/audio - RetroArch
DirkSimple core added + RetroArch update
We added a new core, DirkSimple. This brings the total number of available cores on Steam to 60 now. DirkSimple is a core written from scratch by icculus, one of the original creators/maintainers of popular open source…
Store3 changesFixGameplay - RetroArch
Development Plan – March 13, 2023
Link to our full blog article here, snippet below - A new concept we’re going to try, we’ll see if it lasts. Expect irregular blog posts like this, whenever something is on our mind that we want to share. It’s basically…
Announcement2 changesGameplayCompatibility - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.15.0 release
RetroArch 1.15.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here. Now available for macOS RetroArch for Mac is now on Steam! Minimum system requirements: Your Mac should be running macOS 10.13 (High Si…
Event85 changesFixGameplay - RetroArch
ScummVM and Numero cores added
New cores added for RetroArch Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2301080/RetroArch__Numero/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2345800/RetroArch__ScummVM/ You can download these cores either from within RetroArch…
Store3 changesGameplay - RetroArch
MojoZork core added
New core added for RetroArch Steam brought to you by icculus https://store.steampowered.com/app/2246910/RetroArch__MojoZork/ You can download this core either from within RetroArch Steam by going to Manage Cores, or by…
Store4 changesGameplayWorkshop - RetroArch
Version 1.14.0 - Hotfix 1
Changelog since 1.14.0: D3D12: Fixed some shaders not appearing with the d3d12 driver - this reintroduces a validation error though but it seems to work as in not crash and is the old RA behaviour. Guess we need a diffe…
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - RetroArch
RetroArch 1.14.0 release
RetroArch 1.14.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here. Check our Libretro Core Progress Report (May to December 2022) article here. Changelog CHEEVOS: Fix construction of Cheevos badge path…
Event25 changesFixPerformance



