So what has changed?īefore, PCSX ReARMed only had a dynamic recompiler for 32bit ARM-based systems. It will then download and install this core. There are two ways to update your PCSX ReARMed core:Ī – If you have already installed the core before, you can go to Online Updater and select ‘Update Installed Cores’.ī – If you haven’t installed the core yet, go to Online Updater, ‘Core Updater’, and select ‘PCSX ReARMed’ from the list. We are happy to inform you that the latest version of PCSX ReARMed now available on the buildbot also has Lightrec support enabled for x86 (32bit and 64bit) and Aarch64 (64bit ARM). If you can recall, a few days ago, Beetle PSX gained a dynamic recompiler based on Lightrec/GNU Lightning. Blog, Genesis Plus GX, Mesen, Mesen S, mGBA, Mupen64Plus Next, PCSX ReARMed, RetroArch, SameBoy, Stella PCSX ReARMed now has dynarec support across multiple platforms! This gives us the much-needed time to focus on a specific batch of cores and polish them before we move on to the next batch of cores. This kind of isolated feedback time with a specific batch of cores is something we have found ourselves in the past always lacking, since it was always off to do the Next Big Thing as new features, cores, and other developments are made on an almost weekly basis. By focusing on 10 cores, we can do some much-needed Quality Control where issues inevitably get picked up, we can respond to it and in the process improve the quality of the core. We could have launched with over 60 cores, sure, but the ensuing fallout would have been a mess and it would have been near impossible to focus on bug reports and issues piling in. This is also what helped inform our decision to go with 10 cores. We will try to do our best to be as receptive to the feedback as possible with the thickest amount of skin possible, and try to suitably make some much needed UI changes. We understand that even though we have consistently improved the User Experience and tried to make things more easily accessible that we will still be in for a lot of criticisms over the initial learning curve, so we’ve pretty much resigned to the fact that this will happen and will just brace for impact and try to do as much as what we can with the criticism that will inevitably be piling on.

Differences between regular RetroArch and Steam versionĪpart from these aforementioned changes, there will be no substantial differences for now in the Steam version. To make it do anything else, you will have to install cores. NOTE: We need to stress – on its own, without installing any of the cores, the most you will be able to do with RetroArch is watch some movie files and playback music files through its builtin ffmpeg core. These are all free just like RetroArch itself. To obtain cores, you need to install cores separately that we provide as ‘DLC’. There will be no ‘Core Downloader’ in RetroArch, or anything that is not hosted on Steam in fact. These cores have already been approved and uploaded on Steam. We are deciding to launch with 10 cores at launch. Adding Linux right from the bat would further exacerbate that. We are trying to limit our support burden at launch here since we are (understandably) concerned about the large amount of support requests and feedback we are bound to be receiving. We will be releasing on Windows first, with a release on Linux scheduled later (no ETA). Will launch on Windows first (Linux later) We’re nearing the finish line now however, so now is as good as any a time to start discussing how things are going to roll out. That would help a lot of people.Ī new day is dawning for the Vita, that much is for sure.So, it’s been a long time since we (prematurely) announced our intent to launch RetroArch on Steam. I would recommend you post on the comments what games are working and how they perform for other users, if you don’t mind the trouble. To get the latest version of PCSX-RA, just head over here to the libretro buildbot and get any nightly that is from the 26th September onwards. The current Vita version runs many games at 60fps, but more optimizations are coming.

On the PC version of RetroArch PCSX-ReArmed is substituted by mednafen-PSX. ReArmed is the libretro port of this emulator for ARM platforms (Android being the main example) and is probably the most compatible portable emulator in the market. One of its most popular features (still today) is the fact that it worked near flawlessly with a BIOS file. PCSX-ReArmed is a fork of the popular emulator PCSX-R which itself was a continuation of the original PCSX emulator. Which was followed up this morning with the announcement that PCSX-ReArmed is now available on the PS Vita! I tried two games but couldn’t get it to boot, I don’t have the time to troubleshoot right now but you can check here to see what games people are playing and with what success.

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