Emulators, cores, and the architecture behind preserving and playing classic games today.
A step-by-step guide to enabling RetroArch's run-ahead feature correctly — including the one prerequisite that determines whether it will work at all for a given core.
Sony sued Connectix over its Virtual Game Station PS1 emulator, arguing that copying the PlayStation BIOS during development was copyright infringement. The Ninth Circuit disagreed — and the ruling still underpins console emulation's legal footing today.
A step-by-step guide to enabling and tuning shader presets in RetroArch — from picking a starting preset to adjusting scanline and curvature intensity to taste.
A complete walkthrough from a fresh RetroArch install to a properly configured, playable core — including the two steps most first-time setups skip.
The game runs, but noticeably faster or slower than it should — usually a frame-timing or region mismatch, not a broken core, and quick to isolate once you know where to look.
The controller works fine in other software, but your emulator doesn't see it — or sees it, but maps buttons incorrectly. Here's how to isolate where the problem actually is.
The game runs and looks fine, but the audio pops, crackles, or stutters. This is almost always an audio buffer or sync problem, not a broken emulator core.
On January 11, 2014, RetroArch's first stable 1.0 release launched at once across OS X, Android, iOS, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and GameCube — with Windows following weeks later.
Started in 2001 by developers Linuzappz and Shadow, PCSX2 reached a defining early milestone on December 19, 2002: the first successful boot of a PS2 game on any emulator.
Released September 22, 2003 by Henrik Rydgård and F|RES, Dolphin was the first GameCube emulator to successfully run commercial titles — and later expanded to cover the Wii as well.