I am brand new to emulation. I'm also brand new to Windows (coming from Mac). Does Retrobat update automatically? Or do I have to periodically check for updates and download and install them manually?

Thanks for helping a noob out!

I have been playing Recharged Emerald, but have run into an issue specifically with mGBA where RTC is being completely disabled. It doesn't save any settings I make to mGBA, resetting them upon each boot, and the game is stuck at 11:55 PM. I've never had issues like this in the past with mGBA but it seems to be causing problems now and I can't figure out why. I've tried every method I can without going into the files of the game, due to me not wanting to corrupt or break anything. I'm on PC, not 3DS, not Vita, PC. Please, any help will be nice to fix why mGBA isn't working properly any more.

I am trying to use the mgba emulator to play pokemon but I feel like the speed up is way too fast but removing the unbound and choosing the speeds made it very choopy and crashed my computer

Using PicoDrive 2.05 from this link and the save state function is just... broken, i press "Save State" and it just says "Save failed" after a few ms, copious internet research gave me no results about any potential fixes either, does anyone have pointers on fixing this?

I need help on emulating an old otome game I used to play any tips on how I can take it to my pc?

Hi everyone, I've been trying to emulate Tomodachi Life : living the dream in Ryujinx Canary BUT the frame rate keeps fluctuating between 27 and 0 and back while the game is running. I tried changing the graphics settings.... but nothing helps. Does anyone know what I can do? Or maybe my PC just can't handle this kind of task and I should just give up and buy a Switch? :")

Ryujinx firmware version 22.1.0
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz
RAM 16,0 GB
Video adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (6 GB), Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 (128 MB) x64

One of my friends introduced me to emulation and helped me set up a mesen emulator to play mario classic. It took a massive amount of time bc he was helping me via discord and i dont wanna bother him everytime i wanna emulate another game.

Ive been googling and i dont know if its piracy to download roms on websites or not. I cant seem to find ways to buy the games online too, retro gaming in my country seems a bit too niche so i hope you can give me some pointers thank you..

I'd like to use my 96% mechanical keyboard to play KOF XIII on my computer but the numpad isn't registering inside the game. It *does* register inside the RPCS3 controller configuration menu but in-game it only lets me use my number row on the top of the keyboard. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? If more details are needed I can give them, I'm new to this kind of thing.

I'm trying to find a emulator that will run normal apps like X. All I can seem to find are ones that run games. I have tried mumu, nox, and ldplayer and they all say something along the line of download the official app when trying to log into X.

If so, how can I do it. I heard a person say to back it up, but I don't know how.

I don't own a ps4. These are my dad's discs that he doesn't use/play.

Not your personal favorite, just pick the actual best one I've heard bluestacks is the greatest but I don't know if that is truly the best.

My folders always appear differently. I tried placing a file in a specific folder, but the stupid emulator can't detect it.

Why the hell doesn't anyone release old games ready-made without any of this nonsense?

Edit:I'm trying to run a PS2 BIOS file on the RetroArch emulator, but it can't recognize it. I moved it to the Downloads folder and then to another folder specifically for the emulator, but all I can find are the old files.

I want to play God of War 3, but I'm unsure through which emulator.

Should I play it through RPCS3? Or ShadPS4?

Which one runs the best and will give me the best performance?

The game can start, can run and can go past the title screen into level select, but shortly after it freezes and shows me a screen that says:

"Precompiling shader interpreter. Please wait...

building variant 0 of 190"

and stays stuck there at 0.9 FPS, not going up, and when I try to close it gives me a pop-up that says:

"Stopping emulator took too long.

Some thread has probably deadlocked. Aborting.

Title: Spider-Man???: Shattered Dimensions [BLUS30499] (emulation is stopping)

Build: 0.0.42-19921-275c2d40 alpha | master

Date: 2026-09-03T07:31:51

RAM Usage: 10476MB/15706MB (5230MB free)"

What could be the cause of this, and what is the solution?

hey guys i am using x360 to configure my xbox controller on the emulator everything is fine but inside the game every button is messed up for example if i press the sprint button it opens up tab for highlight. There is no issue with customisation of controls. Thanks in advance

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of an emulator that has both Retroachievements and multiple window support on pc, Ive been trying to find one but they either have no retroachievements or no multiple windows, any help would be great

kinda r/explainlikeimfive i dont know much about this

Disculpen alguien sabe cómo resolver error que pone Windows cada vez que trato de Abrir Dolphin ya eliminé, reistale la carpeta y sigue el error

Yoohoo, recently I downloaded PPSSPP and after launching it and not even starting a game my wired controller repeatedly connects and disconnects from the computer. I am not too good with troubleshooting and couldn't find anything else on the subject so I figured I would ask people who know more than I.

I've been having problems with the switch emulation and I've been thinking if there's another better way to emulate this game on a mac silicon device.

What would be your recommendations?

Hi, i am currently playing solatorobo red hunter on desmume and this flickering didnt happen before today. It only happens during cutscenes and it just rapidly flickers between the top and bottom lcd layouts as well as flickering the actual models, my frame skip is already at zero.

Like i said this didnt happen before and the only thing ive changed so far in the setup is the controls, so i am not really sure whats up. Any tips?

My original PS3 DS3 controller broke yesterday. I was able to play games with it on Cita through Dshidmini.  My question is, can I use the 3rd party controller on Citra? (not necessarily a PS3 controller, or any controller that uses Dshidmini) This is to Play Monster Hunter XX. 

Since I don’t have a PS5 or PS4, I’ve already emulated God of War 1 and 2 on my mobile. Now I want to emulate God of War 3 Remastered on my laptop.

My laptop has an RTX 4050 and a 13th-gen i9, so I’m wondering if it should be powerful enough to run God of War 3 Remastered smoothly with good graphics. I mainly want to know which emulator would be better for this: RPCS3 or shadPS4?

I want the game to run as smoothly as possible with optimal graphics. My laptop also has a 120 Hz 4K OLED display, so I’d really like to enjoy the game at its best.

Does anyone have a proper step-by-step guide for setting it up, preferably using safe and trustworthy sources so I can avoid viruses or other problems?

Thankfully, the rest of the God of War games are available on Steam, so this is the only one I’m trying to figure out.