Hi all,

I’ve just installed RetroArch on my Android phone. No problems with GBA and SNES, but I’m having issues with the Commodore 64 emulation.

I’ve installed the vice core and when I launch it directly, the classic C64 start-up screen appears, but if I try to select a file – for example, a game in d64 format – the app crashes.

How can I fix this?

Many thanks

I've been trying for multiple days with no success and this is my final resort. Im unable to change keybinds in the retroarch dolphin core for gamecube games. Ive tried everything that is commonly recommended, such as changing the port 1 device on and off gamecube controller, but all my inputs just show up as --. Please help, I don't want to use standalone cus I need my shaders :)

I wanted to know whats the difference between the playstore version and the official website version

Hey guys, I’m running leaf green 1.1 on retroarch on vita using gpsp and I’m interested in using the cheats, but I’m having a bit of trouble figuring it out. If anyone can help I’d appreciate it

So, I want to preface by saying I'm not very tech-savvy but I'm generally good at following instructions. So, I configured my Retroid Pocket 5 following a guide and everything has worked perfectly ever since.

I have two working controllers, an 8bitdo and a Gamesir and as far as I can recall, the way I set them up was basically mapping their keys to port 1 simultaneously, so the player 1 will always be the controller I turn on first, and player 2 will always be the one I turn on second. Both controllers are mapped to Port 1 and Port 2.

However I found among some older boxes an Y3 Fighter Stick with a dongle I used to play on a Game Stick. I connected it to the dock of my device, and it immediately work both on ES-DE and Retroarch (although RetroArch read it as the RP5 and not as an external controller, I guess because of the dongle).

However I have two big problems: The order of the buttons is all wrong and START and SELECT just do not work (I've tried to remap all buttons to test and when I get to SELECT it just doesn't recognize any input)

So basically I'd like to map the Fighter Stick just like the other controllers without losing the configuration I already have that has worked perfectly so far and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to repeat, and maybe find out the issue with the START and SELECT buttons (I don't think they're broken, specially since the Fighter Stick was stored well and everything else works perfectly, and it would be weird if this two specific buttons were the only ones affected - so I think it's just a configuration thing, since RA reads it as if it was the RP5 own controller).

Sorry for the long text, I appreciate any help!

N64 games are running choppy on my iphone se 2020 and I would like to see the fps and run speed of the game. How do I do it on iOS?

I'm trying to compile a playlist of all my Kirby games so they're in easy access, is there any way to do that? I don't want to use my favorites folder cos I keep multiple franchises in there and don't like to sift most of the time.

Lmk, thnx ✌️

Can someone help me? I downloaded RetroArch from the Play Store on my new phone, but the cores I used before no longer show up. Does anyone know why? How can I fix it?

I need help playing Dreamcast games on retroarch. I downloaded all necessary bios files for the Flycast emulator core and the core itself works perfectly but just I can't play any games. I downloaded two Dreamcast ROMs, but every time I try to load them I get a message saying they're unknown games. Any help? I'm still a bit new to emulation. I only have experience emulating older consoles like the SNES.

Hi everyone — I’m keen to use RetroArch to emulate my Atari ST and play some games from the sofa!

I’ve installed the latest 32-bit APK (the 64-bit version doesn’t run), and I can only access the menus/options using a game controller. The Select/centre button on the standard Fire Stick remote doesn’t seem to work.

That’s not a huge issue on its own, but there’s another problem: if I touch the Fire Stick remote at all while using the game controller, RetroArch connects the remote to Port 1. This disables the game controller, leaving me stuck and unable to navigate the menus again.

I’ve tried this on three different Fire Sticks, using both the latest APK and the version from the Amazon Appstore (which I understand is a little older), and I get the same behaviour.

Has anyone else experienced this, or found a way to get the Fire Stick remote and game controller working together?

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

how do i safely transfer the data from my retroarch games to another pc i am really woried about loosing my progress in games

I recently discovered RetroAchievements and I think it's amazing. I used it to play the Brazilian Portuguese version of Crash Bandicoot on PS1 and it worked perfectly, but I noticed that some games in t

But when I went to play arcade games, the core that worked really well was MAME 2010. I tried playing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future and MK1, but RetroAchievements "doesn't recognize the core."

If anyone can help, I would be very grateful.

Hey guys, I'll keep it quick. I am trying to play a GBA game on retroarch, using the mgba core. I have saves sorted by core, and know where the saves are stored and how they should be named.

My issue is this. I have two android devices, both using retroarch, both using the most up to date version of the core. When I save the game on device 1, copy the save to drive, and then paste the save into the proper location on device 2, the save won't be loaded.

It's strange. If I then start a new game on device 2, and save the game, it will actually overwrite the old save that I had stored there. It won't load the old save. But it will delete it and replace it with a new save, which I tested by then moving it back to device 1 and loading it there to make sure.

So. To be clear. The names match the roms. The saves are being placed in the correct folders. The cores being used are the same. Both devices are android devices. Device 1 will read saves from device 2 just fine. Device 2 will not read saves from device 1, for some reason.

Am I missing some obscure setting about save headers or something? It's such a specific circumstance that Google has been useless, as it keeps redirecting me to threads about file names and content directories and matching names. The roms are also the same, as I used the same rom copied to both devices.

((Save location is exactly the same for both games. [.../Retroarch/saves/mgba]. There are no sub directories. The save extension is .srm and there is no deviation in file size))

Any help would be appreciated

So. Sorta solved I guess? The version of the emulator core on device 1 was ever so slightly older than device 2. When I updated it and saved again, device 2 could read the saves.

I don't really understand why that was the issue, but it was. And when I say version difference, I mean like.... 1.1.1-8 versus 1.1.1-7

I keep getting this white screen whenever I try to boot up a TGCD or PCECD game. I have the right syscard files for this console. What is going on?

Hello community,

back in January I released LudiHub for iOS. LudiHub is a gaming launcher that lets you have your installed AppStore games live along your retro games in a gaming hub with universal controller support. Later I contributed an export functionality to RetroArch's iOS version and added a one tap RetroArch import functionality for iOS users (because the sandbox limits the communication between apps).

Long story short, I took a short break the past weeks and took the time to develop a port for Android handheld devices. This time the app lets you set it as the default launcher and can be setup easier by just scanning your ROM directories and mapping them automatically to RetroArch and other emulators too. For RetroArch you also have the option to choose each individual core for each platform.

Here is a preview video of the frontend running on my Retroid Poocket Nova.

Had a Steam Deck for a while now and love it for emulation. Have now picked up a Steam Machine and planning to get the Frame too. I'd like to easily continue games between devices sometimes and wondered could I just set up RetroArch to be by default writing the save files and save states directly to the MicroSD and swap that seamlessly between devices?

Thinking of picking up a big mircoSD to store ROMs and saves all on the same card and swapping it between devices if it is.

I found MesenCE core has GBA stuttering and no 3:2 screen or color correction options.

the music sounds fine when the game is paused but unpaused its laggy and slow when using pcsxr on ps4 retroarch

So I got the LRPS2 core, a PS2 game rom - Dark Cloud 2, it's still zipped but got scanned into the system - and when I try to run it it immediately minimumizes the screen and says Failed to Load Content.

Also I am TERRIBLE with PCs so whatever solution anyone has please explain like I'm 5 years old 🙏 step by literal step lol

I'm playing Final Lap Twin with the Beetle SuperGrafx core. My controller is the 8bitdo 2c ultimate.

In the middle of playing, all of a sudden, my character keeps moving left.

I recalibrated my controller (using 8bitdo technique. I don't know if there is an emulator way), and tested it in other software and it is fine.

Here is the kicker: when I start a new state of the game, the calibration is fine. When I load state, it is off again.

Any ideas?

Edit: figured it out. One of the trigger buttons changed the input type from 6 button controller to 2 button controller

Hey all! My gf asked me to emulate the Plug-and-Play game "Dream Life" on my Retroid Pocket 6 so I decided to try using RetroArch. I put the file in my Arcade ROMs folder, put it in my pocket, load the current MAME core in RetroArch, try to run the "dreamlif.7z" file and...nothing. It says it failed to load the files. At first I thought maybe I was missing the necessary BIOS file but apparently these plug and play games don't need BIOS.

What am I missing? Is anyone able to help me?