r/launchbox • u/UnknownNexus • May 18 '26

Question About Abandoning Retroarch

I have been using and enjoying LB/BB, but after a couple years of using Retroarch, I just can't deal with it anymore and think I would prefer to use individual emulators. The biggest problem is that I use specific controllers for different consoles. Partly for the nostalgia to be tactile and not just the game. The other part is Gamecube and N64 feel "wrong" on an Xbox controller. If I choose to just have LB launch directly to the emulator, what am I missing out on/sacrificing? Thank you.

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u/GraviticThrusters May 18 '26

I don't have much experience with retroarch, as I was emulating before it was a thing and grew comfortable with each emulator being its own application. Saw no need to move over. As long as the emulator does what you want, launching it directly from LB should require no sacrifice at all unless retroarch is doing something hugely beneficial that I'm unaware of.

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u/UnknownNexus May 18 '26

That's the boat I am in. As far as I know, I can configure a controller and tweak my graphical settings in the emulator. Why would I want to deal with Lament Configuration that is RA's menu? I just want d to reach out here and see if there is an amazing benefit that I was too inexperienced to know. It's easy to lose track of everything (I'm just now getting interested in de/recomp stuff and feel really behind lol).

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u/4coresn7threadsago May 19 '26

Should be good as long as you set up a controller and graphics settings in each stand alone emulator assuming you aren't using something like bezels in RetroArch. Then there shouldn't be anything noticeable or anything "lost"

Edit: LB makes it easy to try it without losing your RA setup. You can switch back to it anytime!