With the lifting of the App Store ban, it can be said that a large number of useful emulator apps have been launched recently. The very famous open source emulator “RetroArch” has also officially appeared in the App Store. It supports 38 old-era console games. Basically, it can be said that it has all the consoles you want to play, and it is completely ad-free, so you don’t have to worry about being interrupted during the game.
RetroArch, which supports 38 emulators, is officially launched on the App Store, ad-free and open source
RetroArch It is a 38-in-1 emulator App. The supported old-era console platform models are as follows:
- Amstrad CPC
- Atari 2600
- Atari 5200
- Atari 7800
- Atari Lynx
- Bandai WonderSwan
- Commodore Amiga
- Commodore 64
- Commodore 128
- Commodore CBM-II
- Commodore PET
- Commodore Plus
- Commodore VIC-20
- ColecoVision
- GCE Vectrex
- Fairchild Channel F
- Mattel Intellivision
- Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom (NES)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- Nintendo Virtual Boy
- Nintendo Game Boy Color
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- Nintendo DS
- SNK Neo Geo
- SNK Neo Geo CD
- SNK Neo Geo Pocket
- Sega Master System
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
- Sega CD
- Sega Saturn
- Sharp X68000
- Sony PlayStation 1
- Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Texas Instruments TI-83
- Thomson MO/TO
- Watara Supervision
RetroArch is an open source ad-free app that is completely free to download and use. In addition to supporting multiple simulators, it also has many special features, such as the use of Made For iPhone (MFi) controllers, shaders, advanced latency management, and AI translation.
However, one thing to note is that RetroArch only has the built-in “2048” game, and other emulator games need to be downloaded and installed by yourself. As for where to download, you should be able to find relevant resources by searching on the Internet. The app also provides download sources for some games.
When you open RetroArch for the first time, garbled characters like ??? may appear. Don’t worry at this time. After the related files are decompressed, it will become a simplified Chinese interface:
Go to the load core menu and you will find a list of all supported emulators. Depending on which emulator you want to use to start your game, select that one:
Taking the built-in 2048 as an example, go to the core page and click “Load Core” to start playing. Press the small icon in the middle to return to the main screen:
In the “Online Update”, you can find the game download function. Doom, Quake and other famous emulator games are available. However, after I tested several downloads and decompressed them, I still can’t play them. I’m not sure why:
Source: KOCPC Chinese