RetroArch 1.8.5 released

April 1st, 2020, 12:58 Posted By: wraggster

If you’ve ever dabbled in emulation, you’ve probably heard of RetroArch at least once as it’s a front-end that allows you to manage & run dozens of emulators and game engines using so-called cores. Other than simply being a convenient way to play games from multiple retro systems, it also comes with a whole slew of features including support for screen filters, a runahead feature to reduce input latency, a common UI for all cores, the ability to create game playlists and many more. However, its high popularity is probably a result of its availability on many hacked consoles such as the PSVita, Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 (currently unofficial), Wii (U), 3DS not to mention support for Windows [back to Windows 95], macOS and Linux!
Now, RetroArch 1.8.5 has been released and this relatively minor update brings along:

• The default menu driver (i.e. user interface) has been changed to Ozone from XMB which provides a Switch-esque UIRetroArch 1.8.5 running on Windows 7 with the brand-new ‘Nord’ theme. This release is slim on RA-wide features but it comes with a good deal of core updates which will be described in a later report!
  
  
  • Lakka, a Linux distribution built primarily to run RetroArch, will still ship with XMB as default
• Ozone has received some improvements including:
  • Elements are now scaled as per DPI
  • It’s now possible to configure scaling manually
  • Widgets/Notifications are now scaled appropriately
  • Two new themes, namely Nord & Gruvbox Dark have been added
  • Some minor quality-of-life (QoL) changes have been performed
• Various new cores have been added and some were updated especially on older consoles; these will be detailed in an upcoming cores progress report. Among these, we find:
  • The addition of P-UAE to the PSVita port
  • The addition of ECWolf to the 3DS and PSVita ports
  • A re-based melonDS core for the Nintendo Switch which includes a JIT thus providing greatly improved performance
  • Some more information on cores can be elicited from the February 5 & February 29 Cores Progress Reports which have been published between RetroArch 1.8.4 and 1.8.5’s release.
• You may grab RetroArch 1.8.5 from this link by selecting the platform of your choice. You may support RetroArch’s development on Patreon or GitHub.

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