while there’s a learning curve, this system rocks for platform preservation!

gaming on Apple devices might be handy :)

Why RetroArch

• no PSX or PCE startup issues...
• some cores can read compressed ROMs
• one place for all your retro needs...
  • large community
  • standards for wrapper around cores...
  • easier Netplay
    • [ ] try through firewall
  • favorites span across multiple consoles...
  • unified management of config
  • preservation of classic “retro” gaming...
• cross-platform
  • common UI
  • reuse state files
  • momentum (it’s gonna stick around...)

Able to replace (iOS)

1. Delta: NES (Summer Carnival ‘92), SNES (Super Aleste, Metroid, Super), GB (Tetris), GBC (Dragon’s Lair), GBA (Castlevania: Aria of the Sorrow), N64 (Conker’s Bad Fur Day)
2. iNDS : NDS (Picross 3D) (Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars)
3. Provenance : Atari 2600 (Pitfall), PCECD (Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo), PSX (Mega Man X4)(Final Fantasy VII), PCE (Magical Chase), Genesis (Crusader of Centy), RC-98 (Rusty), Sega CD (Night Trap), Saturn (Guardian Heroes)
   • and technically: Lynx (California Games), Neo Geo Pocket (Neo Turf Masters), Atari 7800 (Ninja Golf), Wonderswan (Mr. Diller), Famicom Disk System (Knight Move), SG-1000 (Girl’s Garden), SMS (Phantasy Star), Supergrafx (Darius Alpha), 32X (Blackthorne)
   • works!
     • Jaguar (Tempest 2000) (slight performance issues and better than Provenance)
     • Saturn (NiGHTS into Dreams) (no screen tearing) (though it lags)
   • not working: Atari 5200 (Adventure II) (sure this is fixable...)

Doesn’t yet replace (iOS)

1. MAME (Robotron) (MAME4iOS has better UI & input config works out of the box)
2. PPSSPP: PSP (Ghost ‘n Goblins, Ultimate) (core avail on macOS)
3. Dolphin: GC (F-Zero GX), Wii (Super Mario Bros, New)
4. Redream: Dreamcast (closed source and doesn’t have graphical issues and lag like Flycast)

Futures

• [ ] Xbox 360
• [ ] Retropie