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RetroArch - RetroArch is the popular front-end to libretro which is a simple API that allows for the creation of games and emulators.

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Why is RetroArch such absolute garbage? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/emulation@lemmy.ml

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RetroArch never works right. Even once you get past the cores and all the other stupid bs, once you get to setting up the controls it never works right, most buttons just do not work in game, if they even work in the menus.

So many years, so much effort, all wasted.

It's still so much easier to keep BlastEm, Snes9x, Duckstation and whatever else installed, so much faster to set up controls and most of the time you don't even need to as everything works out of the box.

And yet plebbit will say nuhhh use muh libretro cores!!!!1 so heckin' wholesome Keanu chungus 100!!! I love my wife's boyfriend!!!!111 Thanks Reddit!!!!!

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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Retroarch is like the power users emulation front end. Regarding button mapping. Once you realize that there is Retroarch UI button mapping and separate mapping for the core you’re using it gets much easier to figure out. But, yeah, it’s not an easy to use front end for the newbie.

[+] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com -26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Lol fuck off. I've been in the emulation scene since long before this absolute garbage became recommended by you drooling 12 year olds. It's not a matter of "newbie", it's a matter of shit design that looks and functions worse than PCSX2 did circa 2013.

This is a shitty, fuzzy program that tries to do everything but does nothing. It's useless for arrogant morons and otherwise non-technical people like yourself without emulationstation or some hundred hour youtube tutorial, and it's useless for actual devs and technical folks like myself who want a clear simple model of program flow and interaction between all the settings so we can quickly troubleshoot whatever issues arise and get on with our lives.

[–] Predator 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You should be using Ludo, better than RA. Link: https://ludo.libretro.com/#about

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 months ago

I don't use RA at all, I just have to fix it for those who end up using it because of Reddit. Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll check it out.