(Overview) – RetroArch is a N64 Console emulator, RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all. Acorn - 8 bit Acorn Archimedes Acorn BBC Micro Acorn Electron Amiga Fullset Amiga Fullset (TOSEC 2012) Amstrad CPC (GoodCPC v2.02) Apple 2 Atari - 5200 (No Intro) Atari - 7800 (No Intro) Atari - Jaguar (No Intro) Atari - Lynx (No Intro) Atari - ST (No Intro) Atari 2600 (Good2600 v1.00) Atari 5200 (Good5200 v2.01) Atari 7800 (Good7800 v2.04) Atari 8-bit Family Set Atari Jaguar (GoodJag v2.01.

Emulation within RetroidOS[edit]

RetroidOS supports the following systems, with the listed emulator cores:

System	Emulator core
Arcade	Final Burn Alpha (2.97.08, 2.97.42, 42_ORI, 42_HOME) MAME (0.37, 0.78, 0.106, 0.139, 139_RA)
NES/Famicom	FCEmu
Master System	Genesis Plus
Gameboy/Gameboy Color	TGB Dual
PC Engine	Beetle PCE
Wonderswan/Wonderswan Color	Beetle Cygne
Mega Drive/Genesis/CD/32X	Genesis Plus
SNES/Super Famicom	SNES9X
Gameboy Advance	gPSP
PlayStation 1	PCSX (labelled as PSCX)
Nintendo 64	Mupen64 Plus
PlayStation Portable	PPSSPP
Dreamcast	Reicast

There are no changeable settings for emulators within RetroidOS, and currently there is no way to add new emulation cores.

Emulation within Android[edit]

This section contains free RetroArch and stand alone emulator options. The one paid app that many recommended is DraStic for Nintendo DS emulation.

It is generally not recommended to update the pre-installed emulators, as the Retroid developers seem to have chosen these builds because they run well on the device.

RetroArch Cores[edit]

The Retroid Pocket 2 comes pre-installed with two versions of RetroArch (1.8.4 & 1.5.0) and the listed emulator cores.

RetroArch 1.5.0

Game Boy Advance (gpSP) This is installed separately because RA 1.5.0 has the best performance for gpSP/GBA

RetroArch 1.8.4

Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1)
Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2)
Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo)
Arcade (MAME 2000)
Arcade (MAME 2003)
Arcade (MAME 2010)
Arcade (MAME 2015)
Atari - 2600 (Stella)
Atari - 5200 (Atari800)
Atari - Lynx (Handy)
Bandai - WonderSwan/Color (Beetle Cygne)
Commodore - Amiga (P-UAE)
Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast)
DOS (DOSBox - SVN)
GCE - Vectrex (vecx)
Microsoft - MSX (fMSX)
Minecraft - (Craft)
MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 (blueMSX)
NEC - PC Engine / CD (Beetle PCE FAST)
Nintendo - Gameboy / Color (Gambette)
Nintendo - NES / Famicom (FCEUmm)
Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2002)
Quake (TyrQuake)
Sega - Dreamcast/Naomi (Flycast)
Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX)
Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 (Gearsystem)
Sega - MS/MD/CD/32X (PicoDrive)
SNK - Neo Geo CD (NeoCD)
SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color (RACE)
Sony - PlayStation (PCSX ReARMed)
The 3DO Company - 3DO (4DO)
ZX Spectrum (Fuse)

For help setting up and using Retroarch on the RP2, see A Brief Guide to Retroarch.

N64 Core Tips[edit]

You can use N64 in your RP2 with RetroArch (so you can use RetroAchievements, for instance). Not every game runs perfect, and many need further tweaking, but overall you should be pleasantly surprised.

This only works with Mupen64Next or NextGLES2 (GLES3 and Parallel simply crash).

Paste the contents of Mupen64Plus-Next.opt to:

<internal storage>/Android/data/com.retroarch/files/retroarch-core-option.cfg

Or paste the full OPT file here:

<internal storage>/retroarch/configs/Mupen64Plus-Next/

Please note:

Use only glide64 for video (angrylion is slow, parallel simply fails).

All mupen cores share the same configs.

Stand Alone Apps[edit]

The RP2 Comes pre-installed with the following stand alone apps:

Flycast - You will need to configure Reicast and configure the Bios. See DC Configuration Tips at the bottom of this page (Flycast is not included on beta batch units).

MAME4droid(0.139u1) - You will need a .139 MAME Romset.

Mupen64Plus FZ - Use recommended rendering profile per game for optimal performance. Here is Mupen's settings & render profiles if you lose them, copy to internal storage.

N64oid - Right joystick will not map.

NeoDroid - NeoGeo MVS Emulator - Compatible with MAME Roms. Put neogeo.zip bios file in your roms directory “/sdcard/neodroid/roms”.

PPSSPP - Use the recommended profile settings per game for optimal performance.

Reicast - The back end for Flycast (beta units only have Reicast installed).

ScummVM - Shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing.

Best Performing Emulators[edit]

This table of stand alone apps & RetroArch cores seem to get the best performance out of the device. We have prioritized cores over apps whenever possible, and only if performance is equivalent or better. We have also prioritized free apps over paid apps whenever possible, and again, only if performance is equivalent or better.

System	Emulator Options	Notes
MAME Arcade	MAME4droid 0.139u1	App. Pre-installed. Needs the .139 MAME Romset.
DOS	DOSBox	Core. Pre-installed.
Atari 2600	Stella	Core. Pre-installed.
FC/NES	FCEUmm	Core. Pre-installed. Has netplay for multiplayer.
Sega Master System	Genesis Plus GX	Core. Pre-installed.
Atari Lynx	Handy	Core. Pre-installed.
MegaDrive/Sega Genesis	Genesis Plus GX	Core. Pre-installed.
PCE/TurboGrafx 16	Beetle PCE FAST	Core. Pre-installed.
PCE-CD/TurboGrafx CD	Beetle PCE FAST	Core. BIOS Files Needed
NeoGeo	NeoDroid	App. Pre-installed.
Sega Game Gear	Genesis Plus GX	Core. Pre-installed.
SFC/SNES	Snes9x 2002	Core. Pre-installed. Has netplay for multiplayer.
Sega CD	Genesis Plus GX	Core. Pre-installed.
Panasonic 3DO	Opera/4DO	Core. BIOS Files Needed
Nintendo Virtual Boy	Beetle VB	Core.
Sony PlayStation	PCSX-R	Core. Pre-installed.
Nintendo 64	Mupen64Plus FZ	App. Pre-installed. *The most recent PlayStore version will not work. This is the latest working version.
Nintendo Game Boy Color	Gambette / My Old Boy!	Core. Pre-installed. Paid App. / My Old Boy! has Link cable emulation for local and remote multiplayer.
NeoGeo Pocket Color	RACE	Core. Pre-installed.
Sega Dreamcast	Flycast	App. Pre-installed (not in beta batch units). Core. Pre-installed. See DC Config Tips below. Docs. RA 1.9.0 has been tested to achieve better Flycast performance than RA 1.8.4.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance	gpSP / MyBoy!	Core. Pre-installed in RA 1.5.0 only. Other GBA cores in other RA versions do not run as well. / Paid App. MyBoy! has Link cable emulation for local

Neo Geo Roms For Retroarch