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Why use emulators when theres RetroArch?

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abispac:
So iwas lurking around at the compatible emulator topic, and saw someone saying that he tried retroarch and it was nice and it didnt looked back, so i did gave it a try to, so i got a say.... Why use emulators ,when you can just use RetroArch? I mean, i just downloaded the thing, installed it, download a couple of cores, set my keys, set my video to d3d and use switchres, even has an option to use regular or super resolutions, and voala, everything works out of the box, no messing with complicated video settings. More easy than that, is just not posible. So In your opinion, why use emulators instead of retroarch... Ill wait for the comments.

pbj:
I hate the menu system in Retroarch.  Very poor organization and it’s difficult to actually quit a game.

abispac:

--- Quote from: pbj on August 25, 2022, 12:34:02 am ---I hate the menu system in Retroarch.  Very poor organization and it’s difficult to actually quit a game.

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Well , i simply installed retroarch, installed cores, set the video settings and that was all in the retroarch side. Then i set up rocketlauncher to use that for every system, and i dont even have to mess with retroarch anymore. and all games launch at native 15khz resolutions just fine. I didint even needed to tell retroarch where the roms folder was or anything like that. and to exit the games i just have to double esc, and thats all. I love it.

MK3FANATIC:
yes I use retroarch for several systems, BUT my order of priority is;

groovymame > mame > standalone emulator > retroarch

I get the impression that accuracy, fluidity and input lag are always better in the other options than in retroarch.

Substring:
Well, that's quite an arguable topic with much to say, whatever one may think about the general libretro thing ...

1. RA, as a frontend, can be pretty despicable
2. Some purists would say RA solves emulation problems on the cores, but never submit their changes upstream. When you believe in the open source etiquette, that is an important argument
3. a number of cores work rather well, and RA has a number of interesting features
4. (in my absolutely subjective opinion since I, among a few others, contributed to that) Making RA cross the switchres step was a decisive move. Just to make it simple : drop your switchres.ini in the retroarch.exe folder, set 2 or 3 options in the retroarch.cfg, and voilà (not voala ;) ). The move to SR was, to me, a giant leap to the ease of configuration, really. People probably don't all understand what SR has brought to CRT modeswitching and emulators, but it's is a major improvement, really. And the easyness you've described to setup RA for CRT is one onf the proofs of how the work that was done made RA CRT configuration much simplier, and the general ecosystem of SR-compatible emulators
5. any emulator has pros and cons ... mame, emu4crt, retroarch ... Just have fun the way you like :)

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