Difference between revisions of "Libretro"

From Emulation General Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (→‎Libretro Frontends)
(Big update)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
'''libretro''' is an API designed mainly for games and emulators.
+
'''libretro''' is an API designed mainly for games and emulators. It allows games and emulators to be compiled as dynamically linked libraries known as "libretro cores", which can be used in a frontend that implements libretro, such as [[RetroArch]].
  
  
 
==Libretro Frontends==
 
==Libretro Frontends==
 
*[[RetroArch]]
 
*[[RetroArch]]
−
*RetroPlayer
+
*RetroPlayer (XBMC)
−
*ZMZ
+
*ZMZ (SNES cores only)
 
*[http://phexe.com/category/raem/ RAEM (Formerly RA-Player)]
 
*[http://phexe.com/category/raem/ RAEM (Formerly RA-Player)]
 
*[http://arcan-fe.com/  Arcan]
 
*[http://arcan-fe.com/  Arcan]
Line 17: Line 17:
 
! scope="col"|Core
 
! scope="col"|Core
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|Notes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Super Nintendo Emulators|SNES]]
 
|[[Super Nintendo Emulators|SNES]]
 
|[[Higan|bsnes]]
 
|[[Higan|bsnes]]
−
|0.93 Performance
+
|0.94
 +
|Separate cores for each profile
 
|-
 
|-
−
|SNES
+
|[[Super Nintendo Emulators|SNES]]
−
|bsnes
+
|[[Higan|bsnes-mercury]]
−
|0.93 Balanced
+
|0.94
 +
|Fork of [[Higan|bsnes]]. Separate cores for each profile
 
|-
 
|-
−
|SNES
+
|[[SNES]]
−
|bsnes
+
|[[Snes9x|SNES9x]]
−
|0.93 Accuracy
 
−
|-
 
−
|SNES
 
−
|[[Snes9x]]
 
 
|1.54
 
|1.54
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|SNES
+
|[[SNES]]
−
|Snes9x-Next
+
|SNES9x-Next
 
|1.52.4
 
|1.52.4
 +
|Fork of [[Snes9x|SNES9x]] 1.52 WIP focused on speed.
 +
|-
 +
|[[SNES]]
 +
|[[Mednafen]] bsnes
 +
|0.9.26
 +
|Fork of [[higan|bsnes]] v59 with a few modifications.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[WonderSwan]]
 
|[[WonderSwan]]
−
|[[Mednafen]]
+
|[[Mednafen]] Cygne
−
|0.9.28
+
|0.9.35.1
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[PlayStation Emulators|PlayStation]]
+
|[[PlayStation]]
−
|Mednafen
+
|[[Mednafen]] PSX
−
|0.9.32
+
|0.9.36.3
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|PlayStation
+
|[[PlayStation]]
 
|PCSX-ReARMed
 
|PCSX-ReARMed
 
|r19
 
|r19
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[PC Engine]] & PCE-CD
 +
|[[Mednafen]] PCE-Fast
 +
|0.9.36.1
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[PC Engine]] SuperGrafx
 +
|[[Mednafen]] SuperGrafx
 +
|0.9.36.1
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[PC Engine]]
+
|[[PC-FX]]
−
|Mednafen
+
|[[Mednafen]] PC-FX
−
|0.9.28
+
|0.9.33.3
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Neo Geo Pocket|Neo-Geo Pocket]]
 
|[[Neo Geo Pocket|Neo-Geo Pocket]]
−
|Mednafen
+
|[[Mednafen]] Neopop
−
|0.9.28
+
|0.9.36.1
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Virtual Boy]]
 
|[[Virtual Boy]]
−
|Mednafen
+
|[[Mednafen]] VB
−
|0.9.28
+
|0.9.36.1
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Atari 2600]]
 
|[[Atari 2600]]
 
|[[Stella]]
 
|[[Stella]]
−
|3.4.1
+
|3.4.9
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Atari Lynx emulators|Atari Lynx]]
 
|[[Atari Lynx emulators|Atari Lynx]]
 
|Handy
 
|Handy
 
|0.95
 
|0.95
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
 
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
 
|[[Higan|bnes]]
 
|[[Higan|bnes]]
 
|0.83
 
|0.83
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|NES
+
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
−
|FCEU
+
|FCEUmm
−
|98.13mm
+
|98.13mm (SVN)
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|NES
+
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
 
|QuickNES
 
|QuickNES
 
|1.0
 
|1.0
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|NES
+
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
 
|[[Nestopia]]
 
|[[Nestopia]]
 
|1.46-WIP
 
|1.46-WIP
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Game_Boy/Game_Boy_Color|Game Boy/Color]]
 
|[[Game_Boy/Game_Boy_Color|Game Boy/Color]]
 
|[[Gambatte]]
 
|[[Gambatte]]
 
|0.5.0
 
|0.5.0
 +
|Has an option to disable color correction
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
 
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
 
|[[VisualBoy Advance|VBA-Next]]
 
|[[VisualBoy Advance|VBA-Next]]
 
|1.0.2
 
|1.0.2
 +
|Fork of [[VBA-M]] focused on speed.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Game Boy Advance
+
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
 
|[[VisualBoy Advance|VBA-M]]
 
|[[VisualBoy Advance|VBA-M]]
 +
|SVN
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Game Boy Advance
+
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
 
|Meteor
 
|Meteor
 
|1.4
 
|1.4
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
 +
|[[Mednafen]] VBA
 +
|0.9.33.3
 +
|Fork of an old version of [[VBA]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[Nintendo 64]]
 +
|[[Mupen64Plus]]
 +
|2.0-rc2
 +
|Fork, has significant modifications.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Sega Systems ([[Master System|Master]], [[Genesis]], [[Genesis|Sega CD]], [[Game Gear]])
 
|Sega Systems ([[Master System|Master]], [[Genesis]], [[Genesis|Sega CD]], [[Game Gear]])
 
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
 
|[[Genesis Plus GX]]
 
|1.7.4
 
|1.7.4
 +
|Exclusive to libretro on non-GC/Wii platforms.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Sega Systems ([[Master System|Master]], [[Genesis]], [[Genesis|Sega CD]], [[Game Gear]], 32x)
 
|Sega Systems ([[Master System|Master]], [[Genesis]], [[Genesis|Sega CD]], [[Game Gear]], 32x)
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|1.81
 
|1.81
 +
|Exclusive to libretro on PC platforms.
 +
|-
 +
|[[Sega Saturn]]
 +
|[[Yabause]]
 +
|0.9.13
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Arcade]]
 
|[[Arcade]]
 +
|[[Final Burn Alpha]]
 +
|0.2.97.30
 
|
 
|
−
[[Final Burn Alpha]]
 
−
|0.2.97.28
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Arcade
+
|[[Arcade]]
 
|[[MAME]] 2003
 
|[[MAME]] 2003
 
|0.78
 
|0.78
 +
|Old version for use on slow platforms.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Arcade
+
|[[Arcade]]
 
|[[MAME]] 2010
 
|[[MAME]] 2010
 
|0.139
 
|0.139
 +
|Old but more recent version for mobile devices.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Arcade
+
|[[Arcade]]
−
|[[MAME]] 2014
+
|[[MAME]]
−
|0.151/0.152
+
|0.154 (SVN)
 +
|Based on bleeding edge SVN.
 +
|-
 +
|Non Arcade hardware
 +
|[[MESS]]
 +
|0.154 (SVN)
 +
|Based on bleeding edge SVN.
 +
|-
 +
|Everything (MAME + MESS)
 +
|[[UME]]
 +
|0.154 (SVN)
 +
|Based on bleeding edge SVN.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Nintendo DS]]
 
|[[Nintendo DS]]
 
|[[DeSmuMe|DeSmuME]]
 
|[[DeSmuMe|DeSmuME]]
 
|SVN
 
|SVN
 +
|Has options for single-screen fullscreen with swapping.
 +
|-
 +
|[[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
 +
|[[PPSSPP]]
 +
|Git
 +
|WIP
 +
|-
 +
|DOS
 +
|[[DOSBox]]
 +
|SVN
 +
|Non-functional on Windows.
 +
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 149: Line 223:
 
|NXEngine
 
|NXEngine
 
|1.0.0.4
 
|1.0.0.4
 +
|-
 +
|LucasArt Game Engines
 +
|[[ScummVM]]
 +
|1.6.0
 +
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 159: Line 238:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Dinothawr
 
|Dinothawr
−
|}
 
−
 
−
 
−
===WIP Cores===
 
−
{| class="wikitable"
 
−
! scope="col"|System
 
−
! scope="col"|Core
 
−
! scope="col"|Version
 
−
|-
 
−
|DOS
 
−
|[[DOSBox]]
 
−
|SVN
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Nintendo 64]]
 
−
|
 
−
[[Mupen64Plus]]
 
−
|2.0-rc2
 
−
|-
 
−
|LucasArt Game Engines
 
−
|[[ScummVM]]
 
−
|1.6.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Sega Saturn]]
 
−
|[[Yabause]]
 
−
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 202: Line 255:
 
|3D Tech Demo
 
|3D Tech Demo
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
==External Links==
 +
*[http://www.libretro.com/ libretro.com] - Main website of the libretro project.
 +
*[https://github.com/libretro/ Github] - Organization on Github.
 +
*[http://wiki.libretro.com/ wiki.libretro.com] - Wiki

Revision as of 02:25, 31 August 2014

libretro is an API designed mainly for games and emulators. It allows games and emulators to be compiled as dynamically linked libraries known as "libretro cores", which can be used in a frontend that implements libretro, such as RetroArch.


Libretro Frontends

Cores

Emulation

System Core Version Notes
SNES bsnes 0.94 Separate cores for each profile
SNES bsnes-mercury 0.94 Fork of bsnes. Separate cores for each profile
SNES SNES9x 1.54
SNES SNES9x-Next 1.52.4 Fork of SNES9x 1.52 WIP focused on speed.
SNES Mednafen bsnes 0.9.26 Fork of bsnes v59 with a few modifications.
WonderSwan Mednafen Cygne 0.9.35.1
PlayStation Mednafen PSX 0.9.36.3
PlayStation PCSX-ReARMed r19
PC Engine & PCE-CD Mednafen PCE-Fast 0.9.36.1
PC Engine SuperGrafx Mednafen SuperGrafx 0.9.36.1
PC-FX Mednafen PC-FX 0.9.33.3
Neo-Geo Pocket Mednafen Neopop 0.9.36.1
Virtual Boy Mednafen VB 0.9.36.1
Atari 2600 Stella 3.4.9
Atari Lynx Handy 0.95
NES bnes 0.83
NES FCEUmm 98.13mm (SVN)
NES QuickNES 1.0
NES Nestopia 1.46-WIP
Game Boy/Color Gambatte 0.5.0 Has an option to disable color correction
Game Boy Advance VBA-Next 1.0.2 Fork of VBA-M focused on speed.
Game Boy Advance VBA-M SVN
Game Boy Advance Meteor 1.4
Game Boy Advance Mednafen VBA 0.9.33.3 Fork of an old version of VBA
Nintendo 64 Mupen64Plus 2.0-rc2 Fork, has significant modifications.
Sega Systems (Master, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear) Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4 Exclusive to libretro on non-GC/Wii platforms.
Sega Systems (Master, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Gear, 32x) PicoDrive 1.81 Exclusive to libretro on PC platforms.
Sega Saturn Yabause 0.9.13
Arcade Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.30
Arcade MAME 2003 0.78 Old version for use on slow platforms.
Arcade MAME 2010 0.139 Old but more recent version for mobile devices.
Arcade MAME 0.154 (SVN) Based on bleeding edge SVN.
Non Arcade hardware MESS 0.154 (SVN) Based on bleeding edge SVN.
Everything (MAME + MESS) UME 0.154 (SVN) Based on bleeding edge SVN.
Nintendo DS DeSmuME SVN Has options for single-screen fullscreen with swapping.
PSP PPSSPP Git WIP
DOS DOSBox SVN Non-functional on Windows.

Game Engine

Game Core Version
Quake TyrQuake 0.61
Doom PrBoom 2.5.0
Cave Story NXEngine 1.0.0.4
LucasArt Game Engines ScummVM 1.6.0


Standalone Game

Game

Dinothawr

Other

Core Description
FFmpeg Media Player
Modelviewer 3D Tech Demo
SceneWalker 3D Tech Demo

External Links

Retrieved from "https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=Libretro&oldid=7384"