5/7/2023 0 Comments Retroarch steam![]() Initially setting up RetroArch, keeping it updated, and customizing the controls are such a pain as to discourage me from even using it for a while. ![]() The real reason this is a big deal though is because Steam’s back end essentially solves RetroArch’s biggest problem - setup. I’m pretty sure you could put them into RetroArch too. When I bought Doom and Quake on Steam I simply either copied out those ROMs and put them into emulators or source ports outside Steam, or I inserted the emulators and source ports into the Steam folders of those games. If you really wanna get technical, a good chunk of the old school games on Steam (and GoodOldGames) are just MS-DOS ROMs running through DOSBOX. In RetroArch’s announcement liked above, it even suggests the possibility of working with game publishers to release old console games on Steam by running them through RetroArch. I’ve seen cases of other old console games sold on Steam that are just ROMs running on open-source emulators. SEGA really crossed the line for me when it added Steam Workshop to Mega Drive and Genesis Collection, allowing users to straight-up upload ROM hacks and in some cases entire separate obscure Genesis games to Steam. The raw, unlocked ROMs are even sitting right there in the game files - I copied them out and ran them on RetroArch, which is pretty much the legal-sale-of-ROMs solution I want to see more game publishers try. SEGA sells a few dozen Genesis games individually on Steam that are all actually just ROMs that run on a single emulator pre-packaged with any of them. If you ask me, the PC version of SEGA’s own SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Collection already sort of counts. Aside from emulators not even containing any code owned by game publishers or console manufacturers, not actually coming packaged with any emulators is probably what will allow RetroArch to even be on Steam.Īnd this isn’t even really the first emulator on Steam. ![]() It looks relatively friendly, has a wide array of features for running games however you want them, and offers a lot of elbow room for modding. It’s more like a container or a front end for a bunch of video game emulators, which you download separately and install into it. ![]() If you don’t know what RetroArch is, it’s not technically an emulator in and of itself. It’s kind of a big deal, but apparently it’s also not entirely unprecedented. I still can’t entirely believe it - game emulation right there on Steam. In case you haven’t heard, RetroArch is coming to steam at the end of this month. ![]()
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