Emulator Support and Issues

Supported Consoles

Console ID	Console Name	Standalones	Cores	RALib Support	Notes
1	• Sega Genesis • Mega Drive		Genesis Plus GX Picodrive	Yes
2	Nintendo 64	Project64	ParaLLEl N64 Mupen64Plus-Next	Yes
3	• SNES • Super Famicom • Satellaview • Sufami Turbo	RASnes9x	Snes9x Mesen-S	Yes
4	Game Boy	RAVBA	Gambatte Gearboy VBA-M	Yes	• mGBA crashes when unloading the core because RALibretro doesn't implement the camera interface
5	Game Boy Advance	RAVBA	mGBA VBA-M Beetle GBA VBA Next	Yes
6	Game Boy Color	RAVBA	Gambatte Gearboy VBA-M	Yes
7	• NES • Famicom • Famicom Disk System	RANes	Mesen FCEUmm QuickNES	Yes
8	• TurboGrafx-16 • PC Engine • TurboGrafx-CD • PC Engine CD • SuperGrafx		Beetle PCE FAST Beetle SuperGrafx	Yes	• SuperGrafx games do not work on the Beetle PCE FAST core
9	• Mega CD • Sega CD		Genesis Plus GX	Yes	Appears to still have unmapped RAM (Ecco 1+2)
10	Sega 32X		PicoDrive	Yes	• Several games are problematic
11	• Master System • Mark III	RAMeka	Genesis Plus GX Gearsystem Picodrive	Yes
12	PlayStation		Beetle PSX Beetle PSX HW PCSX ReARMed SwanStation	Yes
13	Atari Lynx		Beetle Lynx Handy	Yes
14	• Neo Geo Pocket • Neo Geo Pocket Color		Beetle NeoPop	Yes
15	Game Gear	RAMeka	Genesis Plus GX Gearsystem	Yes
17	Atari Jaguar		Virtual Jaguar	Yes	• No savestate support • Many issues with the emulation
18	Nintendo DS		DeSmuME MelonDS	Yes	• Limited Microphone Support • No DSi support
23	Magnavox Odyssey 2		O2EM	Yes
24	Pokemon Mini		PokeMini	Yes
25	Atari 2600		Stella	Yes
27	Arcade		FinalBurn Neo	Yes	• Needs Updated Board List • Some boards may not be fully exposed
28	Virtual Boy		Beetle VB	Yes
29	MSX/MSX2		blueMSX	Yes	• Hash relies on dsk file not being modified • .DSK files appear to be unsupported if they also require a cartridge (typically a "sound" cartridge, which was the case with SD Snatcher). There is a core option for this, but it doesn't seem to function properly.
33	SG-1000	RAMeka	Genesis Plus GX blueMSX	Yes
38	Apple II	RAppleWin		No
39	Saturn		Beetle Saturn Yabause Kronos	Yes	• Saving or Loading states in Kronos often locks up the UI in RALibretro
41	PlayStation Portable		PPSSPP	Yes	• Loading save states too fast can cause it to crash • Some games have various graphical issues
43	3DO Interactive Multiplayer		Opera	Yes
44	ColecoVision	RAMeka	blueMSX	Yes
45	Intellivision		FreeIntV	Yes	• Controls are much better than they were • Crashes if game is reset • Some crashes that might be related to Intellivoice
46	Vectrex		VecX	Yes
47	• PC-8001 • PC-8801	RAQUASI88	QUASI88	No	• QUASI88 crashes RALib when loading core. Core writes over dsk file when emulator writes to dsk - this breaks hashing • PC-88VA not supported
49	PC-FX		Beetle PC-FX	Yes
51	Atari 7800		ProSystem	Yes
53	• WonderSwan • WonderSwan Color		Beetle WonderSwan	Yes
63	Watara Supervision		Potator	Yes

Supported But Not Validated

Console ID	Console Name	Standalones	Cores	RALib Support	Notes
40	Dreamcast		flycast		• Must disable threaded rendering to use save states
56	Neo Geo CD		NeoCD		Appears fully functional. Needs hashing method

Unsupported Consoles

Console ID	Console Name	Standalones	Cores	RALib Support	Notes
16	GameCube		Dolphin	Needs work	Generates sound but not video in RALibretro
19	Wii		Dolphin	Needs work	Crashes RALib when testing
20	Wii U				Untested
21	PlayStation 2		Play PCSX2		Low compatibility with most commercial games; black screen with stuttering sound PCSX2 is still in an alpha state, does not yet expose memory.
22	Xbox
26	DOS		dosbox-pure	Needs work	• Needs a reliable hashing method • Needs a way to prevent launching with user-specified command-line parameters • Needs a way to prevent TSRs
30	Commodore 64		vice	Needs Work	• Cannot find save disk for games like Bard's Tale and Maniac Mansion • Uncertain how core handles writing to disk - may affect hashing • How to handle multi-disk games that come in a zip without an m3u?
31	ZX81		EightyOne	Needs Work	• Memory not exposed.
32	Oric
34	Vic-20			Needs Work	Untested with proper BIOS.
35	Amiga		P-UAE	Needs Work	• Seems to run fine if zips are loaded. Memory is not exposed.
36	Atari ST		Hatari	Needs Work	• Memory not exposed. Games seem to run fine.
37	Amstrad CPC		Cap32	Needs Work	• Memory is exposed • Has "machine gun" audio bug in several games depending on machine selected.
37	Amstrad CPC		CrocoDS	Needs Work	• Memory is NOT exposed. Seems to run fine. Several games tested.
42	Philips CD-I				Untested
48	PC-9800		np2kai	Needs Work	• Memory is not exposed. Ran all 10 games tested.
50	Atari 5200		Atari800	Needs Work	• Appears to work fine, but the core itself is a bit of a headache. The BIOS has to be configured within the core (F1 > Emulator Configuration > System ROM settings). • Couldn't figure out controls - does Joystick also need to be configured within the core? • Currently allows loading arbitrary files from the internal menu, bypassing hashing. Can't be supported in hardcore unless that can somehow be blocked.
52	Sharp X68K		px68k		Untested with proper BIOS
54	Cassette Vision
55	Super Cassette Vision				Currently only playable in MAME, which cannot be supported
57	Fairchild Channel-F		FreeChaF FBNeo		FreeChaF exposes memory, but has some control issues FBNeo appears fine
58	FM Towns
59	ZX Spectrum		FUSE		• Requires rcheevos memory map to leverage memory descriptors • Requires ability to map keyboard to port 3 (RALibretro) • Uncertain about save support; cannot seem to insert save disk
60	Game & Watch		gw		• Doesn't expose memory yet
61	Nokia N-Gage
62	Nintendo 3DS		Citra		• Only exposes 64MB of memory - documentation suggests there should be 128MB. • Does not support save states
64	Sharp X1		X1 Millennium		• Does not expose memory • Crashes RALibretro • Uncertain how core handles writing to disk/tape - may affect hashing
65	TIC-80		TIC-80		• Doesn't expose memory correctly (only see 8 bytes)
66	Thomson TO8/TO8D		Theodore		Seems to work. Uncertain how core handles writing to disk/tape - may affect hashing
67	PC-6001		N/A
68	Sega PICO		Picodrive		Can't be controlled fully, needs controls related to turning pages in attached books
69	Mega Duck		N/A
70	Zeebo		N/A

Does Not Have Console ID

Console ID	Console Name	Standalones	Cores	RALib Support	Notes
	PocketStation		pockystation		Core doesn't seem functional even in Retroarch
	J2ME		freej2me		Untested

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Changelog

Last 10 changes on this page:

• [2021-12-21 22:12] televandalist: Bumped Dreamcast up a category
• [2021-12-05 12:45] televandalist: Typo fix
• [2021-12-02 02:59] televandalist: Console IDs 67-70 were assigned so I moved those up a category.
• [2021-11-28 07:51] Jamiras: Updated Emulator Support and Issues (markdown)
• [2021-11-28 07:50] Jamiras: Updated Emulator Support and Issues (markdown)
• [2021-11-23 15:04] Jamiras: Updated Emulator Support and Issues (markdown)
• [2021-10-27 11:40] televandalist: Update PSP notes.
• [2021-10-27 09:29] Jamiras: Updated Emulator Support and Issues (markdown)
• [2021-09-20 20:46] Jamiras: Updated Emulator Support and Issues (markdown)
• [2021-08-21 05:53] televandalist: Marked Intellivision as supported in RALib since apparently we forgot to update it before. Moved PSP up a category.