There’s something important you need to consider when using Retroarch. You still run your games through Retroarch but browse and explore them through DIG, which looks much nicer, organizes your games by genre, year, etc., and gives you nice historical synopses on your games.įor a full guide on how to set yourself up with the DIG frontend, read our DIG tutorial. To do this, tap the Playlists icon (middle option at the bottom of your Retroarch screen), then “Scan Directory.”ĭIG is probably the best emulation frontend for Android, scanning your entire phone, then displaying all your games with some great presentation options. Alternatively, you can set up proper playlists. Once you have the games on your device, you can load them one by one by going to “Load Content,” then navigating to them from there. (We stress that these should be copies of games you already own.) Sega Saturn – Yabause (very strenuous performance-wise)Īfter you have your cores all set up, to get Retroarch to detect your games, you’ll need to get the ROMs and ISOs for your games onto your Android device.Sega Genesis/Game Gear – Genesis Plus GX (PicoDrive from Sega 32X games).They should work fine on relatively recent devices, but older/low-end Android devices may struggle. Note: cores for more demanding consoles with 3D graphics and so on (N64, PS1, Sega Saturn) will be more straining on your device. There will be certain games that don’t quite conform to this list, but for most people, we believe that it’s optimal.

Which cores are best for which console? Below are our core picks for the most popular consoles, based on the broadest compatibility and best performance with the most games. (The only way to then uninstall a core is to go to the Retroarch app settings and “Clear Data.”)Īlso read: How to Set Up RetroArch, The Open-Source Cross-Platform Retro Game Emulator Note that as soon as you tap a core in the list, it will download to your device.

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