Homebrew RELEASE A lot more RetroArch core ports for 5.X

[GalaxyYT]

ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT PORTED BY ME. THIS WAS PORTED BY DogParty. I TAKE NO CREDIT. original reddit post

More RetroArch cores have been ported to 5.X using libtransistor, which means this won't work on 4.X right now.

Download!
Choose the core(s) you want and place the NROs in the switch folder on your sd card.
Place ROMs anywhere on SD since RetroArch can browse it.

Sidenote, only tested a few of these.

List of Emulators:
fbalpha: general sega/arcade emulator
fceumm: nes emulator
gambatte: gameboy emulator
genesis: sega genesis/mega drive emulator
gpsp: gameboy emulator
handy: atari lynx emulator
mame2003: mame emulator
mgba: gba emulator
picodrive: sega genesis/mega drive emulator
prosystem: atari 7800 emulator
snes9x2010: snes emulator
tgbdual: gameboy emulator
vba_next: gba emulator
vecx: vectrex emulator
virtualjaguar: atari jaguar emulator
yabause: sega saturn emulator

Potential Bugs:
On Reddit, a user has said that he can't load any ROMs through gpSP or mGBA. So, try using VBA-Next for GBA games. (Apparently the missing BIOS might be the cause of this issue. I haven't tested.)

Doesn't work on 4.x as stated above.

NES Emulator (fceumm) has bad screen tearing issues in some games (Super Mario Bros. 1) and some have slightly higher pitched audio (Super Mario Bros 3.)

Genesis Emulator (Picodrive) appears to not like Sonic 1 and 2 (only games I've tested on this EMU). They load, but after about 5 seconds, completely freeze. Sonic 3 works. They are in ZIPs for me, so that could be the problem. I recommend sticking to PFBA for Genesis.

 

[Tonydaexpert]

YES

 

[DiJornios]

Cool stuff!

 

[cagycee]

Thats a lot more than I anticipated. O-O

 

[ownedlol]

'gpSP' is a very misleading emulator name.

 

[GalaxyYT]

'gpSP' is a very misleading emulator name.

I think it was an emulator made specifically for the PSP but was ported.

 

[ownedlol]

I think it was an emulator made specifically for the PSP but was ported.

Ah, now that makes a whole lot more sense.

 

[GalaxyYT]

(small update to the post for people who care about these 2 games)
in FCEUMM:
Super Mario Bros. has very bad screen tearing issues, and Super Mario Bros 3. has slightly higher pitched audio. Tried the Duck Hunt + SMB ROM as well, same issue.

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Could someone make a list of the emulator names and what they emulate (some are misleading)

 

[Twistedziefer]

'gpSP' is a very misleading emulator name.

lol i know right

 

[GalaxyYT]

Could someone make a list of the emulator names and what they emulate (some are misleading)

fbalpha: general sega/arcade emulator
fceumm: nes emulator
gambatte: gameboy emulator
genesis: sega genesis/mega drive emulator
gpsp: gameboy emulator
handy: atari lynx emulator
mame2003: mame emulator
mgba: gba emulator
picodrive: sega genesis/mega drive emulator
prosystem: atari 7800 emulator
snes9x2010: snes emulator
tgbdual: gameboy emulator
vba_next: gba emulator
vecx: vectrex emulator
virtualjaguar: atari jaguar emulator
yabause: sega saturn emulator

 

[justinbug2]

is the n64 one coming soon?

 

[Tonydaexpert]

lol now I just need the PSX one and everything will be great

 

[Proto-Propski]

I'm in love, what a time to be alive in the Switch Homebrew scene, all I need now is a PSP emulator, and I'll be complete... well for now anyway lol


*Looks at Eventual Dolphin Emulator*

 

[GalaxyYT]

is the n64 one coming soon?

I'm guessing that it hasn't happened yet because it requires hardware acceleration, or more than 1 core.

 

[laytonfan123]

Excelent!! Thanks for sharing

 

[wicksand420]

Thanks @DogParty

 

[lawyiufungjack2]

genesis cant load rom, picodrive crash,fceumm work with savestate

 

[ShadowOne333]

This is already being discussed in the official RetroArch Switch thread for quite a couple days already in here:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-switch.492920/page-67#post-8004142

Link to the download is in the OP too.
Please refer all subsequent discussion in there to have all the info gathered in one place.