Emulators

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This page contains RetroArch and stand alone emulator options for systems that will run on the RP2.

It is generally not recommended to update the pre-installed emulators, as the Retroid developers seem to have chosen these builds because they run well on the device.


The RP2 comes pre-installed with two versions of RetroArch (1.8.4 & 1.5.0) and the following cores:


RetroArch 1.5.0

  • Game Boy Advance (gpSP) This is installed separately because RA 1.5.0 has the best performance for gpSP/GBA


RetroArch 1.8.4

  • Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1)
  • Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2)
  • Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo)
  • Arcade (MAME 2000)
  • Arcade (MAME 2003)
  • Arcade (MAME 2010)
  • Arcade (MAME 2015)
  • Atari - 2600 (Stella)
  • Atari - 5200 (Atari800)
  • Atari - Lynx (Handy)
  • Bandai - WonderSwan/Color (Beetle Cygne)
  • Commodore - Amiga (P-UAE)
  • Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast)
  • DOS (DOSBox - SVN)
  • GCE - Vectrex (vecx)
  • Microsoft - MSX (fMSX)
  • Minecraft - (Craft)
  • MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 (blueMSX)
  • NEC - PC Engine / CD (Beetle PCE FAST)
  • Nintendo - Gameboy / Color (Gambette)
  • Nintendo - NES / Famicom (FCEUmm)
  • Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2002)
  • Quake (TyrQuake)
  • Sega - Dreamcast/Naomi (Flycast)
  • Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX)
  • Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 (Gearsystem)
  • Sega - MS/MD/CD/32X (PicoDrive)
  • SNK - Neo Geo CD (NeoCD)
  • SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color (RACE)
  • Sony - PlayStation (PCSX ReARMed)
  • The 3DO Company - 3DO (4DO)
  • ZX Spectrum (Fuse)


The RP2 Comes pre-installed with the following stand alone apps:


  • Flycast (You will need to configure Reicast and configure the Bios. See DC Configuration Tips at the bottom of this page.)
  • MAME4droid(0.139u1) (You will need a .139 MAME Romset)
  • Mupen64Plus FZ (Use recommended rendering profile per game for optimal performance. Here is Mupen's settings & render profiles if you lose them, copy to internal storage.)
  • N64oid (C stick does not map)
  • NeoDroid - NeoGeo MVS Emulator (Compatible with MAME Roms. Put neogeo.zip bios file in your roms directory “/sdcard/neodroid/roms”)
  • PPSSPP (Use the recommended profile settings per game for optimal performance)
  • Reicast (The back end for Flycast)
  • ScummVM (shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing)


This table of stand alone apps & RetroArch cores seem to get the best performance out of the device. We have prioritized cores over apps whenever possible, and only if performance is equivalent or better. We have also prioritized free apps over paid apps whenever possible, and again, only if performance is equivalent or better.

System Emulator Options Notes
MAME Arcade MAME4droid 0.139u1 App. Pre-installed. Needs the .139 MAME Romset.
DOS DOSBox Core. Pre-installed.
Atari 2600 Stella Core. Pre-installed.
NES FCEUmm Core. Pre-installed.
Sega Master System Genesis Plus GX Core. Pre-installed.
Atari Lynx Handy Core. Pre-installed.
Sega Genesis Genesis Plus GX Core. Pre-installed.
TurboGrafx 16 Beetle PCE FAST Core. Pre-installed.
TurboGrafx CD Beetle PCE FAST Core. BIOS Files Needed
NeoGeo NeoDroid App. Pre-installed.
Sega Game Gear Genesis Plus GX Core. Pre-installed.
SNES Snes9x 2002 Core. Pre-installed.
Sega CD Genesis Plus GX Core. Pre-installed.
Panasonic 3DO Real3DOPlayer App. BIOS Files Needed
Nintendo Virtual Boy Beetle VB Core.
Sony PS1 PCSX-R Core. Pre-installed.
Nintendo 64 Mupen64Plus FZ App. Pre-installed. *The most recent PlayStore version will not work. This is the latest working version.
Nintendo Game Boy Color Gambette / My Old Boy! Core. Pre-installed. Paid App. (My Old Boy! has system link emulation locally and remotely)
NeoGeo Pocket Color RACE Core. Pre-installed.
Sega Dreamcast Flycast App. Core. Pre-installed. (See DC Config Tips below) Docs. RA 1.9.0 has been tested to achieve better Flycast performance than RA 1.8.4.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance gpSP / MyBoy! Core. Pre-installed. Paid App (MyBoy! has system link cable emulation locally and remotely)
Nintendo DS DraStic Paid App. To set controller mappings, go to Settings -> External Controller and choose Select Key Mapping, then choose PlayStation 3. Use home button to enter mouse mode when needed. You can set right stick as stylus.
Sony PSP PPSSPP App. Pre-installed. RP2 cannot handle more demanding games, such as GoW
SCUMMVM SCUMMVM App. Pre-installed. Has a known bug that shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing



Dreamcast Configuration Tips

Configuration for the pre-installed Flycast Stand Alone app is done through the pre-installed Reicast app. Flycast will have better performance than Reicast.

Open Reicast and click on the DC bios and format memory card 1. For controller settings, set the ports of all to none, and the port for Android Playstation to A. Click Map, and map the buttons to their appropriate locations - you may not need to map all buttons. Click Done, then Done again. You may now close Reicast.

Launch Flycast, which shares a config with Reicast, and load and play your game.

If there are issues with the controller, you may need to modify the .cfg file in Flycast. To do this, go into the directory path for Flycast and find the folder named mappings. Inside, there should be a file named Android_Playstation3.cfg. Open the file, scroll to the bottom, and erase the line for deadzone value. This should not be needed if Reicast 20.02b or newer is installed, or if you have used the .cfg file.

Credits to u/beldandy561, u/Captain_Shoe, u/TortugaSs, Ryan86Me, StubbornPixel, and u/CommieColin

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