Emulators

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

It is 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. There are a few instances where this rule does not apply, and are noted below.

The RP2 comes pre-loaded with RetroArch 1.8.4 & 1.5.0 with the following cores:

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)

RetroArch 1.5.0

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

For better Dreamcast performance in Flycast, you can download RetroArch 1.9.0 here.

Here are the recommended stand alone apps & RA cores

System	Emulator Options	Notes
MAME Arcade	MAME4droid 0.139u1	Pre-installed App. Needs the .139 MAME Romset
DOS	DOSBox	RetroArch Core
Atari 2600	Stella	RetroArch Core
NES	NES.EMU	Paid App
Sega Master System	MD.EMU	Paid App
Atari Lynx	Handy	Retroarch
Sega Genesis	MD.EMU	Paid App
TurboGrafx 16	PCE.EMU	Paid App
TurboGrafx CD	Beetle PCE	Retroarch. BIOS Files Needed
NeoGeo	NEO.EMU	Paid App
Sega Game Gear	Nostalgia GG	App
SNES	Snes9x 2002	Retroarch Core
Sega CD	Genesis Plus QX Core	Retroarch
Panasonic 3DO	Real3DOPlayer	BIOS Files Needed
Nintendo Virtual Boy	Beetle VB	Retroarch Core
Sony PS1	PCSX-R	Retroarch Core
Nintendo 64	Mupen64Plus FZ	Preinstalled App *Users have had success setting resolution to 640x480 without slowdowns on some games *The most recent PlayStore version will not work. This is the latest working version.
Nintendo Game Boy Color	My Old Boy!	Paid App
NeoGeo Pocket Color	Beetle NeoPop	Retroarch
Sega Dreamcast	Flycast	Pre-installed App & available as a Retroarch core. RetroArch 1.9.0 will achieve more optimal Flycast performance.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance	My Boy!	Paid App
Nintendo DS	DraStic DS	Paid App, *, to set controller settings, go to Settings -> External Controller and choose Select Key Mapping, then choose PlayStation 3. There is a patch for LoZ Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks to allow use of the dpad/analog stick for control as opposed to the default stylus
Sony PSP	PPSSPP	Preinstalled App. RP2 cannot handle more demanding games, such as GoW
SCUMMVM	SCUMMVM	Preinstalled App, *, Preinstalled App has a known SCUMMVM 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

(*): The Taki discord (under #retroid_pocket) has pinned .cfg files for DC controller, Mupen64 Plus FX controller + emulation (game settings) and preconfigured DraStic settings with instructions.

Dreamcast Configuration Tips

Configuration for Dreamcast is done through reicast, and then ROMs played in flycast as it has better performance. Download flycast here and open the APK using File Explorer. The latest 6 MB versions are noted to perform better than the 11 MB builds.

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 names 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 from the Taki Discord.

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