Luke Usher

MegaLD support in ares has been brewing for a while; I built a skeleton that could run the bios a long while back; Nemesis then took over and fixed the rest, and did an excellent job too!

This will be upstreamed after we’ve ironed out some details; the dump format used is not final and may change.

29.07.2025 23:02 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Other libretro-compatible frontends include Kodi Game, Bizhawk, kretro and no doubt others.

Alternative emulator abstractions *unrelated* to libretro include node (cross platform but used only by ares/higan), OpenEmu (macOS only), Delta (iOS only), I'm sure there must also be others out there.

18.06.2025 09:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can view libretro as the overall project.

RetroArch started as an example frontend and reference implementation of libretro, but is now the de facto standard.

Most emulators with libretro cores were ported and are maintained by the same individuals who work on RetroArch.

18.06.2025 09:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s essentially a completely different product that shares the same concepts; the entire thing had to be rebuilt for cross platform support.

Unfortunately I’ve just never been able to vibe with it since the transition; it just feels clunky to me.

But hey, you can build console games now!

12.06.2025 06:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And it's here! ares v142 has been released with support for SETA Aleck 64, and more great changes, get it from ares-emu.net

Release notes: ares-emu.net/news/ares-v1...

05.02.2025 14:22 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Nintendo 64-based Aleck 64 arcade system emulation, is coming soon to ares!

08.01.2025 21:39 — 👍 38    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 2

grain are good for speed, I’m paying for 300 but often hit double that, it’s symmetric too

But they refuse to give you credentials to access the router, if you want to change settings support have to do it for you; it’s behind cgnat, and has no ipv6, and no static ip unless business class.

10.09.2023 18:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you’re dedicated enough, nothing stops you auditing and updating the codebase without changing functionality… php8 port when?

31.07.2023 13:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0