RetroArch

RetroArch: Play classical games and launch old applications on modern computers and consoles using this cross-platform, open-source emulator that has an online library, achievements, and more

RetroArch is an application designed as an interface for game engines, emulators, and media players, allowing you to run old apps and classic games on modern PCs and consoles.

Besides Windows, the program also works on a multitude of platforms, namely, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PSP, Playstation Vita / TV, Blackberry, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, GCW Zero, Raspberry Pi, Gamecube, Nintendo 3DS, and Open Pandora.

You can easily download and install various classic games and emulated consoles from the constantly updated library available in RetroArch. What's more, the application can also load artwork, assets, shaders, and cheat codes.

Before running RetroArch, you need to download the ROM games you want to play. Then, you will need to select the console you want to emulate a game for, via the core updater and ask the program to scan the PC for games. To continue, select a game from the main menu and run it.

The application was designed to automatically detect your game collection and sort the titles. Users can manually select the drivers for the joypad, video, audio, camera, menu, location, recording, and audio resampler among others.

You can customize the video settings regarding the screensaver, fullscreen mode, displaying FPS, vertical refresh rate, windowed scale, integer scale, aspect ratio, frame throttle and the list goes on. The built-in audio settings enable users to tweak the volume level and mixer volume level, muting, sync, device, DSP plugin, and latency.