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How to Update RetroArch [Guide]

How to Update RetroArch [Guide]

In this article, I’ll show you how to update RetroArch to use its latest features. You can easily update it and not lose any settings. RetroArch is a free, open-source, and cross-platform for emulators, video games, game engines, media players and other applications.

RetroArch lets you to set up a gamepad, where you can look around your library of games, and play anything from your system with a simple few button presses. It is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. It is easy to set up and the emulation is pretty much spot on for the lower end emulators.

How to Update RetroArch

Recently the RetroArch team put up some really awesome update and if you’re on an older version, you can’t use them. Unfortunately you can’t update it through RetroArch so, we will use Liberto website. Nevertheless, you can easily update it.

Follow the steps listed below on how to update RetroArch.

  1. Open any web browser.
  2. Search RetroArch in the search bar.
  3. Click on the website where you can see RetroArch- Liberto.
  4. Go to Downloads.
  5. Click on the version you want (i.e. Windows 32 bit or 64 bit version).
  6. Click on _RetroArch.7z and redist.7z and download them.
  7. Go to download folder on your computer, highlight them both and extract the downloaded files to RetroArch folder using WinRar or 7-zip.
  8. After that, navigate to LaunchBox -> Emulators -> RetroArch and click ok.
  9. Click ‘Yes’ on the pop up asking to overwrite the files.

RetroArch is now updated. Re-launch it, you will be able to see the updated version number in the bottom left corner in RetroArch.

Note: It does not overwrite your configurations, all it is doing is adding in the RetroArch.exe update as well as the retro degub exe and also some other .dll files that RetroArch needs to run.

Conclusion: I hope that above article on How to Update RetroArch helped you solve your problem.

How do I update RetroArch?

Unfortunately you can’t update it through RetroArch, but you can easily update it from Liberto website.

What is the latest version of RetroArch?

The latest version of RetroArch is 1.9. 0, it was released on 28 February 2021.

How do I change core settings in RetroArch?

Main menu icon -> load the core -> select the core. This process can change the controls of a specific core and also, this will apply universally, no matter what core you are playing on.

Where is RetroArch config?

The RetroArch config might be located in /etc/retroarch.cfg on your home folder or the directory where RetroArch was installed.

Is RetroArch legal?

Yes, RetroArch is legal. Emulators themselves are completely legal as they don’t have any proprietary code and do not violate any copyright laws.