Recent developments in emulation, from RetroArch’s refined shaders to unofficial native PC ports of classic N64 games, are transforming how retro titles are experienced. These advances improve ...

Retro games were designed for CRT displays, whose quirks shaped their visuals. On modern screens, these games often look overly sharp and lose their intended warmth. Using RetroArch’s CRT shader ...

I have longed for a pocket-able emulation device that is powerful enough to play games beyond the standard 16-bit era, but also felt built to last. And Ayaneo seems to have heard my prayers with its ...

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If there's one thing PC gamers universally despise, it's shader compilation stutters, but it's also a drag to launch a brand-new game, ready to play, only to be greeted by a "Compiling Shaders" ...

You can play classic computer games from the comfort of your couch by using RetroArch with the Apple TV. Here's how to get retro gaming on Apple's streaming box. The change also made it possible to do ...

The Pocket VERT isn't a typical emulation handheld designed to play all your favorite retro systems. Instead, it does Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulation better than anything else you can buy. The ...

Players need Minecraft Java edition and a mod like Optifine or Iris to run a shader pack. Download the shader pack from a trusted source and store the zip file in an accessible place. Launch Minecraft ...

RetroArch isn’t a game, but rather a time machine where we may enjoy unquestionably legal copies of the classics (you wouldn’t emulate a car, would you?). It has helped me rediscover old PSX games ...

applies shader effects on top of desktop, in a floating window or full-screen built-in RetroArch shader library (1200+ shaders!) covering: In this mode a transparent floating window will apply a ...

Here at Ars, we’re big fans of classic console emulators that go beyond providing perfect re-creations to those that actually improve on original hardware with new features we could only dream of as ...