beetle-psx-libretro vs RetroArch

beetle-psx-libretro

Standalone port/fork of Mednafen PSX to the Libretro API. (by libretro)

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Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3. (by libretro)

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beetle-psx-libretro

Posts with mentions or reviews of beetle-psx-libretro. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-21.

Help with purple screen over FMV - FFIX on PSX Beetle HW
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 17 Nov 2022
Instant crash when pressing fast forward in PSX Beetle HW
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 8 Oct 2022

See this thread for further information: https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/issues/841
Is there a go-to place for upscaled texture packs?
2 projects | /r/GameUpscale | 21 Mar 2022

In case of Duckstation there are no texture packs I'm aware of. Its texture replacement feature is unfinished and not even implemented. The only texture packs for PS1 that were ever released and that I know are Chrono Cross from Tiriosaurus and Wipeout from Lyonheart for the Beetle PSX emulator. All other projects are WIP and probably stuck because of the limitations of the texture replacement features of Beetle and Duckstation.
Flickering screen using vulkan with Beetle PSX - how to prevent?
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 4 Feb 2022

In the event that you narrow it down to this one game exclusively, you should probably post an issue report here: https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/issues
Aspect ratio and other discoveries
1 project | /r/VagrantStory | 31 Jan 2022

After staring at numbers for what feels like forever, I think I finally cracked it. You can find the mathy part (well, most of it) in the most recent post here, but to explain it simply, I think there might have been a slight bug in the tools used to create the final assets.
I'm unable to solve some old bugs on Chrono Cross on BeetleHW. Are they solved yet?
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 7 Dec 2021

Hi. I'm having exactly the same visual glitches as this github topic.
Retroarch Beetle PSX HW core no longer loading (worked before)
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 13 Nov 2021

I did a websearch with SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port1.gun_chairs and found interesting results: https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/2hxc3z/retroarch_psx_issues/ and https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/issues/26 . So either you have to rename a BIOS (or add one?) or rename the files in the .cue file I think. At this point, I am not sure, but it looks like as if this is related.
Can anyone help me fix this glitch involving the pinball texture in Beetle PSX HW? (Log in comments)
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 1 Oct 2021

Looks like it's a known issue with HW renderer: https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/issues/603
RetroArch 1.9.1 released!
3 projects | /r/emulation | 28 Mar 2021

There's been some stuff backported from Mednafen recently for Beetle PSX. Like the improved reverb emulation: https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/commit/76750ab9ee7598ea03ce1de4dcc86cd119334d6a
Bounty posted for yellow FMV in Beetle PSX HW Vulkan - $50
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 20 Mar 2021

RetroArch

Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroArch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.

Looking for a setup guide for retroarcher on plex
2 projects | /r/RetroArcher | 8 Dec 2023

You could try hosting the web version of Retroarch on your server, and use this but I don't think what you're looking for exists
Netplay Custom Relay Server
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 16 Nov 2023

Hi all Ive come across this github feature request from the project https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/8124
SillyTavern can now run Doom!*
3 projects | /r/SillyTavernAI | 30 Oct 2023

Thanks to the amazing people at EmulatorJS and Libretro for making this all possible.
Is there a way to filter playlists via metadata?
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 9 Jul 2023
Can someone explain how runahead works?
1 project | /r/emulation | 1 Jul 2023

It wasn't originally developed for BSNES. It seems to go as far back as 2018 with a patch by Nitsuja for a TAS geared Gens fork then submitted to RA by Dwedit in 2018
where do I get gameboy shaders at to download?
5 projects | /r/RetroArch | 26 Jun 2023
[question] Anyone know to how to get rid of the mouse cursor in DOSbox-pure? Yes, I've tried f11 mouse toggle. Normally in pc/mac to fix this, I would go into Full screen mode, and it would hide the mouse cursor. I'm using a firestick on my TV in this picture instead. Can the arrow be hidden?
2 projects | /r/RetroArch | 23 Jun 2023
How to ask for an approval on a new funcition to Sync saves on retroarch?
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 20 Jun 2023

It's a pretty hairy topic once you get into the details but you can read through this issue thread to get up to speed: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6875
Trying to map R and L Dreamcast triggers to analog right UP and DOWN
1 project | /r/RG353V | 13 Jun 2023

So this is the issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/13913
Settings not getting saved
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 10 Jun 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing beetle-psx-libretro and RetroArch you can also consider the following projects:

duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64

batocera.linux - batocera.linux

libretro-thumbnails - Thumbnails for RetroArch

arkos - Another rockchip Operating System

EmulationStation - A Fork of Emulation Station for RetroPie. Emulation Station is a flexible emulator front-end supporting keyboardless navigation and custom system themes.

docker-emulatorjs - Web based retro emulation frontend with rom scanning and automated art ingestion.

mame - MAME

351ELEC - Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V devices.

pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements - A project designed to enhance Silent Hill 2 (SH2) graphics and audio for the PC. It also includes scripts to build or modify SH2 audio files (SFX, BGM and Dialog).

ppsspp - A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.