RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable. Starting with v1.3.6, RetroArch users can download compatible freeware content, such as the shareware release of Doom, right from the app.

List of included libretro cores:

NES: FCEU, Nestopia, QuickNES
SNES: PocketSNES, SNES9x-Next
GBC: Gambatte, TGB Dual
GBA: Meteor, VBA
Genesis / Sega CD: Genesis Plus
Saturn: Yabause (Very slow!)
Playstation: PCSX-ReARMed
Atari 2600: Stella
Chip8/16: Maxe
Arcade: iMAME4all, MAME078, Final Burn Alpha
Mednafen cores: PCE-Fast, WSwan, PSX
Natives: NXEngine (Cave Story), PrBoom (Doom)

Changes:

To read what’s new, go to the built-in Help Screen on the app (Help -> What’s New?)

Speccy is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer emulator, but also emulates a Sam Coupe. It will run software written for Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A, +3, Timex Sinclair, Pentagon, and Skorpion home computers.

Changes:

* Speccy Deluxe no longer wants READ_PHONE_STATE permission.
* Application will use AndroidID rather than IMEI to identify users.
* Fixed crashes when showing or dismissing progress dialog in the File Selector.
* Fixed crash when blitting image to screen.
* Fixed crash when exiting Gallery and Palette Editor on Nougat.
* Hopefully fixed native crash freeing tape data on exit.
* Hopefully fixed rare crash in the File Selector onCreate().
* Hopefully fixed rare crash in Palette Editor RGB dialog.

Flow Rush by blackhornet.workshop is a free unique logic puzzle game. Your task is to deliver all messages to the destination points. To solve the puzzle, you should rotate and connect hex tiles in such a way as to find the right path for a delivery of abstract messages. Use the doves to fast transferring over distances.

Changes:

* Fixed some bugs

Proxima-B is a PICO-8 space shooter by sloum featuring:

* Two distinct shooter levels
* Two boss fights
* A fun/atmospheric soundtrack
* Two powerups: spread shot and super shot (double damage and larger bullet)
* A platforming epilogue (Which exists mostly for storyline/gag purposes (in that level you can press up for a jet-pack effect, and X to open doors).

Thunder Bella is a PICO-8 game by EvilPaper. Bella is trapped in a vicious storm. Can you beat the evil Thundercloud and save Bella?

Mountains of Demise II is a PICO-8 game by adrian09_01. 2 years before Mountains of Demise II, a boy conquered the Mountain of Demise, the second most dangerous mountain in the world, to rescue Princess Lilianna, his loved one. Now, he’s The Chosen One to rescue the world from a wave of cyberdemons. Climb mountains, collect and use 4 artifacts in a quest to save the world.

The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

Content:

We’re joined by legendary Commodore 64 game musician Rob Hubbard, the man behind the music for International Karate, Commando, Monty on The Run and many more!

https://soundcloud.com/the-retro-hour/c64-legend-rob-hubbard-the-retro-hour-ep74

KODI (ex-XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Our forums and Wiki are bursting with knowledge and help for the new user right up to the application developer.

Changes:

* Updated to 17.3

ptitSeb ported PPSSPP to the OpenPandora handheld. PPSSPP is an open source project, licensed under the GPL 2.0 (or later).

PPSSPP is a PSP emulator written in C++, and translates PSP CPU instructions directly into optimized x86, x64 and (soon) ARM machine code, using an efficient JIT compiler. PPSSPP can thus run on quite low-spec hardware, including stronger Android phones and tablets, as long as there’s support for OpenGL ES 2.0.

Changes:

* In sync with the git repo

C-Dogs SDL is a port of a really fun old DOS game to modern operating systems, using the SDL media libraries for graphics, sound and input (hence the name). Overall it’s an open source, classic overhead run-and-gun game.

Changes:

– Latest stable release.
– Updated libs and source code inside the PND.