The last time we spoke of Retroarch was back in August the 15th. This was when we spoke about the next major update, but however the wait is finally over! A beta version of RetroArch 1.0.0.3 for PSP has been released! The developers has asked the users to test the emulator, and report any bugs encountered to their forums. Please do note that this is just a beta release and not the final product. Use this at your own risk; neither us nor the libretro team will be responsible for any damage done to your PSP.

The emulator currently contains the following cores:

– gambatte

– tempGBA

– fceumm

– fmsx

– beetle-pce-fast

– nxengine

– prboom

The developers have also stated that more cores may be added in the future, but only if they’re proven to be fast and stable enough to run on the PSP. They’ve also stated that the bios files go into the cores/system directory. Users with a PSP slim or Go, are told to disable ISO cache, and enable high memory layout to allow access to the extra 32MB ram. (This can be done in the recovery menu) The retroarch main menu can be brought up while ingame with the “note” button.

Some users have already reported that most cores are working well, and that it is also compatible with ps3 saves. Many thanks to the Libretro team, for this amazing port!

Don’t forget to leave your reports at their forums. Happy Testing!