Retroarch Wii - Gamebrew

Retroarch Wii - Gamebrew

RetroArch is an open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is most widely known for enabling you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through a slick graphical interface.

RetroArch is designed to be easy to use, it also features an advanced settings interface that lets you tweak every possible option about how the games are run and displayed.

Features

  • A Polished Interface.
  • Cross platform.
  • Next-frame response time - impeccable latency results.
  • Highly Configurable.
  • Automatic Controller Configuration.
  • Shaders.
  • Achievements.
  • Netplay.
  • Recording & Streaming.
  • Expanding app library.

Installation

You can find the installation pack, assets and cores here.

To install, download the .7z and copy the retroarch-wii folder to the apps directory of your SD card.

Start up the Homebrew Channel and start up RetroArch Wii from there.

On first startup, RetroArch will create a folder in the root of your storage device called retroarch. All RetroArch configuration files are stored here.

You can now select a ROM that this core supports and load it in the Filebrowser.

Note that some specific cores require BIOS roms/files present in the system directory in order to run.

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