Next, quit Retroarch and reopen it, go to “Settings -> Drivers -> Video” and change the driver to “vulkan.” Now, open a ROM using the ParaLLel 64 core. (Just do a Google search.) The ones you need are SCPH5500, SCPH5501 and SCPH5502, and you need to chuck them in the “system” folder in your Retroarch directory. First up, you’ll need to track down and download three very specific BIOS files for the PS1. It’s not too complicated, but there are a couple of things to bear in mind. Of all the cores on Retroarch, the PS1 cores are probably the trickiest to get working. Here we run through the most common Retroarch issues and fixes to get it working again.Īlso read: How to Set Up RetroArch, The Open-Source Cross-Platform Retro Game Emulator 1.

ROMs may fail to scan, emulators run too slowly, and controllers don’t get detected. Such a vast platform with so much going on inevitably runs into problems, however. It doesn’t do Retroarch justice just to call it a “frontend” for every console emulator imaginable because all the great emulators can be integrated into it, downloaded and loaded up as “cores” within seconds. For a growing number of people, Retroarch is the ultimate hub of everything emulation-related.