Developer jimbob4000 has updated RetroFlow-Launcher for the PS Vita to version 3.4. RetroFlow-Launcher is a nice little GUI for browsing and launching your Retro games on the PS Vita. RetroFlow-Launcher is a fork of HexFlow-Launcher by VitaHEX.

What is RetroFlow-Launcher for PS Vita

If you need a nice looking GUI to browse and run your Retro games on the PS Vita, RetroFlow-Launcher is for you. From the Readme:

This is a modded version of HexFlow Launcher; a 3d coverflow like launcher for PS Vita.

This version includes categories for retro games which can be launched without bubbles for RetroArch and DaedalusX64. Playstation and PSP games can also be launched without having to create bubbles for every game!

This version also has categories for favorites and recently played games.

Display and launch your retro games and homebrews in style.
RetroFlow Launcher features a 3d user interface to display your games with their box art and supports many customization options like custom covers and backgrounds.

Launching a game or app from RetroFlow Launcher will close the launcher automaticaly without asking.

Supported systems:

PS Vita, PSP, Playstation, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, PC Engine, PC Engine CD, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-CD, MAME 2000 and Neo Geo Pocket Color.

DaedalusX64 is required for N64 games. RetroArch is required for other retro systems. Adrenaline is required for Playstation and PSP games.

RetroFlow 3.4 – What’s new

New

• Favorites category – Add or remove by pressing triangle on the game information screen
• Recently played category – Shows last 20 games you have played. This category can also be disabled
• Added: TurboGrafx-CD, PC Engine CD, Neo Geo Pocket Color categories.
• Polish translation added.

Improvements

• Startup scan – Changed setting to off by default, turn on when you need to add new games
• Footer buttons – spacing improved to be consistent

Thanks

• SK00RUPA – For the Polish translation
• peterdickx – For starting off the favorites category

Download and install RetroFlow-Launcher

You can Download RetroFlow-Launcher from the project’s github here.

Reminder: you will need a hacked PS Vita in order to run this homebrew GUI as well as the underlying games.

Installation

1. Install the RetroFlow VPK’s.

Install the latest version of RetroFlow and additional RetroFlow Adrenaline launcher VPK from here.

‘RetroFlow Launcher’ is the app you will use to browse games. ‘RetroFlow Adrenaline launcher’ is needed for launching Playstation and PSP games.

2. Rename your PSP games using the steps below.

Renaming is needed for cover matching. RetroFlow will look for a title ID in the filename.

Windows users:

Please rename PSP ISO and CSO files using Leecherman’s PSP ISO Renamer tool using the following parameters:

%NAME% (%REGION%) [%ID%]

The result should look like this (please notice the square brackets):

Cars 2 (US) [UCUS-98766].iso

Games can also be named with just the title ID like so: “UCUS98766.iso” but this isn’t recommended.

Mac users:

See the FAQ’s section for a guide on renaming on a mac.

More information on PSP and Playstation after the FAQ’s section.

3. Check your PS1 and PSP are in the right folders

PS1 and PSP games with eboot files should be saved here:

ux0:pspemu/PSP/GAME/

PSP ISO and CSO games should be saved here:

ux0:pspemu/ISO/

4. Add your retro games to RetroFlow

Launch RetroFlow for the first time, RetroFlow will create the folders where you can save your games.

Once it’s finshed loading; close RetroFlow and copy your favourite retro games into the relevant subfolders below:

ux0:/data/RetroFlow/ROMS/

For PC Engine CD and TurboGrafx-CD RetroFlow will look for ‘.cue’ files for these CD systems. Please make sure all the games are loose with the system’s rom folder with .cue files.

Tip: It’s important that your roms are named using the no-intro file naming convention, e.g. “Game Name (USA)” , otherwise cover images won’t be found.

5. Download covers

To download cover images, press start, then choose which covers you would like to download.