Although they haven’t announced it on their blog yet, the libretro team have released Retroarch 1.10.3. The popular multi-emulator is available for a lot of platforms, including of course Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, but also on the PS Vita/PSTV and Nintendo Switch, as well as Android and iOS (and many other consoles as well, including the 3DS).

Interestingly, this release also might improve performance of the emulator on the PSP,  by removing some GUI translations to free some RAM.

What’s new in Retroarch 1.10.3 ?

Although the team has not detailed yet on their blog, what changes this new release brings, this is what their changelog currently says:

• ANDROID: Decouple Play Core dependency to bring app into compliance for F-Droid
• AI/SERVICE: Disable AI Service setting by default
• BLUETOOTH/LAKKA: bluetoothctl: add / modify pairing steps
• CHEEVOS: Disallow manual frame delay setting in Hardcore Mode
• DATABASE: Serial scanning for Wii now includes WBFS
• INPUT/MAPPING: Fix offset + crash when clearing input port binds
• INPUT/MAPPING: Fix saving of ‘Analog to Digital Type’ when configuration overrides are used
• INPUT/MAPPING: Fix saving of ‘Analog to Digital Type’ when configuration overrides are used
• LOCALIZATION: Add Valencian language option
• LOCALIZATION: Updates
• MENU/SETTINGS: Move ‘Show Menu Bar’ under ‘Windowed Mode’ settings
• MENU/SETTINGS: Add sublabels for ‘Subsystems’ and ‘Input Deadzone/Sensitivity’
• MENU/SETTINGS: Move ‘On-Screen Notifications’ to top
• MENU/XMB: Unified the shadow alpha value to a slightly darker one for better readability
• MENU/XMB: Corrected the option label and sublabel for actual behavior
• MIYOO: Enable ALSA audio driver and default to it
• PSP: Take out extra languages/localization, adds about 4/5MB to the binary, and RAM is limited on PSP (32MB and 64MB RAM models)
• STATIC PLATFORMS: Populate all history list metadata when launching content from playlists
• STEAM: Introduce Steam Rich Presence
• VIDEO: Fast-Forward Frameskip improvement
• VIDEO/THREADED: Stability fixes
• WINDOWS/WINRAW: Fix multiple light guns
• WIIU: Fix USB get_device_name(), don’t truncate to three chars

To be honest, there does not appear to be “massive” changes, in particular compared to 1.10.2 released 2 weeks ago, in which the team described they’ve been ramping up for Steam Deck compatibility. Still, it’s always nice to get some new Retroarch update.

Retroarch 1.10.2 brought some nice GUI improvements last month

Download Retroarch 1.10.3

Head over to the nightly builds section of the retroarch downloads, and download the most recent build, for your platform of choice. As a reminder, you will need a hacked PS Vita or a hacked Switch in order to run Retroarch (and other homebrew) on these platforms.