Install and Enjoy Emulation on Your PS Vita with RetroArch

The wait is over for PS Vita enthusiasts who have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of an all-in-one emulation platform. RetroArch, a popular emulator developed by Libretro, has finally made its way to the PS Vita, bringing with it a wide range of emulators that can run on the handheld console.

To get started, simply install the RetroArch.vpk file and you're set. If this is your first time installing RetroArch, you'll be pleased to know that everything works smoothly out of the box. In fact, you can even enjoy classic games like Doom on your PS Vita thanks to the PrBoom version that was ported over by Libretro.

The popularity of RetroArch has led to its porting to almost every modern console, as well as Android and Linux-based OS. The PS Vita version of RetroArch is no exception, offering a wide range of emulators that can run popular games from various platforms. These include PlayStation, Gameboy/Color/Advance, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and even Arcade machines like NeoGeo and Capcom Play Systems (CPS1/2/3).

All the emulators within RetroArch are forks based on open-source code, tweaked and updated constantly by the Libretro team. The latest achievements of the team include getting a web-browser version of RetroArch working and adding a Sega Saturn emulator based on the mednafen code.

For those who may not be familiar with the Vita scene, RetroArch is an all-in-one emulation platform created and maintained by Libretro. It has been growing in popularity over the last few years, and it's great to see that it's now available for PS Vita users.

I've had a chance to test both Gambatte and PCSX-R with success, and they seem to be working just as well as their standalone counterparts. You would think that an update of this magnitude would at least have some form of announcement from the Libretro team, but there's been radio silence on their Twitter account.

The surprise package was revealed when Reddit user rdgcm noted that the size of RetroArch builds had doubled overnight with the inclusion of a new file named retroarch.vpk. This is indeed the oh-so-yearned-for all-in-one VPK that many users have been wondering about for quite some time. With RetroArch now available on PS Vita, gamers can enjoy a wide range of classic games on their handheld console.

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