
Once again, don’t overwrite files that already exist, and you should be fine. You can extract info.zip directly to your Steam RetroArch/info folder if desired, or do it the same way you did the cores. If you are not following the guide for the first time, follow the steps necessary to open your Steam RetroArch folder, then open the info folder. If you are following the guide for the first time, go to the file browser window your cores are open in, go up one level, and open the info folder. You will need to download the info files from – You should only need to do this once, unless RetroArch adds support for completely new cores at a later date.
#Cores for retroarch update#
I recommend against overwriting the cores that RetroArch manages via DLC, as they will ‘update’ and fix themselves via Steam Update before launching your game. Open the cores folder that should be here and then PASTE your clipboard. This should open the RetroArch folder in your file browser. Once you have done that, you will need to find where you installed RetroArch to via Steam.Īs seen in the picture, you can do that by finding RetroArch in your Steam Library, right clicking it, clicking properties, clicking Local Files, and clicking Browse. Once you have done that, navigate to your extracted folder, then RetroArch-Win64 (or your architecture), then cores. If you can’t extract the files please scroll all the way down.įirst, extract them to somewhere you can find easily, be it your Downloads folder, your desktop, pretty much anywhere is fine. I will have a section at the bottom of this guide for this. You may need to download 7-zip to do this. Once you have done that, you will need to extract them to where they need to go. Now, you will download RetroArch_cores.7z from the directory you navigated to. If you are one of the few still running a 32-bit computer, click x86. If you don’t know what this means, click Windows. Select the folder for the latest stable version (currently 1.10.1, may vary) You will (probably) need to do this every time RetroArch gets an update, if you want your cores to be as up to date as possible.Įxpand the folder if necessary until it looks like this image:

#Cores for retroarch how to#
In this guide, I will instruct you on how to download and install cores for Steam RetroArch
