RetroBat v8.0.0: the big update, switch to x64, new logo, and an avalanche of updated emulators
style="user-select: auto;">If you're using a Windows PC for your emulation, RetroBat is probably your best friend. And this weekend, it just passed a historic milestone with its version 8.0.0, the biggest update in years.
⚡ The major technical change: everything goes to x64
This is THE fundamental change of this version. Until now, some parts of RetroBat still ran in 32 bit. With v8, EmulationStation and EmulatorLauncher are now fully compiled in x64. Result: better performance in the interface, better memory management, and the door opened to new functionalities impossible in 32 bit. The team also announces a new logo and color palette, promising to renew it every year.
🎮 New systems supported
RetroBat v8 adds support for several machines never emulated in the frontend:
- Enterprise 64/128, Hungarian computer from the 80s, via the core libretro ep128
- LaserActive, the 90s Pioneer/Sega/NEC combo, via ARES
- Cassettevision, Epoch's very first console (1981), via libretro pd777
- Elektronika BK, Soviet PDP-11 computer, via libretro-bk
- Intellivision, via jzintv
- Supermodel, arcade Sega Model 3 (Virtua Fighter 3, Daytona 2...) en libretro
- GroovyMAME, MAME version optimized for CRT screens with exact frequencies
- Azaharreplaces the old Citra core for the 3DS
📦 The list of emulator updates
It's impressive. Here is what has been bumped in this release:
- RetroArch 1.22.2 (with all its cores)
- MAME 0.286
- PCSX2 2.6.3
- PPSSPP 1.20.1
- RPCS3 0.0.40-19146
- Dolphin 2603a+Triforce arcade support (libretro included)
- Flycast 2.6
- Duckstation 0.1.10693
- ShadPS4 v15
- Xemu 0.8.134
- ScummVM 2026.1.0
- Yabasanshiro 1.18.21
- Gopher64 1.1.13, Azahar 2125, Vita3K, RMG Mupen64 0.8.9, JGenesis 0.11.1(+GBA)...
🔗 Switch Compatibility
RetroBat v8 is compatible with:
- Eden 0.2.0 - RetroBat automatically creates the
roms\switchupdatesfolder for external contents - Lemon (final version)
- Ryubing Ryujinx-canary 1.3.243
⚠️ Points of attention for updating
If you are updating from a previous version, several save folders have been moved. You need to migrate manually:
- RPCS3:
dev_hdd0→saves\ps3\rpcs3\hdd_0 - PPSSPP: memstick →
saves\psp - CEMU: mlc01 →
saves\wiiu\cemu\mlc01 - Dolphin: texture packs →
saves\\dolphin-emu\User\Load - Xenia/Xenia-Canary →
saves\xbox360\xenia - Ryujinx portable →
saves\switch\ryujinx - Vita3K →
saves\psvita\vita3k
Check the wiki before migrating if you have important saves.
📥Download
RetroBat is completely free and open source. Downloadable from retrobat.org or directly from GitHub. style="user-select: auto;">Source: GitHub - RetroBat v8.0.0 - retrobat.org