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RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2] [3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]
A sub-series called ACA Neo Geo [b] focuses on re-releasing Neo Geo titles in their original arcade format, unlike many services that attempt to emulate the console versions. Arcade Archives was first released for the PlayStation 4 on May 15, 2014, via the PlayStation Network. It supports various system-specific features, allowing players to ...
The Neo Geo is a video game platform developed and designed by SNK and supported from 1990 to 2004. It was released in three different iterations: a ROM cartridge-based arcade system board called the Multi Video System (MVS), a cartridge-based home video game console called the Advanced Entertainment System (AES), and a CD-ROM-based home console called the Neo Geo CD.
Neo Geo hardware production lasted seven years; it was succeeded by Hyper Neo Geo 64. The Neo Geo MVS coin-operated arcade machine offers owners the ability to put up to six different cartridges into a single cabinet. This unique feature was a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace, as well as saving money long term. [7]
An 'emulator core' here is a 'libretro core'. A libretro core in turn is a shared library - ie. an app in the form of a library. Thus, all RetroArch is, is a 'player' for being able to run 'apps' that target that API. Hence it is a 'frontend' and hence even through basic user interactions everybody would know exactly what this is.
Neo Geo [a] is a brand of video game hardware developed by SNK.. It was launched with the Neo Geo, an arcade system (called MVS) with a home console counterpart (AES). Games on the Neo Geo (MVS and AES) were well received and it spawned several long-running and critically acclaimed series, mostly 2D fighters.
While the cost of producing Neo Geo carts is expensive and the community is small, the team considers this when planning their business. [ 2 ] In 2011, Timm Hellwig claimed roadblocks with publishing on modern consoles, saying it requires publisher and hardware manufacturer approval, while that is not necessary for publishing on old consoles. [ 1 ]
The PolyGame Master (PGM) is an arcade system board released in 1997 by the Taiwan company IGS. The PGM was developed in order to compete with the likes of SNK's Neo Geo MVS system in Taiwan.