r/AtariJaguar • u/GearsOfWar2333 • 29d ago

Emulating

Can you emulate through RetroArch on a console? Is there a computer emulator that’s recommended?

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u/Razelimus 29d ago

What's with people nowadays who can't Google these things before asking?

Anyway, retroarch only has the Virtual Jaguar Core, which is in no way as comprehensive or fast as BigPEmu. The problem with BigPEmu is, is that it's a closed source emulator, separate from Retroarch. (It was developed by Rich Whitehouse for Digital Eclipse for the Atari 50 collection, it was either released closed source, or not at all. So in my book, Mr Whitehouse is a bonified Jaguar hero). So, you are best off emulating the Jag outside of Retroarch using BigPEmu, it's available for Windows, Linux, and iOS, no Retroarch core.

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u/GearsOfWar2333 28d ago

I actually did do a google search and found conflicting information. There was some saying that you can use Retroach and a Reddit post saying you couldn’t. The page on the emulator wiki didn’t help either.

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u/Razelimus 28d ago

Well, now you know. You can use retroarch, but you really have to wonder if you should ;)