The new retroarch on Play store requires SAF meaning launching no longer works in ES-DE. Also now every game system directory needs to be added manually to RetroArch which is very tedious. We will add a new option to enable this support for retroarch but dont recommend it.

Important safety tip: Users of retroarch android play store versions are reporting updates are causing loss of saves and settings, i would advise to avoid fo r the time being. As always we recommend using the latest version from thier website and avoiding any other storefront.

Game of the Weekend: Lets go a bit more light hearted and put a game on thats just fun and simple. Scooby Doo Unmasked (2005)

Did you know? In Portal (2007) there is unused textures for a floor sign referencing the iconic scene in the movie "300".

Regional Cover Art: Sometimes games benefit from regional covers making game releases unique but sometimes one region just hits the tone and the other misses. Look at Driver (1999) one is iconic and one looks like a bargain bin knock off.

🚨🚨NEW THEME ALERT🚨🚨 X-Grid by Ugur Kinik Available now via theme downloader.

Game of the Weekend: The 90s def had some of the strangest character franchises ever. How many remember this one? The Incredible Crash Test Dummies (1993)

Im starting to think we are running out of things to run doom on: www.reddit.com/r/playdoom/?...

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DOOM-compatible FPS running inside Reddit. Desktop, mobile, gamepad and global leaderboard.

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With everyone talking about todays eclipse - thought this was appropriate

Marshadow ♦️@marshadowck.bsky.social · 2w ago

Han logrado grabar un vídeo del eclipse antes de que ocurra ☀️🌙

Did you know? Epoch released two versions of the Super Casette Vision? One was a general release in 1981 and then in 1985 they tried to target the female demographic with a subtle variation.

3rd party tool and app highlight: HandheldExp (Android only) Adds an ingame menu similar to the ES-DE user interface to display game information, view its manual, quick save and quick load for supported emulators, and more. github.com/Teppichseite...

Game of the weekend: A hidden gem of a point and click adventure with a great visual style. It was one of the best game on the DS to use the "Book Grip" playstyle. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (NDS)

Another thing that just takes time is updating all the dependancy libraries we use on the multiple platforms. Checking and testing these to make sure they dont brng in any changes that break things is perhaps one of Leons least favourite things.

We have also been keeping upto date with every emulator released. Adding support for everything from ARMSX2 new packages to Super ZSNES. We've included recently announced backwards compatible console games on pc to be launched from within the original system. Busy Busy

Next up we have added support for video scraping from thegamesDB. This is a new feature for thegamesDB and im sure they would appreciate the help to populate as many as possible. Simply go to: thegamesdb.net Find the game Click edit and upload the video (at bottom)

Apologies for the silence - had some time away to refresh. Kept Leon working hard and he's been productive. I'll share some progress over the next week as a sneak peak of what to expect in 3.5.0 First up: For dual screen devices - pick what screen emulators or games launch on.

Check out and try an upcoming theme for ES-DE: Analog 3D by seanfletchr github.com/seanfletchr/... (theme coming to built in downloader soon)

Game of the Weekend: Lets go a little outthere in the choice. Imagine if you played tetris with the same premise, create a line to clear it but instead of using square blocks you use triangles? Pyramid (1992)[Watara Supervision]

Happy Birthday to one of the best LCD games ever! Game and Watch: Octopus (1981) 45 years old today

Just remember folks there are a few "unofficial themes" listed on the theme website. gitlab.com/es-de/themes...

🚨🚨NEW THEME🚨🚨 Grimmlex by Thraeg

Something we are often asked is why we dont have separate systems for things like Wiiware or XBLA etc which we feel are essentially just store formats and not systems. This doesnt mean you cannot have them as custom systems or as a subfolder within the system like here.

Theme Showcase: GameOS by lilbud and PlayingKarrde www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyFh...

ES-DE Theme Showcase: GameOS

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Game of the Weekend: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the movie that introduced non-americans to this National holiday we celebrate the awful awful game that accompanied it (nearly a year later) Independance Day (1997) [Windows/PSX/Saturn]

Today is just two simple questions. What is the best video game system you ever owned? What was the worst? No explanations, no justifications - just honesty!

Do you think all kids were as excited as this little guy when they were given this console?

Theme Showcase: ForAll by Weestuarty www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK2L... Assisting with visual impairments (reduced vision/colorblindness) and dyslexia. This is done using fonts, Atkinson Hyperlegible and Open-Dyslexic and colorschemes based on standards IBM, Bang Wong and Paul Tol.

ES-DE Theme Showcase: ForAll

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(mini)Game of the weekend: A simple yet fun minigame that was originally included with DS release of Mario 64 (which is overlooked for minigames). Premise is simple - find the character. WANTED! - Mario64 DS minigame Only one image so i only spoil one level.

How many characters can you identify?

Theme Showcase: Escape by Rob Zombie www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2v...

ES-DE Theme Showcase: Escape

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