New in Recalbox 10.1: the Libretro Amiberry core arrives on the Amiga systems. It brings direct launching of
.lha(WHDLoad) games and support for.hdfvirtual hard disks.
This core is announced as experimental in Recalbox 10.1: games may refuse to start, crash, or show graphical and sound glitches. If a game misbehaves, fall back to Libretro PUAE, Libretro UAE4ARM or Amiberry.
Libretro Amiberry is the libretro core port of Amiberry, an Amiga emulator optimised for ARM machines, itself derived from UAE and WinUAE. It lets you run the Amiberry engine inside RetroArch, and therefore benefit from shaders, rewind and the configuration shared with the other cores.
Amiberry is free software released under the GNU GPL license: github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry.
System page: Amiga 1200
Per-board availability:
| Emulator | RPI3/RPI02W | RPI4/400 | RPI5/500 | OGA/OGS/RG351 | PC | RG353 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libretro Amiberry | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
This core is not built for RPi3/RPI02W, nor for the Odroid Go Advance/Super and RG351. It is however the only Amiberry core available on PC, since the standalone Amiberry is not shipped there.
Announced compatibility: high. Speed: high.
Libretro Amiberry is never launched by default: it comes last in the Amiga 1200 emulator list. To use it, select it in the system options or in a game's advanced options.
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Netplay | ❌ |
| Softpatching | ❌ |
| RetroAchievements | ❌ |
| CRT output | ✅ |
| Lightgun | ❌ |
The Amiga 1200 Kickstart files declared in Recalbox:
| File name | Description | MD5 | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|
kick39106.A1200 |
Kickstart 3.0 (A1200) | b7cc148386aa631136f510cd29e42fc3 | ✅ |
kick40068.A1200 |
Kickstart 3.1 (A1200) | 646773759326fbac3b2311fd8c8793ee | ✅ |
kick40068.A4000 |
Kickstart 3.1 (A4000) — only required for A4000 emulation | 9bdedde6a4f33555b4a270c8ca53297d | ✅ |
Those declarations name the historical cores: the "Amiberry" entry refers to the standalone emulator, and Libretro Amiberry is not listed there yet. A Kickstart is still required to emulate an Amiga: install the files exactly as you would for the other cores.
/recalbox/share/bios/amiga/bios/
├── kick39106.A1200
├── kick40068.A1200
└── kick40068.A4000
.adf .adz .chd .dms .fdi .hdf .hdz .ipf .lha .lhz .lzx .m3u .m3u8 .rp9 .uae .zip .7z
Recalbox 10.1 lets you launch .lha archives (games pre-installed in the WHDLoad format) directly with Amiberry, with no prior setup, and supports .hdf virtual hard disks — two formats that are especially common on the Amiga 1200. Games spread over several floppies can be grouped in a .m3u file listing the images in order.
/recalbox/share/roms/amiga1200/
While in game, press HOTKEY + B to open the RetroArch menu, then go to the Options (Core Options) section to reach the emulator's own settings. Settings can be kept for the whole system or for one specific game.
The options exposed by Libretro Amiberry mainly cover the emulated Amiga model, the video standard (PAL/NTSC), image cropping and floppy drive speed. Since the core is new and experimental in Recalbox 10.1, the exact list changes from one release to the next: browse the Options menu to see what is available on your system, and leave the default values alone unless a specific game misbehaves.