New in Recalbox 10.1: the Libretro Amiberry core arrives on the Amiga systems.
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 CDTV
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 CDTV 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 | ❌ |
| File name | Description | MD5 | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|
kick34005.CDTV |
CDTV Kickstart — only required for CDTV emulation | 89da1838a24460e4b93f4f0c5d92d48d or d98112f18792ee3714df16a6eb421b89 or d1145ab3a0f89340f94c9e734762c198 | ✅ |
This declaration names the historical cores: the "Amiberry" entry refers to the standalone emulator, and Libretro Amiberry is not listed there yet. The CDTV Kickstart is still required to emulate the machine: install it exactly as you would for the other cores.
/recalbox/share/bios/amiga/bios/
└── kick34005.CDTV
.ccd .chd .cue .iso .mds .m3u .m3u8 .nrg
This core only accepts CD images for the Amiga CDTV. Games spread over several discs can be grouped in a .m3u file listing the images in order: Recalbox then shows a single entry and disc swapping is done from the RetroArch menu. The .chd format losslessly compresses a .cue/.bin image and saves a lot of space.
/recalbox/share/roms/amigacdtv/
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) and image cropping. 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.