Which is better?
RetroArch with hundreds of cores in one consistent and uniform UI with a massive amount of features and customization that work universally across all cores, as well as much lower input lag with run-ahead
or
Standalones where you have to learn the individual UI and features of every single emulator separately and you have way less features and customization
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standalone emulators > retroshart
Do you fucking zoomers really need a big gay GUI like RA to emulate? Imagine being a midwitted retard lmao.
Reminder there is literally NO alternative for the dozens of features RetroArch offers, and you WILL be missing out on them all if you get filtered by being too stupid to figure it out (reminder: you only need to learn RetroArch once and it's the same for dozens of platforms and consoles)
People use it for the
>consolidated UI and settings for hundreds of different emulators
>run-ahead
>full rebinding
>VRR, BFI, and sync to exact framerate
>shaders, filters, and overlays
>audio customization and level
>unlimited save states, pause, rewind, fast-forward, frame advance
>cheat support
>network play
>50+ different hotkeys with full rebinding
>Retro achievements that are uncheatable with a hardcore mode to disable save states, cheats, pause, rewind, and fast forward
>updated forks
>being able to set any aspect ratio or refresh rate
>Rotation/TATE support
>recording, screenshots, and streaming
and being able to save ALL OF THESE, as well as specific core options and global settings, on a per-game, per-core, per-directory, and global basis. That means each and every game can have its own rebindings, shaders, volume and audio settings, run-ahead level, core and core options, rotation, aspect ratio, etc.
There is literally no reason to use anything else to play gen 5 and earlier games
wow a bunch of shitty features nobody asked for or cares about, very cool
zoomers need a launcher for emulators lmao
I just grab retroarch and if the game works fine, if not then go specific emulators.
'I'm going to use both Retroarch and the respective standalones, and there's not a damn thing any of you can do to stop me. Gottem!
Is there even a single gen 5 or earlier game that doesn't work in RetroArch?
I wonder if OP has an inherent bias that betrays any sort of fair comparison suggested by the question and rather is just an excuse to shit on (thing other people like but I don't).