Retroarch Emulator Platform is now available on Amazon API TV

Gaming on the big screen in the living room is not really new, but traditionally has become a game console domain. However, lately, even other gaming platforms, such as PCs and even cellphones, have begun to make their presence on TV known. Most of these games come from more modern titles that try to take advantage of each pixel that can be offered 2k or 4k TV. Retroarch, on the contrary, came from the opposite end and brought the Amazon fire game game, including TV API.

Retroearch himself is actually not an emulator, something that will make distributing applications on the official channel more problematic. Instead, it is a kind of platform, technically front-end, for “Core” emulation that functions as the actual machine for the console they are in terms. If you want to play the Nintendo DS game, you must plug in the nds core into retroearch.

The popularity of retroarch comes from two characteristics. For one, it offers uniform interfaces and experiences, whatever the game platform you are trying to termulation. For others, it is available on various devices, both officially, such as Google Play Store, or not official, as in the actual console.

Front-end emulator adds one more platform to the list, sub-platform, really. Developer retroarch announces its official availability at Amazon AppStore, which means that everyone with API TV or a fire tablet can easily download and use the application without having to use sideloading or solution. In theory, it can be installed on several older Amazon API tablets, but don’t expect a proper performance because of the demands of emulation hardware.

As mentioned, retroarch alone does not mimic the console, and you have to find and install the appropriate core, not to have available data games. It is a legally gray area, but retroarch also supports running the original CD, if you can find out how to do it from your API TV, that is.