Xennial Memes
Slide with a blue gradient background. Heading: "STOP USING RETROARCH". Bullets: "EMULATORS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CORES"; "YEARS OF ADDING "FEATURES" YET NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for switching to retroarch"; "Wanted to use shaders anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "CRTs""; ""Yes please give me MAME 2003 Plus" "Please give me 14 different versions of bsnes and snes9x to choose from" -…

Stop Using RetroArch: An Emulation Rant

A mock angry rant parodying emulator-community complaints about RetroArch, its cores, shaders and error messages. A fit for Xennials who grew up on SNES and arcade games.

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Slide with a blue gradient background. Heading: "STOP USING RETROARCH". Bullets: "EMULATORS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CORES"; "YEARS OF ADDING "FEATURES" YET NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for switching to retroarch"; "Wanted to use shaders anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "CRTs""; ""Yes please give me MAME 2003 Plus" "Please give me 14 different versions of bsnes and snes9x to choose from" -…

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