Easy Steps to Update RetroArch Without Losing Games and Settings

Retrogames, the most popular games among the people from 80s, 90s, and even 2000. The Retrogames has been popular among the games till the date and one of the most played games till now.

Retroarch is one of the most popular methods to play retro games. It’s a front and gaming application to play games using emulators and accompany ROMs.

The open-source application allows users to access various gaming systems and games on the device. The device can either be a computer, mobile or a gaming console itself.

Updating the Retroarch is a bit tricky as most of the users have reported that updating the Retroarch removes old data. In this article, we shall learn an effective method to update Retroarch to the latest version without losing settings for games data.

How to Update Retroarch Without Losing settings and Games(Windows)

RetroArch has recently come with some really awesome updates you might need to explore. Unfortunately, it is not possible through retroarch so you are required to use the Liberto website to perform the update.

Follow the steps listed below to update RetroArch to the latest version

1. Open web browser on your device
2. Go to the official Liberto website download page
3. Click on the version of Retroarch you want to download
4. Look for two files _RetroArch.7z and redist.7z And download them.
5. Now go to the download folder on your computer.
6. Highlight both of the .7Z files and extract them to the RetroArch folder using WinRar or WinZip.
7. Navigate to LaunchBox -> Emulators -> RetroArch and click ok

Congratulations! you have just updated your Retroarch to the latest version. Relaunch and see the updated version number in the bottom left corner.

This method to update the Retroarch will not overwrite your configurations, all it is doing is adding in the RetroArch.exe update as well as the retro degub exe and also some other .dll files that RetroArch needs to run.

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Update Retroarch Using online updater

This method to update the Retroarch includes the official online updater. Follow the steps;

1. Download the latest version on Retroarch.
2. Update the Retroarch emulator.
3. Now, download the core related to the Retroarch latest version.
4. Open Retroarch application and choose the “Online Updater” option.
5. The Retroarch has to be updated from the desktop mode.
6. Go to Tools option and select online updater.
7. This will update the Retroarch to latest version

Update Retroarch Using third-party application

You can also use a third-party application Stellar to update the Retroarch to latest version. Follow the steps below;

1. Download Stellar from Github website here
2. Run the Stellar and navigate to the Retroarch emulator installation folder.
3. Choose the application according to the device configurations.
4. Click on the check button to check if there is any update available.
5. Now, click on the update option if there is any update available.
6. This will start downloading the updates.
7. Wait for the updating to finish,

The process will finish relying on the options opted by the user. Once finished, restart the device and check for the version installed.

Steller is an open-source application that is used to update Retroarch. The application was considered as boring and was highly criticized by the uses. Later the developers took the criticism as a compliment and developed an all-new version with a stable and nice user interface.

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Final Words:

This was a complete guide to update the Retroarch to the latest version without losing the old settings and games. The process includes online updates, and steller as well. Retroarch is a platform to play retro games like Mario Andretti Racing, Street Fighter, Dan Dolme and others. customizable interface, autoconfiguration, shading, having more achievements, playing in the net, recording and streaming, and individual emulators for Rom are some highlights of the console.