[iOS/tvOS] — RetroArch 1.9.0 + cores & emulators (Download/Cydia repo)

@QcSamuel A working version is already included in the IPA

Known MSU-MD games list

  • Addams Family Values - MSU-MD v0.1
  • After Burner II - MSU-MD v1.0
  • Animaniacs - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Art of Fighting - MSU-MD
  • Chiki Chiki Boys - MSU-MD v1.1
  • Daisenpuu ~ Twin Hawk - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Fatal Fury 2 - MSU-MD v0.3
  • Fire Shark - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Ghostbusters - MSU-MD v1.0
  • Ghouls’n Ghosts - MSU-MD v1.0
  • Golden Axe - MSU-MD (PC Engine CD OST)
  • Golden Axe - MSU-MD (Symphony OST)
  • Grind Stormer - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Hellfire - MSU-MD v0.1 (Arcade Version)
  • Hellfire - MSU-MD v0.1 (PC-Engine CD Version)
  • Langrisser I - Warsong - MSU-MD v0.1 (Arranged Version)
  • Langrisser I - Warsong - MSU-MD v0.1 (PCECD-PS1 Version)
  • Langrisser II - MSU-MD v0.4
  • M.U.S.H.A. - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Mega Bomberman - MSU-MD v0.2
  • Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker - MSU-MD
  • Mickey Mouse - Castle of Illusion - MSU-MD v1.1
  • Monster World IV - MSU-MD v0.3
  • OutRun - MSU-MD
  • Pier Solar and the Great Architects - MSU-MD *
  • Puyo Puyo - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Road Rash II - MSU-MD
  • Rock n’ Roll Racing - MSU-MD
  • Rocket Knight Adventures - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Sonic 1 - MSU-MD v1.3
  • Sonic 2 - MSU-MD v0.9
  • Street Fighter 2 Remastered - MSU-MD (Arcade) v0.5
  • Street Fighter 2 Remastered - MSU-MD (Arranged) v0.5
  • Streets of Rage 2 - MSU-MD
  • Strider - MSU-MD
  • Sunset Riders - MSU-MD v0.1
  • Super Monaco Grand Prix - MSU-MD v1.0
  • Target Earth - MSU-MD v0.2
  • Tatsujin ~ Truxton - MSU-MD v0.2 (Arcade Version)
  • Tatsujin ~ Truxton - MSU-MD v0.2 (Arranged Version)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of Rage - The Final Shell Shock - MSU-MD
  • The Addams Family - MSU-MD v0.1
  • The Flintstones - MSU-MD v1.2
  • The Revenge of Shinobi - MSU-MD v1.1
  • The Terminator - MSU-MD v0.1
  • ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron - MSU-MD
  • Toki - Going Ape Spit - MSU-MD v0.3
  • Toki - MSU-MD v0.3
  • Top Gear 2 - MSU-MD
  • Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - MSU-MD v0.3
  • Wonder Boy in Monster World - MSU-MD v0.3
  • Ys III - MSU-MD
  • Zero Wing - MSU-MD v0.1

*original MSU-MD game

If you happen to know of any other one, I can add it to the list!

@Weedy_Weed_Smoker

The signature seems to be invalid not have core wait for fix bad english :joy: 2021 02 03

@zzz0083 The signature seems to be invalid on what core? Thanks :wink:

Now It’s a good job It’s OK

I’ve replaced the core :relaxed:

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Hey @Weedy_Weed_Smoker, hope all is well! Noticed arcadetv put up couple more msu patches. Also, been trying to install cores like genplusgx-wide and lowresnx from libretro on both tvos and ios with no luck, “failed to open libretro core”. Any ideas?

Also, seem to be having issues with mupen64 on tvos but working on ios. “Failed to load content”

Guys, can someone help me with retroarch for ios? Any settings are not saves. Also, I wont able to launch games with Beetle Core (it says “failed to load content” while I try to launch game). I’m using last retroarch on jb iphone 11 (ios 14.2)

Hi @Weedy_Weed_Smoker, Can you check Provenance on your repo? I got black screen when launch game athought have audio, quit and re-launch as some advise don’t work, still black screen. I’m on XS Max 14.3, JB with Unc0ver.

@Guren302 Sorry I didn’t see your message earlier…

It’s been a long time since a change broke settings auto-save on iOS…

You now have to go to the main menu and select “Configuration File > Save Current Configuration” for the settings to be saved…

Hey @Weedy_Weed_Smoker glad to see you back/updated retroarch. Just a quick heads up if you didnt know, they took out the core downloader https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commit/c748b3d065af15bcb54d966411ed358894377c5e Hopefully it can be added back in so we can access your cores.

Hi @Trebrick!

Yeah, I had to compile all the versions again with the functionality added back in, and am still in the process of uploading the new version…

I just lost 5 hours because of this! :man_facepalming:


I will have to get yet another AppleTV certificate to be able to add it back to the AppleTV versions, though!


EDIT: The repo has just been updated! :wink:

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Oof yah that sucks. On behalf of everyone, Thanks! I wonder what was going wrong that they had to remove it? And dang again with the atv certificate lol. Oh well at least you got everything else situated.

How does one normally get a certificate?

@Trebrick They removed it because the only iOS version distributed through the official channel (as an IPA) doesn’t support the core updater functionality!


You can get an AppleTV certificate by connecting a Mac with Xcode installed to an AppleTV via the same Wi-Fi network…

You need to open Xcode, and search for devices to get the AppleTV recognized!


I usually go to a random store which has an AppleTV on display, and hope they didn’t configure it specifically for in-store display only… Then I ask them to connect my Mac to their Wi-Fi and add my Mac to their AppleTV’s trusted computers list!

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Just out of curiosity, does “install or restore a core” work on the official end? Wonder why thats still in if not.

And oh alright hah dang we need to find you an atv then. Dont suppose i could help somehow with my setup?

@Trebrick Oh you’re right! I guess “install or restore a core” does not work neither…

You could indeed help if you have an AppleTV, but I would have to change my iCloud/iTunes Store password afterwards, which kinda sucks… (Especially because of the fact that I share it with my friends and family, they all use my account because I bought many apps since 2007 and it’s easy to just connect their phones to their iCloud and my App Store account separately!)

@Weedy_Weed_Smoker ah yah wouldnt want to have to do that i feel ya. Ill just keep a lookout for an appletv on the cheap. If only i knew how to build it i could just send you the file no?

@Trebrick Oh yeah! That would be a solution indeed if you compiled it yourself, I would help indeed!


You could not just send the certificate, now that I think of it, I think I would have to connect my own computer to the AppleTV to get the certificate authorized by Apple…

Oh well, I know a mall that has an Apple reseller which does not configure their display AppleTV specifically for in-store display only, and the people I met there last time were nice enough to let me fiddle with it!

I will try to go there with my laptop when I can…

@Weedy_Weed_Smoker ah no rush to get to the store, just glad youre back hah. But yah i mean i would def give compiling a try (been meaning to give it a go anyway) though im completely in the dark… i mean ive used xcode to sign retroarch but thats about it lol

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@Weedy_Weed_Smoker just curious, do you know why the official cores wont correctly add manually? I use yours and thanks for adding the new ones, just wondering really. Im guessing permissions or something? I just remember it working while back

@Trebrick The cores permissions should read root:mobile, you can check them in Filza with the little :information_source: on the right…