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>>RetroArch kommt übrigens demnächst auch kostenlos auf Steam raus.
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>War das nicht schon immer kostenlos? o_O
Klar, aber sie bringen es nun trotzdem auch auf Steam raus (DRM-frei, nutzen also nichtmal den Steam DRM), vielleicht einfach nur der Sichtbarkeit wegen. Letztens einen Blog Post von denen gelesen, wo sie gesagt haben, dass sie sich Erlaubnis von allen Emulator-Core-Devs dafür geholt haben:
[https://steamcommunity.com/games/1118310/announcements/detail/2978502800518348108]
We went through the painstaking task of reaching out to the original program authors and asking them for their permission, even in cases where the GPL already gives us the rights to do so. We decided it was important that program authors were OK with us publishing their work on Steam as free DLC, hence the outreach.
The response has been extremely positive. The authors were very happy to learn of our plans and gave their blessing to have their software added to Steam as free DLC for RetroArch. We can state that at least the following cores will be ready at launch:
bsnes
bsnes HD beta
Final Burn Neo
Flycast
Mesen
Mesen S
Nestopia
Play!
SameBoy
TIC-80
EasyRPG
Mupen64 Plus Next
Kronos
Theodore
Blastem
Stella
Snes9x
mGBA
4DO
Genesis Plus GX
2048
RACE
VBA-M
NeoCD
FreeIntv
FreeChaf
QuickNES
Picodrive
Game Music Emu
GW (Game & Watch)
PX68K
REminiscence
XRick
Desmume
gpSP
PocketCDG
Tyrquake
Vitaquake 2
boom3
EightyOne/81
Gearsystem
CrocoDS
Gearboy
Caprice32
Parallel N64
PPSSPP
NP2Kai
This list will be be updated as time goes on.
NOTE: RetroArch will come without any cores pre-installed. You will need to install cores separately as free DLC through the 'Manage my DLC' page after you install RetroArch. This should be convenient enough, and the benefit is that updates will be automatically synchronized this way whenever a core updates.
What To Expect
This is what one can expect for the impending launch:
RetroArch as an application itself, when installed through Steam, will be able to be launched even without Steam being active. Therefore, no kind of DRM is being imposed.
RetroArch as well as the cores will be provided completely for free.
The cores do not have any kind of DRM applied to them.
No Steamworks integration. If it will ever happen, it will be done through a separate process as has been done by plenty of other Steam GPL-licensed programs/games.
We will never provide any copyrighted content that we do not have permission to under any circumstance. Out of the gates, you will be able to run disk-based content from a CD-ROM drive with many CD-based emulators. There is also a preservation-focused project in the work that will make it easier to preserve your legally bought cartridges, but more on that as we get closer to release.