scottinpa45 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hi, I'm new to LaunchBox and was able to get it installed and running SNES games on it with the help of a YouTube video. I had tried RetroArch in the past and it is way too much work and difficult to setup (for me at least) My question is will I need RetroArch if I'm using LaunchBox? From the tutorial that I followed on YouTube, I was able to setup an SNES emulator on LaunchBox so I don't know why I would need RetroArch. Thanks for any help! -Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 No, you don't need retroarch. You can use any emulator you want. There are some benefits to using RA, though. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 No, you do not need to use Retroarch at all if you find it's not for your needs but if you want I have a written guide I did for it here: There are also tutorial videos for it on the Launchbox Youtube channel and we are always here to help you set it up if that is something you want to do. In the end use whatever emulator suits your needs best but as @fromlostdays said there are some benefits to using it and once you get past the initial learning curve it's not so complicated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottinpa45 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. I setup LaunchBox with help from a guy named ETA Prime on YouTube and it wasn't very involved. He did a step by step guide on how to get SNES games loaded into LaunchBox, which I was able to do. As for the emulator, I think that I went and downloaded one to work in LaunchBox. You have to setup an emulator right? From what i read, I don't think that you can just load ROMS into LaunchBox w/o an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Correct, you need an emulator to play the roms. Launchbox is just a nice way to organize, display and launch your games with ease. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottinpa45 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 OK, thanks. I may try RetroArchat some point and will use your guide. For now, I'm able to play a ton of SNES games by using LaunchBox and I'm happy. I have NES & Nintendo 64 ROMS too, so I'll get them setup soon. Thanks again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Enjoy and feel free to ask any questions and for help with anything you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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