RetroArch Switch Cores — Download Directory

RetroArch Core Directory — Nintendo Switch

Every console you can emulate on your modded Switch, with a direct download for each core (.nro). Tap a letter below to jump straight to your console — or just scroll the full list.

⚠ Before you download: the cores on this page are the latest nightly builds — your RetroArch app on the Switch must be the matching latest version, or cores will crash back to the Home Menu when you load them. Update first: grab the full RetroArch nightly package (~300 MB — includes the app plus a complete matching core set), extract it on your computer and copy it to the root of your SD card, merging the folders. After that, use this page any time you need to re-grab or update a single core. Tip: launch RetroArch by holding R while opening any game for full-RAM mode — heavy cores like N64, PSP and Dreamcast need it.
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer

1
OperaDownload .nro

Amstrad CPC

2
Caprice32Download .nro
CrocoDSDownload .nro

Apple Macintosh (68k)

1
Mini vMacDownload .nro

Arcade (Capcom CPS-1)

1
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1Download .nro

Arcade (Capcom CPS-2)

1
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2Download .nro

Arcade (MAME 0.37b5)

1
MAME 2000Download .nro

Arcade (MAME 0.78)

1
MAME 2003Download .nro

Arcade (MAME 0.78+)

1
MAME 2003-PlusDownload .nro

Arcade (multi-system)

2
FB AlphaDownload .nro
FB Alpha 2012Download .nro

Arcade (multi-system) + consoles

1
FinalBurn NeoDownload .nro

Arcade (SNK Neo Geo)

1
FB Alpha 2012 Neo GeoDownload .nro

Arduboy

2
ArdensDownload .nro
ArduousDownload .nro

Atari 2600

3
StellaDownload .nro
Stella 2014Download .nro
Stella 2023Download .nro

Atari 2600 (TIA)

1
TIADownload .nro

Atari 5200

1
a5200Download .nro

Atari 7800

1
ProSystemDownload .nro

Atari 8-bit family (400/800/XL/XE) & 5200

1
Atari800Download .nro

Atari Jaguar

1
Virtual JaguarDownload .nro

Atari Lynx

3
Beetle LynxDownload .nro
GearlynxDownload .nro
HandyDownload .nro

Bandai WonderSwan / Color

1
Beetle CygneDownload .nro

Bomberman clone (Standalone Game)

1
Mr.BoomDownload .nro

Cave Story (Game Engine)

1
NXEngineDownload .nro

CHIP-8 / SUPER-CHIP / XO-CHIP

1
JAXEDownload .nro

ColecoVision

1
GearcolecoDownload .nro

Commodore 128

1
VICE x128Download .nro

Commodore 64

2
FrodoDownload .nro
VICE x64Download .nro

Commodore 64 (cycle-accurate)

1
VICE x64scDownload .nro

Commodore 64 (SuperCPU)

1
VICE xscpu64Download .nro

Commodore Amiga

2
PUAEDownload .nro
PUAE 2021Download .nro

Commodore CBM-II

1
VICE xcbm2Download .nro

Commodore CBM-II 5x0

1
VICE xcbm5x0Download .nro

Commodore PET

1
VICE xpetDownload .nro

Commodore Plus/4

1
VICE xplus4Download .nro

Commodore VIC-20

1
VICE xvicDownload .nro

Discrete circuit arcade games

1
DICEDownload .nro

Doom (Game Engine)

1
PrBoomDownload .nro

Doom 3 (Game Engine)

1
boom3Download .nro

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Game Engine)

1
boom3 (xp)Download .nro

Elektronika BK-0010/0011

1
bkDownload .nro

Emerson Arcadia 2001

1
Ami/WinArcadiaDownload .nro

Epoch Cassette Vision

1
pd777Download .nro

Fairchild Channel F

1
FreeChaFDownload .nro

Fantasy console (LowRes NX)

1
LowRes NXDownload .nro

Fantasy console (MicroW8)

1
MicroW8Download .nro

Fantasy console (PICO-8 compatible)

1
Retro8Download .nro

Fantasy console (TIC-80)

1
TIC-80Download .nro

Fantasy console (VaporSpec)

1
VaporSpecDownload .nro

Fantasy console (Vircon32)

1
Vircon32Download .nro

Fantasy console (WASM-4)

1
WASM-4Download .nro

Flashback (Game Engine)

1
REminiscenceDownload .nro

GA'M 4980 handheld

1
gam4980Download .nro

Game Engine (ChaiLove)

1
ChaiLoveDownload .nro

Game Engine (Lua / LÖVE)

1
LutroDownload .nro

Game Engine / Standalone Game

5
2048Download .nro
AnarchDownload .nro
DinothawrDownload .nro
Jump 'n BumpDownload .nro
Super Bros WarDownload .nro

GCE Vectrex

1
vecxDownload .nro

Java ME (mobile phone games)

1
SquirrelJMEDownload .nro

Karaoke (CDG music player)

1
PocketCDGDownload .nro

Magnavox Odyssey² / Philips Videopac

1
O2EMDownload .nro

Mattel Intellivision

1
FreeIntvDownload .nro

Mega Duck / Cougar Boy

1
SameDuckDownload .nro

MS-DOS (PC)

3
DOSBox PureDownload .nro
DOSBox SVNDownload .nro
DOSBox-coreDownload .nro

MSX / MSX2

1
fMSXDownload .nro

MSX / MSX2 / ColecoVision / SG-1000

1
blueMSXDownload .nro

NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

1
GeargrafxDownload .nro

NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 / CD

1
Beetle PCE FastDownload .nro

NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 / CD / SuperGrafx

1
Beetle PCEDownload .nro

NEC PC-8801

1
QUASI88Download .nro

NEC PC-98

1
Neko Project II KaiDownload .nro

NEC PC-FX

1
Beetle PC-FXDownload .nro

NEC SuperGrafx

1
Beetle SuperGrafxDownload .nro

Nintendo 64

1
Mupen64Plus-NextDownload .nro

Nintendo DS

2
DeSmuMEDownload .nro
melonDSDownload .nro

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/Famicom)

4
FCEUmmDownload .nro
MesenDownload .nro
Nestopia UEDownload .nro
QuickNESDownload .nro

Nintendo Game & Watch

1
Game & Watch (GW)Download .nro

Nintendo Game Boy (multiplayer)

1
DoubleCherryGBDownload .nro

Nintendo Game Boy / Color (link cable)

1
TGB DualDownload .nro

Nintendo Game Boy / Game Boy Color

3
GambatteDownload .nro
GearboyDownload .nro
SameBoyDownload .nro

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

2
gpSPDownload .nro
VBA NextDownload .nro

Nintendo Game Boy Advance / GB / GBC

2
mGBADownload .nro
VBA-MDownload .nro

Nintendo Pokémon Mini

1
PokeMiniDownload .nro

Nintendo Virtual Boy

1
Beetle VBDownload .nro

OutRun (Game Engine)

1
CannonballDownload .nro

Palm OS

1
MuDownload .nro

Point-and-click adventures (Game Engine)

1
ScummVMDownload .nro

Pong clone (Standalone Game)

1
GongDownload .nro

Quake (Game Engine)

1
TyrQuakeDownload .nro

Quake II (Game Engine)

1
vitaQuake 2Download .nro

Quake II: Ground Zero (Game Engine)

1
vitaQuake 2 (Rogue)Download .nro

Quake II: The Reckoning (Game Engine)

1
vitaQuake 2 (Xatrix)Download .nro

Quake II: Zaero (Game Engine)

1
vitaQuake 2 (Zaero)Download .nro

Quake III Arena (Game Engine)

1
vitaQuake 3Download .nro

Rick Dangerous (Game Engine)

1
XRickDownload .nro

RPG Maker 2000/2003 (Game Engine)

1
EasyRPGDownload .nro

Sega Dreamcast / NAOMI

1
FlycastDownload .nro

Sega Master System / Game Gear

1
SMS Plus GXDownload .nro

Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000

1
GearsystemDownload .nro

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

1
ClownMDEmuDownload .nro

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis (widescreen)

1
Genesis Plus GX WideDownload .nro

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / 32X / Sega CD

1
PicoDriveDownload .nro

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / Master System / Game Gear / Sega CD

1
Genesis Plus GXDownload .nro

Sega Saturn

1
YabauseDownload .nro

Sharp X1

1
X MillenniumDownload .nro

Sharp X68000

1
PX68kDownload .nro

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

1
FuseDownload .nro

Sinclair ZX81

1
EightyOneDownload .nro

SNK Neo Geo CD

1
NeoCDDownload .nro

SNK Neo Geo Pocket / Color

2
Beetle NeoPopDownload .nro
RACEDownload .nro

Sony PlayStation (PS1)

1
PCSX-ReARMedDownload .nro

Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

1
PPSSPPDownload .nro

Super Nintendo (SNES)

4
bsnesDownload .nro
bsnes HD betaDownload .nro
Snes9xDownload .nro
Snes9x 2010Download .nro

Super Nintendo (SNES) / Game Boy

2
Mesen-SDownload .nro
Mesen-S (alt)Download .nro

Tamagotchi P1

1
TamaLIBretroDownload .nro

Thomson MO/TO

1
TheodoreDownload .nro

TI-83 calculator

1
NumeroDownload .nro

Uzebox

1
UzemDownload .nro

Video game music player

1
Game Music EmuDownload .nro

Watara Supervision

1
PotatorDownload .nro

Wolfenstein 3D (Game Engine)

1
ECWolfDownload .nro
Every link is a direct download from the official libretro buildbot (always the latest build). Cores arrive as a .zip — extract the .nro inside to /retroarch/cores/ on your SD card.
146 cores · 118 systems · Updated July 2026