Kyakkyawan koyaushe yana da kyau. Wannan tabbas wannan ba lamari bane kwata-kwata, amma yana bayyana a cikin wasannin bidiyo. In ba haka ba ba za a iya bayyana cewa emulators suna da nasara sosai. Wanda na fara haduwa dashi shekaru da yawa da suka gabata shine MAME, mai kwaikwayon wanda yake bamu damar kunna kayan wasan arcade daga shekaru 80 zuwa 90. Daga baya na hadu da wasu wadanda suka bani damar takaita wasanni irin su Mega Drive, Super Nintendo ko Master System II. Daga baya ya zo mafi m emulators kamar RetroArch, emulator wanda ya ƙunshi duk abin da muke buƙata domin mu iya buga taken taken wasannin bidiyo daban-daban.
Emulator ya ɗauki fewan shekaru don samun shahara. An fara fitar da ita a cikin 2010, amma can baya yawancinmu sun fi son amfani da emulators daban daban saboda mun riga mun san su kuma saboda sun fi ƙwarewa. Yau, RetroArch ya dawo cikin labarai, kuma ba wai saboda ya saki babban sabuntawa bane, amma saboda a ƙarshen wannan watan za a samu a dandalin wasan bidiyo Sauna. Kamar yadda ka version for Linux, wanda zamu samu akan Steam zai zama kyauta.
Steam's RetroArch zai zama daidai da abin da muka riga muka sani
Zai zama mafi girman sakin sifa wanda ba na kasuwanci ba wanda ya taɓa zuwa shagon Valve. Libretro da kansa ya kasance mai kula da fasa labarai Juma'ar da ta gabata tana bayanin hanyar da ƙaddamar za ta bi:
- Zai zama kyauta.
- Sigar Windows zata kasance farkon wanda zai fara zuwa (menene abin mamaki…), yayin da sigar Linux da macOS zasu zo daga baya.
- Da farko, babu wani banbanci tsakanin sigar da zata kasance akan Steam da wacce zamu iya samu akan gidan yanar gizon ta. Ba za a sami aikin Steamworks SDK ba ko ƙarin siffofin Steam. Sunyi shirin sabunta emulator daga baya don ƙara aikin Steam azaman dandamali.
- Sakin farko zai kasance kusan 30 ga Yuli (ahem… na Windows).
Batu na uku yana da ban mamaki, wanda ke bayyana hakan babu wani abu da za a kara daga Steam a farkon sigar. Wataƙila da farko bai dace da Steam Link ba, wanda zai ba mu damar yin wasa a kan na'urori marasa tallafi, kamar su Apple's iPad, iPhone ko Apple TV. A kowane hali, har yanzu zamu jira fitowar hukuma don sanin abin da baza mu iya yi ba a cikin RetroArch na Steam a cikin sigar farko.
Ba kamar Apple ba, Bawul bashi da wasu ka'idoji da suka taƙaita amfani da emulators a dandalin su, amma suna hana tattaunawar su kuma sanya kansu a matsayin "Pirate" a dandalin su. Kamfanin bai wallafa wata sanarwa da ta danganci zuwan RetroArch a kan dandalinsa ba, amma muna iya tunanin cewa zai kasance na hukuma a wannan watan bayan wallafa Libretro.
Da kaina, Ina tsammanin RetroArch ba shi da ƙwarewa fiye da kowane emulator wasan bidiyo da aka yi don na'ura mai kwakwalwa guda ɗaya kuma koyaushe ina ƙare da amfani da mafi sauƙi. Wataƙila isowarsa kan Steam zai sa na canza ra'ayi.