I-RetroArch, i-emulator edumile izofika ku-Steam ngoJulayi 30

Okuhle njalo kuhle. Lokhu mhlawumbe akunjalo nhlobo, kepha kubonakala sengathi kuyimidlalo yevidiyo. Ngaphandle kwalokho ngeke kuchazwe ukuthi ama-emulators aphumelele kakhulu. Owokuqala engahlangana naye eminyakeni eminingi eyedlule kwakunguMAME, i-emulator esivumela ukuthi sidlale imishini ye-arcade kusukela kuma-80s kanye nama-90s. II. Kamuva kwavela ama-emulators ahlukahlukene kakhulu njenge I-RetroArch, i-emulator equkethe konke esikudingayo ukuze sikwazi ukudlala izihloko zeziduduzi eziningi ezahlukahlukene.

I-emulator yathatha iminyaka embalwa ukuthola udumo. Yaqala ukukhishwa ngo-2010, kepha emuva ngaleso sikhathi abaningi bethu babekhetha ukusebenzisa ama-emulators ahlukene amaningi ngoba besivele sibazi futhi ngoba benembile. Namuhla, iRetroArch ibuyile ezindabeni, futhi hhayi ngoba ikhiphe isibuyekezo esikhulu, kodwa ngoba ekupheleni kwale nyanga izotholakala kungxenyekazi yemidlalo yevidiyo I-Steam. Njengenguqulo yakho ye- Linux, esizoyithola ku-Steam kuzoba mahhala.

I-RetroArch kaSteam izofana nalokho esivele sikwazi

Kuzoba ukukhishwa okukhulu kokulingisa okungekona okwezentengiso okwake kwenzeka esitolo seValve. ULibretro uqobo wayephethe dabula izindaba NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule echaza indlela ezolandelwa ukwethulwa:

• Sizokhululeka.
• Uhlobo lweWindows luzoba ngelokuqala ukufika (yeka ukumangala…), kanti izinhlobo zeLinux neMacOS zizofika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
• Ekuqaleni, ngeke kube khona umehluko phakathi kwenguqulo ezoba ku-Steam naleyo esingayithola kuwebhusayithi yabo. Ngeke kube khona ukusebenza kwe-Steamworks SDK noma ezinye izici ze-Steam. Bahlela ukubuyekeza i-emulator ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuze bengeze ukusebenza kwe-Steam njengengxenyekazi.
• Ukukhishwa kokuqala kuzoba cishe ngoJulayi 30 (ahem… yeWindows).

Iphuzu lesithathu liyamangaza, okuchaza lokho akukho okuzofakwa kusuka kuSteam kunguqulo yokuqala. Kungenzeka ukuthi ekuqaleni ayihambisani ne-Steam Link, engasivumela ukuthi sidlale kumadivayisi angasekelwa, njenge-Apple's iPad, iPhone noma i-Apple TV. Kunoma ikuphi, kusazodingeka silinde ukwethulwa kwayo okusemthethweni ukuze sazi ukuthi yini esingakwazi ukuyenza kuRetroArch of Steam kunguqulo yayo yokuqala.

Ngokungafani ne-Apple, I-Valve ayinayo imithethonqubo evimbela ukusetshenziswa kwama-emulators kungxenyekazi yabo, kepha bayazivimbela izingxoxo zabo futhi bazimake njenge- "Pirate" ezinkundleni zabo. Le nkampani ayikashicileli noma yisiphi isitatimende esihlobene nokufika kweRetroArch kungxenyekazi yayo, kepha singacabanga ukuthi kuzoba semthethweni kule nyanga ngemuva kokushicilelwa kweLibretro.

Ngokwami, ngicabanga ukuthi iRetroArch ayinembile kunanoma iyiphi enye i-emulator yomdlalo wevidiyo eyenzelwe ikhonsoli eyodwa futhi ngihlala ngisebenzisa elula. Mhlawumbe ukufika kwakhe kuSteam kuzongenza ngishintshe umqondo wami.