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RetroVault 2026.8.14 — Public Preview

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@kennethreitz kennethreitz released this 14 Aug 22:11
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RetroVault 2026.8.14 is an Apple-silicon public preview focused on deeper native macOS integration and longer, smoother rewind history.

What’s new

  • RetroVault’s native macOS menu bar now has complete, contextual Library and Game commands across Big Picture, Libretro, Vita3K, and Cemu sessions.
  • Gameplay controls for pause, mute, reset, quick save, quick load, fullscreen, and stopping a game are available from the menu bar with conflict-free shortcuts.
  • Libretro rewind history is compressed with LZFSE away from the emulation loop, extending PlayStation rewind to roughly sixty seconds within the same memory budget.
  • Leaving fullscreen restores normal window chrome, and library/game shortcut collisions have been resolved.

Requirements

  • Apple-silicon Mac
  • macOS 26
  • RomM server

Installation

This preview is ad-hoc signed and is not notarized. After extracting RetroVault and moving it to Applications, macOS may block its first launch. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the RetroVault warning, and choose Open Anyway. Download RetroVault only from this official release page.

A SHA-256 checksum is attached as RetroVault-2026.8.14-arm64.zip.sha256.

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