RetroArch in the loader: six classic consoles, scanlines and real-time “playing now”
The WiiLabel loader now comes with RetroArch for NES, Super Nintendo, Master System, Mega Drive, PC Engine and ZX Spectrum. It logs your sessions and play time, and your friends see what you're playing as it happens.
Pick your profile in the WiiLabel loader and then RetroArch. Load a game from “Load Content”: WiiLabel recognises it by the ROM's CRC32, logs the session and, when you close it, sends how long you played, not counting menus or pauses.
- Playing now, for real: while you play, RetroArch checks in every minute. On the website, in the app and in the loader your friends see “playing now” straight away, and it goes away as soon as you close the game.
- Scanlines, like an old CRT TV: they're on by default and you can adjust them (or turn them off with 0) in Settings → Video → Scanlines.
- The catalogue adds NES (over 3,800 games), Master System (750), PC Engine (over 400) and ZX Spectrum (over 21,000, from the TOSEC list), with covers where available. In Games you can filter by platform.
- Your games go in the roms folders (one per console). Snes9x GX and Genesis Plus GX stay in the loader for now.
- WiiLabel doesn't include games or say where to get them: use copies of your own cartridges and tapes.