There are two sides to Libretro development: frontend, and core.<\/p>\n
A libretro frontend <\/strong>is a program that can run libretro-compatible programs.<\/p>\n A libretro core<\/strong> is a program (a game\/emulator\/miscellaneous) that has been ported to the libretro API so that it can be used by libretro frontends<\/em>.<\/p>\n Below are some guides that will help you out in the creation of your own libretro-compatible program.<\/p>\n Below are some guides that will help you out in the creation of your own libretro core.<\/p>\n Libretro – Implementing the core<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This guide teaches you how to make a libretro core.<\/p>\n Implementing a Hardware Accelerated Libretro Core<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n These step-by-step tutorials eases you into the creation of a libretro core.<\/p>\n Creating a Vectrex Emulator as a libretro core<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This guide was written by somebody who wrote a Vectrex emulator from scratch as a libretro core. This tutorial should teach you how to write a libretro core in a clear step by step procedure. Highly recommended. This is part 2 of a multi-part series. The first part of the series, which covers emulation basics, is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are two sides to Libretro development: frontend, and core. A libretro frontend is a program that can run libretro-compatible programs. A libretro core is a program (a game\/emulator\/miscellaneous) that has been ported to the libretro API so that it can be used by libretro frontends. Reference Libretro frontend development guides Below are some guides […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44900"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50449,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44900\/revisions\/50449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reference Libretro frontend development guides<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Reference Libretro core development guides<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Step-by-step libretro core development tutorials<\/h1>\n