Free · open source · more than 100 systems
The all-in-one retrogaming console.
Play again, easily, every console, arcade machine and computer of your childhood. Recalbox installs on a Raspberry Pi, a PC or a handheld console, and is driven with a controller.
New to it? Start with the 4-step guide or the FAQ.
Simplicity first
Made for playing, not for configuring.
Simple and accessible, Recalbox is designed to be easy to use, even for beginners. We go with you from buying the hardware to the first game: the Build your Recalbox guide helps you choose and assemble, the tutorials show you the menus, and the documentation ↗, written by the community, goes further still.
Features
The souped-up retro console.
Save states
Save at any moment, and pick up exactly where you were.
Tutorials →Rewind
A missed jump? Go back a few seconds and try again.
Tutorials →Scraping
Box art, videos and descriptions fetched for your whole library.
FAQ →Overlays and shaders
The look of the screens of the day, bezels and filters included.
CRT hardware →Virtual keyboard
Everything is set with the controller, no keyboard plugged in.
Tutorials →Multi-system search
Find a game in a few letters, across every console.
Systems →
And online with Recalbox OnlineRooms, cups and challenges, on the games you already have. New in Recalbox 11 Patron 1.Discover Online →More than 100 compatible systems
And you, which console will you play again?
From home consoles to handhelds and computers, find the games of thousands of arcade machines too. The full list is in Supported systems and games.
Hardware
Made by Recalbox, for Recalbox.
Play all your games online.
With everyone.
Rooms on any game of your library, single-elimination cups, a challenge where only one credit counts. New in Recalbox 11 Patron 1, open to patrons first.
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Build your Recalbox
Your first game in 4 steps.
The community
Recalbox is thousands of players too.
Follow the news on the blog, ask your questions on Discord or the forum, and support the project on Patreon: patrons play the Patron versions first.
