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Setting Up Each Emulator for Development

Official RetroAchievements Emulators

The following emulators do not need any special setup and will automatically install RAIntegration upon running them for the first time:

  • RALibRetro
  • RAMeka
  • RANes
  • RAP64
  • RAppleWin
  • RAQUASI88
  • RASnes9x
  • RAVBA

Other

The following emulators are maintained outside of RetroAchievements and support RAIntegration via some tweaking:

Bizhawk

  • Download the latest Dev Build.
  • Install as you normally would.
  • Add a copy of RA_Integration.dll to /Bizhawk/dll/ and rename it to RA_Integration-x64.dll
  • Launch the emulator via EmuHawk.exe.
  • Log in.
  • The RetroAchievements toolkit should be under Tools -> RetroAchievements.

DuckStation

DuckStation uses its own implementation of rcheevos, so you will not be able to use the built-in achievement features alongside RAIntegration. It is recommended to have a separate instance of DuckStation specifically for achievement development so it does not interfere with playing.

  • Download the latest nightly.
  • Install as you normally would.
  • Add a copy of RA_Integration.dll to the main directory.
  • Using a command line, change the directory to the DuckStation directory.
  • Enter duckstation-qt-x64-ReleaseLTCG.exe -raintegration.
  • Log in.
  • The RetroAchievements toolkit should be under Tools -> RAIntegration.

PCSX2

PCSX2 uses its own implementation of rcheevos, so you will not be able to use the built-in achievement features alongside RAIntegration. It is recommended to have a separate instance of PCSX2 specifically for achievement development so it does not interfere with playing.

  • Download the latest nightly.
  • Install as you normally would.
  • Add a copy of RA_Integration.dll to the main directory.
  • Using a command line, change the directory to the PCSX2 directory.
  • Enter pcsx2-qt.exe -raintegration.
  • Log in.
  • The RetroAchievements toolkit should be under Tools -> RAIntegration.

WinArcadia

WinArcadia works very similar to the official RA emulators. However, some users have encountered issues that were fixed by running WinArcadia in Windows 8 compatibility mode.

  • Download and extract the lastest binary.
  • Run WinArcadia.exe
  • Go to Tools -> RetroAchievements and log in. RetroAchievements in the menu bar should now be clickable.