Recalbox 11: 30+ new arcade, console and computer systems for retro gaming

Key points

Recalbox 11 adds support for more than 30 new systems, covering arcade boards, consoles and handhelds, home computers and two game engines. It also adds a new port and a lighter libretro frontend. As with earlier releases, Patrons get the version first, ahead of the public release.

Availability

• Recalbox 11 is offered to the project's Patrons before everyone else. The project uses this early access to collect feedback and fix remaining issues.
• No date is given for the public release.

Arcade

• Five new arcade systems: Sega Model 1, Sega Model 2, Namco System 22, SNK Hyper Neo Geo 64 and Aleck64, a board built on Nintendo 64 architecture.
• A separate Recalbox article covers Sega Model 1 and Model 2 in detail, including steering wheel compatibility and use with Recalbox Online.
• The Hyper Neo Geo 64 library has only 7 games.

Consoles and handhelds

• Newly supported: Nokia N-Gage, Tiger Game.com, Bit Corp. Gamate, Casio Loopy, Casio PV-1000 and Gamepark GP32.
• Also newly supported: VTech V.Smile, Funtech Super A'Can, Atari Jaguar CD, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, CreatiVision, MyVision and the AY-3-85XX PONG family.
• Atari Jaguar CD is the disc add-on for the Jaguar.
• The Arcadia 2001, VC 4000 and PONG family date from the earliest years of home gaming.

Computers

• Eleven computers are added: Acorn Archimedes, Matra Hachette Alice, APF M-1000 and Imagination Machine, and Enterprise 64/128.
• The rest are Fujitsu FM-7, FM Towns, FM Towns Marty (the console variant of the FM Towns), NEC PC-6001, Sharp MZ, Sord M5 and Tomy Pyūta.

Game engines and ports

• Godot Engine is supported on Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 5 and PC.
• BennuGD is also added as a game engine.
• Jazz Jackrabbit 2, a PC platformer, is added as a port.

picoarch frontend

• picoarch is a minimal libretro frontend that uses fewer resources than RetroArch, leaving more for the emulator itself.
• It can be chosen in the LIBRETRO FRONTEND menu.

Other Recalbox 11 features mentioned

• The post also names Recalbox Online, Recalbox TV and support for force feedback steering wheels as major features of this release. It gives no further details on them.

Summary by DistroNews, based on the original post.