RETRTOARCH IN A CONTAINER PLAYABLE THROUGH A BROWSER

RetroArch in a container typically requires that you have some kind of specialized client to play the games over the network. Not anymore. This implementation uses a web browser as the client without the need for anything else installed on your client.

The implementation is pretty straightforward. You can run it locally, or run it on a cloud-hosted service, like Azure Container Instances or Azure Kubernetes Services. In any case, you'll probably want to allocate at least 2 Gigs of RAM and 2 CPUs to make things run smoothly -- more for more graphic-intense emulators.

If you want to build it, simply clone the repo and run Docker Build.

docker build -t retroarch .

Alternately, you can pull the image from Docker Hub.

docker pull blaize/retroarch

To run this locally, run a Docker command:

docker run -v /path/to/your/roms:/roms -p 80:80 blaize/retroarch

Once the container is running, point your browser to the IP address or host name of your Docker environment. Retroarch has a basic install here.

The Arrow Keys DO NOT WORK for some reason. Use the Num Pad to navigate or remap the keys in settings to your liking.

1. On the Main Menu, go to and select "Update Core Info Files" and "Update Assets" to get the UI refreshes and a list of available Cores.
2. From th "Core Downloader," download your platform of choice.
3. Back on the Main Menu, select "Load Content" and browse to the folder /roms Pick your game and it will launch it.

Enjoy your retro gaming platform in the cloud!