Jesse Talavera here again! You may remember me from my work on melonDS DS, McSoftServe, and assorted improvements to RetroArch like microphones and XDelta softpatching. I’ve secretly been developing something brand-new that I’m itching to share with you.
Although RetroArch was designed for retro game emulation, every now and then something comes along that breaks out of that mold. To that end I’d like to introduce ROM Cleaner, a unique utility core that’ll help keep your digital ROM backups running as reliably as the day you dumped them.
As retro gamers, we’re no strangers to data degradation’s many forms. Flash memory loses its charge, tapes decompose, discs rot. But keeping your media in a clean environment will help protect it from time’s relentless siege, and digital backups are no exception! If you find that one of your ROMs is beginning to degrade and won’t boot anymore, simply run it through ROM Cleaner to rid it of the dust that’s accumulated over the years. All you need is a microphone and a set of lungs, and you’ll never have to worry about dirt building up in your digital collection again.
Our mission is to keep yesterday’s games playable and fun for generations, and ROM Cleaner is my latest contribution to that effort. You can get it from RetroArch’s core downloader on supported platforms today. I hope you’ll get just as much use out of it as I am!
