For today’s interview I got to chat to the developer of 1retro. His program and service is made to back your retro emulated games’ saves up, automatically, so you know you’re safe and secure.
Quick dot points straight from the website of 1retro:
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Saves upload automatically in the background. Smart syncing means only changed files transfer – fast, efficient, seamless.
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macOS, Windows, Linux. Our lightweight desktop app runs natively on all three without slowing you down.
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Your saves are backed up and stored safely in the cloud. Your data is yours. Always.
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Every save is versioned. Overwrite something by accident? Roll back to any previous version instantly.
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Power users can automate their workflows, write scripts, and integrate custom emulators with our command-line tools.
I spoke with developer Hans to learn more about building 1Retro, retro gaming fragmentation, accessibility, and why he believes some of the hobby’s biggest improvements still happen behind the scenes.
If you’re curious about saves in retro gaming, development, or the service he’s looking to offer, have a read with my link. 1retro is new to the scene, but I’m curious about what you think:
https://gardinerbryant.com/fixing-retro-gamings-save-problem/
Syncthing has all these features for free and works on mobile too. Just instruct your emulator to save to a Syncthing folder or create a new one. Has the added benefit of being able to sync any other type of file too, not just saves
Looks like it’d be a great way to play the same save and keep progress between my retropie, my modded n3dsxl, and my PC.
if only i wasnt too lazy to set it up.
I already had Syncthing set up on my PC, server, and phone, so adding another folder for game saves was a simple addition.
Definitely worth it to take an hour to set up and test everything so you never need to think about it again
got two handhelds and a console on my TV syncing to my VPS so I can go from my home to portable with no effort
Yep this is the way.
Keep all your saves in one folder then you can switch devices freely anf pick up where you left off. Like one playing on the TV, using the PC for GPU/streaming, and phone for mobile play.
Im gonna sound like an idiot but…retroarch has a save problem??
The “problem” is that I will play on my retropi on my TV put when I am out somewhere and have my handheld my saves don’t automatically transfer.
Pesonally I use syncthing between all my devices. Save on my TV and I can load the save game on my handheld.
Doesn’t Lemmy have crossposting so you don’t have to double-post into the feed in order to cover multiple communities?
Sure, it does! But waaaaay back when I first used Lemmy I’d not figured that out. And since then it has just become…habit. It doesn’t bother me, I’m just copying and pasting a title and body text, and sometimes it is nice to have a dedicated post in smaller/every community anyway :)
