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We heard your complaints about the last key giveaway, so this time we come better prepared. On Saturday (9/26/2020) we will be handing out new keys for RetroArch Steam beta at https://libretro.com/

And this is exact countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=136&iso=20200926T18&msg=RetroArch%20Beta%20Testing%20Key%20Giveaway

We are giving away new Steam beta testing keys tomorrow for RetroArch tomorrow (9/22/2020) at exactly 20:00 GMT+1. The link will go live on this URL and you can use this link to see it on your local time.

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We are happy to present one of the expected features, Steam Cloud backups. With this feature, you will be able to back up some files in your RetroArch directory to your Steam Cloud.

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RetroArch/saves // saves folder
retroarch.cfg // main configuration file
RetroArch/states *.state // every state file
RetroArch/config *.opt // dlc options
*lpl // history entries

In order for the Steam Cloud sync to work correctly, default directories shouldn't be changed to other locations.

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On Saturday September 12 at approximately 12:00 GMT +1 we will be offering the next batch of beta testing keys for RetroArch Steam on this page - https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-steam-beta-1-key-giveaway-read-more-for-details/

New beta testing keys will be available on 9/8/2020 at exactly 19:55 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) +1. If you need to know what time this is in your specific timezone, visit this link here.

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-steam-beta-1-key-giveaway-read-more-for-details/

ORIGINAL POST 9/6/2020

As you probably already know, a year ago we announced that RetroArch would be releasing on Steam. We have worked hard on this for a fair while now. The process is slower than expected due to reasons beyond our control.

It’s been a lengthy process and we have had to significantly retool things to conform to Steam’s policies and guidelines, one of which is no Core Updater (just like on Google Play now).

While we wait for our release candidate build to be manually approved by Steam (which we’ve been told is a lengthy process), in the meantime we will start giving away beta testing keys. We want to gather as much feedback as possible from users so that the final experience on Steam lives up to people’s expectations.

So with that in mind, we are giving away keys for our first beta test version, Beta 1.