diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8729ff..0acb9c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -538,6 +538,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "gl_generator",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "letsplay_libretro_sys"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libretro-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "letsplay_retro_frontend"
 version = "0.1.0-alpha0"
@@ -545,9 +553,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cc",
  "letsplay_core",
+ "letsplay_libretro_sys",
  "libc",
  "libloading",
- "libretro-sys",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80c753e..c75f061 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ members = [
 	"crates/letsplay_av_ffmpeg",
 
 	# Libretro frontend library
+	"crates/letsplay_libretro_sys",
 	"crates/letsplay_retro_frontend",
 	"crates/retrodemo",
 
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/Cargo.toml b/crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25712e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "letsplay_libretro_sys"
+description = "Selective updates on top of the libretro-sys crate (which was last updated 2016)"
+publish.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+libretro-sys = "0.1.1"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cc = "1.0.99"
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs b/crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/src/lib.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs
rename to crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/src/lib.rs
index 3ce7abe..5d7749d 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_libretro_sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 //! Selective additional (2019+) updates on top of the existing libretro_sys crate.
+//! This was created since newer cores do use this stuff; it's annoying, but meh.
+//! Maybe later on we can rid ourselves of a 2016 crate and just bindgen off libretro
+//! directly; for now, this is fine enough.
 
 pub use libretro_sys::*;
 use std::ffi;
 
 /// This "button" represents a bitmask that describes the state of all [DEVICE_JOYPAD] button constants,
 /// rather than the state of a single button.
-pub const DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK: libc::c_uint = 256;
+pub const DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK: ffi::c_uint = 256;
 
 /// Defines overrides which modify frontend handling of specific content file types.
 /// An array of [SystemContentInfoOverride] is passed to [RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE]
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/Cargo.toml b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
index cb3142d..e4d690e 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 libc.workspace = true
 libloading.workspace = true
-libretro-sys = "0.1.1"
+letsplay_libretro_sys.path = "../letsplay_libretro_sys"
 thiserror.workspace = true
 
 anyhow.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/callbacks.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/callbacks.rs
index 10e1351..aefb1a1 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/callbacks.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/callbacks.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Callbacks for libretro
-use crate::libretro_sys_new::*;
+use letsplay_libretro_sys::*;
 use crate::{frontend::*, libretro_log, util};
 
 use std::ffi;
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/frontend_impl.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/frontend_impl.rs
index 1f7c7a1..c44150c 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/frontend_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/frontend/frontend_impl.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::CoreVariable;
 use crate::input_devices::InputDevice;
-use crate::libretro_sys_new::*;
+use letsplay_libretro_sys::*;
 use crate::result::{Error, Result};
 use ffi::CString;
 use libloading::Library;
@@ -272,13 +272,13 @@ impl Frontend {
 			// Let's sanity check the libretro API version against bindings to make sure we can actually use this core.
 			// If we can't, then fail the load.
 			let api_version = (core_api.retro_api_version)();
-			if api_version != libretro_sys::API_VERSION {
+			if api_version != letsplay_libretro_sys::API_VERSION {
 				error!(
 					"Core {} has invalid API version {api_version}; refusing to continue loading",
 					path.as_ref().display()
 				);
 				return Err(Error::InvalidLibRetroAPI {
-					expected: libretro_sys::API_VERSION,
+					expected: letsplay_libretro_sys::API_VERSION,
 					got: api_version,
 				});
 			}
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs
index 583b1f6..9fef824 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use crate::libretro_sys_new;
-
 use super::{InputDevice, RetroPad};
 
 // private helper type for packaging up the stick data
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ impl AnalogRetroPad {
 
 impl InputDevice for AnalogRetroPad {
 	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
-		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ANALOG
+		letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ANALOG
 	}
 
 	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ impl InputDevice for AnalogRetroPad {
 			true
 		} else {
 			// Check for the analog type
-			id == libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ANALOG
+			id == letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ANALOG
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -68,14 +66,14 @@ impl InputDevice for AnalogRetroPad {
 		// Nasty but you can blame libretro.
 		let fallback = self.pad.get_index(0, id);
 		return match index {
-			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x,
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y,
+			letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x,
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y,
 				_ => fallback,
 			},
-			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x,
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y,
+			letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x,
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y,
 				_ => fallback,
 			},
 
@@ -97,15 +95,15 @@ impl InputDevice for AnalogRetroPad {
 		};
 
 		match index {
-			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x = pressure,
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y = pressure,
+			letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x = pressure,
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y = pressure,
 				_ => {}
 			},
 
-			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x = pressure,
-				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y = pressure,
+			letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x = pressure,
+				letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y = pressure,
 				_ => {}
 			},
 
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
index 4250fff..d8c4183 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Mouse
 use super::InputDevice;
-use crate::libretro_sys_new;
 
 /// Implementation of the [InputDevice] trait for the Libretro mouse.
 pub struct Mouse {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ impl Mouse {
 
 impl InputDevice for Mouse {
 	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
-		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_MOUSE
+		letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_MOUSE
 	}
 
 	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
index afe32eb..16a665e 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! RetroPad
 use super::InputDevice;
-use crate::libretro_sys_new;
+use letsplay_libretro_sys;
 
 /// Implementation of the [InputDevice] trait for the Libretro
 /// RetroPad; which is essentially a standard PS1 controller,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl RetroPad {
 
 impl InputDevice for RetroPad {
 	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
-		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_JOYPAD
+		letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_JOYPAD
 	}
 
 	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl InputDevice for RetroPad {
 	fn get_index(&self, index: u32, id: u32) -> i16 {
 		return match index {
 			0 => {
-				if id == libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK {
+				if id == letsplay_libretro_sys::DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK {
 					return self.button_mask();
 				}
 
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/lib.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/lib.rs
index 3887031..bd5aa45 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 mod libretro_log;
 
-pub mod libretro_sys_new;
-
 pub mod input_devices;
-pub mod util;
+mod util;
 
 pub mod frontend;
 pub mod result;
 
 // re-export some of our useful interface
 pub use frontend::{CoreVariable, Frontend, FrontendInterface};
+pub use result::*;
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
index b1fd00e..b79d4a5 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::libretro_sys_new::*;
+use letsplay_libretro_sys::*;
 use std::ffi;
 use tracing::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/util.rs b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/util.rs
index 95655f8..77aee93 100644
--- a/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/letsplay_retro_frontend/src/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::libretro_sys_new::*;
+use letsplay_libretro_sys::*;
 
 pub fn bytes_per_pixel_from_libretro(pf: PixelFormat) -> u32 {
 	match pf {