diff --git a/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.SlackBuild b/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.SlackBuild
index 264e150645..7810f2b92d 100644
--- a/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=blastem-libretro
 LIBNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2016.04.18_b5a17a0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2016.09.08_27b3f8e}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 # requires patching the Makefile to properly use
 # the default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are probably fine
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  echo "$ARCH is not supported."
-  exit 1
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  echo "$ARCH is not supported."
-  exit 1
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
diff --git a/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.info b/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.info
index 9d96362a75..d303a420e1 100644
--- a/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.info
+++ b/games/blastem-libretro/blastem-libretro.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="blastem-libretro"
-VERSION="2016.04.18_b5a17a0"
+VERSION="2016.09.08_27b3f8e"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
-MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/blastem-libretro-2016.04.18_b5a17a0.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="367be7e30ec4a67661184317210c1fc1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/blastem-libretro-2016.09.08_27b3f8e.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="f2f2c85664267bf6fb2177a7cb2cf1ff"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"
 MAINTAINER="Hunter Sezen"
 EMAIL="ovariegata@yahoo.com"