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Those specs are too low for nextgen emus and no amount of optimizing will change that. Set your expectations accordingly.
Lakka is probably the best emulation distro tuned for low overhead.
Add two more to the mix...
- Lakka - RetroArch, plain and simple
- LibreELEC Extended Community Edition - LibreELEC Kodi 17 with a few emulator extras
My main reason for asking is that I just got an ODROID XU4 a couple months ago and found that the N64 package (lr-mupen64plus) doesn't build properly. There are a couple of open issues in Git about it, but no resolution. That was disappointing, since that was the main reason I bought an XU4 in the first place.
I ended up downloading Lakka, which is just the official Retroarch frontend, skinned to look like a Playstation 3. It's a little more sysadmin-y than EmulationStation to get up and running, but has otherwise been (for me) a better experience.
And you're right - playing these games on a faster system is amazing. Even SNES - which runs fine on the Pi from a framerate perspective - is a couple frames more responsive to input on the XU4, let alone x86.
The Lakka website has a good walkthrough for both installing to SD and for setting up bluetooth controllers and wifi, but all of it requires some basic knowledge of the command line. You'll find yourself SSHing to lakka more often than retropie.
If you're comfortable with that or willing to spend a bit of time learning, I would say give it a go!
e: the docs give instructions on Wii, Dualshock, and 8bitdo controllers. Wireless 360 controllers work out of the box.
*nix = Linux/Unix.
And they can use many file systems ext is just the most common.
Lakka is its own distro, why not follow its guide? And according to that you don't (at least not with the quick install), it takes care of everything on its own provided you just give it a partition to work with.
I'm assuming the custom install option will allow you to go through the process of partitioning yourself based on the fact that is what most distros with installers do and allow you to use separate partitions for things like /home if you so chose. The quick install option would just erase everything on the disk and assume its all for Lakka (which you do not want)
So if you have a single HDD with a single partition for windows you would start with something like /dev/sda as the disk and /dev/sda1 as the partition, you want to create a new partition on /sda with enough space for Lakka and whatever else you want, then when you continue the installation procedure and it asks where to install it would be /dev/sda2. (provided it had you create the main partition first)
It may even ask you to create extra partitions and make space for swap etc.
Keep in mind I say /sda but depending on what order your drives (HDD, Disc Drives, etc) are detected in it could just as easily be another letter after /sd. (check the name/fs type)
Once installed the next step depends on if it installs a bootloader and which, if it does and you find that your windows partition isn't automatically added that is ok, you can add it yourself easily in most, just google the specific bootloader.
Sorry for the wall of text haha
Lakka.tv project page <- direct link.
This looks really cool, I'm downloading it now. I've been planning on doing an arcade/console machine for a while now and the only options I knew of were RetroArch and GroovyArcade. Neither provided a smooth, simple, controller-based navigation gui like this one seems to. I'm excited!
It's just not worth it. You really can't mess this up. You could literally get the Pi 3B+, the official power supply, any decent SD card, and a piece of cardboard to set it on, and be all set. You don't need heatsinks, fans, or any of the other stuff (though some of it is nice to have). If you want a case, the official case is good enough.
The things to avoid are cheap gamepads - just use an Xbox 360 controller to get started.
Oh, and consider Lakka instead of Retropie; I find it much easier to get started. Just get the image (http://www.lakka.tv), use Etcher (https://etcher.io) to flash the image onto your SD card, then put the card in the Pi to start it up. To get your ROMs onto the system, enable SAMBA from within Lakka (http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Accessing-Lakka-filesystem/) and drag-and-drop them from your PC.
The Raspberry Pi and Pi 2 come pretty close to that price range and will emulate plenty of systems. They still struggle with some things (like N64 emulation) but they're actually pretty good for others. Something like Lakka for the RPi makes setup pretty easy too.
Nope - at best it's an ARM port of Windows 10, not Windows 10 itself - this means you can't run standard EXE files on it. For gaming you are best installing RetroPie or Lakka. RetroPie has more systems and ports but the UI is a bit less flashy and can be hard to set up at times. Lakka, however, has less systems and ports but the UI is a lot snazzier.
It's an emulation system that ports the emulators into modular libraries that interface with the core emulator interface (retroarch)
There's an emulation station distribution called LAKKA based on it: http://www.lakka.tv/
It has everything except a PS2 emulator and an NGC/Wii emulator, but they're making good progress on porting Dolphin. PCSX2 is a huge fucking mess, will likely never be ported. We'll have to wait for Play! to reach maturity for PS2 support.
Recalbox, by miles.
Lakka, as with just about anything RetroArch, is "simple" up until you try and actually use it for anything beyond selecting ROMs from a list. God help you if you should try using a wireless PS3 controller, or even using it with wi-fi- the latter of which is an interesting experience if you're not able to hook it up manually via ethernet cable to be able to manually edit the configuration files that allow you to access a local terminal at all. It's an utter embarrassment- there's just no reason to use it right now while better alternatives are around.
RetroPie's substantially nicer than Lakka, but RecalBox is a fair bit more user-friendly. RecalBox is basically just a better-maintained, simpler RetroPie.
As /u/zenmaster24/ said, Lakka is probably the best you can do for a RetroArch experience that even comes close to OpenEmu. Everything else (Snowflake and Phoenix mainly) hasn't had releases yet. I've seen OpenEmu, I think Ars Technica wrote about it last year, but I looked at it in 2013 I believe.
The only caveat with Lakka is that it's a Linux distro, not a single program. If you're not using your HTPC for anything else (that is to say, your HTPC is dedicated to running emus and nothing else) it's a pretty good option. You really don't have to worry about being unfamiliar with Linux, since Lakka doesn't expose Linux-like stuff unless you want to poke it. If you want your HTPC to play movies, music, that sort of stuff... I'm not sure how Lakka handles it.
But let me just say that, as a programmer, yes, making UIs that look and feel nice is not trivial. It's certainly not easy to make something as good as OpenEmu. Creating sharp, slick UIs requires a very specific skill set focused on design, and not everyone has it. Keep in mind OpenEmu itself is a massive project with 5+ years of development behind it; what you see and use now has been built over the course of many sleepless nights (probably).
I was mainly talking about the configuration overrides that we added. I'll keep what you said in mind, though I have no say in those matters.
Also, do you know about lakka? That is the official RetroArch distribution and you could call it its official front-end.
For retro gaming and easy to use, I believe you can hope on Lakka
With dualbooting, it should be pretty easy. On the Lakka website, follow the step and just choose the Generic PC.
The big difference IIRC between Retropie and Lakka is the distro they are based on (Raspbian vs LibrELEC). Otherwise both use RetroArch and libretro as their core. So Lakka as a wider array of hardware to be applied to.
The whole Mali nonsense is entirely ARM's fault as it's their own GPU. I'll give you that. I know that a good number of people use boards with Mali to do retro gaming with Lakka, like the XU4. So it's complicated, but not entirely hopeless. I'm sure if Broadcom was willing they could license out their VC4 as well, but I'm sure it'd go over about as well with them as the Odroid W did.
Then again for htpc, I wouldn't use the pi3 either as it lacks 4k support. Not to mention many of the boards like the pi3, C2, etc, don't have the security nonsense needed for various streaming services.
Really, I just wanted to suggest an option for people that wanted to save a good bit of time and effort for a headless board when there are plenty of them already available. I think many people would balk at being told to unsolder all the connectors and then saw the end off of their pi3 to make it slightly smaller.
http://www.lakka.tv/ Its a fork of OpenElec which is a distro for booting into Kodi but has been modified to boot into RetroArch. Other than that you will probably have to configure something yourself such as emulation station on top of a minimal install of debian.
The wiki on the sidebar does a pretty good job talking about the different emulators and the game compatibility in retropie (n64: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Nintendo-64).
Like u/8Bits1132 said, EmulationStation is a frontend for the emulators, but if you're interested in the RetroArch frontent you should check out lakka (http://www.lakka.tv/).
I went with Odroid XU4 and Lakka, rather than pi3 and retropie.
Couple of data points:
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/
According to that, out of the single-board-computers the Odroid XU4 (and XU3) runs Lakka, and presumably Retropie as well, since they're based on the same software, the best.
https://www.hiscorebob.lu/2017/02/retropie-vs-recalbox-vs-lakka/
My personal experience is very similar to the review above. I installed both and I found Lakka much easier to use than Retropie.
Try both and make up your own mind. It doesn't take long to re-image your SD card and try a new games on both emulators.
Just curious what are planning on using for a VPN?
I got 3 Pis for Christmas: two 2's and a 3
I use Lakka. There are instructions on the website.
Please note that, while n64 (and likely ps1, haven't tested it yet because I'm having trouble with the bioses) is hardly playable, there's not even any available emulation core for ps2, and if there was, it wouldn't be close to playable on the raspberry pi.
Lakka compares a lot of SBCs here:
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/
To me, Odroid XU3/XU4 looks like the best option. It's powerful enough and seems to have fewer driver issues than a lot of the other boards. It costs $74 though
Probably Lakka or Puppy Arcade if you've never used Linux before. They're setup out of the box for that purpose and you just add roms afaik. I've never run either, so I'm not sure how easy the installation is on either of them.
I use Arch Linux on my HTPC. It's pretty easy to setup with minimal stuff if you're relatively comfortable with the Linux ecosystem.
> Most emulateors have not been ported to arm
I think enough of them have been to make it viable. I doubt that this particular group will make a good portable emulation machine due to their history, but it's definitely something that can be done.
I'm sure there is, but that doesn't mean there can't be a community and software built around the rPi platform.
There are other platforms that people have made similar projects for. If you look at the Lakka documentation (which I don't recommend using Lakka, it's kind of lame) you can see a wide selection of devices that it supports, most of which are more powerful than the rPi.
SteamOS, Lakka, or Puppy Arcade are probably what you're looking for.
Linux support for many games is still quite iffy (my Steam library goes from 250 to 100 in native Linux) But many games run fine under Wine. For those that don't, Steam's in-home streaming feature helps bridge the gap -- you just have to turn on your desktop machine, and assuming it's running Windows, you can run all your non-Linux-friendly games from there.
I have very little time to play these days. Here's how it goes:
- Turn on PS3
- System update
- Game update
- " "
- If it's Gran Turismo, an in-game update because fuck you, benoliver999, you're not playing today.
- Maybe play 20 minutes.
As a result I play a LOT of Humble Bundle games. I only have a Linux PC but games I love are on Linux now so it's not an issue. Even ones with longer play-time overall are good because they load so fast. FTL is a good example; you can play that game for a solid hour and still not die. If you have an hour to play, you will spend 59 minutes playing.
The other thing I love is emulators - I have a Raspberry Pi running Lakka plugged into a channel on my AVR. It's wonderful, works with a wireless PS3 controller, and is shit tons of fun.
There is tons of emulation set ups for the pi. Something worth checking out is Lakka. http://www.lakka.tv/ It supposedly works on rasperry pi. I cant say how good it is but it seems interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTnCXayrzs
Do you know why the Github page doesn't have a 3.0 release yet? I don't know how all of this works, but I usually figure the Github release comes first, and places like lakka.tv would have the update after. There's a 3.0 branch, but no 3.0 release, as far as I can tell.
>i3-6100
Much better. I ran a i3-6100U on one of my setups before, so I know they run fine with older NVidia and Intel HD graphics. However, as you are probably aware, NVidia's closed-set drivers support for Linux isn't the best, especially with newer cards. You might be better served with going with the Intel HD graphics for now: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/
there are Retro-Emulator Distros - like Lakka - that are a super minimal disrto that just runs the emulators to play mame and other games. It may be worth looking into.
http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/generic/
Lakka ships two emulators able to launch arcade ROMs: MAME2003 and FBA.
You can install Lakka to a USB, and transfer roms to it from a networked pc.
At 400mb in size for the PC version, its going to be about as light as you can get for the functionality.
Yes but i use arch btw on my gaming rig as an alternative to windows and osx on PC's . With proton lutris wine etc everything works great only issue is anticheat and i don't play online games anyway 😀.
Yeah I haven't run Linux in consoles before but I have on old devices like netbooks and devices which can't run modern windows. I would be interested running Linux or Android x86 on windows tablets on the alienware UFO. I'd probably install steam os , lakka or emulation station as it's a gaming handheld. http://www.lakka.tv/ https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/
PRO TIP: Retropie actually doesn’t build on the XU4 right now. There’s a bug in the Makefile that nobody seems interested in fixing. However, Lakka works great. It’s a bit different, being just Retroarch without Emulation Station, but once you get used to it, it’s really nice.
What is the MD5 of your BIOS files? Make sure they match the ones listed here.
Also for comparison with mine, what’s the MD5 of your SotN .bin and the contents of your .cue file?
For all I know, you could be playing on PC, or you built yourself a nice Lakka system. While I don't play any of the XBOX systems, I adore their controllers for how nicely they fit into my hands. Feels quite natural, and is my go-to for Steam, emulated, and stand-alone PC games.
Edit: Though in my case, it's a 360 controller. Was my brother's, whom used it for the same purpose, until his Windows comp went kaput and he didn't have money to put Windows on his next handmedown-so he used Linux. He just let me have the controller since he was fine playing on keyboard.
you have to enable bluetooth via CLI, which i think you can only do via SSH'ing into the device. Here's a video that outlines pretty much everything to get bluetooth audio going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O86F37FirSs
Otherwise heres the links to the lakka docs for the commands/info. http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Accessing-Lakka-command-line-interface/
And the outlines what you want to do to enable bluetooth. http://www.lakka.tv/doc/8Bitdo-Wireless-Controller/
From the lakka.tv website:
> Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem.
Lakka is a custom Linux distribution for running RetroArch.
Are you trying to use it as a computer as well? Or are you just trying to use it for RetroArch?
The Pi has some weird stuff going on with it... Particularly involving the framebuffer OpenGL driver for it's GPU, and how X11 adds WAY too much overhead for what the hardware is capable of. If you only want to have RetroArch on the pi, then I recommend getting and installing Lakka.
It works nicely. They have a pre-built image for the Pi models that take advantage of its hardware efficiently.
I'm borderline obsessed with linux and I couldn't honestly tell you what I'd want as a linuxy gift aside from maybe some literal junk like a sticker, penguin stress ball, etc. I think your choices of a Pi or a book are probably a couple of the best possible options.
I wouldn't look at the Pi as intimidating .. it's just a computer, with all the same basic ports and functionality. Probably just looks intimidating because of the exposed electronics and GPIO pins.. but it isn't
I don't know what his interests are, but he might like turning a raspberry Pi into a retro gaming console using RetroPie or Lakka, but then he'd also need a controller or two.
A Pi is a good gift for anyone who likes to tinker with computers, linux or no linux.. there's a ton of stuff you can do with it. Even if it doesn't have anything to do with linux, it can still be a lot of fun to play with.
Lakka is probably the best bet then. The con is that it's mainly just a list and you're locked into RetroArch. The pros being that it's very fast, very light and very simple.
I've run into the same thing playing Dr. Mario retropie as well as Mupen64 on the Wii. Emulating N64 games is very tough. I could only get it working using Lakka. http://www.lakka.tv/
I fiddled around with the emulator settings in Mupen64 so I'm sure it was an emulator difficulty. On the Wii I could either fix the pill sprites but garble the background, or I could fix the background but hide the pill sprites.
OP wants to come up with a solution to his/her use-case. If the hardware supports it, anyone in the community can work on getting the software to also support it.
I don't know anything about game emulators, but in 10 minutes of searching, it looks like:
Hakchi2 is loading retroarch cores onto the NES classic.
The core builds used on the NESc/SNESc are Lakka cores, designed for Raspberry Pi hardware. > "Examples include the Allwinner, iMX6, and Amlogic boards along with builds for 32-bit and 64-bit PC systems."
Lakka has built-in network configuration
You can confirm for yourself that the Lakka kernel is configured to support networking (at line 707), and includes kernel support for CONFIG_USB_NET_DRIVERS (line 1374), CONFIG_USB_BELKIN (line 1403).
I'm tempted to unbox my NESc and get networking to work just to show you that it is possible on the existing hardware and with the existing software.
The Wiki mentions Samba and SCP as ways to access the filesystem. Lakka does not come with an FTP Daemon, and it is probably not worth the effort to try and "install" one.
I'm not shure which SSH server they use (It's probably Dropbear). You could also try to connect with FISH or SFTP. Though the latter will probably not work if they are really using Dropbear and not OpenSSH.
I'm guessing the mounted folder is causing the problems. Try looking inside the playlist file and see what the rom's folder location gets set to, and manually entering the correct location if necessary. The playlist format is documented here.
Otherwise you could try locally storing the roms on the RPi3, which should work without any complications.
Software is never perfect. Even if it has been out and rather stable for a long time, keeping software up to date will mean bringing in new fixes, performance updates, and more.
Assuming you're going to be running this on the Pi, Lakka could be a good option. Easy to install, use and update.
I heard about the project, but never figured out there are tailored builds, though it seems there's also a generic PC image, so that should work :). But indeed, there may need some extra work to set up some features such as touchscreen to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moS9QFTMHas I was thinking it was hard until i watched this,he made set up look insanely simple,its mainly retroarch.You could also just install lakka OS http://www.lakka.tv/ instead,it does all the work for you but the only drawback is that it doesnt support ps2/gamecube/wii/wii u atm<dolphin emu is being worked on for retroarch as we speak so atleast that will change and maybe it will be ported to lakka as well.
I'm not 100% sure about that in retropie, but I know you can do that using Lakka. Also, in Lakka you can go to the settings mid-game, change shit, and go back to the game (not sure if that's the case in retropie). And it probably depends on the game tbh. Some ROMS have included mid-save features that weren't present in the original game.
You can also try out Lakka on your windows machine to see if you like it.
Lakka is cool 'cuz it looks like the old Playstation UI :)
Hi, not sure if you've found a solution already, but I installed Lakka on a Dell M140 (1.73 GHz single core, integrated Intel VGA) laptop and the menu was sluggish.
I went to Settings -> Menu -> Menu Shader Pipeline and toggled it to OFF. It takes a while to navigate, but the GUI worked fine after turning the Ribbon off.
Lakka is a stand alone OS. It is designed to handle graphics itself. There is no way to install drivers. Intel is handled, read Lakka's Documentation entry for Hardware Support under Generic PC for more info.
Retroarch's old android user interface before version 1.2 used to be really nice and easy to use when it was more "integrated" with android. A lot of retroarch's one star reviews got posted when they changed to this UI
Here's a random video that shows what it used to look like
The old UI ran a lot faster on my phone compared to the newer glui menu driver and the settings were organized better. But what I liked the most about the old UI was that I was able to use the back button on my phone to exit out of things and use swipe gestures to swipe between menus.
The new material design giui driver looks better but it's still clunkier to use compared to their old kitkat style interface. They would attract a lot of android users from the paid/ad-supported emulators if they brought the one back as the default menu driver for android.
I've never tried Recalbox but I have tried Retropie. I kept having issues with Retropie corrupting itself so I switched to using Lakka
Edit: Forgot to mention that Lakka is an official sister project to RetroArch.
If you want the ideal setup:
- Buy these parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gfnmVn (Pick your storage preference and case)
- Overclock the CPU to something reasonable. I was able to clock my G3258 to 4.6 ghz at I think 1.2v? I forget.
- Install your preferred OS (Any works, Lakka OS works very well for this though)
- Get yourself a 360 controller.
- setup your emulators and ROMs.
Done. You'll emulate everything from NES to PS2/GC/Wii without an issue. Probably Citra as well when they get a proper JIT. n64 will probably be slightly spotty simply because n64 emulation is a mess.
If you don't want to do that, I dunno. Maybe some ODROID system? It won't be pretty or as slick as the above setup though.
Lakka uses RetroArch for its front-end, while RecalBox uses Emulation Station... Personal preference, but I like that Lakka/RetroArch are the same. Makes contributing to one directly help the other.
Another good option is Lakka. However, this one needs to be installed on its own drive and dual-booted, as it's an entire operating system. It supports full control via gamepad (no mouse/keyboard needed), and works beautifully. During setup you may need to SSH in and modify config files, but it's fairly straightforward.
The latest version of Lakka comes with a whole bunch of niceties. While the user experience may be improved in the other systems, I use Lakka because it is extremely transparent, it's built by the same guys behind RetroArch, and any additions that are brought into Lakka are directly improving the libretro family.
Lakka is also great for Raspi's and works on other platforms as well, such as x86 machines. It is designed to be ready to go, with the Retroarch gamepad-autodetection package and a nice ascetic theme.
libretro is cool. The gnome games app that I talk about in a different thread uses it too. Lakka linux uses it as well. While the Kodi thing matures Lakka might be worth a look for you:
Looks awesome !
Is there a "best" single board computer for Lakka ? I already have a Raspberry PI, but should I buy an Odroid ? A Raspberry 2 ? Or maybe something else : http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/
Thanks !
There's ignition.io, it looks freaking amazing.
I've been using RetroPie and frankly, I hate it. It feels as if it's glued together.
I will be trying recalboxOS next, then Lakka.tv. Hopefully any of these will be better than RetroPie.
Have you heard of Lakka too? http://www.lakka.tv/
I use RetroPie at the moment and the UI is nice thanks to EmulationStation 2.0. Not used PiPlay or Lakka, so cannot comment but thought I'd throw something into the mix.
Tried a few distros to make a retro gaming machine but most were a pain trying to get everything set up and working. Lakka ended up being the one I went with, easier setup than RetroPie and most worked out of the box vs a lot of configuring.
Yes it supports bluetooth, DS3 and xbox360 controllers. There is a slightly different set up, but it is extremely well documented on the internet since those are the most common controllers out there.
http://www.lakka.tv/ <--- This is extremely similar to retropie project, but basically has zero set up involved, works on multiple systems (not just rpi), but has the downside of only supporting DS3 and xbox360 controllers. If you only intend to use one of those two, then I might recommend this for a RPi/linux newb for more instant gratification.
Forgive me of this is a stupid question, but how do I get the nightly builds on an SD card. I'm used to using Win32 Disk Imager to write an IMG file to an SD card, but I don't see one in the nightlies.
I am getting so frustrated trying to setup RetroPie. EmulationStation keeps getting corrupted when I scrape metadata for my roms and I need to start over from scratch.
Edit: Nevermind figured it out. http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Upgrading-Lakka/
http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/switch/
The download link for the emulator (not the ROM) is there, along with instructions for getting it set up. You'll either need a modchip or an early Switch (~2017-2018) that's able to be softmodded.
You can plug your serial number in at https://ismyswitchpatched.com/ to find out whether your switch is able to be softmodded or not.
Yes the game cube emulation is decent, I've played a few Tony hawks pro skater games on it and the performance is pretty good, and that was on an older build, I've just seen the switch is officially On the lakka site now so I'm going to try the update myself.
Ah, my bad, Horizon is the normal unhacked Switch OS, Atmpsphere is the CFW.
For clarity, Lakka is a stripped down Linux OS that boots right into Retroarch, and on the Switch it's able to make full use of the hardware (I'm pretty sure Retroarch through Atmosphere can't fully use the GPU or something like that, either way it's slower).
Lakka's not too tough to install/set up, but their instructions are kinda crap/outdated. Get the latest development image from here as the stable version is pretty old: http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/switch/
Extract the contents on your PC. Copy only the Lakka folder to root of the SD card on your Switch, then open Bootloader/ini/Lakka.ini and add the text in there to Bootloader/hekate_ipl.ini on the Switch SD to add Lakka as an option where you launch into Atmosphere. Technically you're done, but the next steps help sidestep any potential further issues.
Copy your BIOS files/etc that the emulators need (you can find them all prepackaged for Retroarch on the Emuluation Gametech wiki if you need them, linking them is against sub rules) into the Lakka/System folder on your Switch, and your Roms into the roms folder. Lakka has a weird interface with the SD card, so best to just put them where it expects them, as emulators in Atmosphere can still browse to the Lakka/Roms folder easily.
Lastly, before your first boot into Lakka, in the launcher/RCM menu (Hekate+Nyx) there's an option to dump your joycon bluetooth connections to a file. You'll need to do that for Lakka to automatically connect to any wireless controllers you already have set up on the normal side of your switch.
There are some issues with closing and switching between ROMs in the development builds right now, but the last stable version is missing big features like docked mode compatibility. You can always update it by overwriting the Lakka folder with a later one when they update.
There are libretro cores available for the Nintendo DS like Melonds - but they do not run well on this hardware - that's why they are not included with ArkOS or 351ELEC. If you want to test this for yourself, you can install Lakka and have a look.
I had to connect my 8bit do controllers via the command line once before they would connect regularly. http://www.lakka.tv/doc/8Bitdo-Wireless-Controller/ Those instructions should basically work the same under retropie from the command line. The trust step at the end was key
I found I had to connect to it and trust it via the command line once and then it would connect properly in the future. The instructions for doing this in Lakka were the same steps I followed http://www.lakka.tv/doc/8Bitdo-Wireless-Controller/
Thanks, do you know where i can download the last version suppported for wetek play? Searching the web the old link for wetek is dead http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/wtk/
Do you think 3.0 is a great improvement since 2.3?
If you want games and a media center - there are some retro-arcade distros out that include the Retrostation (i think thats the name) for Retro gaming, and KODI for media center playing.
such as...
Lakka Is another - http://www.lakka.tv/
there are likely numerous others out.. I just cant recall the names.
What emulator are you using? You should look into how to access the filesystem and the particular config files for your emulator.
Lakka, for example, has info here: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Accessing-Lakka-filesystem/
RetroPie, Recalbox and others should have similar documentation, but if you get stuck, check out their forums.
Maybe you already solved this, but if not, I hope it works out. :)
you did enable the lakka samba server?
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Accessing-Lakka-filesystem/
also you can enable ssh, and use a scp client.
this command which should work on windows or linux, should be able to see the lakka box.
ping lakka.local
the use of lakka.local is an avahi/bonjour feature. you might need bonjour installed on windows
A) That's right.
B) I don't know this, the size of the SD card depends on what games do you want to play with RetroArch, if you include clones or only parents, arcade only or other systems too...
To put new games in the SD card there are some options:
- Lakka shares some folders in your home network and you can copy/paste from any PC connected to your network;
- We added a FTP server in CHA system, so we can transfer files through FTP with the CHA in original system (not Lakka);
- If you use Linux you can mount the second partition of the SD card and copy the games there (Windows will be able to do that soon, they say).
C) Until now, and by the way updates worked, we can update without losing the hack and I believe it's very very unlikely not to work in the future.
i tried to use kodi for retro gaming/emulation, the basics are there but it's just not ready for prime time yet. what i do is have another card at hand with lakka on it, which i swap when i want to play those games. lakka support the udoo sbc.
http://www.lakka.tv/
So, Lakka is like Retroarch consolized. The major backend of Retropie is Retroarch.
The rough steps are these:
Set up Lakka on hdmi on an HDTV
Go through the sd card expand And reboot
Get into Lakka and set up WiFi
Turn on SSH And Samba
Turn off Save Config on Exit
Change the menu driver to RGUI
Change the Video Scaling to 2048 x 240 (this will look really weird now)
Get to the Save Configuration File menu and save your current config
Shut down
Plug into your converter and CRT
Power on and pray
Download the latest version here http://www.lakka.tv/
As for the pixel clock shit, basically it's all math related and rather dull. Essentially, the frequency the video processor runs at while in any given resolution has a "clock frequency" that gets pretty big the higher the horizontal or vertical resolution. Retropie needs normal 4:3 resolutions to display their front end (emulationstation). Once you get into Retroarch by launching a game, you can use what is commonly called a "super resolution" where the horizontal is expanded our multiple times, while fixing the vertical at 240p.
Eventually we hit 2048x240, an 8x horizontal integer of 256px (the native resolution of NES and SNES, etc). This achieves the clock frequency we are looking for. Retroarch does its thing and compresses this expended resolution into a full frame 4:3. Because as we said before, emulationstation can't deal with that. But Retroarch can. And Lakka is consolized Retroarch. You're always in Retroarch, so even your Menu (as long as you use RGUI) can handle 2048x240 and look perfectly normal.
Here's a pretty intro level article with some videos links
It can boot with the DC adaptor, then run on batteries? (also, has it booted off batteries before?)
If so, try rebuilding and cleaning the cartridge/cartridge slot.
If it works now, great!
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If that fails, reflash the micro sd card to the GPI case image at the link below - it is a lightweight image that works out of the box with the GPI case
If booting works now, then it is the Retropie image, which is an easy fix.
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It is a little bit difficult to pinpoint exactly if it is hardware or an issue within your Retropie image, just follow the steps in that order and it hopefully will be an easy fix
http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/rpi/
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If all fails, then 100% contact customer support - it is not worth a DIY repair if it is new
So your phone is already pretty capable. You won't be able to outperform your phone with a $50 box, for that you would have to go up to $100 (or more). Also as of right now, I don't think these boxes can do a good job with PS2 emulation and xbox emulation is not quite there yet. They can emulate up to psp, dreamcast, gamecube and all previous consoles (ps1, N64, SNES, Genesis, NeoGeo, etc) . I use mine as a retro gaming box, mostly playing 16 bit era games with some ps1 and arcade titles. I use the Lakka Operating system which is based on Retroarch, and there are other options like Batocera linux and EmuElec. You need a little technical knowledge to get them set up and running but there are many guides online. As of right now I think your phone would still be your most powerful and under budget option. Paired up with a bluetooth controller and Hdmi output. For a more powerful dedicated box, you can look into the Nvidia Shield and the Beelink GT king. Those will run you a little over a $100 but are much more capable than the cheaper boxes.
I recall some Linux arcade/emulator distro you put on a USB, and it could boot almost any PC into an arcade front end. You added Roms to the USB and had an arcade in your pocket
I only played with it a bit during the lockdown.
But it was a neat project. No idea if it can do the same as the dolphin emulator. I tend to just do snes games.
I made one with a raspberry pi and lakka (very similar to retro pi in about 10 minutes based on this http://www.lakka.tv/get it has a step by step guide on how to get you up and running based on the machine your using
There's no such thing as a do-it-all emulator for Windows. You may find packages that bundle together lots of different emulators and put a front end on it to make the experience more seamless. I imagine there's a linux image like this ( http://www.lakka.tv/ ). RetroPie is as good as it gets but only runs on the Pi.
Think about which machine you'd like to emulate first then go from there.
You need something to hold an os on it. So either a replacement hard drive or you load linux onto a usb stick.
One example is to load a specific project like lakka to that usb stick. This will turn your computer into a retro gaming system with the retroarch frontend.
A couple of things:
1) Your CPU has no integrated graphics, so forget trying to use your motherboard's HDMI/DisplayPort out. Not going to use what isn't there.
2) An RTX 2070? Use the NVidia version, if you're not already. The flower usually indicates that your graphics card/drivers/chipset isn't compatible. The quickest way to find this out is, of course, is a log of what the program does when you try to use it. This might help: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Troubleshooting-Lakka/
3) It has nothing to do with your ROMs or drives until you can't find your games, then it becomes a problem.
Yeah MD5 was the name I couldn't remember, you can check the correct MD5 at sites likes this
There are also plenty of comparison tools and sites that can also generate the md5 of the bios file you put in
RetroArch and EmulationStation (both in RetroPi) are available on x86, so you could throw something together using that.
There's also Lakka, so you could give that a shot. Works pretty well.
Same as what busthezoo said, but I would recommend you use Lakka instead. For the case I would recommend the retroflag megadrive case, it has functional reset/power buttons and is pretty well designed, probably the best quality megadrive case if you want something close to the genesis mini (sadly, there is no genesis version, only the megadrive one)
Lakka uses Retroarch which furthermore uses DOSbox for DOS emulation. DOSbox via Retroarch is kind of a pain to setup. It is not as simple as throwing a bunch of ROMs at it like with all the other emulators.
Lakka has a limited amount of documentation here:
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/DOSBox/
Libretro (retroarch) has a bit more here:
https://docs.libretro.com/library/dosbox/
Keep in mind that downloaded DOS games sometimes will include an installer for the game so you will probably need to setup each game on a case by case basis.
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Network-settings/
follow the wifi command line instructions, obviously you have to be connected via ethernet first. this works BUT the setting doesnt seem to stick after a reboot. not sure why. after i reboot the pi/lakka i run the command "agent on" after entering the connmanctl prompt and it says "agent registered". i run it again immediately and it says "agent already registered" which means it is not registering after a reboot hence why the wifi adapter doesnt have an ip after a reboot.
How much do these emulators actually leverage the GPU? It was my understanding that, at least without post-processing, most of the work is done by the CPU for most emulators, which is another reason software emulation for these 25-year-old consoles isn't perfect?
I'm a bigger fan of hardware FPGA-based emulation for the older gaming systems, like MiSTer, Analogue Super Nt & Mega Sg, and the SD2SNES. I'll be using this for newer 3D consoles, which RPi struggles with. My RPi has been relegated to full time Pi-Hole duty.
Anyhow, this FAQ seems to suggest to do the same: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/
The thing about NUCs is there are so many different ones. I don't know which model would be a worthy upgrade without being complete overkill. Older ones have also suffered from quality control issues, and it's a less portable device than the RPi or the one I linked.
NUCs are also more expensive, but it could be worth it if that's what I really need to get the performance I want. Which model is considered to be the best value for an emulation box? Do they go on sale very often?
It works pretty well with other emulators, so long as they have button mapping. Should work without issues on a Raspberry Pi, although I've never tried it myself:
On a pi, I'd assume that you're running something like Lakka (http://www.lakka.tv/), which should allow you to map the buttons however you'd like. The one thing that I'd make sure of when doing this, however, is that you have the tankstick plugged right into the USB ports on the pi itself. All other things (e.g., if you have a USB stick loaded with data) should probably be connected via a powered USB hub. I say this primarily because -- especially for arcade games -- you'll typically notice the lag introduced by plugging your controllers (arcade sticks or otherwise) into a USB hub.
Might not be a huge deal, or might not be something that you'd really notice, but for me, any input lag on arcade games is really noticeable. A lot of my favorites all require good reflexes, and you'll feel it in things like fighting games, shooters... even things like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.
You can (you can also access the filesystem by plugging the USB drive on a computer running Linux). I wonder if there's performance penalty, though...
You should be able to install Retro Arch, which is an attempt to unify multiple emulators under one framework, so they can share (controller etc) configs to save you setting up multiple emulators.
If there isn't a current MAME install in your repos, it's pretty easy to compile; and now emulates computers and consoles as well as arcade.
Failing that, Lakka is a distro aimed squarely at running retroarch; it'll run off a USB flash drive so you don't even need to install it.
Also, there's a very useful wiki here:
As already stated, ETA Prime is a great video to watch for the general idea of what to buy and how you're modding things.
Major difference I did over his mod is I used Retroarch (which you would install on the Pie through "Lakka") instead of RetroPi because I use it on other stuff (PC and SNES Classic) and am more comfortable with it, plus I feel the interface is nicer.
Only other major change from his install is I'm currently using some old PC speakers I had lying around and connected via the 3.5mm jack (instead of using the amp) but I'll probably change that in the future and added a couple of extra buttons to the panel.
It has AMD hardware, everything is supposed to work outside the box driver wise (if you're used to Windows's way of doing: no. There will not be drivers to install, setup.exe. Everything is supposed to works once the OS is installed and updated). As emulators, just try by yourself right now:
http://www.lakka.tv/get/windows/generic/ You need a USB3 dongle and any PC capable to boot from it. Windows will be left untouched... While in LAKKA you can access the Windows partition; but I strongly suggest you to let it alone until you aren't familiar with Linux's way of doing. Just be sure the USB dongle is big enough to carry also the ROMs you want to play.
You can potentially test your USB key on any PC you find around (libraries, internet cafe, friend house, other family PCs), but again: don't try anything unrelated to simply run ROMs and update Lanka until you are experienced with what you have
short answer - yes it should be possible.
lakka seems to be using a themed retroarch
install your distro, install retroarch and Kodi. then configure how you want.
Kodi on Ubuntu and other distros add a Kodi session to the login screen that runs just Kodi.
the same could be done for retroarch.
(some rambling research notes here)
http://www.lakka.tv/disclaimer/
> Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown retrogaming console.
So that is a distro+the apps for the gaming.
it might be possible to install Kodi on a lakka install.
but the page says..
> It is based on LibreELEC and RetroArch.
So it does not come with Kodi? that would seem odd.
You could always just pick some distro and install retroarch and Kodi on it. So as to build your own lakka.
or see the lakka forums about using Kodi on a lakka install. But from a quick scan of their Forums - It seems it does not support kodi.
That sucks! Going forward, I'd recommend storing your ROMs on a USB stick
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Accessing-Lakka-filesystem/
Works great if you need to ever start again, just remember to backup your saves/savestates, pretty sure they're stored on the SD card
Couple things:
- Jist FYI, whoever sold you a device preloaded with Lakka did so illegally (http://www.lakka.tv/doc/FAQ/).
- Unplugging the USB from a Raspberry Pi has been known to send a voltage spike that can corrupt your SD card data. I always unplug from the wall first.
- Your best bet at this point is to BACK UP YOUR ROMS and reinstall Lakka following the instructions on their website http://www.lakka.tv/get/windows/generic/install/