The release of the Lakka 4.3 distribution has taken place, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or single-board computers to be turned into a full-fledged gaming console for retro game emulation. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally intended for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are available for i386, x86_64 (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, Odroid C1/C1+/XU3/XU4, and others. Installation is as simple as writing the distribution to an SD card or USB drive, connecting a gamepad, and booting the system.
At the core of Lakka lies the RetroArch gaming console emulator, which enables the emulation of a wide range of devices and supports advanced features such as multiplayer gaming, save states, enhancement of old game graphics using shaders, rewind functionality, gamepad hot-plugging, and video streaming. Emulated consoles include: Atari 2600/7800/Jaguar/Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, NES, Nintendo 64/DS, PCEngine, PSP, Sega 32X/CD, SuperNES, and more. Gamepads from existing consoles are supported, including Playstation 3, Dualshock 3, 8bitdo, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
In the new release:
- The RetroArch package has been updated to version 1.14.
- The versions of emulators and game engines have been updated. New engines fake-08 (Pico-8), mojozork (Z-Machine), and puae2021 (Amiga) based on libretro have been included.
- The Mesa package has been updated to version 22.1.7.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to 5.10.123, with the 5.10.110 kernel used in builds for Raspberry Pi, and 5.11.22 in builds for devices with Amlogic chips.
- A build for Orange Pi 4 boards has been added.
- Support for additional variants of the Nintendo Switch gaming console has been added.
Source: opennet.ru
