The release of the Lakka 3.4 distribution has been published, which allows computers, TV boxes, or single-board computers to be turned into a full-fledged gaming console for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are available for i386, x86_64 platforms (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, Odroid C1/C1+/XU3/XU4, etc. To install, simply write the distribution to an SD card or USB drive, connect a gamepad, and boot the system.
At the same time, a new release of the game console emulator RetroArch 1.9.9 has been presented, which forms the basis of the Lakka distribution. RetroArch provides emulation of a wide range of devices and supports features such as multiplayer gaming, save states, image quality enhancement of old games using shaders, rewinding gameplay, hot-plugging gamepads, and video streaming. Among the emulated consoles are: Atari 2600/7800/Jaguar/Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, NES, Nintendo 64/DS, PCEngine, PSP, Sega 32X/CD, SuperNES, etc. Gamepads from existing gaming consoles, including PlayStation 3, DualShock 3, 8bitdo, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox 360, are supported.
In the new release of RetroArch:
- Support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) has been implemented, currently limited to drivers using Direct3D 11/12. Support for HDR in Vulkan, Metal, and OpenGL is planned for a later release.
- In the port for Nintendo 3DS consoles, support for displaying the interactive menu on the lower touchscreen area has been added.
- Extended search support has been implemented in the "Cheats" menu.
- On platforms that support ARM NEON instructions, optimizations have been implemented to accelerate audio processing and conversion.
- Support for AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) technology has been added to reduce image quality loss during scaling for high-resolution screens. AMD FSR can be used with drivers for the Direct3D10/11/12, OpenGL Core, Metal, and Vulkan graphics APIs.
In addition to updating RetroArch, Lakka 3.4 introduces a new release of Mesa 21.2 and updates to emulator and game engine versions. New emulators PCSX2 (Sony PlayStation 2) and DOSBOX-pure (DOS) have been added. The DuckStation emulator (Sony PlayStation) has been integrated into the core of RetroArch. Issues in the Play! emulator (Sony PlayStation 2) have been resolved. The PPSSPP emulator (Sony PlayStation Portable) now supports the Vulkan graphics API.
Source: opennet.ru
