The release of the Lakka 3.3 distribution has been published, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or single-board computers to be transformed 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 formed 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, and so on. To install, simply write the distribution to an SD card or USB drive, connect a gamepad, and boot the system.
At the core of Lakka is the RetroArch gaming console emulator, which provides emulation for a wide range of devices and supports advanced features such as multiplayer gaming, save states, enhancing the visual quality of old games using shaders, rewinding gameplay, hotplugging gamepads, 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 others. Gamepads from existing gaming consoles, including PlayStation 3, Dualshock 3, 8bitdo, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1, and Xbox360 are supported.
In the new release:
- The RetroArch package has been updated to version 1.9.7, which optimizes the scanning of large data sets, adds support for binding multiple game controllers to a single input device, and improves usability in the 'Analog to Digital Type' mode.
- The versions of emulators and game engines have been updated. A new emulator, np2kai (PC-98), has been added. In the Dolphin emulator, the dolphin-emu/Sys directory has been implemented, which refers to the system directory of RetroArch.
- Support for MIDI sequencers has been added.
- Support for the 'gamecon' kernel module (driver for gamepads and joysticks connected through the parallel port) has been added.
- 4K modes have been disabled for Raspberry Pi.
Source: opennet.ru
