The release of the Lakka 3.6 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 building home theaters. Lakka builds are available for platforms including i386, x86_64 (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 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 1.9.13, which reinstates menu customization settings and adds an option for automatically adding latency when outputting frames (Settings → Latency).
- The versions of emulators and game engines have been updated. New engines beetle-fce and ecwolf have been included. Additional data files have been added to the fbneo, mame2003-plus, and scummvm engines.
- The Mesa package has been updated to version 21.2.5.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.10.78.
- The firmware set for Raspberry Pi boards has been updated to version 1.20211029.
Source: opennet.ru
