The release of the Lakka 4.0 distribution has taken place, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or single-board computers to be transformed into a full-fledged gaming console for playing retro games. This project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed for building home theater systems. 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, 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 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 system environment has been updated to the LibreELEC 10.0.2 package base (the previous branch was based on LibreELEC 9.x).
- The RetroArch package has been updated to version 1.10.1.
- Versions of emulators and game engines have been updated. New engines superbroswar and sameduck have been included.
- The Mesa package has been updated to version 22.0. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.10.103.
- Most builds for ARM devices have been migrated to the aarch64 architecture.
- Support for additional devices based on Allwinner and Amlogic chips has been added.
- The port for the Nintendo Switch gaming console has been completely rewritten.
Source: opennet.ru
