The release of the distribution kit Lakka 3.3 has been published, which allows you to turn computers, set-top boxes or single-board computers into a full-fledged game console for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed to create home theaters. Lakka builds are generated for 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 and etc. To install, just write the distribution to an SD card or USB drive, connect a gamepad and boot the system.
Lakka is based on the RetroArch game console emulator, which emulates a wide range of devices and supports advanced features such as multiplayer games, state saving, image quality enhancement of old games using shaders, game rewind, hot plugging of 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, etc. Gamepads from existing game consoles are supported, including Playstation 3, Dualshock 3, 8bitdo, Nintendo Switch, XBox 1 and XBox360.
In the new release:
- RetroArch has been updated to version 1.9.7, which has optimized scanning of large data sets, added support for binding multiple game controllers to one input device, and improved usability in the βAnalog to Digital Typeβ mode.
- Updated versions of emulators and game engines. Added new emulator np2kai (PC-98). The Dolpin emulator implements the dolphin-emu/Sys directory, which links to the RetroArch system directory.
- Added support for MIDI sequencers.
- Added support for the βgameconβ kernel module (a driver for gamepads and joysticks connected via a parallel port).
- 4K modes are disabled for Raspberry Pi.
Source: opennet.ru