The release of the distribution kit Lakka 3.5 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:
- The RetroArch package has been updated to version 1.9.10, which provides the ability to remove previously established pairing with Bluetooth devices by pressing START / Space for the selected device in the list.
- Updated versions of emulators and game engines. The N64 emulator includes support for dynamic RDP/RSP recompilation.
- The Mesa package has been updated to version 21.2.3. For Intel GPUs, the i965 driver has been replaced by crocus, based on the Gallium3D architecture.
- Added support for the new PiBoyDMG, Capcom Home Arcade, RetroDreamer and Anbernic RG351MP devices.
- Added xpadneo driver to support Xbox Wireless Controllers.
- Built-in support for VPN WireGuard.
- Updated firmware and kernel.
Source: opennet.ru