Release Distribution Lakka 4.1 , allowing to turn computers, telecases or single-board computers to a full-fledged gaming console to start the retro game. The project is modifications LIBREELEC distribution, originally designed to create domestic cinemas. Build Lakka formed for platforms i386, x86_64 (GPU Intel, Nvidia or AMD), Raspberry PI 1 -4, Orange PI, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, CUBOX-I, ODROID C1 / C1 + / XU3 / XU4, etc. To install, it is enough to record the distribution on an SD card or a USB drive, connect the gamepad and download the system.
Based on Lakka lies the emulator gaming consoles Retroarch , providing the emulation a wide range of devices and supporting such advanced features, as multiplayer games, keeping the condition, improving the image quality of old games when Help shaders, rewind game back, hot connecting gamepads and video Streaming. Among the emulated consoles: Atari 2600/7800 / Jaguar / Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, Nes, Nintendo 64 / DS, PCengine, PSP, Sega 32x / CD, Supernes, etc. The gamepads are supported from already available game consoles, including PlayStation 3, Dualshock 3, 8Bitdo, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1 and Xbox360.
In the new release:
- Retroarch package updated to version 1.10.2.
- updated versions of emulators and game engines. The composition includes new engines: RACE (NEO-GEO Pocket), BK-Emulator (BK-0010/0011 / TERAK 8510A), SAME_CDI (Philips CD-I) and MAME (MAME PROJECT). Remote DuckStation Engine (Sony PlayStation).
- For separate engines, the system files are added to work, which allows you to do without their manual addition. At the same time, the system file loader is disabled, since such files are now included in the composition and available in the System directory. Required files Files Added for Cannonball, Dinothawr, Dolphin, ECWOLF, FBNEO, Mame2003-Plus, Mame, NXEngine, PPSSPP, PRBOOM, SCUMMVM, UAE4ARM and XRICK.
- Improved pairing control with Bluetooth devices.
- updated versions of packages, including Mesa 22.0.1, Linux kernel 5.10.109 (PC, Amlogic, Allwinner, NXP) and 5.10.103 (Raspberry PI).
- Improved work on systems with NVIDIA video cards.
- Added support for Wi-Fi adapters with USB interface – ASUS BT500 and TP-Link UB500.
- In assemblies for Raspberry Pi Added Python library RPI.gpio.