Lakka Game Emulator?

Ice Tea · 22 Sep 2019 at 11:37

Just noticed it on the front page of distrowatch.

https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10679

Seems to get a lot of praise.

Emlyn_Dewar · 23 Sep 2019 at 17:01

I installed it on an old series 3 chromebox (sandybridge i5 mobile chip) for a while. It's great, given how simple it is to setup and the amount of systems it can emulate.
Interface is a lot like the PS3. Copied games over FTP, it picked up a lot of the game art. Could also use my PS3 controllers wirelessly.
Performance-wise I didn't try anything past N64/PS1 but it ran everything really well.

Ice Tea · 24 Sep 2019 at 09:19

Cheers Dude , i wondered what controller to use and you've already answered that.

bimbleuk · 24 Sep 2019 at 09:58

Yeah just saw it's got Pi 4 compatibility so I may get a bundle and retro case.

Emlyn_Dewar · 24 Sep 2019 at 14:20

It also worked with my cheap 360 wireless controller adapter. Think the controller support on it, is one of the biggest strengths from reading about.

Ice Tea · 25 Sep 2019 at 12:27

It says on there Website that it needs to be installed on real hardware , i tried it on Gnome-Boxes anyway and guess what , it didn't work.

jellybeard999 · 25 Sep 2019 at 20:22

I've used Lakka - it's basically a stripped down linux with retroarch. Fairly no frills stock UI, but easy to set up.

I've not tried it, but also see https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/ which is the same idea, but with EmulationStation, similar to RetroPie

morbid42 · 26 Sep 2019 at 07:50

I have it on an rk3399, its seems snappy. It has improved a lot, i had tested it maybe 2-3 years ago on a celeron. Also trying recalbox, which seems less snappy but more bling. If its for a windows pc, id use launchbox/bigbox *edit* just seen its linux forum

Ice Tea · 26 Sep 2019 at 09:51

Cheers for the heads up on batocera.

Anyone know if there have been any serious security issues with Linux Emulators?