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Looks interesting, although I am not at all a fan of the websites graphical design style. The icons in the preview just look weird and the color choices are horrible, but of course that has little do with the rest of the project. What I like most about the idea is the ability to use a regular PC, a Pi is awesome but you have to connect everything via USB so you need a powered hub with a wifi dongle hanging off, some sort of mass storage solution, and a USB port for each controller, all crammed into a custom made box. . . Which would all be easier to do with a mini-itx PC, and a regular PC could handle gamecube or wii emulation.
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I tested this first on my Rasspberry Pi, and it worked ok with the exception of not recognizing my Logitech F310, the website implies it is supported and my older Logitech controller works but not the F310. What I immediately noticed is that the Pi did not support as many systems as I was hoping for: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/ Really, looking at that hardware support chart is underwhelming, it supports a lot of devices but most of those devices do not support Playstation or N64 emulation. I installled Lakka on a flash drive for my HP DM1z, and realized that I cant navigate the menus. The arrow keys work, but the enter key does not do anything. I could plug in a controller, but I want to be able to use the keyboard. . . Looking over the website a bit more I discovered that they recommend using SSH or a Linux PC to access the file system of Lakka, and wifi is not supported, and in 2015 I am not running an ethernet cable out to my TV. I want to like this OS but it's going to be kinda difficult to work with it. The main thing I want to do is remove a lot of the more obscure emulators from the menu (and possibly from the system too 'cause why not?). I have no desire to ever play wonderswan or virtual boy games, all I want is NES, SNES, N64, PSX and a maybe a few handheld systems.
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Well I can not get anything to work on my laptop. I plugged in the F310 and it said "joypad/0 recognized" (or whatever the correct text is) but none of the buttons worked, I tried with the switch on the back in the X and D (I believe Xbox and Direct X mode) and it didn't work. My older Logitech Dual Action controller works, but the OS has issues. I attempted to run what I believe is a preloaded game and it simply flashed a black screen and went back to the menu. In fact, I'm pretty sure the OS is like resetting itself a lot, sometimes I am in the middle of something and the screen goes black for a couple seconds then I am back at the default menu option. That said, I want to like Lakka, I think it looks very promising and pretty good for it's current state. I can understand that wifi is in progress and really it's not completely necessary. I do believe there needs to be a way to access a terminal or some way to access the file system locally, maybe even only allow access to a rom folder. I also believe the menus need sub menus, or maybe even hide some of the setting in config files, the video options menu has a ton of settings which I believe most people will never need. Similarly, in the input settings, the first thing I see is "number of players: 13" and this can not be adjusted, then below I see about 5 or 6 options for player 0, more options for player 1 and so on up to player 13 - that menu is a bitch to scroll through and 13 players is just  . I want to like this project, it's just obviously in a very early state.*edit* after watching a video about retro arch I realize why the menus in Lakka are the way they are. . . Not Wolverine fucked around with this message at 18:30 on May 18, 2015 |
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