Retro-bit Super Retro-cade Lakka Emulator Hack [Part 1: Flashing A Lakka Image To An SD Card]
Channel: RETRO - INVADE
Date: 2020-12-23

Now you can make this great little system even better by adding the feature packed Lakka emulator interface that runs via RetroArch to an SD card and run that instead.  You can play a plethora of different ROMS from a large selection of systems including PS1, N64 and Dreamcast.

To install Lakka on the Retrocade you just have to alter a single text file.  Its very simple.  The interface you get with Lakka is 100% better than stock and has a PlayStation vibe.  Very nice.  Not only this but you have lots of other very nice WiFi and bluetooth options amongst others that you do not get with as stock.  Output games in 1080p without any of the stock added filters. You can also add games and roms to the same SD card so no more having to add a USB stick and free's up the second USB port. Although you can still also use a USB stick if you so wish.  If anyone has any questions about adding Lakka to their Retrocade just message me here on YT.  :-)

https://le-builds.lakka.tv/legacy-2.3/Allwinner.orangepi_lite.arm/

1.) Download Lakka-Allwinner.orangepi_lite.arm-2.3.1.img.gz from the link provided above.
2.) Extract the contents and write them to your sd card with etcher. https://www.balena.io/etcher/
3.) Open the sd card on your pc and open uEnv.txt, then change the line that contains "sun8i-h3-orangepi-lite.dtb" and change it to read "sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dtb"

Thats it.  Simple. Plug the SD card into your Retrocade and boot into Lakka for the first time.  You can add roms to the sd card via SMB share or WiFi (via an added WiFi/bluetooth dongle) or via your PC and software like Linux File Systems for Windows by Paragon Software to access the hidden Linux partition on your SD card. Don't forget to put your bios files for pcengine cd, sega cd, playstation, etc. in the system directory. This can also be done from windows via the network share.

I have posted a second video demonstrating how to load roms on the flashed Lakka SD card via your PC here:

https://youtu.be/Xn8PGr4SJiA

If you experience poor sound or poor performance in SNES, Playstation, 32X, or anything else your SD card may be too slow. Slower cards may work, though.
Whenever you want to revert back to a stock Retrocade just remove the SD card and it will boot as normal so also does not void any warranty. 

To find out more about the Lakka Emulator then please visit:  http://www.lakka.tv/

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Enjoy 😉.

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