#Android #emulators can probably handle all the games, but I dislike the user experience of fiddling with all the different emulators, and their different settings, or faffing with launchers and front ends trying to locate all the right directories. I prefer an #emulationStation or #RetroArch frontend that just boots to a list of games. I'm sick of configuring inputs for every system I want to play. A handheld should be pick up and play.
знайшов чудову статтю з налаштування RetroArch та EmulationStation (опційно). Звісно, стаття не розкриває всі-всі можливі налаштування, але принаймні пояснює структуру файлів налаштувать і те, як налаштування можуть бути перевизначені для окремих образів, директорій з образами або для всіх консолей, які використовують конкретний емулятор.
Захотілось встановити на десктоп якийсь фронтенд для retroarch, але було ліньки компілювати emulationstation від batocera або retropie, і тому вирішив спробувати emulationstation-de, який доступний для лінукс у вигляді AppImage. В цілому штука цікава, і досвід позитивний, але налаштування емуляторів спершу в retroarch вручну з вас він не знімає.
There are still some kinks left to work out:
#Rocknix lets you swap the confirm button from B to A in #EmulationStation, but it's still that way in #YabaSanshiro and #RetroArch.
I'd like for it to auto save when I quit a game and start back at that place the next time I play, like in #garlicOS
I fucked around in the #RetroArch settings and started scanning the SD card but it only partially finished. It did manage to find some #Roms and I got it to play #CrazyTaxi 2. #EmulationStation still doesn't see any games though, so I think that may be the wrong way to do it.
I downloaded the #RockNix image for my #RGArc, and flashed it to an SD Card with Balena Etcher. It boots right up! I managed to setup the WiFi and pull down the latest update too, so it's already functioning better than the stock #Anbernic OS!
It can't find any of the #Roms, even on the stock SD card, but it wouldn't be #Linux if there wasn't something to fix!
#EmuDeck is pretty damn cool and runs very well. I’ve got this neat theme running in #EmulationStation.
I’ve decided to download all of the #Zelda games, except for BotW and TotK as I haven’t got the means to set up Switch emulation. Never saw them as my kind of games, but as I’ve never played any of them I thought I’d give them a go.
I created a #python script to generate a custom #emulationstation collection of all 5-star #retrogaming games present on #steamdeck. this is a great way to have the best games easily at hand, especially when using large collections.
how to do it?
1. copy the script from https://pastebin.com/rjam3wYp and name it create.py
2. run it on your steamdeck by running 'python create.py'
3. start emulationstation, enable custom collections and voila! all the best games now show in a single list!
Amazon hat EmulationStation aus dem App Store entfernt, weil es „Piraterie erleichtert“
#Gaming #RetroComputing #amazonappstore #EmulationStation #EmulatorFrontend #HyperSpin #OpenEmu #Patreon https://sc.tarnkappe.info/ae4b8e
Bought a couple of crappy usb #snes controllers from #aliexpress. Replacing a broken and greasy fake usb #saturn controller for an #emulation PC in a restaurant. I can't be the only one wondering what's inside these things, so here is a pic.
Hmmm, considering fetching me a #SteamDeck for my #PC #gaming needs. Maybe with beefed up storage and #emulationstation ...
Not going to be able to get that Apple IIe unfortunately. My next "retro" project will instead be something I've been meaning to do for a while - buy a thin client for cheap (under $50) and install emulation station on it. Bonus is that I'll also use it for my streaming services.
Scraping.
Always more scraping.
Wanting to set up my own little #Retroarch or #EmulationStation kind of nifty little #retro gaming front end for my desktop. There's a decent library of older games that I just haven't taken the time to explore and I wanna fix that! 
I'm up for other suggestions on what to use, as well. (I'm aware retroarch is more of an all-in-one setup deal and emulationstation is just a front-end) I'm gonna go for a number of consoles, but primarily looking at PS1/Dreamcast/GameCube titles. 
EDIT: I should mention that I'm doing this on Linux.
End Of An Era