neights / sdlretro

A lightweight libretro frontend written for SDL

sdlretro

This is a lightweight libretro frontend written for SDL, aims to write simple codes that are easy to maintain, and optimize performance on retro devices like GCW-Zero and RG-350.

Build

• Use CMake 3.0 or later to build the project
• SDL 1.x and FreeType are requrired, and all platforms that supported by SDL 1.x(in window mode or fbdev IPU scaling) and FreeType should be supported as well
• for GCW-Zero/RG350:
  1. create build folder and run cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DMODEL=gcw0 .. in it
  2. run make to build the binary
  3. run ./make_opk.sh in folder opk to build Lite Version
  4. or create a folder cores in opk and put all core files into the folder, then run FULL=1 ./make_opk.sh to build Full Version

Installation for GCW-Zero/RG350

• Full version: Just copy sdlretro-full.opk to app folder
• Lite version: Copy sdlretro.opk to app folder, create /media/data/local/home/.sdlretro/cores and put core files in the directory.

Run

• Select game rom to run, if rom file type is supported more than one core, a core selection menu is popup first.
• Rom in zip is supported if there are no more than 2 files (one rom file and one dir/readme) in the zip. If the core does not support in-memory rom load, the rom in zip will be extracted to .sdlretro/tmp and removed on exit.
• Use power-flick to enter menu.

CREDITS

• libretro
• JSON for Modern C++
• miniz