icemokalot / gamestarter

:video_game: Retrogaming kodi add-on repository for LibreELEC

Gamestarter add-on repository

Retrogaming Kodi add-ons for LibreELEC (RPi2/3 & Generic x86_64)

Installation instructions

• Download the repository zip file and transfer it to your device
• Go to Kodi → Settings → System → Add-ons and enable Unknown sources
• Go to Kodi → Add-ons → Install from zip file and select the downloaded .zip file
• Go to Kodi → Add-ons → Download or Install from Repository and select the addons you want to install

Available add-ons

• RetroArch: the official frontend for Libretro cores with a lot of features and settings (changelog).
• Advanced Emulator Launcher: Best way to integrate and launch your game collections in Kodi (changelog).
• EmulationStation: a nice frontend also used by RetroPie and Recalbox (changelog).
• DraStic RPi: Experimental Nintendo DS emulator port for Raspberry Pi 2/3 (changelog).
• PPSSPP RPi: PSP emulator for Raspberry Pi 2/3 (changelog).

Additional info

• RetroArch:

  • Before launching the addon, you can download full Lakka core package (RPi/Generic) in settings window.
  • You should copy your ROMs and BIOSes to default folder /storage/emulators/ via Samba or FTP.
  • After launching the addon you can enter RetroArch menu with default combo select + start in your gamepad or F1 in your keyboard. Then you can download/update cores from Libretro buildbot and other assets.

• Advanced Emulator Launcher:

  • After installing this addon you should download AEL assets using RA's addon settings. Then, go to AEL settings → I/O → Import category/launcher configuration... and select the systems you want to import from default path (/storage/emulators/ael-assets).
  • After updating from a previous version you should go to AEL settings → I/O → Check/Update all databases....

• EmulationStation:

  • Before launching the addon you can edit default roms path from addon settings (default: /storage/emulators/roms)
  • Also you can decide what core to use with each system editing the list in addon settings.
  • You will need to download needed RetroArch cores before using EmulationStation frontend.
  • If you get any issue using ES, please try to launch the same rom with the same emulator/libretro core using RetroArch addon.

Issues & Help

Please provide log files located in /storage/.kodi/temp.

Credits

• Original RetroArch addon by mezo
• EmulationStation compiled by escalade
• Advanced Emulator Launcher "theme artworks" by tronkyfran

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Available add-ons installed in LibreELEC 8

Advanced Emulator Launcher library in LibreELEC 8

EmulationStation add-on Settings