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Stuart2773

more info on this :- NES/SNES Mini Classic Emulator (not tested yet)

residentjim

the info is here

https://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1823

but i think is difficult to make it work better to do the other ports and leave this for later thanks

mitu

@residentjim Adding a proprietary emulator - without any license and possibly infringing Nintendo's copyrights/license - it's not something that I see added in RetroPie.

residentjim

its open-source as far as i know Nintendo released the OS files, now if they have copyright concerns i dont know about.anyway leave this out

mitu

@residentjim Are you sure - do you have a link to the source code of the emulator ? Since their system is based on Linux, they have released the sources of the linux kernel and the kernel drivers they're using, I doubt they released also the emulator's sources.

residentjim

that must be i saw before,no i dont have a link i saw it months ago and i cannot find it now,but leave that out if you are saying it has licence issues.

I dont know how to do pull requests otherwise i will have send everything there

residentjim

And another thing now

is there a way to install Kodi 18 Alpha to Retropie?

mitu

@residentjim said in More Ports:

Is there a way to install Kodi 18 Alpha to Retropie?

Kodi is installed from the Deb repositories offered by the Kodi project, if they don't make it available, then it's not installable.

residentjim

yes i know that, if there is a way manual i mean

residentjim

One question if i install the Retropie Script in a clean Raspbian image will it work in all the raspberry pi eg 0-1-2-3 or only in the one that is installed/created?

mitu

@residentjim No.

residentjim

@mitu so only in the one installed?

mitu

@residentjim Is there something you'd like to do specifically ? RetroPie has specific packages for PI0/1 and Pi2/3, just like the images provided (which are based on Raspbian Lite) so taking a Pi2/3 installation and putting it in a Pi0/1 will not work.

BuZz

If you are confident with the commandline, you can do an install on a rpi2/3 that will work on the rpi0/1 by forcing the platform.

eg

sudo __platform=rpi0 ./retropie_packages.sh

Also to note: rpi0/1 code will also run on a rpi2/3 but won't be optimised and will be slower. rpi2/3 code won't run the on the rpi0/1

residentjim

Thanks Buzz any change to add the ports in the first post?

zerojay

@residentjim said in More Ports:

Thanks Buzz any change to add the ports in the first post?

I'm not Buzz, but as someone that's created a lot of the ports out there... you're asking for a lot. It would probably help if you took a shot at trying to create one yourself based off of those already in RetroPie.

residentjim

i was not talking to you zerojay ,if i knew from scripts i would already did by now. anyway thanks

residentjim

Any progress to add this ports?

The names are with the apt-get command eg: apt-get simutrans

openarena needs this extra things under to be done:

sudo apt-get install libjpeg8
sudo rpi-update
sudo apt-get install openarena
wget http://www.berryterminal.com/dl/ioquake3_99.1.36-rpi01_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./ioquake3_99.1.36-rpi01_armhf.deb

all the other ports under can be installed with apt-get

wesnoth
simutrans
widelands
boswars
toppler
freecraft
tuxfootball
sopwith
nethack
berusky
gnurobbo
enigma
freedroid
blobwars
tuxpuck

residentjim

Any luck in adding this ports i suggested?

mediamogul

@residentjim

Please refrain from bumping posts. You've made your requests known and anyone who would have been interested in adding these particular ports has most probably seen this thread already. You didn't like his answer, but @zerojay was actually offering you the most effective solution you're likely to receive. If you take a look at the existing script modules, you'll notice that it's very possible and pretty straight-forward to adapt them for other ports with perhaps only a small amount of outside research.

If you hit any snags along the way, it's much more likely that you'll find someone here willing to help you with the work, rather than doing it all for you. Afterwards, you can submit your finished work back to the project directly, or to @zerojay's RetroPie Extra repository. The latter could perhaps be somewhat difficult due to your treatment towards him above, but he is your only other option and is responsible for many great ports himself.