Homebrew RELEASE Lakka.tv - turn your Switch into a RetroArch powered retrogaming console - includes PSX, N64 and PSP

[j00manji]

What are the odds we will be able to boot Lakka without the need for a PC or android device in the future?

 

[natinusala]

Same odds we can boot hekate : none if you're on 4.1+, eventually otherwise

 

[FireBlades]

forgive me for being an impatient idiot, but when will the new lakka update drop
(my guess will be just like r/crackforecast)
ignore this, im a dumbass and didn't check the website

 

[JoeyMacCheese]

Same odds we can boot hekate : none if you're on 4.1+, eventually otherwise

They said the next vita exploit would take 10 years and here we are today. They said the same about the golden firmware being 3.0.0. Anything is possible

 

[FireBlades]

They said the next vita exploit would take 10 years and here we are today. They said the same about the golden firmware being 3.0.0. Anything is possible

They also said booting ds games off of an sd card on a 3ds would be nearly impossible and now we got most of the library on twloader

 

[andijames]

There's a modchip inbound that will autoboot a payload for you so that could be the answer.

Edit. Here you go.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/team-rebug-starts-pre-orders-for-their-switchme-internal-modchip.512320/

 

[DocBo]

I can do everything, i tried a few sd cards and another cables but it wont start (black screen)

 

[ShadyGame]

I can do everything, i tried a few sd cards and another cables but it wont start (black screen)

You have to try until it finnaly boots, i always have to try 5 or 6 times..... :\

 

[mituzora]

I have retroarch on horizon rn and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to switch to lakka

Thoughts?

Horizon version of Retroarch doesn't currently have hardware acceleration, Lakka does, if that's any consolation.

So is it safe to use or is it extremely dangerous for your Switch? If there is a 90% chance it won't do any harm I'm willing to use it, any lower and I'll pass.

Very unlikely, the only things you MIGHT have a problem with is screen burnin, which this is only going to be a problem if you're literally staring at the menu the whole time doing nothing, and battery desync, which has been long fixed on Lakka itself, but you risk if and only if you're running AutoRCM

I can do everything, i tried a few sd cards and another cables but it wont start (black screen)

Out of curiosity, how are you dropping the files onto the SD card? there should be(last I checked) two folders you put in the root of your SD card, but I remember using 7Zip, and instead of two folders, it had a folder containing the two folders, assuming this is the behavior of 7Zip with Gzipped tars.

 

[jigglesthefett]

Is there a mirror for the actual releases? The link on the main install page seems to be down

 

[Nevercholt]

Is there a mirror for the actual releases? The link on the main install page seems to be down

It's on the discord server

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For those interested, here is Mario Kart Double Dash running on the Dolphin core. Tested on the latest LakkaTV nightly

 

[jigglesthefett]

It's on the discord server

Thanks!

 

[Sebastian05000]

Can anyone help me with this thx i have a problem first timer using lakka on the switch installing went smooth but i have trouble with airplay audio when i try it it shows me this error and also i can't follow the steps for having Bluetooth audio since there isn't any pulse driver

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I can do everything, i tried a few sd cards and another cables but it wont start (black screen)

Have you formated to fat32 the sd? Also that happened to me at first i deleted everything and copied the two folders again after that i do the other steps and waited a little bit that worked for me

 

[Deleted User]

here is Mario Kart Double Dash running on the Dolphin core.

Performance seems a little slow even with the overclocking, but hopefully it'll be improved even more.

 

[klousious]

Hello!, I just got my new switch today, is coming with firmware version 4.0.1 meaning that is hackable but I really have certain concerns about these two options, the team xecuter SX OS and Retroarch Lakka, I just want some advice from those already experienced with these options; what I want is pretty much what everybody wants: capability to run backups of actual switch games like Zelda BOTW, I want to run emulators at least for nes, snes, n64 and psp, so, as I have been looking around the web I still dont have a complete idea about what features have each one of them, so the big question is which system, either sx os or lakka do you recommend to me? Thanks!

 

[snoofly]

Tried Super Monkey Ball on Dolphin core.
Amazing how far this is coming but unfortunately this game at least is unplayable.
Floor textures are missing and speed in game is very slow.
Speed is fixed at 999MPH for some reason.
Like I said though, still pretty amazing it even boots up etc for this early on.

 

[aerios169]

SO tv lakka doesn’t run the so of switch ? ignore that is the case we should not br banned just for use it right ??

 

[gamemasteru03]

Hello!, I just got my new switch today, is coming with firmware version 4.0.1 meaning that is hackable but I really have certain concerns about these two options, the team xecuter SX OS and Retroarch Lakka, I just want some advice from those already experienced with these options; what I want is pretty much what everybody wants: capability to run backups of actual switch games like Zelda BOTW, I want to run emulators at least for nes, snes, n64 and psp, so, as I have been looking around the web I still dont have a complete idea about what features have each one of them, so the big question is which system, either sx os or lakka do you recommend to me? Thanks!

They are not even comparable. Lakka is Linux while sx os is a modded switch os. Lakka can only play emulators while sx os can play backups and Homebrew. You can run the retro nx Homebrew through sx os though. Retro nx supports docked and sound but does not support ds, n64, psp and GameCube.

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SO tv lakka doesn’t run the so of switch ? ignore that is the case we should not br banned just for use it right ??

Yeah you shouldn't be banned since it runs Linux instead of horizon.

 

[Trunks2304]

I have retroarch on horizon rn and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to switch to lakka

Thoughts?

No sleep mode and can't play docked on TV eh not yet

 

[aerios169]

so witch emulators are running full or / most at full ? sorry is the firts time i will use it.