Unsure if this is the place to ask or not but figured it was closest to it.

Basically I am looking to make an AIO retro gaming PC. Main goal is to have one simple box hooked up to the TV so my friends and I can game without having to swap discs and consoles all the time. Would probably use mostly DS3 (or 4?) controllers hooked up with USB or via BT.

I know lemmy doesn’t much care about piracy but this is all just to play games/consoles we legally own. Would include PS1-3, Nintendo, SNES, N64, Gamecube (think that is all we have).

I think https://batocera.org/ has been mentioned, Lakka (maybe this is more for pis?), and EmuDeck has been mentioned. Basically looking for the easiest distro to throw on a PC with a nice UI (can be launched via kb/mouse, all the same to me) that has the emulators built in and just needs the ROMs.

  • chaogomu@kbin.social
    31·
    11 months ago

    Garuda is literally designed as a gaming distro.

    It has auto installers for retro and modern gaming (emulators, Steam, Gog, etc.)

    • timbuck2themoonOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      This is interesting but ran into a few issues right away. Some db lock error on update (resolved itself after a bit), could install the emulators but then they erred out. I would’ve liked to try a launcher (I assume one does what lakka, batocera, etc. do) but after updating I rebooted and it hung on loading the initial ramdisk.

      Think I’ll pass on this one but thank you for the suggestion.

      • chaogomu@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        A bit sad that it didn’t work out for you.

        I know the classic “it’s worked fine for me” doesn’t help.

        It uses the Arch based rolling release, so give it a few weeks and try again? Or not, if you find a distro you like before then.