Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full-blown retro gaming console.
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Retropie allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming console, enabling you to play games from various old gaming platforms.
Price: Free
🎯 retropie.org.uk
Top 6 Retropie alternatives
Recalbox is a free operating system dedicated to retro gaming, offering a wide variety of emulators and easy setup on single-board computers.
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Batocera is another retro gaming OS that is user-friendly and supports a wide range of hardware.
Pros
- User-friendly interface
- Supports various gaming controllers
Cons
- Limited customization options
OpenEmu is an open-source video game emulation software for macOS.
MAME is a free and open-source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software.
The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s.
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