This sounds cool!
"How hard" is the configuring controller part?
I use a Thinkpad T400 connected via VGA to a flatscreen TV. It is a cheap
solution (less than 100 EUR) for libre gaming.
A usb gamepad can be used to play Supertux and other games.
Mobile devices using a Texas Instruments processor (such as the Pandora and
Pyra) don't need any blobs to boot,
Handheld, you say?
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/
Thanks for the tips, everyone.
As far as handhelds go, I'm trying to get one that can run Retroarch,
preferably one that could boot straight to the Lakka interface (I love the
Sony "Xross Media Bar" user interface and Lakka closely resembles that). I
also prefer to have the full PS3 style
Thanks.
I guess in my question I was really looking for a Retroarch capable handheld.
I'll talk about that in another post in this therad.
But as far as a "desktop" or TV-connected home console system goes, I've
already started to go down the road you suggested. I wanted to get this:
Or software:
http://onpon4.github.io/articles/gaming-trap.html
I maintain a list here, by the way:
http://onpon4.github.io/articles/libre-games.html
My kids are fans of SuperTux and SuperTuxCart.
Plenty of other decent games here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games I know I know,
"open source" doesn't mean "free", and even GPL'd software sometimes uses
proprietary data or art.
i have a zipit z2. a old little handheld computer.
https://mozzwald.com/zipitz2
this guys been getting retro style games working on it:
http://macrofig.blogspot.fr/
i think he ported some emulators.
there getting harder and more expensive to get now.
It's available for different platforms, one of them being the Sony PSP. Iirc
this was the first platform they developed the game for, as well. This makes
it a homebrew that could be played with the libre PPPSSPP emulator (just so
happens that there are versions for ARM and x86 now, which
What does that have to do with consoles? That seems like a regular computer
game.
I had a lot of fun with https://github.com/WagicProject/wagic for example
Really? I've never seen even a decent libre homebrew game, and I've only ever
seen one in total.
Hmm, this gets me thinking... The homebrew scene for many consoles has been
and is very active and produced some great libre games. Seeing that most
emulators are Free Software, putting together a list of libre homebrew games
might be useful.
I'd also put a TV tuner on it, and find a way to integrate
RetroArch/MythTV/Kodi. This would make a beautiful, awesome
entertainment machine.
Which is great, because most TV set top boxes are nasty devices running
malicious proprietary software. The TV won't even stay on when you ask
it to! It
What I would do is this:
1. Get a small form factor desktop PC with HDMI out
2. Get a good USB gaming controller
3. Collect and install a bunch of good free/libre games
4. Configure all the games to work with the controller (this is the
hard part!)
5. Install
There is no "game console" - only computers. Once you realize that you'll see
anything can work for this purpose, even a laptop or a cell phone running
Replicant (it's the form factor that matters; it wouldn't need to have cell
phone service.) Or any of these other handheld devices.
I see a lot of knockoff game consoles, especially handhelds, that come
pre-loaded with obviously unauthorized copies of proprietary games.
Are there any that come blank, or that can easily be made blank, or that come
with only free/libre/open-source games, or that come with Lakka or the like
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