Batocera.linux - Wiki

odyssey2

wizzard@undisclosed.example.com (wizzard) — Sat, 30 May 2026 18:37:31 +0000

Magnavox Odyssey² The Magnavox Odyssey² is a second-generation home videogame console developed by Magnavox - Philips, as a follow-up to the first home videogame console ever, the Magnavox Odyssey. The Magnavox Odyssey² was released in 1978 for $179.99 USD ($475 in 2021).

diy-arcade-controls - [Gallery]

nadenislamarre@undisclosed.example.com (nadenislamarre) — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:55:16 +0000

Do-It-Yourself Arcade Controls Under construction. Using Controller Interfaces Many DIY or prebuilt arcade cabinets, cocktail tables, and bartops use an encoder/controller board to connect joysticks and buttons to the system running Batocera (for example, Ultimarc I-PAC devices or JAMMASD boards). These boards often present themselves as a

homemadecontrollers4players.jpg - created

nadenislamarre@undisclosed.example.com (nadenislamarre) — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:54:16 +0000

shaders_set - [Hot-swapping shaders with controller commands]

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:54:53 +0000

Shader Sets This option allows you to apply shader sets (a.k.a. video filters) that can make your game look like it did back in the 80s and 90s. Here is a screenshot where you can see the rendering effects provided by a few shader sets on a SEGA Megadrive game (from left to right: none / scanlines / enhanced).

mrboom - [RetroArch] MrBoom doesn't support the "no monster" option any more, ...

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:06:21 +0000

Mr. Boom Batocera is shipped with a working build of Mr. Boom! Mr.Boom is an up to 8 player Bomberman clone libretro core. The goal of the game is to bomb away your enemies and other players. This system scrapes metadata for the “mrboom” group and loads the

gamecube - [Multi-disc games]

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:34:41 +0000

Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube is a console developed by Nintendo. It was released in 2001. Nintendo Gamecube is emulated through the Dolphin emulator, which is the same emulator we use for the Nintendo Wii. Its emulation performance are stunning, and it offers several options to enhance the graphic quality of the Gamecube titles, that can be upscaled and look gorgeous, even by today's standards, if your PC can support it.

ports

neil9000@undisclosed.example.com (neil9000) — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:12:09 +0000

Ports (native to Linux) Ports are great. You can just straight up run Linux games on Batocera, if the game itself carries all of its dependencies. Fun fact: most don't. You'll typically need to refer to the game's documentation or scour around the internet (the

colecovision

wizzard@undisclosed.example.com (wizzard) — Wed, 20 May 2026 18:16:03 +0000

ColecoVision The ColecoVision is a second-generation video-game console produced by Coleco Industries. It retailed for $174.99 and had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.58 MHz with 8KB of RAM. Due to poor sales of the console (maybe related to the video-game crash in North America) Coleco Industries filed for bankruptcy soon after. It was notable for providing a close-to-arcade experiences for some games. Masayuki Uemura, head of

supracan - [BIOS] added required bios files

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Tue, 19 May 2026 23:12:40 +0000

Super A'Can The Super A'Can is a console developed by Funtech Entertainment. It was released in 1995. Sound support is preliminary. This system scrapes metadata for the “supracan” group(s) and loads the supracan set from the currently selected theme, if available.

ayn - Dual screen configuration on Thor

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:24:58 +0000

AYN Board Status Odin 1 Not yet supported Odin 2 Supported in 42 Odin 2 Portal Supported in 42 Thor Supported in 43 ODIN 1 Details on Aya Odin Base/Pro ODIN 2 and Thor Variants Installation * On your AYN device on Android or another device /

compatible_dongle_list

grandmabetty@undisclosed.example.com (grandmabetty) — Sun, 10 May 2026 08:40:09 +0000

Compatible Wi-Fi/BT Dongle List This page is a list of tested compatible dongles for Batocera and their tested platform. If your dongle is not listed, it doesn't mean it won't work, just that it hasn't been formally tested yet. In general, unbranded

release_process

nadenislamarre@undisclosed.example.com (nadenislamarre) — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:33:45 +0000

validate images The list of images not yet released and still in validation : for each image to release * update, and check you're in the udpated version * check minimum 3 emulators including retroarch * check audio is working * check eventually kodi

prboom - [Add Additional WADs (PWADs)] Fix md5 doom.wad

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:50:12 +0000

PrBoom Batocera is shipped with the SHAREWARE version of Doom. So you can play Episode 1 of this insane 3rd person shooter from 1993. This system scrapes metadata for the “prboom” group(s) and loads the prboom set from the currently selected theme, if available.

systems - fix msx2+

wizzard@undisclosed.example.com (wizzard) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:39:56 +0000

Batocera Systems Batocera supports many consoles, platforms and emulation related applications. To separate them they are divided into systems, which are used as a unique identifier across the whole Batocera landscape. This page gives an overview over all available and supported systems including their unique system shortname (same as their ROM folder name, most of the time!), the full system name, the manufacturer and release date. The systems are categorized by their hardware type and sorted…

winetricks - [Example]

crcerror@undisclosed.example.com (crcerror) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:49:31 +0000

Winetricks Winetricks is a script meant to configure wineprefixes. It is sometimes necessary to run Windows based games on Wine with additional dependencies that might get missed and therefore have to be added first manually by using Winetricks. Basically, with Winetricks, you can add those missing dependencies manually into an according existing wineprefix. Batocera has implemented Winetricks natively.

psx - [BIOS] clarify psxonpsp660 bios description - it's now the first one listed, so it ...

nfriedly@undisclosed.example.com (nfriedly) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:27:28 +0000

Sony PlayStation The PlayStation (frequently referred to in shorthand as the “PS1”, “PSOne” or its codename: “PSX” (not to be confused with the actual PSX)) is a fifth generation console released by Sony Computer Entertainment on December 3, 1994 in Japan and September 9, 1995 in the US. It was retailed for $299.99. It had a R3000 CPU (which was used by NASA for a space craft to take pictures of Mars because of its reliability) at 33.8688

saturn - [BIOS] note about bioses

lbrpdx@undisclosed.example.com (lbrpdx) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:56:44 +0000

Sega Saturn The Sega Saturn is fifth generation home console developed by Sega. It was released in 1994, retailing for $399.99 USD ($740 in 2021). The Saturn's hardware borrows many components from the Sega Titan Video arcade system. But instead of reading from a cartridge, it uses CD-ROMs.

o2em - ↷ Page name changed from systems:o2em to systems:odyssey2

wizzard@undisclosed.example.com (wizzard) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:15:48 +0000

compile_batocera.linux

dmanlfc@undisclosed.example.com (dmanlfc) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:04:24 +0000

Compile batocera.linux The official and recommended way to compile batocera.linux is by using a development container made on purpose with Docker. Although you can do it directly on your Linux machine, if it's a supported Ubuntu Linux. Note that it's also possible to compile batocera.linux within an

tvc

wizzard@undisclosed.example.com (wizzard) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:51:18 +0000

Videoton TVC The TV-Computer (TVC) is an 8-bit home computer manufactured by the Hungarian state-owned company Videoton, headquartered in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Development began around 1983, with mass production starting in 1986. It was one of the very few domestically designed and manufactured home computers in the