RetroArch TG5040

A clean, reproducible build of RetroArch for the TrimUI Brick and Smart Pro.

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Supported Emulators

The system currently builds support for the following platforms. Each is a separate libretro core:

Amstrad

• Amstrad CPC (cap32)

Arcade & Other

• Amiga (puae2021)
• Doom (prboom)
• FB Neo (fbneo)
• MAME (race)
• PICO-8 (fake08)

Atari

• Atari 2600 (stella2014)
• Atari 5200 (a5200)
• Atari 7800 (prosystem)
• Atari Lynx (handy)

Coleco

• ColecoVision (gearcoleco)

Commodore

• Commodore 128 (vice_x128)
• Commodore 64 (vice_x64)
• Commodore PET (vice_xpet)
• Commodore Plus/4 (vice_xplus4)
• Commodore VIC-20 (vice_xvic)

NEC

• PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 (mednafen_pce_fast)
• Virtual Boy (mednafen_vb)

Nintendo

• Game Boy / Game Boy Color (gambatte)
• Game Boy Advance (gpsp, mgba)
• NES (fceumm, nestopia)
• Pokémon Mini (pokemini)
• SNES (snes9x)
• Super Famicom (mednafen_supafaust)

Other

• DOSBox (dosbox)

Sega

• Genesis / Mega Drive / Game Gear (genesis_plus_gx)
• Master System (bluemsx)

Sony

• PlayStation 1 (pcsx_rearmed)

Building Requirements

• Docker installed and running
• Task (taskfile) - install via brew install go-task on macOS or https://taskfile.dev/installation/ for other systems
• adb (Android Debug Bridge) if you want to deploy directly to a device
• Linux/macOS environment (or WSL2 on Windows)

Available Tasks

Cleaning

• task clean - Remove all build artifacts and Docker images.

Building

• task build-base - Creates the base Docker image with SDL2 and other required libraries. This only needs to be run once, but run it again if you update base.Dockerfile.

• task build-retroarch - Compiles the RetroArch frontend. Depends on build-base.

• task build-core CORE=corename - Build a single emulator core. Replace corename with one of the core names listed below.

• task build-all-cores - Builds all cores sequentially, one after another. Slower but uses less system resources.

• task build-cores-parallel - Builds all cores in parallel using up to four simultaneous builds. Much faster if your system can handle it.

Packaging and Deployment

• task package - Takes the built RetroArch and cores, organizes them into the correct directory structure, and creates a .pak file suitable for NextUI and similar frontends.

• task adb - Pushes the packaged .pak file to your connected TG5040 device via adb. Make sure your device is connected and adb is working first.