Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Mednafen
Mednafen is a program that consists of multiple system emulators. It can emulate the Atari
Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, Game Boy Color, and the TurboGrafx-16 with
great performance.
Installing Mednafen from the terminal is easy. We will use
apt-get
, which is the default
package manager for Raspbian. The
apt-get
command makes it easy to install and up-
date common Linux utilities and programs.
Note
Before using
apt-get
to install an application, you should run
sudo apt-get up-
date
. This will keep the list of available applications up to date.
Let's see how to use the
apt-get
command:
1. In the command prompt, type
sudo apt-get install mednafen
and
press
Enter
.
2. The
apt-get
command will now search the repositories for the application,
download the package, and install it on your system. When it is completed, type
mednafen
and press
Enter
. You will be greeted with text that explains how to use
the program.
3. This version is best run under the desktop, so type
startx
in the command
prompt, and press
Enter
.
4. You will want to bring up the terminal app by double-clicking on
LXTerminal
from the desktop. You will also need to supply a game file to test with.
5. From the terminal, type
mednafen /path/to/gamename
and press
Enter
,
for example,
mednafen /home/pi/homebrew.zip
.
6. Mednafen will read the game file, select the correct system, and bring up the game
window.
You are now ready to play games using Mednafen.
