Game add-ons

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Game add-ons

Status on ported currently existing game add-ons for the new Game API made available in Kodi Game branch.

Stand-alone game add-ons

Stand-alone games or emulators that does not use the Libretro API. Possible examples could be, Nvidia GameStream via Limelight or WINE capture could possible through the Game API.

Here will be a list of existing/ongoing non-libretro games or game-platforms/systems once they have been ported into game add-ons for Kodi:

• None so far ?

Here will be a list of existing/ongoing and future/upcoming project for making new stand-alone game add-ons for Kodi:

• Project discussion: "NVIDIA Gamestream in Kodi" http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220421
• Proposal: NVIDIA GameStream http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220965

Libretro cores

The Game API in the Kodi Game branch has a Libretro wrapper which is 1:1 compatibility with the libretro API, so all libretro cores are valid game add-ons. Libretro itself is a well defined interface to handle the communication between a frontend (Kodi with RetroPlayer) and an Emulator Core (e.g. nestopia).

Here is a list of Libretro cores which have already been ported into game add-ons for Kodi:

Libretro core	Platform emulated	Version	License *	Supports VFS	Requires GL	Status
2048	Web app	1.0	Public domain	Standalone		No	windows, linux, osx
4DO	3DO	1.3.2.3	LGPL	Yes		No	Port in progress
Beetle bSNES	Super Nintendo	0.9.26	GPL v2	No		No	windows, linux, osx
Beetle GBA	GameBoy Advance	0.9.36	GPL v2	No		No	windows, linux, osx
Beetle PC Engine Fast	PC Engine	0.9.28	GPL v2	No		No	Needs controller, button map
BlueMSX	MSX	2.9.2	GPL v2	No		No	Port in progress
bNES	Nintendo	0.83	GPL v3	Yes		No	RetroPlayer needs single-frame audio support
Desmume	Nintendo DS	0.9.9	GPL v2	No		No	Port in progress
DOSBox	DOS	0.74	GPL v2	No		No	RetroPlayer needs input fixes
Final Burn Alpha	Arcade	0.2.97.28	Freeware	No		No	Port in progress
FCEUmm	NES	98.13mm	GPL v2	No		No	windows, linux, osx
Gambatte	Game Boy Classic/Color	0.5.0	GPL v2	Yes		No	Port in progress
Genesis Plus GX	Sega 8/16bit	1.7.4	Modified BSD / LGPL v2.1	No		No	Needs controller, button map
Handy	Atari Lynx	0.95	zlib	Yes		No	Port in progress
iMAME4All	Arcade	0.36b (MAME)		?		No	None
MAME 2003	Arcade	0.78	Non-commercial	No		No	Port in progress
MAME 2003	Arcade	0.139		?		No	None
MAME 2003	Arcade	0.150		?		No	None
Mednafen NGP (NeoPop)	Neo Geo Pocket Color	0.9.28		?		No	None
Mednafen PSX	PlayStation	0.9.28		?		No	None
Mednafen VB	Virtual Boy	0.9.28		?		No	None
Mednafen Wonderswan (Cygne)	WonderSwan Color	0.9.28		?		No	None
mGBA	GBA	0.2.0	MPL 2.0	Yes		No	Port in progress
Meteor	Game Boy Advance	1.4	GPL v3	Yes		No	In progress
Mupen64 Plus	Nintendo 64	2.0-rc2	GPL v2	Yes		Yes	Partial
NEStopia	NES	1.46.0	GPL v2	Yes		No	windows, linux, osx
NXEngine	Game engine (Cave Story)	1.0.0.4	GPL v3	No		No	In progress
Picodrive	Sega 8/16bit/32X	1.80	Non-commercial	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
PCSX ReARMed	PlayStation1	r19	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
PocketSNES (SNES9x fork)	Super Nintendo	?		?		No	None
Prboom	Game engine (Doom 1/2/Final/Ultimate)	2.0.5	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
QuickNES	NES	1	GPL v2	Yes		No	Crashes on run
ScummVM	Game Engine (various)	1.6.0	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
SNES9x	Super Nintendo	1.53	GPL v2 & Non-commercial	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
SNES9x Next	Super Nintendo	1.52.4	GPL v2 & Non-commercial	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
Stella	Atari 2600	3.4.1	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
Tyr-Quake	Game engine (Quake 1)	0.62	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
VBA-M	Game Boy Advance	1.0.1	GPL v2	Yes		No	Needs controller, button map
VBA Next	Game Boy Advance	1.0.2	GPL v2	No		No	Needs controller, button map
Yabause	Sega Saturn	0.9.12	GPL v2	No		No	Needs controller, button map

* License is GPLv2 compatible

See also

• Kodi Game branch
  • Compiling Kodi-Game branch
  • Compiling existing game add-ons
  • Porting Libretro cores to game add-ons