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RetroArchinstallation

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you arelikelytowanttoplay.

Somegamesmayalsorequirethatyou

use a gamepadorjoystickcontroller,

thoughmosthavebeenadaptedtowork

with acomputerkeyboard.

InstallIAGL

To gettheInternetArchiveGame

LauncheronKodi,youfirstneedtoinstall

the ZachMorrisAdd-onsrepository,

whichyoucandownloadfrombit.ly/

zach493(notethatthisis a directlink,

so it willpopupa SaveAsboxassoonas

you typethelink).Onceyouhavethat,

open KodiandclicktheSettingscog.

Click Add-ons,select‘Installfromzipfile’,

then findandinstalltherepository.

If youseea messagestating:‘For

security,installationofadd-onsfrom

unknownsourcesis disabled’,clickthe

1

Downloadandinstalltheprogram

fromtheRetroArchwebsite.Runit

andclickLoadCore.^1 Onthenext

page,click‘Downloada Core’.You’re

presentedwitha verylonglistof

gamingsystems,sortedinto

alphabeticalorder.

2

Installanycoresyourequire.We’re

addingMAMEforarcadegamesand

DOS(DOSBox)forolderPCgames.It’s

easyenoughtoaddadditionalcores

wheneveryouneedthem.Youcan

configurea joypadin RetroArchunder

Settings,Input.^1 InKodi,installthe

InternetArchiveGameLauncher(IAGL)

asdescribedabove.

3

AccessIAGL’ssettingsandhover

overSetupWizard.ClickEmulator

Launcher,selectExternal^1 andfollow

theinstructions‘ConfigureRetroArch

in Kodi’(seebox,above),thenclick

ExecuteSetupWizard.^2 Click No

when asked if you have an Internet

Archive account. The game list for

external launching will be updated.

downandclickCacheSize(MB).This

is settoZero(CurrentGameOnly).You

probablywanttoplaymultiplegames,

andswitchbetweenthemasandwhen,

sochangethistoatleast200MB.It’s

worthmakingthecachebiggerif games

seemtoberunningslowly.ClickOK.

Aregameshostedonthe

InternetArchivelegal?

TheInternetArchive(archive.org) is a

fantasticnon-profitlibrarycontaining

millionsoffreebooks,games,software,

movies,music,websitesandmore.You

caneasilyspenddaysbrowsingitsfree,

archivedcontent,andnewareasare

addedallthetime.

WhilemostROMsitesletyou

downloadgameswhetheryouhavethe

legalrighttodosoornot,theInternet

MINI WORKSHOP | Install and configure RetroArch

Settings button. Switch the toggle next

to Unknown Sources to On and

acknowledge the warning.

Next, navigate to the Add-ons section’s

root menu and select ‘Install from

repository’. A new Zach Morris Add-ons

entry appears. Click this and, on the next

screen, select ‘Game add-ons’, then

‘Game providers’. You should now see

Internet Archive Game Launcher listed.

Select it, click Install and then OK.

Go back to the home screen in Kodi

and hover over Add-Ons. You should see

the Internet Archive Game Launcher.

Right-click its tile and select Settings.

If this is blank, go back to the main

screen, click the Settings cog, go to

System and click Basic (bottom, left) to

change it to Expert. Now try again.

Click General on the left, then scroll

TomakeKodilaunchthe

emulator,youhavetotellit

whereRetroArchis installed.

OpentheSettingsscreenand

clickMedia,thenswitchto

AdvancedorExpert(bottom,

left)andtoggle‘Showhidden

filesanddirectories’toOn.

Next,gotobacktotheHome

screen,clickAdd-onsandclickthe

top-leftboxicon.GotoMyAdd-ons,GameAdd-ons,‘Game

providers’andclicktheIAGLentry.ClickConfigureand hover over

ExternalLaunchers.SpecifytheRetroArchAppLocation, replacing

[username]withyouractualusername:

C:\users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\retroarch.exe

followedbytheRetroArchSystemFolder:

C:\users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\system

CONFIGURE RETROARCH IN KODI

The Internet Archive’s ‘Best of – Arcade’ contains 22
classic games, as well as loads of other coin-op titles

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