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 EmulationStation
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-A simple front-end for the RetroArch emulator, designed for controller navigation.
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+A simple front-end for emulators made with SDL, designed for controller navigation. Developed for use with the Raspberry Pi and RetroArch.
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+Building
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+EmulationStation has a few dependencies. For building, you'll probably need `libsdl1.2-dev` and `libsdl-ttf2.0-dev`.
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+You can build it by just running `make`.
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