P4 Launcher offers a PC-like and retro-gaming experience on ESP32-P4 boards

Gil Tal has developed the P4 Launcher, an open-source application platform designed to bring a PC-like experience to ESP32-P4 boards with an attached touchscreen display. The launcher boots directly into its interface, while applications (.papp files) are stored on a microSD card and loaded into PSRAM when launched. You can add, remove, and run applications without reflashing the firmware or rebooting the device by simply copying files to the microSD card.Gil says 21 PAPP (PSRAM APP) applications are available now, mostly emulators and games, including Neo Geo and Atari 2600 emulators, Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and OpenTyrian, plus Clock and Files. Like ESPBrookesia, the P4 Launcher user interface runs on ESP32-P4, but it’s more flexible since it supports apps stored on the microSD card and targets mainly gaming for now. The launcher currently works on the Guition ESP32-P4 4.3″ (800×480), the Guition JC1060P470C 7″ (1024×600), and the smaller M5Stack […]

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