# Retro gaming on uconsole **URL:** \ **Category:** uConsole\ **Created:** [March 15, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092 "2025-03-15T22:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/1 "2025-03-15T22:28:06Z")
any guides for getting retro gaming on the uconsole. i would like uconsle to boot to my bookworm desktop then be able to launch the emulator when i want to play. tried to install retroarch but wasnt able to get any 64bit cores. advice or link to walkthrough would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![YoelFievelBenAvram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/yoelfievelbenavram/32/10088_2.png) [@YoelFievelBenAvram](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/YoelFievelBenAvram)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/2 "2025-03-15T23:42:06Z")
In the retro arch updater settings, put the following URL in the buildbot cores URL: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christianhaitian/retroarch-cores/master/aarch64/](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/christianhaitian/retroarch-cores/master/aarch64/) ---
**Author:** ![white-round-square](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/white-round-square/32/10385_2.png) [@white-round-square](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/white-round-square)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/3 "2025-03-16T15:45:53Z")
what about getting another sdcard with retpropie? > [@RetroPie 6.12.y for uConsole and DevTerm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retropie-for-uconsole-and-devterm-cm4/13572/): > > UPDATE: 6.12.22 Image Out of box support for the “new uConsole panel” that is shipping with new uConsoles. The CM3 currently does not work with the new panel though, just the CM4/5. RetroPie builds upon Raspbian, EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favourite Arcade, home-console, and classic PC games with the minimum set-up. For power users it also provides a large variety of configuration tools to customise the system as you want. Features: Clockwor… ---
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/4 "2025-03-19T00:12:17Z")
i am getting a 404 error from this link ---
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/5 "2025-03-19T02:25:55Z")
I have an EMMC CM5 so multiple sd cards isn’t an option for me. ---
**Author:** ![YoelFievelBenAvram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/yoelfievelbenavram/32/10088_2.png) [@YoelFievelBenAvram](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/YoelFievelBenAvram)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/6 "2025-03-19T02:34:57Z")
Oops. I fixed the link. ---
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/7 "2025-03-20T05:21:39Z")
this still did not work for me. not sure what i am doing wrong. ---
**Author:** ![YoelFievelBenAvram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/yoelfievelbenavram/32/10088_2.png) [@YoelFievelBenAvram](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/YoelFievelBenAvram)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retro-gaming-on-uconsole/16092/9 "2025-03-21T12:46:28Z")
You probably need to set the directory the cores download into. By default it points to a write protected folder. In arch linux at least, they get put in /usr/lib/libretro with the intention you use the package manager to install and update packages. I’m not sure they’ll work with your distro, but they didn’t work with mine. If you want to do it with the online updater with the link above, you have to make a folder ~/.config/retroarch/cores and set it as the cores directory in the settings.