Turn a single RetroArch game into its own application launcher

bin/omarchy

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[default]="Default application selection"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[dev]="Omarchy development tools"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[drive]="Drive selection and encryption"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[font]="Font management"
+GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[games]="Game launchers and helpers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hibernation]="Hibernation setup and removal"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hook]="User hook runner"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hw]="Hardware detection and controls"

bin/omarchy-games-retro-cores

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=List installed RetroArch core names
+
+set -e
+
+core_dir="/usr/lib/libretro"
+preferred_cores=(
+  "Amstrad CPC|cap32"
+  "Arcade FBNeo|fbneo"
+  "Arcade MAME|mame"
+  "Commodore Amiga|puae"
+  "Commodore C128|vice_x128"
+  "Commodore C64|vice_x64"
+  "Commodore VIC-20|vice_xvic"
+  "Nintendo DS|desmume"
+  "Nintendo Game Boy / Color|gambatte"
+  "Nintendo Game Boy Advance|mgba"
+  "Nintendo GameCube / Wii|dolphin"
+  "Nintendo NES / Famicom|mesen"
+  "Nintendo 64|parallel_n64"
+  "Nintendo SNES / SFC|snes9x"
+  "NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16|mednafen_pce_fast"
+  "NEC PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD|mednafen_pce"
+  "NEC PC Engine SuperGrafx|mednafen_supergrafx"
+  "Sega Dreamcast|flycast"
+  "Sega Mega Drive / Master System / Game Gear|genesis_plus_gx"
+  "Sega Saturn|kronos"
+  "Sony PlayStation|mednafen_psx_hw"
+  "Sony PlayStation Portable|ppsspp"
+)
+
+[[ -d $core_dir ]] || exit 0
+
+for preferred_core in "${preferred_cores[@]}"; do
+  label="${preferred_core%%|*}"
+  core="${preferred_core#*|}"
+  [[ -f $core_dir/${core}_libretro.so ]] && printf '%s (%s)\n' "$label" "$core"
+done

bin/omarchy-games-retro-install

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Create a desktop launcher for a RetroArch game
+# omarchy:args=<core> <path-to-game>
+# omarchy:examples=omarchy games retro install snes9x ~/Games/roms/snes/game.sfc | omarchy-games-retro-install /usr/lib/libretro/mgba_libretro.so ~/Games/roms/gba/game.gba
+
+set -e
+
+if (( $# != 2 )); then
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-games-retro-install <core> <path-to-game>"
+  echo "Example: omarchy-games-retro-install snes9x ~/Games/roms/snes/game.sfc"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+core="$1"
+game_path="$2"
+
+if [[ ! -f $game_path ]]; then
+  echo "Game not found: $game_path"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $core == */* ]]; then
+  core_path="$core"
+elif [[ $core == *.so ]]; then
+  core_path="/usr/lib/libretro/$core"
+else
+  core_path="/usr/lib/libretro/${core}_libretro.so"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f $core_path ]]; then
+  echo "Core not found: $core_path"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+game_name=$(printf '%s' "${game_path##*/}" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//; s/[[:space:]]*([^)]*)//g; s/[[:space:]]\+/ /g; s/^ //; s/ $//' | perl -Mopen=locale -pe 's/(^|[[:space:]])([^[:space:]])/$1\U$2/g')
+desktop_name="$game_name"
+desktop_id=$(printf '%s' "$desktop_name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs '[:alnum:]' '-' | sed 's/^-//; s/-$//')
+desktop_dir="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+desktop_file="$desktop_dir/$desktop_id.desktop"
+icon_path="$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/applications/icons/Retro Gaming.png"
+
+mkdir -p "$desktop_dir"
+
+cat >"$desktop_file" <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=$desktop_name
+Comment=Play $game_name with RetroArch
+Exec=retroarch -L "$core_path" "$game_path"
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=$icon_path
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=Game;Emulator;
+EOF
+
+chmod +x "$desktop_file"
+update-desktop-database "$desktop_dir" &>/dev/null || true
+
+echo "Created $desktop_file"

bin/omarchy-menu

@@ -536,6 +536,25 @@ show_install_menu() {
   esac
 }
 
+install_retro_game() {
+  mapfile -t cores < <(omarchy-games-retro-cores)
+
+  if (( ${#cores[@]} == 0 )); then
+    omarchy-notification-send -g "" "No RetroArch cores found" "/usr/lib/libretro"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  core=$(omarchy-menu-select "RetroArch core" "${cores[@]}") || return
+  [[ -n $core ]] || return
+  core="${core##*(}"
+  core="${core%)}"
+
+  game=$(omarchy-menu-file "Retro game" "$HOME/Games/roms" "7z bin ccd chd cue dmg elf fds gb gba gbc iso lha m3u md n64 nds nes pbp sfc smc swc zip z64") || return
+  [[ -n $game ]] || return
+
+  omarchy-games-retro-install "$core" "$game"
+}
+
 show_install_browser_menu() {
   case $(menu "Install" "  Chrome\n  Edge\n  Brave\n  Brave Origin\n  Firefox\n󰖟  Zen") in
   *Chrome*) present_terminal "omarchy-install-browser chrome" ;;
@@ -600,8 +619,9 @@ show_install_ai_menu() {
 }
 
 show_install_gaming_menu() {
-  case $(menu "Install" "  Steam\n  RetroArch\n󰍳  Minecraft\n󰢹  NVIDIA GeForce NOW\n  Xbox Cloud Gaming\n󰂯  Xbox Controller\n󰍹  Moonlight (GameStream)\n  Lutris (Battle.net)\n󱓟  Heroic (Epic Games)") in
+  case $(menu "Install" "  Steam\n  RetroArch\n  RetroArch Game\n󰍳  Minecraft\n󰢹  NVIDIA GeForce NOW\n  Xbox Cloud Gaming\n󰂯  Xbox Controller\n󰍹  Moonlight (GameStream)\n  Lutris (Battle.net)\n󱓟  Heroic (Epic Games)") in
   *Steam*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-steam ;;
+  *"RetroArch Game"*) install_retro_game ;;
   *RetroArch*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-retroarch ;;
   *Minecraft*) install_and_launch "Minecraft" "minecraft-launcher" "minecraft-launcher" ;;
   *GeForce*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-geforce-now ;;