A cool and exciting feature added in Kodi 18 is the option to play games on your Kodi. As a result, you can play a huge collection of retro games without owning a gaming console. The Internet Archive ROM Launcher add-on downloads the game you choose to play and emulates it as one of many platforms, including Sega, Atari, Nintendo, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Game Boy, Amiga, PlayStation and more.
Here are the instructions on how to play games on Kodi:
- Download the following ZIP file
- Launch Kodi
- Click the settings icon
- Click System
- Hover over Add-ons
- Click Unknown source to enable it (if you haven’t done it already)
- Go back to the Kodi home page
- Click Add-ons
- Click the add-on browser icon
- Click Install from zip file
- Locate the ZIP file that you downloaded and click on it
- Click Install from repository
- Click Zach Morris Add-ons
- Click Video Add-ons
- Click Internet Archive ROM Launcher
- Click Install
- Click OK to accept the installation of additional add-ons
- Wait till you see an Add-on installed message
- Click Internet Archive ROM Launcher
- Click Open
- In the Terms of Use window click Agree
- In the Setup Wizard popup click Yes
- In the welcome message popup click OK
- In the archive.org account info popup, enter your credentials if you have an account, or click No if you don’t have an account. Some games may not work properly without an account, but the account is not mandatory.
- In the warning message popup click OK (if you don’t have an account)
- In the Select Launcher window choose Kodi Retroplayer
- In the Install default emulators window choose Choose on launch (Auto)
- In the completion window click OK
Now, after the setup is completed, you can click Browse All Lists to see the different platforms. Next, click a platform to see different categories of games including all games, alphabetical grouping, group by genre, group by year, group by players, group by studio, group by tag and group by custom groups. Next, click a category to see a list of games or a sub-category of games. Finally, select a game, and on the game page click Launch.
That’s all, now you can play games on Kodi, enjoy it!