A library built for the controller
Featured and recent games, collections, favorites, title search, game details and library preferences in the Zaman Pegasus theme.
Development log · Updated 21 October 2026
Working software.
Working software.
Open progress.
The current priority is rigorous testing and fixing reproduced bugs. Future features follow that hardening work.
Working means accepted on our prototype. Under validation needs broader testing. Planned is agreed future work. Exploring has unresolved feasibility or scope. These are development states, not release dates.
Sources: current public component repositories, 19 October 2026. The browser demo is illustrative and does not establish platform compatibility.
Launch, return, repeat
Managed emulator and native-game sessions so a frozen game does not kill your experience. A system menu, Resume and confirmed Exit Game. Emulators are configured with auto save and auto resume by default.
Your Steam games in the library
Installed Steam games are exported to library, with managed launch and return paths that keep the Steam client running. Whether the game runs depends on its requirements and optimization, unfortunately
Dukkan: discover native games
Curated ARM64 Linux games, artwork, game galleries, controller browsing, Discover and Activity pages. Game-specific controller readiness is on a per-game basis.
Install while you browse
Background installation and removal jobs continue after closing Dukkan. Activity, completion notifications and library automatic update.
Send games from your phone or PC
Background reception from a stock LocalSend client, a durable inbox, receiving progress and controller-operated destination selection. A transfer above 4 GiB was confirmed on the prototype.
Artwork & Game Info
Tool for automatic scraping of artwork, screenshots and description for your retro game ROMs complete with an automatic library update. You can select the recommended option or have full control with the manual option.
Refresh the library after import
Automatic library update after Dukkan, Steam and ROM transfers. Close the menu to let the library update without interrupting gameplay.
Audio at your fingertips
Volume, mute and output selection. Connecting headphones and seeing an audio-route toast was confirmed on the development device.
Network, Bluetooth and display controls
Wi-Fi connection flows and controller-operated text entry, Bluetooth device management, controller status, and display-mode preview with confirmation/revert.
Unintrusive notifications
Toasts, notification history, Do Not Disturb, dismissal and links back to relevant activity. Clearing history leaves pending work intact.
Controller ownership and reconnect
Normalized input, menu/game handoff, reconnect handling and Guide ownership. Steam uses its own Guide path with Start + Select as Zaman’s escape shortcut.
Confirmed power actions
Reboot and shutdown with confirmation and graceful session cleanup on tested paths. Sleep is a separate unfinished capability.
Stress testing and recovery
The current baseline is entering rigorous validation, covering menu responsiveness, controller reconnection and multi-controller support, extended play sessions, transfer resilience, duplicate handling, storage capacity checks and recovery after restart..
Per-game emulator qualification
Record tested games, emulator builds, settings, pause and save behavior. Installed cores do not establish support for every game or full system compatibility. Development device successfully ran PS2 games at 2x resolution smoothly.
Raspberry Pi 5 image
A planned Kawn-maintained preview image. Graphics, audio, controllers, emulators and recovery must be qualified on the Pi. No public Zaman image is available yet.
Packaged Zaman component updates
Versioned compatible packages, authenticated releases, visible update progress and tested repair/recovery. First scope targets Zaman components; whole-system atomic updates are separate.
Screenshots and a gallery
Capture still images, browse them with a controller and export them. Follows the current hardening work.
Controller file browser and USB import
Begin with read-only browsing and import. General file operations follow validation of navigation and recovery behavior.
Open the emulator’s own menu
Controller access to native emulator settings and save management. Behavior will depend on each supported emulator.
Play from your PC
Evaluate a managed PC-streaming client after hardening. Hardware video decoding, latency and local/remote controller ownership must be measured on each board.
General file operations
Add controller-operated copy, move, rename and deletion after read-only browsing and import are validated. Clear confirmation and recoverable behavior are part of the proposed scope.
Gameplay recording
Evaluate recording after screenshots, with measured encoding support and impact on gameplay. No recording performance is promised yet.
Whole-system A/B updates
Evaluate signed image updates, separate persistent data, bounded boot attempts and tested fallback. Depends on a controlled image layout and board-specific boot integration.
Community hardware ports
Document installation, graphics, audio, input and recovery independently for each port. A running interface is the first milestone toward a complete console experience.
Sleep and appearance controls
These are placeholders in the current menu. Device suspend/resume and expanded appearance settings need their own implementation and validation.
ZAMAN-001 · SEC 05
Current progress
Built in the open. Photos from the bench as the Core comes together.
Development checkpoints
Foundation
Sprints 4–6
Sprint 7 · Accepted 19 October
Now
Accelerated graphics, library, controllers and managed sessions on Dragon Q6A.
system menu polish, notifications, background store transactions and Steam library integration.
Background game transfer, artwork workflows, consistent menu behavior and ROM library refresh.
Reliability testing, reproduced bug fixes and preparation for reproducible releases.