Features
Shortcuts
The Onion Shortcuts are very powerful it allows you quick actions like rewind, fast forward, screenshots, volume boost...
GameSwitcher
The GameSwitcher is designed to be the central user interface of Onion. It allows browse and resume the last games played in few seconds. Launch the GameSwitcher by pressing the MENU button, then you'll see a screenshot of where you were in your game! Use LEFT and RIGHT to browse the last games played like this. It also allows you to quickly change games and many other features.
Package Manager
The Package Manager app is a powerful tool that allows users to easily install or uninstall emulators and apps.
Tweaks
Tweaks is the backbone of onion's configuration and personalization! With Tweaks you can adjust System Settings, enable Network Services, configure your Button Shortcuts and more!
Search
The Search application is the perfect companion for large game collections. It lets you find all the games containing the keyword you've entered. Search also allows to filter a game list to include only games containing a specific keyword.
Themes
Onion loves themes. Onion Themes allows you to customize the background, the entry categories, console icons, music background, fonts... And best of all, the chosen theme impacts all Onion's internal applications!
Themes in Onion are two things :
- A fabulous theme repository with a very active participation from Onion community ❤️
- An application called Theme-switcher included in Onion which allows to preview and change themes.
Activity Tracker
Thanks to Activity Tracker app you can :
- Track your game playtimes.
- View your total playtime in the top bar.
- Share your playtimes by taking a screenshot (press MENU+POWER - screenshot is saved in
Screenshotsfolder).
Blue light filter
Thanks to Blue Light Filter feature from Tweaks app take care to your eyes! It allows you to change the color temperature of the screen to have more eye comfort in low-light environments.
Screen Recorder
Screen Recorder adds screen record ability for demoing apps/content/features/bugs.
RetroArch
A full RetroArch in a such tiny device! RetroArch is regularly updated from the official repository. Onion benefits to dedicated drivers created by Eggs for precision and performance. Dedicated customizations are also included: All the cores are configured with attention to detail, custom overlays and custom filters made specially for the Miyoo Mini screen.
Optimized emulators
Onion has its own emulators, many optimizations on the RetroArch cores but also some dedicated emulators like:
- PCSX Standalone (with awesome performance)
- ScummVM standalone (awesome performance too)
- Gambatte core (GB/GBC) with an unique organization of color palettes
...
Game List Options (GLO Menu)
Game List Options (GLO Menu) is a tool to make actions for the selected game or the entire list. Press Y in a game list then from this menu you can choose the RetroArch core, download the image cover of your game (WiFi/MMP required), launch a Netplay session, reset your game (to skip the last save state), filter the list of games with a keyword,...
Thanks to GLO Menu's flexibility, you can even add your own scripts here!*
Guest Mode
Guest Mode is a separate profile so you can safely lend your device to your kid or your friend.
Random Game Picker
Random Game will allow you to discover new games in your collection!
AdvanceMENU
AdvanceMENU is an alternative user interface with animated game previews!
Ports Collection
More than 60 game ports pre-configured!
Included apps
Onion also contains many additional apps like:
- a video player
- a music player
- a file explorer
- a terminal
- ebook & pdf readers
- ... Check the included apps documentation for more information.
Connected Features
For the Miyoo Mini Plus (equipped with wifi) Onion offers many additional possibilities :
- Multiplayer/Netplay: play in multiplayer over internet or on you lcoal network to your favorite retro games:
- Easy Netplay: play multiplayer games anywhere (compatible with GBC/GBC Pokemon trading!)
- OTA (Over The Air) updates: update Onion directly from your MMP
- Automatic date/time synchronisation (NTP, via Tweaks app)
- Retroachivements
- Scraper: import game covers directly from your MMP
- Network Services: Samba/SMB share, http server, SSH, FTP, Telnet, Hotspot, VNC server...
Personal files gathered in one place
Your saves and most of your preferences are now in /Saves (Example: D:/Saves/).
This also includes your secondary profile, your config files, RetroArch lists and play activity database.
Simply copy this folder when you want to backup your data.
MainUI improvements
MainUI is the main interface of Onion provided by Miyoo and modified by Onion Team with these improvements :
- Battery percentage is shown in the top bar
You can configure the battery percentage visibility and color in the theme configuration file. It is also possible to make a theme that only shows the percentage text.
- No more audio lag Credit: Eggs
- New default theme inspired by the Lilla theme by Evolve Credit: DiMo
- OnionOS icon by Evolve
- Textures are compressed for faster results Credit: DiMo
- Box art size fix in the included themes Credit: DiMo
Others
- Many additional systems supported
- Experimental Arduboy support Credit: JMARoeder
- Boxart moved to
/Roms/[SYSTEM]/Imgsfor easier scraping - Various bug fixes and optimizations