Old News¶
23/04/2020: leepsvideo has created a video review of the PES 2.8 BETA on the Raspberry Pi 4.
15/03/2020: PES 2.8 is now available for download. This new version includes updates for the emulators and updates for theGamesDb.net and RetroAchievements APIs which were both changed after the release of PES 2.7. PES 2.8 remains in BETA status for the Raspberry Pi 4 as I do not have access to this model of Raspberry Pi at present. Feedback is welcome.
24/09/2019: The PES 2.8 BETA for the Raspberry Pi 4 is now available for download (see above). Please note: the PSP emulator PPSSPP is not included at present. Thanks to Ginger Geek for lending me his Raspberry Pi 4. Feedback is welcome.
10/09/2019: A Raspberry Pi 4 version of PES is under development. Progress can be tracked at: https://github.com/neilmunday/pes/issues/41
04/09/2019: An issue with PES 2.7 Arm7 version not loading properly on the Rasperry Pi 4 has been reported and is under investigation. Other Raspberry Pi models are unaffeced.
06/08/2019: PES 2.7 is now available for download. This new version includes the fix for the RetroAchievements for SNES and MegaDive/Gensis games that was missed out from the previous PES 2.6 images as well as a fix a crash condition for the ROM update code when encountering certain characer encodings.
02/08/2019: PES 2.6 is now available for download. This new version fixes RetroAchievements for SNES and MegaDive/Gensis games, adds six button control pad support for MegaDive/Gensis and addresses a minor bug in the game meta data parser.
08/05/2019: PES 2.5 is now available for download. This new version includes the latest versions of the emulators, operating system packages and fixes for game meta data downloading from thegamesdb.net.
16/03/2019: PES 2.4.1 and below are unable to download game meta data from thegamesdb.net at present. I am working on PES 2.5 which will include new code to work with their new API. Apologies for any inconvenience.
17/07/2018: PES 2.4.1 is now available for download. This new version includes a fix for the recent change in the URL use by thegamesdb.net for downloading game meta data.
17/05/2018: PES 2.4 is now available for download including in BerryBoot format. This new version includes the latest versions of the emulators used by PES, a frame rate improvement for the PES GUI and the latest Arch Linux patches.
29/01/2018: PES 2.3 BerryBoot images are now available via direct download and as a torrent.
05/12/2017: PES 2.3 is now available to download! This new version includes support for “Shanwan” PlayStation 3 control pads, an overscan display fix and the latest Arch Linux patches.
27/06/2017: PES 2.2 is now available to download! This new version includes RetroArch 1.6, hardcore achievement support and Kodi!
17/02/2017: PES 2.1 is now available to download! New emulators added include the Commodore 64, Sony PSP, MAME 2003 and MSX. Note: the Sony PSP emulator is only available for the Raspberry Pi 2/3 models. PES 2.1 also comes with its own splash screen too.
12/12/2016: PES 2.0 Raspberry Pi images can now be downloaded via Torrents using a BitTorrent client. If you would like to seed the Torrents then it will help reduce the bandwidth demands on my web site.
03/07/2016: Version 2.0 of PES released! This new version replaces PES 1.5 and includes many new features including: a brand new GUI, support for RetroArchievements.org, and several more!