Install Cool Retro Term on Nintendo Switch

Cool Retro Term

Simulates an old CRT terminal.
This is fully hardware accelerated as long as your Fake KMS GPU driver is enabled.
Yes, it's a usable pi@raspberrypi terminal emulator.

To run: Menu -> System Tools -> Cool Retro Term
To run in terminal: ~/cool-retro-term/cool-retro-term

Fortunately, Cool Retro Term is very easy to install on your Nintendo Switch in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Nintendo Switch.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Cool Retro Term.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Jammy, which is currently version 5.1.2 Ubuntu Jammy.
Cool Retro Term will run on L4T Ubuntu ARM64.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Nintendo Switch with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Cool Retro Term

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Cool Retro Term.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Terminals category.

Now scroll down to find Cool Retro Term in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Cool Retro Term for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io