emulator: Dinothawr
type: libretro
core_classification: game_engine
source: "https://github.com/libretro/Dinothawr"
upstream: "https://github.com/libretro/Dinothawr"
profiled_date: "2026-03-23"
source_commit: "62d3e1ecf85f0feea01cad6809a80303a87e8a28"
core_version: "v1.0"
display_name: "Dinothawr"
cores: [dinothawr]
systems: [dinothawr]

notes: |
  Puzzle game by the libretro team (Themaister, Agnes Heyer). Push blocks on ice.
  Game data (TMX levels, sprites, music) needed for the core to work.

  Buildbot provides Dinothawr.zip via Core System Files Downloader.
  ref: buildbot.libretro.com/assets/system/Dinothawr.zip

data_directories:
  - ref: dinothawr
    installed_on: [lakka, recalbox, retrobat, retrodeck, retropie]
    source_ref: "libretro.c:479"

files:
  - name: "dinothawr.game"
    path: "dinothawr/dinothawr.game"
    installed_on: [lakka, recalbox, retrobat, retrodeck, retropie]
    category: game_data
    system: dinothawr
    required: true
    description: "Game manifest naming the levels, sprites and music the engine loads"
    note: "Loaded as content (valid_extensions game) or, started without content, from system_dir/dinothawr/. Without it the core reports the game files missing and refuses to start."
    source_ref: "libretro.c:116-117, 465-468, 479-488, 491-520"