diff --git a/cores/makefile b/cores/makefile
index 66547df..9d6e207 100644
--- a/cores/makefile
+++ b/cores/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # this logic was broken out from picoarch's all-in-one makefile
 
 CORES = fceumm gambatte gpsp pcsx_rearmed picodrive pokemini snes9x2005_plus
-CORES+= beetle-vb
+CORES+= beetle-vb fake-08
 
 ###############################
 
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ pokemini_MAKEFILE = Makefile.libretro
 snes9x2005_plus_REPO = https://github.com/libretro/snes9x2005
 snes9x2005_plus_FLAGS = USE_BLARGG_APU=1
 
+fake-08_REPO = https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08
+fake-08_CORE = fake08_libretro.so
+fake-08_BUILD_PATH = fake-08/platform/libretro
+
 ###############################
 
 PATCH = git apply
diff --git a/cores/patches/fake-08.patch b/cores/patches/fake-08.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a4c131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cores/patches/fake-08.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git forkSrcPrefix/platform/libretro/Makefile forkDstPrefix/platform/libretro/Makefile
+index 420f9b7ae42d95b0dee150bd02a5ab5a854a7f77..c757dfa3dca2ecf627a91078b7b8ddf47aff4161 100644
+--- forkSrcPrefix/platform/libretro/Makefile
++++ forkDstPrefix/platform/libretro/Makefile
+@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ else ifeq ($(platform), miyoomini)
+    CXXFLAGS += -marm -mtune=cortex-a7 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7ve
+    fpic := -fPIC
+    SHARED := -shared -Wl,--version-script=link.T
++else ifeq ($(platform), rg35xx)
++   TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.so
++   CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
++   CXX = $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
++   AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
++   STRIP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip
++   CXXFLAGS += -marm -mtune=cortex-a9 -mfpu=neon-fp16 -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a
++   CXXFLAGS += -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -fno-common -ftree-vectorize -funswitch-loops
++   fpic := -fPIC
++   SHARED := -shared -Wl,--version-script=link.T
+ 
+ else ifeq ($(platform), gcw0)
+    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro_gcw0.so
+
+diff --git forkSrcPrefix/platform/libretro/libretro.cpp forkDstPrefix/platform/libretro/libretro.cpp
+index 927ea8d4b8d1658a1d7521fe7e9abcbdede0ba5f..55fdd37925b26ac362ab2ad99c0739a405727b56 100644
+--- forkSrcPrefix/platform/libretro/libretro.cpp
++++ forkDstPrefix/platform/libretro/libretro.cpp
+@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ EXPORT bool retro_load_game(struct retro_game_info const *info)
+     }
+ 
+     _vm->QueueCartChange(info->path);
++	_vm->UpdateAndDraw();
+     return true;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 0dd83d5..15f48aa 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ bundle:
 	# extras
 	cp ./cores/output/mednafen_vb_libretro.so ./build/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/VB.pak
 	cp ./cores/output/pokemini_libretro.so ./build/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/PKM.pak
+	cp ./cores/output/fake08_libretro.so ./build/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/P8.pak
 	cp ./other/DinguxCommander/output/DinguxCommander ./build/EXTRAS/Tools/rg35xx/Files.pak
 	cp -R ./other/DinguxCommander/res ./build/EXTRAS/Tools/rg35xx/Files.pak/
 	
diff --git a/skeleton/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/P8.pak/launch.sh b/skeleton/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/P8.pak/launch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..74e57d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skeleton/EXTRAS/Emus/rg35xx/P8.pak/launch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+EMU_EXE=fake08
+CORES_PATH=$(dirname "$0")
+
+###############################
+
+EMU_TAG=$(basename "$(dirname "$0")" .pak)
+ROM="$1"
+mkdir -p "$BIOS_PATH/$EMU_TAG"
+mkdir -p "$SAVES_PATH/$EMU_TAG"
+HOME="$USERDATA_PATH"
+cd "$HOME"
+minarch.elf "$CORES_PATH/${EMU_EXE}_libretro.so" "$ROM" DMG &> "$LOGS_PATH/$EMU_TAG.txt"