diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
index 0897f7381..0e0977ccb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, read https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/blob/master/docs/COMPILE.md
+#TODO not compiled or tested 
+# build instructions: https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/blob/master/docs/COMPILE.md
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn"
 rev = "e9c1c17f6df8f8f5da85ee80ad527452db5870ce"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
index d9d881938..58a0fc1f6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS#linux
-#TODO make all dependencies work
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS#linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS"
 rev = "430de6b2702bb93faa8c2004aff3fbd084db4a1e"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
index 67548418d..4a21189ab 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/wiki/Building-for-Linux
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/wiki/Building-for-Linux
 #TODO probably missing dependencies
-#TODO make all dependencies work
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps1/duckstation/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps1/duckstation/recipe.toml
index 238e89df3..aaa892f86 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps1/duckstation/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps1/duckstation/recipe.toml
@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation#linux-1
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation#linux-1
 #TODO make qt6 work
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "qt6-base",
     "qt6-svg",
     "qt6-tools",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/pcsx2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/pcsx2/recipe.toml
index 31166adb9..e974c3587 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/pcsx2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/pcsx2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/wiki/10-Building-on-Linux
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/wiki/10-Building-on-Linux
 #TODO probably need patches on submodules
 #TODO determine dependencies - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pcsx2-git
 #TODO make all dependencies work
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2.git"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "xz",
@@ -23,20 +24,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxml2",
     "ffmpeg6",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/play/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/play/recipe.toml
index 58de310ac..b65ade643 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/play/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps2/play/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/jpd002/Play-"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "openal",
     "libevdev",
@@ -12,20 +12,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "qt5-x11extras",
     "sqlite3",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps3/rpcs3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps3/rpcs3/recipe.toml
index cf3994a9f..1dee01cb5 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps3/rpcs3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps3/rpcs3/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-#TODO finish script, see https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/blob/master/BUILDING.md#linux-1
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
 #TODO missing dependencies
+# build instructions: https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/blob/master/BUILDING.md#linux-1
 # customization - https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Building_RPCS3#CMake_Build_Options
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DUSE_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF",
+    "-DWITH_LLVM=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_ALSA=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_PULSE=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_LIBEVDEV=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_DISCORD_RPC=OFF",
+    "-DBUILD_LLVM_SUBMODULE=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG=ON",
+    "-DUSE_VULKAN=OFF",
+]
 dependencies = [
     "mesa-x11",
     "qt6-base",
@@ -22,25 +34,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "pulseaudio",
     "ffmpeg6",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-	-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DUSE_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF
-    -DWITH_LLVM=OFF
-    -DUSE_ALSA=OFF
-    -DUSE_PULSE=OFF
-    -DUSE_LIBEVDEV=OFF
-    -DUSE_DISCORD_RPC=OFF
-    -DBUILD_LLVM_SUBMODULE=OFF
-    -DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG=ON
-    -DUSE_VULKAN=OFF
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/obliteration/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/obliteration/recipe.toml
index 787704512..7a361a3c9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/obliteration/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/obliteration/recipe.toml
@@ -1,27 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/obhq/obliteration#configure-build-system
-#TODO probably missing dependencies
-#TODO make qt6 work
+#TODO missing script, see: https://github.com/obhq/obliteration/blob/main/docs/building.md
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/obhq/obliteration"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
-dependencies = [
-    "qt6-base",
-]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/shadPS4/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/shadPS4/recipe.toml
index ed53ad0c3..d90202479 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/shadPS4/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/ps4/shadPS4/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script for cmake
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 #TODO missing dependencies
 # build instructions - https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/blob/main/documents/building-linux.md
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DENABLE_QT_GUI=ON"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "pulseaudio",
     "openal",
@@ -18,21 +21,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "qt6-multimedia",
     "libvulkan",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-    -DENABLE_QT_GUI=ON
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psp/ppsspp/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psp/ppsspp/recipe.toml
index 8d1a4d79b..b8d6a00ca 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psp/ppsspp/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psp/ppsspp/recipe.toml
@@ -1,33 +1,13 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/wiki/Build-instructions
+#git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/ppsspp" # wip port to orbital
 [source]
-git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/ppsspp"
-
+git = "https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-dependencies = [
-    "liborbital",
-    "llvm18",
-    "mesa",
-    "mesa-glu",
-    "sdl2",
-    "zlib",
-    "glew",
-]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On 
     -DOPENGL_opengl_LIBRARY="/dev/null"
     -DOPENGL_glx_LIBRARY="/dev/null"
     -DUSE_DISCORD=OFF
@@ -39,7 +19,16 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DUSING_GLES2=OFF
     -DUSING_X11_VULKAN=OFF
     -DUNIX=ON
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+]
+dependencies = [
+    #"liborbital",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "mesa-glu",
+    "sdl2",
+    "sdl2-ttf",
+    "zlib",
+    "glew",
+    "fontconfig",
+    "curl",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psvita/vita3k/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psvita/vita3k/recipe.toml
index efdc97f54..65de26d1e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psvita/vita3k/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/psvita/vita3k/recipe.toml
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
-#TODO probalby wrong script, see https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/blob/master/building.md#linux
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/blob/master/building.md#linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "gtk3",
     "openssl1",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/sega/uoyabause/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/sega/uoyabause/recipe.toml
index 2eb3b900a..f5d3c5c69 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/sega/uoyabause/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/sega/uoyabause/recipe.toml
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/devmiyax/yabause/blob/master/yabause/README.LIN#L77
+#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+# build instructions: https://github.com/devmiyax/yabause/blob/master/yabause/README.LIN#L77
 #TODO make gtk2 work
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/devmiyax/yabause"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "gtk2",
     "sdl2",
     "mesa",
     "gtkglext",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/snes/snes9x/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/snes/snes9x/recipe.toml
index a44ada03f..a00eedcb8 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/snes/snes9x/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/snes/snes9x/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/wiki/Compiling
-#TODO make gtk3 work
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/wiki/Compiling
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x"
 rev = "8b82d487937d9ea39f7229d280c6f6686c415fe7"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "gtk3mm",
@@ -13,18 +13,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libx11",
     "libepoxy",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""