diff --git a/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.SlackBuild b/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.SlackBuild
index b5a319276a..20cc4a285d 100644
--- a/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for gambatte-libretro
 
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Hunter Sezen
+# Copyright 2016-2018 Hunter Sezen
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=gambatte-libretro
 LIBNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.12.17_f3ca27f}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2018.10.22_5ee8b1e}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,21 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-# requires patching the Makefile to properly use
-# the default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are probably fine
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
+LIBDIRSUFFIX=
+[ "$ARCH" = x86_64 ] && LIBDIRSUFFIX=64
 
 set -eu
 
@@ -85,7 +72,7 @@ if [ $DEBUG = 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a COPYING README changelog $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING README.md changelog $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.info b/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.info
index d0bfe756e6..2d9adbcec2 100644
--- a/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.info
+++ b/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="gambatte-libretro"
-VERSION="2017.12.17_f3ca27f"
+VERSION="2018.10.22_5ee8b1e"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch/by-name/games/gambatte-libretro/gambatte-libretro-2017.12.17_f3ca27f.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="89c3031929c5f6c70ed494e763aa8452"
+DOWNLOAD="http://slackless.raccoons.tech/src/libretro/gambatte-libretro-2018.10.22_5ee8b1e.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="d02329b684152901a63f772ad03f01a7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"