IMPORTANT: Before starting the emudeck installation, you’ll need to decide if you want to install your games to micro SD card or internal SSD. If you are using a brand new micro SD card, be sure to format it first by selecting ‘Format SD Card’ in the Settings > System menu. If you are already using your sd card for steam games, you do not need to re-format. Just be sure that there is enough free space! Also at 12:51 the correct path is bios > Yuzu > keys
I own a steam deck with emu deck and emu station already installed but I’ll be upgrading to an oled soon. Is it possible to connect my hard drive to the old steam deck and grab everything like the files and roms folders from there and then connect the hard drive to the new steam deck and just drop everything off in the new one?
For anyone wondering if it still works - yes. I just followed this video and succeeded today. This video included pretty much all I needed except for stuff about BIOS and ROMs. You may want to watch a couple more videos for these, sadly there is no video that includes all these parts, mostly because of some legal obstructions.
Where are all your roms stored? If you have them stored in dropbox or something, then no, you don't need a USB drive - you can just download from your steamdeck. However, most people have them on a PC, so simply transferring them to the steam deck via USB drive makes more sense. if you don't have any roms, then as I said in the video - go research how to obtain those legally. if you are looking for ways to obtain these illegally, then you are on your own. Anyone sharing links to download roms in a RUclips video is an idiot. You'd also be an idiot to trust the links are not malicious.
@@Almxghty1Just do some googling and you can find reliable sites but if you wanna get your own roms... otherwise known as "making your own backups" the method to do so really depends on what console you have and is probably long enough to be a video on its own. But they all probably involve jailbreaking said console. The first thing I told you is the easiest method and most everyone that's into emulation has likely done it at some point or another if they try to say they've never pirated anything they're lying 😂
It is really easy! A lot of people see emulation videos like mine and and think “cool. I’d like to do that”. Then you tell them that you need to obtain the roms and bios files yourself, and then they get all confused…In short, you need to have the bios and roms (games) already. If you don’t then go research how to obtain those first. Once you have these files, the rest is EASY! You are literally just putting the files into specific locations.
Yeah but dood once you learn it and you get it that's it!. You'll know what you're doing and you'll fly through the process, and have the WORLD of emulation in your hands.
@@Brian-ye9yv Just in case the other two didn’t go through (hard to say if it did or didn’t) It’s illegal to download them online but it’s not illegal to make the things to play yourself. If you do pirate them the police won’t care however.
Congratulations. Before it arrives, as I mention in the video - take some time to get all your bios and roms organised! It will make the whole process easier!
Now a beginners guide to setting up wii controls for games like mario galaxy, mariokart wii, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario sluggers, and sonic and the black knight
Great guide! I’ve already played through paper Mario the thousand year old door! Was wondering if anyone has seen an issue with Wii games now that I’m setting to setup super paper Mario. When I launch it in the game UI it stutters at 100% speed limit with breaking audio but works fine at 90% or 110%. It also seems like this isn’t true when launched in desktop mode.
Hi after I use parsers on emudeck, none of the artwork transfers to steam. Have tried fully loading 5 times and reinstalling emudeck with no success. If anyone has any ideas why, that would be great. Thanks.
If you formatted your SD card or drive to EXT4 in game mode, How did you mount that drive to your PC and interact with the files. that doesn’t seem to be natively supported By windows or Mac as EXT4 is a Linux format
Great video, thank you for this! Question, since EmuDeck installed all of the folders and organized them by emulators. Can I just remove the SD card and do all of the file transfers there and then reinsert into the steam deck and parse them?
The card will be in Linux format (ext4) which won’t be readable by Mac or windows. There may be some third party programs that may be able to read it, but never tried.
@@steamdeckguy thank you! Do you know if you’d still be able to use WiFi functionality,’such as Pokémon games trading with everyone or Mario kart online?
@@twpaq9332 if you mean Nintendo switch online then no, you can’t. Best you can do is play against other Yuzu players. Personally I don’t care much for online
I’ve tried emulation on my computer for ps1 consoles and onward…. It never worked. I could never get dolphin or any of the others to work. Emu deck is very easy and you only need to tweak emulator settings a little (lag on PS2, and graphics distortion on GC) I’m finally able to play PS1-3 games, GameCube, and original Xbox. I love my steam deck
loved the video, great job. any chance you know about save data errors for pokemon on melon ds through retroarch ? is there any way for me to load my in game save or is there another way i’m supposed to make saves ? thanks
Again! So much appreciation for this tutorial. I'm gaming away on every system! One last question..... To add more roms do I just follow the same steps? Do I have to delete the previously loaded roms from the USB drive?
No, you don’t need to delete the roms. It will just copy over any new ones you added. Alternatively, you can manually copy the games to the relevant folder on your steam deck rather than using the transfer wizard
@steamdeckguy thank you so much! I will just follow the tutorial again and repeat the same.e success without having to even think. I'm old. First generation gamer.
what is the theme on your thumbnail? Also since the legal issues with yuzu is this tutorial still relevant for swith emulation or do i need to use a different emulator?
Yuzu and cenu no longer available on emudeck. Rest of the video is still relevant. I cant remember exact theme name. Think it was “switch like” or something combined with other ones
I mentioned this in the video. You should select only one parser for each system. There are duplicates because each one is configured to launch the game with a different emulator/core
@@carlosmelendez8317 No. all the parser is doing is adding a link to the game in steam and adding launch parameters so that it loads in a specific emulator/core. You should find that each one is in its own collection. For example if you enable ‘switch - yuzu’ and ‘switch ryujinx’ then you will have two collections, each containing the same games. If you launch the link from the ‘switch - yuzu’ collection then the game will load in yuzu. Likewise, launching the game from the ‘ryujinx’ collection will load the game in ryujinx instead of yuzu. Personally, I only have one collection for each system to avoid duplicates
My Saturn games don’t work. Have the Bios. When I launch, the Saturn boot screen comes up, but it then kicks me to the Saturn dashboard screen as if no disk is inserted. How to fix this?
followed this guide to a T but the only emulators that installed were ESDE, Vita3K, and PCSX. Everything else failed and won’t install. Any ideas? On a brand new OLED deck
Does it give an error? What does it say in the post-installation summary? If you still face issues, I'd suggest a full Emudeck reset and keep everything as default.
I got the 1tb oled. As someone that is completely out of touch with tech i first got confused on how to select the emulators i wanted. The list i got is different from what you had on screen. I really need help. I just want to download pokemon and be the very best that ever was. Citra wasnt even an option.
Hi mate. Great video. I do have a question though. How can I access the actual emulator itself? Example duckstation. I have them all on my pc, and I like to go into the actual settings and mess with them. Do I just select the actual duckstation emulator in steam os?
Yes. In desktop mode you can just open the emulator like you would on a PC. If you want to be able to select it from gaming mode, make sure to select the emulators it in the steam Rom manager parsers.
@@steamdeckguy that’s great! Thankyou so much. There’s so many videos out there on emudeck. But none of them explain how to access the actual emulators. Question though, how do I access the emulators from desktop mode? Where does emudeck install them? Il be choosing internal storage. Also, if I choose only flycast for my Dreamcast emulator, when I launch a Dreamcast Rom from steam. Will it launch with flycast? Obviously through retroarch.
Yeah, if it just mentions the bios file, but no specific path, put it in the main BIOS folder. E.g game boy gba, ps1, ps2, and Saturn all go in the main bios folder
This is a long shot.. 🙏🏻 I'm using "parallel launcher" (n64 emulator.) My buttons are all messed up I think.. When I try to keybind, the buttons, it says "not bound" when I press a button. The right stick also controls the mouse as well as the right trackpad. Is there a "community layout" that can help? I just need help to make the buttons recognizable for keybindings. I think I need to re-bind for all emulators...
@@steamdeckguy The default gamepad options are under "Recommended"? I only see one. I tried it, but I still can't button map. Should I just reboot the whole thing?
Can I use my Thumb drive with folders on a friends steamdeck as well? Meaning....after finishing up with mine, do I need to start over again with an empty thumb drive and reformat with folders?
You can reuse the thumb drive. You’ll probably need to click the ‘create folders’ button on your friends steam deck, but since they already exist it won’t actually do anything. Then you can click copy to copy them over automatically
I recommend that if anyone plans on playing overbloated rom hacks for the Nintendo 64 to not go with retroarch unless you know how to fix the main issue(you can fyi but it is just easier to use the parallel 64 launcher) This is really silly because it’s a single line of code that causes the game to crash beyond the start menu.
Bios is not per game, it’s per system but not all systems require a bios to work. If a system requires a bios (see the cheat sheet) then yes it’s needed otherwise games won’t boot
@@AndresGallardo-RodriguezCheck the internet archive, that paired with Sony’s website for the Vita and PS3 Bios is a really good place to look for them.
You might want to watch the entire video. I show you how you add the games and emulators to gaming mode at the end of the video. Alternatively, you can launch them through emulationstation.
@@steamdeckguy thanks. I have another issue when i run Emu Station and when i Run a gemboy advance game i get this error im getting this error message Couldnt find emulator core file mgba_libetro.so.
This is a know issue with the OLE D model. There is a workaround where you need to change a setting in the bios. Search google and you’ll should find a guide
@@LowHangingFruitForest check the bios files are in the correct place, and that the roms are legit - it could be that you downloaded a bad Rom pack.. If it still doesn’t work, check launching them through emulation station instead.
@@steamdeckguy not asking how you pirate games. I am asking you how did you get yours. Show us how to get them the way you did. You're teaching us how to drive a car with no car.
@@archetype1987I literally told you to research how to obtain games at the start of the video. This is a guide to emudeck and emulation not a guide how to backup your games. For obvious reasons, I won’t be showing how to do that for the Nintendo switch. For older systems, the rom files are easy to find online
Complete novice but will soon be getting a steam deck 👋 I have no pc (working on getting one too!) …. Is there any way you can download the roms ect entirely through the deck
Do you have roms already? If not, then as I mentioned during those first two minutes you need to obtain those first for the systems you want to emulate. This is a guide to setup emulation on steam deck, not how to obtain games illegally - sorry to disappoint.
Getting my OLED soon and this is a really good step by step! I tend to forgot how I have things set up on my other devices or what I need to check on before hand. This helps me out so much
Thank you for taking the time to make this highly informative and easy to follow video, I’ve watched a few videos on this and yours is the best and most helpful one as you explain each settings and so much more! Looking forward to your future videos on the emudeck I appreciate your videos on this!
Have a steam deck oled. Running into an issue, I've tried plugging several usbc drives directly to the steam deck, but none of them show up, no matter the format, fat32, exfat, mac os, ntfs. UPDATE: I found the fix on reddit for the oled deck, it appears to be software related issue, b/c the solution I found is booting into bios and accessing setup utility > advanced - changing 'USB Dual Role Device' value from 'DRD' to 'XHCI'. Once I saved this change, booted back into steam deck then back into desktop mode. I plugged in the original usbc drive I attempted, and it now shows.
Something about how you've presented the information clicked for me and now I'm getting to enjoy this awesome part of my device! I was able to do all of this from my steam deck thanks to you. This is my first crack at emulation. Yes, learning something you're unfamiliar with is stressful, but following this guide and the advice if USE THE EMUDECK CHEAT SHEETS will make this pain free. Thanks so much!!!
still lost. not having tutorials on the downloading of bios and games and using winrar is fucking me up beyond belief. do i need a blank usb aswell?? im fucked
I’m buying a Steam Deck because of your video. Very well done! You’ve given me the confidence to run emulation on this system. Thank you! New subscriber😃
I just got my grubby little mitts on a Steam Deck a few days ago. Acquired it in a trade. I've got most of the powerhouse hand held systems both native and modded but this, this is the high lord of mobile gaming.
Hi, so I've been emulating games on my deck for a while now, and my concern is will my saves from PCSX2 and ryujinx transfer over to emudeck or will I have to manually transfer them?
Thankyou. I watched 10-15 videos and couldn’t get this working. Don’t know what you said or did that was different, but i was finally able to understand it and make it work. Thanks for making it a lot easier
How are you launching the games? through steam? Emulation Station? and which systems are having issues? all of them? Usually you can solve this by making sure the controller is connected before starting the game.
@@steamdeckguy I am only using Emulation Station but have Mame and RetroArch installed and everything was working so perfectly until I connected my keyboard and now my controller is player 2 on every system 🤦🏿♂️
@@andril I suspect the issue is your keyboard is detected as a controller. If you bring up the main menu take a look under input device settings. There are a few option there that you could try such as ‘ignore keyboard input’ . Also make sure you have connected your controller before launching emulation station
Yes, any changes you make in steam Rom manager will update in steam. Alternatively, if you use the steamgriddb plugin you can change the artwork directly from gaming mode
I got my deck during the first sale they did. Had a separate SD card for emudeck and got stuff working great but when I decided to delete stuff it left a load of files or links to stuff that weren't there anymore. It got so annoying I ended up resetting the whole system and starting again. I have relatively recently started a batocera build but it doesn't support switch without hassle. I will be going back to Emudeck for a specific few systems as I've just picked up a small 1tb ssd (£30 cheaper than an sd card!!!) and I'll be doing a batocera build on that and use the spare 512gb sd card for an emudeck build for nintendo systems.
Is it possible to download the games directly from the desktop mode on the steam deck and then place the game into emudeck? Or do you have to use an external pc? I’m still very confused, I’m a noob. My OLED deck will be here next Tuesday and I want the setup to be seamless.
I do have batocera on sd card, but personally I prefer using emudeck and having it integrated with steamOS. Those sd cards are a good way to get started though!
There are various forks (copies) of citra out there, but unfortunately I haven’t tried any yet, so I cant tell you which is best. To be honest I was never really impressed with Citra so I probably never will…
ye, this, like all other videos i've seen, helped nothing. Since getting the bios files and roms is the actual problematic part, i've gained nothing from this.
What are you actually looking for? Did you expect a link to download all the games or something? If you want to legally backup your games there are plenty of guides on RUclips. If you want to download them illegally you’re looking in the wrong place… Try google… you know, an actual search engine…..
i've spent >3hrs trying to get firefox and emudeck installed on my new steam deck oled. If the device literally can't install its own default browser without hours of troubleshooting, seems like it's going back for a refund...
I have been tempted to use emu deck compression tool, but worried it will ruin my game library and makes games unplayable like Dreamcast games. Has anyone had a good experience with it?
My SD card is grayed out despite the fact that it works normally in game mode and my games are installed and working and having over 400gb of free space
Im so happy that i went with a steam deck some months ago. Def the right handheld for me personally and emulation was really easy to set up with emudeck :)
So I wanted to remove and add some emulated games, went into EMUdeck and clicked "manage roms". Thsi stripped all my files of the custom artwork I manually added via the steamgrid plugin. Will this happen every time as it undid a couple hours of work.. thanks.
IMPORTANT: Before starting the emudeck installation, you’ll need to decide if you want to install your games to micro SD card or internal SSD. If you are using a brand new micro SD card, be sure to format it first by selecting ‘Format SD Card’ in the Settings > System menu. If you are already using your sd card for steam games, you do not need to re-format. Just be sure that there is enough free space!
Also at 12:51 the correct path is bios > Yuzu > keys
I own a steam deck with emu deck and emu station already installed but I’ll be upgrading to an oled soon. Is it possible to connect my hard drive to the old steam deck and grab everything like the files and roms folders from there and then connect the hard drive to the new steam deck and just drop everything off in the new one?
So can the PC emulator run marvels spiderman I would really appreciate not having to pay for it😂
Probably gonna watch this a few more times so I fully understand everything. This is really helpful.
Thank you for the walkthrough. Good editing, instructions, and sound quality.
For anyone wondering if it still works - yes. I just followed this video and succeeded today. This video included pretty much all I needed except for stuff about BIOS and ROMs. You may want to watch a couple more videos for these, sadly there is no video that includes all these parts, mostly because of some legal obstructions.
But like do I have to use a usb drive I thought I could do it without but everyone’s video is kinda bad
Where are all your roms stored? If you have them stored in dropbox or something, then no, you don't need a USB drive - you can just download from your steamdeck. However, most people have them on a PC, so simply transferring them to the steam deck via USB drive makes more sense. if you don't have any roms, then as I said in the video - go research how to obtain those legally. if you are looking for ways to obtain these illegally, then you are on your own. Anyone sharing links to download roms in a RUclips video is an idiot. You'd also be an idiot to trust the links are not malicious.
@@steamdeckguy I’ll try that
@@Almxghty1Just do some googling and you can find reliable sites but if you wanna get your own roms... otherwise known as "making your own backups" the method to do so really depends on what console you have and is probably long enough to be a video on its own. But they all probably involve jailbreaking said console. The first thing I told you is the easiest method and most everyone that's into emulation has likely done it at some point or another if they try to say they've never pirated anything they're lying 😂
I’ve been screaming for something like this so many thanks for the effort I will be busy this weekend now.
May i ask where you get your roms?
This already sounds confusing af. Just the 1st couple of mins about the files
It is really easy! A lot of people see emulation videos like mine and and think “cool. I’d like to do that”. Then you tell them that you need to obtain the roms and bios files yourself, and then they get all confused…In short, you need to have the bios and roms (games) already. If you don’t then go research how to obtain those first. Once you have these files, the rest is EASY! You are literally just putting the files into specific locations.
Yeah but dood once you learn it and you get it that's it!. You'll know what you're doing and you'll fly through the process, and have the WORLD of emulation in your hands.
I'll give it a try, I don't have the roms or bios 😞
@@ThatsJustEric seek and you shall find
@@joeyxl3456 I'm seeking. Can you help?
I love when RUclipsrs say “You need to legally obtain the ROMs and BIOS” when 99% of people who want emulators are gonna pirate them 😂
So it’s illegal to emulate games?? I’m thinking about getting a steam deck, but I don’t want any trouble. Can you respond
@@Brian-ye9yv Just in case the other two didn’t go through (hard to say if it did or didn’t) It’s illegal to download them online but it’s not illegal to make the things to play yourself. If you do pirate them the police won’t care however.
How do i get the keyboard on my steam deck lol i dont have a mouse i cant write on it
@@frankypolglish It’s a button combination. Press the Steam Button and the X Button at the same time.
Saving this for reference....mine is arriving in 2 days...🤞
Congratulations. Before it arrives, as I mention in the video - take some time to get all your bios and roms organised! It will make the whole process easier!
Perfect just got the new OLED steam deck
This is a good guide if you’re familiar with emudeck but not sure with some details.
Now a beginners guide to setting up wii controls for games like mario galaxy, mariokart wii, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario sluggers, and sonic and the black knight
Maybe....
Great guide! I’ve already played through paper Mario the thousand year old door! Was wondering if anyone has seen an issue with Wii games now that I’m setting to setup super paper Mario. When I launch it in the game UI it stutters at 100% speed limit with breaking audio but works fine at 90% or 110%. It also seems like this isn’t true when launched in desktop mode.
Thanks! Not tried much Wii, so not come across that issue myself, but I’m sure someone will be along soon with some advice! 👍
I'm playing through thousand year door on my ROG right now. I can't wait for the remake.
going to try this as it looks easier than most how to videos
You’ve got this 👊
Hi after I use parsers on emudeck, none of the artwork transfers to steam. Have tried fully loading 5 times and reinstalling emudeck with no success. If anyone has any ideas why, that would be great. Thanks.
If you formatted your SD card or drive to EXT4 in game mode, How did you mount that drive to your PC and interact with the files. that doesn’t seem to be natively supported By windows or Mac as EXT4 is a Linux format
Simple answer. I didn’t….. the drive where the games and roms are being copied from is not EXT4
Great video, thank you for this! Question, since EmuDeck installed all of the folders and organized them by emulators. Can I just remove the SD card and do all of the file transfers there and then reinsert into the steam deck and parse them?
The card will be in Linux format (ext4) which won’t be readable by Mac or windows. There may be some third party programs that may be able to read it, but never tried.
@@steamdeckguy thank you! Do you know if you’d still be able to use WiFi functionality,’such as Pokémon games trading with everyone or Mario kart online?
@@twpaq9332 if you mean Nintendo switch online then no, you can’t. Best you can do is play against other Yuzu players. Personally I don’t care much for online
@@twpaq9332hey man, did it work?
I’ve tried emulation on my computer for ps1 consoles and onward…. It never worked. I could never get dolphin or any of the others to work. Emu deck is very easy and you only need to tweak emulator settings a little (lag on PS2, and graphics distortion on GC) I’m finally able to play PS1-3 games, GameCube, and original Xbox. I love my steam deck
Very easy you just need the right bios
loved the video, great job. any chance you know about save data errors for pokemon on melon ds through retroarch ? is there any way for me to load my in game save or is there another way i’m supposed to make saves ? thanks
Again! So much appreciation for this tutorial. I'm gaming away on every system! One last question.....
To add more roms do I just follow the same steps? Do I have to delete the previously loaded roms from the USB drive?
No, you don’t need to delete the roms. It will just copy over any new ones you added. Alternatively, you can manually copy the games to the relevant folder on your steam deck rather than using the transfer wizard
@steamdeckguy thank you so much! I will just follow the tutorial again and repeat the same.e success without having to even think. I'm old. First generation gamer.
what is the theme on your thumbnail?
Also since the legal issues with yuzu is this tutorial still relevant for swith emulation or
do i need to use a different emulator?
Yuzu and cenu no longer available on emudeck. Rest of the video is still relevant. I cant remember exact theme name. Think it was “switch like” or something combined with other ones
Why do I have 2 Parsed files of the same game when adding to Ryujinx and sometimes other emulators? It's like there are 2 copies in the Library.
I mentioned this in the video. You should select only one parser for each system. There are duplicates because each one is configured to launch the game with a different emulator/core
@steamdeckguy cool I will watch again. If I have 2 parsers configured will it have trouble loading the game?
@@carlosmelendez8317 No. all the parser is doing is adding a link to the game in steam and adding launch parameters so that it loads in a specific emulator/core. You should find that each one is in its own collection. For example if you enable ‘switch - yuzu’ and ‘switch ryujinx’ then you will have two collections, each containing the same games. If you launch the link from the ‘switch - yuzu’ collection then the game will load in yuzu. Likewise, launching the game from the ‘ryujinx’ collection will load the game in ryujinx instead of yuzu. Personally, I only have one collection for each system to avoid duplicates
i’m subscribing mainly because of your channel name.
My Saturn games don’t work. Have the Bios. When I launch, the Saturn boot screen comes up, but it then kicks me to the Saturn dashboard screen as if no disk is inserted.
How to fix this?
Sounds like bad roms tbh
Can anyone please tell me how to get a keyboard on steam deck,i cant write anything
Press the X button whilst holding the steam button down.
My SD card fried along with emudeck in it. How do I reinstall emudeck on my SD card so I can play it on my steam deck again?
How do I emulate Amiga 1200 games?
Would love to play Batman 1989, thundercats and other games
Install retroarch through emudeck, find the roms online, then put them into Amiga1200 roms folder.
i have the emulators but when i go into game lists into one of them (duck station for example) there’s nothing in the game list. fix?
Probably bad Roms. Check the cheat sheet for the supported Rom formats, and also ensure that you are obtaining them from Legit sources.
My steam rom manager looks different than yours where you toggle the parsers and stuff. I’m confused at this section
Go to the settings and choose the steam deck theme
Don’t worry Steam Deck Guy, I promise to obtain all my bioses and roms 110% legally! 😃
Pinky promise?
@@steamdeckguy cross my heart!
followed this guide to a T but the only emulators that installed were ESDE, Vita3K, and PCSX. Everything else failed and won’t install. Any ideas? On a brand new OLED deck
Does it give an error? What does it say in the post-installation summary? If you still face issues, I'd suggest a full Emudeck reset and keep everything as default.
I got the 1tb oled. As someone that is completely out of touch with tech i first got confused on how to select the emulators i wanted. The list i got is different from what you had on screen. I really need help. I just want to download pokemon and be the very best that ever was. Citra wasnt even an option.
Citra and yuzu are no longer included. If you just want to play gameboy, n64 etc then you’ll be fine just selecting retroarch.
Hi mate. Great video.
I do have a question though. How can I access the actual emulator itself? Example duckstation. I have them all on my pc, and I like to go into the actual settings and mess with them. Do I just select the actual duckstation emulator in steam os?
Yes. In desktop mode you can just open the emulator like you would on a PC. If you want to be able to select it from gaming mode, make sure to select the emulators it in the steam Rom manager parsers.
@@steamdeckguy that’s great! Thankyou so much. There’s so many videos out there on emudeck. But none of them explain how to access the actual emulators.
Question though, how do I access the emulators from desktop mode? Where does emudeck install them? Il be choosing internal storage.
Also, if I choose only flycast for my Dreamcast emulator, when I launch a Dreamcast Rom from steam. Will it launch with flycast? Obviously through retroarch.
@@steamdeckguy you there mate? lol
@@richwatson1985 in desktop mode, you’ll find it installed under applications - similar to how it would be on a windows PC.
@@steamdeckguy thanks :)
Have you recently seen emudeck has gone tits up with the latest update :/ I’m not sure now whether to install it.
If it doesn't say "PLACE" on the Cheat Sheet, I'm guessing I just put it in the main BIOS file?
Yeah, if it just mentions the bios file, but no specific path, put it in the main BIOS folder. E.g game boy gba, ps1, ps2, and Saturn all go in the main bios folder
This is a long shot.. 🙏🏻
I'm using "parallel launcher" (n64 emulator.) My buttons are all messed up I think.. When I try to keybind, the buttons, it says "not bound" when I press a button. The right stick also controls the mouse as well as the right trackpad. Is there a "community layout" that can help? I just need help to make the buttons recognizable for keybindings. I think I need to re-bind for all emulators...
Set the controller profile to gamepad, and then redo the keybindings in the emulator settings
@@steamdeckguy Where's the option? I can't find it
@@leozar69 you asked for community layouts earlier. Instead of selecting a community layout just select one of the default gamepad options
@@steamdeckguy The default gamepad options are under "Recommended"? I only see one. I tried it, but I still can't button map. Should I just reboot the whole thing?
@@leozar69 I ‘d try switching over to desktop mode, launch the emulator, and then try the button mapping from there.
Can I use my Thumb drive with folders on a friends steamdeck as well?
Meaning....after finishing up with mine, do I need to start over again with an empty thumb drive and reformat with folders?
You can reuse the thumb drive. You’ll
probably need to click the ‘create folders’ button on your friends steam deck, but since they already exist it won’t actually do anything. Then you can click copy to copy them over automatically
@steamdeckguy awesome thank you.
That happened to me on my SD. It wouldn't offer me "copy files"
I did what you said and all was fine
I recommend that if anyone plans on playing overbloated rom hacks for the Nintendo 64 to not go with retroarch unless you know how to fix the main issue(you can fyi but it is just easier to use the parallel 64 launcher) This is really silly because it’s a single line of code that causes the game to crash beyond the start menu.
Good tip!
can you use just a usb c flash drive to add the roms and bios to steam deck?
Yes
Getting a deck soon is it possible to not have to transfer files from my pc to the deck ? Can i just download it directly from the deck desktop
Yes
@@steamdeckguy great video by the way I rewatched it and noticed you clearly answered my question lol 😆
My whole install and everything with Emudeck is screwed, is there a way to just blow it all away and start over?
Yes, you can do a full uninstallation or redo the setup which will override all the settings back to default
@@steamdeckguy great thank you. Sometimes there's some gotchas when trying to remove this stuff, which is why I asked
Do I need bios and the rom of the same game for it to work? I try to use just roms but it won’t launch any games.
Bios is not per game, it’s per system but not all systems require a bios to work. If a system requires a bios (see the cheat sheet) then yes it’s needed otherwise games won’t boot
Emudeck does not give me the option to copy my games if i reinject my usb drive... do you know any fixes for that?
Click copy folder first (don’t worry, it won’t overwrite anything) then you’ll see the option to copy the games
thank you
You’re welcome!
Are you the guy who does switchcorner if not you just sound similar
Nope
I need a games pack, can you help me whit that?
Nope
How much storage you need for all the emulators and a few games?
I’d recommend a 512gb card as they are fairly cheap nowadays
midnight dub remix ps2 emu not working
Only my Gamecube games are launching. I followed the video but im not sure what i did wrong. Any ideas that you guys have would be much appreciated.
Try the games through Emulation Station. If they work, then it's likely that you selected the wrong parser in Steam Rom Manager.
Same thing. Only the Gamecube games are launching.@@steamdeckguy
Update, now I am able to launch my PS2 games as well. But my SNES, GBA, and N64 still wont launch.@@steamdeckguy
Can I buy a usb that already has roms and bios?
Sure, if that’s what you want to do
@@steamdeckguyim on my wife’s MacBook and im struggling to find bios
@@AndresGallardo-RodriguezCheck the internet archive, that paired with Sony’s website for the Vita and PS3 Bios is a really good place to look for them.
I can't launch yuzu game from game mode but launching game within yuzu works.. It doesn't launch at all.. Can you help me?
You’ve probably added the wrong parser in steam Rom manager.
Make sure to check the parser for yuzu to be green slider
After pasting bios and roms how do I start an emulator?
You might want to watch the entire video. I show you how you add the games and emulators to gaming mode at the end of the video. Alternatively, you can launch them through emulationstation.
@@steamdeckguy thanks. I have another issue when i run Emu Station and when i Run a gemboy advance game i get this error im getting this error message Couldnt find emulator core file mgba_libetro.so.
my steam deck isn't reading my usb drive at all
This is a know issue with the OLE D model. There is a workaround where you need to change a setting in the bios. Search google and you’ll should find a guide
@@steamdeckguy oh for real? I'll look it up, thanks man!
is 256gb enough for the emulator and roms
You can use a 64GB card, it just depends on how many games you plan to load onto it - obviously the bigger the card, the more games you can store
I’ve watched a dozen of these and no one can tell me why my Dreamcast and GameCube games won’t work.
Probably an issue with the roms you are using.
@@steamdeckguy all 98 of them?
@@LowHangingFruitForest check the bios files are in the correct place, and that the roms are legit - it could be that you downloaded a bad Rom pack.. If it still doesn’t work, check launching them through emulation station instead.
steam rom manager is different compared the one on your video.
Go to settings within steam Rom manager and change the theme
why are you not mentioning how you got you roms? where do I get them?
This is a video of how to emulate not how to pirate games
@@steamdeckguy not asking how you pirate games. I am asking you how did you get yours. Show us how to get them the way you did. You're teaching us how to drive a car with no car.
@@archetype1987I literally told you to research how to obtain games at the start of the video. This is a guide to emudeck and emulation not a guide how to backup your games. For obvious reasons, I won’t be showing how to do that for the Nintendo switch. For older systems, the rom files are easy to find online
Oh ffs, i dont have a PC
The reason im buying a steam deck is because i dont have a PC… id just get PC instead if i knew that
You don’t need a PC. It’s more convenient but everything I showed can be done from the steam deck itself in desktop mode - it is a computer after all
Complete novice but will soon be getting a steam deck 👋
I have no pc (working on getting one too!) …. Is there any way you can download the roms ect entirely through the deck
Yes, you can do everything directly from the steam deck
Felt cheeky for asking cause I totally get why you don’t want to mention certain details 🤙 nice one dude
Confusing 😢
What exactly is confusing?
@@steamdeckguy files part
@@EmpireZzzz It’s only confusing if you don’t pay attention to what I said at the start of the video.
@@steamdeckguy sorry I'm not very good
Not one bit. Best tutorial ever.
Easy 😂😂😂
I didn’t say easy…. I said EASY!!
Where do I actually get the games? Sorry for being a complete noob 😅
Hmmm if only someone could create a website where you could ask such questions?….also, I’d suggest watching the video instead of being lazy
I’m lost after 2 minutes “ easy” lol
Do you have roms already? If not, then as I mentioned during those first two minutes you need to obtain those first for the systems you want to emulate. This is a guide to setup emulation on steam deck, not how to obtain games illegally - sorry to disappoint.
@@steamdeckguy bro you didn’t disappoint. It’s a great video. But I suck doing stuff like this that’s on me! lol
Getting my OLED soon and this is a really good step by step! I tend to forgot how I have things set up on my other devices or what I need to check on before hand. This helps me out so much
Thank you for taking the time to make this highly informative and easy to follow video, I’ve watched a few videos on this and yours is the best and most helpful one as you explain each settings and so much more!
Looking forward to your future videos on the emudeck
I appreciate your videos on this!
Have a steam deck oled. Running into an issue, I've tried plugging several usbc drives directly to the steam deck, but none of them show up, no matter the format, fat32, exfat, mac os, ntfs. UPDATE: I found the fix on reddit for the oled deck, it appears to be software related issue, b/c the solution I found is booting into bios and accessing setup utility > advanced - changing 'USB Dual Role Device' value from 'DRD' to 'XHCI'. Once I saved this change, booted back into steam deck then back into desktop mode. I plugged in the original usbc drive I attempted, and it now shows.
had the exact same problem and changing it so XHCI solved it
Something about how you've presented the information clicked for me and now I'm getting to enjoy this awesome part of my device! I was able to do all of this from my steam deck thanks to you. This is my first crack at emulation. Yes, learning something you're unfamiliar with is stressful, but following this guide and the advice if USE THE EMUDECK CHEAT SHEETS will make this pain free. Thanks so much!!!
you made a better guide than the other guides well done sir
still lost. not having tutorials on the downloading of bios and games and using winrar is fucking me up beyond belief. do i need a blank usb aswell?? im fucked
Dude this is awesome, how this channel doest have 1m subs already... Mr Deck Guy Thank you sir
I’m buying a Steam Deck because of your video. Very well done! You’ve given me the confidence to run emulation on this system. Thank you! New subscriber😃
Good luck it’s impossible to figure out
Nah i did it ,so can you
@@kademixell553
I just got my grubby little mitts on a Steam Deck a few days ago. Acquired it in a trade. I've got most of the powerhouse hand held systems both native and modded but this, this is the high lord of mobile gaming.
Hi, so I've been emulating games on my deck for a while now, and my concern is will my saves from PCSX2 and ryujinx transfer over to emudeck or will I have to manually transfer them?
Thankyou. I watched 10-15 videos and couldn’t get this working. Don’t know what you said or did that was different, but i was finally able to understand it and make it work. Thanks for making it a lot easier
Hey I’ve just downloaded emudeck and got as far as steam rom manager. But when I load it up I ain’t got none of the parsers. Any help?
Finally a guide that shows how to show the games in the library.👍
Could I pay you to install this on my Steam Deck? And if I had a small list of maybe 20 games? Let me know we can set it up thank you! 🙏🏾💯
No chance, sorry. Maybe look up buying a an sd card preloaded with batocera. You’ll find them on Aliexpress and etsy.
where do you download these games ??
The internet 🤷♂️
got it installed and switched controllers but now the one i have keeps coming up as Player 2 - any suggestions?
How are you launching the games? through steam? Emulation Station? and which systems are having issues? all of them? Usually you can solve this by making sure the controller is connected before starting the game.
@@steamdeckguy I am only using Emulation Station but have Mame and RetroArch installed and everything was working so perfectly until I connected my keyboard and now my controller is player 2 on every system 🤦🏿♂️
@@andril I suspect the issue is your keyboard is detected as a controller. If you bring up the main menu take a look under input device settings. There are a few option there that you could try such as ‘ignore keyboard input’ . Also make sure you have connected your controller before launching emulation station
@@steamdeckguy will try this when I get off work and appreciate you and your help
@@andril no worries, and hope you get it sorted!
This guide was sooo helpful! Are you able to change the artwork after importing the games to steam already?
Yes, any changes you make in steam Rom manager will update in steam. Alternatively, if you use the steamgriddb plugin you can change the artwork directly from gaming mode
I got my deck during the first sale they did. Had a separate SD card for emudeck and got stuff working great but when I decided to delete stuff it left a load of files or links to stuff that weren't there anymore. It got so annoying I ended up resetting the whole system and starting again. I have relatively recently started a batocera build but it doesn't support switch without hassle. I will be going back to Emudeck for a specific few systems as I've just picked up a small 1tb ssd (£30 cheaper than an sd card!!!) and I'll be doing a batocera build on that and use the spare 512gb sd card for an emudeck build for nintendo systems.
Is it possible to download the games directly from the desktop mode on the steam deck and then place the game into emudeck? Or do you have to use an external pc? I’m still very confused, I’m a noob. My OLED deck will be here next Tuesday and I want the setup to be seamless.
You can do it all from the steam deck
I've got a deck on the way and am watching vids like this to learn how to expand functionality for it. This is a solid tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
Can I do this over windows on my steam deck I just downloaded it last night
Yeah sure, it is a PC afterall
just get a damn sd card pre installed emulator and boom 💥
I do have batocera on sd card, but personally I prefer using emudeck and having it integrated with steamOS. Those sd cards are a good way to get started though!
Do you know how we can emulate 3ds now that Citra is gone?
There are various forks (copies) of citra out there, but unfortunately I haven’t tried any yet, so I cant tell you which is best. To be honest I was never really impressed with Citra so I probably never will…
I think xemu is orginal x box xenia is 360 hope i didn't sound snotty
Yep, my mistake
Thank you for keeping it so simple i have others way over my head i appreciate my guy
Holy fuk this looks complicating ffs
You are confusing ‘easy’ with quick. There are steps involved but there is nothing difficult about it.
ye, this, like all other videos i've seen, helped nothing.
Since getting the bios files and roms is the actual problematic part, i've gained nothing from this.
What are you actually looking for? Did you expect a link to download all the games or something? If you want to legally backup your games there are plenty of guides on RUclips. If you want to download them illegally you’re looking in the wrong place… Try google… you know, an actual search engine…..
Use your brain dude
Bookmarked this video so I can re-watch it when my Steam Deck arrives! Finally made the plunge and got one now that they're on sale.
i've spent >3hrs trying to get firefox and emudeck installed on my new steam deck oled. If the device literally can't install its own default browser without hours of troubleshooting, seems like it's going back for a refund...
I have been tempted to use emu deck compression tool, but worried it will ruin my game library and makes games unplayable like Dreamcast games. Has anyone had a good experience with it?
I just want to play wind waker ...
Don’t we all….
The skip for now option isn’t there for me?
My SD card is grayed out despite the fact that it works normally in game mode and my games are installed and working and having over 400gb of free space
THANK YOU for explaining what each of the emulators are for, I had no idea how to choose what to download!
Im so happy that i went with a steam deck some months ago. Def the right handheld for me personally and emulation was really easy to set up with emudeck :)
Great guide, thank You!
So I wanted to remove and add some emulated games, went into EMUdeck and clicked "manage roms". Thsi stripped all my files of the custom artwork I manually added via the steamgrid plugin. Will this happen every time as it undid a couple hours of work.. thanks.
Did you change just the capsule image in steamgridDB? Or all the artwork? And has it definitely overwritten the images?
@@steamdeckguy mix. Some animated for example. Yeah it killed my customizations. Sounds like that’s not normal?
@@solomani5959 I always thought steam Rom manager wouldn’t overwrite the ones updated through steamgridDB. Been a while since I’ve done it though.
@@steamdeckguy I experimented and it hasn’t done it again. So likely a ME issue.
Oh wow.. that USB transfer update feature really makes life a lot easier. We didn’t have that back in ye olde days.
"legally obtain your bios"
yeah, sure, I will totally do that.