Easy Emulation on Windows! EmuDeck Starter Guide

EmuDeck has been released as a public beta for Windows, so in this video I'm going to go over all the reasons why this tool makes the emulation setup process so easy, and how to set it up yourself on any Windows machine -- desktop, laptop, or handheld!

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Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
00:45 why EmuDeck is great
03:54 installation process
06:14 setting up EmuDeck
09:45 adding ROMs and BIOS
14:56 EmuDeck interface
16:43 adding games to Steam
22:49 EmulationStation desktop edition
25:38 extra features
27:19 summary and conclusion

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[gumbyx]

They put so much work into this. I normally would setup emulators manually since I prefer to tweak settings but I've recently gotten burned out on it. From the video, EmuDeck included all the tweaks I would normally make. I'm probably going to set this up tonight. I wish there was native support for Playnite but a dev in the Playnite community made an extension to configure Playnite to work with EmuDeck.

[VeshSneaks]

Just the other day I was trying to set up Emulation Station in Windows and could not for the life of me figure out how to get it to see my Retroarch installation. Everything I could find about was like 5 year old Reddit posts about RetroPi. I tried EmuDeck a while back when Windows was still a part of the Patreon.

I’m so hyped to give this another try, this guide makes it look WAY simpler than it ever seemed until now. Thank for another great video Russ!

[TheExtremeElementz]

I’m 90% sure inside the Rom folder at the very bottom there is a text file that identifies every single system so you don’t really need to go to the wiki but it’s always good to know where else to find this information. Man I love these videos! Thanks.

[geekatari]

I just bought a 2 in 1 laptop I want to use as my emulation machine, and this tutorial will be an excellent tool. Thank you for sharing!

[ttoms]

Bro i have been wanting to set something like this up on my computer, the timing of this video is perfect!

[retrohandhelds]

Totally using this on a dedicated Mini PC. Thanks for all your hard work EmuDeck team & Russ! - Stubbs 🎉

[Bushidounohana]

Great guide, as always, Russ! While I’m set on my Windows box with Retrobat, I am loving the work that the folks over at EmuDeck are doing. First class emulation experiences are becoming more and more accessible for all!

[bgomz]

Just finished setting up Emudeck! I’m very excited to try this out on my ROG Ally! I would not have gotten into any of this emulation if it wasn’t for your channel. I finally get to play games I loved as a kid, games I never finished, and games I’ve always wanted to play but couldn’t! Thank you so much for all the work you do to put such informative videos out 🙏🏽 you make it so easy to follow! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with your family and I hope you get to enjoy some time off 🎉

[keefgator]

I was using retrobat for a while but kept having controller input issues and stuff. So far this is working better. Great setup guide. Easy to follow and not once got frustrated

[platinum]

Flawless video. Thank you. This is what makes pc, android and these new handhelds so exciting and worth it

[dave.thedev]

After diving deep into emulation and experiencing all the frustration of organizing, tweaking, reorganizing, etc I've been waiting so patiently for this! I love it!!!

[mannkeithc]

EmuDeck simplified the retro game installation and management process on my Steam Deck and made playing retro games feel like a natural extension to my Steam library, often including an optimised controller mapping, or simplifying the process for adding gyro support to emulators such as CEMU. So, I plan to try it out on my Windows PC.

[TheAlvaster]

I'm hoping this vid helps. Somehow, Emudeck, RetroArch, etc always run into unique problems in Windows for me and I end up just getting each emulator manually, haha

[GreenLeefMusic]

This is exciting to see for Windows devices and is a great setup guide. I eventually will set this up on my Ally just as it was on my Deck. The only thing holding me back now is that i already manually setup most of my emulators, roms, tweaks, PS3 Dualshock 3 controller support, etc. and to set this up will require me to re-configure a lot of it all over again.

[antonipr]

Omg!!!! Russ I Know this is off topic but I just got myself a Samsung Fold 5 been trying it for a week as a streaming/emulation device

And what a beast this is!!!!

I can only imagine what somebody like you could do ❤

[Hisoka]

I'm on Launchbox for a few years, and while EmuDeck looks amazing for Steam Deck, for Windows I'm not switching from Launchbox. Thank you very much for your videos, by the way, you are just amazing!

[Xilors]

Your guides are always so in depth and straight to the points it's really amazing.
You've become my go-to Youtuber in Hardware/Software Retro and i cant thanks you enough for the work and quality you put in your videos.
We need more content creator like you.

[hugotipple]

I've just bought my Beelink SER5 Max. I'm following the step by step right now. I already have all my rooms and bios files on the micro sd of my Ambernic RG531MP. I'm transfering them to the mini pc as I type this comment. Can't wait to make this work. I'm also eager to try out my new 8bitdo Ultimate controller when it's done. Life is good. Thank you, my friend.

[feetenthusiast]

This is perfect Just ordered my legion go and it's getting here on the 21st!!!! 🥳🎉

[zahrankabir]

This was crazy helpful for my Legion Go. I installed playnite with the Emudeck plugin and it integrates perfectly as well.