Steam Deck Emulation Tutorial Updated For 2024 * EASY MODE *

In this tutorial I go through how to install Emulators and Roms on your Steam Deck in 2023 using the wonderful EmuDeck 2.1 Installer. I walk you through the process and if you follow these steps you'll be playing your favourite retro games in no time.

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
00:51 What You Need
01:27 Where To Get Roms & Bios files
02:36 Download EmuDeck 2.1
03:45 EmuDeck 2.1 Installer
08:53 How To Add Games (Roms)
10:19 Steam Rom Manager
11:32 Outro

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[treyscott]

Thank you so much for this video, getting my steam deck in the mail tomorrow and I cant wait to start emulating. Its nice to see an updated guide on this since most of the videos I have seen are from last year and this looks like a much more new user friendly way to start.

[mintymalty]

Sweet! I was just looking for one of these!

[CoachTobyXL]

Thank you for not trying to sound like the smartest guy in the room and confusing everyone else that is new to the cpu vocabulary. Subbed

[Lukas-jovz]

Thank you Dude! The best declaration i found on youtube :)

[durbodill]

Thumbs up, I appreciate the effort. The process is straightforward and anyone with some computer knowledge should be able to do this as it is mostly self-explanatory. The tricky part is getting down the quirks of the specific emulatora and sometimes to run specific games. For advice on those topics you'll still have to sift through reddit and/or shady websites....

[flower]

I’d love to see that advanced guide for some reason I can’t get wii to run on dolphin at all but GC is flawless.

[Stevel_]

I tried this a few months ago and it worked like crap. Gave up on Emulation on Steam Deck. Really looking forward to giving it another go with this video when I get the chance some evening this week.

[Techcravers]

Hi there everyone, thanks for watching my content! 😊 I wanted to keep this tutorial as short as possible. It’s basic and easy enough for you to get going with emulation on Steam Deck in no time!

[Jonnicom]

Question: When I drag and drop the roms to the deck from my external harddrive, do I need to have them in folders named ROMS, BIOS, ETC, or will the emudeck setup process know what it's looking for in that entire directory? I have a drive that has all of my games backed up, and separated into folders named for each system they are for. Do I need to change that?

[MrSpeedyduck]

This tutorial helped me a lot. I had a problem when it comes to my transferring the files needed to my steam deck, as I don't have any docks. So instead, I used KDE Connect to transfer my files flawlessly from PC to my Steam Deck. One problem I had is the audio. I have my SNES roms and then, when I played a game it sounds muffled or crackling sounds. Any fix for this?

[Oldmandying]

Man you’re my gosh dang brother
I love you man.
Man thank you man this means so much to me man
Oh man thank you brother
Wish I could’ve been there brother

[corshmell]

If your micro SD card isn't being detected, or won't format on your steam deck.. Insert the micro SD card into a PC and format it there using 'NTFS' and then insert it back into the steam deck. Then EmuDeck should be able to read it.

[carlosmelendez]

After I plug in my 128gb USB C Flash Drive and click "Create BIOS and Roms Folders" it still says "Creating EmuDeck Folders". I have the option to select Skip For Now or I can wait. Should this prompt me and does it normally take awhile? What am I doing wrong???

[Jake-tiol]

can you not just use a USB C flashdrive to transfer the games over? or does it have to a USB A with an adapter

[milesdavis]

I don’t have a usb drive or a pc, I’m going to use the steam browser to find roms. Will that work? Once I have the roms will the process of adding them be about the same? Thanks for the video.

[philpeterson]

Do you need a thumb drive if you can download the games on the steam deck desktop?

[janmatejka]

I have EmuDeck installed in SteamDeck and play games from the Emulation Station. The PSP games work pretty well for me, but the GBC games have terrible sound and run really slow. Similarly, games from the GBA and NDS do as well. Could someone please advise me what this could be? Is there anything special I need to set up to emulate older handhelds?

[keymaster]

My thumb drive is not creating the bios and roms folder with the wizard on steam deck. So what do i do get a new thumb drive??

[tommyymmot]

So i just followed the video and after finishing i go to select a game i added and nothing loads??? Im not doing anything fancy just NES, GENESIS, SNES games and the images show up in my menu but i hit Play and none of them load up. Please any help??

[richwatson]

Can I just add emulation station to download and use that for my emulators? As I have already downloaded dolphin, duckstation etc. will they automatically be there in emulation station? Or do I need to move my emulators to a certain folder?
Thanks!