Steam Deck Emulation Made EASY! EmuDeck Guide

On my previous Steam Deck videos, many users commented asking how I set up my emulation and what made doing so as easy as I said. Today I'll walk you through how that's done with EmuDeck, and how to use the system going forward.

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║ TIMESTAMPS ║
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:15 - What is EmuDeck?
00:01:05 - What You Need To Get Started
00:02:44 - Installation
00:04:38 - 2.1 Update Features
00:06:31 - Initial Configuration
00:11:09 - Installing Your ROM/BIOS Files
00:13:31 - EmuDeck Features & Tools
00:17:58 - Importing ROMs to Steam
00:22:10 - Launching Games in SteamOS
00:23:12 - Using EmulationStation
00:25:50 - Decky Tools
00:26:10 - Closing Thoughts

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[dropdeadfred]

yes! Just the type of easy and clear follow along tutorial I needed! What a legend

[lorelthor]

I was about to go buy another usb because I thought it was broken but I'm glad I saw this first!!

[yoyohi]

Gave a chuckle on that google search bit. Lol

[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???

[NascarFanatc]

Can you just download games to sd card? Or do you have to format first? I know once its formatted i dont think pc will notice

[aboyandhissnail]

this is so sick and so much better than the switch emulation im hyped to get one

[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?

[Aidenc]

I just can't do it. I'm losing my mind. Followed to a T, got all my ROMs and BIOS, put them on a card. No games when i Parse and even half the apps that show when i parse arent even there when i go back to game mode anyway? So lost

[Yamahobbit]

man i just dont understand how to get the roms and bios and all that.

[Crimpinrightsideup]

Every time I try to run emudeck, it doesn’t work, so I can’t even get past the initial install

[zealonix]

Man can you make a video of how to get unreal tournament 3 on the steam deck

[mc]

Man this is bs ima bout to sale this damn thing the only reason I bought it was to play retro games 😢it's to darn hard to do I don't care this is for people that are cpu savvy I've had this damn thing for like 2 years I use it for a display it's useless