Steam Deck: Batocera (Showcase, Install and vs. EmuDeck)

Everyone knows EmuDeck - but do you know Batocera?

For those wanting a disconnected-from-SteamOS boot drive emulation experience, we have Batocera! This offers a more turnkey solution than EmuDeck but loses a lot of functionality too.

In this video, we'll showcase a fully-vetted ready to run image of Batocera - full of games and media. We'll compare and contrast EmuDeck's features and finally? Because YOU voted for it on the Community tab - we're also going to install it, show you the pain points (and how to fix them) and help you get everything going.

Note: This video will not teach you how/where to get illegal files like BIOS and ROMS. You're on your own there :)

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Chapter Jumps
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Bumper
00:46 - What does EmuDeck have?
02:38 - Running/Featuring Batocera (and first problems)
05:48 - Themes and How to Change Them
07:20 - Running a GB game and showing palette swapping
08:45 - Poking through the menus (advanced users)
09:19 - Exploring the Batocera file system
10:30 - Installing Batocera
11:40 - Discussing what SD cards to use
14:30 - First Boot, Settings Adjustment (Won't Boot?? FIXED!)
19:20 - Final Words

[udanceever]

best thing about Batocera Linux is it's a Linux distro you can tinker with under the hood. I got CasaOS up & running & it turns any computer into a home server for all kinds of services! (Emby works great but the sky's the limit as its Docker underneath!)

I found EmuDeck really hard to manage both at game & system level.

in Batocera, you can automate just about anything once you know yr way around.

[josephrisi]

Have you ever used Retrodeck? Do you have any opinions on how it compares to emudeck? Would be curious to hear your thoughts.

[nicolas.adenis-lamarre]

hi. thanks for your video. instead of rebooting to copy file, you can just press f1 (which is ... on the steam deck). then the touchpad can be used as a mouse. abios check in menu>games/check bios is available too (and so many other things).

[ChairmanOfConstellation]

6:45 thank you so much for that clarification. I also want steam games and roms seperated.

[nihal]

Very useful video for Emulation on deck only with sd card thank you 😊

[TheSocaldiddi]

I was able to get batocera up and running but when it’s time to transfer my roms and bios it doesn’t let me copy and paste to the sd card. Is there something I have to do to unlock it so I can?

[trevorweaver]

If you go down the Batocera root. When Batocera has an update. Do you start from scratch. Or can the old Batocera program be replaced with new. Leaving ROMs in place?

[blkicemike]

When i try to boot Batocera, on steamdeck it shows the joystick with version under it while on the load screen then goes black, . Idk how to fix, . Ive even tried discord but due to having a preloaded sd card no one will help, . Kinda being diks about it, . Any advice id appreciate, ..

[Oddoad]

At the 8:30 min mark you mentioned you don't like it in box art on that theme. Its incredibly simple to change to list on that same theme. Just FYI. Basically any change you can think might be slightly better is fairly easy to change to. Also you mentioned your using a curated flash, but your not saying what version of batocera that flash is using. If its 33 or 34 it makes sense why the HDMI and audio problems are there.

[danilivanov]

sorry, I'm Italian but when the update on stable 3.5 comes out you know