Yeah, definitely one of my favorites and I found out about it because of your SimpleMenu theme! You can download it for RetroPie/EmuELEC here: github.com/TMNTturtleguy/es-theme-ComicBook
@@RGGeek also check out this Retrorama theme, I bet it looks great on a TV. I think this will be my next SimpleMenu theme: github.com/lipebello/es-theme-Retrorama
I don't want to sound like I'm shilling, but a perfect box for those looking to play PSX and below through EmuElec would be the Tanix TX3 Max. One of the things I loved most about it was the fact that it would effortlessly boot from sd or usb without needing to press down on the reset button. When I didn't feel like playing retro games, I would boot into android and find that it was a surprisingly capable little gaming device. I was able to play a Quake 1 source port at 1080p/stable 60fps with all sorts of effects enabled. Quake 3 on the other hand was a a little choppy at times but still playable with a mouse and keyboard due to its handy little root switch. The only drawback I can think of would be its non-existent ventilation. It had a tendency of running hot when it was powered on for too long. I would later find- after bricking it, unfortunately, and taking it apart- that its only method of cooling was a thick piece of aluminum bridged to the cpu with a cube of thermal putty - very sloppy. All in all, it was a decent little box with some great features, built in bluetooth, and some very slow download speeds, that could really be improved by some kind of makeshift cooling solution, which I guess would be perfect for those who love to tinker around with their electronics.
I personally think that the A95x max plus is the best to run EmuELEC. Its such a powerful box for running retro games. Super smooth gameplay with every rom that I have tried. So simple and user friendly to set up, WiFi and setting up a bluetooth gamepad is super easy. My PS4 pad connected straight away. Scraping all the game art and videos is also super fast and efficient. Its so good infact that I am thinking about hooking it up to my Arcade1up arcade. #retroinvade
I’m guessing this would work with an Android tablet as well. I haven’t been convinced these retro handhelds are better than my 7” tablet + Telescopic controller but I really like the Emuelec-Emulation Station experience over DIG and Android.
From what I hear DIG and Reset Collection don't have quite as good of a UI as EmuELEC, but they get the job done. If you already have such an Android tablet and controller and are happy with that, that's great! For someone who wants to go Android, but doesn't want a tablet, the Odin is also looking very promising!
Did you download the graphical bezels? I have enabled it and installed them but what I have are just plain Bezels saying the Bezel project and the name of the console... no nice graphics of the game :(
I used the EmuELEC menu: UPDATES & DOWNLOADS > THE BEZEL PROJECT. Then you can install it for all the platforms you want. Some platforms are just the platform itself and others have individual game bezels. Arcade is by far the coolest in my opinion!
@@RGGeek I did the same and install to all platforms. The odd thing is that I can only see like a default one with the console name but I can't seem to get the one with cool graphics. Been trying to figure it out and driving me nuts. hahaha. Do you know how it pulls the graphics? Is it downloaded upon launch of the rom?
@@madfalc0n Oh, you have to go into game settings and turn on bezels. Either go to EmuELEC Settings > Enable RA Bezels or go to Game Settings > Enable RA Bezels. Not sure if there's a difference between the two of them, but that should do the trick!
Awww, thanks man! Sorry, it's not possible to give away copies of my card, but most of the games can be found on archive.org. I wish I could help you more. :-/ If you have any specific questions about it, I'll help you as best as I can!
Hello, do you have any problem with high temps on the devices? while you were juts browsing the system it reached 70ºc, and i guess it gets even higher than that, dont you have slowdowns or stuttering because of it?
On my S905x3 box, it would overheat when running Saturn, but other than that I haven't had any overheating issues. Since I upgraded to a S922x box, everything has been great!
As a casual gamer (used to plug and play retro consoles), what would you recommend for someone who doesn't need all the bells and whistles (Android TV box novice): S922X: X88 King , Beelink GT King or, S905X3: HK1 Box (MUB)
If you want to run higher end systems well like N64, PSP, Saturn and Dreamcast, I'd recommend the GT King, although the X88 King is probably fine too. If you don't care about those systems, The HK1 Box should be great for you!
I don't want to offend so stop reading now if that's a concern, but since it's something that can be changed I thought I should mention lip smacking can be a grating listening experience particularly with headphones
Ah yeah, I think that gets cut out when I used to use professional mics in the studio with a spit guard. Hmm, not sure. Anyway, will try to eliminate in the future, thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for the video, between you and ETA PRIME I'm inspired to build one myself. I see you are using a 200G SD card with the HK1, do you happen to know how large of a card it can support?
I believe there's no limit, but I can't be sure about it! At least I've never heard of someone having an SD card too large to work with EmuELEC. Note most Android boxes can't read SD cards over 64 GB, but that's an Android limitation, but while you're on Linux (EmuELEC), you can read them just fine!
Hi! Would the Odroid H2+ work with EmuELEC? It doesn't come up as a supported device but I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand why it wouldn't work like the N2+ would?
@@RGGeek ah okay thanks for the response! Big shame as I'm making an arcade cabinet and thought the H2 would be really good for it, but N2 plus isn't a slouch either
@@JDC5656 I mean, the N2+ is currently the most powerful device which can run EmuELEC, so yeah, it's nice... :) I went for the GT-King, because so much is already built-in like WiFi and Bluetooth.
I'm a regular guy, born 1980, love my retro games. Can somebody in very simple terms give me a set up that has all the games from yesteryear. I'm OK with adding roms, but what's the best? A mini pc, a box preloaded with roms online, what? Any advice appreciated. Currently have a Super X console, but I've since learnt its bollox. Someone help, I thought this was a good one, and now I realise it ain't
No, Nvidia Shield's chipset isn't supported by EmuELEC. You can set up pretty epic retro gaming on that device just in Android too and it has the advantage of being able to run most GameCube games too. If you want an Android gaming front-end, I've heard Dig is good!
All the boxes mentioned here in the comments as working have been cloned and I can’t figure out who is selling the real stuff on Amazon. HK1 is cloned, the T95 was cloned, x88 cloned. I have no idea who originally made them. Plus they have hiked prices ONLY on boxes that can support EmuELEC. It’s ridiculous. I have a headache from looking at Amazon for 4 hrs. I have bought 3 and had to cancel all three because of conflicting info on whether EmuELEC works or not. Sigh. Could you just post a few links? Simply saying the name is not enough anymore.
Hello, I have a problem with the controllers ... I connected one via cable and another via Bluetooth ... Both work in the menu and the game selection .. but as soon as I start a SNES game, for example .. !!! comes the message that the controllers are not set .. !! and none of the two controllers suddenly no longer works ... no button works .. and I do not come back to the main menu and have to restart the Android box ... after the restart both controllers work again .. but as soon as I play a game start comes the message again and nothing works ... furthermore i have no sound ... neither in the menu..nor in the game ... can you help me..please
Whoa, that's a lot of issues. I've played with Bluetooth controllers and wired controllers at the same time, so that shouldn't be a problem. Also, sound really should just work. Which Android box (with which chipset) are you running on?
It seems you are doing this in Windows. In this OS you could see only first partition of SD card, on the other partition, you wrongly see as unused space, there is Linux format partition, which Windows cannot see. You can use a software for Windows to access the second partition. Just google one.
Hello, when I put the emuelec on my microSDCX cart much of the capacity from the microSDXC cart is gone? I have a 128gig sandisk micro SDXC cart but when I flash emuelec on the cart I only have a capacity of 511mb, with only 18,6mb available. Is this normal, or is the SD cart damaged in some way? With kind regards,
@@RGGeek I found the answer when I flash emuelec on to my microSD it's in linux format. So when i open it in windows it has some capacity loss. But when I check the SD in Linux File Systems for Windows by Paragon Software I can see it has no capacity loss.
Hi great video, can you help me get Dreamcast working and a few tips? I have the t95max box same as the one in era prime videos. I can’t get Dreamcast to work and a few other things I can’t think of. If you have an email or on discord it would be greatly appreciated
Sure! Discord is probably easiest: amuzulo#1322 Honestly it pretty much worked without any configuration though. The key is to use GDI files, *not* CDI. Also make sure you're running EmuELEC 3.9. I had big issues with Dreamcast in EmuELEC 3.7. Hope this helps!
@@RGGeek I got it working already! :). I also have that 8bitdo pro controller but can't figure out how to configure it via bluetooth. I got it detected though but can't seem to configure it (it only works when connected via usb). Any tips?
@@RGGeek, thanks. I did try the Start+Y. It gets detected but for some reason I can't get it to map the buttons via bluetooth. I was successful in connecting a PS4 and a Switch Pro controller via bluetooth though. The 8bitdo has no issues connecting on an imac or macbook using openemu. Quite odd.
hello i have bought x88 pro x3 tv box . an Amlogic franklin 4g/32g i flashed a 32 gb Sandisc micro sd with etcher, move the appropriate sm1_s905x3_4g.dtb file to the root of the sd, rename it to dtb.img .however, it failed to boot into emulec so i tried many dtb files like sm1_s905x3_4g_1gbit.dtb ...sm1_s905x2_2g_1gbit.dtb and more ,all with failure and boot into android box menu , however it freezes at the logo or a black screen after the logo any suggestions please thanks
Hey, maybe this is a stupid suggestion, but are you copying the file as "dtb.img" and moving that to the root directory of the Micro SD card? I, at least, missed this step to move the file the first time I set up a box for EmuELEC. That box is running the S905x3 chip, so you've got the right files, so it should work!
@@RGGeek thanks for the suggestion but i have done so. and i have just tried an other dtb>img and it boots and creates partitions then freezes at the emuelec booting menu for ever !!!
@@RGGeek It does not even do it via libreelec even if I do it internally it remains stationary on the boot with the written tanix and does not move x hours
