How To Setup Batocera On The Steam Deck | Retro Gaming Guy Batocera Image Tutorial 

Bloody great. Comprehensive, no assumptions, crystal clear.

Thank you for posting this! I'm old-school and love retro games but I'm a caveman when it comes to technology. I've been interested in picking up a steam deck to play newer retro-inspired titles like Shovel Knight, but I also wanted to emulate the old classics, but was scared that I couldn't figure it out. Your tutorial convinced me, that I can. Thanks! I liked, commented and subscribed. :)

Amazing tutorial, straight to the point, clear and simple. You got a new subscriber.

Fantastic. Very easy to follow. Keep up the excellent work !

Thanks. Worked with no problems no issues everything step by step was great. Thanks.

Your an absolute star mate ❤️👍👍👍👍 Thank you for making something so daunting easy to do!!! Your a ledgend Subscribed 🙂👏

Amazing. How cool this is.

thank you,it save my whole weekend!😂

Very well explained !thanks !

thank you, great video

Love this video :) Want to do emulators on my deck but scared as ! This seems easier but finding roms is a nightmare for me . Subbed now cheers

Late to the party but amazing tutorial

Well done I have a feeling the download is going to take longer than the setup lol

Would you recommend emudeck? Or is Batocera better? Thanks!

How well does bayonets work with the dock? Does it work with usb controllers or Bluetooth ones?

if you have problems with etcher try the tool from rasperry - it works with less rights and for mine under 7 really good ...was testing something and etcher did'nt wants to get in workscreen out of the box - someone mentions unetbootin too Well if you want to setup such like devices with batocera do best way following: - Extract image to your desired ramcard. - Stick it in your device - start the engine - setup network - connect via remote ssh complete your install directly on the device with console (batocera brings MC too in those package)

Is this better then using emu deck

Is possible to configure a shortcut in Steam Os so we can launch batocera in one click, like it was a installed game? Without needing to reboot the system holding the volume button and selecting Batocera as the boot system

Hi great video thanks for this could you please answer my question. I'm trying to use my deck docked hooked up to my TV but it's not connecting. Is there something i need to do to have it run on my TV

is that bios still available? Nothing comes up via the wayback machine and I don't see a link here

For the SD Card is only the Sandisk the recommended one? What about other brands like Xiaomi? and whats more preferable the Sandisk Extreme or Ultra?

Great video and found it easy to follow... But i can't seem to grab any images no more one asks for a password in French and the other don't grab anything..does make the package look dull.

can i install steam games on the Sd card as well? or should i keep the Sd card direct for batocera? Will it mess it up if i install steam games to it while batocera is on the same sd?

I have a question regardless of Batocera on the steam deck? my question is can I play my favorite emulators like PS2 GCN and WII and I have also a 512GB it should be fine for those emulators that I mentioned right

Mate just on question will this process work with steam deck oled aswell ? I know oled needs batocera 39, rest will be the same ?

Appreciate how cool the interface looks and everything but for the time it takes to compile a library in Emudeck I'd rather spend the extra time with my kids...

Do you need to format the SD card to Fat32 before flashing your bactocera image that is on arcade punks?

What’s the PlayStation 3 process can u do a video on that please thanks

Thx for your clear explanations! Is there a risk that Batocera will make changes on my steam os drive or is this impossible?

subscribed! :)

Hey , I have this installed on my deck with rims but it keeps saying unknown error 256 now when I try to launch a game, any ideas?

How do I add Playstation? I've added a ps3 game but it's not showing anything Playstation

Watched this and just ordered my steam deck! Just looking at sd cards any you recommend?

Thanks so much for the video. Quick question: I've done all the steps on a 256 gb sd card. When I go to add the bios, rom and save folders via network share it says there isn't enough space. I have redone the partition to make the whole sd card available and it still says not enough space available. What can I do to fix this sir.

Clear tutorial tx. One question: why You search for Botacera 35 BIOS to Botacera 36 img. ?

How does the adding of the 1tb work? Does it automatically fill in the right games into the right categories or does this have to be done manually?

Having trouble with some of my switch games, is it cuz its not an xci file they dont work?

Balenaetcher didn't work at all for me. Tried 4 times, and failed to verify my fresh out of the box 512gb micro sd. It then split the drive into 2 partitions. I gave up

how to setup triforce game such as mario kart GP ? Thank you.

10:52 This is a highly detailed set of instructions, thank you! I successfully flashed the 1 tb batocera image to a 1 tb SanDisk A2 card, and when I'm able to get to the Boot Manager screen where you can select the micro sd card.... but when I do the screen just goes black and it says there pretty much forever. Do you have any suggestions, by chance?

I’m just curious, does this have the dbz tenkaichi games on it

Do you need a 1 tb sd card or will like 256gb be enough memory? Thanks for video

For some reason my pc does not have a quick access option in file explorer. It only says home. Whenever I type in the ip for the steam deck it just loads up the internet

I got a loaded micro sd with the program and a ton of games. Works great in handheld mode, but wont let me see it on my tv when i hook to the steam dock. Anyone know a fix for this?

Will it work with the Nintendo switch lite 🧐

Is there a way to map keys from within Batocera on the actual steam deck? I’m not super tech savvy so I apologize in advance for what might be a stupid question

Thanks for the guide. My only problem is I don't know how to exit a game lol. Any tip?

Great video. I'm having a issue hoping someone can help me with. I can get the Switch games to launch no issue but the controls are completely out of wack. Ive tried remapping an it does nothing controls stay the same. Does it with every switch game Ive tried other than that everything works perfectly

i think its easier on linux in inserting those file on sd card with batocera.

Great Video! Some issues though. I just get a black screen when trying to load PSX games. Does anyone know what I should do? I followed the video step by step.

Nice tutorial, man! Question: how can I hide unwanted systems from the menu? Let's say I won't play Atari or Commodore, how can I delete or hide them? Thanks a lot!

Do you need to do any specific settings for adding games like when u do it on the steam interface? Or these will just run?

Can I ask where do you download the rom game?

Kinda a lazy question. In your steam deck Batocera build how do I navigate to a specific emulator to change settings?

Dude can you access the batocera file system in the SD card in desktop mode? because if you can I'm just dock my deck and mod my deck with my deck using raspberry pi imager

Hi my friend! Is that possible to delete any of the systems I don't want to see and use in Batocera, like Pc Engine and Amiga for example or it would affect Batocera System? Just in terms of organisation of the folders.

can u manually add games directly on steamdeck w/out using network?

Best site to dl roms?

Does this run ok on the oled steam deck ?

I can’t seem to get Batocera on steam deck to work on the dock. Anyone know a solution?

You said several times you'd include stuff like the bios files link or the sd card reader link in the description but did not. I can figure it out I'm jus saying. I cannot figure out where the second sd card comes into play? you say its necessary but only show one sd card the one with the batocera on it being used to load in on the deck but how on earth does it recognize the bios files that are on a seperate card when you don't show that 2nd card being used..

I cant seem to install windows games. They seemed to work on my mini pc Batocera but not on the Deck version. Some install but just don't want to run. Very frustrating 😢

Sometimes When Vailidating The Flash Failed I've Done That Before

Where can i get more games

Can the SD card still be utilized to play games on the steam deck, or will i need another card for that?

When adding ROMS, should they be zipped???

Can't access the folder via windows. How to fix? It's showing refuse to connect.

How do I put a game library image onto the Steamdeck without deleting the batocera installation?

How do you put all of the games in English.

Hi guys do you know how you can choose character on turtle time on mame I can only choose Leonardo thank you in advance

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I'm having a hard time finding a minimum size requirement for the sd card. I don't want to accidentally get one too small but I also don't want to pay the price for a 1tb card or even a 512gb. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I tried this but when it came to connecting to my WiFi network, Batocera would not show ANY networks. Yes, I did turn on the Deck's WiFi. I tried manually entering my SSID and password but it still would not connect. Rebooted the Steam Deck and tried again. Same results, no WiFi networks found. The Deck has no problems seeing all the networks in my area including my own when running Steam OS, but not in Batocera. Frustrating as hell.

Why does balenaEtcher turn my 1tb micro into a 7gb?

Is this possible to set up using mac?

This looks awesome. I have the OLED Steam Deck and every time I try to run the image I get a Black Screen, I have tried 3 different memory cards and different devices to write them, but I also receive a black screen. Can anyone Please help? Thanks in advance.

Why wouldn't it be easier to just manually transfer the roms instead of over wifi?

Instead of transferring files from PC by Wi-Fi, can't you just connect the Steam Deck to PC via USB-C and transfer files that way?

Wish I could just buy a pre done sd card. I am awful with technology

wheres the zip file?

Great tut but.. where to get the roms?