Batocera Raspberry Pi 5 Emulation Setup Guide

[@psilver03]

This is the best guide I've watched. Thank you. I setup the Pi5 twice and was never satisfied and about to abandon retro gaming until I saw your video on Batocera and now it is so much playable. I also ordered a Linden handgun with recoil. My wife will kill me for the unexpected purchase but it is sooo worth it. :)

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Thank you so much, happy that this guide was helpful to you! Hope we don't get you in too much trouble with your wife. I'm always in the dog house with mine lol

[@psilver03]

@@WagnersTechTalk haha well I know my wife... She'll be upset right now but she's coming home in four weeks, she will play her fave retro game, try the lightgun and she'll forget the entire thing!

[@psilver03]

@@WagnersTechTalk By the way the search words for the bios and rom are very helpful as well although I'm still confused with the bios and how it works. However, it seems to work well anyway with the games I like and tested.

[@galbyman]

After watching this In am dumping Retropie and moving to this platform.

[@thedanielescamilla]

Dude right!!!! I made my son a retro gaming console with retropie and this seems much more straight forward!!!

[@Deftone8sd]

What a great video, getting Retropie into Raspberry pi 5 is a bitch, but for the first time, I got Batocera and I'm not going back to Retropie. All your steps worked flawlessly.

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Great news that you found this video helpful!

[@jonathanharth7206]

Hey Wagner, thank you for this superb tutorial! Is it possible to upscale the resolution of games (e.g. PSX) to 2x or up? If so, how and where could I do this? Thx

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Very welcome and thank you for your kind comments! Regarding upscaling, don't have any detailed information for you at the moment. Once I do, I'll let you know.

[@RZR-Sector9]

Hey there! I'm hoping that although this video is a few months old now, before I go through all the roms/bios "issues" that can often take some time, I was wondering if hypothetically speaking, if I owned an rg35xx with all of the roms and bios for that, if they would transfer directly to the roms and bios as a "copy/paste" method from the sd cards in the Anbernic RG35XX to the Pi 5 8gb or if due to different board/chip architecture, if somehow this method would not work? If you see this and can get back to me, please let me know. I think this would save many of us handheld users the trouble of finding separate rom/bios catalogue/libraries and just allowing a library of each to function for both a pi 5 emulation station as well as our rg35xx/whatever else handhelds. Thanks in advance, despite the answer being good or bad news lol!

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Often yes, you can copy the bios/roms from an existing device to another. I've done this several times over the years. Those type of files are independent of the underlying architecture being used to run them.

[@RZR-Sector9]

@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks so much for the quick answer! I'll get on this right away and let you know after completed how everything went! I appreciate it! If I run into any problems, I'll let you know! Thanks again!

[@targetrein]

I'm having a horrible time trying to get gamecube games to run on Batocera Pi5 (Dolphin), even at 1x using Vulcan - very, very choppy. Any tips you could recommend on getting these things to run at playable speeds? Great guide btw. All of the older stuff (Dreamcast, SNES, etc) seems to be running perfectly.

[@DjSoundcrusher]

Is it possible to emulate gamecube games with the pi 5? The 4 isn't powerfull enough, will this do the trick?

[@omgitsbats]

God I wish they'd stop adding their visuals and logos all over the place. They're obnoxious and hideous. Let people choose themes without forcing the weird branding. Also your LCD "arcade" is pointless. Use a TV at that point it's identical.

[@MABst3r]

I'm sorry to bother but I can't get my pi5 to boot Batocera. I try flashing the image as you show on the video but I'm never able to safely remove the sd. When starting the pi it powers on but nothing boots up

[@WagnersTechTalk]

It may be that the card is defective. Try re-formatting the microSD using this: wagnerstechtalk.com/common/#Format_as_FAT32_Pi_Imager . Then, try re-imaging. If it still doesn't work, I'd try a different microSD. What brand are you using, if you don't mind?

[@Dkline08]

Interesting I never thought about doing it this way I always have done it through balena etcher

[@walledrodeo8126]

Great video very helpful thank u I have a question I have a 4tb hard drive of games now since there only a 128 gig sd card how do I get all my games on it

[@WagnersTechTalk]

I've not personally used this option, but you may find it helpful: wiki.batocera.org/store_games_on_a_second_usb_sata_drive

[@joehernandez5663]

Same. I'm trying to use an m.2 4tb nvme ssd on the raspberry pi 5. Can't find a video guide. Any suggestions?

[@richarddukard8989]

2 important CONS for batocera on the pi5 compared to retropie or even other pcs running batocera. 1. Batocera on the pi5 does NOT support ps2. 2. Batocera on the Pi5 does NOT support flatpaks or Wine, so you wont be able to install web browsers, windows games, steam, etc.

[@ProyectK]

I had Retropie on my Raspberry pi 5 and does NOT support ps2. It doesn't support Drastic, so I move to Batocera, at least I can play Nintendo DS games on Batocera...

[@Dkline08]

Can you recommend a light gun similar to the shotgun in the sense that it’s pretty much just plug and play so I don’t have to set too many things up. My only problem with the shotgun is just kind of cumbersome so ideally a handgun would be preferable.

[@WagnersTechTalk]

I also have the Sinden Lightgun and it works well also: sindenlightgun.com/

[@devincurrie4145]

Great video, I have played different frontend and I like both EmuStation and Batocera. Which console system that RPi 5 cannot emulate yet at this time? E.g. PS3

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Thank you! You can check out the supported emulators for various devices here: batocera.org/compatibility.php

[@FlanFanNetwork]

Have you tried the new pi5 with 2GB ram? It’s giving me issues that the 4 and 8ram did not.

[@WagnersTechTalk]

I've only tested with a Pi5 with 4 & 8GB, I don't own a 2GB version to test. What kind of issues are you having? I'll update the video description once I know. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

[@ystebadvonschlegel3295]

I have an old Wells Gardner D9205 CRT monitor with VGA only input. Will this system work with old CRT VGA outputs? I've struggled to get normal windows to even boot to it and most front ends aren't designed for that small screen size.

[@WagnersTechTalk]

I've used a USB to VGA adapter on an older Arcade cabinet using RetroPie years ago and that worked well. I've not personally tried that with Batocera, but it may work too. Some tinkering and perhaps reaching out on the Batocera Discord, if any additional drivers are needed, may be necessary.

[@melkert81]

Hmm thanks for this. I was over complicating this. Sounds like i need to use my xbox 360 controller, have it plugged into the port first before having it boot. I was just trying to use a USB keyboard to move around the menus on the PI to find the bluetooth menu, nope, key bindings don't work... Some keys do work, just not the arrow keys. Thanks man, I'll give it a go with my 360 wired controller to start with and then attempt to pair some other wireless ones. Does the USB keyboard have move arrow and enter functionality whatsoever to add controllers?

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Hey, you're very welcome! You certainly can use the keyboard. Here's some that I can remember from within Emulation Station: F1 = Built-in File Manager ENTER = Menu Select = A Back = B / ESC Arrows = Up/Down/Left/Right Hotkey = C (may be wrong on this) I'm sure there are others that I'm overlooking.

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

Please do an ANDROID curated 1tb image build so we can finally bring turn key emulation to phones.

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Interesting idea, thank you for your request!

[@mhgame]

How much latency you got in arcade controller

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Depends on the controller, how it's connected, etc. Typically, very minimal

[@opium_apple]

I already have raspberry pi os installed on my pi5 4gb, and I am struggling to get emulation station to launch from terminal. Can this do that?

[@WagnersTechTalk]

You'll want to install Batocera to a separate microSD card. Like PiOS, Batocera is it's own operating system. But yes, Emulation Station is part of Batocera.

[@opium_apple]

@@WagnersTechTalk thank you

[@RonnieMohammed-v8o]

After installing batocera and using fbneo successfully to play roms, is there a way to remap buttons inside the FBNEO emulator. I cant map buttons for roms loaded with FBNEO, can anyone help?

[@Th3DarkCanuck]

Great video, thanks!

[@WagnersTechTalk]

You're very welcome, thank you for watching!

[@mikem3431]

Is there a way to completely shutdown the system so light turns off?

[@WagnersTechTalk]

You can add a usb-c power switch or unplug the pi5.

[@chrisumali9841]

Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day

[@WagnersTechTalk]

Most welcome, thank you for watching!

[@TAZWK65]

What do you think raspberry pi 5 or beelink mini pc for running batocera?

[@WagnersTechTalk]

It really depends on the type of games you're wanting to play. If you're looking playing games starting around 2001 upwards, then a mini PC will perform a bit better. Otherwise, the Pi5 will suffice. Keep in mind, this is just a ball-park estimate. There are many games created beyond 2001 that will play just fine on the Pi5 with Batocera and it will continue to receive enhancements. Also, if you're interested in virtual pinball, VPX Standalone is included in the x86 builds and not yet available on the Pi5. Another point to consider.

[@RonnieMohammed-v8o]

Can any say how to remap buttons when using the FBNEO emulator in Batocera?

[@Remert467]

Any recommandations for pinball games with a pi5 running batocera?

[@WagnersTechTalk]

I think there are some for PS1 that were pretty well-done. Also know that the Batocera team is working on providing tables for VPX (on x86). I don't know if there are any plans for VPX on the Pi5 (I'm going to assume no, at this point, due to architecture differences)

[@MaverickM1]

Under amiga emulation Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies from Digital illusions. Under Amiga Aga emulation Slam Tilt Aga from Liquid Dezign.(never played better flipper game ever)

[@Remert467]

@@MaverickM1 this looks awesome, thank you!! I also got a Williams pinball game from the wii working great on the pi5 for anyone that’s interested

[@savekillqqpsounds8473]

Man im still salty batocera had to take out 3ds emulation cuz of fucktendo

[@WagnersTechTalk]

It is a bummer for sure.

[@savekillqqpsounds8473]

@@WagnersTechTalk its my favourite console too i used to have a 3ds xl which i got for christmas when it released as a small child i have so many good memories with it and a lot of games. Sadly i broke the top screen off back then. Nowerdays i could fix it but back then i couldnt and i threw it away so i rlly wanted to play on my rasberry pi 5 but well dont work cuz nintendont want us to have fun

[@kiodiekin]

Over clocking does nothing for emulation

[@gooseuk1985]

Where is a good place to get all the bios from ? Could do with every one in one place and dragging them over.