Massive Steam Deck Emulation Upgrade! The Best EMU Hand Held You Can Get

SO Yeah, Emulation On The Deck Just Got so much better Because now we can Run Batocera on the Steam deck with a micro SD Card and the performance is amazing! In this video, we take a look at Batocer Linux “A Stand Alone Emulation Frontend OS” and test out PS2, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU, and 3DS emulators on the steam deck! This can be dual booted along with STeam OS 3 "STeam deck Os" so you don't need to erase or mess with the stock STeam Deck Operating system
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00:00 Introduction
00:27 Batocera On The Steam Deck Overview
01:42 Low-End Emulation Test GBA
02:32 PSP Emulator STeam, Deck
03:05 STeam Deck Dual Boot Batocera
05:01 Gamecube Dolphin emulator Steam Deck
05:44 Wii EMulation On The Steam Deck
06:08 PS2 EMulator On The Steam Deck
06:34 WiiU CEMU Emulator on The Steam Deck
06:54 3DS On The Steam Deck
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[@esmith13]

FYI - If you hold "Volume Down" and press "Power" (instead of Volume Up + Power as you mentioned) you hear a chime sound and it goes directly to the boot menu, saving you the step of having to choose the Boot Menu from Bios Menu.

[@malikkelly]

Good tip

[@kevinlyon7303]

Thanks alot!

[@Uppercade]

Must be hard to remember the different intricacies with all the devices he reviews.

[@RandomUser-tj3mg]

@@Uppercade it's the same shortcut for a lot of devices.

[@CantTreadOnMe]

Ya'll, my steam deck arrives Wednesday!!! Oh my gawd, what do ya know, what do you say!? Im bringing with me to work everyday cuz I got alot of downtime in my truck when getting unloaded and stuff. If I want to get online away feom home, how do I do that? Is there wifi I can buy to use for the deck on the go? Can I use my Verizon mobile hotspot? How does that work? Most games I like I can play offline so it's not a big deal if I can't get online away from home but would be nice to know.

[@douglarsen4801]

A full setup for Batocera would be great! Seems like the way to go.

[@tattoodrdoke]

Retro game corp has one on his youtube channel.

[@herlegz6969]

Very much this.

[@pryan1981]

Me too

[@billford171]

A setup video would be awesome! I think this is exactly what I was looking for. A simple way to insert 1 sd card and have my emulators, swap it for my pc games. Thank you!

[@pvtcohen]

Agreed, because the Steam Rom Manager is terrible, trying to load the roms there it always freezes.

[@billford171]

@@pvtcohen And I applaud/thank them for the effort. These developers do this for the love of gaming. But I never cared for having every game show up individually in my library, or the configuring, etc. But what ETA showed, this is exactly what I was looking for, a self-contained "app" that has everything.

[@justinmckenzie3318]

This is great. I saw this emulation interface on another system 1‐2 years ago and thought that it was kind of neat yet I was broke and couldn't justify buying a separate 3rd party console just for this alone but the steam deck being able use both steam os and this in one complete package gives me even more incentive to buy a deck soon. 😁

[@bighill30]

RetroGame Corps has a great Installation guide for installing Batocera for the Steamdeck

[@rworky7901]

Great video! 👍

[@firstpitstop]

Yes.. I would love to see a full tutorial on this. I've been waiting on this and just got my SD 2 weeks ago and with my new 1tb card just arriving today I'm ready to game. Thanks for the video!

[@hanspecans]

Definitely would like a full tutorial. Would love to swap my existing build of batocera on my pc over to my deck.

[@sal4802]

Been waiting on this one! Would definitely love a detailed video by you on how to set this up on the steam deck! Thanks again for these great updates and videos!

[@phantomzwar6365]

ETA Prime is close to 1mil very well deserved been following him since he showed me how to put my dumped snes copies on snes classic

[@PC-gs7pv]

Would love a full tutorial of this video, and love to see the growth of your channel + all the Steam Deck content!!!

[@elitef40]

Just the idea of having an emulation beast on the go is mind blowing on its own.

[@oo--7714]

Most phones can do emulation.

[@johnfrankster3244]

I mean laptops do exist lol, still the controller feel of the deck is pretty golden.

[@Clos93]

If high end phones can run AetherSX2, I wonder how powerful average smart phones will be in 5 years?!

[@krakenbeats9932]

I don't own a high end smartphone and I'm able to play some ps2 and switch games. But a pc like the steam deck is going to be better all times anyways.

[@Clos93]

@@krakenbeats9932 I'm just making the point that with the rate of Moore's law, we will have a cheaper device in the near future that can emulate these hard to run games at the same performance as the steam deck. And with the rise of popularity in these handheld gaming PCs, we will see other devices that are cheaper in the future.

[@adamjsouthcott6620]

Good deal. Thanks for the consistency with your channel.

[@__Greg___]

I just received my Steam Deck a few days ago, with emulation being one of the main things I want to do on it. This Batocera environment looks really nice, so a full tutorial on it would be great!

[@MattTalkTech]

I would LOVE to see a guide in how to set this up. Also any news if RPCS3 or Yuzu can work with Batocera on the Steam Deck?

[@MechanicaMenace]

Both work well on the Steam Deck in SteamOS. I haven't tried Batocera yet though

[@johnfrankster3244]

Why on earth would you want to? Yuzu already chews through battery & harder to emulate games require all the performance they can get. Why would you want an extra resource running in the background lol? All your going to gain are fps drops & faster drain.

[@Aeduo]

@@johnfrankster3244 It's not like it'd be using resources all the time just having it installed. Maybe could play those emulators when close to an outlet or something.

[@imacmill]

@@johnfrankster3244 _Why on earth would you want to?_ That's a seriously idiotic question. I might just as well ask why anyone would want to install Batoceta at all just to play shitty, decades-old, crap games.

[@BatoceraNation]

RPCS3, Yuzu, and even some Xenia work on Batocera Steam Deck.

[@MrLivewire1970]

I got this running on my SteamDeck this week and so far everything I've thrown at it has played great. Russ over at Retro Game Corps has a Batocera install video I followed. All you do is flash the microsd, then boot it up on your Steam Deck. Copy over your bios and roms through the file manager in Batocera. It took me maybe an hr to get running and it was my first time setting up Batocera.

[@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607]

This is so exciting! I was just given the go to place my order and now I get to wait. Thanks for the video.

[@JadanDuffin127]

Yes, I would love to see a how to video on setting everything up! Thanks for sharing about this emulator! Looks very promising

[@Golden213Boy]

Def interested in a setup vid! Great content btw man 👍🏿

[@lynnrainey558]

I would love to have a full install video as I am learning how to emulate not just on my SD but period. Thanks for the helpful videos!

[@_Turbocat777]

This is really exciting, Just got my steam deck notification and made my purchase yesterday! I'd be very curious to see some sort of battery performance comparison between this and emulating through steamOS. (I know each system will be diff) curious if steamOS's power management is better or the lighter OS

[@SpawnDucky]

Very interested in Batocerea tut. Thanks for the great vid :)

[@forsakensavior7316]

I was waiting for this!! 😍😍😍😍

[@Saljen]

That's a freaking awesome case on your Steam Deck.

[@JayAllan]

Love this! Please do a full tutorial. Would definitely watch. Great stuff as always ETA!

[@JustContinuous]

This is really a great video. I think a full walk through and setup for Batocera would be great for many of us. I know I would truly appreciate it.

[@Jojse71]

Great video! I just got my steam deck and I would love to see a full setup with batocera on steam deck... Many thanks!

[@JDub92]

Set up video would be great, but as someone who hasn't gotten their deck yet and haven't been able to experiment, I'd love to see a comparison video between Batocera and Emu Deck, if the differences are at all significant in your opinion.

[@LordBrizz]

Batocera is a full OS that runs the emulators. EmuDeck is just a script that installs the emulators from Discover on the Deck and configures them to make setting them up a bit easier.

[@pmurph1]

@@LordBrizz I think he might mean Emulation Station but I'm not positive. I had the same thought as you.

[@TheCoolDave]

@@LordBrizz RIGHT but, is there any performance boost using Batocera on the Deck vs EmuDeck? I've got EmuDeck setup and it runs great but, some, for example, higher end PS3 games don't play it at all very well, IF this made a boost when some of these harder to run games could run, then it would be worth the change. I get the appeal but, with EmuDeck, there is no reboot, I can switch from a Steam Game and start playing Switch games with no reboot in-between.

[@jrok96]

@@TheCoolDave yeah but it doesnt it clutter things up having all your emulated games mixed in with pc games?

[@phenix21au]

love that clear case look eta looks awesome!!

[@nwoizaakgoldmann4519]

Thats awesome. Keep up the good work mate. many of us need your knowledge

[@unkownomega]

Man! you got me with that front part is that a sticker? or a plate either way cool for a second I thought you had your steam deck bare open I had to do a double take and blink to see it wasn't lol

[@tadlautner]

I would love more setup videos! also have you done any vids on how you have modified the decks cosmetics? I dig the clear style. Looks like jail house electronics.

[@sleepinglionarchives]

Being new to this, I'd appreciate a setup vid in the future. Thanks!

[@TruestMusic]

Yes sir please a full setup tutorial will be amazing. Keep up the great work.

[@bradbowyer6614]

I just got my Steam Deck the other day, so a full setup tutorial on how to get this up and running would be great!

[@coltonhaney4203]

This looks amazing! I would very much appreciate a video dedicated to setup.

[@DocBrewskie]

This is great. My nephew is getting a steam deck for Christmas and he LOVES playing batocera on my raspberry pi. I’ll have to make him an sd card for his stocking.

[@stuartleckie]

I like Batocera on my old desktop PC, and I already have a Steam Deck, but what I don't have is the knowledge to set stuff like this up on my own, so yes please on the setup guide! 🙂

[@Happy-Hunter89]

Just paid for mine and will totally be doing this. Thanks for the video.

[@camroot6086]

I'd like that tutorial video 😎 haven't got my deck yet but I plan on putting in the reservation at the end of this week.

[@Oxcorp]

Super excited to try this out, tracking says my deck should arrive today!

[@Aseesl8er]

I'd like to see a full tutorial on how to set it up for sure! Thanks ETA Prime!

[@dakotajoseph2821]

Most definitely wanting a full tutorial!!

[@IanPrino]

Definitely want a setup guide! Awesome video!

[@moragna]

I just threw some directions in the comments above.

[@MrKnightlore]

This is amazing! Couldn't have come at a better time as mine is on it's way :)

[@ETAPRIME]

Awesome, you will love it. For sure

[@MrKnightlore]

@@ETAPRIME Thank you buddy, I look forward to it - appreciate the reply!

[@garystinten9339]

@@ETAPRIME could you do a video on how to setup a really good theme, attract videos and setting up controllers for specific games and systems please.. your videos are really easy to follow and I have no doubt it would be a very easy step by step video.. Also could you do a top 30 games emulator video live.. would be awesome to talk to you in person and a live stream would be cool

[@duuke4618]

My 2nd 512 in on the way too, my first one is 256 I liked it so much decided to get another 512 😋, when did you preorder yours? I preordered my 2nd 2 weeks ago and already got email today.

[@richard.jdoghudje4371]

Already got mine and trust me it’s amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@SecretLimited]

Would love to have those themes on the Emulation Station via the steam deck. They look lovely.

[@BruBoyz]

Me too

[@frokero]

Awesome!! I got my steam deck for this! A setup tutorial would be liked and shared.

[@CarlECannon]

Great video ! I would love to see a setup video for Batocera on microsd for the steam deck. Thanks !

[@1972lesteryan]

Awesome video as always. Makes me want to get a steam deck even more. Can you make a video on how to get all of this setup. It would be greatly appreciated.

[@kevinlyon7303]

I've been running Batocera too on my Steam Deck! Totally love it!

[@kryst0ff]

Definitely would like a video tutorial on ground up setup. I am fairly tech savvy and could probably work it out, but a video tutorial would be a great start as there are always little config or workaround issues that need to be configured along the way and I would assume you have done all that as you have a working build to boot into :)

[@michaelmunno]

as a commodore nut, I was thrilled to see C64 work well on the steam deck batocera build. I would love to see a tutorial on setting up C128 and Amiga 500 games on the steam deck batocera build. getting kickstart errors when I drop roms into the amiga 500 folder and also C128 seems to not work at least with the 2 I tired so far. loads up but screen garbled.

[@bonerfart22]

Yes full tutorial please! Keep up the good work.

[@TheSanctus17]

Yes, I love Batocera. I just got my steam deck today and I am almost done configuring my image. It runs everything almost flawlessly and I am really impressed with the performance.

[@noface24]

Would definitely love to see a setup video!

[@relicgamer2137]

Nice to see this, please do a how to video because this is something I'm no good at. I've got a deck and my son just received his a couple weeks ago. Love to set up our units this way.

[@nicolas.adenis-lamarre]

thanks a lot ETA PRIME for your videos. i'm currently working on the next beta for the steamdeck (about screen rotation/automatic switches for jack/hdmi/kodi joystick fixes). it is named beta, but it is very stable in fact, while it is done at the same time than the 35 release. note that guns are working too on the steamdeck (sindengun, wiimote with calibration, etc (we've a very detailed wiki)). Don't hesitate to ask if you need more information. Don't hesitate to make a video about the guns, batocera is the only system that supports sinden guns out of the box, and wiimote calibration, and in multiplaers guns games of course ;-)

[@aaronlabeau1007]

This looks extremely cool. I'm going to have to try this.

[@markrung8051]

Please do a intructional video! I need this in my life and you're my favourite to watch.

[@comebackcaleb4168]

A setup video would be nice Prime!

[@ETAPRIME]

On it, thanks

[@mazz_archive]

I'm getting my deck on Saturday and a full tutorial would be so good to have!!

[@darthleon1988]

Love your vids ETA! I would love to see a tutorial!

[@Iangenious]

Yes please a full guide would be awesome! Just got my deck and was looking for a good way to get the steamdeck all set up with what's on my retroid pocket2

[@DmitarVuckovic]

Another great video as always so thank you. I have been looking all over the place for Steam Deck PCSX2 settings for Grand Turismo 4 without success. Some tracks work perfectly while other races with opponents are unplayably slow. Even some of the chase license tests just stutter and struggle as long as the lead car is in view. In the B license test following the NSX at Laguna Seca the frame rate is garbage. Wondering if you have encountered the same issue and have a work around? Thanks in advance.

[@eN1X]

My steamdeck is coming next week and I am so pumped!

[@cyber7550]

This is so awesome I would love a full tutorial on how to set up from start to finish I will be doing this also I’ve already made up my mind imma have sd cards for everything and keep my ssd for steam OS and although I have the 512gb version steam deck I will be upgrading to a 1tb ssd soon or maybe larger if at all cheap enough by the time I can get my hands on a new ssd thanks so much for the great video it was a nice show case and I’m super jealous 😂🙌🏼

[@rebornscannon2789]

PLEASE DO A FULL SET UP VIDEO! Lol i just ordered mine and its suppose to be here in two weeks and i want to be able to my retro games on it!

[@Bread_n_Butter.]

I just graduated nursing school in May and finally passed my state board exam three weeks ago. I can’t think of a better way to reward myself than to finally grab me a steam deck!

[@erik9358]

Congrats !!!!!! Did you get it ??

[@Bread_n_Butter.]

@@erik9358 Not yet. Coincidentally I just reserved one a few moments ago. Lol Had to make sure if they surprise me with a confirmation the funds are already ready to go

[@erik9358]

@@Bread_n_Butter. nice !!!! I ordered one 2 days ago , status says “packaged items “

[@Bread_n_Butter.]

@@erik9358 Awesomeness! I just placed my order about 15 minutes ago after pondering all day about it

[@Bread_n_Butter.]

@@erik9358 Did you ever get yours? Mines came today. Haven’t played anything yet though cause my car pretty much died so I spent most of the day trying to get another one 😫

[@rafaelo1013]

Yes, a tutorial would be great. I really don’t know anything about the setting up of all this emulators, how to select specific options to improve the performance of each game, so, a tutorial explaining all of that would be amazing.

[@jdhowell916]

@7:35 YES PLEASE! I would love to see that full video. APlease

[@raindx]

Yes tutorial please! Also if you could cover how to remove the previous emulation non dual boot set up that would be great lol

[@danruiz79]

Another great video!

[@rafeehossain319]

man i love your clear skin with the rugged look ❤❤👌

[@rworky7901]

Great work 👏 👍

[@rnetphoto]

Yes to a full tutorial! Also does it allow updates within the OS or do you have to reinstall it anytime there is an update?

[@KyleXCVI]

Would love the setup! I've got some friends that would benefit from it greatly, and it'd save me time from having to help them haha

[@osa3211]

How beautiful is this device 😍

[@jsimplegroundwurq]

If you could do a lamens guide for setting this up it would be greatly appreciated! Awesome video. Thanks.

[@alfwaibel4773]

Tutorial please :) Thanks for sharing your experience! Got ready on my Windows10 MicroSD card with some classics like Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Red Alert II, Renegade, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Diablo II LOD classic, WoW private server with bots Wrath of the Lich King, and much more. Now on to the next project 😄

[@tecwizkid]

Definitely a set up guide please. Retro gamers who have launchbox on PC need the front end content on this new console sorted especially to integrate on a docking system as well as Steam OS and other windows games!

[@josefeliciano4911]

nice video thanks for info.

[@LouDominquez21]

amazing video. please upload a batocera set up. thanks!

[@paulm1606]

Great vid yes please do a full guide video on batocera.which is better emu deck or batocera? Thanks👍

[@WilliamMan]

Thanks for this video, now I can try another method of emulation, the link seems straight forward but for the non techs out there it would be cool to give a tutorial on how to install and set this up.

[@stevearmas5546]

A full setup for Batocera would be great! Thanks in advance

[@ezrafaulk3076]

I'd say a good video to make would be an EmuDeck vs Batocera comparison video, for those people like me who can't decide which one to use after seeing this video.

[@ogrefade]

Would love to see a step by step walk through building a Micro SD card for the Steam Deck.

[@obvious_giraffe8386]

Theres no sleep mode yet afaik

[@treytavares1727]

First you need to get a factory in China.

[@Cub__]

@@treytavares1727 why's that? Lol

[@jrok96]

@@Cub__ to build an sd card he would need a foundry yes. although that would be a ton of work for one sd card. maybe just go to walmart and buy one for now.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Well, first you'll need a microchip factory...

[@afk4lyf]

I know lots of people are going to ask for the setup video, but I'd also love to see a comparison between performance using Batocera vs SteamOS

[@ronimal6949]

I agree! Personally would only use batocera on the steam deck if it was way better on performance, otherwise I would just keep everything on one OS using emudeck

[@davidvenables3735]

I also agree. If there is a noticeable performance bump I’ll consider it as it looks very cool. Though that added layer of friction to reboot etc just puts me off slightly, compared to emudeck

[@moragna]

Hey ETA PRIME, Thanks for the vid as always! Curious, do you have issues with pressing the power button to lock it and then go to unlock it and it boots into Steam OS?

[@alicia4065]

Would love a full video tutorial on the setup :)

[@marxNukID]

Love the skin you´re using! Looks awesome. Which brand and type is it?

[@woogaloo]

I'm waiting for my second Steam Deck to arrive and I'll try this once it gets here. Had issues w/ the screen on my first. I've been using my Analogue Pocket for gameboy stuff, but this could be cool as well.

[@cedric6941]

Got my 512 GB Version about 3 days ago and I love it crazy much. One of the coolest piece of tech so far

[@vlesmeries]

Wow this is a game changer for me. It's not super well integrated into SteamOS so I mainly just played PC games on my Deck. Will definitely get this beta up and running this weekend.

[@joeg6385]

I am a new subscriber. I would be interested in a full tutorial on the set up of this OS on the steam deck

[@tibelchior]

Got mine this week and already had a sd card prepared for it. It runs so good! I have been playing Burnout 3 and it's like a dream come true! Nice to see Valve producing more units, my reservation was done in july.

[@Mmmmmk247]

Do you have a link to set it up?

[@nugget359]

Burnout 3 is so good on the Deck!!

[@Zsolaith]

Hi there. Great video! Yes please, it would be great if you could do a video showing how to setup Batocera on the Steam Deck. :)

[@iyeetpaste3797]

Damn! ETA has been on his Deck so much that he wounded his thumb!

[@chromerims]

Strong. Very strong. Thanks prime.

[@chromerims]

Fridays had a pattern . . . mini PCs . . . sort of. Lookin' fwd to more mini PCs or any other vids from you.

[@goldenghost23]

Batocera setup guide please! This is an amazing piece of tech to have

[@steepfrugut]

YES, Please do a full tutorial on this!

[@midiman369]

Glad to see the advancement of batocera. Though I'm not sure why I'd go with this over the EmuDeck configuration...?

[@Madblaster6]

It's not worth it if you have emudeck.

[@johnfrankster3244]

Its not worth it in general. Unless the only thing your care about is the aesthetic look batocera provides. Running games in gaming mode improves performance, batocera if anything removes performance & adds extra resources the deck needs to run in the background, that will just drain battery faster. Why I consider the title of this video “massive emulation upgrade” a fking joke.

[@socialistprofessor3206]

Yes, please! I've had my Deck for two weeks and have still never gotten an emulator to work. This old man would appreciate it immensely.