Retrobat : One Click Retro Emulation on Windows - Install on a USB drive!

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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Download
02:54 - Installation
04:21 - Game installation
05:39 - Loading Games
06:32 - Scraping for meta data
09:13 - Customizing the Interface
10:16 - Viewing Game Manuals
10:55 - Disabling Decorations & Other Settings
13:15 - BIOS Files
17:11 - Save States
18:41 - Portability
19:36 - Conclusion
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[@PoeLemic]

Thanks for showing us this. In my opinion, that RetroBat has really solved so many of the problems of retro-gaming. Especially the save setting feature, man, that is incredible.

[@Mario-tm6uv]

Love this video. I've been using Retrobat for 2yrs now and due to its ease of use and extensive options list it has become my primary gaming front end

[@javybeaz3236]

Ive been using since last year it is the best. Blows away Launchbox, Retroarch and the others

[@lbenegas]

Sorry for my basic questions. I am exploring options… what about batocera? How do they compare?

[@IsmaelLa]

@@lbenegas Batocera is a whole Linux operating system with basically the same kind of setup. If you don’t need windows, use Batocera. If you already run windows, use Retrobat.

[@rsorry]

You realize retrobat uses RetroArch 😂

[@pazoozoo78]

Oh my God! It's basically Batocera but for Windows! I was looking for something like this for a very long time! Thank you very much! ♥

[@markalot]

I installed it a month ago using my little ITX build with a half height 4060 inside so I could play some XBOX 360 games. I love it.

[@AngryGibberish]

This seems to basically be a flavor of batocera for windows. Pretty cool

[@RETROBAT]

Hi, yes and no, even if the projects are similar and our 2 teams are quite close, they are 2 different projects.

[@derekswitzer9624]

Yay, awesome that you showed off Retrobat 😎👍 one of my GoTo’s for emulating

[@666jamie666]

I have been using Retrobat for years. In my opinion it's the best all in one solution out there with the best fronted. Love it and highly recommend 👍

[@IamMarkSmith]

Thank you, Lon! This was great. This review is very useful to me

[@garynagle3093]

Wow. What gem. Seems like it solves the multitude of configuration issues

[@greekmanx]

Nice tip Lon if you see this. If you click on say decorations for example with A in your case it will give you a list with previews of all Bezel options so you don't have to guess the one you want to use also on save states you can press Y in your case on the main menu when the game is highlighted to choose a save state and jump right in without launching game and doing button combo. and if you notice it puts a little floppy disc icon next to games that have save states it is next to the game manual icon

[@allisterfiend_2112]

Played with Retrobat a few months ago, I really liked it!

[@mavfan1]

Very cool Lon. The easy install makes it more accessible to friends and family who I know are interested in retro gaming, but like most “normies” need as few hoops as possible to get going.

[@ShoelessJP]

Retro gaming content, hell yeah I love this stuff Lon!

[@mettakindness5999]

That looks amazing!

[@FlintG]

Yeah I am so setting up a usb hard drive for this front end lol looks so awesome.

[@Zoyx]

I've been using RetroPie on a Linux mini PC. I may give this a shot.

[@RedCGaming]

Now to set it up in my arcade, and have it run at start up..

[@MikeJ.73]

This is awesome. 👍

[@flowder8]

ive actually had issues with PS2 emulation on "portable" installs so ill be interested in trying this to see how it compares to plain old pcsx2

[@collectibles4u]

I'm using the GMtec K2 with the 7735HS and honestly it's seriously of playing most games

[@onlyzach1]

That's really cool. You had me till it was Windows support only haha. Imagine this on the Switch!

[@saysbadman]

I've been using batocera, and this looks just like it except you can launch it in Windows instead of boot to it from startup.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Lon.

[@Ockv74]

❤❤❤

[@laszloszorady5031]

Thank you. Great video!

[@RETROBAT]

Hi ! Good video. Thank you 😉

[@denzelwashingmachine1950]

Thanks for this video! I've been setting this up but no matter what controller I'm using it doesn't work right. When I scroll through the retrobat menu it acts as if I'm pressing the buttons multiple times and jumps around making it unusable. I've tried wired and Bluetooth controllers. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[@kumarp3074]

Great tutorial!

[@tonyrosario1940]

Has anyone tried both this and Batocera? Any pros and cons to either? Thanks! 🍻

[@lolorenzolamas]

Retrobat work on windows, Batocera is a full OS distribution working with linux.

[@bobblair2682]

Installed great on an old windows machine I have but it doesn’t seem to recognize the directional buttons on my old Microsoft sidewinder controller. Guess I’ll have to upgrade.

[@LonSeidman]

I've heard from a few people having similar issues - I think you might need an x-input compatible controller.

[@edwinperez2813]

Maybe you can do a Video on setting up the XBOX controller for the different systems including setting up turbo.

[@bigstv15]

Will this allow me to launch my pc games? Like steam etc?

[@digitalhighway76]

what size is your portable hard drive? What would be a good hard drive/ssd size for this installation?

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

I kinda attempted to get into Retro gaming several years ago using older Dell systems. However that was the time when the game manufacturers decided to monetize their ROMs making it harder to find them to actually use...for free at least. Has anything changed with that?

[@OsX86H3AvY]

so....if it can be installed to your USB drive then CAN it be installed to your NAS and then just played by any deice on your LAN? How about through a VPN?

[@LonSeidman]

that should work - just need to be careful about multiple people using it at once.

[@OsX86H3AvY]

@@LonSeidman Yup - I just installed it and it's working fine! Now I just have to stop feeling bad about giving away my XB1 controller and go get a new one :( but yea its working great! playing Pilotwings as we speak. I DID have to keep hitting Run on the "We can't verify..." screens but it still works just fine - a bit rough on a spinning hard disk but i just switched over to my flash NAS and its MUCH better :)

[@stevephipps9305]

Show my age, last playing video games controllers were hard wired. Can I assume the controller connects to PC via Bluetooth? Thanks for video 73

[@LonSeidman]

Yes the Xbox controller demoed is connected via Bluetooth. You can use hardwired USB controllers too.

[@stevephipps9305]

@@LonSeidman Thanks. I remember when Pong was a big thing. LOL

[@f3rns]

Retroachievements next please.

[@RETROBAT]

RA work fine with Retrobat.

[@HUSSMODE]

Would this be able to run off a Nvidia shield

[@Kirby5588]

This is actually emulation station with a skin over it. It is nice that it has QoL features for newer users though.

[@RETROBAT]

Hello, this is a version of EmulationStation VERY pimped by us.

[@royk164]

Good thing that mini pc is free, I have 3 of them , and 2 of the ssd drives failed in 14 months.SSDs were made by NETAC , and in Acemagican , w/intel N5105. Real junk.

[@ericB3444]

Emulate windows 95 on your iPhone for Clippy.

[@jecobian]

I wonder if this could be installed on a NAS

[@RQuinton79]

Yes, you can.

[@miguelgarcia-bq9ge]

Is there a way to remove the music from the interface?

[@LonSeidman]

Yes there's a setting I think if you hit the back button on the controller to turn that off.

[@haken7016]

Yes its all adjustable. Also i made a fresh folder called 'music' in the root of Retrobat. Any music i add to that folder will then play at random whilst browsing in Retrobat.

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

Is this on macOS? That would be awesome!

[@LonSeidman]

Just on Windows at the moment. Emudeck will be available on the Mac soon I think there's a beta now too.

[@rocketeric6516]

OpenEmu

[@kamildouglas]

i hav launchbox its the samething and its soo great i lov mines

[@shaolin95]

Is NOT the same thing man

[@kamildouglas]

@@shaolin95 it is the same thing how I gonna tell me

[@radiofan2454]

I assume the only way to get games is to find a site that has pirated copies (ROMS)?

[@OsX86H3AvY]

sounds like a cop...

[@mavfan1]

Of course you already know that you only download ROMs of games you’ve purchased.

[@RETROBAT]

In Retrobat we offer a store that will allow you to download legal ROMs, as well as demos.

[@OsX86H3AvY]

@@RETROBAT thats pretty awesome :)

[@retrovideobuzz]

Games keep freezing for me...

[@Cyrus_Nagisa]

emulation station Batocera This.... Its all the same thing at least use something more user friendly like LaunchBox, yes it might be easier to install this, but over all LaunchBox is easier to edit things.

[@Tartifless]

Not really, in launchbox you need to setup all emulators individually one by one...

[@Cyrus_Nagisa]

@@Tartifless its still very user friends all the way and much easier to edit and add things as well

[@Tartifless]

Not really, tried both and found ES-based frontends to be better than launchbox, especially for full gamepad driven interface

[@Cyrus_Nagisa]

@@Tartifless can go into "big box" mode for full controller interface and it works just fine, Launchbox gives you the extra freedom to work in a desktop mode for editing and again, is much easier to work with.

[@Tartifless]

Bigbox is paid software, and launchbox lacks autoconfiguration of emulators, everytime you change controller you need to redo the emulator settings, real PITA