How to set up RetroArch on Android: Beginner guide / tutorial / instruction

[@MrSujano]

Hopefully you find this video helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@iceman60101]

I did everything you said but games won't load and where do you download games from? You need to be more specific when doing tutorial videos

[@seasesh4073]

@@iceman60101 i believe he can't legally mention that part, unless you have a physical copy of the game you want to play and rip it and dump it into your phone, otherwise he can't mention the other way for, well, legal purpose. there are tons of emulators in retroarch who each have tons of games it would take forever to show where to get all of them, find any website that distributes ROM dumps depending on the system you want to emulate, they're pretty easy to find

[@himawantryprananda4009]

May i ask you sir?. How to activate stylus (touch screen) on ds emulator in retroarch?.. Please i need the touch screen mode to play monster rancher

[@PlayGame-qp9oj]

Hello sir how good is this emulater

[@monkeykong2006]

I have performance problems, with ds, any config change to fix the problem

[@MrIMacro]

The developer of this app should classify cores according the name of their consoles just to make it easy for normal people to understand these weird names.

[@TinNguyen-rl2xr]

They should have sorting settings like Oldest Newest By company By console Ect

[@cliffordjayrequillo3761]

But they are giving you the model of the console and credits to the emulator makers

[@Nugg0y]

@@cliffordjayrequillo3761 Well, I dont understand it

[@CaptainSomethin]

@@cliffordjayrequillo3761 They could still give that info, and have it separated by console type

[@Hikikomorisama]

yeah, and then nintendo will sue and no more retroarch

[@calebbransby3468]

Really helpful especially since I kinda felt intimidated by how many cores there were at first Definitely a must watch if you're still a newbie like me

[@samuelbaker8724]

I can't find my games 😂

[@rainy5517]

@@samuelbaker8724 ayo same 😔

[@damienthorsson1500]

Haha I'm trying to go along as the video does. I subscribed just yesterday and clicked on this because I was curious

[@pig497]

@@samuelbaker8724 have you figured it out?

[@pig497]

@@rainy5517 have you figured it out?

[@j.goggels9115]

Awesome! Found the info I was looking for: the gamepads!

[@Bakanineinstein]

Thank you for this guide, I am ashamed to admit that I have been more than just a bit intimidated by Retro Arch and have been putting it off in favor of other standalone Emulators...

[@MrSujano]

Nothing to be ashamed of! Retroarch takes awhile to warm up to. Thanks for watching!

[@GrimlyYours]

Same 😔😔😔

[@AlucardTheFuckMotheringVampire]

Where do I get the roms?

[@Legend_Dale]

So retroarch is just a organizer and cores are the emulators?

[@Bakanineinstein]

@@Legend_Dale Yeah with a few subtle differences you could take as ether quality of life improvements or minor hindrances... Like instead of having every core having it's own GFX settings there's just one universal one that you have to adjust anytime you want something different... If you already know what you like this can be a headache, but if you have no idea or just like playing around with the settings RetroArch is MUCH EASIER!

[@ManofExtremes]

I think that the words helpful and informative are what best describes this channel

[@kyt8863]

Thanks! I've been intimated by RetroArch for awhile but figured I needed to dive in and finally learn how to use it. Your video got me through the humps and now I'm ordering a Razer Kishi to keep myself entrained during a flight

[@ahmedelboghdadi5328]

Mr. Sujano, I just can't thank you enough! Words cannot describe the overwhelming feeling of joy I'm going through right now! Tested and working flawlessly 👍🏽👍🏽 Thanks so much!

[@Youtubeiscool865]

THANK YOU, finally someone actually doesn't skip these steps

[@freebird117]

10/10 tutorial. Worked so well that the app crashes when I try to play a game

[@vincentb8476]

This helped me so much! I downloaded this on my chromebook but the files didn't work and I couldn't find the right ones, now I know what to do, thank you so much!

[@michaelmulligan8527]

You saved me hours of searching around. Thanks! Great video!!

[@monkeykong2006]

its kind of menazing, and I already had a good n64 and gba emulators, but when you understand the emulator is much easier to use this rader than looking for an emulator and testing diferent ones. p.d english isnt my main languages so sorry for the nasty spelling

[@The1Creston]

Thank you for your time in this.

[@leozar69]

I got it 😄 I'm gonna use it for SNES, NES, NDS, Sega Genesis. 😁 For GBA games, I'm using PizzaBoy Advance (GBA) 😄 Just so many good games from my childhood, and now I'll be able to pass down the best gaming experiences from the golden age of games, when games had no dlc, and everything was included in the full version of the games, and pay to win was NOT a thing 🤩 Also game stories were FUN! 😁 I am having the best time 😆❤

[@robmalcolm8042]

Pizza boy is good but the best is Mgba core on retroarch it’s the most accurate

[@erikin2k7]

really helpful thanks for the time putting this together on an easy tutorial

[@rolandbrooks386]

Retro Arch is great, but it took a exile to figure out. I could not get it to search my external, so I copied roms to internal...it has 128gb, so no problem. Thanks and I definitely will subscribe

[@schehriyarmemmedov5440]

Is this for only sega games? Cant we play psp games?

[@gabrielc.4332]

Whenever I try to play a game the app just freezes for a few seconds and closes

[@Jellocheck]

Vor Beginners? The scanning alone does not work to get all the games on my memory card to play it on Android like here. Is there a Video where it is explained step by steb?

[@thequestion7177]

thanks, I've been struggling with this app for a while now

[@ethangintert07]

My app does not have the dreamcast core. Any idea on how to get it? Do I need the retroarch plus app?

[@EagleLeader1]

I get to load content and navigate to the unzipped folder with the ROM but it isn't visible within Retroarch. In file manager they are there. Tried both MAME Cores.

[@SFMDude-21]

btw for everyone confused on the file part, the normal samsung explorer will not show the retroarch files, instead you will need to download a diffrent one, then create your roms folder where you want and put the games in there, now enter retro arch and select that file and you can play the games!

[@SalviBoifrmVA]

How do we create a romd folder?

[@SalviBoifrmVA]

How do we create a romd folder?

[@damienthorsson1500]

Oh gosh I was expecting something insane but it's not really giving me any more hassles that MyBoy / MyOldBoy gave me. Time to download some PS2 and DS games. Thank you again haha 😂

[@caligvla91]

That was so extremely painless. You rock dude. Tell me how to do my taxes next! Thanks for the tutorial. You earned a like and subscribe and a bell.

[@gotti18706]

You da man Thanks I downloaded app and I'm like Wtf Is this 🤣 what else can I say you saved the day today

[@cliffordjayrequillo3761]

Thank you so much, this helped me with the complicated stuffs that needs to be done in order to play the game

[@griner2010]

Very useful information. Thank you for sharing!

[@game.designer]

I just left a like. And for the record, it's because I like the video. Thanks

[@DanNguyen-ey5tw]

My set up for android gaming is a razer kishi as my controller. Then , Thanks to your video about the reset collection, I use that in combination with retroarch. I just love how the reset collection scrapes it's pictures and videos. I use redream for dc and will never use another dc emu.

[@Bakanineinstein]

I have a 2017 Nvidia Shield and honestly I am flabbergasted at how effortless things like Saturn and Dreamcast emulation are given there PC counterparts requirements...

[@jasonseaver2494]

Where can I get the roms for it? The roms for retroarch-pc version did not work out.

[@aaron3554]

Thank you for the updated version

[@Aclaa420]

Thank you bro!!! This video is very helpful.

[@millacavalher]

Thank you. This was indeed helpul. Somehow this is the only emulator that was possible to map the buttons of my gamepad (ìpega 9076). Tried Snes9x EX and SuperReto16 and it would´t recognise the controller (tried the 2 modes of the controller, both were paired to the phone, it was possible to navigate the mobile with the controller but when I was mapping nothing happened.

[@teamrhinabanatero]

omg thank you for this tutorial

[@stevechannel6856]

Which core can i use for Digimon Rumble Arena? Already tried Bandai & Sony PS, both not working

[@rozbeary9900]

Thanks for the help, very effective and easy, thanks buddy.

[@user-zq6yz5gf6d]

I moved FFVII into downloads as a .zip file, but it didnt let me play it. Should i move it as an extracted file instead?

[@kurtastic6437]

Thanks for the guide, I really appreciate it!

[@ethanbenjamin3899]

Pls help, im using retroarch plus but when i play an n64 game it does work but the only problem is i dont know where the c stick is pls help :(

[@Melvorgazh]

@Mr. Sujano Hi, Where the blaze can we download the games? And why do you not tell it in the video? Regards, Thomas from Belgium

[@thecynic807]

I have an nvidia shield pro 19 When I click on a core it just backs out

[@MechTronMan]

Thanks for info! liked and subbed right away :D

[@rhomis]

I have a gamepad for my android. How do you remap the controller for each core? Button "A" and Button "B" are not the smae for SEGA, NES, SNES, etc. I load a core, and remap for SEGA Then I load a core and remap for Nintendo Nothing works. The last remapping just applies to all cores.

[@hemathexgamer6279]

Thank you for your instructions I now can use the app

[@iceman60101]

It doesn't work

[@Fanis13Sp]

Very nice video. One question. I downloaded a core.but when i try find it in my device I can't. Any suggestions?

[@EfficientTrout]

Retroarch doesnt allow me to load roms from sd card, can only load from internal phone storage. How to fix this?

[@dieselbuff854]

I appreciate your time bro.

[@Acquiredtype]

I accidentally downloaded a wrong core how do I delete it please

[@VILLARDX3749]

This video was very informative really

[@Melvorgazh]

@Mr. Sujano Hi, How does one remap a keyboard on the Android version? It's for Ms-DOS games. Thanks

[@aleczanderthemaster8702]

How do you play RetroArch roms on a USB Drive?

[@danielhullett3297]

quick question. do u need to provide your own bios files for this?

[@KidKrazz81]

Have you found out if you need to? I can't seem to find out how to use this app. I thought once you download the core it will come with the games

[@rolandbrooks386]

Retroarch does not recognize gamesir x2 bluetooth but Lemuroid does. Can you help with this issue? Best, Roland

[@ProjectHelisexuality]

Would this work on a cheap tablet, to run PS1 games? Or is that fairly demanding in of itself? Also, can you use a physical controller? What happens with games that used disc swapping, like RE2?

[@SoundPunk69]

I'd say the app will, it really depends on the requirements the ROM needs to run. I know Pokemon sword& shield needs 8ram

[@Seriouslydave]

Hack (jb) a ps3, it will do ps1 and ps2 games as well as ps3

[@godsidonps491]

@@Seriouslydave hack a ps4 too? Hack how? What software would I install on it?

[@Seriouslydave]

@@godsidonps491 you can if you didnt update it, and stay offline. Youll have to research how.

[@Red_Nokia_edits]

I scanned an entire directory for various systems. Nothing populated 😅. I recently updated both Android 14 and RetroArch. Maybe the Android update is related?? RetroArch used to be able to read everything fine before the update. I tried fresh install and still nothing. What could be the problem do you think?

[@ThexthSurvivor]

Thanks for this video! I can't download any core on my Android 9 phone on both versions of Retroarch. Every attempt to download a core fails. On my Android 6 phone I can download some cores but not any for Amiga, N64, PS1, DOSBox, and Finalburn. I was going to copy the cores form my Android 6 phone to the other which doesn't download any cores, but I can't find where the cores are stored. If I go to Settings-->Directory-->Cores it states that they are located in /storage/emulated/0/RetroArch but they aren't there. I used a file browser to browse and search every folder on the phone and can't find the location of the cores. Where are they stored?

[@aonmontoya4757]

Hey, bro. I have a question.. (I'm new to all of this, so I am definitely one of the ones you mentioned that may find all this intimidating) So on the Powkiddy X28 (which runs on Android 11 btw) the games are downloaded and played off of an app called Happy Chick, and from what I've seen, one can only play the games on the app. I was wondering, is it possible to go into Retro Arch and find the games that are saved on the Happy Chick app and play them using Retro Arch? And would it be possible to save those games to a folder to be able to play them straight off the X28? And not have to go through the Happy Chick app?

[@Bandit22-v8]

andriod 11 will not support apps like retroarch access to your sd card. games will have too be loaded through internal storage until things are updated

[@I_LoveDr.Pepper]

If you don’t mind me asking how do i add games

[@thekiwigamr817]

I read that they got a 3ds core but i don't see it, have they removed the core?

[@pandaspinchgaming3968]

same

[@Tylerpowers-cg7op]

i have RetroArch Plus on my computer and it works fine

[@anthonypierre2094]

when I go to load content it dosen't show my SD card anywhere

[@GrimlyYours]

You're so helpful 😭😭😭 thank you!!! Instant sub.

[@310_Latchkey_kid]

I apologize in advance, my question is not related to your video! I'm trying to convert an android tv box into a retro gaming console, so far I've downloaded EmuELEC and Etcher, but the problem is that I need to flash my SD card and reprogram (if you could call it that) but for some reason I can't flash it! As soon as I insert it and run the file is supposed to ask me to run the Etcher image and choose the SD card, but instead it ask me to select a file to flash, or url to download or clone the card! At this point I really don't know what to do anymore!! Can you please help me or tell me what to do! Thank you!

[@enoclugo5679]

question? how do you put box art on Mame Playlist on retroarch on Android.

[@jprescottirl]

hello, where do you actually get the games from?

[@ReeeMonke]

@@JohnDoe-qz9ji I do sorta.

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

The video showed a few things that I didn't quickly find myself so thanks. Speaking of RetroArch, so far I find working with gamepad overlays the biggest culprit. The default Genesis overlay forces 4 (!) buttons on top of my game screen and it feels absolutely bloated and ugly. The default gamepad, even though it lacks 2 buttons, at least puts all this bloat to sides where there's no game screen. Furthermore, it would be very helpful to be able to edit your layout within the app itself and to at least be able to move buttons on the screen. This seems like an easily implementable feature and I have no idea why RetroArch still doesn't have it while so many games on Android provide this feature. With phones having screens that go to the very edge of the device, pressing that C button is pretty much twisting your fingers. Also all hands are different, devices have different sizes etc. So far this is my biggest complain about RetroArch.

[@TRDiscordian]

This video left out literally everything I was stuck on. If you don't see any cores in the downloader or any touch-screen controls read this: From the HOME menu click "Online Updater", scroll to the bottom, click every single "Update x" button, all of them, don't miss any. Everything should now work. I have no idea why RetroArch puts out a build like this, and there's literally no information anywhere at all about how to set it up. I don't even know why other people don't need to do these steps.

[@05tegtyper]

Can someone help?! Unfortunately some of my roms aren't getting read by Retroarch, PS1 and Dreamcast specifically (of course the ones I want to play) aren't showing up.

[@chavawinnie1]

You might need the bios for those systems. A quick google search and you'll find them fast.

[@JLary71377]

Can you use a controller like backbone with retroarch?

[@jimmypage9283]

How do you get the keyboards up on various platforms, say Amiga and dos? Thanks.

[@isuckatlife4797]

Thank you so much it helped 💕 :)

[@mrenzi610]

I downloaded Retroarch yesterday to my Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G but I can't open any Sega games after storing them in the app and backing them up on Zarchiver .What am I doing wrong ,I downloaded the Sega Genesis core and also the Snes core .

[@pierpig7058]

Very cool video, should PS2 games run on a Redmi pro 8 6gb ram? Which core would you recommend me for PS2?

[@claudiomanengkeyarteiji4035]

im unable to install the cores on android version i just dont know why

[@nate-orito7990]

Im trying to play marvel vs capcom 2 using a mame core. I already see the file and stuff but when I open it, it just says “initializing...” then freezes and crashes. How do I fix it? Does it need to have a specific file type?

[@sigglass2183]

Can you play retro arch gaming emulator offline, multiplay, install mods to some games, and back up data where you can continue your existing data with your gaming process on other devices?

[@joaocampos7344]

Guys anyone knows if it's possible to save the game from RetroArch emulator and go play it in another emulator cuz there are features in Pokemon that I can't do in RetroArch such as change pokémons

[@josealejandrosotodonoso]

i have a problem and is tha none of my games appear at the storage option and i moved all my ps1 games,super nintendo and game boy advance games to a folder on my SD card but every time i can't findthem when i start retroarc on my cellphone

[@duquack6810]

hey. im trying to play n64 on my phone but it just show up a black screen can you help me fix this issue

[@sterk9380]

Hi Mr.Sujano Can I play A Ps2 Game On RetroArch And If your Answer Is Yes Should I Download A Ps2 Core To Play That Game?

[@noctis_lucis29]

Just wanna ask why i dont have any controller option in overlay folder. Do i need to download it? Where? TIA :)

[@NickTaylor-Phantom-Works2]

I just cant believe how complicated this thing looks at first - why does it look and feel like it was made last century???? EDIT: THANK YOU!!!! I can finally start to get rid of all these emulators and replace them with just ONE! I just wish it had a proper, user friendly interface and front end though.

[@VILLARDX3749]

My retro arch is not showing scanning directory,files,manual scanning when im pressing the middle button on the main screen of emulator

[@neckashi6971]

After using mamedroid and ppsspp for more than 5 years i m trying retro arch and lol it doesnt even download the core probably becuz of my location should i use vpn im in india

[@wolfyboy]

Where can I find games for retroarch, and how do i know if they are correct?

[@leehonam3664]

Sujano,thanks very much

[@idkJustAkarp]

this is so helpfull i was originally only was gonnna play gba games but i can play nintendo ds games to now i can play pokemon white :D

[@VILLARDX3749]

Hey mr sujano I've retro arch center it has all the platforms in it I get easily ani game by downloading its rom 1st then goes into it scans the roms n game comes up ,the retro arch u r telling abt even for it I will have to download the roms too?

[@UnOeufff]

Mr. Jujano! I need help! My games won't load save states after I close out or RA and jump back in.

[@ashley6595]

Why can’t I find my games I have looked n looked n looked to no avail but the folder isn’t anywhere to be seen only a folder called retrogames which hasn’t anything in it but I’ve downloaded the core.

[@yunogasai8643]

how to landscape retroarch without turning on my phone auto screen rotation?

[@malachitewallace5312]

I think you can turn it on, rotate then turn off. It should lock you into landscape.

[@johnquedu3148]

I download the right core, game, made a playlist and only the music is playing and not the Video. Can anyone help me with this?

[@Melvorgazh]

Hi everyone, How do I remap my keyboard. I use a normal computer keyboard and link it with an OTG adapter. It's very annoying. Any tips? Thanks

[@spoodermanidk]

How do I get doom

[@Light-03]

how should i put roms on my phone? connecting it to my pc or straight off the browser on the device? thank you in advance

[@VILLARDX3749]

Wat do v have to do in sccaning which cld aad all games of which v have roms already do v have to scan directory ,scan files or other plz tell

[@screamerjoe27]

How do you map the quick menu on an android controller? I just got backbone controller but I can't figure it out. Do you have a video for this?

[@phpvbacoder9000]

Working perfect on FireTV Cube with ps4 Controller