PS Vita RetroArch Full Setup & Install Guide! 2020!

[@Apt407]

*XMB menu not changing 2020 August Update* If you copied over the xmb file and retroarch didn't change do this!! While in retroarch:.......Activate the XMB menu. Go to Setting -> Drivers -> Menu Drivers and select XMB then restart the application and boom.

[@alone_as_a_god]

Thanks mate

[@Joeki11a]

what? I got some generic menu UI not even this one on the video, so go into the Drivers and is there?

[@Joeki11a]

Didn't work, it reloaded to the generic menu, should I do all this again?

[@chamamemestre]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@jeb_leeds2928]

Hm, it wont save the change to xmb though and when I re open retroarch it is back to the regular generic menu

[@DungarooTV]

For those that don't have to automatically loaded go to Settings > Drivers > Menu > XMB and then go back to Main Menu and Exit (very important)

[@BxRxMETAL]

Thank you :)

[@mariahanover9335]

thank you

[@mindinchaos8464]

thank you

[@DungarooTV]

@@mindinchaos8464 All good glad it helped!

[@lilchunnky78]

thanks bro works

[@simonjones1017]

Dude, you dont seem to do many vids anymore. Ive learned so much from you over the years!

[@teckelmarijuano8220]

Do you know if the emulator is still working ?

[@JeezyFoke]

I am a Sith Lord and Tech James is a Sith Holocron with all the info lol

[@jadegacuya3534]

Same

[@siegfridbautista776]

@@jadegacuya3534 yeah im kinda worry for him to due to the pandemic

[@legin3753]

@@siegfridbautista776 i think he got sick of nintendos bullshit taking down videos n that

[@yeeetbro4546]

"is sonic copyrighted? Guess ill find out" Balls of steel

[@yeeetbro4546]

@Bento Werner English please

[@chrispena8186]

Lmfao

[@Anemunt]

yea me tube Edit: i ment too

[@Lasha16_]

@Bento Werner OMG IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE! ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA! JOSUKE IS SO BADASS! YO ANGELO! YO ANGELO YO ANGELO! YARE YARE DAZE!

[@seedipu]

I am a huge fan of your tutorial. Its is very easy to follow and now I use my Vita like never before. Thanks a ton!!

[@uberlanceordonez3559]

you know what i like with you tech james its fast, its clear, and it really works!

[@Jp-gc6bh]

thats what she said

[@RoseihDBTB]

@@Jp-gc6bh thats what he said

[@vinpascual6734]

Lacks details for example the xmb in the settings

[@Guitario666]

Thanks James! That missing assets warning was driving me crazy Maybe do another video on fixing errors or reinstalling retroarch and deleting the config file

[@kylemarsden9627]

I'm getting the same error message with mine. I even went to the online updater and ""update assets"" and i still have this error. Did you figure out how to get rid of the error message ??

[@richtofen9352]

It only says that for gba game for me

[@android_dreaming_of_sheep]

have you gotten banned

[@kylemarsden9627]

@@android_dreaming_of_sheep the new retroache was missing a rdb/ file I simply downloaded and now everything works perfectly

[@playertwopoint0]

Done this exactly, but even after copying xmb it stayed the same

[@wunderlichD]

If you look through the retroarch menu, you can swap X and O and also set the hotkeys to bring up the retroarch menu since the default hotkeys are a pain to press on a vita

[@SwitchStation]

For some reason when my retroarch vpk install was at exactly 38%, it was at anywhere between 1-8kb/s as soon as it hit 39%, it was back up to several thousand kb/s. Edit: 75% was also like that for a second

[@TealTheDropster]

it's normal, wait for it and it works

[@wolvesh0r696]

I simply love your channel! Thank you for your videos! My vita was hacked for 4 years, but I hadn't touched it until recently I found you. Now I can fully enjoy it uwu

[@ReLive_Photos]

Just a quick thankyou.... Re discovered by PSP from years ago which was never modded and didnt even know you could and saw one of your videos by accident and now have 2 psp units and two vitas all running enzo etc with perm jailbreak cfw. Seen a few other videos, but found you have the cleanest style and voice (one guy just holds his 2001 phone camera to the screen and babbles and you cant see what he is doing and another spends half the videos calling out to his 'homies' guess the nationality there)...YEP...Americans eh! So thanks again for all the work and consistant style.. even your voice is soothing which is handy for us noobs starting off as you are quite relaxing. getting a pstv next week also and another psp for my wifes mother and will be tweaking that via your videos too!

[@enriquebn4853]

If you installed RetroArch and it looks different (ver 1.8.5) go to Settings>Driver>Menu then change it to XMB. XMB is the look that James is showing here.

[@benchout8817]

you are my prophet, thanks

[@BSODPK]

THANKS!!! I cant find this option by myself.

[@vashranoid]

Thanks for this, but there's still missing assets, will do Online update to see if it sorts it out.

[@chavawinnie1]

@@vashranoid Maybe you need to update assets from the online updater tab.

[@KevinMcgaw1988]

I don't fully understand this retroarch app. But I'm definitely gonna watch this video later. Respect man

[@KevinMcgaw1988]

@The monster under your bed Yeah I just stick with the adrenaline bro and sometimes use the retro app to play a certain snes games. It's not too bad when you kinda figure out how to use it. Still complicated, but it's ok. Have you tried out that new n64 emulator? It's awesome. Check it out when you get a chance

[@m.i.a473]

You are awesome man..everytime i want to do something with my PsV,i will try to find you first before any other channel..you help me alot

[@plentynumb3997]

Am I the only one who’s loves it when he says install?

[@nony2143]

When you press install and it's stuck at 0 you must lock and unlock the vita, it will a reveal an permission that we can allow it and continue installation with out waiting that 2 minutes, it's a software issues or something

[@TheRandomname951]

About to confirm this right now. Currently transferring the VPK over. EDIT: when installing the VPK it is true that for a faster install press your standby/power button once and after a second press it again and prompt will show up! Thank you for that tip!

[@darrendelima2909]

Thank you for explaining that! I didn't know how to get a good GUI on Retroarch. Now to see if that XMB ui works on the PSP version of Retroarch :D

[@gerardosantana4089]

Can you make a video on how to load the playlist on retroarch 1.8.5... for some reason they are not loading on my vita?

[@andilemabasa1997]

fully loaded with ease, just need some ROMS and we good to play , plus my boss is not at work so its vita day all day , you rock man , next m adding this to my ps3

[@xoemyisaixo]

Yo do you mind helping me out? Recently I tried downloading retroarch and it won’t let me install the vpk

[@Concreteowl]

I can never get XMB to work. It seems to be missing assets.

[@Staffy_]

Where do you get roms from

[@ryanbrown6862]

Type up the name of the game on google then put rom at the end of it

[@chrispena8186]

Vimms lair is a good site for Roms

[@yapkinsiong]

I got "upair (0/0) not configured" message on the screen for the first run into Retroarch after new installation. Please help up.

[@thommanalo2132]

can you do a video on how to fix the console icons not showing on xmb? i can see yours is not showing up too [@10:30]

[@leviwhite1151]

I had this same problem and reinstalled several times. What I did to fix it though was get proper roms that retroarch likes. Google no intro roms and get whatever packs you want and it will place them in the console area.

[@MJF510]

Great video, do you know if you need to also add the Bios files as well as the Roms, if so where do you install them?

[@Arkanio]

Would you be willing to do a video on setting up adrenaline post 3.72? Assuming that such a thing is possible. I already have so many saved games and an sd2vita setup, so I was really hoping not to have to downgrade to an earlier firmware version since that requires redoing everything and basically wiping all your data. Love your videos man.

[@capuman]

You can't, you have to downgrade. But you won't lose the stuff you have downloaded on sd2vita, so just downgrade and then install adrenaline.

[@NCC-0000]

Downgrade dude, 3.71 ~ .73 CFWs are done just to open the door to downgrade to Enso. They are glitchy

[@jasonstorm464]

I have a modded vita and I was using retroarch and I opened the game i wanted to play in the wrong file that was set up to play that game and retroarch stop working?is this the way it works? Need help figuring it out.thanks

[@ozziearchangel9096]

Awesome vid thank you. As per the end of your video I look forward to your new vids on cheats, icons and themes for the consoles. I would very much like to complete the setup of retroarch to look mint for each console loading the game libraries to play on the fly without navigating so much to folders to run etc

[@andril]

Oh Snap I almost crashed my car when this popped out - rushed home to get this working properly - wish we could get a Neo-Geo and Dreamcast setup tutorial soon

[@djandreal]

just not powerful enough to emulate dreamcast games sorry

[@kamen226]

Yea I'd love to try neogeo games through this method

[@NCC-0000]

@@kamen226 Neogeo games work perfectly using the Mame 2003 or 2001 core.

[@kyokhalid3046]

good job . yes we need video for themes and icons and how use cheats on RetroArch roms . and which emulator for arcade shmup games (shoot-em up) like Cave and MAME . keep good work mate 👌

[@richtofen9352]

When I go to gba there is only 1 emulator and when I go on it it crashes retro arch any ideas?

[@dakotastone4997]

This didnt work at all for mine. It still looks crapy and says missing assets. I cant even play anything.

[@MrYann666]

same...

[@metalcoremichael1024]

I was on the fence about selling my vita, as I would mostly use it for KZbin (which the app is no longer supported) and other....activities. After I got the homebrew channel on my wii, I think I wanna crack out the old vita and put this on there. Great vids, man!

[@kenniitran]

Hello Tech J. How to exit out a game to retroarch menu without hit the home button? Thanks

[@battlesai119]

shoulder buttons + select + start

[@kenniitran]

Albert Ives Solomon Thanks bros for the tips.

[@CyberSnake100]

Bringing the VITA back to life , and not just using remote play to continue to play my ps4 games whilst I rock a shit lol

[@Thunderbird1337]

If the XMB menu doesn't work (for me with Retroarch 1.8.9 it didn't work automatically by just copying the folder): You have to activate the XMB menu manually. Go to Settings -> Drivers -> Menu Drivers and select XMB. Then restart Retroarch.

[@420guccigang6]

dude, thank you, you're awesome 😁

[@Its_2d]

how do i save in retroarch? im not able to save or maybe i cant find the buttons on how to save lol

[@shemars651]

by default its set to L + R + start + select, but you can change it in the controller hot keys setting. Hope this helps :)

[@bestgameNintendoswitchworldsg]

How to change the settings need go where??? In order to play NES games on RetroArch??

[@lordaizensama8852]

Got a completely different looking menu to yours, black and white and the GUI XMB file doesn't work. Following the persons comment below and manually selecting it does not save the setting and it goes back to the default look. very confused. EDIT: Figured it out. for those having my issue you have to actually click restart in the actual Retroarch app, not simply close the program and reopen it. thats why it wasn't saving.

[@Goonietoons]

Great video, I can play all my favorite games now. keep making vids

[@j4rock966]

How do u get the skull logo on the top right corner near the battery icon it looks so cool and i want to do that on my vita

[@Sleaxel]

Use custom theme manager on hacked vita

[@CottonCandyUnicorn]

Take a breath between words. Its like a speed run.

[@WoLF_Rko]

I got Vita recently OLED one . And your videos . Love it man . Better experience from this console that is sure :) And can I ask Vita Shell theme on the video ? :D I like it :D

[@danielmajor3472]

Do ps1 games work and work any good

[@andyb7374]

If my Vita is hacked will it instantly work on the PS/TV once I put in the memory card and SD2Vita into it? Or do you have to hack the PS/TV separately? Any help is much appreciated.

[@wiltenflowergaming2921]

When I install retroarch and open it I get a grey screen with a header labeled "quick menu" and under that is a darker grey box that says "no items"

[@javedbinkalam9268]

same

[@javedbinkalam9268]

how to fix this?

[@wiltenflowergaming2921]

@@javedbinkalam9268 install homebrew browser and install retroarch from there, it works completely fine and comes with each gui style, you might have to swap the enter and cancel button in the settings though

[@lea-rw5cb]

Put resident evil nemesis on but gets to blood and gore warning and that's it, not sure which bios to use would that make a difference and also where does bios go 🤔

[@sirdavidnorth]

As of version 1.9.0 refuses to work on PS TV / Vita TV. When loading ROMS the programme crashes and exits the user. Earlier versions did work with Vita TV - haven't been able to find any legacy versions of RetroArch available for download :(

[@xervantezxvi5022]

Hi I have one question how do you connect your modded ps vita on iMac?

[@So_Long_Rc]

Where can i buy that sticker you’re using on your ps vita?

[@kajaakaj]

why is sound lagging / distorted when i play NES super mario bros... ( all 3 cores tested same result?) tnx for looking into this.. UR TOP TJ=)

[@meowdrawer]

Yo James, can you review cspsp? This is basically 2d cs 1.6, but what makes it interesting is that you can play multiplayer easily and its kinda alive

[@johnnymoles318]

Thanks for all your videos man. Helped me a lot

[@ohfd5cty371]

what is that song at the beginning

[@7ngel]

whered you get this theme for vitashell

[@warpathh]

What was the exact song you used at the beginning?

[@AsyFromCali]

It's a cover of Dr Dre's "explosive" from the "Chronic 2001" album

[@britishyank17]

My menu looks like a Nintendo switch menu, I did everything in the video and after moving the xmb folder to the VITA it still looks like the switch menu. Please help James, thanks.

[@iCraftDay]

Can you change it in the settings?

[@britishyank17]

iCraftDay yeah, I finally figured it out, it’s in one of the setting configs

[@leofroop]

Hey James, nice video but I need some help 😭 I've tried different versions of retroarch but no matter what I try I just get a black screen whenever I try to load a SNES or Megadrive ROM, I've deleted config files to reset but nothing is running, ROMs are all working fine through emus on my phone etc

[@syrup_7275]

can't find my settings in retroarch "noob here"

[@jacksally09]

once you install retroarch you need to run it before the files appear under data. so you can copy over the xmb files

[@MrYann666]

@@jacksally09 did run Retroarch a few times on my vita but can't find the folder once I try to copy the xmb files... any chance you know why? Also "noob here"

[@Lasha16_]

Hey do u know how to add cheats there it would really help out

[@rajacomputer9798]

Did retro Arch will playable others psx games with some cheats too like granturismo 2 with max money or digimon word 3 with max hp max mp and max zenny?,thanks for your information dude

[@AlwaysEngland]

Ive followed you video and everything is running great. The only problem is that I get an (C1-6775-5) error when first switched on. Is there a permanent fix for this?

[@piggwest]

thanks, is there any way to install new core on ps vita? due i need bsnes to run some game.

[@eneasboss7158]

does it downlowad ps2 games?

[@wololonet-tt4mb]

What is the L2 and R2 button? Rear touch dosnt seem to be working

[@retrodoodmanx7161]

Hi there. Hope you read my message and help me out. I bought a psvita 2000 at a garage sale. As I checked the unit. I noticed there is a sd2vita cart inside but no micro sd card. I also checked if the unit is modded or not, turns out it isnt. So I wanna use this opportunity to install a lot of retro emulators on the said unit. I already had a cfe psp 3000 and I can't let it go because of the emulators and games I have there. Kinda hoping that the same features on the emulators for the vita has the same thing on psp like the rewind function of the NES Emu, GB GBC Emu etc etc. Do you think the unit I have is compatible for cfw?

[@MikaTarkela]

For some reason the XMB folder didn't have any effect. The emulators work fine though! Thanks for the video! It was easy and informative.

[@kristjaangaming1935]

You have to change this in thé settings Than it Will work

[@MikaTarkela]

@@kristjaangaming1935 Thanks, now its fine.

[@canselamet1781]

where did you got he games

[@BodofLegend]

if it still didnt work.. while in retroarch.. go to settings... drivers... menu...choose xmb. Go back all the way.. and go to RESTART RETROARCH. DONT JUST CLOSE OUT THE APP

[@deoken939]

How do you open the menu in the game

[@artlover4120]

Is there a reason snes games like street fighter or super mario one runs too fast? The music and some effects go in 2x speed. How can I fix it?

[@raym4694]

would you consider doing a tutorial for RetroArch on PSP, i was interested in that

[@lefishe2258]

adrenaline is better.

[@7ngel]

I cant get the retroarch menu to show up as the blue PC theme on Vita, I've tried latest and stable builds vpk, and I've tried the bundle data, updating assets in the app, and downloading the latest xmb folder and it still shows up as the default black menu

[@samuelsamporterbridges]

I LOVE TECH JAMES GREETINGS FROM TURKEY

[@hidirapaydin3074]

merhaba

[@krosstechguy3290]

how about the nintendo wi/gamecube in the retro arch does is works?

[@GtavoMN]

How do you change de game? I'm stuck at Mario World and I don't know how to exit the game hahaha

[@ChocoEnjoyer]

I have a question does something happened if you power off your console? I just did and now wenever i want to open retroarch it says there is an error and shuts off

[@AlexDiavolo1]

I'm not sure what I did wrong... I installed RetroArch and when it opens up, it doesn't look like yours; doesn't even look the same as yours does without the theme. I deleted the Retroarch folder in the data folder and reapplied the new files, restarted the system, checked to see if Henkaku settings were okay. But it still looks the same. The letters are really small, too. Help?

[@antisocialhas1471]

can you make a video on where you get your ROMS and how you download it i have no clue how

[@Clutch636]

He cant tell you where to get roms, Just use google.

[@jmppodcast]

Hey when I add files from my computer it is putting them into the smaller umaO card and not the bigger uxO card so nothing is really fitting. How can I point my PC to the uxO card?

[@Kitty-kh8lk]

how do you get the hidden files because no matter what i dont have them

[@darthgoggins1747]

Ok you said I would need some custom firmware first. Where do I get it and will I still be able to play vita games ???

[@sharodw454]

Hey James, will you do another video on how you got that skull on your UI? That's pretty sick! Edit: Also hope you and everyone else are staying safe and in good health during these bad times.. Edit: I feel kind of silly I think I've come to a conclusion that the skull is part of a theme? 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Thunderbird1337]

What skull? I don't see any skull.

[@jeremyrozensky8985]

Is it better to use retroarch or adrenaline for retro gaming?

[@markvngnz_894]

Worked fine when I installed it turned it on today and now it says error and shuts off every time I click retroarch, any tips?

[@razorr527]

This retroArch does not work on my ps vita .I'm on firmware 3.60. When I run it the screen goes black then I get an error message. I installed it on my uxO then VPK file. Any ideas on what am I doing wrong?

[@PapiNegro456]

I'm not understanding tutorials nowadays where is the Roms where can I download them I have no information

[@minecraftycatgaming]

most tutorials don't include rom installs because roms are a legal grey area, if you haven't solved this problem yet there are reddit threads you can use to find reliable websites, but if you google the game you want and add rom after, the website wowroms will usually have it and will give a non-exe

[@GiveMeSomeChonCho]

or it get stuck at 33 percent or other numbers aswell but just continue to wait

[@redactedblank]

i intalled the xmb folder but nothing changed

[@alexovich777]

Good video, Very informative, Thanks. How can I make my old PC DOS game play on Vita?

[@Staffy_]

XMB menu not changing 2020 August Update If you copied over the xmb file and retroarch didn't change do this!! While in retroarch:.......Activate the XMB menu. Go to Setting -> Drivers -> Menu Drivers and select XMB then restart the application and boom. if you have done this and it still dont work go into settings and update assets using online updater

[@lilchunnky78]

thank u

[@Staffy_]

@@lilchunnky78 np

[@blu3ntv]

How do i save settings? Because when i select it if i reopen the app it goes back to the default driver

[@TheK20eg]

When i go to the gba folder like u did i have no games i did everything in the video :/

[@Oravankarva]

How i swap the circle and x buttons?

[@alitopcu3941]

Hi Techjames, your tutorials are very great and absolute useful. Can you gimme a hint how i can run arcade (mame) and neogeo roms on the vita with retroarch? My vita gives error when I try to run those roms. Thx a lot dude

[@Soljie1969]

I get the rom to work but the xmb interface doesn't work. I tried the fix below but still no go . Also RetroArch interface is completely different from what you have on startup and i used the vpk from the link you provided. It's now August 11th 2021.

[@Gloryboyquan]

You U Got To Hit Save Configuration

[@Gloryboyquan]

Then Quit Out Of Restroarch it should work after that bro

[@snowzZzZz]

Where did you get the vita skin?

[@retroemustick5506]

Neo Geo, requires diles are missing , Game can not be loaded , i hace BIOS and .zip games correct. What si the problem?

[@boudraayoussef7240]

hello ! james please how to use cheat code attack on titane wings of freedom and god of war collection on ps vita

[@christianguerrero843]

Is there a way I can do it without a PC?

[@JeremyIbu]

how do you fix the no memory card issue i save a game reset then it say no gamesave

[@CarlosFlores-vf1kl]

Wait so how do you add the games?