Steam Deck: Emulation Station Full Guide - Add PS3 into Emulation Station

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A complete Guide to setup Emulation Station on Steam Deck
00:00 Emulation Station Introduction
01:14 How to enable Emulation Station
03:11 How to Add Game Box Art & Preview Clips
04:41 How to install Emulation Station Theme
06:03 How to create favourite game lists inside Emulation Station
06:57 How to make PS3 games show up in the Emulation Station
10:05 Emulation Station Tips
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[@ED4T]

Note: #1: To add PC games or any software into Emulation Station. 1. from steam deck desktop - open up steam- go to library - and select any pc games - left click - go to manage- click Add desktop shortcut - you should see a desktop shortcut on your desktop now. 2. then move the game desktop shortcut into your emulation/roms/desktop folder. 3. go to gaming mode, open your emulation station, your pc games will show up under desktop album inside the emulation station. #2: if you steam os is below 3.5 then go to this location for net.rpcs.RPCS3 home/.steamos/offload/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/

[@dilwalecricket]

Hey can you do how to properly install wemod on steam deck oled with latest update? I have the paid version on PC not sure how I can install it on my deck Thank you

[@pellewolf]

I just want to say 'Thank You'! All of your Steam Deck Guides are so helpful, easy to understand and they work instantly! Keep up the good work :-) !

[@ED4T]

Thanks, will do! and Happy holiday 😊！

[@ManlyFightingGames]

Thanks for putting subtitles on the themes being shown here!

[@ED4T]

no problem 😊

[@anxivty]

No joke, you have been my go to KZbinr since getting my deck

[@ED4T]

thanks for such dedication and trust ! 😊

[@Treivax]

I love your videos, man…keep up the great work!

[@ED4T]

Thanks, will do!

[@realratingrating3669]

as always best guide on KZbin !

[@ED4T]

Wow, thanks!

[@eastrosecollection7544]

Great video yet again🔥🔥

[@ED4T]

thanks

[@ImUrZaddy]

The white shell is looking CLEAN

[@KureyonSoloCarry]

FYI: you can show PS3 in emulation station just by putting ".ps3" after the game folder, IE: Asura's Wrath (USA).ps3 to show up in emulation station and then change the game directory inside emulation station menu by pressing start button.

[@ED4T]

thanks for the tips.

[@Jerry-iu8ss]

change the game directory by goin to main menu in the emulation station , other settings,alternative emulators,RPCS3 DIRECTORY STANDALONE

[@Drkbadger7719]

My keyboard isn’t coming up when trying to change the name in desktop mode. Why?

[@jefferrrson1x]

As always thanks man. I hope ps3 emulation process can be more smooth. It’s such a pain with the description process and everything. But thank you bro! Looking forward to 2024 videos!

[@ED4T]

you are very welcome man. I hope so too. Happy holiday!

[@wasmachensachen6473]

i just finished tales of xillia in 25+ hours on SD with pcsx3 and it worked almost flawless, i was very surprised, but yeah i can imagine the slowdowns with more demanding games, still i was pleasantly surprised by the performance

[@Arson934eva]

Newly subscribed I appreciate your content I want to get into content creation. I watched your video on the Ps2 emulation process made it simple compared to other videos I saw.

[@ED4T]

Thanks for the sub. content creation is fun if you enjoy doing it.

[@irishamil]

The best guide ever thanks❤

[@ED4T]

you are very welcome !

[@guilleb7090]

Thanks for your video. It helped a lot! Just a question, same as you, I like to keep everything simple and clean so…. do you know a way to have the access to ES only in the collections tab and no on the non-steam tab? Possible?

[@muteeverything717]

If I already have games installed and played them, will my save data transfer over to this aswell? Also thank you so much for these tutorials, you are amazing for doing simple no nonsense tutorials that work perfectly

[@ED4T]

The emulation station is just like a non-Steam library that stores all your games in one place so all your DLC, updates, mods & m3u files, and game saves will work seamlessly with the emulation station. You just go to the emulation station and launch your game instead of the non-Steam library. there is no risk with your game saves.

[@LinkCherryTree]

what theme is that you downloaded?

[@APEXGuerilla]

A bit of background, I have over 500 games and, yeah, the lag is unbearable now with all the artwork and the DMCA strike on SteamGridDB (I deleted the grid folder and my backup thinking Nintendo ninjas wouldn't strike but I still miss the art) just accelerated me paying this more attention. For Switch (Yuzu) I have mods, DLC and updates added. Will they move across seamlessly? Do custom control configs stay untouched when migrating from individually added non-Steam games to EmulationStation and also whilst playing? For example, I spent time making a nice profile for Super Mario Galaxy (Wii). Also what about PSX multi-track games which I've created .cue files for. Will they easily be picked up by EmulationStation? Sorry for so many questions ED4T! :)

[@ED4T]

no worry. wow, 500 games that's a massive library. Yeah, I realized the DMCA strikes a lot with Nintendo stuff but we can also manually add artwork with steamGridDB. the only problem is we have to make our own images. The emulation station is just like a non-Steam library that stores all your games in one place so all your DLC, updates, mods & even m3u files, and games saves will work seamlessly with the emulation station. You just go to the emulation station and launch your game instead of the non-Steam library. For the PSX-multi-tack games, I think you are talking about m3u files. they will be picked up Emulation station too. just make sure the M3U files are located in your regular rom folder. btw, happy holiday!

[@willymagi9253]

Thanks for another great video! Any way you can teach us how to do this for the NeoGeo CD? Can’t find any help with this

[@ED4T]

I will look into for sure.

[@willymagi9253]

@@ED4T awesome! Thanks again

[@quicsilver524]

ED4T were you able to get Fable 2 to run without all the graphical issues. Mine shows up with transparent ground.

[@ED4T]

Check this video How to Play Xbox360 Games on Steam Deck ( the latest method - Dec 2023) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJmQpHybidGYmtU It’s running well now

[@quicsilver524]

@@ED4T thanks for the reply, and merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@MitjaSkuver]

Afaik one drawback is that you cannot have per game steam input profiles. For that reason I still keep my roms folder clean and add individual games to Steam library. I see no point having roms folder filled with stuff I am not going to touch or play anyhow...

[@ED4T]

agree with you. one drawback is you cant use steam input any more with emulation station.

[@davidgatehouse7842]

Thanks for the video. I followed your instructions and was able to launch the shortcut successfully in desktop mode. However, when launching from ES-DE I am faced with an error “Invalid file or folder”. Any suggestions?

[@davidgatehouse7842]

All good, I just realised that you also need to change the settings in alternative emulator

[@ED4T]

Glad it helped

[@venzpro23]

im getting parser error when downloading themes any help?

[@patrics.1266]

The Wii U isn't listed for me. Neither on steam nor in the emulation station. I always have to open the games via cemu. Is it the same way as for ps3 to display the wii u in the Emulation station?

[@ED4T]

have you tried to reset your Emu-deck & emulation station? Wii U should be detected automatically. maybe your game roms are not in correct folder as emudeck preferred.

[@LilWaka]

Just a little idea for some of yall, if you wanna have emulation purely on an SD card and wanna keep everything neat, install batocera on a micro SD, and change the boot in bios from internal ssd to SD card, you can simply copy and paste all your roms into batocera either using another computer to send files over the network, or you can use an external drive.

[@KureyonSoloCarry]

not working on steam oled, still buggy. screen is on 90deg angle and couldn't connect to wifi

[@keepitshort4208]

Is there a way that it automatically places the roms in the folders as some of my roms are mixed up, As in EMUDECK you have to place the roms into the folders that are made by emudeck Need a guide, would really appreciate the help

[@ED4T]

haha thats a great idea but saddly right now we have to manual move roms into each folder. maybe EmuDeck should make an additional program to sort roms.

[@moroccanwonders6234]

Thanks for your video .... which one to choose .... emudeck (beta)or only emulation station if I am on lenovo legion go ....please advise... thanks again.....Merry Christmas Bro .

[@ED4T]

both man. you need to install Emudeck first then use emualtion station as your game laucnh. I will soon make a video for windows handheld for Emudeck & emulation station.

[@error404code3]

Thanks for the guide, my emulation station works and was able to have the shortcut for ps3 working! I have a problem with wiiu games via emulation station, every time I press 'B', it exits the game automatically and this only occurs on wiiu games (as if I pressed start + exit), is there a fix to this? This only occurs on wiiu games via emulation station, on Emu deck, this doesn't happen. EDIT: this doesn't happen on zelda botw, but seems to occur on new super Mario bros + super luigu, batman armored edition and they all run on the proton cemu, not native any ideas as to how I could fix that?

[@ED4T]

you are very welcome. have you used the graphic pack to fix the title crash for some of those games ? you can look at this video :kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7Zho2Bl72Mb8U from 5:42. some game need to apply fix inside the graphic packs.

[@error404code3]

@@ED4T OMG, that fixed the issue, thank you! Is there a way to make my emulation station use CEMU native rather than proton? It is just because the fps on zelda botw is much better when using native (even when I have FPS++ enabled on the proton version). Lastly, is there a shortcut for exiting games on wiiu and ps3? I tried select + start but that didn't work.

[@waleed03231]

Now, what about PC based games? Is there a way to add them to EmulationStation as well? I have games like AM2R and Sonic P-06 and Super Smash Flash 2 I'd like to add. And sometimes certain games' art and titles are in a different language. Can I change all that?

[@ED4T]

It's easy man. To add PC games or any software into Emulation Station. 1. from steam deck desktop - open up steam- go to library - and select any pc games - left click - go to manage- click Add desktop shortcut - you should see a desktop shortcut on your desktop now. 2. then move the game desktop shortcut into your emulation/roms/desktop folder. 3. go to gaming mode, open your emulation station, your pc games will show up under desktop album inside the emulation station. hope this helps.

[@waleed03231]

@@ED4T it worked, thanks!

[@ED4T]

Enjoy !😊

[@__Itsshassan]

How do i get the videos to play in the background on the game selection screen mine just shows the box art

[@ED4T]

the video only works for certain themes. make sure you select the theme with background video feature. also, you have to wait for 3 sec for video to pop up

[@__Itsshassan]

I use artflix but for the previews don't work

[@__Itsshassan]

Okay update it seems for preview screenscraper and box art works whereas thegamesdb is only for box art

[@vici._]

Is emulation station better than retroarch?

[@andreyboiko1647]

how to install this emulation station?

[@julianf147]

Hello 1 need help l…….i have multiple SD cards with games. Sometimes when changing the SD card Emulation station won’t be able to find the location of the other Ss card. It will ask for the location but when I put the location it still does not register please help

[@ED4T]

have you try to reset emulation station's configuration inside emudeck -manage emulator after you insert a new sd card. I think the system maybe just buggy after your swap a new card. it stunk with the information from the previous card.

[@julianf147]

@@ED4T I found out in order for you to change cards in emudeck you have to go to the part that add all the folders so that precess to the card and it will work……only problem I’m having now is 1 of my 1TB Sd cards bricked some how it won’t even format

[@itranscendencei7964]

Or you could just use the Collections tab... I never understand why people say that their games list is crowded when there is an organized list just one tab over. Emulation Station just becomes a front end for your front end.

[@ED4T]

you are right the collection tab is great. but if you have more than 200 games under non-steam library it will slow down the system interface. There is another great benefit with emulation station is that you can completely get rid of parser processing inside EmuDeck. every game rom you added into rom folder will instantly show up in Emulation station without go to Emudeck click parsers.

[@itranscendencei7964]

Literally the first person to actually reply with a valid use case. I have *well* over 200 non-steam games, and the slight lag that people always talk about is really only for the second or 2 that you first enter the tab. However, I didn't think about the fact that you don't have to re-parse every time you add a game and that Emulation Station would do it automatically. That is actually useful. If you're not adding games regularly though, then it may not be all that useful. Good tip though.

[@xXTheSammichXx]

I don’t have net.rpcs3.RPCS3 in bin folder?

[@chrisslone7933]

Same here

[@ED4T]

Do you have the latest steam os ? if you steam os is below 3.5 then go to this location for net.rpcs.RPCS3 home/.steamos/offload/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/

[@ED4T]

Do you have the latest steam os ? if you steam os is below 3.5 then go to this location for net.rpcs.RPCS3 home/.steamos/offload/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/

[@WhenWordsFailMusicSpeaks]

I have no "net.rpcs3.RCPS3" file - how do i get it??

[@ED4T]

Pls check pinned comment. There is an update

[@WhenWordsFailMusicSpeaks]

@@ED4T it's not there either - i checked it 4 times

[@AlexStarRider]

@@WhenWordsFailMusicSpeaks same

[@jimjuliengadiano9562]

Can it play god of war?

[@VideoGameXDomain]

My Emulation station keeps double moving everything and double clicking, how do i fix this???

[@DigitalChema]

Are you using the steam deck or a windows hanheld?

[@sanad9964]

Thanks, right now I can add ps3 games but there’s a crackling noise

[@ED4T]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWPXo52dh7iYr9Usi=qJOj1MF-FvXqIUDi follow this video to fix the cracking noise.

[@andreyboiko1647]

how to install emulation games on Steam Deck?

[@ED4T]

use EmuDeck

[@Drkbadger7719]

I can’t get ps3 on emulation station for some reason

[@zoverdoser]

Can cemu games added into es-de?

[@ED4T]

Yes it will be added automatically if you use Emudeck

[@zoverdoser]

What? Mine doesn't. I install cemu and es-de with emudeck. What is wrong with my emudeck.@@ED4T

[@qquack1950]

Nintendo switch won’t show up for me??

[@ED4T]

try rest configuration inside manager emulators

[@AlexStarRider]

I have no "net.rpcs3.RCPS3" file

[@ED4T]

Check pinned comment. There is an update for the file location.

[@AlexStarRider]

@@ED4T its not there either help would be great thanks

[@naostarliger7757]

Here i use it to play Initial D Idolmaster Razing Storm House of the Dead Time Crisis 4 After Climax Resident Evil chronicle Resident Evil Darkside Chronicle Outrun Online Arcade Ridge Racer Daytona USA Game fail Killzone 2 ,3 Resistance ,2 ,3 Uncharted 1,2,3

[@ED4T]

thanks for sharing here. great list

[@eastrosecollection7544]

Is emulation station better then emudeck?

[@ED4T]

they are different things. Emulation Station is just a frontend. allow you to launch your game from one place.

[@melcrose]

followed this from your other video. At no point does it make sense. Emulation station is HORRIBLE to use and HORRIBLY difficult to add to a windows hand held.