The BEST Portable Emulation System EVER! (RetroBat)

[@MegaManNeo]

I'm doing emulation stuff for... I dunno over 20 years but with modern systems (including my SteamDeck) I never thought about using an external drive for all my console/handheld games. Very interesting indeed, it'd save me disk space on my PC's SSD and allow me to play those games on the SteamDeck... well, provided I use a small USB stick anyway.

[@billy_naing]

Great video as always. I love seeing the tiny tv running in the background.

[@TechDweeb]

I know right! Love that little guy :D

[@pin00ch]

@@TechDweeb Where did you get iit?? I WANT!

[@pin00ch]

I found it!! SANPAO

[@jackdoobie]

Don't buy drugs... hint hint.

[@TechDweeb]

It worked! My subtle hints worked! You fell for my brainwashing like a CHUMP! That's how I say thank you by the way. Mild mannered insults.

[@jackdoobie]

@@TechDweeb I've been called worse by better... many times.

[@mrvandyk]

@TechDweeb I’ve been trying to use my switch SNES classic controller on retrobat but can’t get it to work… tried disabling autoconfigure, manual, all the works and just no luck. Please help out!!

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

The wired controller you mentioned (Yaeye) are great. The 2.4ghz model is nice too.

[@josephbradshaw6985]

I did this exact thing so I could play on an old offline PC. Eventually I transferred everything to that PC and run it off that hard drive, but I also kept the external HD ready to go for when at friends' houses and such.

[@RadicalRandy98]

Been wanting to do this for awhile now, today is the day for this project.

[@TechDweeb]

Good luck!

[@SenbonKaguya]

Awesome video! I'm a data hoarder, so being able to have a portable drive with all my games on it would be great lol. I have emulators on my PC/Steam Deck, but having something like this would come in handy for sure. Definitely on my to do list in the near future 🙂

[@blairlohnes8103]

Is that really how you sound or are you playing a character? These videos are amazing! Can't wait until you hit 100k subs. Keep it up! You're killing it!

[@TechDweeb]

It's 50% me, 50% dweebed up version of me for the character. I have a naturally kinda dweeby voice (my nickname in grade school was "the dweeb"), and I embellish it for the camera :)

[@TheCaliMack]

This would simplify my hard drive coz the amount of PS2 games i have atm is eating up my dedicated gaming drive 🤣

[@silgo7923]

Just built an emulation pc, with wood grain stickers for that VCS vibe… and was thinking about this very subject, perfect timing

[@TechDweeb]

Nice!

[@harrison4ever125]

This is exactly what I needed to know right here. Great video sir.

[@776football]

Turtles in time! I was just playing that on my rg35xx

[@TechDweeb]

One of the all-time best beat-em-ups!

[@BananaGeekLord]

I'm glad KZbin suggested this. I've been using emulators for years, but mostly just on my phone. Recently I've been thinking about getting one of the mini pcs I've been seeing and seeing up something on there. Then I can get rid of some of my old consoles. Really just needed to know which set ups go use, but now I know about reprobat, so I consider this a win.

[@TechDweeb]

Awesome! RetroBat was a 'game changer' when I discovered it. It's really the easiest and funnest way to do emulation on PC.

[@Mosestylez]

Which MiniPC are you thinking to buy?

[@BananaGeekLord]

@Mosestylez I'm not 100% sure. Some have a Ryzen 7 that I could get for $300-400, and seem like they can mostly handle everything. But from the videos I've seen, they could be a bit better with PS3 and Xbox games. Although I'm not sure how much is the emulator and how much is the system. But there are a few with the Ryzen 9, and those tend to be a bit more expensive, yet that extra little boost seems like it might be better in the long run to just save up the extra bit and upgrade to one of those. I've got the PS5 with a disk drive, so I can still play my PS4 games on there. I mostly just want to go up to the PS3 and I'll be happy.

[@Mosestylez]

@@BananaGeekLord I got myself a ASUS PN53 like 2 weeks ago, and I'm already selling it. The fan noise is too dam loud, even on idle. Maybe I'm just picky about the fan noise, but If you want something quiet, don't buy that 😅 For me now, I MIGHT buy the Minisforum UM790 Pro or just wait until AMD releases their next APU lineups (nothing have been confirmed yet).

[@glennshoemake4200]

​@@BananaGeekLordI'm using Onexplayer 5800u handheld and it's fast enough to play ps3 and Technoparrot without any issues. Also able to play some xbox 360 smaller games that aren't too demanding quite well. The Ryzen 7 uses 5800h which draws more power and is slightly faster.

[@TallDarkRetro]

Retrobat has come a long way since version 6. I switch between this and launchbox, only because some of the harder to emulate stuff is just easier on launchbox. Retrobat has a hard time with batch files and you don't have the same level of control as you would with launchbox. But retrobat is great for things that are automatically set up per emulator

[@74bobby]

For those who Dont Know SD Cards have a Tendency to fail in time... Plug in Hard Drives are a safer Option in My Opinion...

[@rubenrodriguez2590]

Awesome.... Thank you for the video. Loved it. I can't wait to create my own emulation drive.

[@TechDweeb]

Do it!

[@mvanalst2003]

Top shelf stuff here. Thank you, sir! I’m enjoying your content daily now, just like I do with ETA Prime and Retro Game Corps. You’re awesome. Can you tell us what keyboard you’re using and if it’s a winner? It looks interesting. And I’m curious.

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks for saying so buddy! This is the Keychron K10. And I am DEFINITELY happy with it. My fav keyboard I've used! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3zWmHp_p5V4j7s

[@mvanalst2003]

@@TechDweeb thank you so much! I saw that video, but brain farted. Plus it looks like you’ve customized yours and I didn’t place it. I’ll definitely consider it, and if I buy, I’ll use your link.

[@craigrussell3062]

Hey TechDweeb, I got a retro gaming question forya. I bought this thing called a Picade at a thrift shop, which is a mini arcade cabinet with a RaspberryPi mini-computer in it. I designed a bunch of art for the cabinet to make it look like a 90s Ninja Turtles arcade machine, and I want to install some kind of frontend that gets to MAME and/or directly to the TMNT roms without having to navigate a bunch of Raspberry Pi stuff with arcade controllers every time. Any suggestions? Ever mess with RaspberryPi?

[@TechDweeb]

RetroPie should do the job. You can have the device automatically start on the "Mame" section of emulation station, or apparently you can manually edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh to automatically start on a specific game (It's in the RetroPie FAQ).

[@craigrussell3062]

@@TechDweeb Oh sweet! I suppose I could have figured it out myself, but I'm not TechDweeb enough. Thank you so much for this answer and all your content! Big fan.

[@chadsmith3363]

Love your videos! I always learn something, and they also remind me to take a decongestant :)

[@gmrgrl09]

What's that little TV Gadet you got with gameplay screensavers?

[@TechDweeb]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZDdZqaea9R8grs

[@Codemister2009]

This is pretty cool! I didn't hear a lot about Retrobat before this video and this was a nice introduction Also, Are Switch & PS3 games compatible with Retrobat?

[@TechDweeb]

Yes! it does work with Switch and PS3 games. However for Switch you'll need to manually install the emulator, and for PS3 games you'll need to follow a simple method to make .m3u files for each game. Both of those things are explained on the retrobat wiki/FAQ

[@pellcorp]

Many computers can boot from a USB device so batocera is still a good choice I think, certainly no need to install anything on each pc you want to use your ssd

[@TechDweeb]

I just hate having to close all my applications and reboot the computer to play some games (and then I don't have access to windows features like being able to pull up a browser). Batocera is good for dedicated emulation machines, but not great for a drive like this. IMO.

[@pellcorp]

It means you have to install that software on every machine you want to use the drive, and would this rely on windows assigning the same Drive letter every time the disk is attached to the host?

[@ivancho5854]

​@@TechDweebDo you know of anything similar that would work in Linux Mint (apart from RetroArch) by any chance? Batocera is great, but like yourself I value being able to open a browser. Thanks Dweeb. 👍

[@pellcorp]

hmm so batocera just uses emulation station, so theoretically should be able to setup emulation station on your mint installation, I wonder if it would be possible to use a portable version of emulation station that gets installed to the usb hdd, and so you could then switch between linux PCs and run emulation station from the HDD rather than needing to install it and point emulation station at your HDD. i also use linux exclusively, so I would be a bit interested in this as well.

[@PanelsPagesPixels]

Great video TechDweeb! I’ve been slowly going through the same process personally for the last few weeks after getting burned out a bit on all the imperfect builds/images and ways to play the same games and disconnect on the connectivity of those experiences - gotta DIY for it to be perfect for you as an individual as you said. I started with a 2 TB external Samsung SSD and have both Retrobat and Launchbox. Any advantages from your perspective to use an SSD over an HDD from a tech standpoint or not really? Prices are ok I guess - but not at higher TBs so I may switch the whole thing over to a 4/5 TB Xbox external Seagate HDD same one you have (just gonna delete my currently usesless XBOX One library). Looking forward to seeing your finalized setup down the line 👍🏽🙌🏾

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy! I'm with ya. So frustrating when a device comes along that does a lot of things right but then ends up needing so much tinkering that it just ends up being quicker to do yourself :P Not really much of an advantage to going with SSD to be honest, it only really affects load times and it only affects the really high end stuff like PS3, and even then it doesn't make that much of a difference. Oh copying your rom files over, that'd be quicker. But not with the premium price IMO. 4tb is a great size. You can get all the old stuff including PS1, dreamcast, saturn, and gamecube, and tons of ps2 and the higher end stuff. Final tour video will definitely happen, I have a fun idea to spruce up the shell too :)

[@Harie0]

Games load quick regardless and either work fine. If an HDD idles from not being used, you'll have to wait for it to spin up again, which isn't long. That won't even happen if you plug it in and start playing. In most cases, SSDs are faster, but I wouldn't say either are a draw back. I think the only cases where an HDD can be faster is when they are filled up, but even then, it depends on the HDD and SDD. I have a PS2 with an HDD in it and it is faster than the disc by far.

[@lenniskovgaard8278]

I really wan’t to make such a 4 or 5 tb HDD as this. I don’t have a pc at the moment, and thought of getting a Mini PC to use this with. BUT when I look at Mini PC’s is says that they only suppet 2TB HDD?? Can that really be true 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MrExtahsee]

Just came across ur channel. Love the edits and funny bits and parts, earned urself a new subscriber. Keep it up!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks for saying so! Welcome!

[@omarguerrero6417]

I want to do something like this but with my steam games and other launcher games

[@TechDweeb]

You can do that! I'll make a video about it asap!

[@curcapsicum]

What would be the downside of doing this with a larger flash/thumb drive? Sidenote great video :D I'm totally going to do this.

[@TechDweeb]

The only downside is the physical size of the device and the fact that bigger devices are more expensive. No performance downside though.

[@curcapsicum]

@@TechDweeb Sweet, I might do that instead if I can find a cheaper but larger storage flash/thumb drive. I'd definitely do a specific set of games for each system so I don't need a TON of space.

[@pleasuretokill]

​@@TechDweeb0⁰

[@bellytelevision]

You're the best, Tech Dweeb!

[@drgonzo1402]

Out of all the controllers I have tested the PS4 is the best one. compatibility with Bluetooth is easy and most importantly you get motion control which the Xbox lacks and switch pro controllers have Bluetooth issues.

[@zipeee1]

Yup. Motion controls are great. But some windows games still only work with xinput/xbox controllers unless I use steam input or ds4windows.

[@TechDweeb]

I grabbed a used PS4 controller off FB, never tried one before but I'm glad I did - I love it!

[@mobypixel]

Great video! This seems like it might be tricky to setup for Mac, but I haven’t checked.

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah it probably wouldn't work on a mac. I don't think there are many frontend options for the mac tbh. The best one I know about is OpenEmu. No reason you couldn't set that up on an external drive.

[@mobypixel]

Thanks! I use OpenEmu currently. I’ll give it a go!

[@Nathanialjg]

Could I plug this right into a TV? Or does it have to be a computer?

[@TechDweeb]

Nah, you'll need a computer. But it can be any computer really. Any laptop or cheap mini PC (like the ones I've shown on my channel) will do the job.

[@mikemells1642]

Create A batocera walkthrough on setting up all the console from Atari up to ps2 and xbox 360

[@LogosGaming]

if anyone needs help spam me i have time for light doubts and IDC, i speak portuguese and english, good video bro I'm currently playing RE2 on V90 having lots of fun, curating a library is such a huge task

[@enriquemeza5291]

What is that little tv running smb3 in the background? I need that!

[@markracer3281]

You are absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you...🙂

[@TechDweeb]

Aw shucks 😊

[@JasonGambacort]

I just came here to see how many times it was asked where to d/l the roms.

[@TechDweeb]

WAAAAYYYY too often!

[@lenniskovgaard8278]

I really wan’t to make such a 4 or 5 tb HDD as this. I don’t have a pc at the moment, and thought of getting a Mini PC to use this with. BUT when I look at Mini PC’s is says that they only support Max 2TB HDD?? Can that really be true 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TechDweeb]

That probably refers to internal NVME SSD's.

[@marciomladenoff7912]

I like the suggestive words when trying to find roms 😂

[@the-papaw]

Great video, thank you. I have used LB/BB for years, but I really like Retrobat. The thing I'm not sure about is how to use roms and artwork from other devices. I have a 14TB HDD of roms and media on a NAS and not sure how to use that on multiple PC's on my network. I also wish I could find more information about theming it as I have done tons of theming and artwork for LB/BB. Any suggestions?

[@zemaduvant8676]

I wanna get the 96tb for an archive.

[@TechDweeb]

I'm with ya

[@AndySomething]

What's the pro's of Batocera then if you can just get Retrobat and not require the portable drive to be booted? Is it more performative because the hardware is only running what's on the drive, and not also what might be running on your PC?

[@TechDweeb]

The performance is a bit better on Batocera in some systems but not others. Overall it's barely any different. The main benefit to Batocera is that you boot to it. So if you have a PC that is a dedicated emulation console, it makes more sense because then you don't have windows running in the background, giving you updates and popups or whatever. If you want an emulation operating system, to use a PC as an emulation console, go with Batocera. If you just want to RUN emulation from your current pc but want to also use it for PC stuff, then go with Retrobat.

[@AndySomething]

@@TechDweeb Thank you for the response! Yeah, I have been looking into a mini pc as a dedicated emulation console; so I'd go Batocera for that. But I also picked up a 4tb portable SSD recently; so sounds like since I'd want to plug that into different PC's it makes more sense to use Retrobat as I won't have to deal with with booting into it each time I plug it in? 😅

[@tessie4204]

Does it save to your C:\Users\herma\AppData folders or does everything stay on the install harddrive?

[@TechDweeb]

Everything on the hard drive, it's completely portable.

[@jfvira9844]

Here for the learning!!!

[@TechDweeb]

🎓

[@layol692k7]

@TechDweeb I love this video and it is spot on you sir have earned me as a subscriber keep up the great work

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks and welcome!

[@edwinbaezjr.945]

I have launchbox/BigBox but I do like Batocera also. Soooo I will try RetroBat!!!

[@syiqayd]

guess I will just "google", something more productive than finding "rom sets" for my "favourite systems"... Like aquaponics.😌

[@Kiyoshi_9606]

@TechDweeb, any Front Ends that can run on Android TV? I liked having Android-based front end for my phone+controller, tablet+projector, TV, computer, etc., and shift around... but I think only Sony supports Android TV apks via Google Play (and LG and Samsung don't?)...

[@mjdf122]

It’s alright I feel like the other hard drives you reviewed in past emulate more console generations and games

[@cocktailzombie]

Quick question can those kinhank hdds be used as a source of roms rather than downloading them yourself? Can you copy individual roms and or folders from them onto another hdd?

[@TechDweeb]

Definitely!

[@johnnycarter6196]

Does the 4TB model, has actually a 4TB real HDD? Interested to purchase one and need to be sure

[@michaeldemers2716]

I was wondering if it matters if my Hard Drive is Formatted to FAT32 or if I should do something different?

[@TechDweeb]

Fat32 is usually for lower end devices with smaller storage. But as long as it works with your PC it won't be a problem. If your PC is detecting it and you get the full capacity, just use that, it'll be fine!

[@michaeldemers2716]

@@TechDweeb I never see TI-99 Emulated anywhere. I got it running on the Funny Playing Mini Arcade years ago but it was Linux. Have you seen a system that supports it. I love their Burgertime version. It's like the MSX.

[@leandroaraujo8]

Hello there! great video! how did you manage to put the games view like that 11:16 in this theme?

[@TechDweeb]

I can't remember to be honest. It's one of the gamelist view options in the theme settings.

[@leandroaraujo8]

@@TechDweeb thanks found it

[@vladtheimpailer7979]

Please show me!!! You phuckin rock!!! Keep up the awesomeness!!!

[@evagalli7890]

That's all very well, but how do you transfer game saves between these emulators? I mean are they compatible with each other?

[@TechDweeb]

Sorry I don't understand the question. Are you saying if you have a save file in a certain game that you want to be able to open that save file in a different emulator on a different computer? If you want to send it to someone or something?

[@evagalli7890]

@@TechDweeb Yeah, that's right.

[@TechDweeb]

Ah okay. So if you have a game save you will need to find the save file on the device. It's usually kept in an easy to find location (in retrobat it's kept in a /saves folder). You just need to copy the save file over to the proper save location on the other device. However, if you are using different emulation cores (for example if you start a game in MGBA on one device, and then move to a different device that uses the VBA core), then you will need to convert the save file (you can find converters online). However that's rare, usually these devices choose the best cores to work with and the saves are compatible. But the best part about having a drive like this is keeping all your saves on the drive, so you don't need to copy them around, you can just move the drive!

[@Mega6468]

Can you play the games with only a keyboard?

[@chrisplissken4626]

Ive been trying to repurpose an old hp EliteBook 8730w and i been having a hard time getting the drive to boot batocera,lakka...i just need something thqt can work as teh main os for gsmes

[@jeremysellars7303]

the discount code does not work :(. any tips

[@coolbrah8741]

Followed this to a tee. After installing there is no exe. file anywhere. Tried installing again and this time selected shortcut but then the shortcut wouldn't open! It says Windows can't find it because it was moved or deleted, so despite installing it, I'm not able to launch. Any suggestions?

[@TechDweeb]

That's a weird one. Sounds like something is up with the installer for maybe your drive. It should be installing the full directory and the exe file is in the retrobat folder.

[@coolbrah8741]

Another guy posted the same problem on Reddit and someone said it could be his security software, but strange how the entire program is installed except that one thing, the launcher. Anyway, I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for the reply. @@TechDweeb

[@pilantra2000]

Is only me or this guy sounds like abe,

[@TechDweeb]

He does doesn't he

[@JovzSalla]

is it bootable and will it work on steam deck? thanks

[@TechDweeb]

Not bootable, and no it won't work on the deck. However if you set this up you can use it as the rom location of your steam deck if you install EmuDeck (I plan on making a tutorial about this soon!)

[@JovzSalla]

@@TechDweeb Will look forward to that thanks TechDweeb!

[@SDKIZZLE]

does this work for mac??

[@6TheBACH]

7:07 Ah yes, the *GIGLEbytes*

[@craiglambard]

Please nobody throw things at me when I ask this but would this run on a Mac? Asking for a friend 😗

[@TechDweeb]

This frontend wouldn't work, but the concept would. On mac there is a program called OpenEmu, so you could make a drive that is based on the openemu program instead of retrobat. I might make a video about that someday...

[@stuffwithbob]

can you tell me where to find roms here and delete the comment in a hour please

[@stuffwithbob]

​ @TechDweeb Thank u I'm definitely leaving a sub

[@TheSuperStroker]

I like you

[@hendrixc6988]

Hello Reddit my old friend I’ve come to use you again.

[@samcadwallader2899]

Finally a use for all the external 3tb drives I dumpster dived during COVID.

[@TechDweeb]

Really? Neat!

[@Superamak]

Hi.

[@TechDweeb]

Hey

[@Cyko..]

This is a really smart idea. I have a few older computers laying around and wanted to make use out of them by installing retro games on them. This is a lot quicker and easier as all I'd have to do is unplug the drive to the other saving hours and days of transfering files, scraping the artwork, etc! I wasn't aware that Retro Bat worked on Windows. Thanks for the helpful video!

[@TechDweeb]

That's the PERFECT use for a drive like this!

[@JoseRueda-x3z]

​@@TechDweebWhat theme do you use in the minutr 11:31?

[@bill5974]

Literally did this instead of making another Batocera drive on a 1TB SSD and it's amazing. I can't recommend Retrobat enough.

[@akima2700]

Another Great video!! 😊can’t wait to see your emulation station guid next!!!

[@skRapKlan]

Hahah awesome video, as usual! Loving your content dude! These quick to pick up emulation systems are really cool, and getting better and better! Thanks for staying on top of things!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks for saying so!

[@Chomakot]

That cassette disk looks awesome tho

[@TechDweeb]

I plan on sprucing up is drive of mine, stay tuned for the dedicated 'tour' video ;)

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

What's the tentacle anime? Asking for a friend.

[@TechDweeb]

Haha I dunno, I just googled "tentacle anime" and it was the first one that came up. It's SFW by the way.

[@littergamer]

I wish we can do this on arcade box or stick game or whatever his name

[@bland9876]

DO NOT FORMAT YOUR SD CARD IN YOUR STEAM DECK. You have been warned. If you format it in Windows you can pop it in your Steam Deck and it will work just fine though you do have to go into desktop mode and mount it every single time. (Maybe somone should make a Decky Loader pluggin for that). Formating it in the Deck means it will be in a Linux only file format and you won't be able to use the card on your computer. You have all your ROMs, saved games, and save states on the SD card so you can play on your PC if you want. Just change the location of your saves in RetroArch on the Deck and you're good to go. Then you just have to hope that RetroArch doesn't switch the save games and save state locations back to the defaults instead of the SD card that's f'ing annoying. All of this seems pointless though because you can just do k the Deck to play on a TV but anyways there you go.

[@danhoppy5517]

Great video. I already made a Retrobat drive with all of my favourite games on to swap between my computers, but I should have gone for Batocera instead. Linux Mint and Retrobat are not a good combination!

[@ivancho5854]

I know where you're coming from. Mint is utterly excellent, but then what to do about emulation? I assume that Batocera is more optimized, but that means that a reboot is required. RetroArch isn't the best, hence all of the front ends. It's a dilemma. If only Batocera could run at the same time as Mint and it were possible to jump back and forth in windows between them. I'm dreaming I suppose. All the best Dan.

[@kurtisschwartz9870]

Not your fingers! Damn those Nintendo lawyer ninjas!!

[@tiredpinata6363]

“Tiny best set go” has so many roms with box art included if you want to skip the picture process

[@TechDweeb]

☝️

[@Yukark]

Was super interested until i found out it was for windows machines - where's the linux love :c

[@TechDweeb]

You can do nearly the same thing with Batocera. I'm planning on doing a batocera video at some point soon!

[@ivancho5854]

​@@TechDweebGoody gumdrops! 😁

[@adamkane7513]

Great tutorial, *TD!* I have been playing MAME & Gens off a portable drive for years now. I am a clumsy fukka so damaged 2 HDDs despite one of them being a Freecom Toughdrive.

[@RETROBAT]

Good video ! Thank you ! ;-)

[@TechDweeb]

Thank YOU for your awesome software! I love to share it :)

[@CaptButtonMash]

Thank you, TechDweeb!

[@Bluepandaiscool]

would it be possible to make something like this but for android??

[@__EMULATIONPROS__]

Yes there's a hyperspin android version out in the wild or there's launchbox for Android

[@dwsonye]

Because of you have an S23 Ultra paired with a Backbone PS edition controller as my hand-held gaming device. Looks like I have another project now. Ty for all this great content!

[@TechDweeb]

Haha that's what I like to hear!

[@nathankean7968]

So basically you can play anything your computer can handle? Are there any good resources for what computer specs are needed for some of the higher end systems?

[@TechDweeb]

That's right! I have a 3-part video series that goes over what type of emulation you can do on various levels of hardware: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g53YY4d5ZqeEZrM (check the description for the other parts). Hope that helps!

[@nathankean7968]

I got everything up and running on my ryzen based pc and i have sound in the front end but not the games. Any idea? @@TechDweeb

[@nathankean7968]

FAQ got it straight for me

[@NN11335]

Hey mr dweeb ily❤

[@RunescapeMeister-san]

I'm ashamed that I recognized everything in both of the "anime" screencaps.

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

I didn't

[@PankoBreadcrumbs]

I found one of your videos on an Anbernic console I was looking into and I've got to say I love your channel and your energy! I'm subscribing now before your channel really goes and takes off, thanks Tech dweeb!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks for saying so!

[@dartstifler9461]

That 🐙. 😂

[@michaeldemers2716]

Thank you. This is perfect for me. I have my favorite ROMS already I just wanted a way to keep my saves together from PC to PC.

[@Agumon5]

When we going to get the Tech Dweeb "TD" branded retro consoles? You got to capitalize on your fame and start a partnership with Miyoo or Anbernic for a custom Tech Dweeb handheld. Pull a Soulja Boy!

[@TechDweeb]

I don't think any of those companies would want to work with me, I'd be pretty picky that it'd have to be PERFECT!

[@Agumon5]

​​@@TechDweebI thought you loved the RG35XX... ??? Slap a Dweeb logo on that sucker, get a transparent orange shell and call it a day. ;)

[@nightsquats]

I bring my rp2+ to hotels/motels to hook up to the tv in the room. Mobile setups are extremely valuable! I am Close to getting a "flat" portable moniter for 100% guaranteed mobile solution for upscaling beyond hand-held. I just can't decide on one but when I have the scrilla to attempt it we'll see. Cheers!

[@kayealexv.g.]

Dumb question and maybe I am overthinking it. But If I were to say buy a drive [not saying I am] And it were to have Retrobat and roms on it, theoretically would saving the titles be as easy as say dragging and dropping them into a secondary storage system? TLDR do I need to clone a prebuilt drive or can I just drag and drop?

[@TechDweeb]

YUP! It's that easy :)

[@markmaisy4858]

Great video. Plan to do this myself, had loads of rom sets pre Nintendo's purge, dabbled with Hyperspin years ago but found it a pain in the arse, just deleted everything and gave up. Seeing just how far Retrobat, Launchbox and Batocera have come and made a user friendly interface has reignited my interest. Recently purchased two drives from Aliexpress 2&4tb mainly for rom content, I'd sooner have a drive with stuff on I'll actually play!

[@0Akeldama0]

so you'd plug in the drive, navigate to it, and open retrobat? Then close retrobat? Would you have to eject the drive? Thanks, good video

[@TechDweeb]

Yup that's right. You can make a shortcut to retrobat.exe and put that in the root level of the drive. You should always eject drives properly before unplugging them (I never do though! :P)

[@hb221984]

just strange telling me with psx games that my bios file is missing .... put it in the bios folder did i do somthing wrong there ? can't find any faq where some one has the same problem

[@TechDweeb]

Probably has something to do with the file name. If it's just the warning you can ignore it (there's actually a way to turn off the warning). YOu don't need the bios file for most of the PS1 cores (I use PCSX Rearmed, no bios needed).

[@Klimowicznicholas]

Went with your recommendations and bought the 4tb Seagate drive. Thank you. Please make a future video with your setup. Would love to see that.

[@TechDweeb]

I definitely will!

[@Reelreactions999]

This also assures you that no "bloatware" or Malware is hiding in the background as many pre-made external drives and Android boxes have nowadays.

[@lenniskovgaard8278]

Is it not a risk when downloadning roms that virussen are “included”?

[@Harie0]

Good video. Seeing one of your other videos got me thinking about the a dedicated mobile HDD. It's neat, but it doesn't really do well for me. All but one of my PCs are in one room. The one is an arcade cabinet geared toward... well arcade games. My ideal ROM set would have more RPGs. I could still do it though. I have a low power, passively cooled (fanless thus quiet), PC that is on all the time serving as a Jukebox with Plex. I have it hooked to my main Monitor, so I can use it easy enough. I haven't tried it too hard, but I don't think it would over heat on long play sessions. Anything PS2 or more is pretty much off the table though. The thing is also the same size as a portable HDD. I could than swap to my gaming PC for anything more demanding. While Mechanical HDDs are the cheapest and fast enough, I, personally, won't be using it. I had one to easily transfer large file transfers, but kept dropping it. Being butterfingered and wire management is a pain. I have a smaller, but still relatively large, USB stick now. I'd rather use an external 2.5 or nvme drive, but it can serve as startup. Still, there's lots of ways to do this stuff, and I really like it. I only played with a keyboard when I was a kid. My family didn't have the internet for awhile, so my friend supplied me with some ROMS. A few had to be zipped across a few floppies. That was our version of smuggling illegal stuff.🤣

[@TechDweeb]

I played with the keyboard A TON when I was younger too. And some games are actually GREAT on keyboard. SHMUPS for instance, I can do amazing with the keypad on a keyboard. RPGs are totally fine too.

[@josephbradshaw6985]

Bought a thumb drive shaped like a kitty cat's head (meow), making a drive for playing with my nieces. Yes, I have pink USB controllers.

[@TechDweeb]

I approve