FYI - If you hold "Volume Down" and press "Power" (instead of Volume Up + Power as you mentioned) you hear a chime sound and it goes directly to the boot menu, saving you the step of having to choose the Boot Menu from Bios Menu.
Ya'll, my steam deck arrives Wednesday!!! Oh my gawd, what do ya know, what do you say!? Im bringing with me to work everyday cuz I got alot of downtime in my truck when getting unloaded and stuff. If I want to get online away feom home, how do I do that? Is there wifi I can buy to use for the deck on the go? Can I use my Verizon mobile hotspot? How does that work? Most games I like I can play offline so it's not a big deal if I can't get online away from home but would be nice to know.
Yes.. I would love to see a full tutorial on this. I've been waiting on this and just got my SD 2 weeks ago and with my new 1tb card just arriving today I'm ready to game. Thanks for the video!
Why on earth would you want to? Yuzu already chews through battery & harder to emulate games require all the performance they can get. Why would you want an extra resource running in the background lol? All your going to gain are fps drops & faster drain.
@@johnfrankster3244 It's not like it'd be using resources all the time just having it installed. Maybe could play those emulators when close to an outlet or something.
@@johnfrankster3244 _Why on earth would you want to?_ That's a seriously idiotic question. I might just as well ask why anyone would want to install Batoceta at all just to play shitty, decades-old, crap games.
Set up video would be great, but as someone who hasn't gotten their deck yet and haven't been able to experiment, I'd love to see a comparison video between Batocera and Emu Deck, if the differences are at all significant in your opinion.
Batocera is a full OS that runs the emulators. EmuDeck is just a script that installs the emulators from Discover on the Deck and configures them to make setting them up a bit easier.
@@LordBrizz RIGHT but, is there any performance boost using Batocera on the Deck vs EmuDeck? I've got EmuDeck setup and it runs great but, some, for example, higher end PS3 games don't play it at all very well, IF this made a boost when some of these harder to run games could run, then it would be worth the change. I get the appeal but, with EmuDeck, there is no reboot, I can switch from a Steam Game and start playing Switch games with no reboot in-between.
I got this running on my SteamDeck this week and so far everything I've thrown at it has played great. Russ over at Retro Game Corps has a Batocera install video I followed. All you do is flash the microsd, then boot it up on your Steam Deck. Copy over your bios and roms through the file manager in Batocera. It took me maybe an hr to get running and it was my first time setting up Batocera.
@@ETAPRIME could you do a video on how to setup a really good theme, attract videos and setting up controllers for specific games and systems please.. your videos are really easy to follow and I have no doubt it would be a very easy step by step video.. Also could you do a top 30 games emulator video live.. would be awesome to talk to you in person and a live stream would be cool
My 2nd 512 in on the way too, my first one is 256 I liked it so much decided to get another 512 😋, when did you preorder yours? I preordered my 2nd 2 weeks ago and already got email today.
I'd say a good video to make would be an EmuDeck vs Batocera comparison video, for those people like me who can't decide which one to use after seeing this video.
I agree! Personally would only use batocera on the steam deck if it was way better on performance, otherwise I would just keep everything on one OS using emudeck
I also agree. If there is a noticeable performance bump I’ll consider it as it looks very cool. Though that added layer of friction to reboot etc just puts me off slightly, compared to emudeck
I just received my Steam Deck a few days ago, with emulation being one of the main things I want to do on it. This Batocera environment looks really nice, so a full tutorial on it would be great!
Got mine this week and already had a sd card prepared for it. It runs so good! I have been playing Burnout 3 and it's like a dream come true! Nice to see Valve producing more units, my reservation was done in july.
Batocera is amazing and this is a really great alternative, but I think I'm going to stick to EmuDeck because I can have both retro games and Steam games on the same SD card, so no need to swap my SD card in and out, causing wear and tear of the mechanism in the slot, and no need to go into a boot menu.
Definitely a set up guide please. Retro gamers who have launchbox on PC need the front end content on this new console sorted especially to integrate on a docking system as well as Steam OS and other windows games!
Yes! A full tutorial how to set it up would be awesome! I have steam deck out of the box, not done anything with it apart from play steam a games. A full complete guide would be amazing dude, maybe a guide that beginners and newbies could follow
Tutorial please :) Thanks for sharing your experience! Got ready on my Windows10 MicroSD card with some classics like Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Red Alert II, Renegade, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Diablo II LOD classic, WoW private server with bots Wrath of the Lich King, and much more. Now on to the next project 😄
Definitely would like a video tutorial on ground up setup. I am fairly tech savvy and could probably work it out, but a video tutorial would be a great start as there are always little config or workaround issues that need to be configured along the way and I would assume you have done all that as you have a working build to boot into :)
I like Batocera on my old desktop PC, and I already have a Steam Deck, but what I don't have is the knowledge to set stuff like this up on my own, so yes please on the setup guide! 🙂
Been waiting on this one! Would definitely love a detailed video by you on how to set this up on the steam deck! Thanks again for these great updates and videos!
Hi there, just wanted to point out that in the Wii and PS2 segments, the title for the segment said "EMulation" with a capital M. Just thought I should point that out, awesome video though!
Currently have over 3,500 roms added to Betocera on my Steam Deck. Can confirm all my childhood favorites play flawlessly. Except for Halo 2 on Xbox emulation :(
Hey ETA PRIME, Thanks for the vid as always! Curious, do you have issues with pressing the power button to lock it and then go to unlock it and it boots into Steam OS?
Another great video as always so thank you. I have been looking all over the place for Steam Deck PCSX2 settings for Grand Turismo 4 without success. Some tracks work perfectly while other races with opponents are unplayably slow. Even some of the chase license tests just stutter and struggle as long as the lead car is in view. In the B license test following the NSX at Laguna Seca the frame rate is garbage. Wondering if you have encountered the same issue and have a work around? Thanks in advance.
You didn’t proofread the description before posting this, did you? It reads like you were excited to share the news and randomly held down the shift key. Great video though!
I would love more setup videos! also have you done any vids on how you have modified the decks cosmetics? I dig the clear style. Looks like jail house electronics.
Imagine back in the heyday of the NEO GEO someone saying about a handheld, "And obviously we are going to get great performance with these lower end emulators...........NEO GEO............." 😵💫😵💫🤯😵💫😵💫
Nice to see some native Batocera! and man.. the more I see you use the dbrand case, the more I think i'll wait until they can make one that "looks cool" lol. It just looks so boring.. Love the skin though :).
Would be cool to see a setup tutorial for an external HDD. Even with the 512 GB model you still need a 1Tb SD card for your Steam games; and swapping SD cards when you want to play emulators is not really ideal. At least with an external SSD via USB you can hot plug it I believe, so it is much easier and less prone to lose your SD card while you swap it
Great video as always. I have been running Windows 11 on a MicroSD on my Steam Deck, and it always surprises me just how well it runs! For Batocera, does Switch emulation exist? I am currently using Yuzu through SteamOS currently, but would be good to offload this to a pure emulation build separate from anything on SteamOS itself.
by the way, to get into the BIOS you only need to hold the power and volume up button until the dudldup boot sound plays, you don't need to keep your finger on volume up after that.
That frontend looks closer to Big Box which is what I prefer to use but honestly I think EmulationStation is pretty nice once the assets has been scraped.
I'd love to see more online multiplayer games running on the steam deck but that's more of a "I wish creators of anticheat software (as easy anti cheat and Battleeye) could see that Linux isn't an os for cheaters" and not so much a "I wanna see ETA play them" . But I'm the sort who has wanted to see Linux grow in popularity for a while now and I still feel like gaming can be the catalyst for that.
Are you using Project Killswitch case and skin? The skins are eh, but the cover actually looks better than I thought. IF it's Project Killswitch, was it worth it? I bought a clear silicone-like case, but not sure i like it
FYI - If you hold "Volume Down" and press "Power" (instead of Volume Up + Power as you mentioned) you hear a chime sound and it goes directly to the boot menu, saving you the step of having to choose the Boot Menu from Bios Menu.
Good tip
Thanks alot!
Must be hard to remember the different intricacies with all the devices he reviews.
@@Uppercade it's the same shortcut for a lot of devices.
Ya'll, my steam deck arrives Wednesday!!! Oh my gawd, what do ya know, what do you say!? Im bringing with me to work everyday cuz I got alot of downtime in my truck when getting unloaded and stuff. If I want to get online away feom home, how do I do that? Is there wifi I can buy to use for the deck on the go? Can I use my Verizon mobile hotspot? How does that work? Most games I like I can play offline so it's not a big deal if I can't get online away from home but would be nice to know.
Yes.. I would love to see a full tutorial on this. I've been waiting on this and just got my SD 2 weeks ago and with my new 1tb card just arriving today I'm ready to game. Thanks for the video!
I would LOVE to see a guide in how to set this up. Also any news if RPCS3 or Yuzu can work with Batocera on the Steam Deck?
Both work well on the Steam Deck in SteamOS. I haven't tried Batocera yet though
Why on earth would you want to? Yuzu already chews through battery & harder to emulate games require all the performance they can get. Why would you want an extra resource running in the background lol? All your going to gain are fps drops & faster drain.
@@johnfrankster3244 It's not like it'd be using resources all the time just having it installed. Maybe could play those emulators when close to an outlet or something.
@@johnfrankster3244 _Why on earth would you want to?_
That's a seriously idiotic question. I might just as well ask why anyone would want to install Batoceta at all just to play shitty, decades-old, crap games.
RPCS3, Yuzu, and even some Xenia work on Batocera Steam Deck.
Set up video would be great, but as someone who hasn't gotten their deck yet and haven't been able to experiment, I'd love to see a comparison video between Batocera and Emu Deck, if the differences are at all significant in your opinion.
Batocera is a full OS that runs the emulators. EmuDeck is just a script that installs the emulators from Discover on the Deck and configures them to make setting them up a bit easier.
@@LordBrizz I think he might mean Emulation Station but I'm not positive. I had the same thought as you.
@@LordBrizz RIGHT but, is there any performance boost using Batocera on the Deck vs EmuDeck? I've got EmuDeck setup and it runs great but, some, for example, higher end PS3 games don't play it at all very well, IF this made a boost when some of these harder to run games could run, then it would be worth the change. I get the appeal but, with EmuDeck, there is no reboot, I can switch from a Steam Game and start playing Switch games with no reboot in-between.
@@TheCoolDave yeah but it doesnt it clutter things up having all your emulated games mixed in with pc games?
I got this running on my SteamDeck this week and so far everything I've thrown at it has played great. Russ over at Retro Game Corps has a Batocera install video I followed. All you do is flash the microsd, then boot it up on your Steam Deck. Copy over your bios and roms through the file manager in Batocera. It took me maybe an hr to get running and it was my first time setting up Batocera.
This is amazing! Couldn't have come at a better time as mine is on it's way :)
Awesome, you will love it. For sure
@@ETAPRIME Thank you buddy, I look forward to it - appreciate the reply!
@@ETAPRIME could you do a video on how to setup a really good theme, attract videos and setting up controllers for specific games and systems please.. your videos are really easy to follow and I have no doubt it would be a very easy step by step video..
Also could you do a top 30 games emulator video live.. would be awesome to talk to you in person and a live stream would be cool
My 2nd 512 in on the way too, my first one is 256 I liked it so much decided to get another 512 😋, when did you preorder yours? I preordered my 2nd 2 weeks ago and already got email today.
Already got mine and trust me it’s amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I'd say a good video to make would be an EmuDeck vs Batocera comparison video, for those people like me who can't decide which one to use after seeing this video.
I know lots of people are going to ask for the setup video, but I'd also love to see a comparison between performance using Batocera vs SteamOS
I agree! Personally would only use batocera on the steam deck if it was way better on performance, otherwise I would just keep everything on one OS using emudeck
I also agree. If there is a noticeable performance bump I’ll consider it as it looks very cool. Though that added layer of friction to reboot etc just puts me off slightly, compared to emudeck
That's a freaking awesome case on your Steam Deck.
Would love a full tutorial of this video, and love to see the growth of your channel + all the Steam Deck content!!!
I just received my Steam Deck a few days ago, with emulation being one of the main things I want to do on it. This Batocera environment looks really nice, so a full tutorial on it would be great!
Got mine this week and already had a sd card prepared for it. It runs so good!
I have been playing Burnout 3 and it's like a dream come true!
Nice to see Valve producing more units, my reservation was done in july.
Do you have a link to set it up?
Burnout 3 is so good on the Deck!!
Batocera is amazing and this is a really great alternative, but I think I'm going to stick to EmuDeck because I can have both retro games and Steam games on the same SD card, so no need to swap my SD card in and out, causing wear and tear of the mechanism in the slot, and no need to go into a boot menu.
A setup video would be nice Prime!
On it, thanks
Just paid for mine and will totally be doing this. Thanks for the video.
Great video-I appreciate the clarity and detailed descriptions you provide.
Good deal. Thanks for the consistency with your channel.
Definitely a set up guide please. Retro gamers who have launchbox on PC need the front end content on this new console sorted especially to integrate on a docking system as well as Steam OS and other windows games!
I mean, that's cool but what benefits would this have over Emudeck?
Other than UI and not being able to access team Deck functions it's not worth it.
@7:35 YES PLEASE! I would love to see that full video. APlease
Yes! A full tutorial how to set it up would be awesome! I have steam deck out of the box, not done anything with it apart from play steam a games. A full complete guide would be amazing dude, maybe a guide that beginners and newbies could follow
Tutorial please :) Thanks for sharing your experience! Got ready on my Windows10 MicroSD card with some classics like Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Red Alert II, Renegade, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Diablo II LOD classic, WoW private server with bots Wrath of the Lich King, and much more. Now on to the next project 😄
Definitely would like a video tutorial on ground up setup. I am fairly tech savvy and could probably work it out, but a video tutorial would be a great start as there are always little config or workaround issues that need to be configured along the way and I would assume you have done all that as you have a working build to boot into :)
I like Batocera on my old desktop PC, and I already have a Steam Deck, but what I don't have is the knowledge to set stuff like this up on my own, so yes please on the setup guide! 🙂
Yes, it would be awesome to see a setup guide for Batocera emulator on Steam Deck using a windows pc
check my comment above
That's why the steam Deck is so cool, you can put other OS' on there besides Windows depending on your use case. Such a great device, I love mine.
Been waiting on this one! Would definitely love a detailed video by you on how to set this up on the steam deck! Thanks again for these great updates and videos!
Very interested in Batocerea tut. Thanks for the great vid :)
If you hold Volume Down + Power, it goes straight to the boot menu
Batocera setup guide please! This is an amazing piece of tech to have
I've been running Batocera too on my Steam Deck! Totally love it!
Hi there, just wanted to point out that in the Wii and PS2 segments, the title for the segment said "EMulation" with a capital M. Just thought I should point that out, awesome video though!
Steamdeck is such a great machine not only for emulation but also to play almost any PC game quite decently, specially old ones.
I'd like that tutorial video 😎 haven't got my deck yet but I plan on putting in the reservation at the end of this week.
Would love a full video tutorial on the setup :)
No one ever talks about saturn emulation. Some truly wonderful RPG's on that system.
Would love the setup! I've got some friends that would benefit from it greatly, and it'd save me time from having to help them haha
Definitely want a setup guide! Awesome video!
I just threw some directions in the comments above.
YES PLEASE DO THAT TUTORIAL. SORRY FOR THE CAPS LOCK. I AM EXCITED. THATS ALL.
Currently have over 3,500 roms added to Betocera on my Steam Deck. Can confirm all my childhood favorites play flawlessly. Except for Halo 2 on Xbox emulation :(
Super excited to try this out, tracking says my deck should arrive today!
I just purchased the steam deck Mann I’ll have a field day with this console
Please make a full tutorial. ETA you are amazing.
Hell yeah I want a tutorial. Getting my Steam Deck next week!
Same here.
love that clear case look eta looks awesome!!
If you could do a lamens guide for setting this up it would be greatly appreciated! Awesome video. Thanks.
Great video! I just got my steam deck and I would love to see a full setup with batocera on steam deck... Many thanks!
Love this! Please do a full tutorial. Would definitely watch. Great stuff as always ETA!
Hey ETA PRIME,
Thanks for the vid as always! Curious, do you have issues with pressing the power button to lock it and then go to unlock it and it boots into Steam OS?
yes, please go though how you set this up! Mine finally arrives today!
Another great video as always so thank you. I have been looking all over the place for Steam Deck PCSX2 settings for Grand Turismo 4 without success. Some tracks work perfectly while other races with opponents are unplayably slow. Even some of the chase license tests just stutter and struggle as long as the lead car is in view. In the B license test following the NSX at Laguna Seca the frame rate is garbage. Wondering if you have encountered the same issue and have a work around? Thanks in advance.
This looks amazing! I would very much appreciate a video dedicated to setup.
I'm getting my deck on Saturday and a full tutorial would be so good to have!!
Would definitely love to see a setup video!
Can't wait to get these. Valve sent me that email. Less Go!!!!
Man, for 399 and a cheap sd card you get pretty much all emulation you want and on the go 😁
You didn’t proofread the description before posting this, did you? It reads like you were excited to share the news and randomly held down the shift key. Great video though!
I would love more setup videos! also have you done any vids on how you have modified the decks cosmetics? I dig the clear style. Looks like jail house electronics.
Full tutorial on how to setup would awesome!
Most definitely wanting a full tutorial!!
Full setup video please. That would be great
Can’t wait to get my steam deck delivered in the mail 256 gig
setup video and maybe touch on the pros and cons / comparisons to just running emudeck?
Imagine back in the heyday of the NEO GEO someone saying about a handheld, "And obviously we are going to get great performance with these lower end emulators...........NEO GEO............." 😵💫😵💫🤯😵💫😵💫
Just in time. My deck is finally available
A full setup for Batocera would be great! Thanks in advance
Strong.
Very strong.
Thanks prime.
Fridays had a pattern . . . mini PCs . . . sort of. Lookin' fwd to more mini PCs or any other vids from you.
A setup tutorial would be fantastic if have you have the time… much thanks 😊
Nice to see some native Batocera! and man.. the more I see you use the dbrand case, the more I think i'll wait until they can make one that "looks cool" lol. It just looks so boring.. Love the skin though :).
Yes I would love a tutorial, as much as I love Emudeck I wanna check out Batocera
Yes to a full tutorial! Also does it allow updates within the OS or do you have to reinstall it anytime there is an update?
Would be cool to see a setup tutorial for an external HDD. Even with the 512 GB model you still need a 1Tb SD card for your Steam games; and swapping SD cards when you want to play emulators is not really ideal. At least with an external SSD via USB you can hot plug it I believe, so it is much easier and less prone to lose your SD card while you swap it
Great video as always. I have been running Windows 11 on a MicroSD on my Steam Deck, and it always surprises me just how well it runs! For Batocera, does Switch emulation exist? I am currently using Yuzu through SteamOS currently, but would be good to offload this to a pure emulation build separate from anything on SteamOS itself.
by the way, to get into the BIOS you only need to hold the power and volume up button until the dudldup boot sound plays, you don't need to keep your finger on volume up after that.
I was gonna go but the best way to get there would be plane then back hopefully you guys do a stl show at somepoint i'd love to go
it'd be a 4 hour drive not bad but I have a database job and would need to be back the next day at night rip
Did the steam deck scratch you playfully on the fingie wingie? My cat does the same thing, but I still love them! :P
Would have liked to see how the games run on a 1080p monitor (with the appropriate resolution multiplier)
Please would you do a full tutorial this is awesome love your channel keep up the good work
That frontend looks closer to Big Box which is what I prefer to use but honestly I think EmulationStation is pretty nice once the assets has been scraped.
Won't be an ETA Prime video without Auto Modellista.
Is that faceplate actually see through though? I love the look of it
This looks extremely cool. I'm going to have to try this.
Gee, I would love to see the steps it requires to get what u just showed running on my steam deck please.
great vid, thx for updating us about emu situation on the steamdeck! but those stickers look awful bro
I'd love to see more online multiplayer games running on the steam deck but that's more of a "I wish creators of anticheat software (as easy anti cheat and Battleeye) could see that Linux isn't an os for cheaters" and not so much a "I wanna see ETA play them" . But I'm the sort who has wanted to see Linux grow in popularity for a while now and I still feel like gaming can be the catalyst for that.
Husain from the Splatoon community, I'm just here cuz I saw Splatoon in the thumbnail
I've just ordered a fully loaded SD card from Explosion Of Fun.
Yes full tutorial would be amazing
Would love a setup video also, with recommended BIOS
Are you using Project Killswitch case and skin?
The skins are eh, but the cover actually looks better than I thought.
IF it's Project Killswitch, was it worth it? I bought a clear silicone-like case, but not sure i like it
I am a new subscriber. I would be interested in a full tutorial on the set up of this OS on the steam deck
Such a gamer, he even plays injured.
to anyone thinking about dual booting, in my experince atleast a usbc/A dual usb, plays smoother than an sd card.
Full tutorial would be fantastic.
i wish you had said why this might be a benefit over just running them in steamos. Whats the difference?
Would love to see a battery comparison between this and SteamOS
nice decal, can i ask where did you get it? thanks
Great work 👏 👍
Great video. Full tutorial would be great.
I'd love for *Batocera* to have _GoogleDrive/DropBox/OneDrive/etc_ just for the game saves.
And yes I know of WebRcade in the cloud.