Updated EmuDeck guide: th-cam.com/video/rs9jDHIDKkU/w-d-xo.html A few notes (thanks for the all the questions and feedback): - Apparently using the v1.0.0 version of Link's Awakening improves performance; I was using v1.0.1 in my testing - When closing the PowerTools plugin, press the B button to close it instead of the QAM ("three dots") button, which can cause the SD to crash - If you experience slowdown when playing RetroArch, it's likely because you downgraded the display refresh in the Steam settings -- set it back to 60Hz - I am currently not very interested in testing Xenia (X360) because most of those games are ported to PC or backwards compatible with current consoles. I may try a few exclusives down the line. - I also said "across the board" a lot in the video, forgive me.
Love this video and thanks for the updates here. I don't have a Steam Deck (yet) but I salivate about getting one when I watch all of these great retro emulation videos by you and other great channels
everyone i kno is very hesitant and skeptical about the steam deck because its valve's first console. even i was hesitant on getting it but man, i got mine 2 days ago and while playing it, i said to myself "i can't believe i'm actually playing triple A PC games on a portable device, this would have been a dream come true for the kid/teen version of me". i'm just so glad Valve's team created this thing.
I can’t even play psx on 2x resolution. The performance drops significantly. Do you guys know why that could be? I tried completely reinstalling emudeck from scratch and tried different roms with same result: glitchy sound and bad performance at 2x (an even worse at higher multiples).
Favorite thing about the Steam deck is that Valve is supporting the hell out of it. It may have bugs but they have consistently put out updates to fix it. Sometimes going a bit beyond what was required. It shows they give a damn and want their product to flourish which I can respect.
This came at the perfect time for me! Having my steam deck shipped very soon, and stumbled across your channel looking for info on the unit and its emulation capabilities. I've since begun bingeing your reviews of smaller emulation handhelds and really enjoy your stuff!!
This is just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. Can't believe all this improvement in just six months. The Steam Deck has really been a shot in the arm to the emulation community and spurred on innovation. Can't wait to see what the next hardware iteration will be!
@@simpleserpent1337 thanks, I made a thorough research during this week. I'm sure this is exactly what I'm looking for. Do you know how long the waiting queue is?
The Steam Deck has been a dream come true. Growing up with N64/PS1/XBOX and gaming after, it's been a dream to have all of my favorite games on one device and now it's here and somehow portable too! That plus having most of my PC library being playable as well as running a full linux PC, synth/eurorack software, watching movies, etc. this machine is limitless entertainment with a bit of productivity on the side. Traveling has never been better!
That is a powerful portable. Literally 1980-2010 games all emulated in your hand. As a kid who owned a PSP, I'd love to get one. As a 30 something with an office job, I got bills to pay. 😄
The deck cant run mario kart 8 at 60fps in all maps. It's a pile of junk for emulating switch and can't even play mario odyssey at full speed, and the screen is terrible compared to switch oled. Stop sugar coating.
Awesome! My Steam Deck was literally delivered a hour ago, so I am very excited to watch the updated guide. Still need to secure a micro SD card, so by the time I get that, maybe I can use the new guide!
My Steam Deck came in literally the day this was posted (my birthday! Very convenient timing, Valve!) I'll wait for the new setup video to make things easier on myself. Thanks for putting in all the effort to make this process painless.
Oh thank heavens Chicken is ok. They were absent from videos for so long I was afraid to ask where they went for fear of bad news. Glad to see they are ok and making cameos again. Good cat.
Great video man, got my Deck on Monday and it's been incredible so far. Mostly messing with PC stuff but knowing EmuDeck is out there makes it all the more amazing, I was gonna start in on it but knowing they're working on a big update with some QoL and knowing you've got a full video on it soon means I'll wait for that instead, thanks.
Great coverage, as usual, Russ! As my Steam Deck came in a few weeks ago, I’m looking forward to seeing your updated Emu Deck guide. I’ve been reticent to dive too deeply into my dumped PS3 library, assuming it wasn’t going to run quite as well, but I may give it a toss after seeing your experience. Also, great tip on the plug-in for altering threads, will definitely be giving that a look as well! I’ve said it before but it bears repeating-every video you publish has something of value and is worth the watch! Thank you for your work! One thing that might be worth covering in the updated guide if you please-what is the out-of-box update process like for the Emu Deck updater?
I love my steam deck. I originally got it for PC gaming but find myself mostly playing PSX/PS2 games. Although the steam deck battery life is not great, when you emulate old game you can expect at least 6 hours battery life easy.
With Steam Deck getting into more consumer households and their presence expanding towards the Asia regions, it might be worth featuring more Deck content over on this channel. Doesn't have to be a full pivot away from your preferred content, regardless. Please continue doing what you enjoy.
Steam Deck essentially is his preferred content. He's all about handheld devices and retro emulation. And since this is the pinnacle of both, I expect more content.
As a huge emulation fan this is an amazing video and thank you for sharing it with us, as everyone else stopped posting emulation on Steam Deck, 6 months ago. I purchased mine just yesterday and after watching this video I just cant wait for my Steam Deck to arrive and start playing my favourite retro games!
@@greentray1231 I'm about to purchase one soon, but I see that you have to spend $5 to get put on the wait list. How long does it take to get one after getting put on the wait list?
Something I don’t see a lot of with Steam deck videos is playing old games on private servers. Like PSO, or FF11. I would like to see how doable stuff like that is on the steam deck! Great videos!
I've heard of people playing PSOBB and PSU on the Steam Deck, online and on private servers. Definitely doable! Been meaning to set it up for myself, too.
@@TechThusiast2 I don't care how powerful anything else is, there are more important things than that after a certain point. If that's the most important thing then nobody should even be using handhelds in the first place.
I just found your channel through the algorithm and I’m so happy to find a tech channel with someone who lives here! The weather and salt in the air from the ocean affects our electronics differently than the mainland US!
Your videos are incredible. I went from buying a retroid 3+ to wanting to cancel that order and getting a steam deck. The level of detail you go into is amazing!
Great video as usual. What I noticed is disabling SMT yields even better performance than simply dropping thread counts with powertools, so I usually just toggle that off with emulators and older PC games (older games tend to like higher clock speeds over multiple threads which they aren't optimized for anyway).
@@MrBubs-yu4wm SMT is Simultaneous Multi Threading. intel calls it hyperthreading. basically, it has 4 physical cores, but 8 'logical' cores. so there are 4 parts doing the math, but they can each split it up as if 1 had 2 hands writing it out. turning off smt would drop temps and allow higher clocks which works better for older titles that were made when a pc was only able to fit 2 cores to a socket
THANK YOU. This video was legit exactly what I was looking for. Can't wait for my steam deck to arrive. The amount of games I can play is endless. You deserve every like and sub you get.
Will say like most Steamdeck owners, this device has been amazing when it comes to emulation. Even Yuzu through cheats have really improved gaming on this (Crash Nitro Kart is running 60fps ONLY on PC/Steamdeck now). I original thought about having my RP2+ as my lower end 16bit and under emulation device but now everything emulation wise is on my Steamdeck. Dreamcast, PS2, and GameCube are fantastic on this device. Xbox, PS3, and 360 still needed some work but it's getting there and surprising at times (3D Dot Game Heroes runs like a dream).
I struggled with the d-pad and general control layout for games up to the end of the 16 bit era. For Mega Drive, SNES, GBA etc my RG351MP is a far better device, perfect screen for it. For everything after that era (which most other current devices start to struggle with anyway) the Steam Deck is awesome.
@@chphoto37 that sucks. I guess it depends on the individual as per usual. I've had this thing for a good 6 months, really grown to appreciate the controls and gotten used to them. My son struggles as well though, so he prefers my RP2+ as it's not as big/weldy for his small hands. He's used to particular layouts too, so some things throw him off.
Yup, loving the Deck. Afterburner on PS3 runs brilliantly. Mostly playing my old, favourite Dreamcast and GameCube games as well as Vampire Survivors on the Steam/PC side.
Ok dude just watched a vid of yours for the first time and wanted to say your audio quality is nuts. I had headphones in and legit had to check my phone to see if the game audio was coming through my phone. Superb the way it makes it feel in front of me
Regarding the Wii, The system was a single core chip system. The graphics had a multi-chip module with 3 dies that sent data to different parts of the system. Could be simulating the 3 die system as 3 cores.
Six months have passed since you posted this one, and a video that would be awesome would be another one like this one, showcasing the evolution in some of these emulators and on emudeck itself. Great content by the way!
Tbf, I don't think much has changed from this video. The most notable changes have been: 1. SMT is recommended to be disabled for Yuzu as well until SteamOS 3.5 releases. GPU should also be set to 1100. 1a. Yuzu now has online multiplayer via LDN3. 2. Super Mario Galaxy performance has been fixed now, thanks to the Dolphin team. 3. Cemu now has a Flatpak available to download but only for the 2.0 version. 4. GoldenEye and Perfect Dark has now been optimised for SteamDeck via 1964 GEPD. If these are the only two games you want to play, that's the best option. Other than that, performance has improved across all emulators across the board but only by a slight amount.
@@gacleite no problem! I keep up to date with most emulators through their blogs but there may have been stuff that I have missed. Like I just found out that Citra now has the option to output to multiple windows, which would allow you to one window on the Deck and another on an external monitor.
I am curious, what about Nintendo DS emulation on Steam Deck? I know there's the touch screen function but a huge part of my favorite games are from Nintendo DS era. I love other retro games as well and I'm glad to see they run amazing in this video, especially PSP.
I’ve been looking for something I can take with me on the go lately and I’m really impressed with this. I may be picking one up soon! Really glad I ran across this before purchasing something like an ambernac system
I got rid of CEMU since all the games I want to play on it have been ported to Switch and run just as well in Yuzu. EDIT: Culling threads improving performance makes sense actually. By allowing the deck to completely idle those cores, it's able to push the active cores higher and harder since there is more power budget and thermal headroom available.
Exactly that RE limiting threads. The CPU has a power budget, which it allocates to the various cores, however, there isn't enough power and heat budget to clock each core at the highest frequency, so for games that care more about the frequency that multithreading, you're better off limiting it. Would be interesting to see whether it improves Switch emulation, although Switch uses Arn architecture so that's probably part of the emulation overhead.
Would be very interested in your EMUDeck upgrade video once the update is released. I clicked the update icon the other day and it totally messed up the whole system. In the end I had to factory reset that whole deck. I really don't want to do this again as I have spent ages scraping images. So, info on how to update from the current version without issues would be amazing. Thanks for the great content 😉👍.
I really appreciate you including all the titles and info for each game being played in the video. Maybe a small detail, but saves me some time from searching "that one tennis game" enough times to find the right answer lol, as well as others. Great video
Thanks for the great video (and cat break). While I decided to not get a Steam Deck during the initial shipments, the strides made in the emulation scene/support on this already has me reconsidering, especially for the more modern console generations. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you for the summary of all the emulators...made up my mind to try and purchase a steam deck myself..with 2 young kids...this will save me a lot of time to get ahead on my gaming 🐈 alogue 🙂
A bit of a silly thing to say for such a new product but I'm super looking forward to the Steam Deck 2 whenever it'll be released, if the first try is THIS good, man.
Alright that's it, buying a Steam Deck as soon as I finish typing this comment :) man, I knew it would be good but like... games like Spider Man Remastered and God of War (PS4), Yakuza all run great natively AND decent emulation performance all the way up to Switch in one fairly affordable and easy to use system? Its a no brainer at this point. I am glad I waited as its been improved massively in six months and will only get better now its readily available. Now's my time to grab one, I think. And I am so excited. This video sold the Steam Deck to me when I was already thinking about getting one for playing pc games on. Awesome content as always.
It’s interesting to me that you had such good results with Yuzu, I played through the Splatoon games on my Deck in advance of 3 and while the first ran great, 2 ran pretty shakily even at 75% all the way through. I wonder if I need to update my Emudeck! Otherwise I’ve had small quibbles and speed bumps with the Deck as an emulator but it’s mostly a dream for me, basically everything I’d ever want out of a PC.
It can be hit or miss on some games. I’ve even ran into games showing not working on the yuzu compability list and ran just fine on steam deck. Also I learned that if you open a game using the GL instead of Vulcan and let the game render some shader / cache files and swap back to Vulcan some games run better. Also you can use the ryujinx (forget spelling) for games that won’t run on yuzu and I noticed the ones I tested ran fine, although it seems to use a lot more processing power on that emulator some game time is really lowered on battery life. Tons of options if willing to tinker around.
@@BrightEmber What are the settings you have been tweaking the most? Threads? Power? Refresh Rate? Different version of Proton? My deck is on the way, trying to get as much info as possible, as I have not used Linux in a good 18 years I would say. cheers!
@@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha Generally just turning it down to the right amount of threads will fix lag on many emulated games, it varies per game and per emulated console. For example Mario Odyssey runs practically the same as on Switch if not better at points, as long as it's kept at half threads. At full it's still playable, but considerably more laggy in many areas, no reason to play it that way. Mario Galaxy as well, for a less taxing example, runs better at around 3 threads, otherwise it has pretty consistently glitched audio and slowdown. At 3, it runs near perfect
PS2 and Gamecube have always been the holy grail for me, and it's amazing to have a handheld that can run them upscaled on PCSX2. The controls of the Deck also make things like fighting games a joy to play, which is not something I could say about any other retro handheld I've owned. It's also great to have speakers that don't leave you reaching for headphones. Now, if only they'd release a model with a better quality screen I'd be in emulation heaven! That super low sRGB coverage can make games look pretty drab.
Might have to get one of these, strictly for emulation. The series S & X is nice to have at home for emulation but to have it on the go & to run properly is other worldly =]
Emulation gaming on the steam deck is amazing, but I've been running into one issue. Trying to emulate (ps1 and sega saturn so far) in emulation station while docked to a 4k tv (via anker dongle w/ hdmi) has been a horrible, low-frame experience. As soon as I pull the Deck off the dock, everything runs perfectly fine. I haven't found any settings that remedy this, and steam games have been running fine via the dongle.
Your emulator is probably being forced to run in 4k when your regular games are not. Emulation is pretty hard on the hardware, you might have to manually reset the resolution on the Deck to 1080p or 1440p in those scenarios.
thank you so much for this. this is the exact video I've been looking for. every other emulation is from when this thing came out and was always looking forward to the improvements (especially dolphin)
Love emulation on my deck, absolutely out-of-this-world. That said, I still have an emulation PC setup connected to a CRT (tube) TV that I prefer for 8-bit up to Dreamcast/PS2. I provides a much more authentic yet similarly convenient experience.
and that's cheap, there's an asus rog tablet that performs maybe 20-30% faster than the steam deck but it's priced at 1499$ so 400 is nothing compared to what steam deck gives you
My Steam Deck arrives next Friday!! Had to wait over 3 months from pre order to finally receiving it! Everything I have seen about it only serves to build my excitement even more!!!!
Everytime I hear about modding Breath of the Wild, I just hope more and more that we'll eventually get OoT-level ROM hacks for it (and previous Zelda games). Something that keeps most of the world layout but makes it more like a traditional Zelda game (dungeons and items) would just be absolutely perfect.
I would love a BotW hack that puts the climbing gear as a lategame item and utilized more varied traversal mechanics. So much of the exploration was trivialized because you could just climb everywhere with a simple button press.
Haven't had much luck getting it to work. It sits on a black screen after the initial install. I've seen some people playing it so I'm sure there is a work around. Ended up streaming it from my ps5 instead
Oh nice, there's a lot of stuff I didn't know about when it came to Emudeck. I've been using it for a while, and I didn't even know some of this stuff, which is pretty cool! Also something to note: When it comes to Halo, at least you can play MCC (EAC turned off) and be able to play those Halo games. And even Infinite with full support if you use Proton Experimental. Also what settings/graphics packs did you use for BOTW? I only get about 20fps which really sucks, but I'd LOVE to be able to play it as smooth as it does for you!
pcsx2 is the most matured out of the emulators I have with one of the largest gaming catalogues out of the bunch. The Deck's been good for clearing up the backlog while actually making it worse at the same time.
I ordered my Steam Deck yesterday I'm so excited, thanks for this. I'm currently writing a book on the history of handhelds and this is going to help so much for research. Amazing.
Wow. This video showed me the true capabilities of the steamdeck. I'm going to go through all your guide videos so I can enjoy my deck like this. Please continue making educational type steamdeck videos!
Looking forward to your updated emudeck guide ✌️ My steam deck arrived at the same time as xenoblade 3 and miiyo mini, so I barely turned it on. Can't wait to finally get to play metroid prime and ratchet and clank!
Updated EmuDeck guide: th-cam.com/video/rs9jDHIDKkU/w-d-xo.html
A few notes (thanks for the all the questions and feedback):
- Apparently using the v1.0.0 version of Link's Awakening improves performance; I was using v1.0.1 in my testing
- When closing the PowerTools plugin, press the B button to close it instead of the QAM ("three dots") button, which can cause the SD to crash
- If you experience slowdown when playing RetroArch, it's likely because you downgraded the display refresh in the Steam settings -- set it back to 60Hz
- I am currently not very interested in testing Xenia (X360) because most of those games are ported to PC or backwards compatible with current consoles. I may try a few exclusives down the line.
- I also said "across the board" a lot in the video, forgive me.
Great review across the board!
This is my second time watching the video and I would've never noticed the across the board comment until you mentioned it 😭 I can't unhear...
Love this video and thanks for the updates here. I don't have a Steam Deck (yet) but I salivate about getting one when I watch all of these great retro emulation videos by you and other great channels
It's an excellent video, as ever.
Definitely want a Retro Game Corps T-Shirt now that say, "Across the Board"!
I love my Steam Deck. Hands down the best gaming handheld I’ve purchased. I barely play my PC games on it due to what I can play with emulation.
I play FFXIV in bed and it’s glorious
I've been playing even more PC games but all streamed to my steam deck via moonlight. I love this thing!
everyone i kno is very hesitant and skeptical about the steam deck because its valve's first console. even i was hesitant on getting it but man, i got mine 2 days ago and while playing it, i said to myself "i can't believe i'm actually playing triple A PC games on a portable device, this would have been a dream come true for the kid/teen version of me". i'm just so glad Valve's team created this thing.
I play it all. Just set up some emulators last week, but Vampire Survivors is ridiculously addictive
I can’t even play psx on 2x resolution. The performance drops significantly. Do you guys know why that could be? I tried completely reinstalling emudeck from scratch and tried different roms with same result: glitchy sound and bad performance at 2x (an even worse at higher multiples).
Favorite thing about the Steam deck is that Valve is supporting the hell out of it. It may have bugs but they have consistently put out updates to fix it. Sometimes going a bit beyond what was required. It shows they give a damn and want their product to flourish which I can respect.
And these are the same fellas behind classics like Half-Life and Left 4 Dead, so I would expect nothing less.
This came at the perfect time for me! Having my steam deck shipped very soon, and stumbled across your channel looking for info on the unit and its emulation capabilities. I've since begun bingeing your reviews of smaller emulation handhelds and really enjoy your stuff!!
This channel is amazing. My Steam Deck should be arriving soon as well. Hopefully next week.
Same
This is just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. Can't believe all this improvement in just six months. The Steam Deck has really been a shot in the arm to the emulation community and spurred on innovation. Can't wait to see what the next hardware iteration will be!
While Steam Deck is great for handheld emulation, is there any home console that comes close to it?
@@solaris_cc4353 Xbox series consoles
@@maciller8461 oh wow didn't think about it. I may wait for the official Steam Deck dock to plug it on my monitor or I could buy me an xbox console
@@solaris_cc4353 why wait tho? you can just plug your monitor to steamdeck through any usb-c hub
@@simpleserpent1337 thanks, I made a thorough research during this week. I'm sure this is exactly what I'm looking for. Do you know how long the waiting queue is?
It's time!! Grabbing some coffee and digging into this video. Thanks Russ!
you're here, is this a crossover?
@@hildakoshill7012 No - I just love RGC!
Same
The Steam Deck has been a dream come true. Growing up with N64/PS1/XBOX and gaming after, it's been a dream to have all of my favorite games on one device and now it's here and somehow portable too! That plus having most of my PC library being playable as well as running a full linux PC, synth/eurorack software, watching movies, etc. this machine is limitless entertainment with a bit of productivity on the side. Traveling has never been better!
you must be buying just the right games because I have 250 games and it doesn't even come close to "most" of my games being playable.
@@SeraphX2 I am pretty sure that aside from the og xbox most consoles would be fairly easy to emulate on the steamdeck.
@@trevor245 he said PC library
@@SeraphX2 ah ok
You can play these as well in android and for free
Getting mine in tomorrow and can not wait. Love that there's still videos like this coming out and that people haven't moved on
This was a joy to watch, the games, the nostalgia . Now I want to buy one.
You should is the ultimate console and is not expensive considering is a PC
You should, before Valve finds a reason to cancel it.
It will take probably 4 months before you get yours when you order now.
Enjoy your ruler sized paperweight
@@ac3d657 paperweight? it's a pretty capable handheld, especially for the price
That is a powerful portable. Literally 1980-2010 games all emulated in your hand. As a kid who owned a PSP, I'd love to get one. As a 30 something with an office job, I got bills to pay. 😄
Even the cheapest version
As a 40 something with a good job . I already bought one.
@@daisukegori2112 Do you emulate on it?
@@daisukegori2112 Everbody Hated That.
The deck cant run mario kart 8 at 60fps in all maps. It's a pile of junk for emulating switch and can't even play mario odyssey at full speed, and the screen is terrible compared to switch oled. Stop sugar coating.
Awesome! My Steam Deck was literally delivered a hour ago, so I am very excited to watch the updated guide. Still need to secure a micro SD card, so by the time I get that, maybe I can use the new guide!
Welcome to the deck gang.
Ohhh shit have fun man
You should emulate c12 ps1
My order just came up today. How long did it take yours to ship and arrive?
Don't cheap out on the SD card. I bricked one pretty quick dumping games on it.
My Steam Deck came in literally the day this was posted (my birthday! Very convenient timing, Valve!)
I'll wait for the new setup video to make things easier on myself. Thanks for putting in all the effort to make this process painless.
Oh thank heavens Chicken is ok. They were absent from videos for so long I was afraid to ask where they went for fear of bad news. Glad to see they are ok and making cameos again. Good cat.
Thanks!
Great video man, got my Deck on Monday and it's been incredible so far. Mostly messing with PC stuff but knowing EmuDeck is out there makes it all the more amazing, I was gonna start in on it but knowing they're working on a big update with some QoL and knowing you've got a full video on it soon means I'll wait for that instead, thanks.
I will be waiting for the update as well. My deck should be arriving next week and I cant wait.
This is awesome to watch. The gaming community really is great to be part of, getting to see tech advancements as cool as this is a big highlight😎 👍
Are they free?
@@ChapzinoTheDon the games themself arent free but the software used to run them is
Great coverage, as usual, Russ! As my Steam Deck came in a few weeks ago, I’m looking forward to seeing your updated Emu Deck guide. I’ve been reticent to dive too deeply into my dumped PS3 library, assuming it wasn’t going to run quite as well, but I may give it a toss after seeing your experience. Also, great tip on the plug-in for altering threads, will definitely be giving that a look as well! I’ve said it before but it bears repeating-every video you publish has something of value and is worth the watch! Thank you for your work! One thing that might be worth covering in the updated guide if you please-what is the out-of-box update process like for the Emu Deck updater?
I love my steam deck. I originally got it for PC gaming but find myself mostly playing PSX/PS2 games. Although the steam deck battery life is not great, when you emulate old game you can expect at least 6 hours battery life easy.
With Steam Deck getting into more consumer households and their presence expanding towards the Asia regions, it might be worth featuring more Deck content over on this channel.
Doesn't have to be a full pivot away from your preferred content, regardless.
Please continue doing what you enjoy.
Just subbed to this channel in hopes of more steam deck videos
Steam Deck essentially is his preferred content. He's all about handheld devices and retro emulation. And since this is the pinnacle of both, I expect more content.
If you're interested in emulation on Steam Deck, I've got a bunch of videos on my channel
@@TechThusiast2 It’s a high bar to say your content will compete with Russ’s!
@@maxducoudray I didn't say I am. Im just uploading short gameplay videos so people get an idea each games perform.
every Steam Deck video that I watch makes me want one more... hoping they release in Australia at some point
And Norway :-/ (not in the EU)
looks like you got your wish
As a huge emulation fan this is an amazing video and thank you for sharing it with us, as everyone else stopped posting emulation on Steam Deck, 6 months ago. I purchased mine just yesterday and after watching this video I just cant wait for my Steam Deck to arrive and start playing my favourite retro games!
With the influx of new owners, content creators would be crazy not to post new updated videos.
Thanks for another great video! (and for the cat break!)
Looking forward to the updated Emudeck video!
Loving your videos around all the handheld consoles - and your steam deck vids have been invaluable! Thank you!
Finally got mine. It's like the dream I first had when I was first heard of the PSP has finally been fully realized. It's amazing.
How long did it take to come when you purchased it?
@@vijzon3223 mine took about a week and a half to get delivered once I was able to purchase my steam deck ( I live in Florida for reference)
@@greentray1231 I'm about to purchase one soon, but I see that you have to spend $5 to get put on the wait list. How long does it take to get one after getting put on the wait list?
How long does the battery last for just pure emulation up to ps2 ?
@@erik9358 Depends on how high the backlight is
Something I don’t see a lot of with Steam deck videos is playing old games on private servers. Like PSO, or FF11. I would like to see how doable stuff like that is on the steam deck! Great videos!
That's definitely a thing. Can easily do that so long as the servers exist. I'm on warmane with WoW and it runs perfectly.
I've heard of people playing PSOBB and PSU on the Steam Deck, online and on private servers. Definitely doable! Been meaning to set it up for myself, too.
FFXI works and there are guides in how to install it on TH-cam. You can even get windower running.
The steamdeck is a Linux system at its core. Meaning that if it'll work on linux, it'll work on steam deck
Incredible performance out of this thing, it's only going to get better.
I hope soon
I got mine last week and it's great, it definitely lives up to the hype in my opinion. I don't see anything trumping it for a long time.
There are more powerful devices if I'm not mistaken like aokzoe but obviously won't be cheap
Just got my payment done, the thing should be arriving momentarily.
@@TechThusiast2 I don't care how powerful anything else is, there are more important things than that after a certain point. If that's the most important thing then nobody should even be using handhelds in the first place.
@@TechThusiast2 Sure, but... Steam input. And the level of support behind it all. And big community projects like this. This is where it's happenin'.
@johnny Bravo I preordered it on Steam in March.
I just found your channel through the algorithm and I’m so happy to find a tech channel with someone who lives here! The weather and salt in the air from the ocean affects our electronics differently than the mainland US!
The sheer number of Indy titles which are clearly inspired by the games we all love to emulate available on steam is incredible.
Your videos are incredible. I went from buying a retroid 3+ to wanting to cancel that order and getting a steam deck. The level of detail you go into is amazing!
Great video as usual. What I noticed is disabling SMT yields even better performance than simply dropping thread counts with powertools, so I usually just toggle that off with emulators and older PC games (older games tend to like higher clock speeds over multiple threads which they aren't optimized for anyway).
What is SMT and where do you find the setting to disable it? Thanks!
@@MrBubs-yu4wm SMT is Simultaneous Multi Threading. intel calls it hyperthreading. basically, it has 4 physical cores, but 8 'logical' cores. so there are 4 parts doing the math, but they can each split it up as if 1 had 2 hands writing it out.
turning off smt would drop temps and allow higher clocks which works better for older titles that were made when a pc was only able to fit 2 cores to a socket
@@bradhaines3142 thanks! How does one disable SMT and is there a rule for when it is better to do this?
THANK YOU. This video was legit exactly what I was looking for. Can't wait for my steam deck to arrive. The amount of games I can play is endless. You deserve every like and sub you get.
Glad I could help!
Will say like most Steamdeck owners, this device has been amazing when it comes to emulation. Even Yuzu through cheats have really improved gaming on this (Crash Nitro Kart is running 60fps ONLY on PC/Steamdeck now). I original thought about having my RP2+ as my lower end 16bit and under emulation device but now everything emulation wise is on my Steamdeck.
Dreamcast, PS2, and GameCube are fantastic on this device. Xbox, PS3, and 360 still needed some work but it's getting there and surprising at times (3D Dot Game Heroes runs like a dream).
I struggled with the d-pad and general control layout for games up to the end of the 16 bit era. For Mega Drive, SNES, GBA etc my RG351MP is a far better device, perfect screen for it. For everything after that era (which most other current devices start to struggle with anyway) the Steam Deck is awesome.
@@chphoto37 that sucks. I guess it depends on the individual as per usual. I've had this thing for a good 6 months, really grown to appreciate the controls and gotten used to them. My son struggles as well though, so he prefers my RP2+ as it's not as big/weldy for his small hands. He's used to particular layouts too, so some things throw him off.
Yup, loving the Deck. Afterburner on PS3 runs brilliantly. Mostly playing my old, favourite Dreamcast and GameCube games as well as Vampire Survivors on the Steam/PC side.
Did you use a specific config for 3D Dot Game Heroes? It kept crashing for me
Oh huh, I always assumed 3D Dot Game Heroes was cross platform.
Ok dude just watched a vid of yours for the first time and wanted to say your audio quality is nuts. I had headphones in and legit had to check my phone to see if the game audio was coming through my phone. Superb the way it makes it feel in front of me
Regarding the Wii, The system was a single core chip system. The graphics had a multi-chip module with 3 dies that sent data to different parts of the system. Could be simulating the 3 die system as 3 cores.
No, it's all done singlethreaded.
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Six months have passed since you posted this one, and a video that would be awesome would be another one like this one, showcasing the evolution in some of these emulators and on emudeck itself.
Great content by the way!
Tbf, I don't think much has changed from this video. The most notable changes have been:
1. SMT is recommended to be disabled for Yuzu as well until SteamOS 3.5 releases. GPU should also be set to 1100.
1a. Yuzu now has online multiplayer via LDN3.
2. Super Mario Galaxy performance has been fixed now, thanks to the Dolphin team.
3. Cemu now has a Flatpak available to download but only for the 2.0 version.
4. GoldenEye and Perfect Dark has now been optimised for SteamDeck via 1964 GEPD. If these are the only two games you want to play, that's the best option.
Other than that, performance has improved across all emulators across the board but only by a slight amount.
@@crimsondespair_9505 great reply! Thanks for the update! Its great to keep up with those improvements
@@gacleite no problem! I keep up to date with most emulators through their blogs but there may have been stuff that I have missed. Like I just found out that Citra now has the option to output to multiple windows, which would allow you to one window on the Deck and another on an external monitor.
@@crimsondespair_9505Btw is emulating on the steam deck easier then on Desktop PC?
Quality made me sub, cat break made me turn on notifs. Great video and lovely coverage!
I am curious, what about Nintendo DS emulation on Steam Deck? I know there's the touch screen function but a huge part of my favorite games are from Nintendo DS era. I love other retro games as well and I'm glad to see they run amazing in this video, especially PSP.
across the board i would say this is a great video. thanks for making it!
I’ve been looking for something I can take with me on the go lately and I’m really impressed with this. I may be picking one up soon! Really glad I ran across this before purchasing something like an ambernac system
can't wait for the tutorial for the emulation tutorial, I've been waiting with setting up emudeck for now
also, if you wish the Deck had an OLED, look up "decky loader, vibrant deck". it makes colors pop, its adjustable, and makes your screen look awesome!
oversaturation is lame
My Deck is coming soon, I can"t wait! Thanks for this video!
I got rid of CEMU since all the games I want to play on it have been ported to Switch and run just as well in Yuzu.
EDIT: Culling threads improving performance makes sense actually. By allowing the deck to completely idle those cores, it's able to push the active cores higher and harder since there is more power budget and thermal headroom available.
Exactly that RE limiting threads. The CPU has a power budget, which it allocates to the various cores, however, there isn't enough power and heat budget to clock each core at the highest frequency, so for games that care more about the frequency that multithreading, you're better off limiting it. Would be interesting to see whether it improves Switch emulation, although Switch uses Arn architecture so that's probably part of the emulation overhead.
Wind waker says hello
@@WannaKnowMyName I play the GameCube version of that one.
not to mention it favors single/dual core by default
I'm getting my steam deck in two days. I'm super excited for it and also looking forward to your full guide
Would be very interested in your EMUDeck upgrade video once the update is released. I clicked the update icon the other day and it totally messed up the whole system. In the end I had to factory reset that whole deck. I really don't want to do this again as I have spent ages scraping images. So, info on how to update from the current version without issues would be amazing. Thanks for the great content 😉👍.
Just got my email and was able to buy mine yesterday!! So excited I just keep watching this vid
Thinking about getting one! How’s the wait time now?!
I really appreciate you including all the titles and info for each game being played in the video. Maybe a small detail, but saves me some time from searching "that one tennis game" enough times to find the right answer lol, as well as others. Great video
Thanks for the great video (and cat break). While I decided to not get a Steam Deck during the initial shipments, the strides made in the emulation scene/support on this already has me reconsidering, especially for the more modern console generations. Keep up the excellent work!
Great video man. Charming, no nonsense, easy to listen, and a catbreak. Subbed
Thank you for the summary of all the emulators...made up my mind to try and purchase a steam deck myself..with 2 young kids...this will save me a lot of time to get ahead on my gaming 🐈 alogue 🙂
I love the crt tv 📺 in the background. You're bringing me back.
A bit of a silly thing to say for such a new product but I'm super looking forward to the Steam Deck 2 whenever it'll be released, if the first try is THIS good, man.
Wait for the SD5 it's gonna be a blast 🤣
Alright that's it, buying a Steam Deck as soon as I finish typing this comment :) man, I knew it would be good but like... games like Spider Man Remastered and God of War (PS4), Yakuza all run great natively AND decent emulation performance all the way up to Switch in one fairly affordable and easy to use system? Its a no brainer at this point. I am glad I waited as its been improved massively in six months and will only get better now its readily available. Now's my time to grab one, I think. And I am so excited. This video sold the Steam Deck to me when I was already thinking about getting one for playing pc games on. Awesome content as always.
It’s interesting to me that you had such good results with Yuzu, I played through the Splatoon games on my Deck in advance of 3 and while the first ran great, 2 ran pretty shakily even at 75% all the way through. I wonder if I need to update my Emudeck! Otherwise I’ve had small quibbles and speed bumps with the Deck as an emulator but it’s mostly a dream for me, basically everything I’d ever want out of a PC.
It can be hit or miss on some games. I’ve even ran into games showing not working on the yuzu compability list and ran just fine on steam deck. Also I learned that if you open a game using the GL instead of Vulcan and let the game render some shader / cache files and swap back to Vulcan some games run better. Also you can use the ryujinx (forget spelling) for games that won’t run on yuzu and I noticed the ones I tested ran fine, although it seems to use a lot more processing power on that emulator some game time is really lowered on battery life. Tons of options if willing to tinker around.
I've found that for almost any emulated game that runs shaky, just tweaking the right settings will smooth it out.
@@BrightEmber What are the settings you have been tweaking the most? Threads? Power? Refresh Rate? Different version of Proton? My deck is on the way, trying to get as much info as possible, as I have not used Linux in a good 18 years I would say. cheers!
@@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha Generally just turning it down to the right amount of threads will fix lag on many emulated games, it varies per game and per emulated console.
For example Mario Odyssey runs practically the same as on Switch if not better at points, as long as it's kept at half threads. At full it's still playable, but considerably more laggy in many areas, no reason to play it that way.
Mario Galaxy as well, for a less taxing example, runs better at around 3 threads, otherwise it has pretty consistently glitched audio and slowdown. At 3, it runs near perfect
@@BrightEmber Thanks for the info!
Just ordered mine. Haven’t been this excited by hardware in a very long time.
PS2 and Gamecube have always been the holy grail for me, and it's amazing to have a handheld that can run them upscaled on PCSX2. The controls of the Deck also make things like fighting games a joy to play, which is not something I could say about any other retro handheld I've owned. It's also great to have speakers that don't leave you reaching for headphones.
Now, if only they'd release a model with a better quality screen I'd be in emulation heaven! That super low sRGB coverage can make games look pretty drab.
Awaiting delivery of my Steam Deck in a few days, so excited.
Might have to get one of these, strictly for emulation. The series S & X is nice to have at home for emulation but to have it on the go & to run properly is other worldly =]
CAN'T WAITTT for the updated emuation guide 😆😆😆😆
Emulation gaming on the steam deck is amazing, but I've been running into one issue. Trying to emulate (ps1 and sega saturn so far) in emulation station while docked to a 4k tv (via anker dongle w/ hdmi) has been a horrible, low-frame experience. As soon as I pull the Deck off the dock, everything runs perfectly fine. I haven't found any settings that remedy this, and steam games have been running fine via the dongle.
Your emulator is probably being forced to run in 4k when your regular games are not. Emulation is pretty hard on the hardware, you might have to manually reset the resolution on the Deck to 1080p or 1440p in those scenarios.
Yep Mitchell is right. That is the problem. 4k is heavy on resources.
Stunning to see. Can't wait to get my steamdeck
As amazing as the emulation is, I started having a lot more fun with my Steam Deck when I started playing PC games
same here. but its always nice to have the option.
a lot of those PC games are actually ps4 games, so it's still "emulation" 🤣
thank you so much for this. this is the exact video I've been looking for. every other emulation is from when this thing came out and was always looking forward to the improvements (especially dolphin)
Love emulation on my deck, absolutely out-of-this-world. That said, I still have an emulation PC setup connected to a CRT (tube) TV that I prefer for 8-bit up to Dreamcast/PS2. I provides a much more authentic yet similarly convenient experience.
My deck just came today....avoiding messing around with it until after work, but I'm going to get into it! Cannot wait!
How is it ?
I really don't want to spend the 400$ right now, but the Steam Deck looks just too good.
Best 400 bucks i ever spent. And I spent a lot 😂
and that's cheap, there's an asus rog tablet that performs maybe 20-30% faster than the steam deck but it's priced at 1499$ so 400 is nothing compared to what steam deck gives you
Funny enough though this is the best time to order one,right before Amazon Prime Day next week lol mine is coming in a few days.
I'm jealous of how cheap the Steam Deck is in the US. In Japan, the cheapest Steam Deck model is twice the price of a base model Switch.
@@TigerTT I just completed my purchase yesterday in the EU. How long did yours take from payment to ship?
Can;t wait for the new emudeck guide!
6:40 - watching this from the future after the release of the Metroid Prime Remaster. 😇
My Steam Deck arrives next Friday!! Had to wait over 3 months from pre order to finally receiving it! Everything I have seen about it only serves to build my excitement even more!!!!
Everytime I hear about modding Breath of the Wild, I just hope more and more that we'll eventually get OoT-level ROM hacks for it (and previous Zelda games). Something that keeps most of the world layout but makes it more like a traditional Zelda game (dungeons and items) would just be absolutely perfect.
What's your favorite OoT rom hack?
I would love a BotW hack that puts the climbing gear as a lategame item and utilized more varied traversal mechanics. So much of the exploration was trivialized because you could just climb everywhere with a simple button press.
Nice video. Thank you! Steckdeck + Emudeck is soo much nostalgic fun!
I'm curious here: Does anyone know how well does PS3's Demon's Souls play on the Steam Deck?
Haven't had much luck getting it to work. It sits on a black screen after the initial install. I've seen some people playing it so I'm sure there is a work around. Ended up streaming it from my ps5 instead
@@FinalNightmare1992 Thanks for the info!
I'm really looking forward to your upcoming Emudeck video since I have yet to set this up.
Oh nice, there's a lot of stuff I didn't know about when it came to Emudeck. I've been using it for a while, and I didn't even know some of this stuff, which is pretty cool!
Also something to note: When it comes to Halo, at least you can play MCC (EAC turned off) and be able to play those Halo games. And even Infinite with full support if you use Proton Experimental.
Also what settings/graphics packs did you use for BOTW? I only get about 20fps which really sucks, but I'd LOVE to be able to play it as smooth as it does for you!
I just got mine this week!! I’m absolutely in LOVE with it
So excited for that PS2 emulation. It’s like I get to live a childhood dream of playing PS2 games on the go :)
pcsx2 is the most matured out of the emulators I have with one of the largest gaming catalogues out of the bunch. The Deck's been good for clearing up the backlog while actually making it worse at the same time.
I ordered my Steam Deck yesterday I'm so excited, thanks for this. I'm currently writing a book on the history of handhelds and this is going to help so much for research. Amazing.
If I buy a steam deck is it easy to emulate games? Are the games free,? I'm not good with gadgets
well it's a PC.
Thanks Captain obvious
Thanks for this review. I appreciate the specific practical information re: best settings.
That cat break made me subscribe instantly, nice one my guy
looking forward to the new guide for emudeck :))
Wow. This video showed me the true capabilities of the steamdeck. I'm going to go through all your guide videos so I can enjoy my deck like this. Please continue making educational type steamdeck videos!
Mine is supposed to arrive on Monday! Signed up for one in April. So excited!
Very thankful for this video because I just ordered my SteamDeck this morning, and want to primarily use it for emulation.
Great video, I love your content. You have inspired me to Steamdeck. Can’t wait for to aeeive, hopefully sooner than later.
You got a new sub, great video. Excellent execution.
cant wait for the updated guide
Looking forward to your updated emudeck guide ✌️
My steam deck arrived at the same time as xenoblade 3 and miiyo mini, so I barely turned it on.
Can't wait to finally get to play metroid prime and ratchet and clank!
Can't wait for the updated installation guide
I want! Excellent overview. Looking forward to playing not just Steam games, but all my retro favorites: especially hard to find gems!
2 of my friends, my brother and I got a Steam Deck. I've been tinkering with it so much and soon I'll have it set up like a dream.
I get my steam deck potentially tomorrow so I’m very much looking forward to the tutorial!
I just got mine. I freaking love it. What a device.
I'm interested, and this review is one of the best I've seen. Thanks
12:10 "my cat, Chicken," is the coolest thing I've heard today. 🥰💕
great video. Thanks for this update.
Mine is coming tomorrow! This is my first “pc” so to speak, so I don’t have many steam games, but I’m excited to play some n64 and NES games on it.