Play Every Retro Console and Arcade Game with RetroBat - full installation and setup
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- RetroBat is a great emulation front end for Windows PCs. You can turn your PC into a full Retro Gaming System in just a few minutes. In this video I'll show you how to install, setup and theme RetroBat to get it looking great and playing all the consoles and arcade games you want.
Don't forget to check out the project page at
bytesnbits.co.uk/retrobat-ins...
for more information and tips.
RetroBat
www.retrobat.org/
0:00 Introduction
1:26 What is RetroBat?
4:16 Installing RetroBat
8:57 Installing games
15:07 Scraping box art and videos
19:16 Installing stand alone emulators
21:33 Installing themes - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Great Job on the video! Very clear. Great walk through
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video! I got a Retrobat fully loaded hard drive which was ok, but your video helps get the best out of it.
Glad I could help!
Thank you for this very informative video. 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Glad it was helpful!
Very well made video my friend 👍🏽thank u
Thank you 👍
Having done a full windows setup of emulation station/retroarch manualy i can totaly apreciate Retrobat. Ill be using it as a jump off point for my next build for sure !!!
Great to hear. It does make life a lot easier.
3 months ago I recommended this emulator framework to my former Hungarian TH-camr (with a green lambda sign) who also likes to use emulators to try out video games from different console platforms.
It's really great that we can choose from a wide variety of themes, and we can set whether or not there are videopreviews. 🙂
It's even great that it can be installed on an external storage device (whether it's a flash drive, external hard drive or SSD), so it can be made quasi-portable.
I will soon try out how many emulators I can run on a Kingston Datatraveler Max flash drive. 🙂
Sounds great. Have fun!
I got it works very good. RetroX is the best one I ever used, I've been using it for 4 years. Retrobat is close, it has more emulators then RetroX and easy to setup too
I've not tried RetroX. Maybe one to give a go!
Thank you. One RB annoyance is the use of a fixed folder structure. Ideally, you should be able to have one games library with multiple front ends on the same system. You have to use Windows hard links to achieve this with RB.
Valid point. Thanks.
love me some Retrobat!! great vid!
Thanks
11:05 How do I know in which folder I have to put in the rom? What if I change the folder names and delete some folders, e.g. only one amiga folder instead amiga 500 amiga 1200 and so on?
If you alter the folders you'll need to go into the RetroBat settings and tell it to remap itself to your new names, etc. For the amiga put the game into the folder for the Amiga model you want to use.
Can I install RetroBat on my desktop and run my games from my external hard drive.
Yes. Have a look in the Batocera Wiki for instructions on how to map your external drive as the games folder.
If I may ask where did you find the bios pack?
Thanks
Just have a search online for Batocera Bios Pack
How do you get the emulator when it launches a game like Dolphin, not appear in a small window and dissappear before launching a game? I really hate that. 😢
For some emulators, especially stand alone ones, this is part of their startup sequence. Try using a RetroArch Libretro core. These tend to go straight into the game.
If I want to use a custom standalone emulator for a system, can I do that? (Ex: Metroid Prime: Trilogy has a custom-made version of dolphin for it that's called PrimeHack)
Also is it possible to transfer saves from my current emulators to retrobat?
Yes. You can get RetroBat to launch most emulators. The built in ones it will set up for you. The others you have to give it a path to the executable file and maybe some command line parameters. But most will have guides for connecting them up.
Could I ask how I would do that, I can't seem to find the option for a custom emulator@@BytesNBits
You didn't mention that direct X sneakily tries to install the Edge toolbar onto your browser.
Thanks for the heads up on that one. I haven't had to re install that one for a while.
how do you uninstall a theme that you don't like? 1 other thing the gamecube games folder which run dolphin once you launch a gamecube game and the dolphin emulator run you cannot just press select and start to exit out of the game, you have to actually close out dolphin it self then go back to retrobat. I think is the same for ps2 and ps3 and other as well.
Yes. It does a good job but not perfect for every emulator. It manages to install and connect but some of the finer setup details like in emulator hotkeys etc. you need to set up yourself.
can you manually scrape the image if the scraper cannot find the image on retrobat?
Yes. There are actually media packs you can download that people have put together. You do have to be very careful about file and folder names to get them to match up. It's not something I've done myself but there are tutorials to help you work it out.
@@BytesNBits You can actually go in to game meta data and change it manually. Just google images and videos.
I just updated mine from 5.3 to 6.0. But I can't open any game now. It keeps showing error message saying F:\Retrobat\emulationstation\emulatorLauncher.exe. Can any one tell me how to fix it? thanks
Is there any description of the error? Have you checked that that file exists? It looks like the upgrade has disconnected some of the launcher files.
@@BytesNBits thanks for the reply! I got that sorted it was because my antivirus software.I have to turn it off to make it working. Another problem is after the update all Saturn Ps1 Ps2 Ps3 games are not playable. It's saying missing bios or firmware. They were working perfectly on 5.3 version. Such a nightmare.
How can we directly run retrobat when pc boots up just like an arcade machine
In the Retrobat folder you'll find BatGui.exe. Run that and in the ini settings section you'll find a start at bootup checkbox. Just tick that.
I'm starting to think I wasted money (and a lot of time!!) buying Launchbox/Bigbox. For being "easy", it sure is hard to configure.
I'm still a fan of BigBox but RetroBat certainly gives it a run for its money.
I honestly suggest grabbing a Launchbox hard drive already made from Amazon to really see how they are made and of course to have one already set up, I've tried many hard drives from online and I suggest it.
@@Danger__Mouse I had no idea that was a thing. NOW you tell me!!!
The rabbit hole goes away deeper too 😉
RETRO X is the BEST Ever. I tried all of them. Been using it for 4 years
Okay but what about a mega list to get all the roms at once instead of individually
You'd need to look around on the Internet. There are people who will sell you a hard drive with almost every games downloaded onto it.
Everytime i try to download it it doesn't give me the option to install, says it isnt commonly download and to make sure i trust it
If a new update has just been released your security software won't have seen many people use it yet. Either wait a few days so it gathers some data or click the OK button. Make sure you are downloading the from the official website and not a random link elsewhere. www.retrobat.org/
is there a full down load
If you mean one with games etc. I think there are, but you'd need to look around for one. Make sure you're happy with the source as you will be installing software not from the official source.
Is it by using raspberry pi zero 2w
Retrobat is a windows application. Unfortuantely it's not going to work on the Pi. Have a look at RetroPie or Batocera or RecallBox.
is RetroBat better than the RetroArch? Is there any difference
RetroBat uses RetroArch in the background. It just gives you the really nice user interface with all the images and videos. So your gaming will be the same, just looks better and easier to use.
@@BytesNBits Thank you for the explanation
@@BytesNBits So just RetroArch with a bit different frontend.
@@apiscator444 Once it's all set up I suppose yes. The advantage in using it is that it does do a lot of the nitty gritty setup and installation for you. Especially on the Emulation Station end where you can bring together RetroArch and other emulators, plus the whole theming and general setup. I wouldn't go back to raw RetroArch nowadays when these systems look and work so much better.
It's good to learn RetroArch (and use) anyway. I also suggest downloading the emulators you like and learning how they work, Dolphin and Flycast and the PS 2 and 3 emulators are fun and easy to learn.
I think you skipped a lot of steps because I followed your steps and nothing happens it doesn't open up like your did and it shut down so every time I open i have to reinstall
I'm pretty sure all the steps are there. Make sure your computer can read the USB drive. Try re flashing it to make sure it's not corrupted.
Well I do not know what he’s on about ? I can’t understand him.