How to set up RetroArch on Android: Beginner guide / tutorial / instruction

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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
  • In this video I explain how to set up RetroArch on your Android device! RetroArch is one of the best ways to emulate games on android, and it acts as a "all-in-one" program for your emulation needs. RetroArch Cores are compatible with many different ROMS, even hacked/translated ROMs.
    This video is just a beginners guide on how to get RetroArch up and running on Android. I will be having more advanced tutorials in the future!
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    RetroArch is a front end for emulators, game engines and media players.
    It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.
    RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, and more!
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Komentáře • 472

  • @MrSujano
    @MrSujano  Před 3 lety +180

    Hopefully you find this video helpful! Thanks for watching!

    • @iceman60101
      @iceman60101 Před 3 lety +5

      I did everything you said but games won't load and where do you download games from? You need to be more specific when doing tutorial videos

    • @seasesh4073
      @seasesh4073 Před 3 lety +2

      @@iceman60101 i believe he can't legally mention that part, unless you have a physical copy of the game you want to play and rip it and dump it into your phone, otherwise he can't mention the other way for, well, legal purpose. there are tons of emulators in retroarch who each have tons of games it would take forever to show where to get all of them, find any website that distributes ROM dumps depending on the system you want to emulate, they're pretty easy to find

    • @himawantryprananda4009
      @himawantryprananda4009 Před 3 lety +2

      May i ask you sir?. How to activate stylus (touch screen) on ds emulator in retroarch?.. Please i need the touch screen mode to play monster rancher

    • @PlayGame-qp9oj
      @PlayGame-qp9oj Před 3 lety

      Hello sir how good is this emulater

    • @monkeykong2006
      @monkeykong2006 Před 3 lety

      I have performance problems, with ds, any config change to fix the problem

  • @MrIMacro
    @MrIMacro Před 3 lety +374

    The developer of this app should classify cores according the name of their consoles just to make it easy for normal people to understand these weird names.

    • @TinNguyen-rl2xr
      @TinNguyen-rl2xr Před 2 lety +50

      They should have sorting settings like
      Oldest
      Newest
      By company
      By console
      Ect

    • @cliffordjayrequillo3761
      @cliffordjayrequillo3761 Před 2 lety +28

      But they are giving you the model of the console and credits to the emulator makers

    • @Nugg0y
      @Nugg0y Před rokem +5

      @@cliffordjayrequillo3761 Well, I dont understand it

    • @CaptainSomethin
      @CaptainSomethin Před rokem +6

      @@cliffordjayrequillo3761 They could still give that info, and have it separated by console type

    • @Hikikomorisama
      @Hikikomorisama Před 11 měsíci +5

      yeah, and then nintendo will sue and no more retroarch

  • @j.goggels9115
    @j.goggels9115 Před 3 lety +60

    Awesome! Found the info I was looking for: the gamepads!

  • @kyt8863
    @kyt8863 Před 2 lety +11

    Thanks! I've been intimated by RetroArch for awhile but figured I needed to dive in and finally learn how to use it. Your video got me through the humps and now I'm ordering a Razer Kishi to keep myself entrained during a flight

  • @Youtubeiscool865
    @Youtubeiscool865 Před 2 lety +4

    THANK YOU, finally someone actually doesn't skip these steps

  • @ManofExtremes
    @ManofExtremes Před 2 lety +5

    I think that the words helpful and informative are what best describes this channel

  • @calebbransby3468
    @calebbransby3468 Před 3 lety +82

    Really helpful especially since I kinda felt intimidated by how many cores there were at first
    Definitely a must watch if you're still a newbie like me

    • @samuelbaker8724
      @samuelbaker8724 Před 2 lety +8

      I can't find my games 😂

    • @rainy5517
      @rainy5517 Před 2 lety +1

      @@samuelbaker8724 ayo same 😔

    • @damienthorsson1500
      @damienthorsson1500 Před 2 lety +2

      Haha I'm trying to go along as the video does. I subscribed just yesterday and clicked on this because I was curious

    • @pig497
      @pig497 Před 2 lety

      @@samuelbaker8724 have you figured it out?

    • @pig497
      @pig497 Před 2 lety

      @@rainy5517 have you figured it out?

  • @michaelmulligan8527
    @michaelmulligan8527 Před 2 lety +6

    You saved me hours of searching around. Thanks! Great video!!

  • @erikin2k7
    @erikin2k7 Před 3 lety +9

    really helpful thanks for the time putting this together on an easy tutorial

  • @ahmedelboghdadi5328
    @ahmedelboghdadi5328 Před rokem +21

    Mr. Sujano, I just can't thank you enough! Words cannot describe the overwhelming feeling of joy I'm going through right now! Tested and working flawlessly 👍🏽👍🏽 Thanks so much!

  • @vincentb8476
    @vincentb8476 Před rokem +2

    This helped me so much! I downloaded this on my chromebook but the files didn't work and I couldn't find the right ones, now I know what to do, thank you so much!

  • @The1Creston
    @The1Creston Před rokem +3

    Thank you for your time in this.

  • @Bakanineinstein
    @Bakanineinstein Před 3 lety +59

    Thank you for this guide, I am ashamed to admit that I have been more than just a bit intimidated by Retro Arch and have been putting it off in favor of other standalone Emulators...

    • @MrSujano
      @MrSujano  Před 3 lety +24

      Nothing to be ashamed of! Retroarch takes awhile to warm up to. Thanks for watching!

    • @GrimlyYours
      @GrimlyYours Před 3 lety +2

      Same 😔😔😔

    • @AlucardTheFuckMotheringVampire
      @AlucardTheFuckMotheringVampire Před 2 lety +4

      Where do I get the roms?

    • @Legend_Dale
      @Legend_Dale Před 2 lety +4

      So retroarch is just a organizer and cores are the emulators?

    • @Bakanineinstein
      @Bakanineinstein Před 2 lety +6

      @@Legend_Dale Yeah with a few subtle differences you could take as ether quality of life improvements or minor hindrances...
      Like instead of having every core having it's own GFX settings there's just one universal one that you have to adjust anytime you want something different...
      If you already know what you like this can be a headache, but if you have no idea or just like playing around with the settings RetroArch is MUCH EASIER!

  • @freebird117
    @freebird117 Před rokem +3

    10/10 tutorial. Worked so well that the app crashes when I try to play a game

  • @griner2010
    @griner2010 Před 2 lety +2

    Very useful information. Thank you for sharing!

  • @aaron3554
    @aaron3554 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the updated version

  • @teamrhinabanatero
    @teamrhinabanatero Před 3 lety +4

    omg thank you for this tutorial

  • @thequestion7177
    @thequestion7177 Před rokem +1

    thanks, I've been struggling with this app for a while now

  • @Aclaa420
    @Aclaa420 Před rokem

    Thank you bro!!! This video is very helpful.

  • @kurtastic6437
    @kurtastic6437 Před rokem

    Thanks for the guide, I really appreciate it!

  • @rozbeary9900
    @rozbeary9900 Před rokem

    Thanks for the help, very effective and easy, thanks buddy.

  • @MechTronMan
    @MechTronMan Před 2 lety

    Thanks for info! liked and subbed right away :D

  • @isuckatlife4797
    @isuckatlife4797 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you so much it helped 💕 :)

  • @game.designer
    @game.designer Před 2 lety

    I just left a like. And for the record, it's because I like the video. Thanks

  • @dieselbuff854
    @dieselbuff854 Před 3 lety

    I appreciate your time bro.

  • @VILLARDX3749
    @VILLARDX3749 Před rokem

    This video was very informative really

  • @hemathexgamer6279
    @hemathexgamer6279 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for your instructions
    I now can use the app

  • @cliffordjayrequillo3761
    @cliffordjayrequillo3761 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much, this helped me with the complicated stuffs that needs to be done in order to play the game

  • @caligvla91
    @caligvla91 Před 2 dny

    That was so extremely painless. You rock dude. Tell me how to do my taxes next! Thanks for the tutorial. You earned a like and subscribe and a bell.

  • @addone23
    @addone23 Před 3 lety

    Nice video. Very good information

  • @DanNguyen-ey5tw
    @DanNguyen-ey5tw Před 3 lety +1

    My set up for android gaming is a razer kishi as my controller. Then , Thanks to your video about the reset collection, I use that in combination with retroarch. I just love how the reset collection scrapes it's pictures and videos. I use redream for dc and will never use another dc emu.

    • @Bakanineinstein
      @Bakanineinstein Před 3 lety

      I have a 2017 Nvidia Shield and honestly I am flabbergasted at how effortless things like Saturn and Dreamcast emulation are given there PC counterparts requirements...

  • @aliimran1929
    @aliimran1929 Před 2 lety

    Very well explained.

  • @GrimlyYours
    @GrimlyYours Před 3 lety +2

    You're so helpful 😭😭😭 thank you!!! Instant sub.

  • @damienthorsson1500
    @damienthorsson1500 Před 2 lety +6

    Oh gosh I was expecting something insane but it's not really giving me any more hassles that MyBoy / MyOldBoy gave me. Time to download some PS2 and DS games. Thank you again haha 😂

  • @gamaplayer3
    @gamaplayer3 Před 3 lety

    Very good thanks a lot 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ryathesage
    @ryathesage Před rokem

    Very helpful!

  • @EagleLeader1
    @EagleLeader1 Před 2 lety +6

    I get to load content and navigate to the unzipped folder with the ROM but it isn't visible within Retroarch. In file manager they are there. Tried both MAME Cores.

  • @Rulpive
    @Rulpive Před 3 lety

    thank you now i know what to do :D

  • @leehonam3664
    @leehonam3664 Před 2 lety

    Sujano,thanks very much

  • @rolandbrooks386
    @rolandbrooks386 Před 2 lety +5

    Retro Arch is great, but it took a exile to figure out. I could not get it to search my external, so I copied roms to internal...it has 128gb, so no problem. Thanks and I definitely will subscribe

  • @gabrielc.4332
    @gabrielc.4332 Před 3 lety +9

    Whenever I try to play a game the app just freezes for a few seconds and closes

  • @ThiccdGod
    @ThiccdGod Před 11 měsíci

    thnx again seen you on reddit

  • @mypersonal246
    @mypersonal246 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you so much

  • @gotti18706
    @gotti18706 Před 3 lety +3

    You da man Thanks I downloaded app and I'm like Wtf Is this 🤣 what else can I say you saved the day today

  • @monkeykong2006
    @monkeykong2006 Před 3 lety +11

    its kind of menazing, and I already had a good n64 and gba emulators, but when you understand the emulator is much easier to use this rader than looking for an emulator and testing diferent ones. p.d english isnt my main languages so sorry for the nasty spelling

  • @idkJustAkarp
    @idkJustAkarp Před 3 lety

    this is so helpfull i was originally only was gonnna play gba games but i can play nintendo ds games to now i can play pokemon white :D

  • @dserret5454
    @dserret5454 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the video . it is quite informative . Anyway, could you please tell me that how can I change the button size and it's place?

  • @danpierre2464
    @danpierre2464 Před 3 lety

    Awesome thank you

  • @stevechannel6856
    @stevechannel6856 Před 3 lety +3

    Which core can i use for Digimon Rumble Arena? Already tried Bandai & Sony PS, both not working

  • @jasonseaver2494
    @jasonseaver2494 Před 3 lety +3

    Where can I get the roms for it? The roms for retroarch-pc version did not work out.

  • @waynenotaweeb9681
    @waynenotaweeb9681 Před 3 lety

    Thanks man👍👍

  • @jackfrost9655
    @jackfrost9655 Před rokem

    Huge thanks!!!!

  • @Fanis13Sp
    @Fanis13Sp Před 2 lety +4

    Very nice video. One question. I downloaded a core.but when i try find it in my device I can't. Any suggestions?

  • @user-zq6yz5gf6d
    @user-zq6yz5gf6d Před 3 lety +2

    I moved FFVII into downloads as a .zip file, but it didnt let me play it. Should i move it as an extracted file instead?

  • @1saacbcourt452
    @1saacbcourt452 Před 3 lety +1

    You're amazing 🙂

  • @aonmontoya4757
    @aonmontoya4757 Před rokem +2

    Hey, bro. I have a question..
    (I'm new to all of this, so I am definitely one of the ones you mentioned that may find all this intimidating)
    So on the Powkiddy X28 (which runs on Android 11 btw) the games are downloaded and played off of an app called Happy Chick, and from what I've seen, one can only play the games on the app.
    I was wondering, is it possible to go into Retro Arch and find the games that are saved on the Happy Chick app and play them using Retro Arch?
    And would it be possible to save those games to a folder to be able to play them straight off the X28? And not have to go through the Happy Chick app?

  • @ethangintert07
    @ethangintert07 Před 9 měsíci +3

    My app does not have the dreamcast core. Any idea on how to get it? Do I need the retroarch plus app?

  • @reddrumm5618
    @reddrumm5618 Před 3 lety +4

    Need this ...

  • @Jellocheck
    @Jellocheck Před rokem +4

    Vor Beginners? The scanning alone does not work to get all the games on my memory card to play it on Android like here. Is there a Video where it is explained step by steb?

  • @jimmypage9283
    @jimmypage9283 Před 2 lety +2

    How do you get the keyboards up on various platforms, say Amiga and dos? Thanks.

  • @leozar69
    @leozar69 Před 2 lety +13

    I got it 😄 I'm gonna use it for SNES, NES, NDS, Sega Genesis. 😁
    For GBA games, I'm using PizzaBoy Advance (GBA) 😄
    Just so many good games from my childhood, and now I'll be able to pass down the best gaming experiences from the golden age of games, when games had no dlc, and everything was included in the full version of the games, and pay to win was NOT a thing 🤩 Also game stories were FUN! 😁
    I am having the best time 😆❤

    • @robmalcolm8042
      @robmalcolm8042 Před rokem +1

      Pizza boy is good but the best is Mgba core on retroarch it’s the most accurate

  • @Tylerpowers-cg7op
    @Tylerpowers-cg7op Před rokem

    i have RetroArch Plus on my computer and it works fine

  • @pierpig7058
    @pierpig7058 Před rokem

    Very cool video, should PS2 games run on a Redmi pro 8 6gb ram? Which core would you recommend me for PS2?

  • @millacavalher
    @millacavalher Před 2 lety +14

    Thank you. This was indeed helpul. Somehow this is the only emulator that was possible to map the buttons of my gamepad (ìpega 9076). Tried Snes9x EX and SuperReto16 and it would´t recognise the controller (tried the 2 modes of the controller, both were paired to the phone, it was possible to navigate the mobile with the controller but when I was mapping nothing happened.

  • @ThexthSurvivor
    @ThexthSurvivor Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for this video! I can't download any core on my Android 9 phone on both versions of Retroarch. Every attempt to download a core fails. On my Android 6 phone I can download some cores but not any for Amiga, N64, PS1, DOSBox, and Finalburn. I was going to copy the cores form my Android 6 phone to the other which doesn't download any cores, but I can't find where the cores are stored. If I go to Settings-->Directory-->Cores it states that they are located in /storage/emulated/0/RetroArch but they aren't there. I used a file browser to browse and search every folder on the phone and can't find the location of the cores. Where are they stored?

  • @diobrando9163
    @diobrando9163 Před 3 lety

    THANKS!

  • @linkfaris7769
    @linkfaris7769 Před 3 lety +3

    If you don’t mind me asking how do i add games

  • @thecynic807
    @thecynic807 Před 3 lety +3

    I have an nvidia shield pro 19
    When I click on a core it just backs out

  • @phpvbacoder9000
    @phpvbacoder9000 Před rokem

    Working perfect on FireTV Cube with ps4 Controller

  • @albualexandru3249
    @albualexandru3249 Před 2 lety

    Thanks!

  • @aleczanderthemaster8702
    @aleczanderthemaster8702 Před 2 lety +2

    How do you play RetroArch roms on a USB Drive?

  • @kiranasamraj3034
    @kiranasamraj3034 Před 2 lety +1

    Whats up bro can you show how to resize and move your onscreen touchpad

  • @anthonypierre2094
    @anthonypierre2094 Před 3 lety +2

    when I go to load content it dosen't show my SD card anywhere

  • @JLary71377
    @JLary71377 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Can you use a controller like backbone with retroarch?

  • @eddy45186
    @eddy45186 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video just got an s21.. retroarch works perfectly. However using dex to play on tv... ho can I make it full screen instead of a window

  • @enoclugo5679
    @enoclugo5679 Před 2 lety +1

    question? how do you put box art on Mame Playlist on retroarch on Android.

  • @AntiThesis10125
    @AntiThesis10125 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Not available on newer versions of Android

  • @kepalakardus2278
    @kepalakardus2278 Před 3 lety

    Can i use this for setting retroarch for my vita sir? I really messed up, my gba directory not show on my retroarch... Please help me...

  • @wdgaminganddisneyhistory6024

    So if I was to play Metal Gear Solid on the android emulator, would it have a "swap discs" option?

    • @Czere_Destroy
      @Czere_Destroy Před 2 lety

      I'm not sure for 100% but most of emulator have that option in settings.

  • @danielhullett3297
    @danielhullett3297 Před 2 lety +3

    quick question. do u need to provide your own bios files for this?

    • @KidKrazz81
      @KidKrazz81 Před rokem

      Have you found out if you need to? I can't seem to find out how to use this app. I thought once you download the core it will come with the games

  • @Acquiredtype
    @Acquiredtype Před 2 lety +2

    I accidentally downloaded a wrong core how do I delete it please

  • @Basti_Autoplay
    @Basti_Autoplay Před 2 lety

    The only problem is that I have to change the controls everytime I switch cores, how do I save it for each core?

  • @jamesboaz4787
    @jamesboaz4787 Před 2 lety

    This worked great on my S9+
    I got a note 20 ultra now and no dice whatsoever. Just keeps crashing or freezing.

  • @voidstar5563
    @voidstar5563 Před 3 lety

    Im trying to play rondo of blood and I cant find the right core, when I use other cores and open the file it says file not recognized:(

  • @ethanbenjamin3899
    @ethanbenjamin3899 Před 2 lety +1

    Pls help, im using retroarch plus but when i play an n64 game it does work but the only problem is i dont know where the c stick is pls help :(

  • @seasesh4073
    @seasesh4073 Před 3 lety

    how do i get the beautiful interface they advertise on their website?

  • @Melvorgazh
    @Melvorgazh Před rokem +1

    @Mr. Sujano
    Hi,
    Where the blaze can we download the games?
    And why do you not tell it in the video?
    Regards,
    Thomas from Belgium

  • @EfficientTrout
    @EfficientTrout Před 2 lety +1

    Retroarch doesnt allow me to load roms from sd card, can only load from internal phone storage. How to fix this?

  • @nate-orito7990
    @nate-orito7990 Před 3 lety

    Im trying to play marvel vs capcom 2 using a mame core. I already see the file and stuff but when I open it, it just says “initializing...” then freezes and crashes. How do I fix it? Does it need to have a specific file type?

  • @sigglass2183
    @sigglass2183 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Can you play retro arch gaming emulator offline, multiplay, install mods to some games, and back up data where you can continue your existing data with your gaming process on other devices?

  • @arvyminon3865
    @arvyminon3865 Před 3 lety +1

    How to download it on sdcard directly?

  • @kamelal_ashawi5184
    @kamelal_ashawi5184 Před rokem

    You're the best

  • @Melvorgazh
    @Melvorgazh Před rokem +1

    @Mr. Sujano
    Hi,
    How does one remap a keyboard on the Android version?
    It's for Ms-DOS games.
    Thanks

  • @gam3rhashtag
    @gam3rhashtag Před 3 lety

    What do you 🤔. Retroarch vs standalone emulators ?

  • @maliboo4901
    @maliboo4901 Před 3 lety

    Will the rewinf fun function still work in the dig app?

  • @Light-03
    @Light-03 Před 2 lety

    how should i put roms on my phone? connecting it to my pc or straight off the browser on the device? thank you in advance

  • @reubenmccoy2974
    @reubenmccoy2974 Před 3 lety +1

    andriod 11 will not support apps like retroarch access to your sd card. games will have too be loaded through internal storage until things are updated

  • @noctis_lucis29
    @noctis_lucis29 Před 2 lety

    Just wanna ask why i dont have any controller option in overlay folder. Do i need to download it? Where? TIA :)

  • @SoundPunk69
    @SoundPunk69 Před 3 lety +1

    Where would you recommend getting ds ROMs?

    • @JoeHoeDoesSomething
      @JoeHoeDoesSomething Před 3 lety +5

      I get my games from this place called vimms lair, if you want I could send the link

  • @rolandbrooks386
    @rolandbrooks386 Před 2 lety +1

    Retroarch does not recognize gamesir x2 bluetooth but Lemuroid does. Can you help with this issue?
    Best,
    Roland