It's a nice and simple bit of software Batocera - good for breathing life into/re-using old PC's/Laptops for retro gaming, I did a video on it last year it's looking fancier now 👍
note that 5.27 is here in the coming days. it hads saturn for rpi4, custom screen resolution by system/games, manual scrapping (reserve one evening to reread all the game manuals you loved when you were a child) among others. you can upgrade from the batocera once released, or even already try it by selecting beta channel on the upgrade screen.
Thank you, Tried updating and after it downloads it states to restart to apply the change. I restart and it just hags stating "Booting Batocera Linux...". This is the 2nd time I've had it happen (first was when I attempted to apply the 5.27 beta). In both cases, I have the Output set to VGA1 (for my video capture). I don't want to re-install it again, is there another way? By the way, this is on an old Dell D60 Laptop (x64) not on a Raspberry Pi 4.
@@WagnersTechTalk yes. never you need to reinstall. you can even rollback to 5.26 without any data loss. see wiki, manual upgrade. in short, just unzip boot.tar.xz on your card from windows. strange you got an error. dont hesitate to ask help on our discord.
I find trying to set up Batocera for Pi 4 very much a mess. the initial install usually goes fine (inc setting up controller) but on later boot ups, often it doesnt recognise the controller (replugging it in doesnt help, so you have to unplug the plug, this seems to end up corrupting the instal sometimes) and trying to plug an external HDD (HDD or SSD) sometimes recognises and again more often than not doesnt. get the basics right (recognise the controller every time & storage media). Ive wasted days messing about trying to resolve this & repeatedly re-installing (on both SD & USB media to boot from) again, both work occasionally, but thats just not good enough. no one seems to mention this, and I have tried multiple installs, multiple controllers and multiple drives.
I have a raspberry pi 4 with 8gb ram. But it runs batocera a little slow is that because I don't have the proper power supply on it. It says voltage low. I'm waiting for the official power supply to arrive in the post.
I have Batocera booting from SSD without PInn OS on NESPi4 case. NO MORE BLACK SCREEN! Just trying to figure out how to split the SSD in to two with first part Batocera at 1gb and the rest for back up on roms/bios. I can not get Batocera to recognize the other half.
I have a 4gb raspberry pi 4 with batocera 31, I connected it to a TCL 4K television but the problem it gives me is on some specific consoles such as dreamcast, n64, ps1, psp the games get a bit slow in movement, if anyone Can you guide me the steps to follow.
From the main menu, you should be able to press Start, move down to Game Settings, scroll down a bit until you see 'PER SYSTEM ADVANCED CONFIGURATION', select Emulator and remember what the previous setting was. There you can cycle through other options to find one that works best for you. Of course, give each a try and see how it performs.
How would you rate the Dreamcast performance? It looked like it might’ve been running under 60fps, but couldn’t tell if it was due to the capture instead of the pi/Batocera performance.
Hello Wagner. I absolutely love your walk through videos. You indirectly helped me get my RG350M up and running and on its way to the fully customized system it is today, so I have a lot of trust in your suggestions and instructions. When I decided I wanted to get a raspberry pi 4 with batocera installed as a retro gamer for my kids room and I saw this video, I had to check it out. Glad I did.. Now I do have questions about the pi4 though. When building a retro system, is higher ram required? I was thinking of possibly getting the 2gb or 4gb variants of the 4, but not sure if it'll be enough. I am just building a small box to mount on the back of the TV and looking to use a set of wireless controllers with it. I figure that will give the kids the system they want and keep it out of the way of their little sisters little hands. Any advice? Would the 2gb variant work? What about the 4gb model? Any suggestions on wireless controllers? It's hard to find a decent set that has low input lag.
Hi Joseph, thank you so much! Very happy to hear the videos have been helpful to you. Regarding RAM, CPU is more important and therefor 2GB/4GB should be just fine. I actually do answer this question (and others) on my RPi4 Gaming page. Here's a direct link so you don't have to hunt for it: wagnerstechtalk.com/rpi4gaming/#Common_Questions . Regarding controllers, there are a lot to choose from and that's one area I've neglected a bit. I do have a few recommendations down below that I've purchased and use. Hope this helps!
It’s a good image/front end. Very similar to Retropie . The question is which one do you prefer for Rpi4 and does this batocera image have more or less core options as the Supreme pro images or the official Retropie image.
Tough questions Rex 😀 I'm much more familiar/experienced with RetroPie that I am with Batocera. However, there are many options that I'm not familiar with just yet and understand a 5.27 Batocera build will be released soon with even more. All are good images, including Supreme Pro. At this point, I've not formed any opinion as there is still much more to learn.
@@WagnersTechTalk so I dont need to add a bios or any additional files? That's what I did, and the pie even showed it in the mame emulator, but when I clicked the rom it didn't even start. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
@@timothyfrontino2693 For MAME, no BIOS files are needed. If the game didn't start, then it's likely that the rom downloaded doesn't match the MAME version being used. You'll likely get more answers on the Batocera forums here: forum.batocera.org . But honestly, I just copied the roms I had that matched the version of MAME (2003, 2010, etc.) to the subfolder, restarted emulations station and that was it.
With the other controller, just select the option to configure a controller and map the 2nd controller in emulation station. When in-game, you can typically press SELECT+X to enter RetroArch and map the 2nd controller/bind.
Nice video, but is there any way to add my own images and videos for each game? Since I have them already and have super slow Internet to scrape all over again
I bought the Canakit Raspberry Pi 4 kit and I have everything up and running with the included heatsinks, case, and fan. Batocera has a menu option for overclocking. Have you tested these options? I want to overclock but I don't want to break my new toy.
I've overclocked, sure but haven't used the option within Batocera. If concerned about it, may want to post your question here for a faster answer: forum.batocera.org/
is there any way i can get Batocera 5.26 from you the official site has 5.27 and it will not work on my Raspberry Pi 4 i've been trying all morning..does anyone have 5.26 that could help. thank you..it starts to load goes to the Batocera screen tries to boot and craps out every time
I've asked the developer for a link to 5.26, if we don't hear back shortly I'll see what I can do later today. 5.26 install went smoothly, but I am also having issues with 5.27 on the x64 platform which he's helping with.
@@WagnersTechTalk thank you this is my first try with Batocera for the Pi i was using retropie but im not liking it and i use Batocera for the Odroid and RK2020 and i like it so i figured id try it and im just 1 day to late for 5.26 :-(
I'm really sorry about the issues, 5.26 went great for me on the Pi4 then had issues (on x64) when going to 5.27 yesterday. I sent my logs, etc. to the developer and he knows the fix for the problem and will likely be sending an update for me to try today maybe. Hold off trying 5.27 until you hear back from either him or me once I've had a chance to verify the update. I did let him know about your comment here and that the problem may be on the Pi4 as well.
@@WagnersTechTalk thanks ..this PI4 is brand new it is the 8gb model i was using retropie no issues but i just like Batocera better i messaged them we shall see what they say
You can find 5.26 here: updates.batocera.org/rpi4/stable/last/archives/20200506/ (the developer replied). Don't take the option to update yet within Batocera until the fix is available, otherwise you'll be stuck in the same situation I am right now.
Hi Martin, I've not tried this myself but here's something that may work: retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9133/quick-and-easy-guide-for-adding-music-to-emulatonstation-on-retropie-noob-friendly I'll add your request to my to-do list too!
@@WagnersTechTalk yeah ive been looking into it, I'm confused as to how to edit the batocera.config file, do I simply remove the # or add additional text or both? And to edit the argonone.conf file under share/system/configs/argonone.conf, I had to make the file because it did not already exsist. Yet none of what I have done seems to turn on the fan
@@WagnersTechTalk i even tried a program called putty, to connect via ssh, and typed in putty, curl download.argon40.com/argonone-setup-recalbox.sh | bash, then allowed me to change fan settings, but when i initiate the new settings i get the words, "# nice: can't execute '/recalbox/scripts/argonone/argononed.py': No such file or directory"
@@rogersreefer7621 This is the only thread I've found on it so far. If it's not working, I don't know anything more at this time. If I come across something that works I'll post back here. But may be awhile (editing for this weeks vid tonight). Everything I currently know is here: wagnerstechtalk.com/argonone/
I've not personally tried it on an SSD, but I'm pretty sure it will work just fine. I have installed it to an internal hard drive on a 12 year old laptop and it worked great.
Yes it can, in fact I have a video on that here: czcams.com/video/F1GshnAYrII/video.html and a little more info here: wagnerstechtalk.com/pcretrogaming/
@@WagnersTechTalk - I was thinking more like having batocera in an external drive and plugging it to the radpberry pi with out the need of an sd card. I’m really new to barocera I’ve always used emulation station and that’s how I have my set up,roms and boot loading straight from external drive to the pie.
Hello Sir, i really newbie in this, i just confuse how we turnoff the raspberry pi with batocera installed? Its just unplug the power is safe? Thank you so much
You would press the START button, move down to Quit and select Shutdown. Once shutdown, you can unplug. If you just pull the power, it can potentially cause file corruption. Hope this helps!
@@WagnersTechTalk Hello Sir, i really need your help, how to add new image in sdcard? I have installed batocera vanila image, but my mame game can't play...and i decided to use image from website like arcade punks, how to apply the new image? I just format the sdcard and apply the image using balenaetcher or just using balenaetcher without formating first? Thank you somuch for your time sir
@@WagnersTechTalk Thank you so much for the answer sir, it’s really help to newbie like me, i have been subscribe your channel, a lot of knowledge gained here. Thank you so much, have a great day and stay healthy sir. If i have some trouble allow me to ask you again sir.
i really appreciate all your help you are the best youtuber out there hands down
I really appreciate your kind comment! I do the best I can with my limited resources :)
Glad you showcase that’s there more OS’s for the Pi4 than just Retropie.
Thank you!
It's a nice and simple bit of software Batocera - good for breathing life into/re-using old PC's/Laptops for retro gaming, I did a video on it last year it's looking fancier now 👍
Nice one! I like the way you make these videos! Keep up the good work!
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
thank you so much for this video i had download it
Most welcome 😊
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video I will be putting Batocera on my pi4 tomorrow . You rock
You're very welcome, I think you're going to like it. It is very easy to install/setup on the Pi4.
note that 5.27 is here in the coming days. it hads saturn for rpi4, custom screen resolution by system/games, manual scrapping (reserve one evening to reread all the game manuals you loved when you were a child) among others. you can upgrade from the batocera once released, or even already try it by selecting beta channel on the upgrade screen.
Awesome, thank you for this information Nicolas! I'll definitely check it out.
I just realized, you're the developer of Batocera. You've done an outstanding job with it. Thank you so much for your excellent work!
@@WagnersTechTalk 5.27 released.
Thank you, Tried updating and after it downloads it states to restart to apply the change. I restart and it just hags stating "Booting Batocera Linux...". This is the 2nd time I've had it happen (first was when I attempted to apply the 5.27 beta). In both cases, I have the Output set to VGA1 (for my video capture). I don't want to re-install it again, is there another way? By the way, this is on an old Dell D60 Laptop (x64) not on a Raspberry Pi 4.
@@WagnersTechTalk yes. never you need to reinstall. you can even rollback to 5.26 without any data loss. see wiki, manual upgrade. in short, just unzip boot.tar.xz on your card from windows. strange you got an error. dont hesitate to ask help on our discord.
I wish they had that Tron theme on reteopie😫. Good vid, man!
That would be cool and thank you!
I find trying to set up Batocera for Pi 4 very much a mess. the initial install usually goes fine (inc setting up controller) but on later boot ups, often it doesnt recognise the controller (replugging it in doesnt help, so you have to unplug the plug, this seems to end up corrupting the instal sometimes) and trying to plug an external HDD (HDD or SSD) sometimes recognises and again more often than not doesnt. get the basics right (recognise the controller every time & storage media). Ive wasted days messing about trying to resolve this & repeatedly re-installing (on both SD & USB media to boot from) again, both work occasionally, but thats just not good enough. no one seems to mention this, and I have tried multiple installs, multiple controllers and multiple drives.
What type of controller are you using? I've had no issues with the clone Xbox controller.
I have a raspberry pi 4 with 8gb ram. But it runs batocera a little slow is that because I don't have the proper power supply on it. It says voltage low. I'm waiting for the official power supply to arrive in the post.
If you're getting a voltage low indication, could be the Power Supply. It's likely being capped at a lower speed. Definitely want an official PS.
I have Batocera booting from SSD without PInn OS on NESPi4 case. NO MORE BLACK SCREEN! Just trying to figure out how to split the SSD in to two with first part Batocera at 1gb and the rest for back up on roms/bios. I can not get Batocera to recognize the other half.
I've not tried that myself, honestly.
I have a 4gb raspberry pi 4 with batocera 31, I connected it to a TCL 4K television but the problem it gives me is on some specific consoles such as dreamcast, n64, ps1, psp the games get a bit slow in movement, if anyone Can you guide me the steps to follow.
From the main menu, you should be able to press Start, move down to Game Settings, scroll down a bit until you see 'PER SYSTEM ADVANCED CONFIGURATION', select Emulator and remember what the previous setting was. There you can cycle through other options to find one that works best for you. Of course, give each a try and see how it performs.
Batocera is now at 5.27.2 Stable with Proper Pi4 support, also RecalBox is at 7.0.0 and now supports the Pi4
Thank you for the heads-up! I may take a look at this very soon, I appreciate it.
Recalbox is really bad for dreamcast
@@notridingrich5529 RecalBox 7.2 with Light Gun Support just now came out, they say improvements for Dreamcast/N64 etc..
No no re-dream or w/e batocera uses flycast and reicast... Probably like 25 games work totally worth playing maybe two
Batocera on ES menu is 10fps on Raspberry Pi4. I think it is not for linux.
How would you rate the Dreamcast performance? It looked like it might’ve been running under 60fps, but couldn’t tell if it was due to the capture instead of the pi/Batocera performance.
It played very well for me, I'll get back to you on the actual frame-rate. Movie night with the Mrs. WTT 😀
@@WagnersTechTalk in option > system > dev you can enable framerate if needed. it will enable fps in all emus.
It's reporting about 30-40fps for me. Still very playable IMO
Thank you!
For the Dreamcast you recommend GDI or CDI ? Thanks for this video !
I am new and I installed batocera on my rasberry pi 4 and then I get 10fps on emulationstation menu.
How does it perform in the games? You should find most run very good.
Hello Wagner.
I absolutely love your walk through videos.
You indirectly helped me get my RG350M up and running and on its way to the fully customized system it is today, so I have a lot of trust in your suggestions and instructions. When I decided I wanted to get a raspberry pi 4 with batocera installed as a retro gamer for my kids room and I saw this video, I had to check it out.
Glad I did..
Now I do have questions about the pi4 though.
When building a retro system, is higher ram required?
I was thinking of possibly getting the 2gb or 4gb variants of the 4, but not sure if it'll be enough. I am just building a small box to mount on the back of the TV and looking to use a set of wireless controllers with it. I figure that will give the kids the system they want and keep it out of the way of their little sisters little hands.
Any advice?
Would the 2gb variant work?
What about the 4gb model?
Any suggestions on wireless controllers? It's hard to find a decent set that has low input lag.
Hi Joseph, thank you so much! Very happy to hear the videos have been helpful to you. Regarding RAM, CPU is more important and therefor 2GB/4GB should be just fine. I actually do answer this question (and others) on my RPi4 Gaming page. Here's a direct link so you don't have to hunt for it: wagnerstechtalk.com/rpi4gaming/#Common_Questions . Regarding controllers, there are a lot to choose from and that's one area I've neglected a bit. I do have a few recommendations down below that I've purchased and use. Hope this helps!
It’s a good image/front end. Very similar to Retropie . The question is which one do you prefer for Rpi4 and does this batocera image have more or less core options as the Supreme pro images or the official Retropie image.
Tough questions Rex 😀 I'm much more familiar/experienced with RetroPie that I am with Batocera. However, there are many options that I'm not familiar with just yet and understand a 5.27 Batocera build will be released soon with even more. All are good images, including Supreme Pro. At this point, I've not formed any opinion as there is still much more to learn.
What's the correct way of saving settings in retroarch using batocera as it never seems to save simple settings.
Anyone know?
Thanks 👍
I know it's been a while but how did you get MAME to run on the RPi 4 using batocera?
I copied them into the \\[hostname\share\mame subfolder if I recall correctly. Leave them with a .zip file extension (don't unzip).
@@WagnersTechTalk so I dont need to add a bios or any additional files? That's what I did, and the pie even showed it in the mame emulator, but when I clicked the rom it didn't even start. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
@@timothyfrontino2693 For MAME, no BIOS files are needed. If the game didn't start, then it's likely that the rom downloaded doesn't match the MAME version being used. You'll likely get more answers on the Batocera forums here: forum.batocera.org . But honestly, I just copied the roms I had that matched the version of MAME (2003, 2010, etc.) to the subfolder, restarted emulations station and that was it.
What if you have a friend?
How do you set up TWO identical controllers with USB dongles?
With the other controller, just select the option to configure a controller and map the 2nd controller in emulation station. When in-game, you can typically press SELECT+X to enter RetroArch and map the 2nd controller/bind.
Hi all, any know what img type psp needs to run zip img or other cheers
In each subdirectory there is a .txt file which tells you which file types are supported.
how do i configure a bluetooth keyboard to work as a keyboard?
I've not tried this, but perhaps this will help: forum.batocera.org/d/2959-pairing-bluetooth-manually/3
Do I flash Batocera on the same microsd that NOOBS is preloaded on?
Really up to you, you can flash it to the included card or a new microSD. I typically buy a 5 pack of cards so always have some on hand.
Nice video, but is there any way to add my own images and videos for each game? Since I have them already and have super slow Internet to scrape all over again
There probably is a way but I don't know off-hand. May want to post your question here for a faster answer: www.reddit.com/r/batocera/
Hi, are all the games included or I have to get them elsewhere?. Thanks
You'll have to get them elsewhere, no games are included.
I bought the Canakit Raspberry Pi 4 kit and I have everything up and running with the included heatsinks, case, and fan. Batocera has a menu option for overclocking. Have you tested these options? I want to overclock but I don't want to break my new toy.
I've overclocked, sure but haven't used the option within Batocera. If concerned about it, may want to post your question here for a faster answer: forum.batocera.org/
@@WagnersTechTalk awesome. Thanks for all the help. Much appreciated.
did you end up overclocking? i'm getting the same kit, and i've seen other reviews where they mentioned overclocking. just wondering about stability.
@@redi6 I did not overclock and Batocera runs great. Didn't want to risk it just for a small increase in performance. Cheers
can anyone advise me how to activate cheats for MAME? thank you in advance for the advice.
Great video wish there was a link for all the bios you copied over
How does it compare to retropie?
I would recommend trying both to see which one you prefer. I very much enjoyed testing (i.e. playing) Batocera 😀
is there any way i can get Batocera 5.26 from you the official site has 5.27 and it will not work on my Raspberry Pi 4 i've been trying all morning..does anyone have 5.26 that could help. thank you..it starts to load goes to the Batocera screen tries to boot and craps out every time
I've asked the developer for a link to 5.26, if we don't hear back shortly I'll see what I can do later today. 5.26 install went smoothly, but I am also having issues with 5.27 on the x64 platform which he's helping with.
@@WagnersTechTalk thank you this is my first try with Batocera for the Pi i was using retropie but im not liking it and i use Batocera for the Odroid and RK2020 and i like it so i figured id try it and im just 1 day to late for 5.26 :-(
I'm really sorry about the issues, 5.26 went great for me on the Pi4 then had issues (on x64) when going to 5.27 yesterday. I sent my logs, etc. to the developer and he knows the fix for the problem and will likely be sending an update for me to try today maybe. Hold off trying 5.27 until you hear back from either him or me once I've had a chance to verify the update. I did let him know about your comment here and that the problem may be on the Pi4 as well.
@@WagnersTechTalk thanks ..this PI4 is brand new it is the 8gb model i was using retropie no issues but i just like Batocera better i messaged them we shall see what they say
You can find 5.26 here: updates.batocera.org/rpi4/stable/last/archives/20200506/ (the developer replied). Don't take the option to update yet within Batocera until the fix is available, otherwise you'll be stuck in the same situation I am right now.
hi mate if you can would you make a video how to add background music on emulation station i just install retropie im knew to all this many thanks
Hi Martin, I've not tried this myself but here's something that may work: retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9133/quick-and-easy-guide-for-adding-music-to-emulatonstation-on-retropie-noob-friendly I'll add your request to my to-do list too!
thank you mate 👍
Open the shares folder on your PC and it will have a folder called music.
hi i got it sorted many thanks 👊
Hey wagners tech talk, how do you run the argon 40 fan in batocera?
Hi Brett, There is a thread here with some information, I've personally not tried it (-yet!): forum.batocera.org/d/3637-support-of-argonone/4
@@WagnersTechTalk yeah ive been looking into it, I'm confused as to how to edit the batocera.config file, do I simply remove the # or add additional text or both? And to edit the argonone.conf file under share/system/configs/argonone.conf, I had to make the file because it did not already exsist. Yet none of what I have done seems to turn on the fan
@@WagnersTechTalk i even tried a program called putty, to connect via ssh, and typed in putty, curl download.argon40.com/argonone-setup-recalbox.sh | bash, then allowed me to change fan settings, but when i initiate the new settings i get the words, "# nice: can't execute '/recalbox/scripts/argonone/argononed.py': No such file or directory"
@@rogersreefer7621 This is the only thread I've found on it so far. If it's not working, I don't know anything more at this time. If I come across something that works I'll post back here. But may be awhile (editing for this weeks vid tonight). Everything I currently know is here: wagnerstechtalk.com/argonone/
Does batocera work on a SSD??
I've not personally tried it on an SSD, but I'm pretty sure it will work just fine. I have installed it to an internal hard drive on a 12 year old laptop and it worked great.
Hi, can botocera be booted from ssd or hardrive like the retropie?
Yes it can, in fact I have a video on that here: czcams.com/video/F1GshnAYrII/video.html and a little more info here: wagnerstechtalk.com/pcretrogaming/
@@WagnersTechTalk -cool I’m going to watch it now, thanks 😊
You bet!
@@WagnersTechTalk - I was thinking more like having batocera in an external drive and plugging it to the radpberry pi with out the need of an sd card. I’m really new to barocera I’ve always used emulation station and that’s how I have my set up,roms and boot loading straight from external drive to the pie.
@@MrRockfish01 Sure, when you install it just select the external drive.
Hello Sir, i really newbie in this, i just confuse how we turnoff the raspberry pi with batocera installed? Its just unplug the power is safe? Thank you so much
You would press the START button, move down to Quit and select Shutdown. Once shutdown, you can unplug. If you just pull the power, it can potentially cause file corruption. Hope this helps!
@@WagnersTechTalk Thank you so much sir it's really help
@@WagnersTechTalk Hello Sir, i really need your help, how to add new image in sdcard? I have installed batocera vanila image, but my mame game can't play...and i decided to use image from website like arcade punks, how to apply the new image? I just format the sdcard and apply the image using balenaetcher or just using balenaetcher without formating first? Thank you somuch for your time sir
@@kepalakardus2278 Should be able to burn the image just fine with Etcher, you don't typically need to format first Etcher will do that for you.
@@WagnersTechTalk Thank you so much for the answer sir, it’s really help to newbie like me, i have been subscribe your channel, a lot of knowledge gained here. Thank you so much, have a great day and stay healthy sir. If i have some trouble allow me to ask you again sir.
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Good video bro! Thanks!!!
Glad you liked it!