How To Turn Your Old PC Into An Emulation Powerhouse Using Batocera

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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
  • In this video, I show you how to turn an old computer into an awesome Emulation PC using Batocera Linux. basically RetroPie/Recalbox for PC.
    All of this will be running from a USB Stick and if the PC you are using is powerful enough it can even play 3DS PS2 GameCube Dreamcast and many many more!
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  • @ETAPRIME
    @ETAPRIME  Před 5 lety +84

    Install to Hard drive: czcams.com/video/ZM3Rafskbzg/video.html
    $15 EMulation PC: czcams.com/video/YrP8d4naRF8/video.html

    • @cguy8998
      @cguy8998 Před 5 lety +2

      ETA PRIME Can this work with a old laptop if so can you make a video on it ps I’m a fairly new fan but I love you videos

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer Před 5 lety +1

      @@cguy8998 yes, laptop too. Are you comfortable opening up the laptop and removing the hard drive to slave it?

    • @livatos1280
      @livatos1280 Před 5 lety +1

      ETA can i ask you a question

    • @noobkase666
      @noobkase666 Před 5 lety +2

      Hey Prime. Is there a way to make 1:1 copy to put on the other systems?

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer Před 5 lety

      @@livatos1280 just ask it.

  • @Cyclops1980
    @Cyclops1980 Před 5 lety +155

    Thank you so much ETA! it pains me to see that 17 minutes is considered a long video nowdays. You are doing a STELAR job!

    • @charleshines6155
      @charleshines6155 Před 4 lety +1

      With TV these days having so many commercials we are slowly getting used to shorter videos. It is the price we pay for all the stuff that is free

    • @ungratefulmango
      @ungratefulmango Před 3 lety +2

      @@charleshines6155 ​ TV is pretty bad, but it's nothing compared to TikTok, which has a 1-minute maximum upload. A whole generation of people will grow up with short attention spans because they get bored 1 minute in.

  • @GamerPlaypen
    @GamerPlaypen Před 4 lety +8

    Its official, I'm addicted to your channel....Batocera was an option I didn't even know about. I just found out about launch box but wanted an interface just like this. Can't thank you enough

  • @Angultra
    @Angultra Před 5 lety +18

    Amazing how well the Core 2 Duo holds up today, I’ve had many over the years. Laptops can be had for cheap too.

  • @thesuperzfamilyvlog6607
    @thesuperzfamilyvlog6607 Před 5 lety +24

    Perfect. Been telling my buddy he needed to do this, and had a series of doubts. Appreciate this very much.

  • @Bustermachine
    @Bustermachine Před 4 lety +4

    I just want to say first that I found this tutorial to be absolutely fantastic. It really got me excited and reignited my interest in retrogaming. It gave me the confidence to put down some money and spend a week tinkering getting my own machine to work and I would never have had the confidence without this video. You're doing great work for the retro community man.
    That said, my own experience with building a retro machine on a budget left me a little bit out in the cold. Entirely my fault. I tend to get excited and leap before I look. And that definitely happened here.
    Again, not knocking ETA Prime, the dudes only one man and only has so much time to discuss all the possible hardware permutations that can come up when building a rig out of old parts. On top of that, emulation is a not fixed quantity like playing the games on old consoles would. So there's two sets of variables at play.
    Personally, I can attest that machines like this will do a great job emulating plenty of fantastic Gamecube and Dreamcast titles. Probably around 90% will run perfectly fine, as well as almost anything from previous generations. And for most people that will be more than good enough.
    For instance. For me, a similar setup ran Pikmin, Mario Sunshine, Beyond Good and Evil, Chibi Robo, and Prince of Persia almost perfectly. Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast was also fully playable.
    Unfortunately, I had my heart really set on a few titles that dolphin still needs a lot of processing power to render playable. In particular Rogue Squadron II and MGS Twin Snakes. Virtually unplayable even at standard definition on the GT 1030. I'm sure there are other games as well that fit on that list. You might have your heart set on some of these tougher titles. So plan accordingly. A machine that can handle those games might not be quite as cheap but it will save you grief in the long run to invest wisely.

    • @JaySamurai79
      @JaySamurai79 Před 4 lety

      Thanks for taking the time out to write this piece. Gutted for Rogue Squadron 2 and MGS, have you managed to get it running yet? I'm going to start building my machine up hopefully this weekend.

  • @ungratefulmango
    @ungratefulmango Před 3 lety +7

    My bios looked really different, because my PC is newer, but with a little bit of looking around and a few guesses, I managed to get it to boot from the USB. I then ran through your follow-up tutorial to run from internal SSD. So now I have a small PC I can take to my friend's house for some plug-and-play Goldeneye action

  • @jtb1990419
    @jtb1990419 Před 3 lety +3

    Bought an old Dell Optiplex 790 SFF (i7 2600, 8gb RAM, and an AMD Radeon R5 240 aftermarket video card) from eBay and did the Batocera trick that you showed on here. Works great with even PS2 and GameCube! Loving playing the retro games again! Thank you so much for this tutorial, ETA!

  • @reiatomsk
    @reiatomsk Před 5 lety +383

    I came early today. Even the Guy who dislikes every video isn't here yet.

  • @dabutler44
    @dabutler44 Před 5 lety +48

    Give the poor guy a break with some of the questions you can easily Google. Nice video ETA 👍

  • @nevmatrix7970
    @nevmatrix7970 Před 5 lety +136

    this is a good way to use old computers without be held hostage by Constance Microsoft window update

    • @talos86
      @talos86 Před 5 lety +5

      Just cut the pc from the internet. Mine is only on my local network for file management. If a version update comes to Win10, then i update it from USB drive.

    • @SonariNeiracchen
      @SonariNeiracchen Před 5 lety +10

      Also, use linux.

    • @richibusto6448
      @richibusto6448 Před 5 lety +2

      @@SonariNeiracchen Linux is better overall better,download,burn cd,and your done

    • @ryanbeev
      @ryanbeev Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah those Constance updates are horrible huh

    • @Dermetsu
      @Dermetsu Před 4 lety

      Pay 6$ and get a professional key then if the updates are an issue.

  • @ushilives3
    @ushilives3 Před 5 lety +1

    So glad you've brought out a new Batocera video. Most Batocera videos out there are in foreign language. Been struggling with expanding usb stick storage to add games so hopefully this video clears that up.

    • @thepenultimateninja5797
      @thepenultimateninja5797 Před 5 lety +1

      It should expand automatically the first time you boot it.
      First boot takes a lot longer than subsequent boots because of this.

    • @ushilives3
      @ushilives3 Před 5 lety

      @@thepenultimateninja5797 I will give it a try again, i hope i haven't got a dodgy usb stick with corrupt sectors

    • @thepenultimateninja5797
      @thepenultimateninja5797 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ushilives3
      Some PCs just don't get along with some flash drives. I have a flash drive that won't boot in any machine I have tried it on, but it is in perfect working order. It is in fact my main flash drive that I carry on my keys. Never had a problem with it besides not being able to boot from it.

  • @MarkBurchJr
    @MarkBurchJr Před 4 lety +4

    Love this! Thanks ETA Prime! I’m setting it up on an old extra laptop now. I can’t believe how the PS3 remote automatically worked through Bluetooth already. Amazing.
    Now to find the source to DL the games at.
    I appreciate your effort making and sharing this video. 👍

  • @lobizonxp
    @lobizonxp Před 5 lety +6

    I've been using Lakka from the very beginning, now that you showed Batocera, I've installed it on a spare drive, and it's really great. I'll try to make a custom playlist later.

  • @oewn442
    @oewn442 Před 5 lety +43

    Thank you! Ive been planning to turn an old optiplex 760 into some sorta arcade cabinet thing.

    • @esprithk
      @esprithk Před 5 lety +1

      Owen Cambio good idea. My experience is Linux makes these old PCs running much smoother without many issues, but does require a stable and fast internet connection if you want to use cloud storage, etc. *also, I suggest you to try LINUX MINT. I like it more than Ubuntu OS.

    • @mk1k
      @mk1k Před 5 lety

      Manjaro is also really good. My first distro was Linux Mint, but I’ve been converted to manjaro as of late.

    • @thebeezkneez2557
      @thebeezkneez2557 Před 5 lety

      @@mk1k I started with Ubuntu, lasted about 20 minutes before I installed mint. Then I distro hopped for about 4 years. Now I have settled on Manjaro. Been running it since last December. I liked arch when I had that but I don't care for the setup process with arch so I decided to try Manjaro and have used it since. I did run openSUSE, for about 6 months, as my main os. I had whatever distro I was testing on another partition. Once I found Manjaro, the other partition became a 😒 win dont partition for school.

    • @HerecomestheCalavera
      @HerecomestheCalavera Před 4 lety

      @@thebeezkneez2557 What is wrong with Ubuntu?

    • @thebeezkneez2557
      @thebeezkneez2557 Před 4 lety

      @@HerecomestheCalavera Well, after you get rid of all the bloat absolutely nothing. However, when I used it about half the packages I wanted to install required adding ppa's. I got tired of adding those and deleting them when I got rid of those packages. It's the same reason I rarely use Ubuntu based distros now. While it has definitely gotten better since I used it last, on my 1 Ubuntu box I haven't had to add a single ppa, there's still a bad taste in my mouth from it. With arch based distros you never have to add repositories since you have access to the Arch User Repository (AUR) which has pretty much all of the software that isn't in the main repositories. Just like ppa's you have to watch out for malware. Also there have been a couple of privacy concerns with Ubuntu over the years. That and it just didn't feel like it fit me. In the end whether or not it is a good or bad distribution is up to the individual user.

  • @TechDave
    @TechDave Před 5 lety +1

    using a combination of your amazing Batocera videos i have managed to turn an HP T610-PLUS thin Client(1.86ghz dualcore amd cpu with 1gb integrated gpu) with 8gb ddr3/ nvidia quaddro 1gb ddr3/16gb ssd for batocera and 320gb hdd for storage (and windows 7 install) and 2x ps3 controllers connected via internal bluetooth adaptor...
    its awesome for older retro games and was a fun build i couldnt have begun to compete without your videos!
    i have also got tons of movies and mp3s on it too, so it doubles as a home media device connected to my projector!
    so much fun!
    thanks for the inspiration and your channel in general, subbed a long while ago on my music channel and recently on my techdave channel too,
    your projects are priceless for inspiration as i am a recluse (due to disability), and they always give me ideas for keeping life interesting lol
    cheers!
    xxx

  • @x7slim8x
    @x7slim8x Před 5 lety +8

    My favorite channel by far.... appreciate you sir! Keep up the great work!

  • @accessfm
    @accessfm Před 5 lety +5

    Lovely to see a use for the old dell pcs, great too that they can run from usb key. The old pcs are a lot hungrier powerwise than the Raspberry Pis, but like you say can run the more processor hungry game systems. Great use for these, and looking forward to more videos on Batocera! Cheers!

  • @noface24
    @noface24 Před 5 lety +11

    This is pretty sweet! I have an old laptop laying around, I might install this on it.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @williammackay-murphy1905
    @williammackay-murphy1905 Před 2 lety +1

    I love seeing the computers I used at school in these videos, I was always trying to see how far I could push them without admin privileges good times

  • @rokero171
    @rokero171 Před 5 lety +14

    Man, I really didn't know about Batocera, I have a retropie setup, but I wanted more power, and I have a old FX 6100 system with a HD6670 laying around without hard drive, I'm definitely gonna try this.

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 5 lety

      Batocera is one of the least demanding operating systems out there.

    • @FascistTrex
      @FascistTrex Před 5 lety

      Batocera is a mod of another emulation os made for rasp py, don't remeber the name now but it is mentioned in the batocera site somwhere.

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 5 lety +1

      @@FascistTrex retropie

    • @MartinKidd
      @MartinKidd Před 5 lety +1

      @@FascistTrex It's a fork of Recalbox I think

  • @MrMassivemanmeat
    @MrMassivemanmeat Před 5 lety +110

    Press F1 on the keyboard so you can access the file system browser, then just plug in a USB full ROMs and copy them into the appropriate folders.

  • @crzyruskie86
    @crzyruskie86 Před 5 lety +25

    Want to know something funny? These are our regular work stations at my work lol.

  • @billyhatcher643
    @billyhatcher643 Před 5 lety +1

    that menu interface looks so much nicer than the retropi and the fact that i can add pics for the game too is even better

  • @hnguyen500
    @hnguyen500 Před 5 lety +2

    Your video is not long enough, ETA (seriously!) As always, very easy to follow and helpful! 🙂 👍👍

  • @HomeArcadeInABox
    @HomeArcadeInABox Před 5 lety +3

    Just tried this. works great. Xbox controller works well. I couldn't get my Tank Stick to work though. Batocera gets that figured out and this will be the best for making an Arcade machine. Very easy to follow this tutorial.

  • @Betruet
    @Betruet Před 3 lety +11

    "If you dont understand what you are clicking on, don't do it"
    Good advice 😅

  • @kellymcnamara266
    @kellymcnamara266 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks. Just finished this little project up and it works like a charm. Except for the scrape function at the moment.

  • @TheMormonMissionary
    @TheMormonMissionary Před 4 lety +3

    thank you for this tutorial! I thought it would be alot harder to install on a PC vs a raspberry Pi but you made easy! I like this option alot!

  • @Simte
    @Simte Před 5 lety +12

    Ah! That good ol' Dell, brings memories back.

  • @iG34RH34D
    @iG34RH34D Před 5 lety +7

    Once again so glad I found this channel.

  • @kisnamorya9920
    @kisnamorya9920 Před 5 lety

    It doesn't matter how long the video was ... matters how much information we gained from it... thanks buddy..

  • @Mr.M1STER
    @Mr.M1STER Před 4 lety

    Your tutorials are always fantastically easy to follow and no nonsense.

  • @timothywagner9280
    @timothywagner9280 Před 5 lety +4

    Awesomeness!!
    I'd like to see Botacera vs Recalbox (even though they are similar) vs Lakka and your thoughts.
    I enjoy these videos :)

  • @nixlad
    @nixlad Před 5 lety +8

    I use this exact Opitplex for my PLEX and File server on Debian LXDE. Maybe I can add this project into the mix aswell :) Thumbs up. 👍

  • @raikoh05
    @raikoh05 Před 5 lety

    The controller configuration looks so good, no more guesswork which button is which

  • @briancasselman5231
    @briancasselman5231 Před rokem

    Excellent video. Concise and to the point. Well thought out, and I can't wait to try it. I wish that I would have found your vid 8 hours ago. Cheers for the info.

  • @mRipX
    @mRipX Před 5 lety +3

    great video to look back on, got some old towers just lougin in the closet

  • @TheCatpirate
    @TheCatpirate Před 5 lety +12

    Now THIS is epic!

  • @bliss0878
    @bliss0878 Před 5 lety

    If you do not have TCP/IP networking at home, you can add games directly from any external source drive by pressing F1 on your keyboard, then you can use your mouse pointing device to navigate to your drive folders and files where the roms that you would like to copy are stored, and then copy/paste it to your batocera USB roms directory.

  • @BlaGGah
    @BlaGGah Před 5 lety

    Wow! I just saw raspberry pi 2 on the list. I think I’m going to do this for my pi 2. Haven’t used it in years because I could never find good images for it. Keep up the good work.

  • @galaxy4dayz
    @galaxy4dayz Před 5 lety +7

    Watching this at Schoo (: just started watching your videos again! your doing a great job (: plus I haven't been so early here xD right on to me watching the video!

  • @peterkambasis
    @peterkambasis Před 5 lety +5

    Nice video. Wish Retorpie/emu had that missing bios option.

    • @ETAPRIME
      @ETAPRIME  Před 5 lety

      I know I really love this option

    • @garystinten9339
      @garystinten9339 Před 5 lety +1

      now i see what you're saying..
      would be awesome if it also downloaded them too.

    • @peterkambasis
      @peterkambasis Před 5 lety

      @@garystinten9339 Yes!

    • @TheNemesis200313
      @TheNemesis200313 Před 5 lety

      ​@@garystinten9339 They would be sued out of existence if they did that.

  • @Labyrnthdom
    @Labyrnthdom Před 5 lety

    Im wanting to use the same old pc for an arcade cabinet with bigbox. These are perfect for this! Great vid prime.

  • @RoyalEqustrianGuard
    @RoyalEqustrianGuard Před 5 lety

    Because of your video I went out and got myself a Dell Optiplex 755 with an Intel 2 Quad Core for $30. I'm very excited to put in a GT 1030 for a small and cheap emulation machine.

  • @GF_Burke
    @GF_Burke Před 5 lety +24

    Funny, someone just dropped off lots of machines. One of them is a laptop with an i5 dualcore (1st gen), 8GB DDR3, intel 4000HD.
    Maybe I'll make a box for this setup. Not worth flipping.. case is all jacked.

    • @alliedvera4960
      @alliedvera4960 Před 4 lety +1

      "i5 dualcore (1st gen)" + "intel 4000HD" = no

    • @HerecomestheCalavera
      @HerecomestheCalavera Před 4 lety

      @@alliedvera4960 It would be good enough for up to PS1 and N64. Dreamcast and higher would be a no-go though.

    • @alliedvera4960
      @alliedvera4960 Před 4 lety

      @@HerecomestheCalavera I think I meant that first gens didn't come with HD4000.
      HD4000 was on 3rd Gen cpus

  • @TheRealJPhillips
    @TheRealJPhillips Před 5 lety +6

    This would be great for bartos or dedicated retro gaming pcs

  • @danblack38
    @danblack38 Před 3 lety

    ON EMU RELATED TOPICS ON CZcams i LOOK FOR YOUR VIDEOS. THEY ARE SO HELPFUL

  • @jason_a_smith_gb
    @jason_a_smith_gb Před 5 lety +1

    Got one of these I modded to add a graphics card and Q6600 :D
    Really ought to set up the OS, so this is just the video I need!
    I have brought SATA cables to the outside. It gets hot inside. I can plug on 2.5” drives or use USB...
    Modded power to bring power out the back. But USB nicely powers 2.5” off the 5v.

  • @Badmunky64
    @Badmunky64 Před 5 lety +5

    I just did all of this on a single HDD and uploaded all the games over the network.

  • @JJLysaght1217
    @JJLysaght1217 Před 5 lety +4

    What least expensive GPU and CPU would you recommend to play some games that aren’t as demanding as Takken 5. Like speed racer and Star Wars Bounty Hunter. Also for some 3DS and wii games. If you take your time to read this, keep up the good work and thank you for your time.

    • @JJLysaght1217
      @JJLysaght1217 Před 5 lety

      Thanks for the info. I don’t have anything yet. I’m just trying to get a price together. I barely know anything about computers. What would be the next step up from a Core 2 duo?

    • @JJLysaght1217
      @JJLysaght1217 Před 5 lety +1

      @BigPurpleFlower ok thanks

    • @JJLysaght1217
      @JJLysaght1217 Před 5 lety +1

      @BigPurpleFlower where did you get the core 2 quad?

    • @JJLysaght1217
      @JJLysaght1217 Před 5 lety

      @BigPurpleFlower Ok Thanks

    • @uxsvent1
      @uxsvent1 Před 5 lety

      if you have a ryzen 2200g 87$ or so. you can use onboard video in bios you can choose how much ram it uses default is 1gb I think after updates. if you're crazy like me you could use 1/2 your ram for video. I'm using a gygabite motherboard. the Athlon 200ge is good too.

  • @AeroRaiser
    @AeroRaiser Před 5 lety

    Thank you for this! Ive been looking for an alternative to Lakka and Recalbox on my PC! I didn't even know Batocera existed. I will be wanting to install to internal hard drive, so looking forward to that video!

  • @Anthony-qt8wv
    @Anthony-qt8wv Před 5 lety

    My extra PC i put together from leftover parts i am going to use for gaming. The video card won't work with this. Oh well, maybe later i can get another compatible card. Great video ETA Prime! i have gotten a lot of help from you!

  • @SuperBlablabla3
    @SuperBlablabla3 Před 5 lety +4

    Old machine? I think in a PIII or P4 at 1.6 - 2.0 GHz with 64 to 256 RAM, but work well the retrogames

    • @emulatorretro
      @emulatorretro Před 4 lety

      It works great on a lenevo tiny pc, esp the M93,M92 and M72/M73 and can play wii games perfectly at 8gb ram. 4gb of ram works ,but every now and then you get a lsight stutter on the wii game, like it just needs 512mb more ram. I prefer the M93 the most though.

  • @brandynnew
    @brandynnew Před 5 lety +8

    How does Batocera handle Arcade/MAME games? Is it just like the other consoles?

    • @rickylovesyou
      @rickylovesyou Před 5 lety +1

      If it can handle more powerful consoles pretty sure mame isnt an issue

  • @MiettedeThonTomate
    @MiettedeThonTomate Před 5 lety

    NnN, Nice and neat! Despite i'm a french people and don't always understand the whole of your words and sentences you're talking at 200 Km/h lol, i got understood all you explained in this video. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Sir. Keep this excellent job on. With PhilsComputerLab, you're one of my favorite channel i'm weekly watching at. Tons more than Linus tech tips or Tech yes city, just because you're explaining step by step and they don't. Sorry for all typos, like i said earlier english language isn't my native thongue. Nobody's perfect hey ;-)

  • @miketheevolutionslayer2649

    I turned my younger brothers old ddr2 ram PC into a emulator gaming monster with 1000 games 10 emulators it handles ps2 & original xbox 👍

  • @BuzzaB77
    @BuzzaB77 Před 5 lety +8

    can't believe you got that out of that. I've got a 2nd Gen i7 with a 1050ti in it and I can barely get this with win7, launchbox, and all the separate emus / retroarch. Is botocera is that much more efficient?

    • @mistwolf
      @mistwolf Před 5 lety +7

      Honestly? Windows is ridiculously inefficient. Something as streamlined as this will almost always perform better for the specific task.

    • @BuzzaB77
      @BuzzaB77 Před 5 lety +1

      @@mistwolf yeah i understand windows is inefficient but this still has to go through both usb, and then all the same drivers I thought that would offset it. I suppose it doesn't need the bandwidth does it?

    • @mistwolf
      @mistwolf Před 5 lety +1

      BuzzaB77 It’s not those things, but the million other things windows does that a streamlined os like this. Drivers for things that aren’t being used, subsystems and frameworks as well. It may seem like hey are doing the same things but this runs only the thinnest veneer of things. I am being so incredibly detailed rofl.

  • @BrainSlugs83
    @BrainSlugs83 Před 5 lety +5

    Man, those optiplexes are tiny. I picked one up yesterday off of LetGo after watching your previous video; pretty much the same CPU but no graphics card, and the half height bays are killing me. I broke down and ordered a GT 1030, because I don't have any half height cards anyway... (The built-in Intel GPU has display port and no audio... So that's a pain in the ass too! XD). Anyway, looking forward to seeing if the GT 1030 helps with PS2 games (I doubt it will, but I'll be happy to eat my words if it does!). 😅🤞

    • @Dracossaint
      @Dracossaint Před 5 lety

      Depends on resolution but theirs are gtx 1050s that are low profile. I'd also consider rx 460/560
      Theirs also gtx 1050 ti too that are low profile but their ridiclously priced. Ya can get a rx560 from msi brand new for 140$

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 5 lety

      @@Dracossaint ps2? That's *way* lower than a 1050. As is the PS3.

    • @BrainSlugs83
      @BrainSlugs83 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Dracossaint yeah... $140 is a bit much to spend on a $25 computer... Meh... I still feel crazy for buying the $80 GT 1030. XD

    • @stri06
      @stri06 Před 5 lety

      @@BrainSlugs83 if the cpu can handle the ps2 then the gt1030(gddr5) can runn it , except for games like shadow of colossus most other ones runs just fine at 1080p or above if they are compatible with the emulator. But i was running with a i5 4690 , dunno about C2D.
      ETA has videos about systems with gt 1030 running ps2 look it up!

    • @Dracossaint
      @Dracossaint Před 5 lety

      See I agree it's hair much, but I'm also thinking of casual games as well. Because theirs always local co-op games that aren't insanely intensive on steam. Also I've seen them more like 40$ here

  • @mrnobodyinvr9762
    @mrnobodyinvr9762 Před 2 lety +1

    Could you please do a clip about how to set up a computer to boot at power on, not the power button? So I could use a PC inside an arcade cab running an emulator. Thank you so much, really been enjoying your channel.

  • @SmugMatty
    @SmugMatty Před 5 lety +2

    14:51 basically me teaching someone how to use a computer
    "Just use it"

  • @dangr3957
    @dangr3957 Před 4 lety +5

    Hey guys I stuck right at the beginning. Xorhub website seems to be down, and I have no idea where to get a 32bit version of Batocera.Can anyone please help?😿

    • @dangr3957
      @dangr3957 Před 4 lety +2

      Due to the likes but no answer, I give guys a little status update.
      My small form factor pc works with 64bit which all together just works better. The other stuff is instead of Batocera I used another one called Recalbox, which is a works like a charm.
      I bet Xorhub website is down because of a trademark infringement or such. All other forums they recommend to use Recalbox, because it has low requirements and do everything which says on the tin.

    • @GreenBlueWalkthrough
      @GreenBlueWalkthrough Před 4 lety +1

      @@dangr3957 Thanks! I thought the same, although I hope it is just maintenance...

    • @vskid3
      @vskid3 Před 4 lety +1

      I used this site batocera.org/

  • @jorgealonso8742
    @jorgealonso8742 Před 5 lety +3

    Can I connect 2 controllers to play, or an arcade stick? If yes, how?

  • @daniskicker
    @daniskicker Před 5 lety +1

    This is incredible. I've been waiting for a linux solution such as this. I need do this...

  • @kevinveldman9081
    @kevinveldman9081 Před 4 lety +1

    I know this is an old video, but if you're using old HP hardware, you need to install PLOP Boot Manager in order to get the system to boot Batocera from USB

  • @gregmarquis1886
    @gregmarquis1886 Před 5 lety +4

    where do you get roms (games) from?

  • @CricketsJiminy
    @CricketsJiminy Před 5 lety +3

    I installed and everything went well but there is no Gamecube emulator. How do I get one added?

    • @CricketsJiminy
      @CricketsJiminy Před 5 lety

      I figured it out, you just need to add roms to the directory of the emulator that they correspond to and then the emulator will show up

    • @schaticat
      @schaticat Před 4 lety

      old post but plz explain. im in the roms folder and gamecube not there.

  • @beautifulstrongman
    @beautifulstrongman Před 5 lety +1

    Could you possibly make a video showing how to map buttons for specific systems and also how to manually add metadata that won't scrape? I hope these are possible even. Thanks

  • @konsillere
    @konsillere Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you...works in mac mini late 2012. I tried yesterday and works perfectly. Thank you.

  • @VViralVibes
    @VViralVibes Před 5 lety +4

    Where can you find games?

    • @khaliduzer2712
      @khaliduzer2712 Před 4 lety

      Ya.. I also have same question.. What website we can download the games files?

  • @rizqifadhielpamulayoga5864

    Can i install batocera on hdd?

  • @georgevogiatzis2715
    @georgevogiatzis2715 Před 4 lety

    you made my day bro! thanks for reviewing this! i just installed in my Ancient core2duo macbook with no husle!

  • @4391gareth
    @4391gareth Před 2 lety +1

    That's awesome and is now my next project.

  • @cristiangchackmool3771
    @cristiangchackmool3771 Před 5 lety +3

    where do you download the games from?

  • @fuxyews2177
    @fuxyews2177 Před 5 lety +5

    Hey ETA, any chance you can do a 'budget build' for 4K gaming at 60fps for the PS2, Gamecube etc?

    • @ETAPRIME
      @ETAPRIME  Před 5 lety +4

      What kind of budget? I have a build coming up that will range from 500-800 depending on the GPU. All new parts but it will run pretty much anything

    • @fuxyews2177
      @fuxyews2177 Před 5 lety +6

      @@ETAPRIME I think somewhere around the 500 mark would be ideal --more if necessary ofcourse
      I guess really its seeing whats the lowest cost CPU-GPU combination (or even just the benchmarks if there's a couple variants) that would work right out of the box for 4K without having to do major overclocks or custom settings for each game , whatever it may be
      Either way, thanks for replying

    • @Macky4941
      @Macky4941 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ETAPRIME I have a emulator build in mind at that price range. Mini itx with i3 8th gen, 16gb, 1tb,1050ti in a Node 202 for under 700. Love sff...

    • @rickylovesyou
      @rickylovesyou Před 5 lety +1

      I think bare bones budget that will run ps2 at full speed. The lowest you can go before taking a hit in performance. Curious also where the limit is for ps2 emulation

  • @esprithk
    @esprithk Před 5 lety

    Great tutorial video. I shall give this a try in my next old PC revival works. I installed Linux mint in two of my old 2012 PC, running Firefox, Thunerbird email, LibreOffice, and Gimp photo editor. All freeware and the system runs better than on Windows 7. User can play CD music via optical drive or play music files, movie files, watch youtube.

  • @StaticVapour590
    @StaticVapour590 Před 5 lety

    Just got an idea about modding similar optiplex into fat PS3 chassis. How cool it would be to make it look like PS3 but it's all PC, only thing missing is XMB but you could replace it with Retroarch or straight use Lakka as it's Retroarch in bootable form. Batocera looks awesome, it's so clean and simple

  • @thenistthedev
    @thenistthedev Před 5 lety +11

    5:40
    Flash Complete!
    *Failed Devices 1*
    Verification failed I guess

    • @dr3amshot392
      @dr3amshot392 Před 5 lety +1

      박수민 ikr there is something wrong, at least he should’ve talked about it but by the way good video💪🏼

  • @jackiedan2450
    @jackiedan2450 Před 4 lety +4

    You're going to get demonitize if you keep talking about dongles lol

  • @raoljirocks7727
    @raoljirocks7727 Před 4 lety

    MAN!!!! UR ARE OSM
    JUST LIKE ME MESSING WITH OS!!!!
    BTW THANKS FOR SUPERB VIDEOS

  • @JonPYbanez
    @JonPYbanez Před 5 lety +2

    well done video. i like using Lakka on my x86 machines but may give this a try based on what you'v e shown

  • @ezequielreyes2566
    @ezequielreyes2566 Před 5 lety +3

    The performance is worse or better than Windows?

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 5 lety

      Better. Linux is generally faster.

    • @BrainSlugs83
      @BrainSlugs83 Před 5 lety

      Not really comparable, since you're not using a Linux desktop, etc. It's all kind of hidden from you with something like batocera; it basically turns your pc into an emulation kiosk / appliance.

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 5 lety

      @@BrainSlugs83 it still performs better.

    • @rickylovesyou
      @rickylovesyou Před 5 lety +1

      Better. no background crap while emulating.

    • @newbdakoda3080
      @newbdakoda3080 Před 5 lety

      Does anyone know if this PC would be strong enough to run Killer instinct Arcade ROMs?

  • @KhurramShahzad-id7qy
    @KhurramShahzad-id7qy Před 4 lety

    So the way it is done, you can use your current PC for this, cuz all you need is a USB and boot from it every time you want to emulate. Amazing.

  • @BillsOldandNewGaming
    @BillsOldandNewGaming Před 5 lety

    There is one of these for £40 delivered or £20 collected 55 miles from me. Its very tempting. I have 8gb of ddr3, a gtx 460 and and an r9 270x gathering dust at the mo which would give this a boost if the gpu fits inside the machine but looks great as it is for about the same price as a pi and capable of some light pc gaming. A great starter pc for my little boy once he is old enough and a cheap and convenient way to show him the evolution of video games. The one I am considering has an e7400 cpu.

  • @DigitalEkho
    @DigitalEkho Před 5 lety +4

    i bet you cant click read more
    *Read more*

  • @Banjoba
    @Banjoba Před 5 lety +1

    This video is just brilliant. Thanks so much for the continued great content.

  • @kofmania99
    @kofmania99 Před 4 lety +1

    Great tutorial exactly what I was looking for 🙏

  • @nathanhamman418
    @nathanhamman418 Před 4 lety

    With paragon software, you can access this on your windows desktop, sort of like winrar, even after the free trial expires, its still usable.

  • @GromMolotok
    @GromMolotok Před 5 lety

    Solid, thorough description. Nice work.

  • @paulruffy8389
    @paulruffy8389 Před 2 lety

    My Dell 9020 didn't work flashing direct to SSD, booting on the system you want to run Batocera on with a USB then using the "install to new disk" worked.
    In the first instance the install seemed to work but was buggy, it wouldn't remember my audio preference and changed language randomly - no such problems with 2nd method. I also have Batocera running perfectly on an old Samsung Chrombox M300. The i5 4th gen with 8gb seems able to run PSX games at 1080p whereas the chromebox would only upscale about 2x or 3x.

  • @ushilives3
    @ushilives3 Před 5 lety

    Just a tip. When you flash image using Etcher you don't have to extract it, Etcher will still work. Also i don't know why but i think some PC's Batocera will just freeze on black screen when first booting up, if it doesn't work i turn it off and boot up again and it works second time.

    • @thepenultimateninja5797
      @thepenultimateninja5797 Před 5 lety +1

      The 'freezing' might be due to the fact that Batocera expands the filesystem to fill the drive the first time you boot it. This can take a while with larger drives.

  • @marcosj.a.9461
    @marcosj.a.9461 Před 3 lety

    Great video.
    Time to give my old Pc a second life...

  • @owennlevinee
    @owennlevinee Před 5 lety

    Thx you answered some questions I had. Super underrated channel here. U got yourself a veiw, sub and a like

  • @TrevorLentz
    @TrevorLentz Před 5 lety

    Breathing new life into an old HP with an Ahlon IIx4 and an Nvidia 750ti. The darn thing has a broken Sata controller so this guide is perfect. :) a 64GB flash drive was $13 at best buy today!

  • @cali4636
    @cali4636 Před 5 lety

    I had a problem running my PS1 games as the PSX emulator was not showing up next to all the other emulators but I fixed it so I figured I'd post it here in case anyone else has the same problem. The emulator and roms weren't showing up because they were .bin files so all you have to do is press F1 on the keyboard to go to the filesystem and locate the PSX roms and change the .bin extension to a .pbp extension by renaming it. Simple as that :)

  • @camelotrooms
    @camelotrooms Před 5 lety

    Thank you sir. This finally helped me get my Recalbox working with my gamepad. Much thanks.

  • @danielpedersen1262
    @danielpedersen1262 Před rokem

    just installed this on my OLD amd athlon 64 x2 system XD it works like a champ

  • @MrJaz8088
    @MrJaz8088 Před 5 lety

    Great Stuff Mr Prime, WDG got me on to Batocera a while ago, Ive done RecalBox & Batocera from the USB for PC, Lately i have it on the 3B+,
    I have a few working Theme's, now i want to Add System's & Choose Core's then have it Show on the Menu, Not prob's with RetroPie & ES

  • @JandroTheMan
    @JandroTheMan Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks for a very informative video! I would love to know your opinions regarding Batocera on a modern mini PC setup. I know you can build a windows based emulation machine, but this seems sooo much easier. Especially if you already are a raspberry pi enthusiast 😅

  • @user-gh3cr3vu2r
    @user-gh3cr3vu2r Před 2 lety +1

    thank u for this man is your emulation pc an i5 or i7? have you tried ps2?