@@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.
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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. 👍
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
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.
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 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 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.
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!
Hey guys, I have a Hyperkin WiiU/PC Gamecube controller adapter that I was wondering if I could use with Batocera? I have it plugged in via USB. The controller configuration menu shows 4 controllers detected, but nothing happens when I press any buttons on the Gamecube controller. Any Ideas?
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.
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.
Is there a system like batocera but to really run inside windows? I have a nice pc and it seems batocera gamecube/wii/ps2 emulators aren’t taking the full potential of my machine. I think that if a “batocera” that could run on windows with more drivers/etc, the emulators would run better.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Is there a way to do this without booting your cpu because I have tried this twice and all it does is lock me out of my computer until I enter a passkey to re access my cpu batocera never booted up? I don't know why this keeps happening? any help would be appreciated.
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 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?
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.
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.
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.
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!). 😅🤞
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$
@@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!
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
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.
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.
Hi, Thank you, this video is helping me a lot, but I would like to ask you something, after two years is Batocera still your preferred software or is there something better your using now?
I have set the boot sequence of my Chuwi Corebox X as an internal disk 2Tb with Batocera, but after a first screen it won't start. Can you help me? thanks
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?😿
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.
Hi, is it possible to partition an SSD in the pc, then have windows on one part, batocera on the other, and boot directly from the batocera partition? If possible, can you still add games through USB after booting from the SSD?
@@rizqifadhielpamulayoga5864 There's an option in the menu. I don't have in front of me to check, but there's an option to install it on another drive in one of the menus. Note that you must be connected to the internet for it to work.
Very cool...is this new option for emulation ready for bezel art? Everything has come such a long way, would be awesome if it was possible like all the others. Thanks for the videos ETA
@@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
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
Please help me!! I have everything working correctly and the only thing I can't figure out is how to get rid of the borders on the TV or monitor. I cannot find a setting to stretch the screen out. I know most people don't use this feature but my son does, and for the life of me we can't figure out how to get rid of those huge borders that are supposed to resemble the system that you are currently playing.
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.
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.
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.
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
Great video one again. Is there a performance benefit for using this instead of a full Windows or Linux installation? I'm guessing that there should be, since there isn't a full OS using resources in the background. It might be a good video to make. Same game, same emulator core but Windows VS Batocera. :)
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 ;-)
This won't replace Windows right? I'm sure it doesn't, but I'd love to double check. Also, do you think the HP Notebook - 15-f233wm could handle GameCube and Dreamcast or even get Batocera in general on that thing? Thank you and great video man. You never disappoint. I'm just really confused about all of this.
How long should one wait for the system to load the first time? Just wondering when I should start thinking it’s not working. Thanks for another amazing video!
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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
@@cguy8998 yes, laptop too. Are you comfortable opening up the laptop and removing the hard drive to slave it?
ETA can i ask you a question
Hey Prime. Is there a way to make 1:1 copy to put on the other systems?
@@livatos1280 just ask it.
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!
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
@@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.
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
Amazing how well the Core 2 Duo holds up today, I’ve had many over the years. Laptops can be had for cheap too.
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
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!
Perfect. Been telling my buddy he needed to do this, and had a series of doubts. Appreciate this very much.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It should expand automatically the first time you boot it.
First boot takes a lot longer than subsequent boots because of this.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 I will give it a try again, i hope i haven't got a dodgy usb stick with corrupt sectors
@@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.
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. 👍
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
this is a good way to use old computers without be held hostage by Constance Microsoft window update
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.
Also, use linux.
@@SonariNeiracchen Linux is better overall better,download,burn cd,and your done
Yeah those Constance updates are horrible huh
Pay 6$ and get a professional key then if the updates are an issue.
Thank you! Ive been planning to turn an old optiplex 760 into some sorta arcade cabinet thing.
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.
Manjaro is also really good. My first distro was Linux Mint, but I’ve been converted to manjaro as of late.
@@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.
@@thebeezkneez2557 What is wrong with Ubuntu?
@@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.
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!
My favorite channel by far.... appreciate you sir! Keep up the great work!
Give the poor guy a break with some of the questions you can easily Google. Nice video ETA 👍
Hey guys, I have a Hyperkin WiiU/PC Gamecube controller adapter that I was wondering if I could use with Batocera? I have it plugged in via USB. The controller configuration menu shows 4 controllers detected, but nothing happens when I press any buttons on the Gamecube controller. Any Ideas?
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.
Batocera is one of the least demanding operating systems out there.
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.
@@HatTrex retropie
@@HatTrex It's a fork of Recalbox I think
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
This is pretty sweet! I have an old laptop laying around, I might install this on it.
Thanks for sharing!
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
I came early today. Even the Guy who dislikes every video isn't here yet.
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Its a me mario
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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.
Ah! That good ol' Dell, brings memories back.
thank u for this man is your emulation pc an i5 or i7? have you tried ps2?
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!
Thanks. Just finished this little project up and it works like a charm. Except for the scrape function at the moment.
Awesomeness!!
I'd like to see Botacera vs Recalbox (even though they are similar) vs Lakka and your thoughts.
I enjoy these videos :)
The controller configuration looks so good, no more guesswork which button is which
Want to know something funny? These are our regular work stations at my work lol.
If you throw one away, can I have it?
ON EMU RELATED TOPICS ON UA-cam i LOOK FOR YOUR VIDEOS. THEY ARE SO HELPFUL
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. 👍
Your tutorials are always fantastically easy to follow and no nonsense.
Once again so glad I found this channel.
It doesn't matter how long the video was ... matters how much information we gained from it... thanks buddy..
"If you dont understand what you are clicking on, don't do it"
Good advice 😅
Is there a system like batocera but to really run inside windows? I have a nice pc and it seems batocera gamecube/wii/ps2 emulators aren’t taking the full potential of my machine. I think that if a “batocera” that could run on windows with more drivers/etc, the emulators would run better.
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!
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.
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.
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?
@BigPurpleFlower ok thanks
@BigPurpleFlower where did you get the core 2 quad?
@BigPurpleFlower Ok Thanks
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.
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!
Nice video. Wish Retorpie/emu had that missing bios option.
I know I really love this option
now i see what you're saying..
would be awesome if it also downloaded them too.
@@garystinten9339 Yes!
@@garystinten9339 They would be sued out of existence if they did that.
That's awesome and is now my next project.
great video to look back on, got some old towers just lougin in the closet
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.
Now THIS is epic!
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.
I just did all of this on a single HDD and uploaded all the games over the network.
Your video is not long enough, ETA (seriously!) As always, very easy to follow and helpful! 🙂 👍👍
This would be great for bartos or dedicated retro gaming pcs
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!
How does Batocera handle Arcade/MAME games? Is it just like the other consoles?
If it can handle more powerful consoles pretty sure mame isnt an issue
Im wanting to use the same old pc for an arcade cabinet with bigbox. These are perfect for this! Great vid prime.
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.
"i5 dualcore (1st gen)" + "intel 4000HD" = no
@@alliedvera4960 It would be good enough for up to PS1 and N64. Dreamcast and higher would be a no-go though.
@@HerecomestheCalavera I think I meant that first gens didn't come with HD4000.
HD4000 was on 3rd Gen cpus
@@HerecomestheCalaveralies
@@Aseekeroftruth-j3h How so?
Is there a way to do this without booting your cpu because I have tried this twice and all it does is lock me out of my computer until I enter a passkey to re access my cpu batocera never booted up? I don't know why this keeps happening? any help would be appreciated.
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?
Honestly? Windows is ridiculously inefficient. Something as streamlined as this will almost always perform better for the specific task.
@@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?
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.
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.
Can I connect 2 controllers to play, or an arcade stick? If yes, how?
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.
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!). 😅🤞
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$
@@Dracossaint ps2? That's *way* lower than a 1050. As is the PS3.
@@Dracossaint yeah... $140 is a bit much to spend on a $25 computer... Meh... I still feel crazy for buying the $80 GT 1030. XD
@@BrainSlugs83 if the cpu can handle the ps2 then the gt1030(gddr5) can runn it , except for games like shadow of colossus most other ones runs just fine at 1080p or above if they are compatible with the emulator. But i was running with a i5 4690 , dunno about C2D.
ETA has videos about systems with gt 1030 running ps2 look it up!
See I agree it's hair much, but I'm also thinking of casual games as well. Because theirs always local co-op games that aren't insanely intensive on steam. Also I've seen them more like 40$ here
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.
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
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.
Hi, Thank you, this video is helping me a lot, but I would like to ask you something, after two years is Batocera still your preferred software or is there something better your using now?
where do you get roms (games) from?
Google is your friend!
hello which is the other linux program to use to transfer data into your usb with batocera installed. using your windows computer?????
I installed and everything went well but there is no Gamecube emulator. How do I get one added?
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
old post but plz explain. im in the roms folder and gamecube not there.
I have set the boot sequence of my Chuwi Corebox X as an internal disk 2Tb with Batocera, but after a first screen it won't start. Can you help me? thanks
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?😿
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.
@@dangr3957 Thanks! I thought the same, although I hope it is just maintenance...
I used this site batocera.org/
Hi, is it possible to partition an SSD in the pc, then have windows on one part, batocera on the other, and boot directly from the batocera partition? If possible, can you still add games through USB after booting from the SSD?
Where can you find games?
Ya.. I also have same question.. What website we can download the games files?
Thank you...works in mac mini late 2012. I tried yesterday and works perfectly. Thank you.
Can i install batocera on hdd?
Yes
How?
@@rizqifadhielpamulayoga5864
There's an option in the menu.
I don't have in front of me to check, but there's an option to install it on another drive in one of the menus.
Note that you must be connected to the internet for it to work.
Thx, i'll try
rizqi, did you get to try it? I want to do the same.
Very cool...is this new option for emulation ready for bezel art? Everything has come such a long way, would be awesome if it was possible like all the others. Thanks for the videos ETA
where do you download the games from?
TPB
Hey ETA PRIME - what's the name of that theme? Looks super cool, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere... Cheers man
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박수민 ikr there is something wrong, at least he should’ve talked about it but by the way good video💪🏼
Can you stream the games from the PC to a Raspberry or anything small so you don’t need an big old PC in your living room?
Hey ETA, any chance you can do a 'budget build' for 4K gaming at 60fps for the PS2, Gamecube etc?
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
@@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
@@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...
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
you made my day bro! thanks for reviewing this! i just installed in my Ancient core2duo macbook with no husle!
You're going to get demonitize if you keep talking about dongles lol
Please help me!! I have everything working correctly and the only thing I can't figure out is how to get rid of the borders on the TV or monitor. I cannot find a setting to stretch the screen out. I know most people don't use this feature but my son does, and for the life of me we can't figure out how to get rid of those huge borders that are supposed to resemble the system that you are currently playing.
The performance is worse or better than Windows?
Better. Linux is generally faster.
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.
@@BrainSlugs83 it still performs better.
Better. no background crap while emulating.
Does anyone know if this PC would be strong enough to run Killer instinct Arcade ROMs?
It work over network?
I have a serveur room with a old computer,can i use it on my main computer(remote acces) ?
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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.
can we just dump the rom files using a linx pc and plugging the sd card into it?
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.
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
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.
well done video. i like using Lakka on my x86 machines but may give this a try based on what you'v e shown
This is incredible. I've been waiting for a linux solution such as this. I need do this...
Great video one again. Is there a performance benefit for using this instead of a full Windows or Linux installation? I'm guessing that there should be, since there isn't a full OS using resources in the background. It might be a good video to make. Same game, same emulator core but Windows VS Batocera. :)
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 ;-)
What GPU do you recommend adding? I have a Dell Optiplex 780 i want to use for emulation.
Thanks for great videos
This won't replace Windows right? I'm sure it doesn't, but I'd love to double check. Also, do you think the HP Notebook - 15-f233wm could handle GameCube and Dreamcast or even get Batocera in general on that thing? Thank you and great video man. You never disappoint. I'm just really confused about all of this.
Great video.
Time to give my old Pc a second life...
How long should one wait for the system to load the first time? Just wondering when I should start thinking it’s not working. Thanks for another amazing video!
Came here to ask the same question, are you still waiting?
Solid, thorough description. Nice work.
Great tutorial exactly what I was looking for 🙏