Amazon Fire Stick RetroArch Tutorial Play Retro Games On The Amazon Fire Stick

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In this video, I show you how to Play Retro Games on your Amazon fire Stick using RetroArch. This will also work with the amazon fire TV, Amazon FIre CUbe, and any other android box.
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Amazon Fire STick 2nd Gen Specs:
Size: 3.4″ x 1.2″ x 0.5″ (85.9 mm x 30.0 mm x 12.6 mm)
Weight: 1.1 oz. (32.0 g)
Processor: MediaTek Quad-core ARM 1.3 GHz
GPU: Mali450 MP4
Storage: 8 GB internal
Memory: 1 GB
Wi-Fi Connectivity: Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi supports 2×2 MIMO 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1
Voice Support: Yes, with Alexa Voice Remote (included) or free Fire TV Remote App (available for download on Fire, Android, and iOS)
Game Controller Support: Yes, optimized for Amazon Fire TV Game Controller and most games are compatible with other Bluetooth controllers
Cloud Storage: Free cloud storage for all Amazon content
Ports: HDMI output, Micro USB for power only
Audio Support: Dolby Audio, 5.1 surround sound, 2ch stereo, and HDMI audio pass through up to 7.1
Content Formats Supported: Video: H.264 1080p30H.265 1080p30,
Audio: AAC-LC, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (eAAC+), AC3 (Dolby Digital), eAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), FLAC, MIDI, MP3, PCM/Wave, Vorbis, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Photo: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
Output Resolution Supported: 720p and 1080p up to 60fps
System Requirements: High-definition television with available HDMI input, Internet connection via Wi-Fi, a power outlet.
TV Compatibility: Compatible with high-definition TVs with HDMI capable of 1080p or 720p at 60/50Hz, including popular HDCP-compatible models from: Hitachi, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Vizio, Westinghouse, and others.
Warranty and Service: 90-day Limited Warranty and service included. Optional 2-year and 3-year Extended Warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Fire TV Stick is subject to the terms found here.
Included in the Box: Fire TV Stick, Alexa Voice Remote, USB cable and power adapter, HDMI extender, 2 AAA batteries, Quick Start Guide
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#retro #retrogaming #nes DISCLAIMER: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. No Games Or Applications Are Included Or Added On Or To Any Device In This Video

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@jonkowalik 6 жыл бұрын

I've been watching your content for a while now and have decided to deem you The Retro Game God! Other content uploaders need to learn from you! You obviously care about the people watching your videos. Keep on making this upper level content. Your passion is palpable. And trust me we can tell.

@leepicciotto 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making videos that are easy to follow by being extremely informative while clear and to the point. You really are among the very best that do this.

@jakebarge1987 6 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to try this!. I’ve had a fire stick for over a year and I’m just now finding out you can do this 🤭

@Wrigglevision 6 жыл бұрын

Very thorough. This should be the go-to video for any newcomers to the emulation scene.

@RudyGGs 6 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate your work. Thanks for the great tutorial.

@vipiny 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate how much detailed and easy video you've made. My Firestick is an year old (not a 4k one), hope it plays some games without issues. Thanks!

@stridermt2k 6 жыл бұрын

I like the older stuff anyway, so I'm totally doing this! Looks like even an 8GB flash drive will store a WHOLE lot of retro awesome. Woo hoo! Adapters ordered Thanks man!

@Apex8r 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Thompson a 16fb will get you over 5500 games

@Doortodoorgeek 6 жыл бұрын

Great walkthrough, good job, I'm sharing this one to people that ask me questions

@sani8646 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your emulation videos man, to me they are entertaining to watch and help out a ton.

@Charsept 5 жыл бұрын

This video is going to be very helpful tomorrow when the mail comes, lol

@MmGd101 6 жыл бұрын

Nice ETA.. always on top of your game!!

@maximshine 6 жыл бұрын

I just ordered the Games G3s and with your awesome tutorials I will be Retro Gaming on my Fire Stick by the weekend. Thanks ETA Prime!!! You are hands-down the best and easiest to understand among the emulation/tech Guru on KZfaq and I hope you keep creating great content far into the future.

@ETAPRIME 6 жыл бұрын

I have 2 of the gamesir g3s controllers, one green and one orange, I use them.more than any other controller I own and I literally have around 20-30 controllers ranging from Xbox ps4 8bitdo wired and wireless.

@honeybadger6127 6 жыл бұрын

I have an older G3s controller (from 2016)... on my RPi3 it constantly looses sync on the USB and won't connect via bluetooth. Have you ever had that experience on the firestick or your RPi3?

@henrymariono6808 2 жыл бұрын

Did you experience input lag on playing fighting games in retroarch using gamesir g3s?

@markRaphael 5 жыл бұрын

perfect mate.... got atari 2600 mastersystem, genesis nes and snes all running ...thankyou

@tegan007 3 жыл бұрын

best video for this! Smart, detailed and clear. thank you

@frankiel5127 4 жыл бұрын

Ive done this awhile back but i sideloaded individual system apks. Never even tried retroarch. Also i did this not knowing it can be done. ETA, you da man!

@Woodwerker 6 жыл бұрын

Hey ETA - Keep up the great work man!

@blinkth3dog 5 жыл бұрын

I always feel like an idiot and ETA is the only guy that makes me abke to understand this stuff

@rp479 6 жыл бұрын

As always you’re the best. Thanks a ton!

@mazarmark5 6 жыл бұрын

Using Lakka on the 3b plus after your tutorial. Thank you very much. I really like it. I find it easier to use save states and like the pre configured controllers compared to retropie. I couldnt use save states in retropie

@johns6493 6 жыл бұрын

This worked for me. Very helpful!

@chrisbiggs2419 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Now I can do this to the Fire TV that you just posted about.

@esaron1071 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, I was about to give up on configuration for the firestick. Nothing logical was working, so of course it had to be simple like using 2005 snes9x.

@mybigdickft.mytinyballs6346 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video, thanks bro

@jacobsurrett5928 3 жыл бұрын

I like that ETA Prime always say n.e.s. and not ness like most of the other guys are doing.

@l31007 4 жыл бұрын

I bought some Amazon items through your links. Hope you get the credit. No more G3s controllers so I bought a Gamesir T4 Pro. Thank you for the video!

@chrisumali9841 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the configuration tips

@FlintG 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, I can't wait to get my amazon fire tv 4k stick!

@BoloSpectre 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I have subscribed based on this video alone. Regards

@jamiekenny007 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the upload 👍

@YoshiIsCool1 5 жыл бұрын

Wow Awesome I have got to get all of this.

@CaptZenPetabyte Жыл бұрын

Im a GenX, all Id need is classic arcade & commodore64 ... Ill be set. Thanks for this!

@jamham2k7 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate this video but I just realized a Kodi build I came across xenon build supports these games with the same emulators you use here and the games I couldn't load was due to using a standard firestick but I do believe the fire TV cube box will let you run pcsx emulators and runs playstation games etc

@Daimomaru 6 жыл бұрын

Wow... this is very interesting.

@chozos64 4 жыл бұрын

I was missing the directory scanning, thanks!

@andrewwhitfield5480 6 жыл бұрын

I really believe that Snes9x 2005 plus works the best with the least controller lag. If you could use run-ahead feature it would take care of any input latency, but if you try to use it one the Firestick you will quickly see that any game becomes unplayable.

@GeeManFinn 5 жыл бұрын

I use Dig frontend and the robert broglia emulators on my FireTV. Seems to work pretty well. Even got N64 half assed playable with Mupen64 FZ. Oh and PS1 games run like a dream.

@jr.a8301 6 жыл бұрын

tekken 3 looked flawless. im gonna have to try this with mk trilogy.

@veteran-gamer 6 жыл бұрын

is there a list of the systems that do work.... for example does Mame, FBA or Neo Geo work and which is the best to download thanks

@TheUnknownMagician2024 Жыл бұрын

Going to do this on my cube gen3 later as it as usb for storage plus hoping to play some MAME and c64

@cosmic2x472 2 жыл бұрын

2022 and still using your video!!!!

@Atreta 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best tutorials I've seen. The only bad thing is that my ps4 controller doesn't work with the firetv 4k, i can pair it every single time, but none of the buttons work.

@A_Man_In_His_Van 4 жыл бұрын

Get a $25 controller like he has with the USB button.

@itaco8066 6 жыл бұрын

Great ! Thx

@evanj571 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid mr prime! I really love and enjoy all your vids! I have a question tho. Can I use this same "method" of installing roms with a usb external drive to install them on the nvidia shield. Many thanks 👍

@QunMang 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure what anyone else's mileage is, but I did get this with the squid cable and SanDisk USB drive. It actually works great, but... it appears when using the cable + USB stick the power requirement is slightly increased so that I will get occasional reboots, even after just watching a video and not even using Retroarch. I did some testing and found that I didn't get any reboots when I plugged the power directly into the Fire Stick (didn't use Retroarch though since games are on the USB stick, just watched some videos and whatnot). Also, when using my 2A phone brick with the squid cable I also didn't get an reboots. Both were short tests so not entirely conclusive, but I know older Fire Sticks at least had reboot issues with original power brick (not even using a USB drive / passthrough) and using a 2A one fixed it, and so it looks to be the case here as well. Also, does Atari 5200 work for anyone? Using it just causes Retroarch to exit for me.

@bookerhumor4964 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I've done this on Fire TV. Also used an SD memory card as opposed to a usb.

@dutchkel 6 жыл бұрын

you must have a FTV1 or FTV2

@bookerhumor4964 6 жыл бұрын

@@dutchkel Yep FTV1

@ner7215 6 жыл бұрын

This is a decent emulation machine and for $20 it’s great!

@FlintG 6 жыл бұрын

What's cool I can hook this fire tv stick to my xbox one tv hdmi port and use it that way.

@ner7215 6 жыл бұрын

AlphaMax nice!

@patrickgarcia6208 5 жыл бұрын

AlphaMax can you use the xbox control when you do it that way?

@AllAboutTKK 5 жыл бұрын

Let me first start off by saying that this is an amazing tutorial, thank you for the time and labor you put into this. I do have a road block that I've hit, when I get to the point of scanning the drive, my USB drive is not showing up what so ever. This is odd because I managed to successfully side load RetroArch from the same USB, but in the actual application no dice. Any thoughts? I do notice that you are using 1.7.3, I'm currently using 1.7.5 as it was listed on their website as the most recent and stable build. Any suggestions? -TKK

@davidgomez5116 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I first found out about emulators back in 2006/07 during my freshman year of highschool. Rip to Emuparadise which stopped letting us download game roms some years ago, the first place I use to download them from. I was stuck at both the public and school libraries playing games I had on a portable flash drive for as long as I could . Lolz...

@fjejjsjxgkosk 6 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, my firestick is gonna arive in a few hours

@nickabbott319 5 жыл бұрын

Connor McDermott it work? lol

@jurajkecso 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, If I have the roms/games saved on a USB thumb drive connected to the fire tv stick, will they copy over to the retro arch app when I load them or will I need the drive connected to the fire tv every time I want to play?

@kipster3802 4 жыл бұрын

I've been playing n64 on my 4k firestick all day. I believe you said it wouldnt work? Im totally upscaled and playing every game great. Mario kart, all the wrestling games, tony hawk games, waverace, excitebike, tetris64, etc

@straightforwardsports4653 4 жыл бұрын

Kip Ster This video is about the original fire stick. The 4K is almost twice as powerful and more than 2 times the cost.

@ebayseller6040 6 жыл бұрын

which one is the most powerful amazon fire device?? they all work with retroarch I guess? I am mildly curious..the idea is neat. especially if you dont have to buy a pad and just use a ps3 or ps4 controller.

@tobycripe8385 6 жыл бұрын

OoOoOo! Lookie at that boujie unifi app on ye olde Hades canyon desktop! 😉

@waynetech9446 6 жыл бұрын

Ok i got this all setup thanks to your awesome video. However, I can't get SNES thumbnail updater zip to run. It will go up to 7% and then just drops back to zero. I've been able to get the thumbnails for nes, mega drive and gameboy but won't work for snes. I've tried several times. Is there something else I can try to get it to work?

@sidehustle2478 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, can you download the roms etc directly to the usb instead of doing it on pc. After formatting the usb and use downloader or not. Thanks

@GlitterPrincessHD 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@villarrealsamuel 5 жыл бұрын

You sir, have well earned a like, subscribe and comment from me. Thank you.

@rodrigosanchez3688 6 жыл бұрын

Great video!. Btw is there a list of supported bluetooth controllers?

@Rodechode 3 жыл бұрын

Important info for anyone watching in 2021 - using the playstore version causes xmb to freeze and no longer respond! I’ve had to reinstall twice now and just understood what the problem was. Stick with the standard ui for now - cheers all and thanks ETA PRIME for all your hard work. I owe you a beer

@joemercado7391 2 жыл бұрын

I play Nintendo 64 flawlessly on my fire stick I'm almost done with Mario 64 plays great with a PS4 controller the it does work on the fire stick with retroacrh

@migsalv123 5 жыл бұрын

Hey prime was up. Was wondering do I need to have my cable in charge or OTG. Thanks

@bebo9063 3 жыл бұрын

I CAN PLAY CHRONO TRIGGER NOW I DONT HAVE A PC OR A PS3 OR A DS ORR A SNES THANK YOU I wish it was on switch and ps4 doe

@ein57ein 3 жыл бұрын

I've upgraded most of mine to the 4k variant. I think I'll plug one of these basic ones in so I can do this. Is the GameSir still the remote of choice?

@markierobo1308 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Mr Prime! Awesome video but is there a chance you could do a video on an intro to mame emulation on the shield? It's doing my head in! Ta

@TheAdeimar 5 жыл бұрын

Hey ETA if i wanted to record video of emulation or stream from the fire stick, how would I go about broadcasting the gaming? Just an HDMI capture device and a spare PC to broadcast?

@demarcowinfrey4509 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Can I also use a Super Nintendo Bluetooth controller to play games on the firestick as well?

@seanforsberg211 5 жыл бұрын

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@wOrDo001 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! How would I setup a 2nd controller for multi player?

@ikot111 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if bluetooth supports more than one controller at a time, I think that the others you will have to plug in the dongle or something

@skins4thewin 4 жыл бұрын

How hard is it to sync up two Bluetooth controllers for 2 player play? Or could you connect two wired USB controllers to get the same result with perhaps less lag since they're wired?

@jaydean7 3 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend for emulation FIRE STICK CHOMECAST OR THE NES CLASSIC

@ertieg1348 6 жыл бұрын

How do I add the roms onto the actual fire sticks storage so that they will still be there if I unplug the usb drive from the fire stick afterwards?

@cbestfreetv5345 6 жыл бұрын

I don't use a firestick however great tutorial either way you look at it because the steps of showing how to do the retroarch set up is one of the same whether it's on a firestick or on a box or what ever device that you find compatible. And yes it does sometimes seem like a bummer when you have to go down one by one but I promise anybody that is hesitant that as long as you follow the instructions you only have to do it once and that's it. Like I said great tutorial thumbs up and shared . Thanks Prime

@NASIRUB1 5 жыл бұрын

How do you get your Retro Arch to have easy to navigate menu's? Mines is a confusing mess with a white screen with black text on it. I have to scroll down or up to navigate. Even finding my game list is a chore.

@Zadonitz 6 жыл бұрын

How do you make a ps4 controller work?

@darrengiles4475 4 жыл бұрын

For thumbnails, does it download to the USB or to the hard drive space in the fire stick

@EditorDudesPlayList 4 жыл бұрын

Can RetroArch install and run from a USB that has been added to the internal storage - as opposed to installing on to the Firestick itself?

@dragonfyre79 6 жыл бұрын

I would like to try this on the fire tv box since it has a bit more umph

@marvinlloyd8694 Жыл бұрын

Cool video ❤ thanks... please tell me if mame will work here?

@jaebiggz 5 жыл бұрын

How are ppl using a Gbox to add games to the arcade1up street fighter cabinet

@ericshun2552 5 жыл бұрын

If you have 2 BT controllers can you play mutiplayer?

@str0g 5 жыл бұрын

is there a way to sync your game progress in retroarch across various devices?

@michaelbernhardt389 4 жыл бұрын

Mister ETA Prime is there any way of getting some of the older Mame games to run?

@Luka-Megurine 5 жыл бұрын

Do I need to unzip my game files before scanning? Or does this program automatically open up and scan my files to add them to my library? I have files but they are in side of the zipp files so I was wondering if I needed to unzip them

@CENTRAL76 6 жыл бұрын

After downloading the games do u open them on the usb while on the PC ? Then what do u do ?

@dreck1122 4 жыл бұрын

Got it working perfectly will usb controllers work ?

@JasonMiciano 5 жыл бұрын

after trying the pi 3 b+, snes mini, I ended up building a pc with an rx560 just so i can get accurate emulation with bsnes, but sacrificing portability..... Are you able to get constant 60 fps with the snes9x core? Also if you attempt bsnes accuracy, will it even get above 30 fps? thanks!

@mendezmichael11193 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to download your roms through es file to your firestick or can you just scan your roms off your USB flashdrive like nvidia shield?

@CliffyBurrows 6 жыл бұрын

any idea how to get fba/neogeo games going? ive put the neogeo bios files in the rom folders but they dont run. normal mame ones do

@francojr4061 5 жыл бұрын

Dam this is way too confusing but i think its cool for the games you get

@strickersenior 3 жыл бұрын

ES Explorer is now offering a premium service that is required to install apps through ES Explorer. Currently (12-29-2020) you can install (for free) through Downloader after downloading that way or X-Plore File Manager via usb otg. The developer options have also changed so that you allow individual apps to install unknown apps.