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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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 👍

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

Once again so glad I found this channel.

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!

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

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

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

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. 👍

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

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.

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, 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.

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

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

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!

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

Now THIS is epic!

Solid, thorough description. Nice work.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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This would be great for bartos or dedicated retro gaming pcs

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

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

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.

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

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

Great tutorial exactly what I was looking for 🙏

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I am impressed by your tutorial, great work!

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

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!). 😅🤞

Absolutely love your informative and instructionl videos. Keep em comin!

Nice ETA good stuff like always!

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?😿

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?

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!

Some Good Info There, Thankyou ETA Prime

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

where do you get roms (games) from?

not too long and very informative, can't wait to try

this is an excellent, clear and informative video.

Where can you find games?

where do you download the games from?

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.

Great stuff, as usual! Thank you!

Can i install batocera on hdd?

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

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.

Great video man!

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

The performance is worse or better than Windows?

Thanks bother great video as always !

That's awesome and is now my next project.

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

i bet you cant click read more *Read more*

Thanks for the awesome vid! I have always used LAAKA, but I will be giving batocera a go.

This is really awesome! Thanks :D

Wicked, Got the right pc for this. Thanks for the tut.

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

Thanks for the video,I have an old pc laying around I'll try it .

WOw cool vid i watch it in 2020 big like cool ideea keep posting great videos!

You're the best ETA, thx!

this is the coolest channel ever!

New subscriber here Good job ETA love u

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 😅

thank you very much this is a good way to do something with old hardware

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

Wow thanks glad I kept my old emachines windows xp desktop all these years

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