Retrobat : One Click Retro Emulation on Windows

Retrobat : One Click Retro Emulation on Windows - Install on a USB drive!

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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Download
02:54 - Installation
04:21 - Game installation
05:39 - Loading Games
06:32 - Scraping for meta data
09:13 - Customizing the Interface
10:16 - Viewing Game Manuals
10:55 - Disabling Decorations & Other Settings
13:15 - BIOS Files
17:11 - Save States
18:41 - Portability
19:36 - Conclusion
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@javybeaz3236 9 күн бұрын

Ive been using since last year it is the best. Blows away Launchbox, Retroarch and the others

@PoeLemic 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for showing us this. In my opinion, that RetroBat has really solved so many of the problems of retro-gaming. Especially the save setting feature, man, that is incredible.

@derekswitzer9624 8 күн бұрын

Yay, awesome that you showed off Retrobat 😎👍 one of my GoTo’s for emulating

@Mario-tm6uv 9 күн бұрын

Love this video. I've been using Retrobat for 2yrs now and due to its ease of use and extensive options list it has become my primary gaming front end

@666jamie666 9 күн бұрын

I have been using Retrobat for years. In my opinion it's the best all in one solution out there with the best fronted. Love it and highly recommend 👍

@markalot 10 күн бұрын

I installed it a month ago using my little ITX build with a half height 4060 inside so I could play some XBOX 360 games. I love it.

@garynagle3093 9 күн бұрын

Wow. What gem. Seems like it solves the multitude of configuration issues

@greekmanx 9 күн бұрын

Nice tip Lon if you see this. If you click on say decorations for example with A in your case it will give you a list with previews of all Bezel options so you don't have to guess the one you want to use also on save states you can press Y in your case on the main menu when the game is highlighted to choose a save state and jump right in without launching game and doing button combo. and if you notice it puts a little floppy disc icon next to games that have save states it is next to the game manual icon

@ShoelessJP 9 күн бұрын

Retro gaming content, hell yeah I love this stuff Lon!

@allisterfiend_2112 10 күн бұрын

Played with Retrobat a few months ago, I really liked it!

@AngryGibberish 9 күн бұрын

This seems to basically be a flavor of batocera for windows. Pretty cool

@RETROBAT 6 күн бұрын

Hi, yes and no, even if the projects are similar and our 2 teams are quite close, they are 2 different projects.

@mettakindness5999 9 күн бұрын

That looks amazing!

@mavfan1 9 күн бұрын

Very cool Lon. The easy install makes it more accessible to friends and family who I know are interested in retro gaming, but like most “normies” need as few hoops as possible to get going.

@FlintG 9 күн бұрын

Yeah I am so setting up a usb hard drive for this front end lol looks so awesome.

@laszloszorady5031 8 күн бұрын

Thank you. Great video!

@ronm6585 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Lon.

@kumarp3074 9 күн бұрын

Great tutorial!

@RETROBAT 6 күн бұрын

Hi ! Good video. Thank you 😉

@Zoyx 9 күн бұрын

I've been using RetroPie on a Linux mini PC. I may give this a shot.

@RedCGaming 10 күн бұрын

Now to set it up in my arcade, and have it run at start up..

@flowder8 9 күн бұрын

ive actually had issues with PS2 emulation on "portable" installs so ill be interested in trying this to see how it compares to plain old pcsx2

@onlyzach1 9 күн бұрын

That's really cool. You had me till it was Windows support only haha. Imagine this on the Switch!

@Ockv74 10 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@kamildouglas 10 күн бұрын

i hav launchbox its the samething and its soo great i lov mines

@edwinperez2813 8 күн бұрын

Maybe you can do a Video on setting up the XBOX controller for the different systems including setting up turbo.

@saysbadman 9 күн бұрын

I've been using batocera, and this looks just like it except you can launch it in Windows instead of boot to it from startup.

@Kirby5588 9 күн бұрын

This is actually emulation station with a skin over it. It is nice that it has QoL features for newer users though.

@RETROBAT 6 күн бұрын

Hello, this is a version of EmulationStation VERY pimped by us.

@my-yt-inputs2580 9 күн бұрын

I kinda attempted to get into Retro gaming several years ago using older Dell systems. However that was the time when the game manufacturers decided to monetize their ROMs making it harder to find them to actually use...for free at least. Has anything changed with that?

@f3rns 9 күн бұрын

Retroachievements next please.

@RETROBAT 6 күн бұрын

RA work fine with Retrobat.

@stevephipps9305 9 күн бұрын

Show my age, last playing video games controllers were hard wired. Can I assume the controller connects to PC via Bluetooth? Thanks for video 73

@LonSeidman 9 күн бұрын

Yes the Xbox controller demoed is connected via Bluetooth. You can use hardwired USB controllers too.

@stevephipps9305 8 күн бұрын

@@LonSeidman Thanks. I remember when Pong was a big thing. LOL

@OsX86H3AvY 9 күн бұрын

so....if it can be installed to your USB drive then CAN it be installed to your NAS and then just played by any deice on your LAN? How about through a VPN?

@LonSeidman 9 күн бұрын

that should work - just need to be careful about multiple people using it at once.

@OsX86H3AvY 9 күн бұрын

@@LonSeidman Yup - I just installed it and it's working fine! Now I just have to stop feeling bad about giving away my XB1 controller and go get a new one :( but yea its working great! playing Pilotwings as we speak. I DID have to keep hitting Run on the "We can't verify..." screens but it still works just fine - a bit rough on a spinning hard disk but i just switched over to my flash NAS and its MUCH better :)

@HUSSMODE 9 күн бұрын

Would this be able to run off a Nvidia shield

@TheFrugalAudiophile 9 күн бұрын

Is this on macOS? That would be awesome!

@LonSeidman 9 күн бұрын

Just on Windows at the moment. Emudeck will be available on the Mac soon I think there's a beta now too.

@rocketeric6516 9 күн бұрын

OpenEmu

@miguelgarcia-bq9ge 9 күн бұрын

Is there a way to remove the music from the interface?

@LonSeidman 9 күн бұрын

Yes there's a setting I think if you hit the back button on the controller to turn that off.

@jecobian 8 күн бұрын

I wonder if this could be installed on a NAS

@royk164 9 күн бұрын

Good thing that mini pc is free, I have 3 of them , and 2 of the ssd drives failed in 14 months.SSDs were made by NETAC , and in Acemagican , w/intel N5105. Real junk.

@tonyrosario1940 8 күн бұрын

Has anyone tried both this and Batocera? Any pros and cons to either? Thanks! 🍻

@lolorenzolamas 6 күн бұрын

Retrobat work on windows, Batocera is a full OS distribution working with linux.

@ericB3444 9 күн бұрын

Emulate windows 95 on your iPhone for Clippy.

@radiofan2454 9 күн бұрын

I assume the only way to get games is to find a site that has pirated copies (ROMS)?

@OsX86H3AvY 9 күн бұрын

sounds like a cop...

@mavfan1 9 күн бұрын

Of course you already know that you only download ROMs of games you’ve purchased.

@RETROBAT 6 күн бұрын

In Retrobat we offer a store that will allow you to download legal ROMs, as well as demos.

@OsX86H3AvY 6 күн бұрын

@@RETROBAT thats pretty awesome :)

@Cyrus_Nagisa 10 күн бұрын

emulation station Batocera This.... Its all the same thing at least use something more user friendly like LaunchBox, yes it might be easier to install this, but over all LaunchBox is easier to edit things.

@Tartifless 9 күн бұрын

Not really, in launchbox you need to setup all emulators individually one by one...

@Cyrus_Nagisa 9 күн бұрын

@@Tartifless its still very user friends all the way and much easier to edit and add things as well

@Tartifless 9 күн бұрын

Not really, tried both and found ES-based frontends to be better than launchbox, especially for full gamepad driven interface

@Cyrus_Nagisa 8 күн бұрын

@@Tartifless can go into "big box" mode for full controller interface and it works just fine, Launchbox gives you the extra freedom to work in a desktop mode for editing and again, is much easier to work with.

@Tartifless 7 күн бұрын

Bigbox is paid software, and launchbox lacks autoconfiguration of emulators, everytime you change controller you need to redo the emulator settings, real PITA