After years of tinkering and tweaking on numerous RetroPie setups, I finally jumped onto the Batocera platform - and my goodness, what a night and day difference is it in terms of setup and configuration! It’s so seamless on Batocera, global settings and individual emulator configurations are easily accessible in an intuitive menu. Almost zero times will you ever be whipping out a keyboard, unlike RetroPie! With the wealth of micro PC out there, we can emulate Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, even GameCube in something no bigger than an orange - it’s incredible!

Using most types of PC in an enclosed space like an arcade cabinet would be a nightmare for cooling, so a mini solution that gives off less heat is very important.

I agree it depends on what you want to make and how you want to use it for. I made my own two player bar top arcade game. Laser cut the arcade cabinet. I put speakers and sub in it. retro pie, power bar. It was a bit cramp when I finished it. where I might use a first gen i7 to emulate everything else. I might even use a pf for light gun games and connect it to a 55' tv. Anything small I would retro pie.

I have a Lenovo M93, emulates everything up to Dreamcast without a hitch. Batocera works perfectly.

Thanks for the video. Super helpful. I'll stick with RetroPie. Now if i could just get the damn Sega CD games to run on my pi4 (yes, i have done setup exactly as tutorial videos suggest and it's the only system i can't get to work lol).

Another great video!!! I must say the retropie community is awesome. I have been playing around with my Lenovo M93. I am using a different frontend and I have notice the difference. One example is controller assignments. When using multiple controllers in retropie and batocera they maintain their assignments. But when using a windows 10 frontend it can become a nightmare with multiple controllers. Retropie and batocera got it right.

Although, I prefer Batocera in general, a big plus for Retropie is, Retropie has the full Raspberry Pi OS desktop environment built in. Batocera allows you to install web browsers, and individual apps, but doesn't have a full desktop.

its key to note that retropie (at least when i set mine up back on the 3b+) was running a modified version of retroarch, which can also run on other devices but as far as i know isnt an operating system itself, but a program, though there might be other versions of retroarch that are also OS, like retropie. I have retroarch on my pc so i can transfer saves to and from my retropie, keep backups of everything, and just play some systems that the pi couldnt handle

I don't know if this is still the case because I haven't used Retropie much since switching to Batocera, but I noticed a marked improvement in performance with Batocera on the same hardware. For example, I found that N64 performance was considerably better on Batocera on my Pi3, despite using the same emulator and settings as I was using with Retropie. Some games that were unplayable with Retropie worked fine with Batocera. Similarly, I found that Retropie couldn't quite manage to emulate Atari ST on my Pi Zero, but switching to Batocera fixed it, and even allowed me to switch to the slower but more accurate compatibility mode. I think Retropie just has a lot more overhead than Batocera. I found that it takes way longer to boot too. I also find Batocera to be a much smoother and more polished 'console-like' experience, whereas Retropie keeps reminding you that you're using emulators on a computer. As I mentioned, it's been a while since I used Retropie, so things may have improved since.

Batocera runs great on my Pi4 8gb.

Hello. I´m new to this world. Does thumbsticks controllers makes more enjoyable SNES and PSX games on Retropie?

They're all awesome. I like variety.

You'd rather run batocera on your computer than run launchbox? I know batocera menu is way better than launchbox and it has more configurations

I am working on my retropie86 pc with retropie front end running wiiu, ps2 and Ps3. Just have update my retropie systems config to show the system and launch the games.

For the life of me . I cannot get my Xbox controller to pair on batocera. It’s definitely something I’m not getting or doing right but I can get it to pair retropie. Weird but true for me

This is so great buddy ...I need to know this stuff when I go forth with getting a new build. Where is your site to pick up one?

If you own a pi, definitely go with retropie. I’m curious to know if you’ve experienced other OS like twisterOs? I’ve been trying to find ways in retropie on pi4 to run arcade version of Killer instinct and to no avail. And I don’t wanna change my os either. Happy with retropie but have you gotten KI to work?

Was on RetroPie Supreme Ultra and previous Supreme builds for a couple of years. Switched to Batocera on my Pi4 and I have to say I am very happy and wont be going back to RetroPie. Everything just works,Lightgun Games is a major one, I had a ton of trouble on RetroPie and gave in. Also the back ground downloading of Bezels, Themes and scraping etc is so much better and stops any kind of guesswork. Batocera all the way for me.

Lighting in this video is really over exposed. Thanks for the info.

Retropie86 works on Linux pc’s.

Hi Retropie guy... Happy holidays! One question, can you direct me to a link to help me configure an x-arcade joystick to a Batocera install on a hard drive running Linux on a pc... I must have put hundred of hours without success... Thanks!

I like RetroPie better because Your name is RetroPie Guy. If I liked Batocera better then you would have to change your name.. LOL

RetroPie runs on PC so you are NOT restricted to the Raspberry Pi. I play Saturn games on my Pi 4 4Gb and most titles play well, PSP does too.

What runs better on RPi4? Batocera or Retropie?

So it sounds like Batocera will be on the Valve Steam Deck? Will you have an SD collection for the Steam Deck like you do for the rgb10max and rg351m? I hope so because I love your collections, they are cleanest and most organized.

It is not normally my style to step on people's toes, especially not when they are passionate about their hobby. But in terms of RetroPie, you are simply talking partly nonsense. Retropie runs on a regular PC just like Batocera. (It also runs on a good dozen other single-board computers and handheld consoles.) However, since RetroPie was primarily developed for the Raspberry Pi, the developers naturally orient themselves to the hardware capabilities of the Pi. The software capabilities therefore end with Nintendo's Wii console and PlayStation's PlayStation 2. It is true that this means that RetroPie cannot be used for games from the Xbox series, the Wii U or PlayStation 3 and 4. However, I think that something will happen in the next few months and weeks, as the Raspberry Pi 5 will probably also be able to emulate games from the Xbox range. The advantage of RetroPie over Batocera is that RetroPie can be integrated into almost any Linux distribution with Debian Base. This means that you can work, surf, and simply turn on the console to relax (without having to switch to a different operating system or turn on a different device). I can only recommend RetroPie for the PC if you don't necessarily want to emulate the newer consoles, prefer to have only a few devices, and don't want to dual boot. Unfortunately, the misinformation does not end there. There is also a huge fan community for Batocera that can help you if you need it, and there are really good video tutorials available, for example from Batocera Nation. Batocera is widely used in large parts of Europe (after all, it comes from Europe...as far as I know), Asia and South America (even in Down Under, many people know Batocera) and has a huge fan community that will always support you. The only ones who are a bit behind are the Americans ;) Almost forgotten...if you want you can put Batocera on a Raspberry Pi. Greetings from Europe PS: In my eyes they are almost like twins. They both have the same base. Emulation Station as frontend and Retroarch as backend. Only that Batocera has more muscle and RetroPi can also be integrated into an existing Linux OS on a PC.

Hello my good friend you forget retro pi x86 I use it on a Lenovo like the one u got

Batocera does not allow you to save key mappings in RetroAch. Since this is the case for me it's unusable. I experienced gamepad keys automapping to game reset and save state, even something like the button combo to get to the RetroArch menu can only be set temporarely before being returned to default. It's a shame since they obviously put a lot of work in it and it's nice it has the options it does, but they seem to have forgotten the actual purpose is being able to play games.

What's the correct way of saving settings in retroarch using batocera as it never seems to save simple settings. Anyone know? Thanks 👍

does batocera work with Real time clock(interested in emulating ds games)

What's the best for a low end pi like an A model or a zero pi? Thanks.

From what I read seems like v31 and 32 had an issue with psx? Do you know if this is fixed in v33 of batocera?

how does emustation emudeck fit in the equation.

Do you realise that batocera runs very well on a pi4 also ??

Can you make video installing batocera in kvm, I installed but keeps lagging higher than 680 res

I literally subscribed bc ur a babe 👊

I have Orange Pi so Batocera is the only solution

I think this only a vlog for retropie

Id say for pi. Up to 3b+ use retropie. Pi4,android,pc use batocera

to be honest Batocera is better

batocera runs better on my PC vs off a USB drive?

Can anyone here send a link or tell me where to search online to download games properly? I am new to all this and just found out about this today.

Odroid n2+

I wish I didn't waste over 40 plus dollars on this crappy orange pi zero 2w. Its middle of the road with everything , but even still its just not powerful enough to really do anything useful in regards to gaming. actually , my fire tv 2 box from 8 yrs ago is actually 10 times faster .

Batocera or Retrobat?

Does batocera works with ayaneo 2?

You ever heard of a Mini PC

Wall-mounted arcade box.. your family or neighbors will hate you

Not a good video…. No footage, no Gameplay, no hands on…

You should work on your lighting.

dunno ... if i want to play on a pc directly - i just run Retroarch Vanilla ? If i would run a pc in an arcade i would use coinops and on a Pie retropie

Damn, did someone cream you in the head with a beer bottle? That looks brutal