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Emudeck is an installation script that helps you get started with emulation on the Deck. It is not an all in one solution like some other software. Instead, it strives to provide the best possible official options to you, set up and ready to go.
Install Emulators? Done for you. Software is either installed from the available Software Store (Discover), or directly from the Emulators official repositories.
Folder Structure? Ready to roll. We've made an Emulation folder with folders for your bios files and roms.
Hotkeys? Yup. Where possible these are consistent. By the nature of there being lots of different programs here sometimes we need Steam Input Profiles to get these going.
Settings? We've done our best to optimize every emulator for the deck. You can certainly tweak stuff, but it's recommended to do so with per-game settings.
Updates? These are available in the discover store, the Emudeck Tool Updater, or by re-running the Emudeck script.
Could you do everything Emudeck does on your own? You sure could, but now you don't have to.
- Please download and run the installer from the main page at www.emudeck.com
- Updates are handled by simply running the install again. You can find the installer on your desktop.
We would urge you not to skip the application of configuration for emulators using custom mode for Emudeck updates, as then you will not have the most up to date configurations. - If you would like to customize your install, please choose custom mode during the installer.
- We have included a tool to update non-discover store binaries. Use it any time you want to update EmulationStation-DE, Yuzu, SteamRomManager, cemu.exe and xenia.exe(beta, does not work yet!) without rerunning the Emudeck installer.
- Becuse of the way Emudeck works, when you run the install to update things, our configs will be reapplied unless using Custom Mode. Where possible, use Per-game configurations for customization, and that will typically survive an update.
- If you come across something where the configuration seems wrong, please let us know in the github and we can work to add the configuration for future versions.
There will be bugs. Please report them in an issue on the GitHub page.
Setup required: Many emulators require bios files. Generally place them in the Emulation/bios directly with no subfolders. There is an exception with certain RetroArch cores. You can check the retroarch wiki for information about the specific core you are having trouble with.
Please note - we cannot help you obtain roms, bios files, or other copywrited materials; and none are provided to you.