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🎮 Guide to play emulated games on Steam Deck
https://github.com/n1ckoates/steamdeck-emulation
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🎮 Guide to play emulated games on Steam Deck
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/n1ckoates/steamdeck-emulation
- Owner: n1ckoates
- License: cc-by-4.0
- Archived: true
- Created: 2022-03-07T16:43:30.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-07-11T23:29:10.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-27T01:04:05.218Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: dolphin, emulation, emulator, guide, hacktoberfest, linux, nintendo, pcsx2, steam, steamdeck, yuzu
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- Stars: 624
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 26
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Steam Deck Emulation Guide
This guide covers how to install emulators on a Steam Deck, setting up controls, playing games with optimal settings, and integrating them into Steam itself. It uses [Steam ROM Manager](https://steamgriddb.github.io/steam-rom-manager/), which automatically downloads cover art for each game and adds a shortcut to Steam. The end result will look like this, with Steam collections for each system:
**This is an unofficial guide**, not affiliated with Valve or any of the emulator developers. To my knowledge, it's not possible to mess up your Deck from this guide, but I take no responsibility if you do. This guide **does not** cover getting ROMs or other copyrighted material.
> **Want to automate all of this?** Check out [EmuDeck](https://www.emudeck.com/), a program that sets all of this - and more - up for you.
### Current Systems Supported
- [x] Nintendo Switch (Yuzu)
- [x] Wii (Dolphin)
- [x] GameCube (Dolphin)
- [x] Nintendo 64 (simple64)
- [x] SNES (Snes9x)
- [x] PlayStation 2 (PCSX2)
- [x] 3DS (Citra)
- [x] DS (melonDS)
- [x] PSP (PPSSPP)
- [x] PC Engine (CD) / TurboGrafx-16 (-CD) / SuperGrafx (Mednaffe)
[Open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/nchristopher/steamdeck-emulation/issues/new) to request support for a system.
### Storage
This guide assumes your ROMs are under `~/roms` (a folder in your home directory), with a file structure like this:
```
roms
├── switch
├── wii
├── gamecube
├── n64
├── snes
├── ps2
├── 3ds
├── ds
├── psp
└── pce
```
### SD Cards
If you store your roms on an SD card, substitute `~/roms` with `/run/media/mmcblk0p1/roms` in each guide. You'll have to give each Flatpak access to your SD card. Open up a terminal and run
```bash
flatpak override --filesystem=/run/media/
```
Substitute `` with the emulator's Flatpak name (specified in each guide). For example, Snes9x's Flatpak name is `com.snes9x.Snes9x`, so you'd run
```bash
flatpak override com.snes9x.Snes9x --filesystem=/run/media/
```
## Getting Started
To start off, switch to Desktop mode by pressing the **Steam** button, navigating to **Power**, then **Switch to Desktop**.
Open Firefox, then navigate to [Steam ROM Manager's latest release](https://github.com/SteamGridDB/steam-rom-manager/releases/latest), and download the file ending in `.AppImage` that **DOES NOT** contain `i386`. It should be named something like `Steam-ROM-Manager-2.3.40.AppImage`.
Open SteamOS' file manager Dolphin (it's different from the emulator Dolphin), then navigate to wherever you saved the file, probably in **Downloads**. You can run it by just double-tapping the file. If prompted for Steam's directory, enter `/home/deck/.local/share/Steam`.
From here, the guide branches off for each system you want to emulate:
- [Nintendo Switch](./emulators/yuzu.md)
- [GameCube and/or Wii](./emulators/dolphin.md)
- [Nintendo 64](./emulators/simple64.md)
- [SNES](./emulators/snes9x.md)
- [PC Engine (CD) / TurboGrafx-16 (-CD) / SuperGrafx](./emulators/mednaffe.md)
- [PlayStation 2](./emulators/pcsx2.md)
- [Nintendo DS](./emulators/melonds.md)
- [Nintendo 3DS](./emulators/citra.md)
- [PlayStation Portable (PSP)](./emulators/ppsspp.md)
## ⚠ Common Issues
- If you've successfully performed the setup steps for an emulator but you get a blank screen when booting a ROM, the emulator may not have access to your ROMs directory. Open a terminal and run `flatpak override --filesystem=~/roms` to allow it to find your ROMs. Replace `` with the Flatpak name found in the guide for the emulator.
## ❓ Support
If you need any help, try asking in the `#emulation` channel over in the [Steam Deck Discord](https://discord.gg/myS7JkUtvA).
## 📜 License
Copyright © 2022-2023 Nicholas Christopher
Unless otherwise stated, this guide is licensed under [Creative Commons BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).