So that’s them all set up, let’s give them a try, starting with yuzu!
I did enable borderless fullscreen in the graphics configuration, along with setting the internal resolution to 3x native for a better look, but those things are more up to your preferences anyway. Otherwise you are pretty much ready to go. This is tedious, but you should only have to do it once so it isn’t too bad. You can then click on each input, then press the corresponding input on the Ally, including mapping every single joystick axis separately. I found the best route was to add Dolphin to the Armory Crate list, select the controller template, then launch Dolphin. By default Dolphin will not recognise the Ally’s controller inputs. Lastly, Dolphin, the Wii emulator, is possibly the easiest setup, save for one thing – the controller config. I’m also going to link to a fantastic video by The Retro Tech Dad which includes a load of extra information and config tweaks for various games you might be interested in. Lastly, you’ll also want to search for the word “patches” to check “apply_patches” is set to true. It was by default for me but it’s worth checking. You’ll also want to find the word “mount” and make sure that “mount_cache” is set to true. Use CTRL + F to find the word “license” and change license_mask = 0 to equals 1, so any xbox arcade games will play the full game and not just trial mode. Again you’ll need some Xbox 360 ROMs, and you’ll also want to open the config file and change a couple things. You can then use the ISO tools program to decrypt it, and finally copy that decrypted ISO to the games folder in RPCS3’s root directory, wherever you extracted that to.įor Xenia, while there aren’t any decryption steps you need to worry about, I’d recommend using Xenia canary, the beta version, and you’ll want to download the xenia canary patches and place that in the xenia folder. You’ll need to look through the ird database for the game name, and depending on the region you’ll want to download the relevant IRD file – in my case that would be BLES01660. In my case I’ve got Need For Speed Most Wanted here. Now PS3 games can be encrypted and you’ll need to follow the decryption guide on RPCS3’s site to decrypt them, but in short you’ll need to find the title ID of the game you want.
You should then be able to fire up a game just fine.įor the PS3 emulator, RPCS3, after extracting the emulator files, you’ll also need to download the PlayStation system software – all of this will be linked in the description – then hit File and Install Firmware. Then you can copy your ROMs to a folder – mine is just in my documents – and add that folder to yuzu. You’ll need to copy those to the yuzu folder in AppData/Roaming/yuzu/keys, and the firmware to yuzu/nand/system/Contents/registered. There are a few specific steps you’ll need to do for some of them, so let me show you them.įor Yuzu, the Switch emulator, much like any other system you’ll need the encryption keys and firmware. The majority of the setup process for all of them really just involves going to their respective GitHub pages and downloading the most recent release, extracting the files then copying your ROMs and getting going. Still, all the emulators you’d expect work on Windows, and one, Xenia, the Xbox 360 emulator will only work on Windows. Getting the various emulators set up is a bit more of a process than on the Deck as EmuDeck, the brilliant one click setup tool, isn’t yet publicly available for Windows.
In this video I want to walk you through the setup process, then give a handful of games a shot. The ROG Ally with it’s extra horsepower and Windows installed by default should mean it’s actually a better playing experience for those games that require a little more power, or in the Xbox 360 emulator’s case, requires Windows.
Being able to play basically any game from any console, especially on a handheld system, is just the best. The thing I’ve used my Steam Deck for more than anything thus far has been emulation.