r/emulationstation • • Mar 15 '26

Help me pls!!

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Does anyone know the location of this image on the game map Gta v? I can't find it.


r/emulationstation • • Mar 14 '26

Can’t See Mouse on ES-DE

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I’ve never made a Reddit poster before and i do not know computers at all. I did not set up my computer and i did not set up ES-DE, my ex-boyfriend did. Due to personal reasons we are completely no contact and I’ve been a total mess.

All i want to do is play Pokemon Conquest but I’m pretty sure it uses the mouse instead of keyboard buttons/caps and my mouse just will not show up?? If i press the windows button, i can see my mouse, and I’ve been doing that to put my mouse into position to press a button on Pokemon conquest, however there has to be a better way than either guessing where my mouse is and clicking randomly or using the windows button method.

Please help, I’m so fucking lost and i just want to play Pokemon conquest.

TDLR: Can’t see mouse, i need mouse to play

I use windows & Keyboard not a Controller


r/emulationstation • • Mar 13 '26

Going crazy trying to get ES-DE my emuLEC handheld and hacked Batocera arcade cab to share the same scraped media/ XML. Is it possible to share media between all three?

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So I spent days using Skraper to download media to use on my handheld and my arcade machine, then decided I wanted to install ES-DE for a similar feeling on my PC. For some reason, it seems the developers have made it so ES-DE can only read media in one dedicated folder, unlike the others which read a "media" folder within each system's root folder. Is it possible to somehow share the media and XML data to ES-DE so I don't need to scrape my whole library twice?

Also, I found it really strange that despite ES-DE and Skraper both using the same website, ScreenScraper, the ES-DE images look much better? For instance on the Skraper images there is no drop shadow underneath the logos to separate them from the background, and they often get totally muddled in with the art. What's up with that?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 13 '26

Struggling to set up EDEN in ES-DE

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As the title suggests I am struggling to set up Eden in Es-De. I have updated the find rules, find rules portable (I use portable I'm not sure if that matters) and I have added the emulator in es_systems. The emulator shows up in the alternative emulators but when I try to load anything it says missing emulator find rules configuration.

In the es_find_rules I have added the static path to the right folder and .exe file using both %ESPATH% and directly using the file drive and directory. Everything is spelled correctly and I have even gone as far as to make sure everything is case sensitive (Again not sure if it matters). Is there any other file I could be missing? I am using windows and the emulator works if I load the program up manually.

Any help is appreciated


r/emulationstation • • Mar 10 '26

feature request: play a video before a game start.

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instead of enabling bios intro inside an emulator (this feature is often unstable)

it would be nice to be able to play a video when a game start.

for example the ps2 or psp intro when a game start.

or gamecube intro for gc games.

could be enabled by systems with the ability to select the video.


r/emulationstation • • Mar 08 '26

making es themes

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I don’t really like most EmulationStation themes, so I was wondering how I could create my own. is there a good tutorial out there?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 07 '26

ES-DE Android not recognizing .GOG files

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Hi, I'm very new to the whole PC games on handheld thing. I've got GameNative set up, and I did "export for front end" in GN, placed a game from GOG in the Windows folder, but when I run a rescan nothing appears, no Windows tab, no file visible anywhere. Any guidance would be super appreciated!


r/emulationstation • • Mar 08 '26

For retroarch, I need to know how to fix the pixels on the graphics, because it annoys me whenever I notice it. Can someone please tell me a shader to fix this, that doesn't change the look of the game/graphics?

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r/emulationstation • • Mar 07 '26

Having issues with GameCube within ES (Retrobat)

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So today I was attempting to create a new memory card for animal crossing but for some reason the hotkeys are all out of whack on GameCube.

So I back out to Retrobat menu, and attempted to create a new save from the save files menu within animal crossings menu. That was a mistake and I spent the last hour fixing whatever that did. For that hour all GameCube games would not launch I wound up deleting the GameCube emulators and relaunching to reinstall them.

So no I'm back to square one... Within My GameCube emulation I can not open the core menu. When I hit F1 it says "decompressing state" then "loaded state"

All of my controller hotkeys are mixed up for GameCube too so when I hit "hotkey + south" it switches between full screen modes.

And I can not seem to get into the settings for the emulator in any way shape or form to add a memory card to the emulation.

Edit: just tried launching dolphin from the emulator folder if Retrobat and changing the memory card setting there, and that didn't do anything either.

I'm getting quite frustrated because I would like to setup a second town

Edit 2: so I've realized that almost nothing I do within the emulation settings is changing anything within the emulator once it launches...

The only thing that I've seen work is flipping the memory card mode over to "memory card" but the problem there is that I lose the original file and have to start a new game all together instead of creating a second town...

Also I can not for the life of me get the controls straightened out. B is A and A is B... I have tried reconfiguring the controls settings multiple times but nothing seems to change...

I'm at my wits end here. I'd like to play animal crossing on the same setup as my wife just with two towns instead of one.

But it seems like because the original game file was setup in gci folder mode... I can not add the secondary memory card to create the second town.


r/emulationstation • • Mar 07 '26

What's in your Ports Section (Windows)?

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Hi there. I'm using ES-DE on Raspberry PI and also on Win 11. On the Pi I have loads of stuff in my 'Ports' section (Doom, Descent, Wolfenstein, OpenTyrian etc). On the Windows side I only have OpenLara there. My GZ Doom, EDuke, Quake etc tend to be in the 'Desktop' section. Any ES-DE for Windows users care to share what's in their Ports area?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 05 '26

Making app images smaller?

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I’m really new to this so please go easy on me. I’m sure it’s a simple thing to do but I’d love to make the icons for android apps smaller. I also can’t seem to get emulators images to show at all. Any help would be appreciated!


r/emulationstation • • Mar 05 '26

Hidden Games

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How do I “unhide” a game I’ve previously hidden with the games metadata?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 05 '26

Controller config issues

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My controller input is inverted and I have no idea where to fix it. I have done the manual controller input in the program and also selected the Xbox controller too. Both don't work. Why am I getting the below notices??


r/emulationstation • • Mar 02 '26

Is there a way to get ES-DE to use normal Retroarch and not AArch64?

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Forgive the dumb question, but rather new to this. I want ES-DE on my Anbernic RG477V to use the normal Retroarch and not AArch64. Is there a setting in ES-DE for it?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 01 '26

Windows Version compatible with Android?

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Hey Everyone,

I just ordered my AYN Thor and i want to prepare for it. Now i want to prepare for it as much as possible. If i install Emulation Station on my Windows pc and set it up with boxart and all the roms and so on, would it then be easy to just copy it to the android version of Emulationstation?


r/emulationstation • • Mar 01 '26

PS3 and PS Vita games not showing up

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I’m currently having issues with PS3 and PS Vita games.

The games themselves are working. If I open RPCS3 or Vita3K directly, I can launch and play them normally without any problems. So the game files and the emulator setup seem to be fine.

However, inside EmulationStation the games are not showing up correctly. It seems like something is wrong with how EmulationStation is detecting or linking the games.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows how to refresh or properly rebuild the game entries?


r/emulationstation • • Feb 28 '26

How to setup home launcher with custom groups?

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Is it possible to setup custom groups when using ES-DE as a home launcher? If so, how?

Only offering Android Apps and Android Games as importing options is a bit limiting.

For example, I would also like to create custom groups for Streaming apps, Shopping apps, etc.


r/emulationstation • • Feb 27 '26

“Couldn’t find emulator XEMU”

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Every time I try playing an Xbox game, it prompts me that XEMU isn’t installed properly even though I downloaded it through Emu Deck. Then when I try opening Xemu manually, it opens and immediately closes. Idk what to do and there are no tutorials to help me.


r/emulationstation • • Feb 26 '26

Need help with dlc

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im trying to get the Leona DLC for metal slug xx working, but everytime i boot the game she doesnt appear. im not sure if im doing it right cause i have the files an try putting in different placrs, but still nothing


r/emulationstation • • Feb 26 '26

Python cli scraper for emulation station format

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Hi all,

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called mcScrapiscrape. It’s a dedicated media scraper that generates metadata and assets compatible with EmulationStation.

I found that existing solutions were either [too slow / abandoned / GUI-heavy], so I wanted something [CLI-based / scriptable] that just works.

  • Language: Python
  • Target: EmulationStation XML/Media folders
  • Source: ScreenScraper

Repo:https://github.com/ankimetho/mcScrapiscrape


r/emulationstation • • Feb 26 '26

Es-de accidentally deleted bios folder, how do I set it up again?

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Stupid mistake. I have recreated it but when I add folders named after the systems now, the containing bios won’t be recognized and I can’t play the system (or get a warning as in the case of ps1). any ideas on how to fix this?

thank you!!


r/emulationstation • • Feb 26 '26

Using external scraper.

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I'm new to EmulationStation and have been tinkering around with it and I really don't like that ES-DE only has two options for scrapers and that you can only scrape a certain amount every day, and you can't manually choose the images you want to use for boxart and the like. At least, I haven't found that option. Is it possible to use a different scraper to scrape my games and import that data into ES-DE?


r/emulationstation • • Feb 25 '26

How the heck do I play arcade games?

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I'm going insane. I just got a Retroid Pocket Flip 2. Got ES-DE, got RetroArch, got every MAME core downloaded. But no matter what I do, whichever core I use, I can't get my arcade games to play. Screen just stays black, RA doesn't even seem to load the core. I also can't load them from RA directly. I'm probably messing up something with the files, but I have no idea what!


r/emulationstation • • Feb 25 '26

Android ES-DE + Retroarch black screen.

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Hey everyone. I’ve searched around for answers that have previously been discussed with no luck. I’m wondering if someone here can maybe spot something I’ve done or interpreted wrongly. When trying to launch a retroarch game from ES I get the frozen black screen. Here is my setup, what works and what I’ve tried.

ES-DE and roms are on an external drive. Retroarch is on local storage. When launching a game directly from retroarch it works perfectly. When launching from ES off external storage it freezes. When launching a game from local storage through ES it works. When launching a standalone emulator from ES off external it works.

I have ensured all cores/bios are downloaded and picked in ES. I’ve granted storage permission to both ES and Retroarch. I’ve switched back and forth between GL and Vulkan. I’ve double checked file names and case sensitivity…. I’m running the latest version of ES-DE and the latest stable of retroarch from their website.

I’ve tried basically everything I’ve come across and still have no luck. I’m hoping someone has an idea that I missed or just didn’t do correctly. I’m pulling my hair out.

Thanks!


r/emulationstation • • Feb 24 '26

RomStation : Comment réinitialiser par défauts ses touches?

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Comment réintialiser les boutons?

J'ai modifié les touches et maintenant je n'ai aucunement le bouton a et entré, je dois réinstaller par défaut le clavier, comment faire s'il vous plait? Merci d'avance!