If you’ve been looking for an easier way to get your emulators setup and running, one of the go to answers for a while now has been Emudeck. The goal for Emudeck is to make emulation as easy as possible by installing, configuring and setting up bezels, hotkeys and more all in one awesome application.
As of today, it was announced the EmuDeck 2.7 was released over on their Discord but alongside that, there was also an announcement over on their Patreon page regarding some updates to specifically in regards to ArmadaOS. So this time you’re getting a dual boot of information. And if neither of their other platforms have the information you want be sure to check out the main Emudeck Website for more information.
In today’s announcement over on the EmuDeck Patreon, they announced that after working with the ArmadaOS devs, EmuDeck EA (Early Access) now just works on Armada without any extra finagling. That being said, they do note that EmuDeck on Armada will not use PCSX2, rather it’ll use the all too popular ARMSX2 for emulation. It’s awesome to see these updates, and I can’t wait to see what’s next. But as for the 2.7 Changelog you can catch that below.
Updates for SteamOS, Linux, and Windows
- EmuDeck now uses RetroAchievements newest API including support for Dolphin
- PPSSPP, Xemu, Vita3K, Azahar, and PrimeHack all have resolution selectors in EmuDeck
- Fixed YouTube video errors on embedded videos in the app
- Easier Exporting of EmuDeck installation to other devices
SteamOS/Linux Specific Updates
- Automap in EmuDeck for emulators that don’t automatically detect your controller. Enables auto setup of controllers for up to 4 players and support for other distros and external controlers.
- General Steam Machine Improvements including default 1080p and 4K setups in selected emulators
- SteamDeckGyroDSU automatically installed when setting up Ryujinx
Bug Fixes
- DuckStation: Save state on exit disabled by default
- Eden:New BIOS/firmware check
- ES-DE: picks the right RPCS3 variant per file type (directory, ISO, shortcut)
- Fixed themes not being enabled from the EmuDeck App
- Standalone emulators are set as default automatically
- Gamelists moved to the storage folder instead of saves. downloaded_media symlinked into storage for Windows migration compatibility
- Launchers:All now use #!/usr/bin/env bash thanks tovquintin
- Removed old launchers for Citra, Lime3DS and Suyu
- melonDS:New melonDS.toml shipped
- Supermodel:Fixed launch from Desktop mode
- RMG:Config updated to v0.9.0 with a Steam Deck controller profile
- RPCS3: config.yml cleaned of obsolete keys
- Steam ROM Manager: Init re-runs if steamDirectory is empty. New parser Sony PlayStation 3 – RPCS3 (ISO)
- BigPemu Parser category renamed
- Xemu: Saves set up on init
- Other:No hardcoded /usr/bin/flatpak, /usr/bin/python or /bin/bash in launchers, ES-DE commands or generated scripts.
- Save folders now use ln -sfn in order to fix broken symlinks
- Added missing translations and cosmetic improvements to the EmuDeck app. New EmuDeck Store link. Release channel selector. Add emulators to Steam
Windows Updates
- Fixed an issue where EmuDeck Compressor couldn’t be launched from EmuDeck app
- EmuDeck App will restart explorer.exe to reset Start Menu Cache
Bug Fixes
- Azahar:sysdata now linked to bios/azahar/keys instead of bios/azahar
- Dolphin:Downloads the latest release instead of an old fixed release
- Eden:New BIOS/firmware check
- ES-DE:picks the right RPCS3 variant per file type (directory or ISO)
- Gamelists now live in storage/es-de/gamelists through a link created on install and init. This should improve updating ESDE in the future
- Launchers:FullScreen popup should now close after launching an emulator. This pop up is necessary to avoid Steam stealing focus when launching Emulators
- RetroArch: New buildbot downloader that fetches the cheats database into storage/retroarch/cheats and the PPSSPP assets into bios/PPSSPP when the folders are empty
- Steam ROM Manager:New parser Sony PlayStation 3 – RPCS3 (ISO).
- Safer detection of steamDirectory and parsers on fresh installs
- PCSX2:Executable renamed before moving into place, which fixes updates.
- Primehack:Downloads the latest GitHub release instead of 1.0.7a
- RPCS3:config.yml cleaned of obsolete keys
- Ryujinx:SDL3 migration. Config bumped to version 73
- ShadPS4:sys_modules linked to bios/shadps4/sys_modules
- Added missing translations and cosmetic improvements to the EmuDeck app. New EmuDeck Store link. Release channel selector. Add emulators to Steam
- Fixed dynamic parsers for SRM – Mgba standalone for GameBoy & GameBoy Color
As always it’s awesome to see what’s being cooked on over at EmuDeck, and with all of these updates regularly coming through, I can’t wait to see what’ll be coming next.
