Turn a USB Flash Drive into a Portable Gaming “System”! (Batocera)

The Batocera firmware lets you flash a lightweight, emulation-focused operating system onto any flash drive, hard drive, or SD card. So what if we flashed it onto a flash drive, loaded it all up, and then used that as a portable gaming “system” that could be plugged into any Windows PC? That’s what we’re going to explore in this video.

Download Batocera: https://batocera.org/
Batocera wiki: https://wiki.batocera.org/
Batocera Nation YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZJE-FAQEbK3pqXjo_25Ng

USB flash drive: https://amzn.to/3zWpeET
Rii USB wireless keyboard: https://amzn.to/3fjRYQ2
8bitDo Pro 2 controller: https://amzn.to/3xlX8Rz

Artists featured in this video:
“Radar” by T120: https://soundcloud.com/t-120s/radar
“Evening Breeze” by Mad Reflex: https://soundcloud.com/mounir-benabdellah/evening-breeze
“Full Reset” by E240: https://soundcloud.com/e-240/full-reset

Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:18 tools and tips
02:46 installation and startup
05:00 transferring files onto the flash drive
06:55 how to configure settings
11:00 testing on a different PC
12:01 gameplay testing + tunes
21:32 summary and conclusion

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Intro theme song sampled from “Hexadecimal Genome” by Bit Shifter:
https://bit-shifter.bandcamp.com/album/information-chase

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This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only.

#Batocera #Emulation #RetroGaming

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