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Hello everyone!I've added a new feature, now when you launch a game from your Retro Library a Steam entry will be created in your home so you can keep playing that game later without having to enter your Retro Library again.

This will only happen with the last launched game, please tell me if it would be interesting to keep all launched games in your Home and not only the last one.

I think this is a really neat feature that gets us closer to having a really automated console like experience for retro gaming. It gives us the simplicity and cleanliness of EmulationStation with the integration of SteamRomManager but without the hassle of configuration.

To get the latest release open EmuDeck and reinstall Retro Library to get this update.PS: Windows port coming soon!

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Drew Kellenberger

Would you be able to, when searching for the game to scrape artwork for, add a feature where you can choose from multiple options? Sometimes when scraping, games share a name and it picks the wrong game or it just automatically chooses the wrong game?

Vio (edited)

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2026-09-05 07:00 Let us keep all launched games please!
2024-11-01 13:59

Zain Ajam

When you say "retro library", do you mean esde? Does this mean that if I play something on esde then after playing it, an entry gets created on the home row of steam big picture?

EmuDeck

Nope. RetroLibrary is a Decky plugin.

EmuDeck

what if you end up with 100? and have to manually delete them?

EmuDeck

this is already implemented, just press X when a game is highlighted

Drew Kellenberger

You are able to fix the artwork, but when searching for the game, it seems to always pick the incorrect game. I’m suggesting that once you search, it gives you multiple games to pick from before letting you pick new artwork.

Shane Keulen

This is obviously more work but. What about a “number of recently played games to keep in steam” slider where I can put 1 or 10

WILLIAM FIELD

I would like to have the last 5 or 10 games played as an option. Not all games as it would get cluttered.

Zain Ajam

Oh. Is this readily available? Haven't heard of it until now

Jacob Pettry

May I suggest an implementation of a filtering or something that may take I have a bunch of duplicate entries when it comes to CD based games that have Bin/Cue/M3U so we can only have 1 entry?

D24 Indie Games

Also wondering how to get the RetroLibrary plugin, TY

EmuDeck

Yeah, that’s planned for the future

Marco Streit

I try to install Retro Library under windows. It asks me for a Sudo password. Which I never sat. Is there default password for that. However when I click Install Retro Library a popup appears “Success! Retro Library Installed” but in Steam Big Picture mode nothing changes. Roms are still mixed up. Can somebody help?

Antonio De Nardis

WOW! I look forward to test It as soon as I'm back home!

Jacob Pettry

See thats why I typically have no complaints you guys are already planning lol

Jacob Pettry

Thank you btw even if it's just a removal option for entries it helps keep up the awesome work :)

Zain Ajam

- how to turn off retro library after having turned it off? If I change my mind about using retro library - opening a game from retro library launches the game immediately instead of first showing the pre launch screen - need a favorites tab in the retro library - I noticed that if I fix artwork, then the game gets saved in my normal library under non-steam games

Zain Ajam

How do the normal library games currently do it? It is all recent games, right? What's the downside of doing it the same way?

Shane Keulen

I don’t really want ally the games I play from retro library to show up in steam. It’s more of a “play last emulator game” shortcut for me. But having the option of a couple at a time would be nice.

Cameron Jones

Still not sure where this retro library thing can be acquired from, there's no documentation of it.

EmuDeck

1 you can delete the plugin from the Decky settings 2 that’s normal 3 I agree, I’ll add it in the future 4 that’s should be unrelated, I’ll take a look though

EmuDeck

There’s no windows version available yet, it will be soon though

EmuDeck

I’ll just add a selector from 1 to 10

EmuDeck

It’s on the SteamOS release

Tifa Lockhart

Still not working on Bazzite OS also RL showing 1.2.0 even after I remove it and install it again

D24 Indie Games

Could someone please explain how to add this. I’ve tried all day and it’s not on the store.

Display Name

Maybe having an option in the future to set “Last game” “last 3 games” “every game launched” would fit most use cases

HollywoodKills

The idea is good, yes, but now I have the case when I start a game, let's say "Donkey Kong Country", the artwork is missing on the home screen, if I set it manually with SteamGridDB, and then start another game via RetroLibrary, the artwork of Donkey Kong Country remains

Alexandre JACQ

I have only generating database please be patient and nothing on my rog ally with bazzite :)

EmuDeck

EmuDeck app, SteamOS only

EmuDeck

I have a big pile of stuff to check on bazzite, not gonna lie

EmuDeck

this is still an early beta, a lot of stuff will improve / change as I keep developing it

David Knight

I freaking love this. It makes it feel like Steam now offers emulation. lol

DAVID EVANS

Or at least an option to select it...