Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This guide will step you through the installation of recalbox on your Raspberrry Pi 5. We'll cover the entire setup from beginning to end, including writing the image to the microSD card, how to copy your games & BIOS files, scraping artwork, some advanced setup and more. For more Raspberry Pi 5 content, please see my written guide here: wagnerstechtalk.com/rpi5

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Stuff you'll need
01:23 - Install Raspberry Pi Imager
01:53 - Write recalbox to the microSD card
03:08 - Connections & recalbox First Boot
03:54 - Turn off background music & keyboard usage
04:41 - Map Controller
05:27 - Network Connections
06:39 - Copy BIOS and ROMs (games)
09:00 - Copy directly to microSD card
09:37 - Update Game Lists
10:03 - BIOS Check
10:22 - Scraper for artwork & game info.
11:06 - Start & Exit a game
11:37 - Advanced Settings/Change Emulator
12:39 - Properly Shutdown Recalbox/Pi5
12:56 - Outro

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