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June 14, 2024

ES-DE 3.0.3-26 is now available for download

Hi!

We're happy to announce that ES-DE 3.0.3-26 for Android is now available for download!

This release enables a lot of new systems which brings Android much closer to the ES-DE desktop ports as far as system support is concerned. It also brings experimental support for setting ES-DE as the Android home app, introduces some new theme engine functionality and fixes a couple of bugs.

See the Changelog for all details.

It's recommended to read the documentation about setting ES-DE as the home app if you intend to use this functionality:

https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#running-es-de-as-the-android-home-app

Download link: ES-DE_3.0.3-26.apk

MD5 hash: 3708f91bb921ff2ad87e53db21f380ff

Note that you can't reply to this email, if you need support then please join our Discord server.

https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

Enjoy the release!

Comments (57)

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zach m · August 21, 2025

Hello i am trying to figure out why I keep getting error when scraping it was working and then said I exceeded my limit for the day , its been like 4 days since but when im trying to scrape i keep getting this Network error: server returned HTTP ERROR CODE 403 I have a RETROID POCKET FLIP 2 Can you help me with this?

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ES-DE Frontend · August 21, 2025

Hi, if you're using TheGamesDB then their scrape limit is reset on a monthly basis I think, not per day. For ScreenScraper it should be daily though, so in case you're using ScreenScraper please check with them. They have a Discord server.

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Ant · September 6, 2024

THIS THING IS GORGEOUS! CONGRATULATIONS ES-DE TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR NOT RIPPING US OFF AND ALL THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE TO US.

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ES-DE Frontend · September 6, 2024

I'm very happy to hear that you appreciate ES-DE :)

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Christian Meyer · August 31, 2024

It is Not possible to Launch Games from ES-DE into retroarch plus. Everything ist Setup correctly: Rompaths, cores within retroarch... The Games start without Problems if i Launch them within retroarch directly. But when i Launch them from ES-DE retroarch Boots Up into a black Screen. Nothing more. When I am trying to Launch Games from daijisho into retroarch everything works as expected. And this Frontend is for free in Playstore... Pixel 7 Pro

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ES-DE Frontend · August 31, 2024

Hi, these very old RetroArch versions on the Play store don't work with ES-DE, you need to install a current version from the RetroArch website. If you need further support I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Lowell Courville · August 27, 2024

I am an old retropie user who loved the emulation station and wanted to have it on Android. I bought this in hopes for it to work on my Android TVs. I have multiple different Android TV and worked on none. After being unable to install it, I decided to see if it would work on my phone which also didn't work. So not sure what this runs on. I am sure I could build a separate Android box but then I could just do that with RetroPie. I switched to Android TV so i could run Kodi without firestick or raspberri pi and would like to do the same with Emulation Station. I read about daijishou so tried to install and that installed so it is possible to run on Android TV. I do not want to go trhough the trouble to learn that one as i feel nothing is better then emulation station. Is there plans to later make it work on android TV? i could care less if it never runs on phones but guess if it runs on android tv it would also run on phones.

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ES-DE Frontend · August 28, 2024

Hi, as mentioned in the ES-DE documentation and the Patreon tier description you need a device running 64-bit Android 10 or later to run ES-DE. Unfortunately regular Android TV is a very crippled operating system, there is no SAF support and Google has even removed the SAF directory picker so it's a pretty useless platform for emulation. And ES-DE really likes at least 4 GB of RAM to run well and you can't even have that on a 32-bit operating system. There are however two custom 64-bit Android TV devices that work with ES-DE (could be more that we are not aware of) where SAF support is included. You can check the device compatibility list for more information about that: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#device-compatibility

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Al Cooper · August 21, 2024

I don't have enough space on my sd card to hold all roms. But I don't see a way for this to scan for other roms on the internal storage. Can someone help?

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ES-DE Frontend · August 21, 2024

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but I recommend joining our Discord server if you need support: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Gary Baker · August 19, 2024

I’ve installed es-do on my rg556 which is working well in most cases. I seem to have a problem with stand-alone emulators psx and ps2 plus few others. They all work within the emulators but just hang with a black screen when run.from em-do. I’ve checked the core is the duck station standalone in the setup menu of em-de. Can anybody help..

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ES-DE Frontend · August 19, 2024

This is some kind of setup issue, I recommend joining our Discord server to get support: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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rafael macionil · August 19, 2024

I installed it on the Amberniac RG 505 but it crashes in the first part and restarts the app, what should I do?

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ES-DE Frontend · August 19, 2024

That's a problem I've never heard of previously so I don't know actually. You could try joining our Discord server and see if someone has a solution. And if ultimately ES-DE doesn't work on your device I can give you a refund. https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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AstroFive · August 18, 2024

How's it going, is there an updated easy way to add your android apps and have them display as a system (android apps) every instructional I look for is from 4 months ago where you needed to use a different app to make ES your home app. Any help or even a link be greatly appreciated! (On retroid pocket 4 pro)

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ES-DE Frontend · August 18, 2024

Hi, no need to use a separate app to set ES-DE as your home app. Importing native Android apps and games into ES-DE still requies a separate app, although a built-in import tool is planned for a future release. If you need support I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Kyle Tempest · August 17, 2024

Where lies the es.systems.cfg? Cause i want to put manually some personal collections editing this document, like beatrmups shumps vertical and horizontal arcade games.

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ES-DE Frontend · August 17, 2024

If you need support then please join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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PigPen · August 16, 2024

I’m having issues getting PS2 games to launch when opening them from ES-DE but not directly from NetherSX I get an error message but can’t read the whole thing. Any ideas? Also if I set it as the home app, is there an appdrawer menu I can reach from within ES-DE? Edit: Found the answer to my home applications question in the Android documentation

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ES-DE Frontend · August 17, 2024

Hi, there is some kind of setup issue which prevents the emulator from working correctly, I recommend joining our Discord server to get support: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Kyle Tempest · August 15, 2024

Why do you do not answer me? Im a patroneer for you and you dont answer me... its sad, its the third time...

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ES-DE Frontend · August 15, 2024

I don't understand, I did answer you, and very quickly too?

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Kyle Tempest · August 14, 2024

Where do i put the bios files? Another issue i do have is, i already installed some emus and es-de keep telling emu is not present, how can i fix this please answer.

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ES-DE Frontend · August 14, 2024

The BIOS file location is an emulator question so please check the emulator documentation for that. Regarding ES-DE not finding your emulators I'm not sure, but I recommend joining our Discord server as someone there is hopefully able to assist: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Auto · August 14, 2024

This is a great frontend, easily the best looking and most streamlined once all set up and you are doing a great job adding new features. The one issue holding me back from switching is the scrapping support. About a 1/4th of my library does not get scraped or is missing various media (Such a boxart, title images or descriptions). For comparison, with Daijishō it finds around 95% of my titles with at least proper boxart. The two default scrapers of ES-DE seem to lack data on certain titles especially on systems such as the Vita and Switch. It would be great to be able to add additional scrapers manually (for example SteamgridDB) instead of having to frequently download and add box art and game descriptors which is a very time consuming process.

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ES-DE Frontend · August 14, 2024

Hi, happy to hear that you appreciate ES-DE! Support for additional scrapers is on the roadmap but I'm not sure yet when this will get implemented.

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Jhonatan Alfaro · August 12, 2024

Hey man enjoying the frontend is great i love how it looks , just have a question , I have a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and i used to play on Samsung Dex mode with the frontend but recently it says the app was designed to run on a phone so wouldn't let me open it you think you can fix that on a future update ?

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ES-DE Frontend · August 13, 2024

Hi, happy to hear that you appreciate ES-DE! Unfortunately DeX support is problematic as Samsung doesn't allow apps that can be set as the home app to run via DeX. This is not an ES-DE issue as there is nothing preventing ES-DE from working with DeX, instead it's a Samsung policy problem. The only way to make DeX work would be to completely remove the home app functionality, and that was one of the most requested features so I'm not really keen on doing that.

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deadfolk · August 9, 2024

Is direct launching scummvm titles on standalone ScummVM supported? I have tried with directories named like 'monkey2.scummvm' and text files similarly named and containing the game shortname. This works for Retroarch core, but standalone just launches into the ScummVM menu UI.

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ES-DE Frontend · August 9, 2024

Yes it's supported but the setup is very specific on Android: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#scummvm https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/USERGUIDE.md?ref_type=heads#scummvm If you need further support I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Alex · August 7, 2024

Is there a way to specify "Fallback Media Type" for ROMs? This would address the use case in which your theme is looking for media that isn't present – but another fallback media type is (e.g. box art, physical media, etc).

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ES-DE Frontend · August 7, 2024

Yes for sure, that is part of the theme engine and the theme developer can specify multiple fallback image types if they want to. It's documented here: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/THEMES.md?ref_type=heads

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David Pritchett · August 4, 2024

Request: Allow different systems to use different view types (list vs grid). Covers look great for most console systems but List is the only option for large computer collections

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ES-DE Frontend · August 4, 2024

That's already possible, you can find the theme engine documentation here: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/THEMES.md?ref_type=heads

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David Pritchett · August 4, 2024

Request: include physical media as part of view media

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ES-DE Frontend · August 4, 2024

These images are usually very low resolution so they look terrible when viewed full screen which is why they are not included in the media viewer.

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Guardian · August 4, 2024

Hello. I get an error message saying "There was a problem parsing the package" on my Retroid Pocket 2+. I can install fine on my phone though. Any clue on what the problem may be?

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ES-DE Frontend · August 4, 2024

Hi, probably that you are running Android 9 on your device. You need to upgrade to Android 10 or later to run ES-DE (I think your device supports Android 11). If you need further support I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Joey Del Mars Jr. · July 29, 2024

I like to know whether there will ever be a x32bit version?

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ES-DE Frontend · July 29, 2024

No that's not planned, it's almost only Android TV devices which are using a 32-bit operating system and these won't work with ES-DE anyway as they lack SAF support. This also means they can't run most modern emulators. And besides ES-DE doesn't run well on devices with less than 4 GB of RAM so 32-bit operating systems would be pretty unusable due to that reason as well.

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juggernaut · July 25, 2024

Hello I no longer wanna use this had my phone is crap but keep on taking the subscription can I have a refund please and how do I stop this has happening every month cheers

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ES-DE Frontend · July 25, 2024

Hi, you don't need to pay more than once to get future updates as you'll get these via email anyway. But I can see that you are already on the free tier so you don't need to do anything further.

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zach m · July 14, 2024

Hello I just downloaded ES I have the anbernic rg556 and I use both my internal and sd card for my roms but I can't figure out how to add another pathway to use my sd card, it only had be create and use a rom folder during the setup can someone help me with info on how to be able to use my sd card as well that has my other games. Pls and thank you in advance

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ES-DE Frontend · July 14, 2024

This is supported but not recommended: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#splitting-system-directories-across-multiple-storage-devices If you need further support I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Alberto Cardoso Paredes · July 1, 2024

Hi. I am using sudachi emulator for switch, and when i launch any game of this platform, they doesn't work because the software says that i need skyline emulator, it doesn’t recognise the sudachi emulator.

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ES-DE Frontend · July 1, 2024

Hi, Sudachi isn't officially supported by ES-DE. If you need help with customizing systems (like adding custom emulators) then please join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Ron Ramores · July 1, 2024

Is there a way I can add rom directory so I can use my external SD card?

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ES-DE Frontend · July 1, 2024

If you mean splitting your games across multiple storage devices then yes this is possible but not recommended. It's documented here: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#splitting-system-directories-across-multiple-storage-devices If you need support with this or anything else I recommend joining our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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DjPoppy · June 22, 2024

I have this problem too, with Odin 2 console and retroarch. Affected cores are 3DO Amiga Atari and many others...

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ES-DE Frontend · June 22, 2024

The RetroArch releases on the Play store are very old and don't work with ES-DE, install the one from their website instead. If you need further support then please join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Oscar Valencia · June 22, 2024

I have a problem with retroarch. Occurs with Atari consoles and I don't know if with others too, but open the games perfect in NES. I use retroarch plus. When I try to open a game I get a black screen and after the retroarch crashes. Can you give some advice

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ES-DE Frontend · June 22, 2024

The RetroArch releases on the Play store are very old and don't work with ES-DE, install the one from their website instead. If you need further support then please join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9

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Salvador Justo Roca · June 20, 2024

Nice update! Now we can use ES-DE as a principal launcher on Android. No other big changes or new features, just general polishing, with bug fixes and addition of a lot of emulated systems. Good job, dear developers!

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Leonardo Cruz · June 18, 2024

Is it possible to add an option to not scan new games every time you open ES-DE? It takes 1-2 minutes to open without any need, as the games are the same every day. No need to rescan the same 50,000 roms every day.

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ES-DE Frontend · June 18, 2024

You can read about some ways to improve startup times here: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/FAQ-ANDROID.md?ref_type=heads#es-de-takes-a-very-long-time-to-start-is-there-a-way-to-improve-this

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seru mano · June 16, 2024

1 - games doesn't open when "m64plus fz" and "redream" emulators are selected. 2 - ps2 games not launch using the nethersx2 emulator, only shows black screen using retroid pocket 4 pro

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ES-DE Frontend · June 16, 2024

All these emulators are supported so there is some kind of setup issue, please join our Discord server if you need help: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9