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unijeje edited this page Aug 18, 2026 · 10 revisions

Configure the path to each emulators or the program launch command if its installed:

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Then select the platform as prefix when adding the game in the sidebar.

Timetracking will still work with emulated games, but take into consideration that most emulators run with native wayland, so in desktops other than KDE it's not supported, as a workaround you can add the environment variable QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb it should work with most qt frontend emulators. The log filename is stored by platform + game name, so for multiple discs either use the same name changing the iso path to the new disc if you want to keep the playtime between all discs, or make a new entry with different name if you want the playtime separated by disc.

In the same way linux-rt-upscaler can also work if you launch the emulator as xwayland with the env var QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb.

Google cloud sync also works, however you will have to manually select the savedata path for memory cards or specific game, example: /home/deck/.config/PCSX2/memcards/ or /home/deck/.config/rpcs3/dev_hdd0/home/00000001/savedata/NPJB00380-SAVE/. No automatic savedata detection for now.

Normal logic to open the games is emulator.appimage /path/to/game.iso which works with all emulators tested, if some emulator doesn't work feel free to open an issue and I'll manually patch it if possible.

Platforms added: PSX,PS2,PSP,PS3,Switch. If someone wants a new platform feel free open a PR (similar to this commit) or issue and I'll add it.

Emulators tested:

RPCS3

  • Game path select the eboot bin file, example: /home/deck/games/BLJM61043/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/EBOOT.BIN
  • RPCS3 also supports by game id: %RPCS3_GAMEID%:BLJM61043, additionally also putting BLJM61043 will work as LVNM will add the rest before launching the game.
  • Automatically applies --no-gui to skip the launcher and go straight to the game.
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Duckstation

  • Game path select the iso of the game.
  • Useful arguments you may want to use once the emulator is set up: -fastboot -batch -nogui -resume

PCSX2

  • Game path select the iso of the game.
  • Useful arguments you may want to use once the emulator is set up: -fastboot -batch -nogui

PPSSPP

  • Game path select the iso of the game.

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