Guide: Ponzu (Legacy AppImage Loader)

Ponzu is an temporary as-is function that is searching for user provided Citra and Yuzu AppImages and make them available as emulators inside RetroDECK.

Should this be seen as official support for the removed emulators?

No, the only official and supported defaults are Ryujinx and Citra-core in RetroArch.

RetroDECK will not provide any new: configs, bugfixes, improvements or support towards the AppImages. There is also a risk that future updates can break the compatibility with the AppImages (because they are no longer maintained and dead), this is a as-is solution.

We strongly recommenced everyone to just use Ponzu as a way to safely migrate to Ryujinx or the Citra-core (save and move).

Where to put the AppImages

Ponzu is looking for the AppImages in the retrodeck/ponzu/ directory (lowercase).

Accepted filenames & versions

Yuzu*.AppImage
yuzu*.AppImage
Citra*.AppImage
citra*.Appimage

Where * means that there can be a combination of any character.

How to:

Note you need to COPY the appimages as RetroDECK will consume them for the necessary files.

Create the retrodeck/ponzu/ folder
COPY the AppImages in there
Open RetroDECK and wait.
When RetroDECK is loaded you can point towards the AppImages (if they still work)

How to uninstall the emulators

Open Configurator
Navigate to RetroDECK Tools
Run Ponzu - Remove Ponzu
This removes the Emulators.

Your saves and games will not be deleted, so if you decide to re-install them everything will be as you left, except for the configurations that they will reset as RetroDECK legacy defaults.

Note on Full Reset

If you do a Full Reset of RetroDECK you will need to do the Ponzu process again.

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