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Burn Batocera

Batocera is the OS that runs the games. Download the image, flash it to a USB stick or SD card (32 GB+), then boot from it. Flashing erases the drive.

All platforms

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    Download the image from batocera.org/download (pick your hardware).
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    balenaEtcher runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and is the easiest option.

Windows

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    balenaEtcher or Rufus → select the image → select your USB/SD → Flash.

macOS

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    balenaEtcher → image → drive → Flash. (Advanced: sudo dd if=batocera.img of=/dev/diskN bs=4m — check diskN first.)

Linux

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    balenaEtcher, or sudo dd if=batocera.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress (sdX = the whole device, not a partition), then sync.
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