diff --git a/platforms/emudeck.yml b/platforms/emudeck.yml
index e2db9d80..5ef9d2eb 100644
--- a/platforms/emudeck.yml
+++ b/platforms/emudeck.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ standalone_cores:
 - xenia
 - xenianative
 - yuzu
+dual_mode_cores:
+- flycast
+- mame
+- melonds
+- mgba
+- mupen64plus_next
+- ppsspp
+- scummvm
 systems:
   sony-playstation:
     files:
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/emudeck_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/emudeck_scraper.py
index 75381a5b..4f72adef 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/emudeck_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/emudeck_scraper.py
@@ -231,6 +231,25 @@ def launcher_revision(url: str) -> str:
     return found.group(1)
 
 
+RETROARCH_SCRIPT = "functions/EmuScripts/emuDeckRetroArch.sh"
+
+
+def installed_libretro_cores(script: str) -> list[str]:
+    """The cores RetroArch_installCores downloads, without the _libretro suffix."""
+    body = re.search(r"RetroArch_installCores\(\)\s*\{(.*?)\n\}", script, re.S)
+    array = re.search(r"RAcores=\((.*?)\)", body.group(1), re.S) if body else None
+    if array is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{RETROARCH_SCRIPT}: no RAcores list in RetroArch_installCores")
+    cores = [
+        word.removesuffix("_libretro")
+        for word in array.group(1).replace("\\", " ").split()
+        if word.endswith("_libretro")
+    ]
+    if not cores:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{RETROARCH_SCRIPT}: RAcores names no core")
+    return cores
+
+
 class Scraper(BaseScraper):
     """Scraper for EmuDeck checkBIOS.sh and CSV cheat sheets."""
 
@@ -451,6 +470,9 @@ class Scraper(BaseScraper):
         version = fetch_github_latest_version("dragoonDorise/EmuDeck")
 
         cores = self._fetch_installed_emulators()
+        standalone = [core for core in cores if core != "retroarch"]
+        tree = RepoTree.github(EMUDECK_REPO, launcher_revision(self.checkbios_url))
+        libretro = set(installed_libretro_cores(tree.read(RETROARCH_SCRIPT)))
 
         return {
             "platform": "EmuDeck",
@@ -469,12 +491,14 @@ class Scraper(BaseScraper):
             # Dolphin, Cemu, xemu, ARMSX2 and Supermodel ran with the libretro
             # layout and lost their standalone-only files. A profile with no
             # standalone build keeps its layout (runs_standalone).
-            "standalone_cores": [core for core in cores if core != "retroarch"],
+            "standalone_cores": standalone,
+            # RetroArch_installCores downloads a libretro build of some of
+            # them (flycast_libretro reads system/dc/ beside the standalone
+            # Flycast's flycast/bios/): both layouts are packed.
+            "dual_mode_cores": [core for core in standalone if core in libretro],
             "systems": systems,
             # Read at the commit checkBIOS.sh comes from.
-            "launchers": extract_launchers(
-                RepoTree.github(EMUDECK_REPO, launcher_revision(self.checkbios_url))
-            ),
+            "launchers": extract_launchers(tree),
         }
 
     def _fetch_installed_emulators(self) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_standalone_links.py b/tests/test_standalone_links.py
index 6062eb2d..6b2efa45 100644
--- a/tests/test_standalone_links.py
+++ b/tests/test_standalone_links.py
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ class Layout(unittest.TestCase):
         libretro = next(view for view, standalone in views if not standalone)
         self.assertIs(libretro, PROFILE)
 
+    def test_dual_mode_gets_both_layouts(self) -> None:
+        # The libretro build still reads dc/, the standalone build the
+        # linked folder: neither loses a file to the other.
+        cfg = {**config(link("emu", "$biosdir/emu", "$home/.local/share/emu is a symlink to it"),
+                        base="BIOS"), "dual_mode_cores": ["emu"]}
+        views = dict((standalone, view) for view, standalone in
+                     platform_layouts("emu", PROFILE, standalone_set(cfg)))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [f["path"] for f in views[False]["files"]], ["dc/boot.bin", "dc/set.zip", "dc/shared.bin"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [f.get("standalone_path") for f in views[True]["files"]], ["emu/boot.bin", "emu/set.zip", None]
+        )
+
     def test_union_of_platforms_with_two_folders_keeps_the_profile_layout(self) -> None:
         union = standalone_set(config(self.LINKED, base="BIOS")) | standalone_set(config(
             link("emu", "${biosPath}/emu/bios", "symlink ${biosPath}/emu/bios -> ${HOME}/.local/share/emu"),
@@ -220,7 +234,39 @@ class FlycastOnEachPlatform(unittest.TestCase):
                         )
 
 
+    def test_emudeck_keeps_the_libretro_layout_beside_the_linked_one(self) -> None:
+        # EmuDeck's RetroArch_installCores downloads flycast_libretro, which
+        # reads system/dc/, next to the standalone Flycast in flycast/bios/.
+        cfg = load_platform_config("emudeck", str(REPO_ROOT / "platforms"))
+        self.assertIn("flycast", cfg.get("dual_mode_cores") or [])
+        views = {
+            standalone: view
+            for view, standalone in platform_layouts("flycast", self.profile, standalone_set(cfg))
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(set(views), {False, True})
+        for entry in views[False]["files"]:
+            self.assertTrue(entry["path"].startswith("dc/"), entry["path"])
+        for entry in views[True]["files"]:
+            self.assertTrue(entry["standalone_path"].startswith("flycast/bios/"))
+
+
 class Scrapers(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_emudeck_installed_libretro_cores(self) -> None:
+        from scraper.emudeck_scraper import installed_libretro_cores
+
+        script = textwrap.dedent("""\
+            RetroArch_installCores(){
+            \tRAcores=(
+            \t\t\t81_libretro \\
+            \t\t\tflycast_libretro \\
+            \t\t\tmesen-s_libretro \\
+            \t\t\t)
+            }
+            """)
+        self.assertEqual(installed_libretro_cores(script), ["81", "flycast", "mesen-s"])
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            installed_libretro_cores("RetroArch_installCores(){\n}\n")
+
     """The records each platform's scraper writes for these directories."""
 
     def test_rocknix_patched_data_directory(self) -> None: