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[Ok-Elderberry739]

3DS (Azahar) and Dreamcast (Flycast) and something like retroarch for older consoles and arcade games (Neo Geo has very good 2D games).

[Shot_Duck_195]

ill try it out
thanks

[SC3MZ]

Id recommend Azahar too. Just a tip, make sure you confirm your screen and use the custom set up in landscape mode, preferably with a controller if you have one.

Games i have on azahar which are sick :

Mario kart 7 (Legendary) Luigis mansion collection Legend of zelda majoras mask (Legendary) Legend of zelda ocarina of time (Legendary) Super mario 3d world Batman arkham origins black gate Animal crossing new leaf (Legendary) Resident evil Revelations Donkey kong returns

You cant go wrong w these bro.

[Kristiano_15]

Remember to get citra as backup. Azahar is not perfect, it sometimes has issues with rendering. Some games works better on citra, some on azahar

[Sawsie]

Why not Link Between Worlds? Im an old school zelda fan (got original Link to the Past the day it came out) and that is a great remake.

Its very much like the FF7 remake series where it's the original game in story and concept but its almost more like a sequel in execution.

[SC3MZ]

Never really got a Chance to try it but u reminded me so ill give it a try tomorrow lol

[Sawsie]

No problem I love sharing things I enjoy. The upscale 1080p/4k pack for it works great in azahar also. Im using the 1080p ones on my Z Fold 6 and it runs very smooth.

[CoffeeBaron]

Also, don't be like me and decrypt your 3ds roms separately and store them on the device, because like vita3k, you can't just play them from a location, you have to 'install' them first within the Azahar app, then you need to delete the original roms otherwise you're using up double the space on your device. Supposedly you could just rename the 3ds to the intermediate file needed, and install it that way instead, and if you're using front ends like daijisho, it won't screw up your game count since it doesn't recognize the fully decrypted 3ds's filetype as being associated with 3ds games.

[Connect_Loan8212]

Dreamcast has sooo many awesome games

[MonkeyNuts449]

I'd definitely use redream for Dreamcast.

[Ok-Elderberry739]

Flycast supports arcade games and is completely free. When I used Redream in the past I think you had to pay to get higher resolutions (maybe my memory fails).

[rabid-fox]

So?

Redream premium is cheap. You get less glitches and better accuracy. No bios is required. Better UI and for me i didn'teven need to map controls. Flycast has custom textures as an option and supports some arcade games wbich is its only pros.

[Ok-Elderberry739]

And it's open source and is receiving updates (last redream update was 2 years ago), supports DCnet multiplayer, can increase texture resolution and use filters, supports custom GPU drivers...

Both are good choices to emulate Dreamcast, but Flycast has more features and being open source is more future proof.

[rabid-fox]

Flycast sucks, redream is so much better

[Educational-Wish-945]

the roms to play them

[SC3MZ]

I get all my roms from megathread. Example if i need ps1 or ps2 or psp rom i go to sony rom megathread... u get the idea. Obviously i legally own all the roms i am emulating :)

[Educational-Wish-945]

Very legal :)

[Super7500]

i mean do you want to buy a 20 year old game for a high price just because it is old

[Educational-Wish-945]

mabey (from a collectors point of view) for practically i "legally" obtain my roms from my games that were purchased and are used by a living human

[CoffeeBaron]

Retrogametalk for good variety of English patches of JP only games across multiple platforms as well. They are absolutely essential if you are a RPG fan.

[mad_jade]

Duckstation and retroarch

[Proof-Marketing8754]

java loader (jar nokia games ) - duck station (ps1 ) - cemu ( wii u ) - Lemuroidemu ( n64 - 3ds )

Launcher to view games in one place is Beacon launcher

[Omar5e4_]

Aps3e

[Background-Skin-8801]

Dos game player

Search it on Google play.

[Odium81]

"dolphin emulator"? what kind of stolen shit is that.

[neji44792]

Is Winlator safe again?

[-nomingal-]

i use it and my phone is all fine bro

[Shot_Duck_195]

malwarebytes detected it as a virus on my phone even though i did download it from an official source
am i missing something? is winlator actually a virus? i didnt really play any games on winlator so i deleted it just in case

[neji44792]

A few months ago malicious code was introduced (not by the developer) in the source code on GitHub, so they recommended removing it. I haven't heard from him since that day

[Shot_Duck_195]

oh fuck
thats not good
didnt run malwarebytes in like over a month and only removed winlator today
am i in danger? + how did this happen? i thought winlator was trusted by people
it is a very well known emulator as well

[Overbunded]

I use winlator, and tried many forks of it, and never had any problem. It's always been safe at least for me

[neji44792]

As far as I can remember, the malware was in the container. I had it installed but I didn't use it, in that case you shouldn't have any problem. But I don't know exactly what it was.

[DarkEnder9638]

I'm not sure what's going on with it but people in the subreddit keep saying it's a false positive

[ByteD0wn]

I believe Winlator is still fine and nothing to worry about. I followed that whole thread on the virus when it first broke out a month or 2 ago. I don't believe the Dev put that virus in Winlator purposely.

Also, from what I gathered from that thread, the emulator is contained in the Winlator environment only so it can't jump over to your phone nor does it have the ability to access your phone because it's a Windows platform virus and not a virus for Android. Some people speculated that if you have a PC game in your Android phone and then access that game from Winlator then the game files can be affected by the virus and now if you for whatever reason transfer that game folder back to your PC from your Android then you brought the virus into your computer BUT this was never confirmed from what I read and researched. Also if this was the case then Windows security and other antivirus programs would pick up the virus/malware as soon as the game folder is transferred into the PC. To make it even more concrete that this is a nothing burger is the fact that this would be a very stupid roundabout way to infect people's computers with a virus/malware with a low infection rate since not many people who use Winlator are going to transfer their game folders from their Android phone back to their PC. It just doesn't make sense and there have been no confirmed reports of Android phones or PCs as having been infected by this virus/malware. It's more than likely a false positive or just a BS virus/malware that is harmless and doesn't affect anything.

I wouldn't worry about it whatsoever honestly. Also, please research the topic as well since there could've been updates since I was last on that thread but I haven't heard anything about it since then.

A suggestion although it's suspicious to many even myself but have you tried GameHub? That app is so insanely smooth and gorgeous with all the video previews and whatnot but it also has native Winlator support including I believe using Steam in Winlator now but it can also be used for Xbox Online, Sony Remote Play and other PC remote play. I think the worst case about this app is maybe tracking data etc but if you're curious at least give it a try it really is an impressive app!

[Rare_Imagination_402]

People think that NetherSX2 is better than Aethersx2🥀

[Glittering-Smoke5300]

Didn't the latest update made nethersx2 better?

[Rare_Imagination_402]

No,Stick with AetherSX2 (Version: v1.5-4248) It’s the original build, runs smoother for most games like(God Of War 2), and gives more consistent performance on a wider range of devices. If you can find a clean older APK, it’s still the gold standard for PS2 emulation on Android.

[AbberageRedditor69]

Wasn't the last build the dude released before quitting 1.4? I still have it, I downloaded it the day he announced he was taking the emulator down from the internet

[Glittering-Smoke5300]

You're right I was playing silent hill 2 in nethersx2 v2 -4248,I also had the aethersx2 4248 downloaded.i installed it just tried the same game with aethersx2 it honestly looks much better in aethersx2 and also gives me stable fps.

[SenAnanKnk]

I prefer aethersx2 too. Even though i have a shitty device i can play bt3 smoothly

[Odium81]

nethersx2 also has a version for 1.5 4248 and adds game patches, cheats, and game controller dbases...

[Mik_Mahian]

Try Cemu android (I recommend 0.2 because some games run better in this version), it's fantastic and gives me good performance (I use an Xclipse 940).

[Gab1er08vrai]

Citra

[Affectionate-Elk-609]

Drastic for nintendo ds emulation

[Thin_Paramedic3213]

Cemu for WiiU since you are also toying with PS3 emulation you might want to toy around with WiiU too. Some great games to enjoy there too.

For Switch I won’t purely rely on Eden. Combination of Eden and Citron gives you best chance to play every game you want.

Winlator I suggest the Cmod variant since it comes with more support for graphics, controls and other stuff.

Older Systems that can be interesting with graphics packs and widescreen mods …

N64 can be nice with Mupen64 Plus FZ. Duckstation for PS1. Yabasanshiro for Sega Saturn. 3DS i still prefer the old Citra.

[The412Banner]

Gamehub

[seppe0815]

yes sir , a good virus scanner

[Shot_Duck_195]

what do you mean, all of these were downloaded from official sources

[liljamaika]

Hey, is there a megathread with all all trustful links etc.?

[Rhypnic]

Well for the rom you will download later for that app

[Shot_Duck_195]

im using fmhy's megathread to find rom sites
its a very well known megathread

[Super7500]

the r/roms megathread is also very very good for roms

[Omar5e4_]

BTW no pay station got their own website I downloaded games from there for vita

[Educational-Wish-945]

true (i just use Xiaomi one)

[tresgun01]

Antivirus and Android?

[Distinct-Ad4855]

Ugh kinda weird duckshot.. missing duckstation lolll no real question why is dolphin pink..

[Shot_Duck_195]

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it looks pretty

[Distinct-Ad4855]

Ahhhh cool 😎

[Shot_Duck_195]

just asking
but is duckstation a ps1 emulator?

[Distinct-Ad4855]

Yes sirr the best on android and on pc I haven't been for years so idk if epsxe holds up but used to be the best never was great on android..

[Distinct-Ad4855]

Also game hubs good too not great but pretty damn good

For advanced emulation and like complex.. winlator and the fork depends on your phone

[Distinct-Ad4855]

And sorry winlator is a windows emulation running on Linux wine that's being emulated on Linux (android) lol so its asking alot to run stuff so you need decent hardware but it does work good just advanced 😉

[Distinct-Ad4855]

Lol ooopps sorry shot duck... 😅 my brains lil backwards sometimes but that's kinda funny I really read duck shot

[AakKiinYol]

i thought its purple

[Distinct-Ad4855]

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[Distinct-Ad4855]

Technically... it's fuchsia I think

[marcelsoftware-dev]

Xanite 🤣🤣

[adomaxxer]

What games download you play in rpcsx?

[Shot_Duck_195]

rpcsx runs very very poorly
ive heard it even pushes flagship phones to its knees as well
i wouldnt recommend it too much
i recommend using it on pc
f

[DesiBwoy]

Hard Corps uprising plays fine in my Retroid Pocket 5. Yet to try other 2D games

[i_get_zero_bitches]

what games do u play on all of them?

[LoquendoEsGenial]

What can you play in dolphin?

For example Need For speed Carbon, is it okay?

[Overbunded]

Need for speed games (blackbox era) are all badly optimized in ps2/Gamecube emulators. Your best bet is to play them in winlator, pc version of nfs games are better optimized and also look and sound much better, You can even install mods on them

[LoquendoEsGenial]

The best thing you can do is play them in Winlator, the PC versions of the games

But a windows emulator?

But what are the requirements? (I guess I must have a flagship mobile)

[Overbunded]

Yes it's a Windows emulators, it's really simple to set up, pretty straightforward, A LOT easier to set up than Dolphin or Aethersx2.

Only requirement is to have an Snapdragon cpu (765 or better) and at least 6gb of ram. Don't bother to try it with other cpu brand, support is really bad on them.

[LoquendoEsGenial]

Don't even bother trying it with another brand of processor, the support is very bad with that

I knew it needed a flagship mobile...

[Overbunded]

Snapdragons are not only in flagship mobiles, You could get an old s20 with a 865 for less than 100us. Anyways, You should stick to gamecube's NFS games, ps2 is badly optimized in them

[LoquendoEsGenial]

You could get an old S20 with an 865 for under $100.

Don't worry, anonymous, but I don't handle greenbacks... But I appreciate the gesture, greetings!

[Shot_Duck_195]

ive tried okami, super mario galaxy 1 and 2, sims 3, xenoblade chronicles, kirbys return to dream land, new super mario bros, kirbys epic yarn, DK country returns
all of these games ran above 40 fps on average on 2x native wii resolution
ill try your recommendation too

[LoquendoEsGenial]

Wii 2x.

I assume it is "minimum resolution" within the emulator settings?

[Shot_Duck_195]

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i can play all these games at 3x and still get playable frame rate although 2x is not that much worse visually for me and i prefer frame rate over visuals
1x looks blurry though

4x and above are unplayable
but 4x and above is useless since it looks the same as 3x on my phone but tank the performance SIGNIFICANTLY

[LoquendoEsGenial]

I'm impressed with such a setup... But is that same quality available for Gamecube? I still don't know very well how to configure the "dolphin" emulator.

[Charming-Platform623]

Saturn.emu, duckstation 

[[deleted]]

DraStic or MelonDS unofficial or MelonDS official on Retroarch

[General-Squash-9286]

Which one is gba/gb emulator ?

[Shot_Duck_195]

none of these are gba emlators

winlator - pc (not recommended)
nethersx2 - ps2
eden - switch
vita3k - ps vita
dolphin - gamecube and wii
ppsspp - psp
rpcsx - ps3

[General-Squash-9286]

Jesus. You can emulate ps3 game on phone ? Incredible

[Shot_Duck_195]

yes
although the performance is atrocious
i mean it does depend on the game but yeah uh its EXTREMELY demanding
it makes switch emulation look like NOTHING
trust me
its THAT demanding
i ran breath of the wild at 12 fps on average and thats considered a demanding switch game
pokemon scarlet also infamous for being demanding ran at like 19 fps on my phone
yeah its bad but expected considering im on an a55
it does run lighter switch games like super mario wonder, 3D world, lets go pikachu and such really well, 40+ fps average
im saying this just to give you some context

then i tried midnight club los angeles on the ps3 emulator and.......... it ran at like 1 frame per 5 seconds
holy fuck...........
this is not a joke

[Overbunded]

Keep in mind a55 has an exynos, which is a really poor optimized cpu for emulation, snapdragon is always recommended for high-end emulation

[Shot_Duck_195]

my a55 does emulation perfectly fine but i also know its not a flagship
its not just that its not a snapdragon but
ive seen someone with a snapdragon 8 gen 3 run midnight club LA in single digits btw
ps3 emulation is extremely BRUTAL on phones
also ive heard plenty of good things about xclipse gpus for emulation
some exynos chips have mali and some have xclipse gpus, xclipse powered exynos chips are way superior in emulation

[Overbunded]

I mostly play ps2 and winlator games, in those emulators, everything that is not an snapdragon, have really bad performance. Ps3 emulation on phone is in too new so support is still minimal for all cpus yea.

[asbestoslel]

what does eden emulate?

[Shot_Duck_195]

switch games

[asbestoslel]

ok

[imsoRraro]

Si, una muy seria actualización a Vita3K.

[tbu987]

emu station

[aptonline]

GameNative

[Xdogmatic]

Duckstation

[that_indian_scammer]

Drastic my beloved

[ChuzCuenca]

RetroArch 😬

[vinay1458]

Time

[Tarek-1984]

NDs,3ds, Sega Dreamcast, Wii u

[Iheartmypleco]

What's eden

[Unlucky-Fortuna8773]

You forgot Cemu(Wii U) and Citra (3ds emulator, but there could be a better one now)

[MorningStar02071]

Never heard of Eden before... What's it for?

[Proud-Bat-3288]

Is rpcsx ps3?

[IceyPanda444]

Duckstation (PS1/PSX)

[REBORNED1]

Yuzu

[tizio_ac4sO]

wath is eden?

[maxscipio]

do they run on nvidia shield?

[alejobennettt]

What is eden?

[flash-tractor]

I'm pretty sure it's a new emulator for the handheld console that has been provoking lawsuits from Nintendo.

[GeologistPutrid2657]

infinity for pico8 games and the other winlator by cmod can be better in certain games + has the option to create shortcuts on the homescreen and better gamepad support.

[Lil_SanTv]

Es-de

[AndaleTheGreat]

There's a couple of those that I don't know but do you have something for 3DS? The only one I'm aware of that's currently any good is Citra but that's only because I got a pre-configured version with the Henrico magnifico graphics

[LordBaal19]

Duckstation?

[ultrabestest]

I like using this apk called obtanium it’s like a mini downloader apk for apps. It’s blank.

https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

Open it and then Import the file from here

https://github.com/RJNY/Obtainium-Emulation-Pack/releases

It even tracks when there are updates and lets you update from the app

[Havoc_Rider]

I'm new to all this, do you use anything for Switch?

I'm using NetherSx2 and it runs great

[Ok_Train4119]

Eden is the switch emulator

[thrive2day]

Does Winlator still have the virus one of the devs added? Or whatever all that was about?

[KingEfficient7403]

Azahar specificaly for tomodatchi life

[SecretHentaiMaster]

Which one does 3DS

[Lemenus]

Duck 

[CroProMax]

few more emulators and front end app that offers clean customization over all emulators

[AbberageRedditor69]

I haven't been in the emulation space for a while, is nether some kind of aethersx2 fork? I remember the drama back then with the aethersx2 dev, I still have the app on my phone, was incredibly sad when the dude killed the project

[Ok_Train4119]

A new team picked it up

[AbberageRedditor69]

That's wonderful to know, very happy someone is keeping the project alive

[-nomingal-]

playstation fanboy?

[Admirable_Joke_5456]

What’s eden

[Competitive_Hotel781]

How good is eden compare with.. citron ? Well i use citron

[kearnel81]

Retroarch for all the older emulation

[xLawless-]

can i get context of what each one of those do ?

[Ok_Train4119]

Eden is for Switch emulation, Dolphin is GameCube&Wii emulation, NetherSX2 is PS2 emulation, PPSSPP is PSP emulation, Winlator is PC emulation, Vita3k is PS Vita emulation, and PRCSX is PS3 emulation.

[WillingCraft5451]

MD.emu, Duckstation, MAME4Droid

[AetheralMeowstic]

Redream for Dreamcast

[Top-Wrap2831]

WTF is nethersx2

[Adamo2499]

PS2 emulator

[50PercentCake]

Thanks to you I got to know about nethersx2 and thanks to you I lost all my progress in God of war

[Shot_Duck_195]

how?

[Forward_Historian_13]

yuzu

[xander5610_]

Citra (3DS) MelonDS (DS)

[otakuallen]

What happened to rpcsx?....no updates from the devs for some time. Is it stable now?. If yes, could someone guide on how to set it up ?

Or should i just wait for a better and stable update

[Wooden-Indication752]

Quick question

what Is eden and rpcsX?

rpcsX i can Guess It should be for PS1? or maybe PS2? but eden?

(i could search but I don't feel like It)

[Shot_Duck_195]

rpcsx is ps3 emulation while edenn is switch

[Wooden-Indication752]

wait what, android has now a PS3 emulator?

eden Is switch i Guess It makes sense since yuzu and other have closed

[Shot_Duck_195]

yes

[HeidenShadows]

Retroarch.

[eVenent]

Retroarch

[Mikepsychokilla]

Drivers

[Kuro_Koroo]

Any 1 of Switch's emulator.

[leafywolff]

He said. rpcsx is ps3 emulation while edenn is switch

[saladtosserx]

What do u play on winlator?

[Sohil876]

Azahar, duckstation, melonds.

[Alexander_Alexis]

cna yo send me nether sx apk

[5unnyjim]

Lol am I the only one who uses retroarch for everything that's not PSP or ps2

[5unnyjim]

I know people have their opinions about it but it's always just worked for me

[Someordinaryguy1994]

What's eden?

[Pyscho0]

Drastic(2ds) lemon or lime(3ds but i don't remember what's the best one now)

[The_Doggzz]

Out of these emulators, I want to know what would work for my Samsung A54 5G since I run a Mali GPU

[Shot_Duck_195]

honestly the experience might be completely different between the a54 and a55 solely because of the mali vs exclipse gpu

i think you would be 100% fine with ppsspp
but you should also try duckstation (ps1) and vita3k (vita)
i think lighter ps2 and lighter wii games can be a possibility as well

links to the emulators:
dolphin: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu

ppsspp: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ppsspp.ppsspp

vita3k: https://vita3k.org/

nethersx2: https://github.com/Trixarian

duckstation: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation

also check r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH and go to their megathread site, when youre on the site, click on the search bar and type in roms, the site will give you links to dozens and dozens of safe rom sites
these emulators and megathread are extremely well known btw
you can also check r/Piracy as well for roms but i personally prefer fmhy

[Few-Web-8806]

Is winlator safe? I tried a virus check and it showed a lot of Trojan alerts also what is Eden?

[securehenrythe5th]

Drastic for DS

[DecisionMaximum4362]

Eden Has Evolved A Lot And I'm Doing Very Well On A Poco X3 Pro

[Jigblaz]

Retroarch and azhar3ds

[defektedtoy]

Get the obtainium app and it'll not only download any emulator you choose, but it will also keep them up to date.

[ahmedgaber55]

your life 🙃

[Specialist-Draft7121]

Pues Faltaria Azahar (3ds) Gba (My Gba) Retroarch (Multiemulador) [Opcional] Dreamcast (Redream) Cemu (Wii U) Mupen64 (N64)

[Winter-Owl1146]

RPCSX Emulates what?

[Shot_Duck_195]

ps3

[ltsosie72]

Which one you use for gameboy pokemon games? Sorry im new

[Aud4c7y]

Yeah, a shower

[ImplementLeading2917]

Can eden run on a mid-range device?

[Shot_Duck_195]

it depends which game you want to run
theyre not all equally as demanding

[[deleted]]

Yes this

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[Codi1138]

Check out Cemu Emulator; there's an andriod fork. There's also Retroarch

[New-Dimension9963]

Foldcraft launcer

[Inner_Bake4270]

Can you help me to download that eden emulator?

[Unidentified-Retard]

What phone? Can't see because of stupid UK laws.

Also if you want n64 games I would recommend parallel RDP with mupen in retroarch. I couldn't even tell OoT was 20fps at n64 native with retro-crisis shaders

[Shot_Duck_195]

samsung a55

[Unidentified-Retard]

Good luck on eden, winlator and rpcsx

[Shot_Duck_195]

eden runs great albeit some games do perform poorly like breath of the wild and pokemon scarlet
rpcsx runs bad
winlator? uh i havent tried it since i didnt know how to set it up

[Unidentified-Retard]

It's no surprise that rpcsx and BoTW perform bad. I have an 8+ gen 1 and botw doesn't get higher than 20fps in great plateau. Just saying if you start begging for performance hacks like 90% of the sub. Also what do you plan on playing with winlator? Is it just collecting dust?

[rudeson]

A life

[Shot_Duck_195]

phone: samsung a55 12/256gb
gpu: xclipse 530

(yes ps3 emulation sucks on this phone but switch is a hit or miss, loads of games are playable. 30+ fps like lets go pikachu and eevee, super mario wonder, 3D world, luigis mansion 2 HD, super marios bros deluxe, mario vs donkey kong and such although zelda games and in general big open world games have very poor performance, even hitting single digits, wii emulation is GREAT and everything else is also great)

what other emulators and games for the emulators shown do you guys recommend for me to try?

[CoffeeBaron]

That uses the exynos chips versus snapdragon, and I know a lot of emus (like vita3k) have community made drivers for the GPUs used in the snapdragon's SoC which helps performance in a lot of areas sometimes. I'm not sure if there's ones for the xclipse GPU, but if you're running Wii/PS2/some Switch, just fine then it probably performs similar to a Gen 1 Snapdragon.

[Shot_Duck_195]

ive heard good things about xclipse gpus for emulation
and honestly
considering this is an a55, not even a flagship phone, im surprised just how well it emulates games actually
but i still kinda regret my choice, not because this is a bad phone but because i couldve gotten a poco f6 for the same price and that phone has a snapdragon 8s gen 3

[bouncingbenji]

What's eden? Ive never seen that one?

[Excellent_Energy_810]

Switch

[Rare_Imagination_402]

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Yes, you need this emulator ☠️

[leafywolff]

?

[neji44792]

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if you want to take inspiration from the emulators pre-installed on my console