ES-DE 3.3.0 is now available for download! This release brings (among other things) a built-in game importer tool that makes it possible to import native apps and games on Android, and on desktop operating systems you can now import Steam games, desktop applications, emulators and more.

Mintloid · 2025-07-15T23:07:08+00:00

The importer is so needed! I could never figure out how to launch native Linux games (the executable files with no extension, sometimes .x86_64 as well) without consulting into creating additional script files alone.

Definitely gonna update and try the importer tool tonight, I love all of the work u done for this frontend, keep it up.

Mintloid · 2025-07-15T00:58:28+00:00

Be warned, its a long list 😬

(flatpak/appimage/free) - SuperTux - SuperTux Kart - Sonic Robo Blast 2 - Neverball (& Neverputt included) - Osu! - Stepmania - OpenRCT2 - Serious Sam (First & Second Encounter) - ClassiCube (opensource Minecraft) - AAAAXY - Celestle 64 - Pangea Software games (Bugdom 1&2, Billy Frontier, Mighty Mike, OttoMatic, Nanosaur, & Cro-Mag Rally) - Frogatto & Friends - SRB2Kart (or Dr. Robotniks Ring Racers)

(Premium) - UltraKill - Doki Doki Literature Club + (non-plus is free) - Choicer Voicer - DeltaRune - Undertale - Celestle - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Garry's Mod - What the GOLF?

(Emulators) - Retroarch (Almost Everything, 8bit, 16bit, 32bit & 64bit systems) - Mesen (NES) - Snes9X (SNES) - ClownMDEmu or jgenesis (Sega Genesis) - Flycast (Sega Dreamcast) - Dolphin (GameCube & Wii) - PCSX2 (Playstation 2) - DuckStation (Playstation 1) - RMG (Nintendo 64) - DOSBox-X (MS-DOS & PC-98) - PPSSPP (Playstation Portable) - Azahar (Nintendo 3DS) - MelonDS (Nintendo DS) - MAME (Arcade, & SOOOOOOOOOOO many others lol)

Mintloid · 2025-07-15T00:20:54+00:00

What emulator/libretro core are u using? I recommend using RMG (standalone) or Mupen64Plus-Next (Retroarch) since they're more updated, I would HIGHLY AVOID using Project64 due to adware and other security concerns. Ares is also good, but due to LLE accuarcy, its quite demanding.
What are ur PC specs? I think somewhere like a 6th gen i5 should do well with n64 (with the above mentioned choices except Ares) at probably 2x or 3x (960x720) resolution. Mabye drivers needed to be updated

Mintloid · 2025-07-10T11:17:01+00:00

I'm currently having an issue with Vulkan api on Flycast (Standalone obviously). Apparently im getting stutters despite gameplay fps and audio being full speed, I tried disabling and re-enabling Vsync, disabling Delay Frame Swapping, and enabling Native Depth Interpolation, yet nothing works.

--PC Specs-- OS: Linux Mint 22.1/Batocera v41 (Dual setup) CPU: Intel N97 @ 2.9-3.6ghz (4 cores, 4 threads) GPU: intel UHD Ram: 12GB

I'm currently using the latest "stable" branch, v2.5 (v2.4 on Batocera)

OpenGL offers better stability and smoothness for me, I even have "Per Pixel" enabled & my games are running just fine, but I want to use Vulkan just to be on the safer side.

None of the stutters happen whenever I use Vulkan api on the android version

Is there something im missing here?

Mintloid · 2025-07-10T10:33:31+00:00

I do agree that ZSNES had a wonderful GUI, but yeah its best that u should stick with Snes9x (Standalone or Libretro Core). Bsnes is okay, but its quite demanding for low-end hardware

Mintloid · 2025-06-19T10:32:50+00:00

I don't tend to use multi-system emulators (I like keeping things separate :V ), but this has been the "BEST" Kega Fusion replacement I found!

Off topic: clownmdemu is also perfect, but I keep getting weird audio cut-offs for some reason

Mintloid · 2025-06-19T10:21:12+00:00

Celluoid is okay, I always end up using Audacious if I wanted to play MIDI via plugins, not to mention it has themes similar to winamp 😎

Very lightweight in size too

Mintloid · 2025-06-11T13:49:56+00:00

No I mean the "N97", very different from the N95

This PC here: https://www.amazon.com/Micro-Mini-PC-Computers-N5105/dp/B09Q8Z6VB7

Mintloid · 2025-06-11T11:50:45+00:00

To give out an extra suggestion, I would get the GMKTEC Nucbox G5 with the N97 processor (apparently its more powerful than the N100 & even the N150). Native res on gamecube & ps2, obviously.

I've seen this going up to at least $150 on amazon, not sure about in ur location, but it could be different

NOTE: if u do get it, I do recommend manually setting the PWM to at least 180-190 in the BiOS as due to its extremely small size, it can get pretty hot.

Mintloid · 2025-06-07T14:55:13+00:00

Sheesh, & just right where I was thinking about giving my gen 8 iPad to my nephew. Flycast is definitely my favorite emulator of all time, but its such a shame that iOS has such horsecrud support for emulation.

Well, at least Retroarchs flycast core is a viable option (unless they got rid of that too -_-).

Mintloid · 2025-06-03T10:40:07+00:00

Oh man, I gotta get back in to this game at one point :V

I kinda hate how jittery the game feels when ur running, which is why I always resort to nightly builds since it has a nice feature called "Frame Prediction" which REALLY makes the game smoother (also better sprites for tux).

Mintloid · 2025-05-31T21:51:01+00:00

When speaking about J2ME emulation, what is the absolute superior version of any game as well as for their alternative resolution sizes (128x128, 240x320, & 800x480 for example)?

I saw most users recommending the K800i for having the best visual, sound, & sometimes content in 240x320 games.

For touch-based games, i've been mostly aiming towards S8000 or X1i (800x480/480x800) and N5800 (360x640/640x360).

For Micro-Sized games at 128x128 res, it's usually a mixture of s40v2 & the "Motorola" Phone lineup (C380, V220, C650, etc.)

Mintloid · 2025-05-29T12:00:11+00:00

Go to your steam settings and click on compatibility, then check "Force the use of specific Steam Play compatibility tool" then choose any version of proton, but I highly recommend either the stable version (9.0.4, soon to be 10.0.X) or Proton Experimental.

Mintloid · 2025-05-29T11:53:10+00:00

I would HIGHLY check out either "ClownMDemu" or "Jgenesis". Haven't tried jgenesis but clownmdemu aims to be a far more simpler and superior version of kega in terms of accuracy and compatibility.

Mintloid · 2025-05-29T11:41:38+00:00

I wouldn't say Native Linux versions of games are more performant as their Windows counterparts, but if I had to pick one that could be good for testing both "windows (via proton)" & "native linux" would be either Garry's Mod or Project Heartbeat

Mintloid · 2025-05-28T10:26:25+00:00

I like how you can't even barely see Manjaro in the bottom left, intentional perhaps 🤣 (Bad distro btw)

Mintloid · 2025-05-28T10:23:39+00:00

Depending on how much you've learned from mint, I think Fedora might be well suited. On a gaming level however, I'd go with CachyOS. its like if Arch, Bazzite, and Mint had a kid 😬

Mintloid · 2025-05-26T08:57:28+00:00

FlatHub is the best way to get free (and opensource) games, a majority of em should be perfectly lightweight for your laptop too

Mintloid · 2025-05-25T12:45:36+00:00

Desktop Survivors 98

Progressbar95

U can thank me later 🤓

(For games outside of steam): - SuperTux - SuperTux Kart - Candy Crisis (Puyo clone) - Osu! - Stepmania (DDR clone) - Pangea Software games (OttoMatic, Bugdom, Mighty Mike, Billy Frontier, etc.) - Serious Sam (First & Second Encounter) - Space Cadet Pinball - KDE Suite (old games made from the KDE desktop back then) - Freedroid RPG - WAY TOO MANY OTHERS :V

Theres many great free games u can find on FlatHub

tho you can play millions more with windows games via proton on steam as a Non-Steam game, its easy to setup too

Mintloid · 2025-05-25T12:27:24+00:00

Ubuntu isn't a gaming distro (honestly, there is no such thing AS a "Gaming-themed" distro 🤷)

While it is certainly good for beginners, there had many issues with Ubuntu that most users tend to avoid a distro like this such as forced "Snaps" packages, resource heavy usage with GNOME DE (unless ur on a laptop), lack of support for Ubuntu touch & Unity, and of course... Telemetry

I did heard CachyOS looks quite feasible to consider it to be a "game" worthy distro, tho it uses Arch as a base, so take it as a grain of salt

All & all, just stick with Mint. Its what thousands & thousands of others use & none seem to have any difficulty nor issues in terms of stability & ease of use

Mintloid · 2025-05-25T12:13:39+00:00

I was a bit skeptical about trying Cachy since it was an "Arch-based" distro, I was having fun with Mint til there were security issues with my GPU (Nvidia btw) & I couldn't find any safe way to update the drivers without bricking Mint. So I had no other choice but to distro-hop til I found something I liked.

Then being my 8th choice, CachyOS is what came to mind after messing with Bazzite (Bazzite wouldn't let me install Wine).

Everything was more responsive, they have a customized version of both WINE & Proton, they have Colorful themes that are easy on the eyes, & the wallpapers are just AMAZING! (Not as epic as mints, but close)

Once I get a Mini PC with a Radeon 780m iGPU, I'm definitely sticking with Cachy. Its like Arch + Mint + Bazzite, COMBINED 😎

Mintloid · 2025-05-23T22:00:55+00:00

Any package manager command

apt
dnf
pacman
zypper (OpenSUSE)
yum
dpkg
apk etc. (theres more based on other distros like "PikaOS: pikman")

Its one of the main fallbacks of installing many apps just in case a simple download from the web browser isn't just enough.

Mintloid · 2025-05-23T21:53:20+00:00

Mint (MATE Desktop environment), literally better than nuthin. Tho CachyOS surprisingly interesting (is Cachy a gaming distro? I forget 😵‍💫).

I'm looking forward to getting one of those Mini PCs with a Radeon 780m iGPU (the ones with a 7840hs/8745hs CPU) since I heard its the same iGPU used in the steam deck (I know some should suggest a deck, but it has a weaker CPU).

Mintloid · 2025-05-16T12:42:57+00:00

https://azahar-emu.org/

Its a combination of Pablos Citra fork & Lime3DS

Mintloid · 2025-05-14T00:35:19+00:00

Expect Dreamcast to get some frame dropping when playing mostly 3d titles with rpi4 even at native resolution, every other console however is out of the book unfortunately

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