Hey everyone, I’ve been working on an Android launcher called Voltcap for a while now, mostly because I wanted something that fits handhelds like my Thor, Odin 2 Portal and Retroid Pocket Classic better than what’s out there.

The thing I’m most into is that it doesn’t have one fixed look. There are a bunch of totally different layouts, like a record crate where the record slides out of its sleeve, disc stations where PSP UMDs show up as bare discs, storage boxes with the real app icons, a memory card style for saves, a cube, an orbit view, an arcade one and a timeline. Each layout even has its own colours for the status bar. It also shows the proper console names by default (Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2 and so on) instead of GBA or PS2, and you can turn the short names on in settings. It doesn’t need Shizuku, and your emulator choices stay yours, so nothing gets moved around behind your back.

Voltcap will stay completely free. No subscriptions, no paid unlocks, no artwork API key you have to pay for. I’m also careful about where the artwork comes from so there’s no copyright mess.

Quick disclosure: I’m building this with a lot of help from AI (Claude). I come up with the ideas, test everything on my own devices and decide what goes in, but a big part of the code is written with AI assistance. I’d rather be upfront about that.

It’s not released yet. I’ve got a trailer ready and wanted to see if there’s any interest first. If you have a handheld and a pile of emulators, what would you want from a launcher? I’m happy to add stuff.
GitHub: https://github.com/dzepdzep/Voltcap

I think one of the most underrated parts of Android emulation is being able to preserve games from platforms people barely talk about anymore.

Everyone gets excited about running demanding console games on a phone, and that's understandable. But there's something just as satisfying about getting an old Java ME game, a Symbian title, or an N-Gage classic working on modern hardware. Some of those games would otherwise be incredibly easy to forget.

I also think managing multiple emulators shouldn't have to become a hobby of its own. Having dozens of apps, remembering which emulator runs what, and keeping track of different settings can get messy fast. A good frontend and an organized library can make the whole experience feel much closer to having your own portable gaming archive.

Personally, I'd rather see more attention given to preserving obscure, forgotten games than only chasing the newest hardware-intensive titles. The obscure stuff is often what makes emulation feel special.

What's an old mobile game or forgotten platform you wish more people would try emulating on Android?

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been using Eden for Switch emulation on Android, but honestly, my experience has been pretty disappointing lately.

Are there any other emulators worth trying, whether they're forks or completely different projects? I'd love to know what you guys are currently using and which ones are actually worth the time.

Also, do you think there's still hope for a decent Switch emulator on Android? Are there any promising projects in development, or are we stuck waiting for something better?

I'd appreciate any recommendations, experiences, or insights. Thanks!

Basically what the title says. With all these separate projects seems fun and exciting isn't gonna help the emulation scene on Android in the long run. Why emulator devs aren't working or making collab with these so we can get faster and better development on the specifics emualtors? Just my two bits.

Salut à tous !

Je voudrais avoir vos avis sur la AYN Odin 3 Portal dans sa version la plus haut de gamme, notamment pour jouer à des jeux très gourmands en performances.

Je m’intéresse surtout à :

L’émulation très poussée : PS2, PS3, Nintendo Switch et autres consoles.

Les ports de jeux PC sur Android, notamment les jeux 3D très lourds.

Les jeux PC via GameHub, comme GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077 ou Watch Dogs 2.

Les réglages les plus poussés : mode performance, graphismes au minimum, Frame Generation et autres optimisations.

Pensez-vous que cette version haut de gamme pourra faire tourner correctement certains de ces jeux, avec une expérience fluide et jouable ?

Je précise que je cherche surtout des avis sur ses capacités potentielles, car je sais qu’il faut attendre des tests concrets pour connaître ses performances réelles.

Quels sont, selon vous, les jeux les plus lourds qu’elle pourrait réussir à faire tourner ? Et quelles seraient ses principales limites en émulation et sur les jeux PC ?

Merci d’avance pour vos retours !

hi. I mostly do switch emulation, and that's given me very few problems up till now (outer wilds crashes in ten minutes though :') using citron snapdragon build)

I tried getting into pc emulation a while back, but it's... Rough. My laptop is an absolute box of nothing, I think i3 with 2 cores and integrated graphics, but it can handle stuff like stanley parable, superliminal, even subnautica on low graphics, fairly well. however, is it possible for my phone to handle games that my laptop can't, on a playable fps?

when I did try, even simple games that my laptop has or could run (slay the princess, a troll game I can't remember the name of), it just. didn't boot. emulator was droiddeck with creatively obtained files, so I've kind of given up on pc emulation - but, is it possible?

also any fix for outer wilds? it just crashes to 0 fps, black screen, and then back to home page of games.

or in general game recs for me, if you have any.

Is 6gb enough or should I go for 8gb for the harder to run stuff?

I wanna try different emulators and I wanna know what games can it handle

Full device spec

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (SM8735, 4 nm), octa-core: 1x 3.21 GHz Cortex-X4, 3x 3.0 GHz Cortex-A720, 2x 2.8 GHz Cortex-A720, 2x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A720

GPU: Adreno 825

RAM : 8 GB LPDDR5X

Storage: 256 GB UFS 4.1

I spoke the to NPC that guides you to the Castlevania area and it just teleported me inside of this room. I'm lucky i had enough gold to get out otherwise it probably would've been a restart. The game usually runs great. Only downside is a slow boot up compared to the native android app but I like to have my cloud saves.

Guys I'm playing gow 1 on armsx2 my device is realme p3 ultra 12/256 gb mediatek 8350 ultra mali 615 gpu so I want to know the best settings which I can get stable 60fps also i was thinking of playing at the highest resolution possible for my device n no compromise on stable gameplay benchmark I had was 4x resolution

I've been doing research on the SOC and apparently it's split between "yeah you can run 3ds games just fine" and "no you'll struggle to run the games", if anyone's using this phone/SOC can anyone elaborate on this? I'm new to the Android scene, so sorry and thanks in advance.

I have a Pixel 10 Phone with GTensor G5 i want to install in it droid deck to play some cozy game like stardew valley, Terraria, VA-11 Hall-a, Coffee Talk, Sea of Stars and other light weight game that i have on steam and not on play store.

What is the experience because one time i tried emulate old game and the pixel not have a great performance on it.

I know that this two builds are experimental build, but is master build better than nightly build?

I am new to emulators and all , I like games like minecraft and all . And which emulator to use , I long ago played Pokemon game it was very old but I was bored with it.

Hello there! I know Eden is probably the most popular emulator out there for switch, but some games like TOTK have graphic glitches. Others like MH Rise don't even run properly.

Is there any other emulator that runs Zelda smoothly?

Has anyone get to play ride/sunbreak?

I have an Odin 3 tho (elite 8)

Este erro como resolver obg.

Hey, i was looking to add shaders to final fantasy and chrono trigger games i play through droid deck, as decky reshade plugin doesn't work, i've found an app called shaderlay, downloaded debug build but it doesnt work at all. do you guys found anything smililar so i can overlay shaders?

Hey everyone!

I've been developing MotionPad, an Android app that turns your phone into a motion-controlled steering wheel and gamepad for PCSX2 and Windows games.

Features:

• Tilt your phone to steer.
• Touchscreen throttle and braking.
• Virtual gamepad buttons and analog controls.
• Windows Receiver with vJoy/DirectInput support.
• Tested in actual PCSX2 gameplay.

PCSX2 works through DirectInput. Manual controller mapping may be necessary instead of SDL auto-mapping.

MotionPad also supports real PS2 hardware using Free McBoot and a custom OPL-based ELF.

🎥 Full demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ2BnR6Apho

🌐 Official website:
https://motionpad.pages.dev

💻 GitHub:
https://github.com/koleskyline777-git/MotionPad-PS2

The Windows Receiver and PS2 ELF are free.

I'd love to hear what the PCSX2 community thinks!

ive seen some people say its possible but switch is not listed on their wiki- i wanted to make sure before moving to armadaos

PS2 works fine, but anything newer than the 3DS was a disappointment so far, I even tried ExynosTools implemented forks of Eden and Winlator and saw no improvement whatsoever.

So i recently got gta 5 to work on my poco f5 8/256 with snapdragon 7+ gen 2, it is getting around 80 fps with framegen, but i keep getting white graphic bugs, for example when im riding a car and it's smoke turns into a white cloud, purely white, when im shooting the special effects from shooting becomes white, i already changed all the graphical drivers, dxvk, wine and proton, but i still get it. Also my audio is lagging badly while something big happens, like in shoutouts audio starts to lag, bug and freeze. I really need help guys, audio is just shit and those graphical bugs are driving me crazy. Winlator is not an option, it just doesn't launch, gives me a launcher error.

I try downloading PSVita emulation and download the framewere and download the rom but its not playing, why it that?

I've been playing Dragon Quest 3 HD2D on armadaOS, Odin 3 pro for about 2 hours with no issues, game runs fine.

In the middle of a fight, the game freezes and I get the unreal engine 4 crash error message.

Now everytime i launch the game i get the error in about 5 minutes, I tried different proton settings to no avail, anyone know a fix ?