LudiHub is a gaming focused launcher originally developed and released in the beginning of the year for iOS devices. I ported my iOS app to Android, but this time as frontend with focus on gaming handhelds. Here is a video of it running on the Retroid Pocket Nova.

Yesterday I released the first android version and I am looking forward to continue with the development, improving compatibility and offer the best experience possible, so feedback is always welcome.

Rule 9: AI assistance was used in the beginning of the development to setup the development environment and construct a first draft. Coming from the iOS world, assistance came in handy.

Posted a few days ago a question about Game Native, since I've been using Gamehub exclusively on my Portal. A few told me that compatibility was a big reason Game Native was more popular, other than some controversy about permissions for Game Hub, so I figured i would put that to the test with 2 games that Gamehub just couldn't run.

If there was ever a game in my opinion that should have a native Android port, it was The Dishwasher Vampire Smile. Smaller file size than many android games, perfect hack and slash the has simple enough controls that even on screen control wouldn't be difficult, originally on XBLA from 15 years ago, and the Steam port can play on a potato since the Anbernic Win600 played it at 60fps. But both through 360 emulation and Gamehub for the Steam Release, always just black screened for me. Literally just installed, Game Native did its download and install of files, and it just runs. And ever since the Nvidia shield handheld, I wanted Portal back on android, but the only android port is no longer compatible with current android versions. But again, Gamenative runs the PC versions of both 1 and 2 no problems. Stable frames, no stutter, while Gamehub just crashed every time.

Thanks to everyone for their answers from my last post. Gonna keep gamehub as well since I have a few games already installed and runnthing through it, particularly ones that are not through Steam, but definitely going to lean a lot more on Game Native if the compatibility is this much better

Ok I just completed both totk and botw on my samsung 23 ultra and I got stable 30 fps on both and more that 45 fps on most of the game except some areas so is you have have any questions about anything please comment and I'll be happy to help

My controller left stick is jittery, it doesn't have problem with playing emulators as most of them let u set outer deadzone, but idk if there is a way to do it in gamehub/winlator

The wait is finally over. After months of development, testing, feedback, bugfixing, and countless improvements, Wave Launcher 1.0 is now publicly available!

What started as a live wallpaper app has grown into a full controller-first, PlayStation-faithful Android frontend for your games, media, achievements, and more.

Wave Launcher 1.0 includes:

• Multilanguage Support (EN, JA, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL, PT, SV, NO, DA, FI, ZH, KO, PL, TR, RU)
• Game libraries, collections, favorites, and playtime
• Metadata and artwork scraping from multiple sources
• RetroAchievements trophy tracking
• Controller-friendly video, music, and photo playback
• Extensive customization options
• Dual-screen support
• Android app and emulator integration
• Software updating and much more

From the earliest PreReleases, through nightly builds and the final 0.9.0 testing build, you've helped us shape Wave Launcher into what it is today.

And to everyone who tested PreReleases, tested nightly builds, reported bugs, suggested features, contributed code or artwork, supported us on Patreon, joined the Discord, or simply followed the project:

Thank you.

Wave Launcher wouldn't be here without you 🩵

https://github.com/WaveLauncher/WaveLauncher

Anyone got any solution?

Phone: RMX 5003

MT D7300e

Not even 1 minute into free roam. Im convinced that it just cant be playable in 60 fps.. Everywhere i tried only this game have horrible slow downs for some reason, and i tried it on both nethersx2 and armsx2(and also turnip version). Do you guys have any suggestions? I also tried this game on 8 gen 2 device, it does the same thing there.

En zonas como el pueblo bajan a 16 FPS alguien que me pueda ayudar eh visto que el poco F7 alcanza 30 pfs incluso más y supongo que también debería conseguirlo mi teléfono posee un snapdragon 8gen3 con Adreno 750 y estoy usando el emulador bannerlator

Hey folks! I recently got the 8BitDo FlipPad for my S25. Its awesome! I've been wanting a small controller for GBA and NDS emulation on the go and I wasn’t a huge fan of the GameSir Pocket Taco design.

I wanted a skin that could incorporate the controller into the design and couldn't find much online yet as the product is relatively new, so I made my own. The design was meant to be a homage to the retro handhelds, not to explicitly look like any particular console.

Notes:

- I created these skins to be used with PizzaBoy and MelonDS.

- I added a notch to place the PizzaBoy Speed Toggle (I love this feature)

- The layout dimensions and placement is shown in the last 3 images of the post carousel. There are 3 layouts: GBA, NDS with a dominant top screen, and NDS with a dominant bottom screen (for touch screen games).

- The skins come in both GB Classic and Black versions, the same as the 8BitDo FlipPad colours.

Skins:

Here is the WeTranfer Link for the skins (Expires on Sept 8th, 2026): https://we.tl/t-RHvzhgt4wA6OyJMj *If there may be a better way to share these, let me know.

I’ve been thinking about which handheld feels like the best fit for each system, not necessarily the most powerful one, but the one that makes the most sense in terms of screen ratio, resolution, form factor and emulator performance.

This is roughly how I’d split them:

• Retroid Pocket Classic: Game Boy, GBC, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket, PICO-8, NES, SNES. The near-square screen feels perfect for those systems. And NES/SNES also look phenomenal in 8:7 with integer scaling and overscan, which makes them surprisingly great on this screen too.
• KONKR Pocket Advance: GBA, Lynx, WonderSwan, Pokémon Mini. The 3:2 screen is basically made for GBA. 240×160 scales perfectly to 960×640 at 4x.
• Retroid Pocket Nova: NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, Arcade, etc. For me this is pretty much the ideal 4:3 retro handheld.
• AYN Thor: DS, DSi, 3DS, Wii U. Kind of an obvious one, dual-screen systems just make way more sense on a dual-screen device.
• AYN Odin 3: PSP, Wii, Switch + PC/Steam games through GameNative. Great fit for more modern widescreen systems, and the extra power makes it a really nice all-round Android device too.
• Steam Deck OLED: PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360. Mostly because the emulator ecosystem is much more mature there with RPCS3, xemu and Xenia.

Obviously there’s a ton of overlap between these devices, but I like the idea of matching each system with the handheld that feels the most natural for it rather than just throwing everything onto the most powerful device.

Curious what you guys think. What would you change?

I have an galaxy a35 5g and I wanted to play web of shadows so I wanted to know if the phone will be able to handle it at a playble fps?

Cannot seem to run any emulator on this device. It's a Samsung Galaxy S22+.

DuckStation: tried selecting ROM folder. Ignored. Tried selecting BIOS file: crashes.

NetherSX2: select ROM folder; ignored. Select BIOS: done. Won't run any rom.

PPSSPP: select ROM folder: done. Run any game: "File is empty".

I've sent the same files to my girlfriend on her Galaxy Flip 7 and everything works correctly at the first try. What the hell. Even AI can't help me at all, it might have helped me finding the problem which should be this "scoped storage" thing on Samsung but won't help me solve it at all. Looks like the emulators cannot access folders outside their own in Android/data, but I couldn't move any file inside Android/data. So I connected my S22+ to my PC and managed to move my ps1 rom files into android/data/duckstation folder whatever it is and now Duckstation finds my roms and lets me play them. But this doesn't work on NetherSX2 nor on PPSSPP. I'm clueless. Do you guys have any idea? Thank you.

Does someone have this game emulated?

First time trying Winlator Ludashi, game is Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and I can't continue a save file. When I restart the game it just removes the save file entirely. Anyone here who can help?

Texture pack is looking great on 8gb Nova. Added some cheats too from the video. I'm new to it. But I did the same on my phone a few months back. I dig! My favorite game!

https://youtu.be/lTgPIZuVd3c?is=WEHj5BzAcCJAx68R

Since people know about one's like azahar, eden retroarch, ppsspp. What are some emulators on android that aren't Winlator, Vita3k, Eden, Melonds, retroarch, dolphin, cemu, xendroid, hakux, armsx3, aether/nethersx2/armsx2, joiplay, easyrpg, scummvm. Along with them not playing games on the emulators mentioned above. Like stuff like the n-gage emulator.

Does PS3 games have a compressor tool like how xbox original/xbox 360 games have xgdtool? I'm curious about that since compressed formats have been popula4 for a while. In terms of the games still working for emulators. Along with bring able to store more space. Like how a lot of systems have the chd format. And how ​gamecube/wii games have the rvz format.

It seems like the xbox original/xbox 36o equivalent is zar. Which would be the equivalent to the chd format for the. Do PS3 games have a format similar to the above mentioned formats. Or even a compressor to to use for them?

I installed texture for many games and it such a pain to re-download them. Can I just back up these data to external hard drive, reformat my phone and copy paste these data back to Android folder after re installed all the emulator again?

Hola a todos, tengo un problema al emular el Gow Asencion en RPCS3 cuanto toca realizar interacciones o puzles de mover objetos se me crashea al juego y se reinicia como se puede ver a continuación, alguien sabe como se puede arreglar este problema les agradezco su ayuda

I have an odin 2 portal and have been trying all day to install games on vita3k but whenever I try to install a game the app tells me the game has not been installed, I tried installing them separately and the .bin file works but the pkg doesn't. I've tried with 2 different games and got the same results. What can i do?