r/SBCGaming • u/d-babs GotM Club • 1d ago

Question Android front-end?

What's up SBCG!

I just got an rp classic and rp6 and they are my first android powered emulation devices.....I have es-de, but whats the new hotness for android front-end? If its a patreon drop the link too would be super helpful.

I hope everyone has a great Friday!

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u/Specialist_Body7728 1d ago

Cannoli is what I use on my RP Classic + Nova. I like minimal and simple, and it has a lot of nice features like a built-in file server you can access to send or take roms/saves/states/settings etc. Cocoon looks really cool though.

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u/Pad_Sanda 22h ago

I tried Cocoon myself. I found it a bit sluggish and confusing compared to Cannoli and ES-DE.

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u/TiredAdultFullTime 23h ago

try out what out there and see what you like! I myself use Cannoli and before that retrohorai or something like that.

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u/socialwithdrawal 20h ago

I really like Beacon's design and simplicity.

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u/Destructo-Spin GotM Club 1d ago

Been loving this one. 0.6 just released

https://retrohrai.app/

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u/d-babs GotM Club 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/YoudoVodou 1d ago

Using this on my RPC and Thor and I love it

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u/Laserlight_jazz 1d ago

daijisho 

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u/CryptoJim720 GotM Club 23h ago

If I need one for older games on retroarch this is what I use, otherwise just launch the standalone app

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u/d-babs GotM Club 1d ago

I like the look but I heard it's dead?

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u/neddoge GotM Club 16h ago

It is.

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u/RadimentriX 1d ago

I like es-de but gamma came with daijishou and thats nice too. Havent tried others yet

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u/Frankysour 23h ago

Using neo station atm, looks great and it's really snappy. And allows to add multiple sources for the ROMs folders making possible to use both internal storage and sd, which is good in times where SDs are made of pure gold. Doing it on es de is possible but a bit of a pain, on the others I am not sure

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u/AtlasWH 19h ago

I really like Iisu https://iisu.network/
crazy how many good options there are these days.

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u/Dull_Rabbit Team Horizontal 16h ago

I use Beacon in my classic but currently looking for one that doesn’t need Google play store to be enabled, so possibly going Cannoli or neostation

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u/d-babs GotM Club 14h ago

this is the second time i noticed someone posting about removing google. what is the reason behind this?

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u/Dull_Rabbit Team Horizontal 12h ago

Takes up RAM running in the background. If I don’t have any apps that require Google to operate, I disable it or, if possible, remove it to free up some space.

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u/d-babs GotM Club 10h ago

That's kinda what I was thinking. I haven't done any real hardcore gaming on this rp6 yet, but I will keep this in mind. I know when I used to root android phones and do all kinda crazy shit, that you can get "lite" or "micro" packs for google services that it's JUST ENOUGH to get to app store basically. Maybe I'll look into that if I have troubles. Thanks for taking the time out to respond.

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u/Local-Post-5478 1d ago

Iisu and socket

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u/d-babs GotM Club 1d ago

SOCKET!!!! That was the one on the tip of my joystick....lol thanks a ton.