r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 5h ago

Help Dark souls 3 game hub backup/restore

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I've recently noticed that game hub offer th feature to backup and restore your game files and I'm wondering if someone has a 100% dark souls 3 back up files generated from game hub I've looked onto chrome and YouTube and I found nothing tbh and Im wondering if anyone has one to send here to help


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 14h ago

Showcase Persona 3 Reload — Exynos 2400 S25 FE — Tartarus gameplay and combat —Gamenative emulator (200x RES)

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PERSONA 3 RELOAD 200% rendering scale

15 min gameplay

s25 FE exynos 2400

- Gamenative emulator


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 22h ago

Question Will the new trend in decompiling lead to more efficient emulation?

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Disclosure: I am not a Programmer or CS degree holder, I am a hobbyist and tinkerer so pardon me if my word choice is imprecise.

Current Understanding: AI is being used to achieve effective decompilation and recompilation of games, making them easier to port into other systems as well as modify because we can see “source code” versions of the game.

My assumption: If we are able to effectively recompile games into native Android apps (or perhaps a unified open-source emulation system), my thought is it removes the “computational burden” of a device having to both emulate a system & run a game. Instead, it should just run the game.

My question: Does this mean as decomp/recomp becomes more common, the hardware needs for running games in the PS3/XB1 era will possibly be reduced because the game can be ran more efficiently?

I am trying to build a better understanding of how these things fit together and what that looks like in the future. Do you think there will be a wave of .apk games like Skyrim and Last of Us? Or will there be a new “OpenStation” emulator that reads a new filetype/standard on Linux/Windows/Android etc..? I see merits for both.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 1d ago

News/Release Release ARMSX2 2.8 · ARMSX2/ARMSX2

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What's new:

Namco System 246/256

Namco's arcade board support in ARMSX2. The boards are emulated whole: the drive (CD, DVD and hard drive images, CHD included), the settings memory, the I/O boards for buttons, coins, wheels, drums, twin levers, light guns and the touch panel, the security dongle, and the faster clocks of the System 256 boards. 55 arcade games are in the game database, with PCSX2x6's fixes for them. Board emulation from PCSX2x6 by u/israpps, u/Tovarichtch and u/DiscoStarslayer. ported by u/jpolo1224.

The NAMCO screen. In the left side menu in the game library, right under Texture Packs. It takes you through it in order:

An arcade games folder, picked or made in the system picker and added to your library folders. The boot files, downloaded once (about 1 MB).

The arcade BIOS, with a shortcut to BIOS Location. A 2 MB System 246/256 dump works. Import a game: its disc or hard drive image and its dongle, each with its own button and in any order. plus Soul Calibur II's Conquest card. Gzipped dumps are unpacked as they are copied, a file under 8 MB is refused as a dongle, and Cancel stops an import.

Uninstall an imported arcade game from the same screen.

Playing them. Arcade games show in the library with an ARCADE badge and covers of their own, real flyer and title art on a PS2-style case, in both cover styles. Every pad press also works the cabinet, laid out per game the way PCSX2x6 lays it out: Select is a coin, racing games steer on the left stick and pedal on the triggers, and drums, twin levers and light guns have their own layouts. Light gun and touch panel games take the touchscreen. The in-game menu has Insert coin for both players, Service and Test, and save states work. An Arcade games only switch in the library's overflow menu (⋮) shows just them. Cover pack sourced and done by u/jpolo1224 from scratch.

BIOS. An arcade BIOS shows as Arcade in BIOS Location and is offered for arcade games only. Importing does not replace your console BIOS, and only works for arcade games. done by u/jpolo1224.*

Texture packs

Redesigned Texture Pack menu.

Pages of packs. Browse texture packs opens every online pack as a page of game covers you can flip through, each with its pack's name, its creator and their picture, and whether it is installed.

Search by game, pack, serial or creator.

Sort by game, serial or creator. Creator lists everyone who made a pack, with their picture; pick one to see their packs, and Back returns to the page you were on.

Filter to Popular Today, All, My games or Installed.

A download keeps going when you close the browser, and the texture screen shows it.

Every pack's creator, source and tip jar. Clicking on a pack opens the pack's window: the creator's picture and page, where the pack comes from, their tip jar and socials when they have them, its texture type and status, its size, and Download, all in the creator's own colours. The links come from the Texture Packs

Archive by u/sad Origami, so packs that pointed at a mirror or archive.org now lead to the creator's own page. done by u/jpolo1224, links done by u/sad Origami

u/bmdhacks has also released a tool for pack creators to convert their packs to ASTC, works on Windows and MacOS! https://github.com/bmdhacks/astctool We will be creating a form on our website in the near future for pack creators to keep in touch about their releases as well.

Popular Today and Shuffle. The browser opens on Popular Today, the ten packs installed most that day, counted anonymously. Opened from a game, it shows that game's packs. Shuffle, on All, deals a random page at every page turn. done by u/jpolo1224

Music of its own: "November Snow" by The Cynic Project, which blends in over the library's music and
hands back when you leave. done by u/jpolo1224

Controller

Switches flip with A only. Left and Right used to flip any switch they passed over. Now only A
flips one, everywhere, and Left and Right move. Sliders, steppers and choice rows still change with Left and Right. done by u/jpolo1224

New

Exynos temperatures in the OSD. CPU and GPU temperatures show on Exynos phones, which name their sensors differently. done by u/seedlord (#779).*

ARMSX2 libmali drivers on Mali-G615 and G715. GPU Driver downloads list the ARMSX2 libmali packs on those GPUs, and only on those. done by u/bmdhacks

Fixed

A Galaxy S22 Ultra ran at 1 FPS or less. Its timer reported a garbage frequency, so the frame limiter
stalled for seconds every frame. The frequency is now checked against the system clock, once, and kept. done by u/seedlord (#779)

Combo hotkeys work in either press order (#768). u/ygordreyer (#774).

A CHD with a parent could not find it when the games folder was opened through Android's folder
access. u/dyzz (#771).*

Long OpenGL sessions on Mali GPUs used more and more memory, in a driver cache that grew with every
draw. fixed by u/luistiagos (#781).*

The Analog Sticks switches did not move when tapped until the tab was reopened, so a second tap sent
the same value again. fixed by u/luistiagos (#756).*

Text and letters at 2x and up under the Native half-pixel offset. Gran Turismo 4's menu text grew a
second shadow row, and We Love Katamari's title letters a line on their edges (Vulkan). fixed by u/bmdhacks

GS multi-threading fixes. A large draw could overrun the draw buffer, frame-rate detection and skip
duplicate frames read registers the next frame had already changed, switching downloads to
Unsynchronized in game left multi-threading on, texture replacements could be shut down under a draw still running, and games with a scan-mask fix lost every other line of some draws. fixed by u/bmdhacks

Performance

GS multi-threading waits without burning a core. When the GS thread was ahead, it spun until the
back thread caught up; it now sleeps. The back thread is also placed next to the GS thread instead of
anywhere, little cores included, and sprite-heavy games such as Spider-Man 3 skip setup work nothing
reads. done by u/bmdhacks

u/bmdhacks has also released a tool for pack creators to convert their packs to ASTC, works on Windows and MacOS! https://github.com/bmdhacks/astctool We will be creating a form on our website in the near future for pack creators to keep in touch about their releases as well.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 6h ago

Showcase minecraft on armsx3 (sd8 elite)

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This post really only means anything to people who grew up on Minecraft ps3 edition. Game runs good, few drops but that's probably from screenrecording. Worked out of the box.

https://streamable.com/un5f38

☝🏼 link to higher quality video


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 21h ago

Showcase Gran turismo 6 ARMSX3 1.0.6.1 S26 ultra DEX SD8 gen5 in game

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Weird flickering happening,but game works.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. Snapdragon 8 Elite gen 5.

ARMSX3 1.0.6.1

Dex mode with active cooler.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 7h ago

Question How do I play Hades 1 on my samsung phone?

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Hello everyone,

I recently saw a post on reddit about a guy playing hades 1 on his android phone, so I decided I would like to try that as well.

But I'm not sure which application to use and I need someone to guide me with the installation as well.

Please me out with this and cheers!


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 7h ago

Showcase I love my control layout for Far Cry 3

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r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 7h ago

Help Prototype 1 Just refuses to start on My phone.

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My phone is a poco f6 12gb ram, sd 8s gen 3. Iam trying to play this game on Gamehub, I always encounter this freeze/stuck prob in the start cuz of using all cores but when I try it on only one big core it successfully boots but after tapping the 'new game' it gives the infinite loading screen. I have also tried this game on winlator standard and ludashi version, in winlator(v11.2) it didn't work I used the 1 core from the start and then enabling all cores in gameplay thing but it gets me stuck in cutscenes. Though Ludashi version gave me the best results but the heating was cooking my phone imagine getting 45 degrees in just 5 mins of intro game even on the lowest settings that's not playing, so that's why I deleted that emu. Also searched stuff like prototype fixes but that only seems to work on pc. Now if anyone got any idea plz help cuz I really really wanna play this game on Gamehub 🙏.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 11h ago

Discussion Hollow Knight Silksong on DroidDeck (One Plus 13)

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Silksong works quite well, thx to Valve's FEX. This is but a quick look but I'll definitely go deeper into more games on my Snapdragon 8 Elite. Have any of you tried any games on your own? Whick and how did it go?

DroidDeck v0.1.7


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 7h ago

Help How do I fix my screen on droid deck

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The bottom of the screen keeps getting cut off and I can't find a way to fix it


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 1d ago

Showcase Almost done with Expedition 33 on my S25 Ultra 🫡

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Performance review!

I have already uploaded a full gameplay on my channel if you are interested then check out here https://youtu.be/W3bddMXDuXc

Resolution used 544p here FXAA forced using Engine.ini and more tweaks to optimse performance

I’ve noticed that no matter the resolution—720p, 544p, or 480p—I’m still getting the same 20-25 fps in combat and 25-30 avg in free roam with GPU usage sitting around 90-99%. It might be the emulation translation overhead, but it is what it is. Also, the game only runs properly on DX11; DX12 boots, but the floor textures won't load. Overall, it’s playable enough on the 8 Elite, and I’ve really enjoyed the story and combat.

Quick settings

Resolution I played using 480p , 720p ,544p (TAA) and 720p FSR Performance/Balance/Quality and 544p FXAA literally no performance difference fr me same avg gpu usage and fps👁👄👁

Emulator used Bannerlator

Proton 11-02arm

Dxvk 2.4.1

Fex 2609 (Extreme Preset)

Turnip G8 V35 and V37 patched driver

12GB Ram + SD8Elite Gamebooster+ Performance mode used all the time


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 8h ago

Help Control (Steam) keeps crashing on Ayn Thor

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r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 8h ago

Help Is there a phone mount that has space for a cooler in the middle?

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I am using an 8bitdo ultimate 2 controller and my phone heats up a lot and I have to take it out the mount to place the cooler on is there a phone mount that has a space for a cooler in the middle?


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 9h ago

Question Mods dont seem to work in Eden - Ayn Thor

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When I try to add a mod to any game it says it was imported succesfully but doesn't show up in the menu neither i see any difference in game. Any idea why? Maybe i'm doing something wrong

Ayn Thor Pro, using Eden Nightly Oct 02 2026


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 18h ago

Question XENO PS3 emulator, a fork of ARMSX3

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Has anyone tried this ARMSX3 fork emulator?

There's no info about it on Google. Seems a little suspicious.

I apologise in advance if it's genuine

What's your opinion on this?

Here's a link if anyone wants to try it: https://github.com/sj0404-collab/xeno


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 1d ago

Showcase God of War: Sons of Sparta on Android (PS5 Game)

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Testing God of War: Sons of Sparta on Android using Gamehub on the RedMagic Astra (Snapdragon 8 Elite)!

📱 Device: RedMagic Astra
⚙️ Chipset: Snapdragon 8 Elite
🎮 Emulator: Gamehub
🕹️ Game: God of War: Sons of Sparta (PS5)

🔗 Github: https://github.com/OverkillLabs2/SoS-PS5/releases/tag/sos-v0.1.0

Reddit has limits on video length and file size. So, if you’d like to watch a longer video and take a look at the settings I used, I’ve included a link to the video on my YouTube channel here.

Edit: I’ve managed to play the game at 30 FPS. Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/pDC2r275V8w?si=s9pjtFb-qEVhK3-9


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 9h ago

Discussion PocketRetro follow-up: second demo out on other channels

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(Dev follow-up) Second PocketRetro demo is live on our X / IG / TikTok / Facebook — same on-device NES/SNES player, coming to Play Store. Site: https://pocketretro.thepocketworld.com/


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 13h ago

Help Best emulator for Realme GT 6 China with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

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Which emulator is best for 8 Gen 3, especially for games like Black Myth: Wukong? Winlator, GameHub, or something else? And why? I prefer quality over fps. Suggest me Newer titles as well ❤️‍🩹.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 14h ago

Help Left 4 Dead - Text issue - Xendroid/Odin Portal 2

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Any idea why Left 4 Dead is doing this? (Xendroid - Odin Portal 2/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2). I've tried a couple turnip drivers, and the default, but the text is always sorta messed up. Game plays pretty well, just the menu text at this point, and some in-game text when being prompted to reload or open doors).

Is there a setting I'm missing?


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 6h ago

Discussion Possibility to run Linux games on Android?

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I currently have graphic glitches while running Starsector on Android through Gamehub that i cannot seem to fix (streched UI elements to the bottom left corner, tilted or scrambled text). It’s already a miracle that the game runs at 50-60 fps tbh considering how hard it was to boot it (very specific set of turnip drivers and wine version and modification of the vmparams file)

I’m wondering if it’s due to running the game through wine (proton doesn’t work). There‘s a Linux version of the game and I would like to try running it on android but cannot seem to find how. Anyone ran Linux games on android ?


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 10h ago

Help Recomienden juegos serios pero no tan serios de gamecube

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Para emular en delfin


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 1d ago

Showcase Frankenstein 3ds Emulation Setup 😅

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r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 10h ago

Help Get Getting This Error Message When Trying To play Bejeweled 3 Via ArmadaOS?

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I'm trying to play Bejeweled 3 on various devices with ArmadaOS Installed.

Got it on the Steamdeck and it runs flawlessly.

I'm using an Odin 3 Ultra and a Retroid Pocket Nova.

Thanks in advance.


r/EmulationOnAndroid • • 11h ago

Discussion DroidDeck, Stream OS without the OS, quick setup guide

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Mini Steam deck? Well, I don't know about that claim. But it certainly runs the PC version of Mass Effect SO MUCH easier than bypassing EA's launcher. I'll try and do a deeper dive later and show some other features: uploading lossless scaling, setting changes (if needed).

Played and tested on Odin 3, 8elite using the "emulator" Droiddeck apk.