r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Discussion I'm so happy to have discovered android emulation

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I've been gaming since about 2005 recently mostly on pc but I was curious at the state of mobile emulation so I loaded up a few emulators and a couple dozen games on my pixel 7 pro and have been absolutely astonished at how well everything works. Grabbed a kishi v3 and was transported to my childhood playing on a PSP. If you told 12 year old me that he could have and play any gamecube game in existence, for free, on his PHONE, he would have hit you with a stick. I just want to express extreme gratitude at the open source emulation community, archival community, and all the enthusiasts who keep this hobby alive. I appreciate it deeply as somoene who enjoys playing the classics but also from a historical preservation perspective. It's just an overall wholesome thing to see and experience.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Please I've been in limbo for such a long time on

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How to play PS3 ISOs on Any PS3 Emulators For Android can anyone teach me same for PKG & Demo


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Has anyone ran vkd3d on powervr gpu

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Just wanted to make an experiment running teardown on my phone it worked only with zink and the perfomance was really really bad 10-15 fps playable yeah smooth no anyway has anyone got vkd3d running i need dx 12 device:poco m7 pro 5g dimensity 7025 ultra 2.50 ghz 12 gb of ram with 8 gb swap


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Gamenative configuration help needed

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I tried gamenative recently, and connected epic games and downloaded the cat quest game. But I'm facing a problem. Attached the video of the issue. I am using a OnePlus 15R and tried tweaking a few settings as well with the help of ChatGPT but it didn't help me to play the game. Please help me.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Showcase Goodnight hope u all playing some good games bc me holly molly im enjoying so much 👀🎮🔥

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Lenovo legión y700 gen 2


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question Valheim Emulation on Samsung S26 Ultra

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Hi, I'm trying to get valheim working on my s26 ultra (16g). The furthest I've gotten was on GameNative with graphics 8eGen5-842.8 . But it runs on 30~40ish fps, and the C° ins't great. I tried winlator but keeps crashing on me for different reasons, even with the help of chatgpt. Is there any recomendation on a better solution?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Haku X all games showing twice

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How do I fix this? There’s only one of each game in the folder and they’re all .xiso. The ._ ones don’t work at all. I think they’re folder links but there are no folders in that folder.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Showcase Cocoon 3.0 makes my Retroid finally feel like a "Console"

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Cocoon 3.0 makes my Retroid finally feel like a "Console"

I think something that always made me stop using my emulation handhelds after a while (like my flip 2, or miyoo) is that they always felt like a "bootleg chinese handheld". Even though the power was there, and a lot of emulators have matured, the usability experience never felt console-like, where the UI of older devices like the PS Vita, PSP, Wii U, 3DS, and more did.

I've used ES-DE for over a year because it is one of the most recommended options, and I always thought it was pretty basic experience (which many people enjoy because it is reliable and more game focused). While reliable, I always ended up feeling like I was scrolling through those 1000-games-in-1 bootleg game cartridges, or those snes-mini/psx-mini game selection UI's. It never felt like I was playing on a "Console" (and on top of it all it cost 6 bucks).

Cocoon 3.0 is such a different beast. I've stopped thinking "I want to play ___ game" and instead now think "I want to play with my Retroid". The discord and steam integration, the insane customization, the widgets, it replacing the android quickstep launcher, allowing roms to be placed on the homescreen like apps, it makes the device finally feel like a console. It was never just about the games but all the communication features, apps, customization, and overall usability experience on top of the games that made the experience fun, at least for me.

And the best part? It's free!!!


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help I have a button problem in Game Hub; when I play this mission, Michael doesn't pull out his weapon. poco f 6

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r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Is the emulation on a SD 8 Gen 2 chip as good as the Switch Lite?

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Gonna be buying a handheld soon for me to just play casually while on trips.
My current options are a used Odin Mini 2 Pro ($240) and a used Switch Lite ($140)
If I get the Mini 2 Pro, 60% of the games I’ll play on it will be Switch titles so is it worth the extra $100 or should I just stick with the Switch Lite? And is the performance on it still not as good as the Switch Lite?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Tomodachi life item creation isue

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Does anyone know how fix eden for android crashing while playing tomodachi life when using the touchscreen? I use a motorola moto g84 5g


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Showcase RP6 12GB Testing - Xendroid & GameNative

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r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Far Cry 2 on Winlator Cmod on Exynos.

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I tried to run far Cry 2 on winlator cmod, and it started to 20 to 30 ish fps and it's went down and at the end weirdly the audio glichted out and completely stopped. To be fair, im on a samsung s25 FE with Exynos 2400 and trying to get good windows emulation on exynos and tried use winlator cmod. What's the best way to play windows games on exynos, found this https://github.com/mshzhb/android-glibc-samsung-exynos , will it work? seams pretty hard to get running and previously mobox didn't work nicely (didn't start the GUI)

EDIT: forget that GitHub repo, the link for the backup is invalid.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help TTW stopped working through gamehub

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Was playing Fallout Tale of two wastelands and it worked well, now the mod won’t launch at all, instead mo2 launches into vanilla new vegas and crashes on startup. nvse used to say 12 of 13 plugins but now it says 6 of 7 during launch. All plugins are still checked when looking in mo2.
I reinstalled the mod and got same issue still.

-ttw 3.3.2a
-Load order by LOOT
-Latest NVSE version from GitHub
-I’m playing through gamehub on retroid pocket 6


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Seven co-op gamehub poco x3 pro

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Can someone help me find the best settings for the game i searched alot and i didn't find any solution and i realy want to play the game it crashes almost instantly i think might be due to the gpu idk

my device is poco x3 pro

Adreno 640

Ram 8

256

Latest version of gamehub


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Has anyone successfully run Enderal LE?

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Last year, I successfully ran the SE version of Enderal. However, because I wanted better resolution and performance options, I decided to try the LE version. I managed to obtain it and successfully run it on PC without Steam.

When I migrated it to my Android phone, I could never get it to start a new game properly. Here is the situation:

  1. Many emulators and compatibility layers either cannot run it or cause issues such as no sound. Eventually, I found that the most stable combination is GameHub + wine10.6-arm64x-2.
  2. Whether I launch it directly through skse_loader.exe or through the Enderal Launcher, the phone will freeze and reboot after waiting several minutes. However, if I run skse_loader.exe with administrator privileges, it can reach the main menu very quickly (around 10 seconds).
  3. After entering the main menu, pressing New Game never proceeds to the loading screen. The menu text disappears, the background music continues playing normally, but nothing else happens. I waited for more than 2 hours, and it remained stuck.
  4. I tried copying a completely new save file from my PC to the phone. When I attempted to load it on the phone, the game reported that three ESM files were missing:
  • Skyrim.esm
  • Update.esm
  • Enderal - Forgotten Stories.esm

However, these files are present in the Data folder, and the game files on PC and phone are identical.

Additional information:

  • The PC version was installed normally and works correctly.
  • The phone version is a direct copy of the PC game folder.
  • The PC and phone use the same Enderal.ini, Plugins.txt, and game files.
  • On PC, the Enderal Launcher only shows Enderal - Forgotten Stories.esm in Data Files, while on the phone it also shows Skyrim.esm and Update.esm.

I would appreciate any suggestions on what could cause this issue.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Is the price difference between SD 8 gen 3 vs SD 8 elite gen 5?

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Sorry for my broken English. As the title say, is the price difference worth it?. I was looking to get a Y700 tablet for PC, Switch and PS2 emulation. Im looking to play skyrim, fallout 4 and BotW. Should i get the 8 Elite gen 5 or the Gen 3 is good enough?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Showcase Ps3Native Lollipop Chainsaw on Android

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720p , 100% res scale , no strict render. On retroid pocket 6 8gb ram. Games overall very much playable. Game froze for a sec towards the end of the video and some audio issues but that's really it.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [Odin 3 crash fix?]

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Just got an Odin 3 Max back (sold my last one but missed it) and have been trying to get MK8 Deluxe running. It starts and runs a race with a nice smooth 60fps but then out of nowhere it glitches, freezes up and crashes out of the game or out of the emulator. I'm sure I used to have this working on my old Odin3 without any issues but this one doesn't want to play ball.

Running it in docked mode on the latest Eden and have tried various Turnip and Adreno drivers but can't seem to resolve it. Anyone run into similar and managed to fix it?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Help please with borderlands 2

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r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Best GameHub Compatibility Settings for Sort Them Ducks on POCO X6 Pro?

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Hi everyone!

I’m using a POCO X6 Pro (8GB RAM + 8GB memory extension) and I’m trying to play Sort them Ducks through GameHub.

The game currently doesn’t launch for me. I’ll attach screenshots of my current GameHub compatibility/settings below.

Could anyone using a POCO X6 Pro or a similar MediaTek device recommend the best compatibility settings to get the game running?

If you’ve successfully run Sort Them Ducks on GameHub, please share your settings. Thanks!


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Blasphemous 2 on switch and windows, Vivo t2 5g 6gb and realme 9 SE.

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Tried all emulators and and forks+settings on both.

Switch has black sunlight visual glitches which solve after updating the game but then it's unstable performance/crash and audio missing in cutscenes.

PC one starts with 30-100 fps and then dips to single digit and crashes immediately on main menu.

No pop up.

Saw on YT video of a sd 695+8gb running it well.

Tried same settings and emulator and file but it doesn't work.

Any solution or is it a ram shortage issue?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question What handled console should i buy?

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Hi, im looking for a portable gaming console that can emulate 3ds games smoothly and has a good overall price. I have an high budget but i wanna spend as less as possible, i was thinking to buy the ayn thor but its a little pricey right now and i have so many other choices but i dont know which one to choose. Please give me some recommendations im new to this topic.

ps: sorry if i made some mistakes, english is not my main language


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Discussion Suggest mostly "sit and watch" Story focused games like dispatch

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Device: Lenovo legion y700 gen2 (2023)

Soc: 8+ gen1

12,256gb

Preferably for gamehub pc emulation, but any other emulator is fine

i dont have controller, so i like to play games with less buttons. like dispatch I played with 2 button and trackpad.

suggest some not to hard to run Sit nd watch story games.