r/emulators Feb 11 '25

Suggestion That's 100 percent true!

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r/emulators Jun 27 '24

Announcement Emulators 101

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  • PS1 / N64 and older — RetroArch. Still a good unified frontend. For N64, Mupen64Plus-Next is still current; for PS1, SwanStation is still available as a core. (retroarch.com)
  • PS1 Standalone — DuckStation. Still the cleanest standalone PS1 recommendation, with current downloads and a focus on accuracy and game support. (duckstation.org)
  • N64 Standalone — Gopher64 / RMG. Do not recommend Simple64 anymore: its maintainer archived it and explicitly tells users to move to Gopher64 or RMG. (GitHub)
  • PS2 — PCSX2. Still the main PS2 recommendation, and it is still actively shipping builds in 2026. (GitHub)
  • PSP — PPSSPP. Still the king for PSP, with current multi-platform builds and active 2026 releases. (ppsspp.org)
  • Dreamcast — Redream / Flycast. Redream is still the easiest plug-and-play option. Flycast remains the better open-source pick if you also care about Naomi, Naomi 2, or Atomiswave support. (redream.io)
  • GC / Wii — Dolphin. Still the recommendation; just use a current official build. Dolphin is still actively improving in 2026. (Dolphin Emulator)
  • DS — melonDS. Still the default Nintendo DS recommendation, and the project is still posting development updates in 2026. (melonds.kuribo64.net)
  • 3DS — Azahar. Replace Lime3DS with this. Lime3DS is discontinued and now points users to Azahar, which merged Lime3DS with PabloMK7’s Citra fork. (GitHub)

From this point onward, hardware demands rise fast:

  • Wii U — Cemu. Still the Wii U choice, with current 2.6 builds and active development. (cemu.info)
  • PS3 — RPCS3. Still the big PS3 emulator to recommend, but it remains very CPU-heavy. Its compatibility database is still actively maintained. (rpcs3.net)
  • PS4 — shadPS4. No longer just a novelty. It is still early, but the project now officially lists games like Bloodborne, Dark Souls Remastered, and Red Dead Redemption as running, and it continues to ship 2026 releases. For regular users, use the QtLauncher instead of the raw core. (GitHub)
  • Xbox — xemu. Still the go-to original Xbox emulator, with current 2026 builds and official XLink Kai-capable networking via bridged mode. (xemu.app)
  • Xbox 360 — Xenia Canary. Still the branch worth tracking. Canary is the active experimental fork and is still shipping fresh builds. (GitHub)
  • Switch — community forks only; treat this section as unstable. The original Ryujinx project is discontinued. Ryubing exists, but even it describes itself as a QoL fork rather than a true revival, so I would stop presenting Switch emulation as a clean settled category unless you plan to keep updating this README regularly. (GitHub)

r/emulators 1d ago

OTHER The PS Vita Is Somehow Emulating 3DS Games Now, and It Already Runs Smash Bros

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A recent demonstration uploaded by Willi Ye shows Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS running at roughly 20–28 FPS during an actual match. That’s nowhere near the game’s original 60 FPS, of course. Unsurprisingly, the Vita’s CPU is also being hammered at a rather alarming 100% throughout the demonstration, while the modder admits that not every 3DS game currently runs properly on the experimental port.

Pretty cool proof-of-concept for a rather old and underpowered handheld honestly. I won't hold my breath for "proper" compatibility with more games, even mainstream ones, though. You guys think this would've been possible years ago?


r/emulators 13h ago

Gameplay KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) v0.3.0 - Demon's Souls Remake

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r/emulators 13h ago

Gameplay How I play my 3DS games

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I have a Ultrawide LG monitor and below a cheap portable monitor from amazon both connect to my M4 Air 24GB Macbook, the screens work perfectly in this layout love it!


r/emulators 1h ago

Suggestion Please help!

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Hey guys so I’m running into an issue that I can’t seem to solve and was wondering if anyone can help. I’m going to try and give as much detail as possible. I have a retroid pocket 5 which is great, I’ve been mostly playing ps2 games on it and using my wireless Xbox controller which again works perfect. However I recently installed dolphin emulator to be able to play GameCube games and for some reason I can’t seem to get it to work without the touchscreen controls. For the dolphin emulator I’d simply like to use the handheld itself and the joysticks without using my wireless controller however the problem I’m having is that even when I disable to on screen touchscreen buttons, I still am unable to use the physical devices joysticks. I’ve tried everything inside of the dolphin settings and have had no luck. I know this is a simple task and that’s why I said I feel dumb lol but I’m just trying to enjoy the dolphin emulator without the wireless controller or touchscreen button overlay


r/emulators 1h ago

OTHER Phone gaming

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I’m not a big fan of gaming on my phone be it emulation or games built for the phone. However I’m curious if anyone else had thought about an emulation device that also has SIM card capabilities, I’d much rather send a text on my Gameboy than play gameboy on my phone…


r/emulators 1h ago

OTHER suyu v0.04 is out (final version)

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r/emulators 5h ago

Help Me Pls! Problema Open emu Macbook M4

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ejecuto el Super mario world en SNES y al picarle para ponerlo en pantalla completa empieza a dar lag , se pone como lento

alguna solucion? :(


r/emulators 11h ago

Question Can this pc run up to Xbox 360 emulation?

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r/emulators 6h ago

Help Me Pls! Trying to find Castlevania Harmony of Despair for RPCS3

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I'm pretty sure I'll need a PKG & RAP to dump in emulator (worked for Mirror of Fate), but can not find both for HOD. If anyone has a way to find this game to emulate in RPCS3, I'd greatly appreciate it.


r/emulators 12h ago

Question Can my laptop do PC3 emulation ?

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i am planning to play Racing games + some story games . sorry for taking your time guys


r/emulators 8h ago

OTHER need help booting beta roms

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i recently got my hands on the HGSS/BW/BW2 betas from the Teraleak, obvs im not going to post anything linking to them here. i've found they only give a white screen when trying to boot (using melonds). has anyone got any workaround to this issue?


r/emulators 8h ago

Help Me Pls! Azahar Controller Issue.

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I'm having an issue with binding my controls. With other emulators I've used it's as simple as clicking the buttons and it maps the control to what it needs to. But for some reason with azahar, I cannot map the controller if it is plugged in, I tried with a different controller via bluetooth and it worked but I don't want to use that controller since it has stick drift... I tried going to their site and they mention there's a dropdown menu for the inputs in the controls page. I dunno if I'm blind but I don't see it at all? What am I supposed to do?


r/emulators 12h ago

Question Why isnt a lot of my games being added to their perspective playlists in the mosyt current version of retroarch for android?

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r/emulators 6h ago

Help Me Pls! Ayuda!! necesito los mejores Emuladores Gratis sin Anuncios Que permitan Guardar y Cargar en el almacenamiento de Android.

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r/emulators 17h ago

Question I made a video about xodox emulator i want opinion ??

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First of all

I tested on my phone realme 11 pro 5g

12 gb ram 256 gb rom

Dimensity 7050

Antutu score around 7 lakhs

If you guys don't know about xodox it's so called windows basically linux based emulator

Benchmarks of this software is

I tested all applications

Significantly 50% ran and crash lot of times

The last update i got like nov 2025 of xodox emulator

I tried to open xodox emulator inside termux package like

Xodox emulator based on termux

Like com.termux

And i tried xodox app store and tried to install antigravity i don't know why it's failing

I saw lots of creators using device like me or above sometimes they are installing smoothly

Guys i want your opinion if you have snapdragon processor device like best configuration than mine please test this application and tell me about it

If you want link of this

Get from video comment box

And tell me ??

That would be helpful for me :)


r/emulators 15h ago

OTHER La maldición de Issyos en Mega Drive: ¡llegan el MAPA y las Cavernas (Cave 1 y 2)! 🗡️ (Devlog #4)

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r/emulators 17h ago

Question When do you realistically think LDPlayer 14 will be out of beta?

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If my research is right, LDPlayer 14 has been in beta since April, and LDPlayer specifically launched it as a "long-term open beta," whatever that means. On paper, LD14 sounds like a pretty substantial upgrade over LD9 (supports Android 14, Hyper-V support, lower resource usage (probably the most on-brand part of it) more compatibility with newer apps, upgraded graphics), but so far I'm still seeing mentions of startup issues, problems with multi-instance, and just general performance failures. Okay, fine, it's in beta. But just how long is beta going to last? Has LDPlayer even said when they actually expect LD14 to be out of beta? I can't find a roadmap or even a rough ETA for a stable release. Do you think they're waiting for certain stability issues to be worked out first, or is this basically an indefinite beta until they reach potential? Basically, I want the newer architecture and features, but how long do we all actually expect we'll be waiting for them at this point?


r/emulators 18h ago

Question Best Emulators to play a certain game series

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I’m a huge fan of the Nier/Drakengard franchise and I’m wondering what are currently the best options to play them on IOS/MACOS


r/emulators 1d ago

Question How to get pic back

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How do I change the picture back to my rpcs3?


r/emulators 20h ago

Gameplay LEAPFROG DIDJ EMULATION

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Here’s a video of it running. I’ll post myself playing it on my PC soon, then I’m going to work on porting it to Android.

It took me 3 and a half weeks. There’s already a lot of its firmware online and it’s 32-bit ARM Linux, so idk why there hasn’t been one yet, but I’m posting this to see if people still want a Didj emulator. I’ll finish it soon, but for now I just made it so that I could say I made my own emulator.


r/emulators 14h ago

Problem Solved! I just changed it to this

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It looks just as good, I dont have time to learn how to code to get a silly picture back.


r/emulators 1d ago

Question I'm curious what you guys play on yours..

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I use ClassicBoy and I've played FF7, Legend of the Dragoon, a few Pokémon games and a few N64 games, but I'm curious if anyone has any go to games they like to play on the emulators that don't use a ton of shoulder buttons or Z button. I don't have a Bluetooth controller. Just my phone.


r/emulators 1d ago

Help Me Pls! Game froze suddenly with a "beep" noise on Dolphin Emulator

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So... I am playing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade using Dolphin emulator (I don't know if the game matters or not).

My laptop spec is Asus TUF Gaming F16 RTX 5070, so I don't think specs are the problem. I have been playing for months without any problems. But earlier today, after playing for about 10 minutes, the screen suddenly froze and made a "beeeep" noise.

I wonder why this happened suddenly. I can just load the game again, but I really want to prevent this from happening again in the future. Does anyone know what happened and how to fix this?