I'm looking for suggestions for the best Android emulators. I already have DosBox Turbo but i am looking for NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, PS1, and any others. I am looking for the best ones out there, paid or free it doesn't matter to me.
Thanks in advance
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RetroArch is the best all in one emulator.
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RetroArch is the best all in one emulator.
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You beat me to it
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Have to agree with the two posters above.:good:
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RetroArch is the best all in one emulator.
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This
Developer libretro?
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Developer libretro?
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Yes, that's the one.
I've had a bunch of hassle with RetroArch. I can't seem to play any SNES game or PSX game for more than 15 seconds before I get kicked back to the emu select screen. I tried reinstalling and the problem is still there.
I'll have to go back to Super GNES and FPSE.
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I've had a bunch of hassle with RetroArch. I can't seem to play any SNES game or PSX game for more than 15 seconds before I get kicked back to the emu select screen. I tried reinstalling and the problem is still there.
I'll have to go back to Super GNES and FPSE.
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I'd never heard of RetroArch before reading this thread but I'm having the same exact same problem with it.
Not sure if you forgot N64 games but if you want, n64oid is the best for n64 roms.
Fpse is working great fory playstation needs. currently playing Diablo 1
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Nothing will come close to Retroarch. Especially on the note 2. N64 is getting added to it as well as other systems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiCx7_5gxLk
Video of various systems on the note 2. Obviously it works perfectly.
Can someone pm me a safe rom site to use? Haven't used emulators since my bolt and not sure what's safe anymore
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None of the ps1 roms I'vefound work in retro or fpse? I've tried isos bins 7z and zip?
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Does DOSbox turbo work without a physical keyboard on the N2?
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None of the ps1 roms I'vefound work in retro or fpse? I've tried isos bins 7z and zip?
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You can see retroarch playing ps1 games on a note 2 flawlessly. So obviously the issue is on your end.
I find that retroarch lacks in configuration where a normal standalone emulator exceeds, they make for better compatibility with games and performance tweaks. The downside is that standalones are about $4 each.
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I find that retroarch lacks in configuration where a normal standalone emulator exceeds, they make for better compatibility with games and performance tweaks. The downside is that standalones are about $4 each.
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Can you elaborate on this? Retroarch is getting in game menus, built in wii remote support, and more cores. What do the paid emus who run worse and have frameskip on do better?
The wii remote is garbage for any system post Genesis. You need more buttons. I'm using sixaxis and dualshock3 controller. Like said before though, the configuration in retro is a little weak compared to all the oids with button mapping at least
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The wii remote is garbage for any system post Genesis. You need more buttons. I'm using sixaxis and dualshock3 controller. Like said before though, the configuration in retro is a little weak compared to all the oids with button mapping at least
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You can plug in a plethora of different controllers into the wii remote, giving you a ton of options. You can see here with the official Neo Geo arcade stick plugged into the wii remote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pdsFgv3EGLk
Retroarch has native Sixaxis controls. Configure the pad with the sixaxis app and set it to gamepad mode, and retroarch fully maps it out for you by default.
The configuration for the button mapping is identical to the oids and other emus, you can manually go in and set each button on the controller with whatever you are using. Can you again tell me what else you think the paid emus do better so i can tell the devs directly? Feedback is important, so i'd like to know what else to suggest. So far you've just mentioned stuff retroarch already does out of the box.
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What are some emulators you guys are using for your Atrix, for what games, what systems, etc. I'm going to start trying a ton but thought I'd fire up a conversation here on which emulators people prefer (if any for that matter) lol.
I use oid emus like gameboid (although they're not in the market anymore, I installed it with an apk) but it works great and can overclock... the Nintendo DS ones I use always seem to lag but works ok. By the way these are for Pokemon and Zelda games. They don't eat up too much power either, at least in my opinion. About 20%/hour of constant use.
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Psx4droid running ff7, ff8 and ff9 gorgeously. Save states are awesome and the memcard files (.mmc) if renamed are compatible with epsxe on the computer
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I've used Gameboid, psx4droid, and Snes9x ex, All with a Sixaxis(ps3) controller, and its extremely good if you like to play games in an emulator. All of those work pretty good, with out lag, too!
i cannt for the life of me get psx for droid to work any suggestions or pointers
im using 3.07
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I use oid emus like gameboid (although they're not in the market anymore, I installed it with an apk) but it works great and can overclock... the Nintendo DS ones I use always seem to lag but works ok. By the way these are for Pokemon and Zelda games. They don't eat up too much power either, at least in my opinion. About 20%/hour of constant use.
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What DS Rom are you using? I cant seem to find one that works at all...
Gameboid is the best GBA emulator in my opinion. You cannot get it from the market anymore. But do a Google search and you can install it from an .Apk.
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What DS Rom are you using? I cant seem to find one that works at all...
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I've gotten all the ones I've used to work, so I'm not rly sure what to say. Although the one I use most is Pokemon platinum
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I've gotten all the ones I've used to work, so I'm not rly sure what to say. Although the one I use most is Pokemon platinum
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I think he might mean which DS emulator you use? Maybe..
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What are some emulators you guys are using for your Atrix, for what games, what systems, etc. I'm going to start trying a ton but thought I'd fire up a conversation here on which emulators people prefer (if any for that matter) lol.
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I'm using Gensoid, Snesoid, Gameboid and FPSE (psx4droid won't run Legend of Mana..........)
GameBoid, N64oid, Nesoid, Snesoid
I use the bluetooth Wiimote app and it works great.
Wiimote classic for N64 and Snes
and for gameboy and nes i use just the wii mote rotated.
Anyone know of any honeycomb/10.1 optimized emulators like GBC
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Anyone know of any honeycomb/10.1 optimized emulators like GBC
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My favourite nintendo emulator: n64oid or SNesoid (free for 2 weeks)
http://slideme.org/application/snesoid
download your roms here: http://www.roms4droid.com
you need to have slideme app downloadable from the android market.
enjoy
Is there any gameboy color emulators for the tab or honeycomb?
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Is there any gameboy color emulators for the tab or honeycomb?
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https://slideme.org/user/yongzh
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yes i know gbcoid, but i was wondering if it was optimized for a tablet screen before i went and installed it
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yes i know gbcoid, but i was wondering if it was optimized for a tablet screen before i went and installed it
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Sorry, misread your question. I wouldn't say gbcoid is optimized for tablet screens as the virtual controller button placement could be a hindrance at times. Aside from that [very] minor occasional inconvenience, it's very playable. Especially because you can change the Scaling of the screen to fit your preference.
*If you have a bluetooth controller, I imagine it would be 100% perfect.
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Sorry, misread your question. I wouldn't say gbcoid is optimized for tablet screens as the virtual controller button placement could be a hindrance at times. Aside from that [very] minor occasional inconvenience, it's very playable. Especially because you can change the Scaling of the screen to fit your preference.
*If you have a bluetooth controller, I imagine it would be 100% perfect.
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I use my bt keyboard and it works great I use 64 and nes emulators
Would you like to play PSX games?
I'm using here FPSe emulator, and dude, it reeeeally works. I recommend it to you if you're a Final Fantasy saga fan like me
Remember to download the BIOS, so you can save your game progress as if you had a memory card.. etc.
You should give it a try, trust me.
good luck bro.
HI i'm a final fantasy saga fan, and want to play ff ix again
sorry for asking but can you please link me to download fpse emulator, rom, and bios for that
i tried many site but didnt get luck until now
thanks before
snesoid with sixaxis controller lets you play emulators with ps3 controller...street fighter alpha 2 all day!
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snesoid with sixaxis controller lets you play emulators with ps3 controller...street fighter alpha 2 all day!
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That's so true! I've also been enjoying some good old Killer Instinct!!
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Would you like to play PSX games?
I'm using here FPSe emulator, and dude, it reeeeally works. I recommend it to you if you're a Final Fantasy saga fan like me
Remember to download the BIOS, so you can save your game progress as if you had a memory card.. etc.
You should give it a try, trust me.
good luck bro.
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Hey can you tell me the steps to get FPse working? i got the app and i installed the bios file. is there any like a specific place to save the bios file?
as for roms. do u have to do any steps? or just download from the site as a .bin file and copied it onto ur tablet? i copied the .bin file onto my tablet but FPse can't find it.
FPse. Since the last update added dual core optimization ... well everything just works, in fact it works TOO fast - I had to frame limit all my games and I had turned on all the tweaks. Tekken III runs beautifully. Additionally the sixaxis bluetooth controller works great with it.
Attached for your gaming pleasure are my own personal mapping for my games. I made all of them and tweaked them as best I could. Some might be a little buggy so feel free to edit them to your liking. I included a Readme with all the button mapping for the games as well. Unzip the file and put map files in /data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles
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Shadowgun
Sonic 4 Ep 1&2
Modern Combat 3
NOVA 3
Dead Space
Max Payne
Asphalt 3
Fpse
N64oid
- Coming Soon -
Mass Effect: Infiltrator
Grand Theft Auto III
The Dark Meadow
CK Zombies
NBA Jam
Dead Trigger
thanks
This u could make one for online? Been trying to play homefront but its not mapped properly
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This u could make one for online? Been trying to play homefront but its not mapped properly
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Homefront?
Excellent Work!
Great job! Saves a lot of time for users wanting to get this working All work perfectly for me
I'm just wondering why you would do mappings for Shadowgun, Max Payne & Grand Theft Auto III. They all support native Gamepad Support? Is it personal preference on the layout?
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Great job! Saves a lot of time for users wanting to get this working All work perfectly for me
I'm just wondering why you would do mappings for Shadowgun, Max Payne & Grand Theft Auto III. They all support native Gamepad Support? Is it personal preference on the layout?
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Not sure if it even matters, I don't have a dock and didn't know if it would work via bluetooth. And honestly I just didn't really think about it either. Just kind of went straight to mapping my own touch controls.
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Attached for your gaming pleasure are my own personal mapping for my games. I made all of them and tweaked them as best I could. Some might be a little buggy so feel free to edit them to your liking. I included a Readme with all the button mapping for the games as well. Unzip the file and put map files in /data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles
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Shadowgun
Sonic 4 Ep 1&2
Modern Combat 3
NOVA 3
Dead Space
Max Payne
Asphalt 3
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N64oid
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Mass Effect: Infiltrator
Grand Theft Auto III
The Dark Meadow
CK Zombies
NBA Jam
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I dont see /data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles?
is this somethng we need add? or?
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i dont get it. I guess u have to buy an app to use the ps3 controller but it already works with it.
Before i buy this app does it really work? i have mc3 but never play it cuz I hate touching the screen
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jetbruceli said:
I dont see /data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles?
is this somethng we need add? or?
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are you useing a file browser on your prime? i couldnt find it ether but when i plugged it in to my computer i found it. you also need to have sixaxas installed and set up
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i dont get it. I guess u have to buy an app to use the ps3 controller but it already works with it.
Before i buy this app does it really work? i have mc3 but never play it cuz I hate touching the screen
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yes it really works, justs takes a little to get the hang of
i got the app but dont see the files. I got root explorer so I should see everything
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OK I got it somewhat working. I just want this for MC3 and all I get is shooting and switching weapons.
I must be doing something wrong
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i got the app but dont see the files. I got root explorer so I should see everything
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it doesnt show up on any of my root browsers including root explorer.
download astro file browser and you will find it. its free
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OK I got it somewhat working. I just want this for MC3 and all I get is shooting and switching weapons.
I must be doing something wrong
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you might have got a bad download. i downt have MC3 to test sorry.
I found the folder once I made a profile. The issue is that I can only move forward and certain buttons. I tried changing the setting but nothing gives
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i dont get it. I guess u have to buy an app to use the ps3 controller but it already works with it.
Before i buy this app does it really work? i have mc3 but never play it cuz I hate touching the screen
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Is this a real question? Yes you need to buy the Sixaxis controller app to use Sixaxis controller mappings. Didn't think I needed to do this but here are the step by step instructions.
1 - BUY SIXAXIS APP
2 - Download my 2 files in original post
3 - Unzip all files from profiles.zip. You will see a bunch of .map files
4 - Put Modern Combat 3.map into /mnt/sdcard/data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles
5 - Open Sixaxis app, connect controller via bluetooth
6 - Choose Modern Combat 3 from Active Touch Profile pulldown menu
7 - Refer to Sixaxis Map.text for controls
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Is this a real question? Yes you need to buy the Sixaxis controller app to use Sixaxis controller mappings. Didn't think I needed to do this but here are the step by step instructions.
1 - BUY SIXAXIS APP
2 - Download my 2 files in original post
3 - Unzip all files from profiles.zip. You will see a bunch of .map files
4 - Put Modern Combat 3.map into /mnt/sdcard/data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles
5 - Open Sixaxis app, connect controller via bluetooth
6 - Choose Modern Combat 3 from Active Touch Profile pulldown menu
7 - Refer to Sixaxis Map.text for controls
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Gotcha, it doesnt work! I did that all above and all I get is weapon switching and moving forward.
Second, when I first read your post, I assumed there wasnt an app needed because the TF201 has built in support for ps3 controller.
If I can get this to work it will be worth the 2 bucks I just spent
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Gotcha, it doesnt work! I did that all above and all I get is weapon switching and moving forward.
Second, when I first read your post, I assumed there wasnt an app needed because the TF201 has built in support for ps3 controller.
If I can get this to work it will be worth the 2 bucks I just spent
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Do you have your control scheme set to Classic in the MC3 settings?
I figured it out. See I thought I could just use this with it being just USB but I guess u have to use it as Bluetooth. Still tweaking it though. Wish they would just support game pad control anyways. It would be easier since the prime already supports ps3 with USB and Bluetooth
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Attached for your gaming pleasure are my own personal mapping for my games. I made all of them and tweaked them as best I could. Some might be a little buggy so feel free to edit them to your liking. I included a Readme with all the button mapping for the games as well. Unzip the file and put map files in /data/com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller/profiles
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Modern Combat 3
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Thanks! I'll try this out tonight. I have MC3 and Sixaxis, and a controller is really the only way to play that game with a 10" screen.
I am pretty happy with my MC3 map on Sixaxis, but it's definitely not perfect, so I'm always tweaking things around. Can't wait to see your approach, and try your profile.
Question, which controller setup should we use for your MC3 map? The in-game controller settings offer three different setups: virtual joystick, something else, and something else. Which should we use with your controller map?
Thanks again!
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Homefront?
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Yes online is a streaming gaming service that allow us to play full desktop games on a cloud base server's home front a fps game happen to be my new addiction but mapping with the six axis on android is all kinda messed up
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Yes online is a streaming gaming service that allow us to play full desktop games on a cloud base server's home front a fps game happen to be my new addiction but mapping with the six axis on android is all kinda messed up
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You mean OnLive right? I don't have that so I can't help you, sorry. I was thinking about trying it though. But I play enough video games as it is already.
@Komodo Rogue - I use the classic control scheme for MC3
So I accidentally posted this in the internation SIII forums and didnt get many replies.
I have the sprint galaxy s3 with the s4 processor and 2gb ram and both emulators are very slow on the phone. Anyone else have this issue?
Yes. Tried playing ssb on n64oid and it was laggy.
gameboid runs smooth for me playing pokemon. Try changing max frame skip to 0.
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Yes n64 emulator was laggy playing zelda and Mario. Unfortunate but what can you do
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It ran perfectly fine for me, both emulators. Played Pokemon and Mario &Luigi on gameboid and Mario 64 on n64oid
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^^^ Did you download that security update that sprint sent? I downloaded it.
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I have the sprint galaxy s3 with the s4 processor and 2gb ram and both emulators are very slow on the phone. Anyone else have this issue?
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I haven't tried it yet, but try contacting the emulator authors about it. Several of the apps I have installed have had recent updates that fix speed issues with the SGS3.
I've used N64oid, snesoid, FPSE, and haven't had any issues at all one my S III, sprint.
i changed the gfx plug-in to the gles2n64 and it seems to play smoother.
with that being said. ocarina of time still plays great, but other games dont work as well as they did on the s2.
remember, the s3 is pushing almost double the pixels. the s4 is more powerful than exynos, but i dont think powerful enough to compensate though. just my opinion. games to not play as well on this phone as they did on the s2.
Id be curious to see how the quad core exynos version of the s3 handles gaming
Chain fire fixed my isuuse. Nova 3 real racing, PlayStation and n64 games work flawless
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Chain fire fixed my isuuse. Nova 3 real racing, PlayStation and n64 games work flawless
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What did you do exactly?
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What did you do exactly?
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I installed pro version and installed a plugin that allowed games to render better. I'll provide the plugins in a few
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What did you do exactly?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770569
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I installed pro version and installed a plugin that allowed games to render better. I'll provide the plugins in a few
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Oh I have them and the pro version. But what plugin did you use? Did you use any specific settings?
The qualcomm plugin.
i really haven't messed with any settings other than setting the aspect ratio to 4:3 or whatever and all the emus ive ran run MUCH better then they did on my Xperia play. N64oid and FPse were basically unplayable for the most part. most roms were stupid slow.
this CPU and RAM seem to have no performance related issues running any emus as far as i can tell.
running on completely stock VZW SGS3
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Oh I have them and the pro version. But what plugin did you use? Did you use any specific settings?
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Powervr plugin
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Alright I installed the free version of Chainfire and booted up FPse, went to switch to OpenGL and loaded the plugin, got an immediate force close upon reset, what did you have to do to get it to run?
N64 and SNES emulators run flawlessly on my S3. I have tired tons of games and they run perfectly.
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I've used N64oid, snesoid, FPSE, and haven't had any issues at all one my S III, sprint.
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Hate to get off topic, but have you been able to get FF9 working on FPSE? I havent,
On topic though, I've use NESoid, SNESoid, GBCoid, GBoid, GBAoid all work on my phone. Have tried n64oid.
I must say I just downloaded Chainfire3D with . Qualcomm plugin and it fixed any lag I had while playing NBA jam. DOPE!!!
Using the FPSE emulator the buttons aren't rendering at proper size? any way to fix this?
btw ESPSX works but in persona 2 the game im paying im getting alot of visual bugs even though controller size is right.
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Using the FPSE emulator the buttons aren't rendering at proper size? any way to fix this?
btw ESPSX works but in persona 2 the game im paying im getting alot of visual bugs even though controller size is right.
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FPSE works fine for me including button size when I updated to a newer version.
FF7
Anyone get Final Fantasy VII working well? What emulator/ settings? Thanks in advance
Retro arch has worked with pretty much everything I have thrown at it
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Anyone get Final Fantasy VII working well? What emulator/ settings? Thanks in advance
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I use ePSXe and it works great for final fantasy 7. It's the only one of the 4 I tried that had proper sound. Standard settings, unrooted, Moga controller.
Anyone found a rom app on aptoide for the ps emulator?
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I use ePSXe and it works great for final fantasy 7. It's the only one of the 4 I tried that had proper sound. Standard settings, unrooted, Moga controller.
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Yeah only problem I have had with ePSXe is that there is a pretty significant sound delay. Not a huge deal, but noticeable.