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Is Touch Controls on Emulators on phones really that bad.

>> No.2724834

Or are they?

>> No.2724862

>>2724830
Yes, they are.
/Thread

>> No.2725042

Yes, and it's not even /vr/-related.

>> No.2725107

Yes, unless you are playing turn-based rpgs.

>> No.2725125

>>2725042
If it's about retro games then it IS /vr/ related you dumbass.

>> No.2725126

>>2724830
if you're comfortable with them just stick with it
who cares what /vr/ thinks, mang. the world champion at USF4 plays zangief with a ps1 pad

>> No.2725127

>>2725125

Please leave

>> No.2725129

>>2725126
Since when did snakeeyez become world champion?

>> No.2725132

>>2725129
I might have expanded the story a bit.

>> No.2725139

The Mega Man 2 port works pretty well.

Other than one or two things, it's pretty close to the original

>> No.2725174

>>2724830
Yeah, they're pretty much impossible for most things. Bean's Quest, SurvivalCraft, the Sonic ports, Carmageddon, those are all surprisingly playable with touch controls. RPGs can be annoying, but since you're not being rushed or anything, it works.

Super Mario Bros, Metal Slug, any fighting game, most things in general especially if they use more than one button, are pretty miserable to play. Not impossible, but not very fun.

>> No.2725175
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>>2724830
>tfw no playstation emulator with touch controls on windows tablets, only on windows phones.

At least there's PPSSPP.

>> No.2725184

>>2725125
Emulation is discussed all the time on /vr/.

>> No.2725185

Are there any Android emulators that have a non-fixed dpad? What I mean is, instead of a dpad on the screen you need to stick to, it just kinda puts a dpad under wherever your thumb is and otherwise stays invisible.

>> No.2725218

>>2725185
Yes, but I'm afraid I can't recall any by memory. I think they call it a dynamic dpad. Wherever you press your thumb becomes the center of the dpad. I found that sometimes they worked better, but most of the time it was annoying as fuck.

>> No.2725247

>>2725175
Why would you use an emulator?

You can get a PSone with the LCD screen for 60 bucks easily, then just mod it and play burned games.

What are you a dingus?

>> No.2725257

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

>> No.2725269

To all you retards: FACT ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>> Touch screen devices are STILL in BETA state (even tho it's 2015). It sucks. It lags. It's inaccurate. It's....... Everything BAD. FUCK YOU. But there is one good thing - it will get better eventually!

>> No.2725274

>>2725247
>Why would you use an emulator?
Is this a real question or not?

>> No.2725275

Yes.

This thread made me puke.

>> No.2725287

>>2725269
I was thinking of using SNES emulator for JRPGs and maybe some platform games on my SGS5, should I even bother?

>> No.2725292

>>2725287
It won't take 10 minutes to set up and see for yourself. I find it doable if there's no other convenient choice when traveling.

>> No.2725298

>>2725292
I mean is the lag an overall glitches really this bad?

>> No.2725339

>>2724830
Depends. You're sure as hell not going to be playing any platformers, but turn-based RPGs are safe.

>> No.2725350

Touch on phones and tablets are bad, period.

These fucking little toy devices are an embarrassment to technology and I wish they would fucking die.

>> No.2725363

>>2725107
this

>> No.2725421

>>2725287
JRPG's are mostly turn based so it's pretty much alright.

>> No.2725449

>>2725126
Did you mean Rose?

>> No.2725513

They're not bad per say, just hard to work with, and ideal for turn based rpgs. Anything else like platformers are more difficult because you don't feel the actual buttons. They do sell controllers though for phones, or you can hook up a wiimote.

>> No.2725550

>>2725287
Yeah you'll be fine.

>> No.2725572

>>2724830
I like buttons and shit for more physical response because i just can't get use to it, but for slower games, adventure games, etc, it's not too bad.

>> No.2725594

>>2724830
Yes. Fuck touch screen gaming.

>> No.2725992

>>2725184

As of late, yes. And it's getting kinda boring at this point. There's an emulation general thread but people keep popping new threads all the time, I barely see actual retro games discussion anymore, it's just emulation, copypastas from /v/ and meta stuff.

>> No.2726796

>>2724830
YES. Touch controls are practically unusable for anything other than turn-based games.

>> No.2726805

>>2724830
Yes. Go ahead and try playing a platformer on one of these things. It's the pits!

>> No.2727094

>>2724830
Ask your mom if you can use her iphone and see for yourself.

>> No.2728238

>>2725107
Until you get to a mini game that isn't turn based.

>> No.2728251

>>2725247
Because PPSSPP is a PSP emulator?

>> No.2728253

Use the general for this kind of shit

>>2709772

>> No.2728807

>>2725269
IT WON'T GET BETTER. IT CAN'T. TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES DON'T OFFER TACTILE FEEDBACK AND ARE THEREFORE USELESS FOR GAMING PURPOSES FROM THE VERY POINT OF THEIR CONCEPTION.

>> No.2728812

>>2725127
Now you leave asshole. You're clearly a cancer on this board that needs to kill yourself for the better of humanity.

>>>/v/
>>>/pol/
>>>/tv/
>>>/b/
>>>/m/
>>>/s4s/
>>>/r9k/

>> No.2728884

>>2728812
>calling mobile emufags not cancer
>listing the board you visit
>being this new
>getting it so wrong

>> No.2728889

>>2728812

Leave. None of your kind is welcome here.

>> No.2729267
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2729267

>>2725269
under-age please leave

>> No.2729390

A funny thing I've found with a tablet and the ng.emu/ngpc.emu - I can get the moves out in NG/NGPC fighters fine on a touchscreen, same with stuff like Power Quest and SF Alpha on a gameboy emu. I wouldn't prefer to play like this but sure, i've busted out some KOF R-2 just fine.

The less buttons a game uses the better, and I feel 4 is probably the limit - if shoulder buttons are rarely used then that's fine also.

>> No.2729452

>>2726796
I have beaten Castlevania for the NES like nine times with touch controls. The buttons vibrate the phone and you couldn't possibly have a faster input style. It's physically impossible for physical buttons to react like a touch screen.

It's a pain for some games but overall most complaints about it are due to people who are angered by change, something they aren't used to. Nobody who has any experience with touch screens complains to the extent that you see on these threads.

>> No.2729461

Touch controls suck.

Source: Me, I tried playing Super Mario World on a smartphone once and couldn't even get to the first castle.

>> No.2729464

>>2729461
Nigga you assign Run to the volume key and that shit is too easy

>> No.2729494

>>2724830
semi-transparent controls super imposed on gba emulators is a-okay, as long as it doesn't require high use of the shoulder buttons like mariokart

>> No.2731970

>>2724830
I can't fucking use them at all, but if you can go for it

real buttons are much better, don't be the tool who emulates shit on his smart phone

>> No.2732123

>>2731970
>don't be the tool who emulates shit on his smart phone

Why