/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4087049]

Are emulators better on PC or on the phone?

[Anonymous No.4087061]

Is cancer better on the brain or on the pancreas?

[Anonymous No.4087074]

>>4087049
>Are emulators better on PC or on the phone?


you kidding?

[Anonymous No.4087201]

in terms of accuracy? pc, all the way. Always. In terms of general usefulness/utility? I use emulators on my phone a hell of a lot more than I sit down and open an emulator on my pc nowadays.

[Anonymous No.4087238]

>>4087049
"Smart"phones and tablets (normie devices) are the LEAST authentic way to do retrogaming.

[Anonymous No.4087278]

Can you get CRT phones?

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4087289]

>>4087278
I used to have a couple. They were sheriff's surplus, used for people on house arrest to check in with their parole officer.

[Anonymous No.4087309]

>>4087238

No one cares

[Anonymous No.4087312]

>>4087289
Huh. Had no idea these were things. Neat.

[Anonymous No.4087431]

>>4087049
Hmmmm. What's the input lag like?

[Anonymous No.4087452]

>>4087431
On cellphone it's almost nonexistent.

[Anonymous No.4087454]

>>4087452
Is it "almost nonexistent" just like "SNES emulation on the PSP is 100%" or is it "almost nonexistent" as in "almost nonexistent"?

[Anonymous No.4087462]

>>4087049
>Are emulators better on PC or on the phone?

They are the best on the TV.

[Anonymous No.4087471]

>>4087049
Usually PC

but there are some that are better on Android(Drastic for DS emulation)

>PS3
RPCS3(experimental)

>PS2
PCSX2
PLAY!(experimental)

>PS1
Mednafen
PCSX-R(PGXP)

>PSP
PPSSPP

>WiiU
CEMU

>Wii
Dolphin

>Gamecube
Dolphin

>N64
Project64
Mupen64+

>SNES
Snes9x
bsnes-classic
Higan(need beefy computer)

>NES
Mesen
Nestopia UE
puNES

>3DS
Citra(experimental)

>DS
DeSmuME(cant into pokemon)
DraStic(android only)
MelonDS(experimental)

>GBA
mGBA

>GB/GBC
BGB
Gambatte

>MD/Genesis
Kega Fusion
Genesis Plus GX(lacks 32X support)

>Saturn
SSF
Mednafen
Yabause
ouYabause(android)

>Dreamcast
DEmul
reicast

>Arcade
MAME
Final Burn Alpha

[Anonymous No.4087476]

>>4087238
My phone is literally a superior Game Gear, u mad?

[Anonymous No.4087503]

>>4087049
It's the same. Phones are generally weaker which is the main reason games run worse on them. Although my 3yo phone emulates NDS and PS1 just fine. It does struggle with N64.

[NameGaryEX No.4087596]

>>4087049
>Phone
You need to go back to /v/

[Anonymous No.4087603]

>N64 emulation

[Anonymous No.4087613]

>N64 emulation

[Anonymous No.4089019]

>>4087238
It's not that they're least authentic, it's that emulation on phones is garbage.

[Anonymous No.4089031]

What are you, brain damaged? Phone emulation is fucking garbage. Get PC/Mac or get the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.4089039]

>>4089031
What about Tablet emulation? How about Emulation via PSP and PS Vita?

[Anonymous No.4089042]

>>4087049
>not exclusively gaming on REALLLLLLLLL HARDWAREEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.4089043]

>>4089039

All of them are locked-down garbage you have to fight with before you can use them as you please. The Vita hasn't even been fully compromised and the PSP is simply not powerful enough to run accurate emulators.

[Anonymous No.4089045]

>>4087613
>>4087603
If it can be done for the more recent Gamecube and the Wii, why not the N64?

[Anonymous No.4089046]

>>4089045

The answer to that lies several pages deep in a stack of papers down a winding rabbit hole.

In a word: accuracy.

[Anonymous No.4089047]

>>4089045
Hardware design bullshit. 6th gen graphics calls are closer to modern standard libraries.

[Anonymous No.4089049]

>>4089047

Especially the Gamecube and Wii.

[Anonymous No.4089050]

>>4089043
>PSP is not powerful enough to run any type of hardware emulator correctly

It sure is more powerful than the N-Gage and DS in nearly every way, though. Also, it depends on what system is being emulated. NDS, Atari ST, N64, and 3DO surely not. But if you are emulating something the Fairchild Channel F, NES, Master System, Atari 2600, SNES, Mega Drive, Odyssey 2, and some 1970s-early 1980s computers, its usually an at least slightly better bet.

[Anonymous No.4089064]

>>4089050

>PSP is not powerful enough to run any type of hardware emulator correctly

...I never said that at all, quit being retarded. I said it can't run *accurate* emulators well. If you're fine with fucking SNES9x or Desmume then by all means, be my guest.

[Anonymous No.4089067]

>>4089064
Okay, very well then.

[Anonymous No.4089083]

>>4089046
>accuracy
Yes Accuracy can be a hard thing indeed. Sometimes I wonder, If the Sega Saturn's Copy Protection can be fully cracked like it was back in 2015(which was only about 2 years ago), and PS1 emulation is more than okay by now, then possibly in 7-15, maybe 20 years, N64 emulation outside of the VC will be at least slightly better if not substantially better. Remember, many people used to actually think that above-passable emulation of the Saturn was either a lost cause or a task for madmen due to its graphics being based on quadrilaterals instead of triangles as well as the way its multiple CPUS were designed.

[Anonymous No.4089096]

>>4089083

A very special person took on Saturn emulation. That is the only reason you're getting anything at all on that front. Unfortunately, we're all out of exceptional people for the N64. I think it will indeed take another decade before the fruits of some rather recent gains on the '64 front become usable on consumer hardware.

Also, just an FYI; the Saturn and PSX emulation on mednafen is mid-level, nowhere near the accuracy of mGBA/Higan/GPGX. It had to be so or they wouldn't be playable either.

[Anonymous No.4089796]

>>4089043
Sometimes, rooting, and/or jailbreaking is worth it to get more out the the your Android Tablet or Ipad.
Not just emulators, but more wallpaper themes and unlicensed apps.

[Anonymous No.4090062]

Jelly of my gaming rig, /vr/? It can almost emulate N64 accurately at full speed!

[Anonymous No.4090115]

>>4087049

Snes9x EX for ios runs better than any other system i've ever emulated snes on.. idk what the deal is. going back to the 3gs/4 or so, its always run perfect for me. Made me absolutely hate snes emulators for pc

[Anonymous No.4090189]

Nintendo ds emulator on my phone is great especially for games like pokemon and animal crossing. Snes is great too. N64 was good most games didn't work and overall didn't run smoothly like snes/ds but still always fun to play some starfox or goldeneye on long train rides. I can't compare to pc because I never used emulators on pc but I just feel like I won't enjoy it because I want the authentic feeling I grew up with. The sound of a crt tv turning on. Putting the catrige in etc. Being on the train it's different like using a game boy on steroids or something.

[Anonymous No.4090220]

>>4089031
>mac
Those aren't for emulation, those are for picking up cute boys at starbucks.

[Anonymous No.4090221]

>>4090062
Yes but can it run Crysis?

[NameGaryEX No.4091213]

>>4090221
Not retro. Not even Crysis 1.

[Anonymous No.4091250]

>>4090220
There's virtually no difference for retro game emulation between Mac and PC; get back to /g/. Macs can run most that Linux emus, plus any Mac specific shit, not exactly hurting for options.

[Anonymous No.4092824]

>>4087049
Objectively on PC.
N64, PS2, NGC and Wii aside, emulation on Android is pretty fine too though.

>>4087238
Literally no one cares. Smartphones with a Moga Controller are easily the best handheld gaming device that ever existed.

[Anonymous No.4092836]

>>4087471
>DraStic
I think this is the only example of a emulator being better than anything on a pc. Ds emulators on windows are crap, even osx has one with macro support for the touch screen.

[Anonymous No.4092841]

Given that Androids framebuffer adds atrocious input delay - No. Emulation on phones is garbage, regardless which phone. Using a bluetooth controller is even worse, enjoy your 100ms+ input delay.