Emulation on phones

[Anonymous No.8350170]

Do you emulate your retro vidya on the go?
What are you playing right now?

[Anonymous No.8350176]

>>8350170
emulating vidya and using touch screen controls is heresy beyond heresy and is relegated to zoomer poorfaggots.

[Anonymous No.8350182]

>>8350176
You can use an external controller
And the touch screen is great for DS games

[Anonymous No.8350192]

>>8350182
zoomer pork faggot in gravy

[Anonymous No.8350205]

>>8350176
>"You Phonefags and your touch screen controls"
>"You PCfags and you'd keyboard controls"
Just use a controller, bro

[Anonymous No.8350250]

>>8350170
I do this mostly through the Steam Link app. The advantage is that I don’t need to worry about Android emulation, because my PC can run anything. Also, you can build your own touch controls, complete with macro buttons, or use just about any controller that can connect to Android. It’s really only limited by the network, which is less of a problem than you might think.

[Anonymous No.8350292]

>>8350176
You can use a controller

>>8350182
This. Playing DS-era YuGiOh games is comfy.

[Anonymous No.8350312]

>>8350176
Works great for turn based RPGs. Fast forward x16 is duable on even lowend phones.

[Anonymous No.8350323]

>>8350170
it may be convenient but it's utterly soulless.

[Anonymous No.8350332]

absolutely never

[Anonymous No.8350342]

>>8350292
I have that exact controller and it is absolute doodoo ass.

[Anonymous No.8350348]

>>8350342
It's fine.

[Anonymous No.8350360]

>>8350342
I have the Razer Kishi, which is pretty damn good

[Anonymous No.8350409]

>>8350170
Aside from a few niche activities like developing, recording, etc playing on the to is really the only legit reason to use emulation. So yes, I do that. I don't use my phone though. I use that for communicating with people. But if you have no job, friends, or life then use your phone.

[Anonymous No.8350616]

>>8350409
>But if you have no job, friends, or life then use your phone.
Those kind of people play on OG hardware

[Anonymous No.8350641]

Why I do enjoy playing full speed GC games on a fantastic OLED screen with my Galaxy S21 Ultra with a wired GameSir controller. Why do you ask?

[Anonymous No.8350691]

>>8350641
>>8350360
>>8350348
How is input lag on newer androids? I'm still using an S7 with android 8 and want to know if things got any better.

>>8350409
Interesting opinion, but there's no need to project your insecurities on others.

[Anonymous No.8350712]

>>8350691
I don't notice input lag so it's not bad. Games are made for children who have terrible reflexes anyways so it's not like input lag will make you lose games at all.

[Anonymous No.8350765]

>>8350691
Android 10 with the wired controller from my pic has 0 latency

[Anonymous No.8350912]

Not really. I did install a GBA emulator and a few ROMs, realized that real time stuff is unplayable with touchscreen overlays and even turn based stuff is barely playable, and then I also realized I don't need to game on the go anyway because whenever I leave the house I have actual stuff to do.

[Anonymous No.8350929]

>>8350176
I don't get the appeal of Android emulation, it's full of ads and touch screen controls are dog shit. If you want portable emulation your best bet is to use a 3DS/Switch/Vita/PSP with custom firmware or get one of those retro portable consoles. But for me, I think the PC is the best way to use emulation, it's the most powerful and connecting an xbox controller is automatic.

tl;dr Android emulators are zoomie poorfag retardshit and you should feel bad for using them, you're the lowest of low if you use them.

[Anonymous No.8351039]

>>8350929
imagine getting this upset over what device one plays their games on

[Anonymous No.8351042]

>>8351039
Get aids, dirty faggot.

[Anonymous No.8351043]

>>8350929
Good job being a fucking retard and running your mouth about things you're utterly clueless about, you dunning krueger piece of shit

[Anonymous No.8351740]

>>8350616
b-b-but my youtube channel is a job

>>8350691
>Interesting opinion, but it hit too close to home

[Anonymous No.8351758]

>>8350929
>his phone has ads
laffin at ya

[Anonymous No.8351803]

>>8350641
based choice. I have the same setup (I use an s9 tho) and I'm very happy with the result.

>>8350929
I was going to explain point by point how retarded this post was, but it's clear you're incapable of taking in new information.

[Anonymous No.8351818]

>>8350641
fucking hell that hand is dire

[Anonymous No.8351825]

I bought one of those clips that said it fits all smartphones but it didn't fit mine
Anyway it feels retarded to drop $1k on a phone that's powerful enough to emulate gamecube games and then just not do it, but damn if my PC isn't better for that purpose in every way
Sure I can emulate wind waker or something on the go, but what's the point? Save it for a plane trip? I would rather sleep on a plane ride.
My point is handheld gaming is overrated. Back when we were younger and stuck in school for 8 hours a day it made way more sense. But if you're going to do it at least get something ergonomic like a vita

[Anonymous No.8351839]

>>8350929
>emulators have ads
use retroarch you fag

[Anonymous No.8351849]

>>8350292
That monstrous thing was designed to appeal to Hispanic tastes.

[Anonymous No.8351868]

>>8351825
I have a lot of downtime at work so it's nice to do something that isn't just watching youtube or netflix.

[Anonymous No.8351920]

>>8350170
Most games are terrible for touchscreen controls, but jrpg's and puzzle games work pretty well. I play a lot of Bust-A-Move in waiting rooms.

[Anonymous No.8351931]

I thought I would never get used to touchscreen controls, but after emulating Fire Emblem and other turn based RPGs, I got the muscle memory down and it's really not so bad. I just beat DKC3 and I'm now playing Megaman Battle Network 5.

Obviously, a lot of games that require a lot of precise inputs aren't worth suffering through, but there are hundreds that work well. Especially DS games.

It's super convenient to play a little vidya in public without needing a controller. Retroarch is really great for emulation too, since you can keep your onscreen button layout the same between consoles, so your muscle memory transfers. Would definitely recommend if you're not an old man whose stuck in his ways.

[Anonymous No.8351958]

>>8350170
Not related but I miss these tiny smartphones. Now they're just getting bigger and bigger.

[Anonymous No.8352054]

>>8350170
eh unless it's an jrpg i don't really get the appeal. if ya have to bring a controller to not have the touch screen, then why not just bring a laptop? although granted i have no idea how you connect a controller to either a phone or laptop so maybe it's nothin too hard. though, battery might pose an issue.

[Anonymous No.8352104]

>>8351818
It's an image from google, not my hand

[Anonymous No.8352107]

>>8351825
Most of us use handhelds or phones at work, or super occasionally when waiting at the dentist or something

[Anonymous No.8352112]

>>8352054
Wired clamp controllers use the USB on the phone to get power, and their power need is extremely minimal, no measurable impact on battery life, and they take literally 1 second to attach to the phone

[Anonymous No.8352118]

>>8352112
i meant that just playing vidya on it in general might use the power quick.

[Anonymous No.8352408]

>>8350170
Good for emulating handhelds, I play a PSP or GB/GBA game every now and then
For anything else I'd want to see it on a bigger screen

[Anonymous No.8352714]

>>8352104
fairs, remember to moisturise and that

[Anonymous No.8353047]

>>8350641
how are you enjoying your backwards speakers?

[Anonymous No.8353052]

>>8350691
Wired controllers haven't had delay .... in ever. The emulators also have near zero delay (as much as real hardware) for years and years now

[Anonymous No.8353138]

>>8353052
I wish this was the case, but I tested this recently with a BT controller and RetroArch on Android and Linux:

Laptop Wired > Laptop BT = Phone Wired > Phone BT

[Anonymous No.8353241]

I use to emulate heavily on a phone a few years ago. I was a poor fag like crazy lmao. But I had some ipega bs and my phone so it was almost like a psp. Then I got a pc a console and I dont do it as much any more

But I still play pokemon sometimes but not like I did where I had all kinds of games

[Anonymous No.8353309]

>>8350912
im the same way. i play portable stuff at home more than on the go especially as a adult. as a kid youre just along for the ride as your parent does the errands.

[Anonymous No.8353570]

>>8350641
That's the Bluetooth model. The wired one only comes in white

[Anonymous No.8353613]

i only play my tablet when i'm on the plane or traveling and on a long ass train ride. s5e and it has a snapdragon 670, seems to let me play everything up to PSP with perfection. mostly just dick around in mindless stuff, couple of times kids behind me on a plane has asked to play so i keep some simple roms like nascar thunder, Tekken, etc. on there for times like that.

[Anonymous No.8353821]

>>8350182
>Emulating DS Games
Ds systems are about $30 and an R4 goes for less than $10
You don't need DS emulation when you can get the real deal for a few bucks

[Anonymous No.8353850]

>>8350182
I agree. Simcity ds works great on mobile

[Anonymous No.8353883]

>>8353821
But I already carry my phone around without having to buy a ds and make pocket space for carrying it.

[Anonymous No.8353909]

>>8353821
>Ds systems are about $30
Yeah maybe 5+ years ago. Cheapest I've found was $200 and it looked absolutely wrecked.

[Anonymous No.8353969]

>>8353909
I just found a DS lite for $80 on eBay with a charger in just a minute. Looked fine...

[Anonymous No.8354003]

>>8353969
>DS systems are about 30$
>Found for 80$ looks fine
It's 2.5 times more expensive and why even spend any money if you can just use your phone? Emulators are better anyway

[Anonymous No.8354040]

>>8353821
I'm trying to carry less, not more... I already have a DSlite and an R4 card, I've had it for 15 years now and it's still too bulky.

[Anonymous No.8354057]

>>8352118
depends what you're emulating, but most phones post 2016 can last quite a bit doing SNES-tier shit.

[Anonymous No.8354352]

>>8353570
It's an image from google, it's not what I have. I have the wired one.

[Anonymous No.8354354]

>>8353138
Maybe if you have a 10 year old Android, it's fine on any flagship released 2019 or later (and possibly much earlier), stop spreading misinformation

[Anonymous No.8354379]

If I ever bothered to, my Note 20 is big enough to play Cave classics in tate

[Anonymous No.8354414]

>>8350170
I tried, but there was too much input lag that I could never find a way to remove and I wasn't going to play without a controller (or keep buying new ones until I found one that worked).

[Anonymous No.8354509]

>>8353613
That's a good way to play. I have a smaller tablet and one of those controllers that has controls on each size. And it's windows so can play steamshit as well. For flights I always have a laptop and those are great for playing with the kids around you. It can get a bit noisy but I've never had anyone complain I've even done smash tournaments.
Nice to hear someone else plays this way instead of sitting alone playing on their phone concentrating harder on convincing themselves it's actually a better experience than original hardware than on enjoying the game.

[Anonymous No.8354512]

>>8350170
kys

[Anonymous No.8354531]

>>8354414
Just get any wired one idiot
>hurr why is there lag with a laggy wireless technology

[Anonymous No.8354749]

>>8354352
I fucked up and wasted 20$ on a chink special off Amazon because I didn't want spend the $$ on the x2. Huge mistake.

[Anonymous No.8355225]

>>8350170
I'd rather kys than fuck around with touch controls

[Anonymous No.8355245]

I've had picrelated for a few years now, and recently decided to try playing emulators on it using its keyboard since I no longer care if it gets destroyed since support for it ends after next year. The keyboard is tolerable for turn-based stuff, but I've gotten fucked playing Mario because I tried pressing more than two keys at the same time. I can see myself getting something like >>8354414 once the inevitable time comes to upgrade, as I'm looking to have a really good camera in my next phone and none of the keyboard phones I've seen out right now have cameras that are any good.

[Anonymous No.8355249]

>>8354749
the gamesir x2 holds the phone backwards (rotates to the right).
get a kishi or pic related that rotate to the left as it should.

[Anonymous No.8355389]

>>8354509
Yeah, I wanted to get a tablet anyways for flights/chilling in bed at night reading manga, and the screen is huge and perfect for everything + emulation, it was an easy decision getting it for $220.

godspeed anon, keep entertaining the kids

[Anonymous No.8355391]

>>8350360
>>8350641
>>8355249
>>8350292
Are there any of these things that are decent quality, don't flex in the middle, and don't have the shart analog stick layout?

[Anonymous No.8355439]

>>8355391
GameSir X2 (wired) is very high quality but it does have the Switch layout

[Anonymous No.8355457]

>>8355225
You'd rather kill OP's self? How is that different from just killing him?

[Anonymous No.8355513]

>>8355391
pic related is actually pretty good.
sticks are oem vita ones with the same precision, very sensitive but without L3/R3 buttons.
the buttons are responsive as you may expect from any good controller, as the sticks don't click, you have 2 extra buttons with that functionality, so you don't have less buttons. triggers are buttons, so no analog.
it needs an app to change modes between regular controller and touch emulation, it can emulate touchscreen without the need of special permissions, the controller itself emulates the touch presses.
touch emulation is very complete with lots of options, it's great. I've been using it to play gemshin and works perfectly.
is has charge passthru and a 3.5mm jack for audio, something that even the kishi lacks.
you can get it for around $35. much cheaper than the competition.
>https://a.aliexpress.com/_ms2ufX0

[Anonymous No.8355752]

>>8355249
What the fuck does it matter if it rotates to the right?

[Anonymous No.8355760]

>>8355513
The D-pad on that thing looks like shit and the lack of L3 on the stick is cancer too. Granted it's really cheap so if you're VERY tight on money it can be a good option, I guess that's its niche. But if you have $70 to spend on a GameSir X2 I'd go for that any day instead.

[Anonymous No.8355797]

>>8355439
>>8355513
Those look pretty solid, but they both have shart analog placement (d-pad doesn't look great for diagonals either). Symmetrical analogs are essential. Seems like options are limited to Razer Junglecat (probably flexes like their other stuff) and nasty cheap stuff.
Maybe it'd be better to just wait and see how the upcoming gaming handhelds like the RG552 are.

[Anonymous No.8355853]

>>8355752
android stereo speakers rotate to the left.
if you rotate your phone to the right then you'll have your speakers backwards and ruin stereo.
of course you can cope saying "but I use headphones anyway", but that doesn't make the problem go away.

[Anonymous No.8355878]

>>8355760
the dpad is serviceable, just as the switch.
no clicky sticks is indeed a minus, but I personally don't use them on mobile games. and even there, I also have a kishi, so I don't care much.
as I said in that post, where that gamepad shines is in its touch emulation. you have plenty of option on how to map the sticks and buttons to perform different actions, shift buttons and even macros.

[Anonymous No.8355891]

>>8355853
Pretty sure you're full of shit and it doesn't happen on my S21

[Anonymous No.8355924]

>>8355891
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TWJaFD6R2s
top speaker is left and bottom speaker is right on my xperia 5 ii running android 11.
if i rotate to the left or the right, doesn't matter, the speakers don't change order.

[Anonymous No.8356024]

>>8355513
>>8355249
I was considering this one over the x2 because of the color scheme and lower price, but that atrocious looking dpad and the lack of clickable thumbsticks had me worried.

>it needs an app to change modes between regular controller and touch emulation
Can you elaborate more on this please? The shitty $20 bluetooth one I bought is only doing touch emulation and I just want to use it for emulation. If it doesn't involve putting chink spyware on my phone I'd much rather do that and save the $70

[Anonymous No.8356058]

>>8355924
Just tested with your video on my S21, it swaps fine when I rotate the phone. I guess the lesson here is if you're buying Android, buy Samsung or Google. So I'm going to continue emulate with my poodroid and GameGoodMorningSir controller.

[Anonymous No.8356126]

>>8355924
Tested on a note 10+, my speakers change properly when I flip it around.

[Anonymous No.8356210]

>>8356024
>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opd.soeghtool&hl=en&gl=US
that's the app.
for what I see, the app only configures the controller, once configured the controller retains the last config.
so if, for example, I configure that when I press A it does a touch at the center of the screen then unplug it and plug it into a phone without the app, the controller will do exactly the same regardless.

[Anonymous No.8356226]

>>8350170
Liberty city stories on PPSSPP.
Warioware Twisted on Myboy.

[Anonymous No.8356301]

>>8350360
How's the d-pad on that?
I'm considering buying one now that's on sale.

[Anonymous No.8356453]

This thread encouraged me to spend this afternoon getting retroarch on a first gen iPad air I had hanging around. After swallowing my courage and downloading some “just trust me bro” software I found out that you straight up cannot use bluetooth controllers with iOS pre-13, and this thing is capped at 12.x.
What pisses me off the most is games look really nice on this high res 4:3 display so now I’m actually considering buying a newer model.

Thanks for reading my blog

[Anonymous No.8356467]

I only emulate PSP games because it's the only console that really makes sense, holding the phone sideways actually feels like a PSP somewhat. But that's not retro. I have one PS1 eboot though so it qualifies for this thread. (It's medievil)

[Anonymous No.8356628]

>>8350292
Ipega dpads are shit tier. Razer is great, but the layout can be shit for retro games (dpad below analog). 8bitdo is great, though razer has better ergonomics.

[Anonymous No.8357394]

>>8354003
>Emulators are better anyway
outta here zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.8357445]

Was flipping through my game manual when I saw picrel. Anyone know anything about it?

[Anonymous No.8357475]

>>8357445
It's crap. Dirge of Cerberus was crap. All the FFVII spinoff stuff is crap, so is the remake.

[Anonymous No.8357624]

>>8350342

This. It's trash.

[Anonymous No.8358553]

>>8350360
>>8356301
Doesn't that literally only work with 2 specific phones which are like 3 years old now? lol

[Anonymous No.8358561]

>>8356453
I remember jailbreaking my old ass iPad in like 2014 and connecting a DS3 to it via Bluetooth. I used it for Retroarch even. You could do that.

[Anonymous No.8358830]

>>8358561
Alright straight up cannon was an exaggeration. But seeing as I can load retroarch without jailbreaking I’d really rather not jailbreak just for a 3rd party app that allows me to connect Bluetooth controllers. Isn’t jailbreaking practically useless these days anyway? Last time I looked into it (it has been a while) you couldn’t really do anything without having your device tethered which defeats the whole purpose.

[Anonymous No.8358904]

fire red pokemon romhacks are the only games i play on my phone. otherwise i use a chinkheld.

[Anonymous No.8359324]

>>8350292
This one is way better
It's actually wide enough so it also works with tablets

[Anonymous No.8359481]

>>8359324
I use this. All those extra buttons are grat for save scumming and other emulator shit.

[Anonymous No.8360047]

>>8359324
The dead zone on that thing is appalling. Sent it back.

[Anonymous No.8360385]

>>8356453
>appletards btfo
even now, her /g/host haunts me

[Anonymous No.8361730]

Why the fuck is this shit so bad?
Even 2008 emulators runs better

[Anonymous No.8362278]

>>8361730
To be this bad takes ages.