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Game console emulators are surprisingly popular on Android. Even with a bluetooth controller, it seems like a terrible experience with a tiny screen that's even
by TillE 3y ago
Game console emulators are surprisingly popular on Android. Even with a bluetooth controller, it seems like a terrible experience with a tiny screen that's even tinier if you're playing retro games with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
- rodgerd 3y agoI mean we played the originals on screens where 14-21" TVs were very normal for people.
- jdiff 3y agoAnd if it's a handheld console, the phone screen certainly dwarfs the original console's.
- andrepd 3y ago>tiny screen I wish! Have you seen phones nowadays? They're bigger than tablets were in 2014!
- imiric 3y agoAndroid has quite a capable emulation ecosystem. There are emulators for most major platforms, and frontends like Daijishou make the experience very user friendly. There's a plethora of handheld devices from Anbernic, Retroid and others, with built-in controllers, so no latency from BT, or you can just get something like a Razer Kishi for a regular phone. Modern chipsets are very fast and efficient, screens are large and high resolution, battery life is excellent, etc. We're really in the golden age of emulation on mobile devices.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoIMO with the upscaling it's great for GB/GBA, and even PSP games. Even though the controls aren't "native", the experience overall is better because you avoid a lot of the monetization hell most Android games have become.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoA lot of the control issues aren't really issues in turn based games, which is what I've seen most people using emulation on phones for.
- VHRanger 3y agoSidestepping the console issue, many DS games play very naturally because they're touch screen based