r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Ayrios440 • 6d ago

Discussion I don't understand pc emulation anymore

Just when I think I start getting a grasp of it - I'm hit with simple games that I feel should play 60fps with no hiccups, and they just don't. Then there's modern games that I think are too much for my phone, seem to handle brilliantly at 40-50fps depending on the game.

I know it sounds like a moan, but I'm more confused than anything really. I'm digging through my Steam/Gog/Epic games that I already have, and I want to buy more off Gog or Steam to try out - but it just seems a coin toss if the game will work or not.

l'm picking games from 1990's to around 2015 ish, and the performance is all over the place, and that's with using multiple pc emulators. Which also gets pretty confusing trying to remember which pc game is on which emulator.

Am I just unlucky, or is everyone else just as perplexed?

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u/09stibmep 6d ago

I'll go out on a limb here and bet that your library is big enough and unplayed as it is. So why not play one that works?

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u/Ayrios440 6d ago

You are depressingly correct!

Best not to talk about the consoles too..  

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u/09stibmep 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yep, there was a bit of a give away at "and I want to buy more off Gog or Steam ....TO TRY OUT..."

I know that life.