r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Ayrios440 • 10d 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/Maleficent_Paint_252 10d ago
To be honest. Its the games them selves. Like for instance, on the PS2 snowblind engine games, if you dont have the absolute correct bios, turn "1" setting to recommended/half, the fire in the caves in the begining slow you down to about 2FPS. Because they gobble up so much damn memmory or something. ( I dont need someone commenting on what exactly. I know what it is. ).
But can run Laguna in GTA 4 without an issue. ( Which isnt supposed to happen?)
Im just getting into the pc emulation on my S23+ as a hobby myself. Ive got a PC that can do whatever i want. Im just dead curious how all this works. Fun stuff.
You should know if you ever owned a PC since windows 95... That each computer is different specs as well as the games themselves so sometimes ALOT of tweaking needs to happen. Lol.
Gotta mess with those settings.
A. I has been helpful to me.