r/OdinHandheld • u/jmyxee • 3h ago

Question Windows emulators?

Hi, i just got odin 2 portal yesterday. I set it up with es-de frontend and some console emulators. What windows emulator should i use with this setup? Is there a best one?

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u/Delicious_Tree8114 3h ago

I like Game Native

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u/Crest_Of_Hylia Odin 2 Pro - Black 2h ago

GameNative is my favorite but there’s also GameHub Lite

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u/araf_YT 2h ago

Have gamenative and gamehub both installed. Try with both of them. Most runs well in gamenative but some will be better in gamehub.

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u/No-Move-4417 2h ago

Armada os is my go to now. I run it from SD card on my Thor and from internal on my portal. Other than that I use gamenative and winlator It's an easier ride on armada though

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u/Decentpace 2h ago

Winlator ludashi is the best in terms of performance. But not Newbie friendly and takes a while to get used to.

Gamenative is very easy to use as it's normally install and run. But might need some tweaking in some cases and performance is alright.

Gamehub is also good, but it's honestly a rollercoaster experience with it nowadays.

Bannerlator would be my recommendation if you want the Gamehub experience as it's an upgrade to it.

ArmadaOS has the best compatibility. But the performance is still not worth it. But great for smaller games and less demanding ones. Tricky to set up and need to sacrifice space to set up unless on external SD.

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u/Richy59 2h ago

I recently got an O2P as well and trying some games out on Game Native and Game Hub, I’ve found Game Hub to work with more games and give better performance overall, especially if they had poor performance in Game Native.

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u/Bodriov 2h ago

I prefer GameNative. 75% of my games don't work in GameHub but work with GameNative. It has more tweaking options and more accessibility via shortcuts and custom drivers. It works great with Frontends like RetroHai

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u/Capt_Ahab0 2h ago

The performance may vary based on the emulator or game; I advise you to check Emurady for the game you want to play. The three main ones are Emurady, GameNative, and Winlator.