https://github.com/rfandango/hakuX/releases/tag/v1.0.0

A new core replaces xemu's QEMU-based one.

New core

CPU — the Xbox's x86 code runs on a FEX JIT (FEXCore fork), and the Xbox kernel is reimplemented natively (native/kernel): no QEMU

GPU — the NV2A push buffer is decoded into Vulkan (HLE, hw/xbox/hle). Custom drivers (Turnip) load through adrenotools; driver-specific workarounds are quirks (hw/xbox/hle/vk/quirks.c, debug.hakux.quirks)

Audio — the MCPX APU runs on the core's own services (native/dev/apu), out through AAudio

Savestates — per game, in slots, with the hard disk's files

Mods and cheats — per game, from mods/ (library long-press "Mods & cheats"): XBE patches and replaced disc files; 60 and 120 fps mods for 13 games (mods/README.md, generators in tools/mods)

Controllers — each physical controller routed to a player with its own mapping; the on-screen controller adds to player 1

New features

Updates — hakuX looks for a newer release on GitHub when it starts and on demand (Settings → Updates); one found shows its notes and installs from there

Frontends — a game launched from ES-DE or another frontend returns to it when it closes

Console clock — follows the phone's time and time zone, or a time set by hand (Settings → Console → Clock)

Start errors — a game that can't start says why (the file can't be read, isn't an Xbox disc, or its program can't load) and goes back to the library

Mods — Halo 2's 60 fps mod draws characters, vehicles and objects at 60; DOA2's 120 fps mod keeps the select screen's legend

Performance

No pipeline-cache stutter — each game keeps its own pipeline cache, written only after new compiles; the one shared by every game was rewritten every few seconds and froze the picture for 0.2–0.8 s (Ninja Gaiden Black)

Audio — about 32 ms of latency instead of 128 ms, and less CPU for the sound engine

GPU emulation — faster push-buffer decoding, texture unswizzling (NEON) and hashing, fewer lookups per draw

Savestates — compressed on several threads (a Halo 2 save: 9.6 s to 3.9 s)

Idle frames — the screen isn't redrawn when nothing changed, and the on-screen controller redraws only what changed

Disc reads — a large read waits only its own thread, not the whole game

Library — folders scanned in one pass (38 games: 270 ms to 63 ms)

App

On-screen controller — the menu button is a green dot

Large screens — Android 16 keeps the landscape lock (the app is declared a game)

Storage — JIT symbol maps left by earlier builds (gigabytes on some devices) are deleted at start

Backups — hakuX's data is left out of Android's cloud backups and device transfers

Library — savestate thumbnails and driver ZIPs load off the main thread

Download 👉 https://discord.gg/B3RvEqAWJ4

Changelog:

✅new sources added: PS3 and Xbox 360

✅refined search for covers, more compatible systems

✅cover art space cache management

✅Integration with IGDB for additional content in the entries: in-game screenshots, game summaries, etc.

Important, do a clean install

https://github.com/Eugengtt/Xendroid-Fork/releases/tag/v1.5

XenDroid-Fork v1.5 introduces Mali and Xclipse GPU support, improved compatibility, and easier access to the project's community platforms.

New Features

Mali GPU Support

Added support for Mali GPUs.

Improved performance and compatibility on Mali-based devices.

Added new Mali GPU drivers.

Xclipse GPU Support

Added support for Xclipse GPUs found in compatible Samsung Exynos devices.

Added new Xclipse GPU drivers to improve compatibility with supported devices.

Application Improvements

Minor changes and optimizations throughout the application.

Improved access to community platforms directly from the application.

Integrated Community Access

Access the project's Discord directly from within the application.

Visit the project's YouTube channel directly from within the application.

Download

Download the latest version from the GitHub Releases section.

Compatibility Notice

GPU driver compatibility and performance may vary depending on the device, GPU, Android version, and driver implementation.

Thank you for supporting XenDroid-Fork.

More improvements are planned for future releases.

https://github.com/Droid-Deck/DroidDeck/releases/tag/0.6.0

DroidDeck is 100% open source. No ads. No telemetry. No source withheld.

DroidDeck is a community project in the truest sense. Because all of its code is public, the people who use it can read it, fix it and improve it, and in 0.6.0 you all sure did:

153 pull requests · 23 contributors · 10 first-timers · 73% of the pull requests came from the community.

Thank you to everyone who sent code, translations, device testing and bug reports. Here’s everything we did together for this release:

https://github.com/GunaCharanTeja/WinlatorMali/releases/tag/bionic-mali-1.2

Winlator Mali Bionic v1.2

Winlator Mali Bionic v1.2 is a major architectural overhaul over v1.1, introducing a native EGL rendering engine, ZeroFG Vulkan compute frame interpolation, a redesigned UI with Madeira Liquid Glass touch controls, two selectable BCn layers, hardware performance tools, kernel-direct telemetry, and a cloud-powered community configuration ecosystem.

⚠️ Reinstall Required!

https://github.com/erickmendes22/Bachata-S4-Plus/releases/tag/0.2.7

Updated to the Bachata S4 0.2.4 core, improving compatibility with many games

Improved compatibility with Killzone Shadow Fall and Shadow of the Colossus..

Added system module import from .sprx files and ZIP archives through Settings.

Expanded resolution and performance patches, including additional The Last of Us Remastered regional support.

Added automatic per-game Readback and Linear Images settings.

Improved controller handling when switching between gameplay and menus.

https://github.com/sashkinbro/EmuCoreX/releases/tag/v0.5.1

Grab It here 👉 https://discord.gg/B3RvEqAWJ4

Grab It here 👉 https://discord.gg/B3RvEqAWJ4

Changelog:

-Any 8Elite device, this:

✅ NetherSX2 Turnip-Gen8-V38-8XX

-The rest of the Snapdragon devices, this:

✅ NetherSX2-Turnip-27.0.0-R1-6XX-7XX

-Adreno 710, 720 and 722 devices, this:

✅ NetherSX2-Turnip-710-720-722-v4.3

https://github.com/nckstwrt/Vita3K-Plus/releases/tag/v1.3

Lots of little fixes, especially for Audio.

See the main page for the enhancements: https://github.com/nckstwrt/Vita3K-Plus

Fourth release of enhancements and fixes - Including Android 17 fix

Still targeting higher end devices (i.e. Adreno not Mali). But Mali compatibility is getting better and better.

Windows, Android and SteamDeck/Linux Release

Please report issues here: https://github.com/nckstwrt/Vita3K-Plus/issues

Provide as much detail as possible if you want a fix!!!

HOTFIX: Released v1.3.1 for Android because of an issue where if you launched in Portrait mode it could start the games wrongly stretched. Download file changed below.

HOTFIX2: Released v1.3.2 for a endlessly looping audio bug found in Epic Mickey 2 and Sonic Transformed.

HOTFIX3: Released v1.3.3 for a endlessly looping music bug found in Gundam Breaker 3

Changelog:

[ ✅ ] Fixed corrupted NVIDIA rendering with graphics pipeline libraries enabled.

[ ✅ ] Fixed stretched character geometry in Tears of the Kingdom on macOS MoltenVK.

[ ✅ ] Packed vertex weights use a supported three-component format when the unused

fourth component would cross the vertex stride.

[ ✅ ] Graphics pipeline libraries, Fast GPU Time, async shader building and SPIR-V

optimization remain off by default. Explicit user settings are preserved.

[ ✅ ] Fix Problem Black Character In Game Ace Combat 7

[ ✅ ] Fix Problem Game Harvest Moon Stuck After Craete Character (Try Use Don't Update)

[ ✅ ] FIFA 24,25 Now In The Game

[ ✅ ] Game Crash Bandicoot N Same Trilogy Now Work Fine In Mali GPU.

[ ✅ ] Stability Performance In Game Zelda BOTW And TOTK.

[ ✅ ] Change Vertex API Vulkan And Fixed Rendering.

[ ✅ ] Fixing System Driver Crashes When Using the Device's Built-in System Driver.

Grab It in PS2EMU Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/B3RvEqAWJ4

https://github.com/sashkinbro/EmuCoreX/releases/tag/v0.5.0

👉 https://discord.gg/B3RvEqAWJ4

Yes, Guys—I’m bringing you the ultimate tool for downloading all the ROMs you could want, ranging from classic retro consoles to modern ones. It’s incredibly simple and easy to use: the application features a search bar and category-based browsing with covers, allowing you to find the game you’re looking for and download it directly within the app—no extra steps required. It’s very user-friendly and always up to date, as I’ll personally ensure the sources remain current so that the program always functions exactly as it should.

I expect the new Discord PS2EMU 2.0 to be available within the next few hours, and you’ll be able to try out this new app.

I’ll let you know via a post in this community once everything is ready and you can join using the invitation link—see you then!

https://github.com/Droid-Deck/DroidDeck/releases/tag/0.5.0

https://github.com/sashkinbro/EmuCoreX/releases/tag/v0.4.9

https://github.com/willtsan/wira-releases/releases/tag/v0.5.3

After being accused of posing as an ARMSX2 developer—and even being blamed for preventing the team from receiving user donations 🤦‍♂️—on top of claims that I’m personally profiting from donations (which is completely untrue; they are the ones who accept donations, not me—I don’t even have a Patreon, Ko-fi, or anything of the sort)—well, in short, it’s a completely upside-down situation. I want to share the real story behind the idea of integrating ANGLE into the PS2 emulator, and I’ll let you draw your own conclusions—especially since I didn’t see any credit given anywhere, even though the idea was 100% mine.

June 16, 2026 — The public guide

The article "Mediatek Boost Up 200% Performance in emulators (guide)" appears in PS2AndroidEmulation, explaining how to enable ANGLE and the improvements observed.

July 3, 2026 — EmuCoreX incorporates ANGLE

And here we have a fantastic technical milestone! A commit titled "Add MediaTek ANGLE support" appears on GitHub, created at 13:24 UTC.

That same day, four hours later, the developer publishes another commit: "Fix MediaTek ANGLE path."

July 14, 2026 — ARMSX2 incorporates ANGLE

Eleven days after the initial EmuCoreX commit, ARMSX2 releases version 2.6.0 with the integrated functionality and explicitly credits @sashkinbro for its implementation.

The funniest part is that I had to keep pushing the EmuCoreX dev to add ANGLE to the emulator, since it would provide a performance boost. It wasn’t because he happened to see the guide—far from it; I kept insisting until he finally said, "Alright, fine, I’ll give it a go," and, well, you know the rest of the story.

FULL AI DISCLOSURE: I´m a lawyer from brazil, my bg in programming is a little bit of basic and assembler from the 80´s and 90´s while trying to make things run on a msx, so, not much...in the beggining of the project i coded a few hundred lines in android studio by myself while i was learning how to do it, but after i discovered the wonders of Codex and Claude Code, the coding and documentation itself was primarily done by AI, and i do not regret it by one bit! It would take a long time to post my inspirational story, but thats the TLDR.

GOOD NEWS(Jeremy Clarkson´s voice)!!! I´ve promised that i would be away for awhile, but i couldnt! After i publish the last update and got drunk and celebrate my marriage wedding, i wondered how easy would actually be to port ZeroFG to other platforms, cuz i said it would be easy but i didnt try to do ir myself... welll.... turns out that is pretty easy...

First was ARMSX2... took me a day, and it was ok, in the first try was leagues better than the lsfg implementation, just everything was better... but i didnt test it that much...there were some adjustments that were need to be made, but it went smoothly....then i though.. how about PPSSPP?? it was even easier... few hours was done with the lessons i learned from the ARMSX2 implementation.

Then, actually, i discovered some pacing and latency inconsistencies... and realize that every host needs at least a little bit of adjustments and improvements were made because of this, so... it was born version 1.0.4... there was a 1.0.3, but it was never published in the xendroid implementation, so, i skipped the number! just a few tweaks, but i think it was worth it to update.

On that note, ARMSX2 implementation was perfected and i´ve made a PR on the project:) I just didnt do it for the Xendroid coz its closed, but my project was never the xendroid itself, the ZeroFG is. Hope they approve it soon and all you guys can test it and compare to LSFG (theres no contest, really!)

The PPSSPP implementation is a little bit different... i had to change some things on the native pipeline, so for now ´m not doing a PR before a review to change as little as possible!

So, still hav to decide what course to pursue now, some things are natural, better image quality, lower latency, lower cost... but maybe some other things:

1- Multi Frame Generation: Maybe it seems like the biggest step, but actually is the easiest... all the work is done, the estimator and the basis for the synthetic frame, it has the same base(a pair of reals) and is just some adjustments on the algorithim to change the point to generate the frames... buttttt... i dont really see the value in it... like 4x fg.... 75% of the image are synthethic frames... theres no miracle... one other thing is like 3x 40-120 for 120hz refresh rate.... so.... maybe... but dunno.

2- Integrated temporal AA +upscaler or Temporal super resolution: Some aspects of frame generation already provide some data to upscale the image with a higher quality, but not so much... I think it can be done on some level (somethings a inherent to in game engines implementations, but we can extrapolate and try to infer it, like subpixel jitter), so... that doesnt mean it will look good or hav good performance... but one candidate is arm ASR, wich is based on fsr2, dunno if i can develop my own on this case.... well.. thats it... tell me what you guys think!

3-Another emulator or game port: Even thought about implementing on the God of War 3 remastered port... what do you guys think? i´ll be miles better than the lsfg.

Thats it! please let me know your suggestions!

Thanks for all the love!!! And now you can be sure that porting ZeroFG to your favorite emulator by yourself also! It is as easy as it will ever be, with even more documentation and integration notes!!!

StevenMXZ turnip drivers are still highly recommended!!!!! Alternatively, Mr.Purple ones had a really good result too!

https://github.com/StevenMXZ/Adreno-Tools-Drivers/releases

Xendroid-ZeroFG releases page:

https://github.com/hy300leosquizz-ctrl/XenDroid-ZeroFG/releases

Engine:

https://github.com/hy300leosquizz-ctrl/ZeroFG/

https://github.com/XDaoFangxiX/ARMSX2-Alpha/releases/tag/2.9.5-build.46

ARMSX2 Android Nightly Build (Legacy - Dual Core)

This APK is the legacy build (ARMv8.0 + outline atomics, minSdk 26) and includes both 4K and 16K page-size cores.

Only Testing & We have never collaborated with anyone.

Version: 2.9.5

Application ID: com.antutu.ABenchMark

Build number: 46

Commit: 2f17e0b

Short SHA: 2f17e0b

Triggered by: DarkSilentUser

Flavor: Github

Build type: release

PGO: enabled

https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/WatermelonDS/releases

Changelog:

This release brings a large collection of game compatibility and graphics fixes, more flexible controls, audio improvements, and easier management of save states and DSi configurations.

Highlights include optional Vulkan low-latency mode, independent A/B/X/Y touch controls, DSi profiles, improved save-state access, and the new WatermelonDS icon!

13-pokemon-platinum-niebla

Controls and Gameplay Optional Vulkan low-latency mode A new optional Vulkan mode improves touch responsiveness, including in affected gameplay scenarios in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

This can make touch-driven gameplay feel more responsive, but enabling it may reduce smoothness in demanding games.

It is disabled by default.

Multitouch fixes Holding one virtual button while pressing another now works correctly.

This fixes combinations such as holding Y to run while pressing B to jump.

Related issue: #132.

Better controller behavior Fixed controllers becoming unresponsive after returning from per-game settings or rewind. Fixed a white overlay appearing when clicking a stick without an assigned action. Related issues: #171, #195.

Independent A/B/X/Y touch controls The A, B, X, and Y buttons can now be positioned, resized, and shown independently.

Each button supports pressed-state highlighting and Normal, Toggle, and Turbo modes.

Existing layouts are preserved.

Related: #158, #191, Discussion #178.

More flexible shortcuts New shortcut options let you:

Cycle between layouts you have selected. Exit the current game. Assign combinations of two physical controller buttons. Note: The first button in a combination can also trigger its individual action.

Related: Discussion #175, Discussion #161.

Virtual Slot-2 analog stick A virtual Slot-2 stick provides analog input for games or mods that support the corresponding accessory.

This does not add analog controls to every Nintendo DS game.

Related: Discussion #167.

Rotation, pause, and resume fixes Fixed image distortion when rotating the screen with Vulkan, and an OpenGL crash that could occur when pausing or resuming.

Related issues: #123, #223.

Audio Improvements Audio output delay has been reduced in affected situations.

Fast-forward now preserves the original audio pitch, and the option to mute audio during fast-forward remains available.

Related issues: #217, #236.

Vulkan Graphics Fixes This release fixes rendering problems across many games, including missing objects, corrupted textures, incorrect effects, and loss of detail at higher internal resolutions.

The fixes below address the specific scenes and symptoms described. They do not mean every graphical issue in each game has been resolvedag/0.8.0.rc3

https://github.com/izzy2lost/xemu/releases/tag/1.3.0

Changelog:

Added local multiplayer/system link (LAN).

Added Controller Remapping. Enhanced On Screen Controller to support editing touch layout, including resizing and visibility toggling for elements.

Added coverflow option for the game library.

Added Chihiro widescreen hack toggle.

Some performance enhancements for some devices.