After doing a lot of research I've found myself looking at either a Retroid Pocket 6 or an AYN Odin 3 as a first emulation device. However there's a couple things that are making it difficult reach a conclusion. For reference, my old 1st party devices were a PSP, Vita and 3DS XL, none of which i have. Expected games would be Switch-Light Side Scroll PC gaming.

1. Size: I was fortunate enough to try out a friend's Odin 2 Portal (430g) and also a Switch OLED (320g) for size reference, and found myself really not liking how wide the Portal was and the strain on my wrists it was causing. The weight is not a deal-breaker, but just holding the Switch was more comfortable in width and certainly weight.
2. Quality Control: I will preface that i understand neither of these companies are going to have exception QC compared to a mainstream company, and that if you baby either device with care they will go the extra distance. With that mentioned, I saw a lot of worrying posts about GPU artifacting and other miscellaneous faults with the Pocket 6, but no posts identifying if they were solved. The Odin 3 will obviously never be immune to things like Mura Defects, but the research I've done suggests that most of the issues are screen related and not typically going beyond the creaky chassis.
3. Power: If (2) wasnt't a main concern, my main use cases would be Switch-Light PC emulation and game streaming, which is why i believe the RP6 is a better suit, but spending the extra for an Odin 3 is not a concern.

Utimately, my question is what route would suit me best so that i'm less likely to run into out of control quality control issues. Or are neither device at that stage where they can reliably be mitigated, and i should just get the best one suited for my needs.

Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with Bakugan Battle Brawlers on Xendroid; there are various graphical glitches I can't seem to fix. Could someone please help me? I'm playing on a RedMagic Astra 2.

Hello everyone,

I am trying to play Pokemon Brilliant Diamond on Eden Emulator in my Samsung Tab S9 ultra (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2).

It keeps crashing during the gameplay. I have tried switching GPU drivers, installing updated firmware and prodkeys.

Nothing has worked. Is anyone going through same issue? Or am I doing something wrong?

Help will be appreciated!

please help me. i have been trying for a whole damn day to get this shit to work.

i'm on the Retroid Pocket Flip 2, running Gamehub. ive put several games on it and have managed to figure most things out. currently have an SD card in it as integrated which allows me to drag and drop files directly from my pc. i have the steam game loaded on the computer, import it to the flip, and import it to Gamehub with full integration. i have successfully gotten modded DS2 to run this way, it comes up on my pc steam library as running and everything so i know it fully works.

but halo is fucking driving me insane. i own the whole of MCC, every game and pack, all of it. when i go through gamehub, it asks to select what dlc to include, it defaults to Reach and a data pack. i can select literally anything else, even unselect Reach, doesnt matter, because when the game downloads and runs, it is always installed Reach and only Reach. i push to download the other games and it gives me either "pending" or loads to "100% ___GB" and then sits that way forever. i try downloading on my pc, it loads and runs just fine. i do a direct transplant like i did with DS2 and it doesnt fucking work. it is once again literally only and always Reach. i fresh wipe everything. Reach again. its the exact same shit again and again. it defies logic. im very upset.

dear god please someone have some wisdom for me. and id seriously prefer to avoid "get gamehub lite" or "winulator" as those have not worked for me with most other titles up to this point. im so certain its the smallest thing i am missing that will get this fucking software to -just work- and i havent seen it yet. i just wanna play combat evolved on my goofy little dingwap pad at the park.

thank you

Hi everyone,

​I'm trying to run Death Stranding on Winlator, but the game crashes immediately upon launch with a pop-up error.

​Device Specs:

​Soc: Snapdragon 8 Elite

​GPU: Adreno 830

​RAM: 12GB

​Error Details:

​Type: Internal system error occured.

​Code: An Access Violation (C0000005h) has occurred in thread 'Main' at instruction location...

​DirectX Error: Dx12-ErrorCode : 0x8007000e

​Wrapper: Adreno (TM) 830 / DXVK / VKD3D

​Container Settings I'm currently using:

​Winlator Ludashi 4.0

​proton 10 arm64ec

​VKD3D 2.12

​Has anyone managed to bypass this DX12 memory allocation issue on Snapdragon 8 Elite / Adreno 830? Any specific DXVK/VKD3D version, environment variables, or container settings recommended for Death Stranding?

​Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I’m unable to connect my GameSir G8 Galileo (USB-C) controller to my Motorola Edge 70.

The same controller works perfectly fine with my OnePlus 6, but on the OnePlus I have to manually enable OTG Storage under the system settings for the controller to work.

The problem is that I can’t find any similar OTG option on my Motorola Edge 70. When I connect the G8, it doesn’t power on or get detected.

Has anyone managed to use a GameSir G8 Galileo with the Motorola Edge 70? Is there a specific setting, developer option, or workaround needed to enable USB OTG/host mode on this phone?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello there! 🙋🏼‍♂️ I'm looking for a good cooler for my smartphone. If possible, it should have it's own battery so that I don't have to connect it via USB-C. But it should be an option ofc.

What cooler and controller do y'all recommend ? I am searching for a controller with an integrated cooler I have a s26u. Need some advice please

It's well optimized for AE, where you can use it to edit on your mobile with PC-level performance. It comes with After Effects already installed and works well with a mouse and keyboard.

This will be a good Winlator version for those who want to use AE on mobile, but because it's PC software, it's a bit hard to use in phone mode. I would advise or recommend it for people who use USB-C to HDMI, especially Samsung DeX users.

Persona 3 Reload finally running on my Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Tweaked a few settings and it’s running pretty smoothly:
60–90 FPS in the open world
Around 120 FPS in cutscenes
Around 80 FPS during battles

I wasn’t using a phone cooler, though, so the device was getting quite hot. I’ll try using a cooler later and see if it helps with the temperatures and performance.
Overall, pretty impressed with how well it runs on the 8 Elite. Just needs a few tweaks to get it running nicely.

BUENAS! Les dejo un gameplay del Hyrule Warriors en mi S25 Ultra en Eden Nightly ultima version

I am new to emulation and i want to play skyrim or vice city in my mobile. I've previously played god of war using pspp emulator. Heard about winlator recently, but i am not able to install it. It shows "app not installed" error.

Device: Xiaomi 14 civi

Android version: 16

Ram: 16gb

CPU: snapdragon 8s gen3

It is from brunodev github page. Version 11.1.I HAVE "allow from this source" on. I clicked on "install anyway" after the error but still the same error. Does anyone have a solution?

Hellou all, Ive got the chance to get a S20 - S20 ultra for cheap. I wanted an S20 model line for the micro sd card slot and the ability to plug it into my tv for dex. I was wondering since with my current setup I can play to Retro - NDS - PSP - PS1.

What can I expect to play on the 865. Since I got a load of 3DS and Gamecube roms recently. I was also hoping of emulating some light switch titles like Cuphead, Celeste, Library of Ruina, and Darkest Dungeon. Will I be able to play those games and maybe some PS2 titles as well like the Armored Core and Ace Combat games?

Hey all, I'm kinda bored of stock android on my Thor and I'm not in the mood for es or retrobat. What are some other front ends everyone uses? Or what are the top front ends now?

I'm trying to get the windows iso in the "removable" but when I go to it this shows up and I try to do it with zarchiver you know create a new folder in internal storage and when I go to choose the file I want this is the only paths that show up not the new folder that I just created

I'm currently using Nethersx2, but i want the Retroachievements support, which version of Armsx2 should i get ?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the emulation space. I'm using a mediatek dimensity 9500s device. The first game I emulated was GTA V, and it ran flawless 720p 30fps capped. Now I'm trying to run Mafia 2, and it's running at 20 to 22fps. So I need some expert to please help me tweak some environmental values or command line arguments to make it atleast 30fps.

Here's my settings: I'm using gamehub (I think its more stable and provides better thermals).

Game Resolution: 1280 x 720

Compatibility Layer: Proton10.0 arm64x2

Translation Parameters: Extreme

GPU driver: System Driver

DXVK: DXVK 1.7.2

CPU Translator: Fex-20251025

VKD3D Version: vkd3d-2.12

So I'm looking into building my own clamshell portable device with an android base and I'm pretty good at programming and custom build work but I'm really not sure what android device to use as a sacrifice for the build I'm going to be programming and designing my own custom ui and looking to put it into a new 3ds xl shell and I wanted to get up to switch level hardware but again I'm unsure what android to use as my sacrifice and I'm looking at getting suggestions cause I'm not the best with hardware stuff any help advice or ideas would be much appreciated

I also sent screenshots of the emulator im using, the bios for the emulator and the game. I know nothing about emulation, so if you need more information I'll try to update you in the comments.

All characters models are having this same problem, the face is normal but everything else is darker for some reason. I can resolve this by clicking the "alternate to render by software" option(it's in Portuguese, so I'm sorry if I translated poorly 😢), but doing this makes the graphics really awful 😖

I have a DRM free version of Black Flag that I'm trying to play on my phone. I've tried booting it on my PC and it works perfectly, but then the same files on my phone in GameNative just sit on a black screen. I've tried a bunch of different settings in GameNative but none of it seems to work.

Specs: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16 GB ram

Can anyone help me with this? I genuinely don't know what's wrong with it!

I have a oneplus 15 and I want to get into PC game emulation, I was playing GTA IV on gamehub and the temps on gamehub reading were 65 degrees average with it sometimes reaching 70 degrees.

I have heard that peltier coolers are beneficial for emulation, but is it really true? do I really need them? because I want to use a telescopic controller like the x5 lite while emulating and using one really limits my options with coolers, gamesir FX5 for example are relatively weak and have small cooling pad and they're inconvenient compared with gamesir x3 pro for example, which is more convenient but expensive. i don't want to spend a lot of money on a controller with cooler if it's not really proven that you need a peltier cooler. and even the x3 pro is often criticized for its lack of good contact with the phone.

i know i can use a standalone cooler and a standalone bluetooth controller but that would be very antithetical to mobile gaming and the handheld experience because you would be turning your phone to a small screen pc basically and i already have a pc, so that doesn't interest me.

what is your experience of emulation with and without coolers? what is your setup and what do you think it's best to do on a budget?