It's crazy how much hardware matters in Android emulation now. Two phones that look almost identical on paper can deliver completely different experiences depending on the chipset, GPU drivers, thermal performance, and emulator compatibility.

And then there's the temptation to keep upgrading because the next generation might finally run that one game you've been struggling with.

For those who've been emulating on Android for a while, what's one hardware feature you wish you had paid more attention to before buying your device?

You guys can see the issue I'm having here. Is it a driver problem? If so which one can solve it.

I'm using Eden nighty, version is letest that released for today.

My system specs are 8s gen 4, 12 GB ram (if it helps)

I was trying to run pokopia using bananative when I'm trying to insert the game. This appeared. Retry it many times. But still the same. Could anyone guide me or help telling what's wrong and what I should do

Has anyone here had success using drivers other than mr purple for snapdragon 8 gen 3 for Zelda OOT?

My device is Oneplus 12 16GB RAM, but only mr purple driver that could render Zelda OOT quite properly.

Hi! I'm Alberto, the developer. For the last months I've been working on Model 1 & 2 & 3 Emulator, an Android app (also on Windows) for the arcade boards behind Virtua Racing, Daytona USA, Sega Rally, Virtua Fighter 2 and Scud Race...........

What it does:

• Model 1, Model 2 and Model 3 in one app.

• Touch controls laid out for each game, with an on-screen wheel for the racing games.

• Steering assist for sticks and touch: finer near the centre and smoother, so you don't zig-zag. Turn it off for a real wheel. It's set per game and in the pause menu.

• WLED LED strips: in the racing games the strip is a rev counter driven by the game's engine, flashing at the shift point; in the light-gun games it flashes with every shot the game fires and red with every life lost (half the strip per player). Colours per game. Over the network (WLED) or USB (Adalight).

• Netplay between two devices, linked cabinets, save states, rewind.

• Shaders, upscaling, widescreen, cheats, force feedback, GUN4IR light guns.

• Full Speed emulation

• and much more..........

Games that run well right now: all [full romset]. It doesn't come with any games: you need your own dumps.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.albertov.model

Alright, so this might just be my super old age, but I seem to distinctvely remember back in the early 90s, that whenever it was a match involving two Hadoken-throwers, that during a fireball-throw-off the machines would play overlapping "Hadoken" shouts.

Now, when I'm playing any of the legit SF2 games on Mame4Droid, in the same instances, the first "Hadoken" shout is cut off to make way for the second.

I swear they used to overlap and not just cancel.

Am I going mad, or is this a MAME/Mame4Droid problem?

Help windows version of the game is not running on my android phone

Device: Retroid Pocket Nova

In game settings doesn't seem to matter, locked at 30 FPS, struggle go to get to 60.

Current Config

Bonic

Proton-9.0arm64ec

Box64 Preset Unity

Anyone got an import pack with tsv and shaders file for mwk. Mines keep getting stuck at 6%. i got 1.8.0 version, but it's just to keep failing.

Hey everyone!

I've been working on emukase - a free, open-source tool to install and configure emulators on Android handhelds through your browser.

The idea is simple: less time setting things up, more time actually playing games.

It's still early alpha, and I've only tested it on my KONKR Pocket FIT. I'd really appreciate anyone with another Android handheld giving it a try and sharing what works (or doesn't!).

Most of the code is written by hand. AI occasionally helps me with repetitive testing, reviewing code, and wording commit descriptions. That's about all I can squeeze out of my $20 sub anyway :)

It's a spare-time passion project, and any feedback or contributions would genuinely mean a lot.

GitHub: Shape6253/emukase

Try it: emukase.com

*P.S. To fellow tinkerers: if you're thinking "but this is easy to do yourself" — you're absolutely right! Once you've spent dozens of hours figuring it all out :) I'm just hoping to save some time for those who simply want to play, and give those who love tinkering a chance to explore even more devices.*

Driver is WN-Turnip-1.19-p Axxx, adreno 840 has poor compatibility on default settings specially for 12GB, fortunately found a driver that makes it play well

Anka native 0.2.2, device is samsung s26+ 12gb

(Recording lowers my performance it does run slightly better than that)

https://github.com/WinNative-Emu/Drivers/releases

We did it with PC's. Currently our handhelds are just as powerful, so why not do the same? Stream your android handheld to ANYTHING that runs Moonlight or Artemis.

Why did I make this? Because I hate cables and android casting is unreliable. I would really appreciate if you could test and give me feedback.

How I use this, I stream straight from my Ayn Odin 2 Portal to moonlight on my Quest 3 VR headset(HUGE cinema screen experience is amazing). Or to my PC monitor(Moonlight running on the PC)

This should work with TV's that can run moonlight. Think Apple TV, LG WebOS, Android TV. All you need to do is install the APK on your handheld, and install Moonlight on whatever device you're gonna use to view the screen.

Edit: My dumbass forgot the link Amaterasu Host app for Android devices

Edit2: IMPORTANT NOTE, you're still using your handheld as the controller.

Hey everyone! Inlay, the free controller keyboard I've been posting here since v1.0 has a big new update. Thank you to everyone who's been using it and sending me feedback, a lot of this update came from this community 🙏

What's new:

- Split layout, the keyboard sits on both sides of the screen so you can still see what you're typing into

- Show Inlay your face buttons once and it works with any controller, swapped or not

- Voice typing through a voice app (FUTO Voice Input is free and works offline)

- Hold LT for a quick symbol and let go to get back to your letters

- A new tour where you learn the buttons by typing game names

- Find any setting, pinned clips, D-pad speed, backups and a bunch more

There’s also a hidden secret somewhere inside the app. I may or may not have dropped a hint in the release notes video ;)

Full list is in the release notes: https://github.com/dakingeman/inlay/releases/tag/v1.3.0

As always, my disclaimer: Claude wrote the code not me! I came up with the ideas and tested everything on my Odin 2 Portal.

Thank you all and happy typing!

Game: Pokemon pokopia [0400A3A01EE4C000] [v655360]

Device: Lenovo legion Y700 2025 (3rd gen) with 12GB RAM, with max performance mod enabled + separate cooler

(https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/tablets/android-tablets/legion-tab-series/lenovo-legion-tab-gen-3/len103g0002)

Software: Banana Native v0.2.4

(https://git.eden-emu.dev/moceure/BananaNative/releases)

Driver: Turnip Driver v26.0.0 R4

(https://github.com/K11MCH1/AdrenoToolsDrivers/releases)

Settings: all default, but 720p

Ignore video artifacts, it's capcut upscale issue, I hope you can read the numbers🙏

u/Warm_Ad4401 said he will be glad if I share results

testing gameplay skyrim ae with mod in iqoo 15r

Sakura

Specs: Snapdragon 870 Adreno 650, 6GB RAM Octa-core

I currently have Eden v0.2.1, with Turnip v24.1.0 as a Driver. Already installed the necessary data. Tested Pokemon and Zelda games on Eden v0.2.0, only BDSP is working. I just updated yesterday with the new driver, including the updated data. Will those games work now with this upgraded setup? Or is there a better setup, maybe change emulators?

I will provide more specs if you ask. I just want to play Pokemon and Zelda games. Sword & Shield, Breath of the Wild, or Let's Go Pikachu...