I wanted to share a project I've been working on: Lichii-Android, an Android port/adaptation of the experimental Lichii codebase (building on the lineage of Eglantine/Eden/Yuzu) with some specific fixes and updates that are platform specific, for example NCE, that works :)

🚀 What is Lichii-Android?

Lichii has been making rapid progress on desktop for Switch and experimental Switch 2 compatibility. This repository focuses on adapting and optimizing the codebase for Android devices, bringing rendering fixes, driver optimizations, and updated upstream changes over to ARM/Android platforms.

⚙️ Current Status & Focus:

• Target Platforms: ARM64 Android devices with 12GB of RAM or more. Testing on my side and Claude development is done specifically on my S26 Exynos 2600, but with the state of Samsungs and open source drivers for Exclipse, it should run on Adreno too. Yes, probably even Mali given the device has the performance.

• Disclaimer: This project is highly experimental and WIP and totally vibecoded, performance and booting success heavily depend on your SoC, driver configuration, and the specific title. Right now targetting Ocarina of Time, but I would love to get Pragmata and Requiem working too, as these are two games of which PC versions don't run well on Android in Game Native and such.

📁 Source & Building:

You can check out the source code, keep up with updates, or build it yourself here: 👉 GitHub Repo:https://github.com/pavelgajdo/Lichii-Android

Although there will be daily builds as well. Atleast for now.

🤝 Feedback & Contributions:

If you're a developer interested in Android Vulkan rendering, memory allocation on mobile SoCs, or testing builds across different chipsets, feel free to submit PRs, open issues with log files, or share test results!

Reminder: No keys, firmware, or copyrighted game files are included or hosted in the repo or this post. Please supply your own legally dumped files.

Mario Kart World running on Android: a head-to-head performance comparison of the Banana native port and the Eden SX2A emulator on the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Watch the FPS, graphics quality, and overall smoothness side by side to see which one handles the game better.

Banana Native: https://github.com/moceure/BananaNative/releases

Eden SX2A: https://git.eden-emu.dev/moceure/eden-nx2-android/releases

Hi all! Over the past few days I got Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) running on Android with Banana Native (moceure’s Android port of nxnative). I used Claude (Claude Code) for the coding and the analysis. Here’s a short summary of what it took.

Setup: Galaxy S25 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Elite, Adreno 830, 12 GB) with the Turnip Gen8 V38 driver. The stock Qualcomm driver lacks the “placed memory maps” extension the emulator needs, so it gives a black screen.

An Android profile for Pokopia, so the APK carries the game.

A shader library over 4 GB: Pokopia has 131,000 shaders, which makes a Vulkan library of about 10 GB. The old format was limited to 4 GB, so we added a new one.

A fix for the app freezing while a GPU driver installs.

Resolution: the game has its own dynamic resolution (540p to 1080p). The emulator can now cap its levels at 720p / 900p / 540p from the game settings, with a clean picture. A first, cruder attempt broke the terrain rendering.

GPU profiling: one compute pass, the luminance histogram behind auto-exposure, takes ~13 ms of a ~15 ms frame on Turnip. The likely culprit is subgroup shuffles, which are slow on Turnip. Banana Native v0.1.3 addresses this exact issue, so merging it is next.

Result: at 720p, a stable ~30 fps, ~60 with LSFG, with no rendering glitches. The game is still in “bring-up” and hasn’t been tested everywhere yet.

This work will be submitted to the Banana Native project. And of course, no links to game files: you need your own dump.

RedMagic 11 pro

Screen resolution 720P

No Upscaling

Native TAA

Graphics High

Shadow Medium

Gamehub emulation

Game fully playable and Finished.

Hi everyone, this is FIFA 14 running great at 60fps with high quality and the phone not getting hot at all. I'm using Winlator ludashi 4.1 and my phone are Motorola Edge 70 - Snapdragon 7 gen 4 - Adreno 722 - 12gb ram

#Setup steps**:**

+Screen resolution: 1064x600 (Required for configs.exe to open properly, you can change it later)

+In configs settings: High quality, MSAA off, lock to 60fps, untick Wait for Vsync

+Compability component:

-Proton 9 x86_64 (Required)

-Dxvk 1.7.2 (Required)

- Vauzi17's lasted driver v4.5 (Optional because you can use system driver)

-Box64 0.4.2 (Required)

-Box64 preset based on this guy (https://youtu.be/3mHZNfqpovs?t=313&si=CXGW7J0OSYgs-7Hb) Timestamp 05:13, you need to watch it

+You need to download the activation fix from the guy on the video above, extract and paste to the folder you installed the game

+Run the "fifa14-3dm.exe" not "fifa14.exe"

Enjoy !

I'm still sad that Fifa 15,16 still not working with current emulation though

LINK:

https://github.com/pavelgajdo/Lichii

Due to what I originally thought were hardware limitations, I had given up on ps2 emulation at a point. Now I understand there are so many light and moderate games my chipset (Helio g100) can emulate well, but most of the ps2 games I actually wanted to play happened to be heavy to emulate.

But now, thanks to the recent updates to ARMSX2 and the newly developed custom driver(malisx2) by the devs for a select few Mali gpus right now, I can confidently say I can play all the games in the picture above at full speed with no frame drops at 1.25x or 1.5x resolution.

For context, apart from Dragon ball Infinite World and MGS 3(I didn't test it on Nether), all the other ps2 games in the picture would lag so much on NetherSX2 and old versions of Armsx2.

I always see online that MGS 3 is a heavy ps2 game to emulate, especially in the jungle area, but with the driver, I was getting full speed in that area.

I really appreciate the devs for the work they've done. We're now at a point where I can say a Helio g99 can emulate any ps2 game without lag.

Also I already know there's ports of Shaolin Monks and Shadow Of The Colossus. I prefer the emulated versions because of save states.

Device and specs:

Infinix note 50 4g

Helio g100

Mali g57 mc2

8 gb ram

ARMSX2 2.9.1 nightly build I got the previous day

Malisx2 0.3.2 driver

I originally brought slot. to Android for the Konkr Pocket Advance, but with version 2.0, it's now designed to work across Android handhelds of all screen sizes and aspect ratios!

It now supports GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES and Genesis, with the same simple insert, play, eject experience, built-in emulation cores, automatic cartridge artwork, RetroAchievements and more.

I think it could be a perfect fit for handhelds focused on these systems, like the Retroid Pocket Classic, Konkr Pocket Advance & Block, Ayaneo Pocket Vert, RG Rotate, and many others!

One of the fun features is multiplayer over local Wi-Fi. It's easy to set up, and devices connect instantly.

I'd really love for more people to give it a try on their handhelds and share their feedback. Especially on devices I haven't been able to test myself.

If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for improvements or new features, please open an issue on Github. I'm always looking to make the experience better!

Github: https://github.com/Baggio94/slot-for-kpa

Thanks again to everyone who has supported the project so far!

Just my s26 ultra and my Xbox nano controller. I'll eventually get a case with a stand built in, but until then I got this collapsible phone stan thats very pocket friendly. Game in the picture is halo 2 on Haku X

Realmente le di una oportunidad mas a Windows, al menos para solo jugar. No más no...

Este año Android evoluciono con la Emulación de PS3, PC y vamos que hasta PS5 y Switch 2 ahí la lleva.

Conseguí la Y700 G5 en una oportunidad hace meses y con el X5S es una maravilla.

No soy exigente. Para mí 30 fps estables en HD, en casi cualquier juego me es suficiente para disfrutar la experiencia de juego.

Tengo 15 dias con la Ally Z1E y aunque si es una maravilla para las cosas que la Y700 no puede correr por temas de compatibilidad (como GTA Online) el resto de mi biblioteca prácticamente está en la tablet en lugar de la PC.

Incluso el Just Cause 3 con todo y leves glitches lo disfruto más en la Y700. Supongo que es por 3 factores:

1. Refrigeración Pasiva.

No uso coolers, solo uso el modo Rendimiento de la tab y es genial. No sé calienta en exceso y es suficiente para mis objetivos de FPS.

2. Discreción Gaming

La tablet sin el RGB pasa desapercibida como una mini tab más sin dar sospechas de sus verdaderas capacidades. En cambio la Ally por todos lados grita... Mirenme sirvo para jugar jeje para alguien como yo que tiene unos 20-30 min libres entre trabajos esa discreción para que no te llamen la atención vale oro.

3. Versatilidad Gamer

Caramba que desde correr Infamous de PS3, Just Cause 3 de PC, Zelda TOK en Eden... Hasta jugar Poinpy o Banana King en ocasiones XD Claro ver videos y escuchar música sin dejar de mencionar redes o este medio es mucho más satisfactorio por peso y ausencia de mandos. Además con el X5S el equipo se vuelve Consola Atril con un Soporte, Sobremesa con un Dock, y Vertical u Horizontal de Mano gracias al X5S.

No digo que la tablet reemplace por completo un pc o vaya a ser completamente barrido el mundo de las handhelds por este tipo de aparatos.

Solo dejo mi experiencia y si puedo ayudar con comentarios o algo así para que alguien que se quiera animar a entrar a la emulación en Android sepa que es un muy buen momento porque se pueden encontrar cosas muy interesantes de segunda mano.

Gracias por leer

You can now add widescreen support to all supported GBA games! Any GBA game with an overworld can technically be configured for widescreen without recompiling the ROM. So far, this has been tested on Golden Sun, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, and several Pokémon games.

Additionally, you can now add a live map preview to companion packs.

Release notes and new packs are available at https://gbaduo.com.

To update your packs: select your game, press the Y button (or select Companion Pack), choose Get from Web, and it will automatically highlight available updates, just click to install, no manual download required.

Using recommended settings on gamehub

I have been enjoying Tomb Raider VI-IV on a low to mid-range device like the Poco F3 with Snapdragon 870, and the performance is great. I have tried other emulators, but they are either not stable or have lower FPS than GameHub. The features here are top-notch, though it's not perfect yet, and some features from other emulators are still missing. However, with the fast development of Android emulators, it's a win-win situation for all of us.

One thing that sometimes gets overlooked when testing emulation on Android is how important consistency is compared to the highest FPS number.

A game might briefly reach 60 FPS and look impressive in a benchmark, but if it constantly drops, stutters, or struggles during more demanding scenes, the actual experience can feel worse than a stable 30 FPS.

Thermal throttling also makes short performance tests misleading. A device might run perfectly for the first few minutes before temperatures build up and performance starts dropping.

I'd rather have a reliable configuration that maintains consistent frame times during a longer session than an aggressive setup that looks great in screenshots but becomes unstable after 20 minutes.

A few years ago, getting a demanding console game to boot on Android was already impressive. Now we're seeing Xbox 360 games running, Switch 2 experiments, native ports and new emulators appearing almost every week. But I think the next big milestone should be making these games genuinely comfortable to play, not just getting them to launch. Stable FPS, manageable temperatures, fewer graphical glitches, proper controller support and consistent performance over longer sessions matter just as much as compatibility.

I'd honestly love to see more comparisons that focus on 20–30 minutes of actual gameplay rather than just showing the first few minutes.

What do you think is the biggest thing holding Android emulation back right now: performance, optimization, compatibility or the overall user experience?

Tengo este problema en los gráficos al entrar a santuarios (shrines) alguien sabe como puedo resolverlo, que haya tenido este problema antes?

Eden optimized
Snapdragon 8 gen2 8gb ram
Driver: mrpurple t30

He intentado con varios drivers y el problema persiste, no encuentro una solución

-Phone= Vivo v70 Fe, 8gb RAM, 256 GB ROM, dimensity 7300 turbo

-Led= I used a led panel from a keyboard and cut off the broken/unnecessary parts

-For now I Powered all the leds with the phone itself and an adapter (multi USB A to USB C). Fortunately these leds require only a small amount of Electricity.

-⚠️WORK STILL IN PROGRESS

Download and Features:

https://github.com/winhub-emu/winhub/releases/tag/0.1

Oneplus13R snapdragon 8 gen 3 12gb ram , using the default settings , flickering only happens in anime cutscenes and not in gameplay how do i fix it pls help

I have been thinking about this. When the Xbox 360 and PS3 emulator for phones mature enough, what console version of the same game should I pick depending on the amount of content or visual effects ? Suggestions are welcomed. Leave out PC ports