NES,SNES,GBA emulators

[charliegrs]

Im a big fan of emulators for old school game consoles like the Nintendo and Super Nintendo and after cruising through the Android market I noticed theres quite a few available for Android phones. Im wanting to try them, but before I do Im curious if anyone here has tried any on their EVOs and if so which ones do you recommend? Also, is it even possible to play these emulators on a touch screen phone like an EVO or Nexus One? I see alot of videos on Youtube of people using emulators on the Droid but that has an actual keypad.

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

The -oid emulators are the best, really.

As for touchscreen, get the free versions and try playing on the touchscreen yourself. Some people are fine with it, some people can't stand it. It's never going to be as good as physical buttons, but for some games it's fine (particularly games that don't require precise timing, like RPGs). Just remember to turn on the Virtual Controls in the settings, or else you can't do anything but watch.

 

[ap3604]

Im a big fan of emulators for old school game consoles like the Nintendo and Super Nintendo and after cruising through the Android market I noticed theres quite a few available for Android phones. Im wanting to try them, but before I do Im curious if anyone here has tried any on their EVOs and if so which ones do you recommend? Also, is it even possible to play these emulators on a touch screen phone like an EVO or Nexus One? I see alot of videos on Youtube of people using emulators on the Droid but that has an actual keypad.

Emulators are useless without a physical controller...

Get the free wiimote controller app. It has totally changed my emulator experience for the better! Its like night and day how much I enjoy my phone now =)

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

Emulators are useless without a physical controller...

Get the free wiimote controller app. It has totally changed my smartphone experience for the better! =)

Doesn't work on the EVO or any other HTC Sense Android phone.

 

[ap3604]

Doesn't work on the EVO or any other HTC Sense Android phone.

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckk!

*vomits*

=(

HTC should really have a way to choose vanilla android if you want...

 

[charliegrs]

The -oid emulators are the best, really.

As for touchscreen, get the free versions and try playing on the touchscreen yourself. Some people are fine with it, some people can't stand it. It's never going to be as good as physical buttons, but for some games it's fine (particularly games that don't require precise timing, like RPGs). Just remember to turn on the Virtual Controls in the settings, or else you can't do anything but watch.

Thats totally ok with me, all I ever really play on emulators are old school RPGS like final fantasy and earthbound. I was just curious if the emulators even worked at all on touchscreens but it sounds like they do.

edit: Does your phone need to be rooted for emulators to work?

 

[boxta]

No rooting necessary

 

[Beezzy]

Nope, GameBoid is the best app for what you're looking for. Good amount of RPGs that don't need the timing.

Just remember after you download GameBoid, you have to google search "gba_bois.bin" and download it, its like 16kb file, why the app doesn't come with it, I dunno lol

 

[trooper54]

Nope, GameBoid is the best app for what you're looking for. Good amount of RPGs that don't need the timing.

Just remember after you download GameBoid, you have to google search "gba_bois.bin" and download it, its like 16kb file, why the app doesn't come with it, I dunno lol

In game clock works now =) I dont know if its all good with save states, check the dev's notes/site for gameboid. Hands down the best one i;ve used.


However no gameshark

 

[grizzlyaddams]

Nope, GameBoid is the best app for what you're looking for. Good amount of RPGs that don't need the timing.

Just remember after you download GameBoid, you have to google search "gba_bois.bin" and download it, its like 16kb file, why the app doesn't come with it, I dunno lol

File is not distributed with the emulator because while emulators are perfectly legal, dumped copies of the bios are not, just like roms.

 

[JuniorWWT]

I use Nesoid and Snesoid and I think they are great. Once you train your finger where to touch the rpg's are as easy as having real buttons.

 

[d3xn2o]

Someone PM me where to get ROMS I cant find any decent ones...

All I want is Mario Kart on my Phone!!!

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

Someone PM me where to get ROMS I cant find any decent ones...

All I want is Mario Kart on my Phone!!!

"Someone PM me where I can break copyright law!"

Don't do this.

 

[GGotti]

Someone PM me where to get ROMS I cant find any decent ones...

All I want is Mario Kart on my Phone!!!

Ummm ......... Ok lol

 

[ChaosShadow]

Someone PM me where to get ROMS I cant find any decent ones...

All I want is Mario Kart on my Phone!!!

Google is your friend

 

[d3xn2o]

Yea no I Found them...

Oddly the Site I used to Use for my emulator on Ubuntu didnt work for my Evo...

I'm Cruisin around the Circuits on the Evo now Very Happy

 

[jrcbandit]

Is choppy/distorted sound something you have to live with for emulation on Android? The distorted music can be quite annoying, but at the same time I don't want to play with the sound turned off. I hope in a future update this issue can be fixed, but I am wondering if it is even possible to get good sound via emulation.