Hi guys, this is my very first post here on AndroidCentral.
So I recently got my HTC One, currently updated with Android 2.2. I'm a retro gaming geek, so one of the reasons I just swapped my iPhone 5 for a HTC One, is because I can run emulators without jailbreaking/rooting.
Anyways, I have installed both Snes9x EX and RetroArch, but both emulators really suffer in every game. I'm not even trying to play SuperFX games (like Star Fox), but "simple-to-emulate" games like Super Turrican, Metroid, Super Mario World etc.
In Snes9x EX the scrolling just isn't smooth and the sound occasionally skips. In RetroArch the scrolling is smooth, but I get occasional slowdowns with sound stuttering and frame drops. I am only using NTSC (60hz) ROMs of course.
I've had several Android phones in the past and I seem to remember they could handle SNES emulation a lot better than this. Besides, the HTC One should be more than powerful enough for emulating both NES and (most) SNES games at 100% full speed.
It seems to me, especially noticeable in RetroArch, that there's one, or more, background processes that hogs a lot of the resources.
So, to get to the point; has anyone successfully emulated NES and SNES on their HTC One's without frameskipping, slowdowns and/or sound jittering? If so, I'd like to know how you do it.
Thanks in advance for the replies.
So I recently got my HTC One, currently updated with Android 2.2. I'm a retro gaming geek, so one of the reasons I just swapped my iPhone 5 for a HTC One, is because I can run emulators without jailbreaking/rooting.
Anyways, I have installed both Snes9x EX and RetroArch, but both emulators really suffer in every game. I'm not even trying to play SuperFX games (like Star Fox), but "simple-to-emulate" games like Super Turrican, Metroid, Super Mario World etc.
In Snes9x EX the scrolling just isn't smooth and the sound occasionally skips. In RetroArch the scrolling is smooth, but I get occasional slowdowns with sound stuttering and frame drops. I am only using NTSC (60hz) ROMs of course.
I've had several Android phones in the past and I seem to remember they could handle SNES emulation a lot better than this. Besides, the HTC One should be more than powerful enough for emulating both NES and (most) SNES games at 100% full speed.
It seems to me, especially noticeable in RetroArch, that there's one, or more, background processes that hogs a lot of the resources.
So, to get to the point; has anyone successfully emulated NES and SNES on their HTC One's without frameskipping, slowdowns and/or sound jittering? If so, I'd like to know how you do it.
Thanks in advance for the replies.