Emulators of game consoles on the Android platform

It's no secret that Android as a platform is rapidly gaining popularity, and although now there is an opportunity to play many interesting and beautiful games, it’s still far from iOS. However, it is also not a secret that the old game consoles have a lot of high-quality projects worthy of your attention, and more importantly, they can be played on emulators without any problems. I tried to make a list of the most popular gaming emulators on the Android platform. The list of standing games to the emulators is also attached.

Nesoid 2.3.2 - Nintendo Entertainment System / Dendy Emulator

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High-quality emulator, has everything you need.

• Good compatibility and setting the speed of the game under the device
• Save save
• Multitouch support
• Configure Virtual Keyboard Settings
• The ability to assign actions to the physical buttons of the phone
• Ability to play on the network (not personally tested)
• Support for bluetooth gamepads

You can buy the full version in the Android Market:



For those who do not want to pay, there is a Lite version without the ability to download game saves:



As for the games, everything is fine here. NES does not need to be described - a huge library of smart projects - the pioneers of genres. Complete collection of classics. Of the most famous, and what I advise you to play:

1. Battle city
2. Super mario bros
3. Battletoads & Double Dragon
4. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1-2
5. Duck Tales 1-2
6. Lode runner
7. Ice climber
8. Darkwing duck

And this is really only a small part of the masterpieces, of which there are a great many on the NES. A list of the best rums with direct download links can be found here .

Gensoid 2.4.3 - Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis Emulator

Also high-quality emulator Sega Mega Drive from the author Nesoid. It is less stable, but nevertheless it has almost the same functionality and good compatibility.

• Good compatibility and setting the speed of the game under the device
• Save save
• Multitouch support
• Configure Virtual Keyboard Settings
• The ability to assign actions to the physical buttons of the phone
• Ability to play on the network (not personally tested)
• Support for bluetooth gamepads

You can buy the full version in the Android Market:



For those who do not want to pay, there is a Lite version without the ability to download game saves:



The game library is no less good. 16-bit console in its times showed an impressive level of graphics, and many projects also became classic. My personal list of what you can (and should) play:

1. Earthworm Jim 1-2
2. Rock n 'Roll Racing
3. Contra - Hard Corps
4. Dune - The Battle for Arrakis
5. Sonic The Hedgehog 1-2, etc.
6. Comix Zone
7. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
8. The lost vikings
9. Theme park
10. Ecco the dolphin

The set of games is really amazing, and is familiar to many from childhood. The best rums can also be found here .

SNesoid 2.2.3 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator

In general, a stable and pleasant emulator of the once popular console. The main necessary set of functions is available:

• Good compatibility and speed
• Save save
• Multitouch support
• Configure Virtual Keyboard Settings
• The ability to assign actions to the physical buttons of the phone
• Ability to play on the network (not personally tested)

You can buy the full version in the Android Market:



For those who do not want to pay, there is a Lite version without the ability to download game saves:



Games on the console are also curious. The prefix was not a bad technical base, but because the multiplatform often looks nicer on SNES. For me personally, this emulator is valuable primarily because there is Final Fantasy 6 with a good emulation speed, and what is also nice is that you can find a version in Russian on the network. I can’t compose a high-grade stamp myself because I didn’t have a console, but you can still get the best games here .

GameBoid 2.3 - GameBoy Advance emulator

Perhaps the best GameBoy Advance emulator on Android. It does not work perfectly, but still most of the roms on more or less fast devices work fine. The developer of the emulator is the same as the author of the emulators above, and therefore the functionality is also similar.

• The best compatibility of games on Android at the moment on the assurances of the developer.
• Save save
• Multitouch support
• Configure Virtual Keyboard Settings
• The ability to assign actions to the physical buttons of the phone

Important: for the emulator to work, you need the original bios GBA which you will have to find yourself.

You can buy the full version in the Android Market:

For those who do not want to pay, there is a Lite version without the ability to download game saves:

GameBoy Advance - 32-bit portable console from Nintendo. First of all, it’s interesting that there are 3D - pseudo 3D projects, as well as the presence of games for at least one of the less modern game series. Unfortunately I can not bring a personal list of games because I did not find this console, but nevertheless, the top of popular games with direct download links can be viewed here .

Psx4droid v2 1.0.9 - Sony PlayStation one emulator

Well, finally, perhaps the most interesting compiler emulator. And alas - this time everything is not so smooth. Compatibility is not so high - the emulator runs more than half of the games, but nevertheless - not compatible enough. What is also important - the emulation speed is not high even on top devices. Blame the lack of support for graphics accelerators with emulation. Nevertheless, recently the emulator is actively developing, although not as quickly as it should have been (for example, the latest version has support for Samsung Galaxy Spica). Support for OpenGL ES is still promised, but alas, it is not clear what is meant by the developer. Nevertheless, the current functionality:

• Support for top smartphones (processor frequency 600MHz + recommended)
• Save save
• Multitouch support
• Configure Virtual Keyboard Settings
• The ability to assign actions to the physical buttons of the phone
• Support for automatic frame skipping
• Support for popular rom formats (BIN / ISO / IMG / PBP / Z / ZNX / Eboot)

Important: for the emulator to work, you need the original bios PSOne which you will have to find yourself.

You can buy the full version in the Android Market:



For those who do not want to pay, there is a Lite version without the ability to download game saves:



It should be noted that the Lite version is somewhat older than the full one, and therefore it lacks a small number of functionality and compatibility, but it’s not strange that some games work faster for some.

As for the games, the PSOne library is magical. Here are just a part of what I advise you to play:

1. Final Fantasy 6-9 and others.
2. Crash Bandicoot 1-3, etc.
3. Grand Turismo 1-2
4. Xenogears
5. Metal gear solid
6. Dino Crisis 1-2
7. Resident Evil 1-3
8. Diablo
9. Parasite Eve 1-2
10. Twisted metal 4

You can take images of games here . Also on w3bsit3-dns.com there is a curious topic - a collection of the best games for the emulator.

Conclusion

That's probably all. I did not try to list all the emulators available on Android, and paid attention only to those that I think are more interesting. At the time of the New Year holidays, it is extremely pleasant to return a little bit to the past, and to play in what you love deep down, but you can’t find the time and the reason. Mobile gaming can be just that nice reason. Thanks for attention.

UPD: Many thanks to Rabik for the invite.
UPD2: DimaBat reminds of the existence of a slot machine emulator.
You can get the APK of various emulators (including those not represented in the post) here , thank UksusoFF .