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Emulators for WM6 smartphone (non-touchscreen)

The Wiki is down, or I'd look there...
I have a WM6.5 smartphone (non-touchscreen).
I no nothing of emulators, just that they exist for old game systems (like NES and SNES) and that current smartphones are plenty strong to run them.
What I want: some kind of SNES emulator and a way to play my old Mario games on my Samsung Jack (WM6.5 standard). I'd love, love, LOVE to get Super Mario 3 going. I played that for many hours as a kid, and I'd love to get it back.
What do I need to know to get an emulator for my phone?
Where can one find the games to load on my memory card?

Anyone?
Anything?

For SNES emulation I recommend PocketSNES. Good performance + possibility to rotate screen. Get it from http://n0p.tonych.info/?PocketSNES
For NES - use PocketNester if you don't want rotation, use PocketNesterPlus if you want it (warning - without rotation it crashes ). Google the first, get the second from Modaco (version by Masterall)
For Sega MegaDrive - get PicoDrive. Many versions on the net, there might be one for a smartphone.
I don't know if these emulators work on smartphone edition as I only have a touchscreen device. But I think you should try, if they work, they will provide you with hours of gameplay.

MorphGear is your best option. Works very nicely.

thesecondsfade said:
MorphGear is your best option. Works very nicely.
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It is paid though. What I posted is free. But if you want to spend money I think SmartGear is better (more systems and better performance for less cash).

Moved as not software release.

PSX4Droid - Any issues?

I was thinking about checking this emulator out to finally (maybe) play FF7. However, when I looked at it in the market, there were a lot of complaints about it not being updated anymore, and some performance/playability issues? Has anyone recently tried it on recently released phones (I have a stock DroidX)?

plays great on my incredible

There are many problems with the emulator. It will only run SOME games okay. The games it runs just seem to be random.
FF7 will work just fine... seems to be an easy game to emulator. However, another simple game like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is unplayable.
Most games are probably unplayable if you like sound. The sound is so bad on most games that you have to mute it.
The list of games that work perfectly is probably under 20... and most of those are games you don't care about
The emulator is no longer supported by the developer. He even made a comment on twitter saying "what needs to be updated?"
The emulator ignores the phones GPU and only runs off of the CPU... so faster phones don't get any performance gain. It also needs a ton of compatibility fixes, as there are so many games that just do not work.
With that being said, if the only game you want to play is FF7, you're in luck! Is it worth the money? Not if you ask me.....

Is there another PS emulator that is better supported, and works with more games?

sfreemanoh said:
Is there another PS emulator that is better supported, and works with more games?
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There is no other PSX emulator

[Q]Where to find Virtual Tennis & MK games?

Hi Guyz,
I am a big fan of Mortal Kombat series. I have PS2, played all versions of Mortal Kombat and Virtual Tennis 2009 in Xbox. I love these games and also counter strike and a good cricket game.
When and Where can we except these games?
Gameloft ppl doesnt look like going beyond what they have now. From the day 1 i took my cell and till now gameloft havent launched any new game to xperia play. Its very disappointing.
I dont know whey are we so much dependent Gameloft.
What these guyz are doing?
EA
SEGA
MIDWAY
CODEMASTERS
Are they not going to port games to play?

well. as far as Midway Games are Concerned .. "As of 2011, Midway is a corporation existing under Delaware law subject to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation plan."
''Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets.''
So i really doubt we will ever see anything from this publisher again.

Ask those companies, not us.

also to the OP . .. all the original MK Titles are available on Consoles that are rather refined in terms of emulation. so why not just load up SNESoid or Gensoid and Play MK1,2,3,UMK ?
Unless you are after one of the later games... in that case .. tough Bannana's
''When and Where can we except these games? '' - Never and Nowhere ... I cannot see them ever porting 'Virtual Tennis' :S or any PS2 game for that matter

madskillz6 said:
Hi Guyz,
I dont know whey are we so much dependent Gameloft.
What these guyz are doing?
EA
SEGA
MIDWAY
CODEMASTERS
Are they not going to port games to play?
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We aren't entirely dependent on GameLoft, but they happen to make a lot of games that are of fairly good quality, even if they tend to lack creativity (generally shamelessly cribbed from other series/games).
EA _DOES_ have games out on Android. Need for Speed is out on Android, EA mobile also released versions of Tetris, Bejewled (even though it is owned by PopCap) and a number of other titles. However, they have super-shady practices, and routinely invalidate purchased titles. Support is not there at all. The idea that they are toying with trying to purchase PopCap entirely makes me cringe.
Sega... sadly hasn't produced much of anything for Android directly. Not really anything for iPhone really either. You can go back and play Sonic on Genesis emulators though (provided you have owned a copy of the cartridge ).
I have not seen anything really notable out of Midway in about a decade. So don't look at me to explain that.
Codemasters hasn't put out anything directly. However I think they have been attributable to a few projects, or their IPs have.

u can get FPSE and play Mortal kombat trilogy that is what i did and it plays with no lag or anything

zerojay said:
Ask those companies, not us.
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I am discussing with other members over here.
Anyways your answers excellent and outstanding. Kudos to you...

icebear8 said:
u can get FPSE and play Mortal kombat trilogy that is what i did and it plays with no lag or anything
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I am very new to Xperia play, can you please guide in getting MK Trilogy to my play?

madskillz6 said:
I am very new to Xperia play, can you please guide in getting MK Trilogy to my play?
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Here is a step by step method. Some steps are more involved than others.
1)Buy used (or new) copy of Mortal Kombat: Trilogy for original PlayStation (PS1/PSX).
2) Rip CD to .ISO, make sure to include bad data and subtrack datum, as that is sometimes used in copy-protection by some companies on PS1/PS2 discs.
3) Download copy of .ISO to your SD card on your Xperia Play.
4) Install FPSE (and optionally load a BIOS for PSX to your FPSE also, but some work with just HLE).
5) Configure your buttons and preferences for FPSE,
6) Load your .ISO of MK-Trilogy from FPSE.
7) ???
8) Receive 'GET OVER HERE! *SHUNK*' and bacon.

1)Buy used (or new) copy of Mortal Kombat: Trilogy for original PlayStation (PS1/PSX).
I have downloaded .ISO file of "PSX - Mortal Kombat Trilogy" from thePiratebay.
2) Rip CD to .ISO, make sure to include bad data and subtrack datum, as that is sometimes used in copy-protection by some companies on PS1/PS2 discs.
.ISO file is ready. but i didnt understood "bad data and subtrack datum". How to add them?
3) Download copy of .ISO to your SD card on your Xperia Play.
This step i will once after completing step 2 succssfully.
4) Install FPSE (and optionally load a BIOS for PSX to your FPSE also, but some work with just HLE).
Installed "FPSE for Android" from Markets. But i didnt understood "optionally load a BIOS for PSX to your FPSE". How to do this?

madskillz6 said:
1)Buy used (or new) copy of Mortal Kombat: Trilogy for original PlayStation (PS1/PSX).
I have downloaded .ISO file of "PSX - Mortal Kombat Trilogy" from thePiratebay.
2) Rip CD to .ISO, make sure to include bad data and subtrack datum, as that is sometimes used in copy-protection by some companies on PS1/PS2 discs.
.ISO file is ready. but i didnt understood "bad data and subtrack datum". How to add them?
3) Download copy of .ISO to your SD card on your Xperia Play.
This step i will once after completing step 2 succssfully.
4) Install FPSE (and optionally load a BIOS for PSX to your FPSE also, but some work with just HLE).
Installed "FPSE for Android" from Markets. But i didnt understood "optionally load a BIOS for PSX to your FPSE". How to do this?
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1) you have downloaded your game illegaly and will not receve any support from xda members
2) as your stealing your games this dosent count
4) to legally use FPse, you need to rip the bios from your PSX, turn it into a .bin and load it to the emulator

sorry for that, i wasnt knowing about this.
Anyways, now i have created ISO out of the original CDs that i had.
WWE vs Smackdown 2011 i tried.
First i downloaded file scph1001.bin and loaded as bios file in Fpse app.
Then i chose the ISO file of the game, its giving me error,
Warning:
"ISO file corrupted or is not 2325 bytes\sectors"
Error:
"Retry using bios file. Press Menu\System, then default config save and retry"
Thanks,
Harsha

madskillz6 said:
sorry for that, i wasnt knowing about this.
Anyways, now i have created ISO out of the original CDs that i had.
WWE vs Smackdown 2011 i tried.
First i downloaded file scph1001.bin and loaded as bios file in Fpse app.
Then i chose the ISO file of the game, its giving me error,
Warning:
"ISO file corrupted or is not 2325 bytes\sectors"
Error:
"Retry using bios file. Press Menu\System, then default config save and retry"
Thanks,
Harsha
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Chances are you didn't get a complete and proper rip of your WWE game disc. The problem is that PSX/PS1 discs are quite picky. They expect you to keep all of the "bad" data in there. They often purposely make bad blocks on the disc and use those to verify if the disc is legit. If you don't, then it won't work properly many times. Try some different settings and make sure you don't have it set to "ignore bad data" when ripping to an .iso file. If you don't currently have a particular game on CD, then there are hundreds of stores (online and RL) that sell old/used games. Though, some might be harder than others to find (original issue Final Fantasy Tactics for instance). Beyond that, I would think it would be better to take this issue to the FPSE forums or a playstation emu site. Based on original things you state, you aren't likely to get much more sympathy on this topic.
*blinks* They are still making PS1 wrestling games for 2011? I thought by the time PS1/PSX died off, the WWE was still the WWF. Are you sure you didn't rip a PS/2 disc by mistake?

That piticular title was never released for PS1 . The OP ripped a PS2 Image.
He even states in his original post that he 'Has PS2' ...
OP - you will not be able to play any of your PS2 games on your phone.. unfortunately.

whoa whoa, hey, guy, piratebay? we don't know what that is....

LOL piratebay.

jnes emulator on android

Description
Jnes is a NES emulator that brings the console experience to your Android device. It is a port of the popular Jnes for Windows emulator, developed over many years, containing the same high quality emulation core and many of the same features. • Fast emulation, natively compiled, great battery life • Enjoyable user interface for phones and tablets • NTSC and PAL support • On screen multi-touch gamepad • Stereo Sound • Key remapping for builtin input devices such as the Sony Xperia or external USB gamepads • Save progress with instant save states with multiple slots • Touch screen zapper!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=jnes+android
This emu is pretty young on android, but it is good on windows, and not common fact, it s his own creator porting for android. On play we can configure controls, and there is NO FRAMESKIP ( if you ask, try to change to frameskip 0 for every .emu from broglia on the play and you will understand...soud become laggy every some secs).
This emu is still young so some roms won t load for now, as super mario 2 lost levels (i think it may be that fds is unsupported at the moment), but be patient, the dev is no other than jabo who worked on project64 long time ago.

Yeah, I like Jnes on XPlay, works pretty well except only game that I cant get to load is original Super Mario Bros 1 (or whatever it was called )

Ok, so i ve contacted the dev, really a nice guy. So fds is not supported by now, and maybe will but not in the near future. But great new, he also told me he wanted to makr a new n64 emu for android!!!! not just a port!!! That would be really great knowing that he s the marvellous plugin author of project64, which was my fav emu on pc!!!

Thewonderboy said:
Yeah, I like Jnes on XPlay, works pretty well except only game that I cant get to load is original Super Mario Bros 1 (or whatever it was called )
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Working good for me (arcade mario bros, and platform super mario bros)
Maybe should you try another rom? This way i ve found a hack working for mario bros lost levels

New feature on jnes, that other nes emus don t have: cover artwork, it is a beta feature, but 70 percent of my games have a cover in the listing by now, and it is really cool!

jpstar said:
New feature on jnes, that other nes emus don t have: cover artwork, it is a beta feature, but 70 percent of my games have a cover in the listing by now, and it is really cool!
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I purchased it as well, I noticed this thread, it's a wonderful emulator, just like it is on the PC, the cover art continues to get better and the UI overall is the best I've seen on my tablet. Hope other people check it out.

Emulators: no-fuss options for Nexus Player

I'll maintain this thread so long as there's interest. In order for an emulator to be listed here, it needs to meet the following criteria
-must be able to open the app with the OFFICIAL Nexus Player gamepad (NPGP)
-must be able to exit the app with the official NPGP
-Must be able to configure all in-app options, to include gamepad button assignments, with the NPGP.
-Must be installable from the Nexus Player (waivable if installable from Play Store on PC)
-Must have a leanback launcher shortcut
Basically, if the emulator requires root, ADB, third party peripherals (for use or configuration), sideloading, etc., it won't be on this list.
NES:
NES.emu ($3.99)
Open the Play Store on your Nexus Player, and scroll up to search. Type or speak "Nintendo" or "emulator" and this will be one of the options that comes up. Alternatively, you can purchased and push install from the web-based Play Store. Open installation and first run, you should go to the settings and configure the gamepad for in-game actions (specifically, to exit the app).
SNES:
Snes9x EX+ (FREE)
Same as above (same developer and menu system).
I'd advise using the SNES emu first (as it's free) to learn how his menu/control setup works, then move on to his other paid emulators. You can see his other emulators at this page here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Robert Broglia&hl=en
Alternatively, you can open the Play Store on the Nexus Player, scroll up to search, and type/speak "emulator." Pretty much all of those are his. As I purchase his other emulators I'll add them to the above list when confirmed. If others wants to try them and report back, I'll also update the list based on that. If you find other emulators that meet the above criteria, please share.

Won't they get removed from the store soon? Emulators are banned quickly on Google Play, aren't they?

Magnesus said:
Won't they get removed from the store soon? Emulators are banned quickly on Google Play, aren't they?
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Most emulators on Google Play have been there for years. Nesoid and the other emulators made by that developer were removed for a specific violation. Here's a good article on the subject.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...nded-are-emulators-soon-to-be-banned-content/
Also, I'm going to go out on limb here. It's normally bad form to distribute links of ROM distribution website (and I won't post it here unless a moderator explicitly tells me that it's ok). However, there's one website that is actually legal (and as such, don't expect to find the best games here). Basically, the ESA has set up a way of protecting the rights of gaming companies and their work, while also offering some ROMs to gamers. Read more on the ESA here:
http://www.theesa.com/ (NOTE: Not a ROM distribution site)
Due to this, one website is completely ESA compliant and has, at the request of Nintendo (and other parties) intentionally set up dead links that will usually be at or near the top of Google results. If you search for a specific ROM on a Nintendo platform, and you click on the link for this specific website, all you get is a link that says "This page has been removed due to copyrights." What few ROMs are available on this website are legally freely distributed. Have at it.

The only problem I have with console emulators has always been the controller lag. This has been true even on my gaming PCs. Playing Super Mario 3 for example, on my SNES (bought one just for this game - lol) it's smooth and does what I expect it to. On my PCs, ADT-1, etc., there's always a minor lag that's just enough to throw timing off.
Mame for the most part on the PC has worked very well for fighting games. Chankast with MvsC2 was damn smooth for me. I'd love to see Android get to this level of emulation.

Mi|enko said:
The only problem I have with console emulators has always been the controller lag. This has been true even on my gaming PCs. Playing Super Mario 3 for example, on my SNES (bought one just for this game - lol) it's smooth and does what I expect it to. On my PCs, ADT-1, etc., there's always a minor lag that's just enough to throw timing off.
Mame for the most part on the PC has worked very well for fighting games. Chankast with MvsC2 was damn smooth for me. I'd love to see Android get to this level of emulation.
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There are two types of lag that you'll have to deal with here: system timing and input lag.
System timing - Each emulator developer takes their own approach to this. For the SNES, for example, SNES9X and ZSNES took two different approaches. ZSNES made the system timing more consistent, while SNES9X attempts to emulate the system timing of the SNES to a fault. As a result, playing a game on SNES9X will more closely mirror the actual SNES than ZSNES will. Basically, if you're playing a game that requires timing, you'll have to completely relearn your timing on ZSNES, whereas SNES9X will require less (if any) adjustment.
As for Sega 8/16-bit systems and the 32X, you should ONLY be using Kega Fusion on the desktop. This emulator is made by the same guy who has been hired by Sega numerous times to help them port their "Ages" collections to various platforms. He has inside knowledge of the hardware which is why his emulation is so spot on. There should be no noticeable difference in timing between an actual SMS/Genesis/SegaCD/32X and Kega Fusion. Unfortunately, the emulators available for Android aren't based on Fusion.
Input lag - All monitors/HDTVs have a degree of input lag. If you're gaming at 60fps, you want input lag to be <16.67ms, or 1 frame. This ensure that your button response is never more than 1 frame off. NOTE: This has NOTHING to do with pixel response time advertised by LCD manufacturers. Do NOT confuse these two specs. Here's a database of PC monitors and their associated input lag - http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/
HDTVs have an inherently high input lag due to all of the processing that they attempt to do. If you're going to game on these HDTVs, you want to disable as much as possible by using any built-in game mode that the HDTV has. For example, I use a Samsung L46A650. I bought this HDTV in 2008 because, at the time, it had the best input lag control. To date, no HDTV has bested it, so I'm keeping it until it dies. If I use HDMI input 2, set the source to 1080p (possible with Xbox 360, not with PS3), and set it at PC mode, it acts as a PC monitor. Input lag is <16.67 ms in this mode. For other inputs, enabling game mode has an input lag of 16.67ms to 33.33ms (1-2 frames). VGA (Dreamcast) is <16.67ms. If you dare use standard or movie mode, input lag is 3-4 frames. And if you have component hookups (like my PS2) and forget to enable game mode, it's a horrid 4-6 frames worth of delay. Here's an AVS thread on it - http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-l...-results-your-lcd-display-here-reference.html
Bottom line is that you can greatly reduce the timing issues that you're having by ensuring that you're using the optimal emulator, and properly configuring your display.

^Thanks for all the detail man! I'm using a Samsung TV as well and had been using game mode for my ADT-1 input. Switching it from Game to PC, I saw a significant improvement in the input lag; however, I do see occasional screen hiccups (just a quick flash while navigating). The SNES games (Mario 3 in this case, for comparative purposes) plays almost flawless and as smooth as my SNES. Not perfect, but a helluva lot better than in game mode. It's comparable to my PC at this point, from the quick 10 minutes of testing I did.

Mi|enko said:
^Thanks for all the detail man! I'm using a Samsung TV as well and had been using game mode for my ADT-1 input. Switching it from Game to PC, I saw a significant improvement in the input lag; however, I do see occasional screen hiccups (just a quick flash while navigating). The SNES games (Mario 3 in this case, for comparative purposes) plays almost flawless and as smooth as my SNES. Not perfect, but a helluva lot better than in game mode. It's comparable to my PC at this point, from the quick 10 minutes of testing I did.
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I'm glad that you found it useful. I want to clarify something from my prior post that I was misleading on.
There are essentially 3 classes of "modern" emulators for the SNES, and there are many that fall in around or between these classes. For this example, I'm going to refer to Higan (formerly BSNES), SNES9X, and ZSNES.
Emulation is tricky. The more accurate you attempt to be, the higher the system specs that you need. Due to this, Higan stands alone as the most accurate emulator. It won't do any graphics filters. It won't speed up games. If a game had a scene with horrendous slowdown on a physical SNES, it will have the same horrendous slowdown on this emulator in the same spot. If you want to perfectly emulate an SNES, don't care about modernizing the graphics, and have the specs to run it (quad-core 3ghz+ Intel Core series CPU), then go for Higan. Note: There's no equivalent for Android, nor could there be at this point.
At the opposite end of the spectrum is ZNES (and there are far worse emulators, but I'm picking on them). Like all emulators not named Higan, this program takes shortcuts to mimic functionality. More shortcuts means better speed and lower system requirements, but also more compatibility issues. Try playing Earthworm Jim 2 and you won't hear most of the sound effects.
SNES9X is a compromise. It is far more accurate than ZSNES and therefore has higher system requirements. It takes more of a 95/5 approach. It won't have the accuracy as Higan, but it also won't have the slowdown found in Starefox to the degree that a real SNES or Higan would. It also allows you to enhance the graphics with filters and such. It's also ported to damn near every platform (including the Android TV app mentioned in the OP). It won't be exactly like playing on an actual SNES, but it will be closer than most emulators while offering enhancements, and consistency across multiple platforms.

I have installed these emulators and these are superb.