A thread for those using their phones for retro-gaming, from emulation to ports of retro-games.I have a Poco M4 Pro and I use Retroarch with a Bluetooth controller (one of those cheap ipega controllers) and it works fine outside of N64 emulation giving me stuttering, heard I'm better off using mupen64fz instead.
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>>10895760shnoodsh
>>10895760Good idea but this board is scared of smartphones so good luck having actual discussion.
>>10895760Too embarrassing to use a snap on controller in public
>>10896170I've always been a big fan of handhelds, but I personally have never been able to enjoy any game in public, ever.
>>10895760are there any telescopic android controllers with a playstation layout with the d-pad above the sticks?
nigga got laughed out of the handheld thread and makes a pathetic general. loser
>>10896195Leave this thread and return to your cringey zoomer discord, you faggot.
>>10895760i use an android tabletyou dont have to have a CONTROLLER ATTATCHED to your device anonkunyou can use any normal BT\2.4ghz\wired controller the specs on even a USED flagship phone or OLD tablet BTFO every \hhg\ device outside of fpga stuff or OG hardwareyou're not allowed to post such common sense takes in that general they all just flame-war you
>>10896195>shills attacked him for having common senseyou are douche kek
>>10896195The fuck are you talking? I made this thread to see if there's more people here using their phones for emulation and talk about it.
>>10896228That's cool, now actually talk about emulators, games and controllers
>>10895760I have a cheap gamesir and it works just fine. >>10896131I guess the thing is if you just buy an affordable controller that is compatible with your gaming console and your phone, you didn't spend enough to warrant turning yourself into a disciple of a brand or product. There is nothing fancy or complicated with buying a BT controller, either it is adequate or not.
>>10896236fine.Is Duckstation on android better than the ps1 cores on retroarch? for some reason the games I have make the emulator crash (ridge racer revolution, wipeout 3 se and tenchu).My current ipega controller works fine even if the dpad isnt that good.
>>10896251Cores are usually, and just slightly, behind the standalone emulator. In the particular case of Duckstation I prefer the standalone version. The configuration is pretty easy and it should detect your controller without issue.
>>10896236>derails thread>reeeee then fucking discuss it alreadyactual brain rot
>>10896251I usually don't use anything on retroarch except mgba and gamebatte because you can't really move the control placement on the screen like on lemuroid. I would usually go with stand alone apps and just do a frontend like daijisho. Wish gamebatte and mgba had stand alone apps on android.
>>10895760I tried to get into Android emulation. I just can't, at least with what I have in hand now.>Such a hassle but start SNES emulator>HUGE hassle but get my DS4 going with it >5-10 minutes in>Phone is hot enough you can fry an egg on it>Battery goes down like 55% in that time>Controller suddenly has 3 second input lagGuess I'll buy one of those portable chink NES clones when I get the chance
>>10896175Handhelds are for kids during car rides or waiting for their parents at some boring place I'm an old man, I catch myself on a waiting room, I pull out my phone and play a round of chess
I recently got emulation running on my ipad and its fucking killer. My xbox one controller connects instantly through bluetooth, no lag, everything runs lickity-split. It only took them a fucking decade, but they finally got it right. Now if they can only figure out the JIT bullshit for sony emulation. We'll be livin' good boys.
>>10896245I don't emulate on my phone because I emulate on my PC.I don't have a bluetooth controller for my phone because I use a wired controller on my PC.
Upgrading from ipega junk to a kishi was the best gaming decision I've made.
>>10895760just use a chinkheld
>>10896265zoomer behavior he hates the pocket toowhenever anyone mentions it he seethes
>>10896289the battery drain is the one thing that really sucks.
>>10895760fucking lamejust do it on your pc
>>10896334
>>10895760which telescopic controllers have hall effect sticks?
>>10896289Why is your phone getting hot running a snes emulator?
ive been playing the second ace attorney on lemuroid. with the touch screen it feels like playing a native android game desu. i dont fuss with controllers or headphones, i just whip out my phone and start playing
Any recommendations for n64 emulators?Mupen64 has too many visual glitches on the games i tried, and N64oid doesn't recognize my controller's inputs.
>>10896881Either Mupen64PlusNext or Mupen64PlusFZ. I think you should try the core too
Buy a gamepad mount for DualShock or Xbox controller, it's better than a chinkpad and you most likely already have one of those controllers.Also if you want to get into PS2/GC/Wii emulation I really recommend you to get a phone with Snapdragon, otherwise it doesn't matter too much.
Are there any controllers that are flat and phone shaped? something that could be attached to the inside of a case and fold into the phone.
>>10896131Stop caring what other people think. If you're not a 6'4 handsome Chad, you're a joke to everyone regardless.
I bought a retroid pocket 3+ last year and it basically could play anything except mgs2/mgs3 and Metroid prime.Is there a reason to get a more powerful handheld than something that can play Metroid prime? The only other emulator that's higher than dolphin is yuzu right? and it's buggy as shit right?
>>10897413Just wait for the 5+.
>>10897418But I mean, there's no new emulators coming out right? There's literally nothing better than dolphin emulator at the moment.
I don’t have my PC with me right now, so Delta being up in the real app store gives me something to mess with. It would almost turn my phone into a portable game console if not for airplay sound lag. PS5 controller sync, airplay to tv, everything looks good, but sound lag. It works well enough on the phone by itself for turn based games. I want a skin for NES games with a large screen horizontal, but the only one I found rounds the screen edges.
>>10895760I used that same ipega controller back in like, 2015. I don't like the controllers that have the clip for the phone above them. The weight distribution sucks. After playing with different controllers, I found a physical USB connection with a horizontal layout is best.I now have a Gamesir X2 and it was ALMOST perfect. It has two major flaws however: the USB port is on the wrong side, flipping the audio orientation, and the port isn't long enough to fit the phone without taking the case off.
>>10895760haha
>>10896131i'm from /g/ and im scared of smartphones for different reasons
>>10895760The appeal of emulating and gaming in general on smartphones died permanently for me when the dev of AetherSX2 sperged-out over Poojeets complaining it wouldn't run well on their shit-tier GoPhone garbage and selling the app store rights to some faggot chink company to turn it into adware. Never looking back after getting myself a Steam Deck have fun waiting for a competent Xemu port Androidfags.
>>10896289>>HUGE hassle but get my DS4 going with itSkill issue>>Phone is hot enough you can fry an egg on itWhat are the specs of your phone? That sounds like you have an ancient device
>>10898272Android didn't have good dualshock support until version 10, so it sounds likely.
playing tarzan 64 on my phone
STREEEEEEEEETCH... And like it like that damn it!
>>10899706cool controller
ZSnes, old 2019 Samsung A6, 8BitDo controller, and it's magicI have also played JRPGs with the touch controls, and it's been a blessing for when I have to wait in my car for something or someone, and I didn't bring my controller
>>10895760 Got one of these for Christmas last year. Works perfectly. I'm using Retroarch.
>>10895760the fact that \hhg\ feels literally THREATENED by this general and doesn't allow discussion is sad\cringe.any old android phone\tablet BTFO that cheap garbage from chinaprotip: use NORMAL controllers not clip on2.4ghz wireless, modern bluetooth or hell even usb-c to usb-a adapters my tablet SLAPS
>>10896334We understand that you had breakfast today.
>>10896334you take your fucking PC with you? its mobile?please read the fucking room anon
>>10900302If I'm away from home I'm not playing video games.
>>10900171Gigabased
>>10900303then why are you in a MOBILE GAMING THREADobv everyone here has a pc anon
>>10900379This isn't a mobile gaming thread, it's a smartphone emulation thread. I came here to mock people who emulate on smartphones.
>>10900387>i entered a thread of things i didnt like and was madHOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!?!?
>>10900543Who said I'm mad?
Rate my lineup
Am I doing something wrong or is the delay from bluetooth controllers really that terrible? It makes something like THPS3 unplayable. I'm using a Bluetooth 5 on phone and a wireless Xbox controller.
>>10900693Why didn't you just get a backbone controller? There's no latency issue
>>10900701Because I already have an Xbox controller for other purposes. I was just wondering if this was an issue for bluetooth controllers in general.
>>10900160Best $100 i spent
I love my Odin 2
>>10900160You got a good one, this and the Gamesir X2s are the best telescopic controllers right now.
>>10901274I had a Gamesir x2 but the input mode button started bugging out and now if I move the controller too much while holding it it keeps switching between the different modes mid game.I ended up getting a Moga XP7-X and I've been pretty happy with it.
How is audio with these things? Most phones have speakers on the bottom which would be covered by a controller, no?
>>10901902>>10900160 Me here. The sound comes out nice and loud thanks to those little gaps in the rubber that touches the phone on either side. My phone has speakers on both ends. Plus wired headphone jack at the bottom and you can always use bluetooth headphones.
*ahem* it's oled 'eck or nothing poorfags need not apply
>>10900549im saying you are retarded
>>10901885the X2s is different version from the X2, it has hall effect triggers and analog sticks and good build quality
Do I have to pay for custom tax when buying straight from the gamesir website, when I'm in europe?
>>10895760prefer dedicated devices.>>10896170not really, i feel just as weird playing on my gameboy on the plane.
what video plugin is better for mupen64fz?gliden64 beta or 0.4.1?
>>10897430there's box64 and winlator
>>10903786nobody asked
>>10896932Is there a way to use a DS4 on Android? Better if it's from Datafrog and not Sony
>>10895760>>10900160>>10899706I use a gamesir x2s with 2 magnetic breakaway right angle brackets on an extension cable, and a silicon wristband for support, to play retroarch on my S20FE in portrait mode. I refuse to use horislop
>>10905935woops forgot pic
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>>10896170Oh no the normies are going to look at my contraption for one second then go about their day, what existential terror
>>10905884Over Bluetooth right? It has to be a CUH-ZCT2 (the second revision, that came with the Slim). The CUH-ZCT1 desyncs after 5 or so seconds.
>>10905959The only way it would fit without taking out my magnetic type-c port protector, it looks jank but actually works really well
>Haven't touch emulation since around 2008>Check what my phone could emulate out of curiosity>"Could easily emulate N64 and psx. Maybe PS2 too if you're lucky."Where do I even start? From what I gather the recommended retro emulator is lemuroid. Where do you even get roms now a day? All the sites I used to visit have been dead for literally a decade and I don't think I'll manage to find my old floppy disks and cd roms.
>>10906014>Where do you even get roms now a day?You can just google "[game name] rom" and you'll get dozens of suitable results. Vimm's Lair and CDRomance are the best, Vimm has everything even Wii and PS3 but CDRomance is great for all the prepatched romhacks/translations. coolrom is fine if you're not playing Nintendo, since all the Nintendo games got removed.
>>10906014just get roms from archive.orgthere are even curated collections
>>10906023Thanks.>>10906025Wait, the internet archives? I'm not going to ask how they get away with that...
>>10906028dunno either, you can circumvent the download speed limit with Jdownloader2 or any other download manager
>>10906023Every time someone mentions vimm net I get reminded that this site is literally older than me by a few weeks. No idea how it survived that long...
>>10897308The 8bitdo lite?
>>10906028Archive.org has a DMCA exemption for archival and research purposes. I personally do a lot of research on retro games and the rom collections there are vital for that.
>>10906014>Where do you even get roms now a day?Unironically the r/roms megathread GitHub site otherwise like others said vimms lair
When are they gonna make a phone like this?
>>10906049Who the hell needs 3 d-pads?
>>10906101Those existed back then>sony xperia play>x10 mini proI miss my X10.
>>10906101Should be out in about negative 13 years.
>>10906113>>10906118They should bring these back.
>>10903786You can play something dry and turnbased without being too embarrassing
>>10906124Why not keep using your old one? You don't need 4G, do you?
>>10906229Because the hardware in those phones are ancient. You have no access to modern apps and opening a webpage will crash 90% of the time due to bloated websites maxing out the pitiful RAM in those archaic slabs.
>Try Mario 64 on my phone just to test if I can run N64>End up playing 4 hours straight>Only used 30% battery>Phone is not even hot>N64 emulator runs better than youtubeThere is something in the back of my mind that says "That's wrong, that shouldn't be possible, a phone shouldn't be able to emulate a semi-recent console" when I see stuff like that, like when I learned that 128gb USB drives are only about 20 bucks now. I feel old... The N64 is almost 30 years old.
>>10907706>Semi-recent console>The N64Hope this is bait>Runs better than YouTube Anon, the official YouTube app has been running like shit for at least 10 years
>>10907804>Hope this is baitTry reading the rest of his post where he says he feels old when he realizes the N64 is nearly 30 years old and therefore isn't recent at all.
>>10907804I'm in my 40s now and I don't use the shitty app. I'm using firefox because fuck ads.
>>10907706what n64 emu?
>>10907850I used Lemuroid, checking on the github, the core used is Mupen64Plus.
Ordered pic related for £15. Bluetooth so hopefully latency isn't too shit
waiting for my gamesir x2S bros, we are so fucking back
I wish someone would make a controller big enough to accommodate large tablets.Mobile games on 12~14 inches display would be dope. Also a great screen size for non-retro games that I could stream from my PC
Anyone knows why this happens when i try to play a 3DS game on my Essential Phone (adreno 540) when using vulkan? That little bit to the left of the screen is the main menu of Pokemon X when you just start the game, the same thing happens on any game and on all the modern versions of citra (Lime 3DS, Citra Enhanced and PabloMK7's fork). Everything displays fine on openGL
>>10895760what's a good ds emulator for android?
What's the best way to play doom and duke nukem on android for free?
>>10906112Right is for camera, left is for walking, and center is for running.
Anyone got one of these? I want one to use with a tablet but there don't seem to be many options. 99% of these kinds of controllers are phone sized.
>>10910689Drastic on google play store, it's free now and will get taking down in the future ang get open source.Alternative: melonDS stand alone not the retroarch core
>>10910979I have one. There's heavy input lag and it's embedded into the circuitry of the device itself. Oddly I didn't experience it using Moonlight but it does appear with various emulators. I wouldn't recommend it.Get a stand of your tablet instead if you must use it for emulation and then any other controller.
>>10911904>it's embedded into the circuitry of the device itself.>I didn't experience it using MoonlightHow can both these things be true?
>>10895760>NOooOooOOoOoOOo>U MUSSS BUY A HENKIN CHINKHELB!!!!!
I'm on a Lenovo Legion Y700.Two USB ports... One is video out.Desktop mode. I can run PS2 games flawlessly in a window at quadruple original resolution. It's fantastic. Currently playing Digital Devil Saga then will move onto Shenmue, Ico and try out the Shin Megami Tensei series
>>10906118WHERE ARE THE TRIGGERS
>>10895760When I was 11, in 6th grade, in 2016/2017, I tried showing off how I could emulate a mario 64 romhack on my Nexus 5x with my Xbox One S controller, I thought it was a revolutionary breakthrough on my end, and I thought I would look cool to my peers.I would later sit by myself during a school dance, trying to 100% Bubsy 3D.The mario 64 romhack was Super Releasio 64.
>>10913337I feel bad for your generation, sincerely. You never had any actual experiences. Look at how much of a retard you turned out to be, god damn. I could almost forgive your circumstances if you said how you mowed lawns all summer to buy an old N64 and played Mario while your friends were playing Fortnite, there would be some soul to that. Unfortunately your actions further confirm that anyone born after 2000 is a soulless husk with capacity to appreciate art or beauty. You should probably kill yourself before things get worse.
>>10896336kek nevermind and disregard this post, now the Kishi's D-pad left doesn't work anymore. It's been maybe a year.
>>10913986Just get the Gamesir X2s version, hall effect triggers and stick for like $50 sometimes even less. Stop buying Razer products.
>>10914131currently $45 on amazon
>>10895760looking for some recs for Delta GBA/NDSgames that typically don't appear on TOP lists. looks for soul, action RPGs would be nice.
>>10914271Custom Robo ArenaLast Window: Das Geheimnis von Cape WestHotel Dusk: Room 215Radiant HistoriaInfinite spaceEtrian Odyssey999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
>>10914271Lufia - The Ruins of LoreSword of ManaShining Soul I & II
>>10913316WHERE'S THE TRIGGER, WHERE'S THE TRIGGER
>>10906118when will phones go back to being this kino
hey mupen64fz users, what graphics profile do you use?
>>10911296just came back to say thanks!
>>10915156Probably never. Physical buttons are a dead concept for phones now for whatever reason.
>>10915156>>10916730I mean, there are plenty of "gamer" phones with integrated controller. It's not even that uncommon. Feature phone are still a thing, in fact Nokia still produce "dumbphones".
>>10916730Normies. It's also cheaper, so companies can maximize profits
>>10917075>there are plenty of "gamer" phones with integrated controller. It's not even that uncommon.I can't find a single one. The closest I can find is a a couple phones that have built-in shoulder buttons, but none with a slide out gamepad like the Xperia Play. Got any actual examples?
>>10905939What the fuck is this contraption, ahahahaha.
>>10917240They're mostly Chinese trash so I wouldn't bother with them desu. The good ones cost way more than they're worth. We talk about 600-8000 range for a shitty integrated gamepad and a (very loud) fan.But to give a name: Snail makes psp looking phones (Yes, they still fucking make them, good luck getting a newer one outside of China tho).If you're wondering if I'm talking about THAT Snail gaming company, yes, yes I am.
>>10917426>They're mostly Chinese trash so I wouldn't bother with them desu. The good ones cost way more than they're worth. We talk about 600-8000 range for a shitty integrated gamepad and a (very loud) fan.That sounds like a waste of money, targeted at retarded consumers. The moment it inevitably breaks (which will be probably sooner than later) you'll end up with dead-weight.
>>10917308Lemme slow down and give a reddit Eli5 for all the frog posters in the back. 1. I use these magnet thingies to protect my phone's charge port from constantly plugging cables in and out, which damages them over time (it happened to my last phone). The whole point is to leave it in the phone and never take it out. 2. The controller: self explanatory. Designed for horislop on most phones but also compatible with foldables for a DS like experience. Which I don't have, but keeping the phone vertical would be the next best thing3. The type c extension cable: with 2 right angle magnet brackets on each end, it connects the controller to the phone and holds it in place in portrait mode4. The silicone band adds additional support to keep the phone from sliding down. It rests pinched in the telescopic joint of the controller and extends diagonally across the phone, nice and snug.I can play whatever I want since the screenspace covered by the band is just blank in Retroarch, and if I wanna play anything else I can just resize the window since it's a Samsung.
>>10917557I come to 4chan for this.But I do have a serious question: is that controller compatible with most emulators out of the box?
>>10917872Also, to expand upon this subject. I'm sure you can find a controller + clip that rotates. That would allow you to have the phone on portrait mode. That may be a more elegant solution, but I admire the ingenuity of your current solution regardless.
>>10917872 Oh yeah, it's just X-input which is recognized by Android and works with most apps. Retroarch Auto maps it perfectly and everything. I also use it for Citra and Roblox
>>10917884I was thinking of maybe 3D printing something like that. Or maybe using one of those phone dashboard mounts. That way I could get more of a GPD XD/Retroid Pocket flip type of feel. But honestly, might be too much work, and of course there's always the weight distribution factor with something like this.
>>10918064>all that space on the bottom half>no touchscreen for DS support
>>10913341>I feel bad for your generation, sincerely. You never had any actual experiences. Look at how much of a retard you turned out to be, god damn. I could almost forgive your circumstances if you said how you mowed lawns all summer to buy an old N64 and played Mario while your friends were playing Fortnite, there would be some soul to that. Unfortunately your actions further confirm that anyone born after 2000 is a soulless husk with capacity to appreciate art or beauty. You should probably kill yourself before things get worse.
>>10913337I was about to call you underage by pointing out that the xbox one and the nexus 5x are from 2013 and 2015 respectively but then I realized that we're in 2024 and 2017 was 7 years ago.
>>10918537>2017 was 7 years ago
>>10910191Citra Vulkan renderer somehow got fucked around build Nightly-2030 of Canary.If you device doesn't have AdrenoTools support, you're pretty much screwed.
>>10919506You mean the GPU driver thing? Yes my device has that option but all the drivers I found are for the adreno 6xx series and up. Is it safe to use them on a 540?
>>10919620Yes, there are ones that are still compatible with 5xx GPUs.
>>108961951 yuan has been deposited into your Alibaba account, Chiang.
>>10920118I’m very grateful, lord.
>>10895760for me? its the ps4 controller with a 10 dollar phone clip
>>10895760For me? It's the GameSir X2s
>>10895760I'm playing occasionally on my general phone, so a Samsung A54. I haven't taken the plunge in getting a controller yet, but have been having playable results using Pizza Boy and Pizza Boy GBA with my touch screen. It becomes less playable if you have a more action-y game though, I'm sticking more to Zelda and Pokemon.Mupen64, Snes9x and redream are all working pretty well on the games I've tried with them, but you're really hampered by not using a controller there.PSPP I've had a more slowdown with when trying to use it, but still playable.I'm considering getting a dedicated second hand phone for some of this though.
>>10896218Okay retard.
Playing on my S23 with Kishi v2. Going through all the Vanillaware titles I never played.
>>10895760I'm using this one, I want to play saturn games but every stand alone emulator are shit
>>10896932Wow, this is exactly my setup for platformers, bought new DS4 a year after PS5 release was not easy to find, and exactly the same clip like on picture. Bought it in addition to XboxOne pad, after I unable to pass fucking flying bug boss in Demon's Crest because B button on XboxOne controller is dogshit and the dpad is barely okay. The pic is the most comfy way to play AM2R with widescreen.
Will just leave this here - http://opentouchgaming.com/zeta-touch/ - because the Build engine is the best thing that ever happened with FPS games after Doom, and this thing runs Build games flawlessly and has advanced support for controllers. The funny thing is that Build games are better to be played with aim assist on, because the engine was designed for keyboard-only and mouse support sucked, this aim assist works perfectly with controller.
>>10896245> I guess the thing is if you just buy an affordable controller Even this is usually not necessary. Highly likely almost everyone already has an android phone and some old x360/xone/ds4 controller. Phone clip is 10 bucks. Good (short enough) usb-c to microusb cable is harder to find, but it is surely not expensive. Hardware setup is trivial - phone, clip on controller, connected by a short cable. No batteries, no controller recharge, no bluetooth sync - just connect and it works on any android. Software setup - most emulators are more polished and feature rich on Android than even on PC. Magic DosBox for example. Want to play this new Supet Metroid romhack? Getting rom from archive.org, hacks from Metroid Construction and applying them to ROM file - all this is 5 min on the phone itself, no need to boot the PC and research how to run this rompatcher on linux. Someone already done an android app for this. Bored of playing Dreamcast FPSs (there was Unreal Tournament on Dreamcast btw) and want some Hexen2, Blood or Half-Life - they all are easier/same to run on android as on PC. This thing is just perfect when stuck somewhere, like at airport or in hospital.
>>10901902Headphones go straight to phone jack port, never had problems with sound on android, all emus use the same and only sound subsystem.
>>10911296Recommendation for Drastic is Soma Bringer game with English patch and highres enabled in Drastic. Everyone played SMT on DS, but virtually noone played this gem (on actual DS at the time). It looks better than many 3ds games. Spent like 100+ hours in it about 5 years ago (pre covid).
>>10925312None of that has anything to do with my question
>>10925363Yep, I am retard who cannot read. Though maybe bluetooth headphones will solve it for telescopic switch-a-like controller? Never had one to test with a phone, prefer first-party console controllers with a clip.
Majora Mask android port when?
Here we go again, another great thread about retro games and the retro devices used to play those games. This board is basically just an advertising platform at this point.
>>10914131USB port should be on the other side, but other than that, it's top a notch controller.
>>10895760It's good to see us smartphone users getting a bit of love around here. How are you all doing? I've been posting on /vr/ a lot less sadly, as life just finds things to throw at us when we start working and all, it's a pain, but whatever. Right now I'm still with my Galaxy M30, which I'll keep for the rest of my life since it's the smartphone I had when I began talking to my GF for the 1st time, and I have the feeling I'll marry her for sure, and then there's the MOCUTE-060, which despite not indicating its battery level properly anymore, it still works well, so I really can't complain much.I'm probably going to replace my laptop at some point this year or the next, for a tablet, probably a Samsung since I'm familiar with them, I used to prefer desktops and laptops over smartphones or tablets before, but recently they've seriously been growing on me, my GF's iPad certainly helps with that... and I think I might just have the tablet be my main machine for everything, plug it into a TV for a more console feel, and use a telescopic controller for a handheld feel, it feels like a nice and cheap Switch like emulation machine, and a laptop at the same time if I attach a keyboard.
>>10912842This.It's either a software issue, or a hardware issue.
>>10895760I use my S21 to emulate PS2 titles. So far, I have tried Gran Turismo 4 (pic rel) which runs perfect without any tweaking, just install and play. I have also tried MGS2 and 3, both of these run almost as good as GT4 but there are a few graphical glitches (breaks the game on MGS2 since I can't use a sniper rifle and is very annoying on MGS3 because it breaks the water textures) and cutscenes do overheat my phone, thankfully these can be solved easily, but are quite annoying sometimes.I don't see why hate phone emulation and yet have a raging boner for chink handhelds, soon the latter will be rendered obsolete. Also, I don't use any sort of controller, it's not impossible to get used to the touchscreen. >>10896459My smartphone is far more powerful than my laptop. I used to think like you do, but then I realized that mobile technology has improved so much it's unreal.>>10926736Nah, stick to a laptop for your new device.
>>10927595>Nah, stick to a laptop for your new device.How come? Of course, I can understand all of the advantages a laptop has, mainly the OS, its native keyboard and all of the ports, but I don't plan on diving head first into this, that'd be rash, I'll go in with a cheap tablet just to see if I like it, after my GF's iPad made me like them for the 1st time, if I manage to enjoy and adapt to owning one, I'll go for a switch, if not then I'll just get a new laptop.I just think it's so appealing, I'm already used to Android nowadays, so OS wise the switch would be fine, also don't mind needing an adapter for a few ports, since I don't use them all that much...I just find the idea of having my desktop, when I plug it into a monitor, my laptop and a dedicated handheld console... all in one place, way too fun and convenient, I'm a minimalist I guess, I like it.
>>10927897>I'll go in with a cheap tablet just to see if I like it, after my GF's iPad made me like them for the 1st time, if I manage to enjoy and adapt to owning one, I'll go for a switch, if not then I'll just get a new laptop.See, that's the thing about both smartphones and tablets. You buy the entry level/budget/poorfag version and you get fucked in the ass, those devices don't last at all and rarely perform to an acceptable level. Even mainstream brands. You'll basically get a shitty experience that will slowly deteriorate until it shits the bed. This is quite different with the flagship phones of most mainstream brands, they are actually quality (sometimes) and can last several years. Laptops on the other hand, have all those qualities you mentioned but what's more, they are naturally more robust and will last to the point that you get what you paid for. >I'm a minimalist I guessThen you should know it's best to buy something with at least an acceptable degree of quality.
>>10906101Never.All smartphones are the same thing now.There's not enough demand.
