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230 reviews from r/yuzu, r/EmulationOnAndroid, r/emulators and 51 more subreddits

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RetroArch

4.3

(17)

"Give Retroarch a go, plenty of cores on there."

"Retroarch."

"RetroArch And it’s not just GBA. It’s every console that you can emulate on RetroArch."

"I use Retroarch for all the older consoles."

"Retro arch works well on my phone."

"There are several emulators available through Retroarch."

"I just use RetroArch and use the MupenNext64 Core"

"Retroarch is great (Genesis Plus GX core), I also use Kega Fusion as it’s so damn simple."

"Once you watch a few tutorials and have a bit of real-world experience."

"Retroarch is free."

Duckstation

4.6

(12)

"Duckstation is the best, you only need bios and (obviously) games"

"Best emulator for all PS1."

"Duckstation and PCSX2. Don't bother with anything else"

"Duckstation."

"I wanna say duck station."

"Duckstation by miles!!"

"Duckstation is the best one by far."

"Use duckstation for ps1."

"Duckstation and XBSX2.0."

"I would say duckstation."

MyBoy

4.0

(12)

"I highly recommend MyBoy."

"It works perfectly for all Pokémon games on my iPhone 14 Pro Max."

"Pretty decent with the right setting on iphone14 pro max."

"MyBoy! is really good and has functional multiplayer as well."

"I’ve heard really good things about MyBoy."

"MyBoy! on the phone, retroarch plugin on my Anbernic."

"MyBoy is the one i I've used for everything."

"I think I used MyBoy and it allowed keymapping"

"I use MyBoy, but I paid for the premium Versions years ago."

"I’m using myBoy with no issues with unbound or other Pokeroms."

Delta

4.9

(8)

"Delta emulator for phones. VBA is good for PCs and does GameShark codes"

"Delta for iOS and mGBA for desktop"

"Delta was the cleanest and best"

"Thank you to everyone who recommended delta ive downloaded it 👍"

"Delta, just got it. It works great!"

"Try “Delta”"

"I personally find delta the best"

"I also recommend delta, but to give you another option, just give a try to "linking boy"."

Yuzu

4.0

(9)

"Yuzu, always"

"I can only play it on Yuzu because Ryujinx runs like dog water."

"Yuzu is still pretty solid for me."

"Yuzu, sudachi, or suyu."

"Play on sudachi or suyu and use totk optimizer."

"Yuzu, although I used Ryujinx for hundreds of hours in TOTK with no issues."

"Using Yuzu and sundachi on my Odin 2 SD8 gen 2."

"Still Yuzu."

"Yuzu, but the thing is that the development team abandoned the project."

Sudachi

4.1

(7)

"From what I have seen here, Sudachi and Yuzu are the good ones."

"In my personal opinion Sudachi, I was impressed by it's performance"

"Sudachi."

"Have had pretty good luck with sudachi."

"Tbh sudachi. barely heats up to 35c."

"I use sudachi and it runs everything I need."

"Sudachi, I have the same phone."

Citra

4.3

(6)

"Citra is the 3ds emulator i think most people use?"

"Your option is Citra or a Citra fork like Lime3DS."

"Never had any problem with Citra"

"I have heard good things from Citra3DS."

"Honestly, citra is still the best, even it's not being maintained anymore."

"Citra, but you would need to find the source code."

Pizza Boy

4.0

(6)

"I have been using pizzaboy and trading locally with one phone is easy."

"Pizza Boy. Always."

"Pizzaboy"

"Pizza boy"

"I use pizza boy have for well over a year now."

"I like pizza boy"

PPSSPP

4.8

(5)

"PPSSPP"

"Ppsspp"

"Ppsspp. It's also for linux."

"Had issues with few games like Silent Hill Shattered Memories but still had a great time with it."

#10

Steam Deck

4.8

(4)

"I’d definitely recommend steam deck as well as everyone else in the thread"

"As others have said the steam deck is perfect for it"

"It’s pricey but the steam deck is perfect!"

"Steam Deck is pretty good from what ive heard."

#11

My Boy

4.8

(4)

"For sure My Boy for mobile and mGBA for desktop"

"My boy is what I went with"

"Myboy"

"MyBoy"

#12

Mesen

4.8

(4)

"Mesen and punes are considered 'the most accurate'."

"Mesen, standalone or via RetroArch"

"Mesen"

"Mesen."

#13

LDPlayer

4.3

(4)

"LD player has been awesome"

"LDPlayer"

"I used LDPlayer and from what little I did use it, it worked just as well as old versions of BlueStacks."

"LDPlayer has been very solid for me."

#14

Citron

4.0

(4)

"I tried most of them including the forks, and my favorite so far is Citron."

"Citron for switch, cemu for Wii u"

"Citron works best for me."

"I use citron as it's all done for you setting up the config etc"

#15

Suyu

4.0

(4)

"Suyu is the only one that never gave me problems."

"I’m using suyu 0.2 with ultracam and UI blackout mods."

"Either latest sudachi or uzuy."

"Suyu."

#16

XBSX2

5.0

(3)

"Xbsx2 works great."

"Xbsx2 is perfect."

"Those two emulators run dang good on my series x."

#17

Anbernic

5.0

(3)

"The best device for GBA."

"Feels like a GBA, and obviously looks like one as well."

"Honestly, it’s the steam deck for the best experience but I love my Anbernic SP."

#18

CXBX

4.3

(3)

"Cxbx is easier to setup than xemu. i had multiple playthroughs in cxbx and never encountered a single problem"

"Cxbx"

"I’m using cxbx, the latest version on my pc. So far I haven’t ran into any problems."

#19

Pnetlab

4.0

(3)

"PNET is my definitive answer."

"Pnetlab works great for me."

"Pnetlab or eve-ng. Im not a big fan of the cml dashboard."

#20

Project64

4.0

(3)

"I prefer project64 over Mupen."

"Project64."

"Project64, and yes, it's compatible with texture packs."

#21

Lime3DS

4.0

(3)

"3ds - lime3ds."

"Lime3DS is awesome."

"Lime3ds, I understand a developer forked citra and is continuing development."

#22

Ryujinx

4.0

(3)

"I've been using Ryujinx and it's been working fine"

"Ryuninx for switch games."

"Citron is good for totk and botw I use ryujinx for everything else."

#23

Retroid Pocket 2S

4.0

(3)

"With that budget I got myself a retroid pocket 2s, so I'd recommend that."

"Retroid Pocket 2S or RGB30."

"I would say Retroid Pocket 2S, it's a bit older but you get a lot for your money."

#24

mGBA

4.0

(3)

"Goated imo easy download and runs perfectly."

"I use mGBA and don't have any issues."

"I was considering mGBA."

#25

Intel N100 Mini PC

4.0

(3)

"N100 mini PCs can be had for what, 130 bucks? Beats RPi."

"If you insist on emulation I would get at the least an n100 mini pc or something like that."

"An Intel N100 mini PC is relatively cheap."

#26

Uzuy

3.7

(3)

"I've got an s24 Plus and uzyu works swimmingly."

"I tend to just use the newest uzuy release."

"Uzuy. Yuzu isn't updated anymore."

#27

BlueStacks

3.7

(3)

"Bluestacks or MuMu Player are my personal recommendations"

"I prefered Bluestacks."

"I'd suggest Bluestacks."

#28

FBNeo

5.0

(2)

"FBNeo for CPS systems"

"Your best bet is FBNeo"

#29

RPCS3

5.0

(2)

"RPCS3 is your best bet for emulator."

"RPCS3 because I think it did what many thought it was impossible."

#30

Vice

5.0

(2)

"Vice emulator is doing fantastic job for me."

"Just use Vice."

#31

NetherSX2

5.0

(2)

"Nethersx2 which is a patch of Aether is the best."

"Obviously NetherSX2, if anyone needs it I have the apk ready to install."

#32

Mumu

3.3

(3)

"Mumu 12"

"Try mumu, if that doesn't work you can use VMs with the blissOS installed."

"Mumu 12."

#33

Dolphin

4.5

(2)

"The Gamecube version is usually considered the best version anyway"

"Dolphin."

#34

Xenia

4.5

(2)

"Xenia is basically the only option"

"Xenia is good. Compatibility is still improving."

#35

Lemuroid

4.5

(2)

"Lemuroid works great on all the phones I've had."

"There is a emulator called lemuroid that plays Atari, NES, SNES that would cover a lot."

#36

RIN

4.5

(2)

"RIN with the rewind function is the best."

"I’ve seen people say Master Boy is pretty good and it does Game Gear as well."

#37

John GBA

4.5

(2)

"JohnGBA for me hands down"

"JohnGBA on the play store gets the job done."

#38

Sudachi/Ryujinx

4.0

(2)

"For performance sudachi for compatability ryujinx."

"Currently prefer Sudachi, as it progressed further than Yuzu did."

#39

GBARunner2

4.0

(2)

"Gbarunner2 or 3, just install twilightmenu and it comes bundled in."

"You can use [GBARunner2]"

#40

PS2

4.0

(2)

"PS2 (big boi) is a great emulator if you have a big enough storage device."

"Just get a PS2."

#41

Emudeck

4.0

(2)

"Grabbing a steamdeck and downloading emudeck would probably be in the ballpark of ease."

"Emudeck has everything you’ll need."

#42

melonDS

4.0

(2)

"Melon ds."

"MelonDS has a standalone app that supports cheevos."

#43

My Boy!

4.0

(2)

"MyBoy! is by far the easiest and just works"

"I'm using MyBoy and it's good."

#44

Mobox

3.5

(2)

"I would say go with mobox. While Steam will run on glibc Winlator"

"Mobox, which is hard to set up."

#45

Nintendo

5.0

(1)

"Modded Switch"

#46

2Ship2Harkinian

5.0

(1)

"It's actually a source port, not an emulator, so it runs far better."

#47

Zelda64

5.0

(1)

"Like playing it for the first time. Runs on 60fps and 4k."

#48

AetherSX2

5.0

(1)

"AetherSX2"

#49

genzd

5.0

(1)

"Love it all doom mods play like butter so epic on oled screen"

#50

DuckStation, PCSX2

5.0

(1)

"Duckstation and pcsx2."

#51

Uzuy X

5.0

(1)

"Uzuy X, and Uzuy MMJR (Rev 7)"

#52

Zinux Emulator

5.0

(1)

"I recommend you guys try it it is called Zinux Emulator."

#53

Wine

5.0

(1)

"You can run this game on Wine Perfectly."

#54

Crossover

5.0

(1)

"Crossover from Codeweavers is second to none for what you are looking for."

#55

Miyoo

4.0

(1)

"If you want easy to use handheld get the miyoo mini plus."

#56

RGB30

4.0

(1)

"The 4 inch 1:1 ratio screen is nice to help her see it."

#57

RG35XX Plus

4.0

(1)

"If you want hdmi (TV) get the rg35xx plus."

#58

GNS3

4.0

(1)

"I would go with GNS3, and it's widely used and has strong community support."

#59

Eve-NG

4.0

(1)

"I also think eve/pnetlab is easier to backup and restore if things go bad during an update."

#60

MuMu Player

4.0

(1)

"Bluestacks or MuMu Player are my personal recommendations"

#61

Ryujinx/PPSSPP/My Boy!/Drastic

4.0

(1)

"The ones I currently use are Switch: Ryujinx, PSP: PPSSPP."

#62

Citron/Torzu

4.0

(1)

"Yuzu based, I use Citron, or Torzu."

#63

Provenance

4.0

(1)

"Me personally, I use Provenance for PS1."

#64

GreemDev fork of Ryujinx

4.0

(1)

"The GreemDev fork of Ryujinx is one that I know had a recent update."

#65

Xbox 360 Emulator

4.0

(1)

"There's exactly 1. So the choice is simple if you're trying to emulate 360 on Windows PC."

#66

Intel NUC

4.0

(1)

"I have stopped using PIs for emulation, for the cost NUCs and many SBC handhelds are competitive for the price range."

#67

Retroid Pocket 5

4.0

(1)

"Retroid pocket 5"

#68

Xbox Series S

4.0

(1)

"If you can find a used Xbox Series S for cheap, it makes for a great ps2 emulation machine."

#69

Micro Form Factor Office PC

4.0

(1)

"I recommend a micro form factor office PC from dell, Lenovo or HP with an 8th gen CPU."

#70

HP EliteDesk

4.0

(1)

"You can get a microPC for under or around $100; look for one with a Ryzen5 or i5/i7 8th gen or so."

#71

Dell OptiPlex Micro PC

4.0

(1)

"U can go with a dell optiplex micro pc they’re pretty cheap on eBay nowadays."

#72

Intel N100

4.0

(1)

"I second the mini PC, Intel n100 being a good minimum for that."

#73

MISTer FPGA

4.0

(1)

"Short of an actual PS2, probably a MISTer FPGA."

#74

Torzu

4.0

(1)

"If we're talking for the switch, torzu is looking like the only way to go."

#75

Mune

4.0

(1)

"I like lightweight tools, so I suggest the [*Mune* GM emulator]"

#76

LD Player

4.0

(1)

"LD player imo, way better then BS"

#77

Visual Boy Advance

4.0

(1)

"Visualboyadvance was gonna be my suggestion, I never had any problems with it."

#78

PCSX2

4.0

(1)

"A pc running pcsx2."

#79

Pizza Boy Pro

4.0

(1)

"I'm using pizza boy pro... No problem as of now.."

#80

PSP

4.0

(1)

"Honestly, buy a cheap PSP or Vita."

#81

Cemu/Yuzu/Citron/Ryujinx

4.0

(1)

"CEMU because it plays Wii U games."

#82

NES.emu

4.0

(1)

"NES.emu, it's just 3mb and runs even on Android 4."

#83

PCSX2, AetherSX2

4.0

(1)

"PCSX2 for PC and AetherSX2 for mobile."

#84

PS3

4.0

(1)

"Get a PS3 slim or super slim, mod it and play PS1 PS2 and PS3."

#85

Xbox Series S/X

4.0

(1)

"Xbox Series S or X."

#86

PC

4.0

(1)

"You'll want a computer."

#87

ROG Ally X

4.0

(1)

"Probably the ROG Ally X."

#88

ROG Ally X, Lenovo Legion Go

4.0

(1)

"I would go for a higher-end PC handheld."

#89

Pizza Boy Basic

4.0

(1)

"Pizza boy basic is a really good free emulator."

#90

Delta, Citra

4.0

(1)

"Delta or citra."

#91

Cemu

4.0

(1)

"I like cemu because of how easy it is to use."

#92

Yuzu/Ryujinx

4.0

(1)

"A mix of Sudachi/Yuzu and Ryujinx."

#93

UTM

4.0

(1)

"There’s a free one called “UTM” and it’s pretty decent"

#94

N100

3.0

(1)

"Look elsewhere, I recommend you to look for an N100 mini pc."

#95

Gbarunner

3.0

(1)

"Gbarunner3 (wip) works too."

#96

One Page Solo Engine

3.0

(1)

"A lot of people cite the One Page Solo Engine as their favorite free emulator."

#97

MUNE

3.0

(1)

"I would suggest MUNE (the Madey Upey Namey Emulator)."

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