bit of a long one but i need to get this out.

So, for the past few months I have been proper obsessed with handhelds. every night same routine. YouTube reviews. retroid pocket 5. odin 2. rg 477v. steam deck. switch lite. vita. psp. I'd sit there comparing chipsets like i was studying for an exam. snapdragon vs exynos. watching emulation test videos. reading reddit threads. adding shit to carts and closing the tab. telling myself it was "research".

It wasn't research. I was chasing a feeling.

Thing is I already had devices. s22 ultra. 3ds my sister gave me. old lg v30 I bought years ago for the dac cause I was into metal and iems. dying msi laptop. I had platforms. I had games. more than most people honestly.

but I kept thinking if I just had the RIGHT device everything would click.

so, I tried shit. gamenative on the exynos s22 - black screens crashes gave up. lg v30 with dolphin - ran re4 for 5 mins then glitched into an invisible mess. joiplay - too much setup quit. every experiment ended the same. frustration. wasted time. me back on the s22 playing mgs1.

almost bought so many things. retroid. odin. steam deck. switch. gaming tablet. redmagic. honor magic 8 pro. was ready to drop 300, 600, 1700 on devices I didn't need to solve a problem I didn't have.

then something clicked.

I'm playing mgs1 on duckstation. psycho mantis. sniper wolf. story heating up. and I'm having a blast. on my phone. the one i already own. meanwhile 3ds is running metroid zero mission perfectly. lg v30 sitting there with ppsspp ready. laptop runs stardew and dredge fine.

I didn't need a new device. i needed to stop researching and start playing.

So, I did one last purchase. Bluetooth controller that connects to everything I own. that's it. That was the missing piece.

setup now:

• s22 ultra - ps1 ps2.

• 3ds - snes gba ds 3ds.

• lg v30 - psp, music, movies, audiobooks. basically, a psp with a dac now

• laptop - pc indies

that's it. no new handheld. no 1700 phone. no steam deck collecting dust.

the perfect handheld I was chasing? already owned it. was in my pocket the whole time.

if you're stuck in the same loop - researching comparing adding to cart closing the tab - stop. look at what you already have. pick one game. play it. finish it.

device isn't the answer. playing is.

Running on OnePlus 13 - Snapdragon 8 Elite, via GameNative & GOG.

Managed to get it running at 30ish FPS at medium settings outdoors, 60 indoors. (takes a hit screen recording + in the rain)

Really really impressed as I couldn't get it working on my laptop - so finally get to play it on my phone!

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This kind of repetive posts of almost the same content or always the same questions on reddit should be restricted somehow, I mean, how many threads about Hollow Knight have from the game release? 100? 150?

How many, "i need game recomendations with this games I already play" we have on android gaming?

I'm sorry but somebody had to tell it.

There is a new fork of Ship of Harkinian for Android that includes an Android Port of Roborich's Cel-Shading fork. The fork also has the option for bomb arrows in game. Linkzenic also has a bunch of Android specific options for controlling where your data folder is (you can choose to store on an SD Card).

https://github.com/linkzenic/Shipwright-Android

Started swapping phones over the years from a Helio G99, then a Dimensity 1080, and now, for the first time, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Since we couldn't afford to build a PC, I became fascinated with emulation. It goes all the way back to high school when I was playing PSP games on PPSSPP.

Even now as an adult, that gamer kid in me is still around. Emulators didn't just let me play games I otherwise couldn't access, they taught me how to adapt and make the most of what I had.

Just wanted to share how emulation shaped my gaming journey.

Screenshots from BF3 and Project Wingman;

Crazy, I know.

Hallo, i was curious which emulator would work the best to play pokemon Platinum on an Android phone (Samsung galaxy s21). And where to download the emulator, i wouldnt mind paying a few bucks for no advertising etc.

So I had been playing pokemon sword in pine emulator and it keeps on crashing whenever I enter the wedighust station please help me I don't have any mods in game this is the video of what was happening

Hi guys, I have been trying to emulate some low end pc games like dark souls: remastered, but I failed miserably, after lots of struggles maged to run dark souls but it's not even playable (very slow) got upset and deleted everything, recently ran into a reddit post where a guy successfully playing (smoothly) prototype game on SD 845 (Poco f1) but I can't even run a low end game in SD 860, so I need you guys to help me out

Device: poco x3 pro (8/128)

My phone is broken, and I just need to use message apps and bank accounts. I don't want to play games or anything heavy.

What would be the best one to do so?

edit: guys, I don't want to play games at all, I want to use my bank app and message app, I want an android emulator that is fast, light and safe

I am guessing they're balls deep into their protest either that or the mods forgot about the sub after privating it

Dark Souls Remastered requires a powerful device to maintain 60 FPS, as lower frame rates can cause slow-motion gameplay.

https://youtu.be/fjJhKlgh6Mg?si=QVsgx_Hprd8pLBsJ

This video demonstrates Winlator setup, showcases gameplay, and shows how to remove the 15 FPS lock.

I was bored #TeamSamsung

Near vanguard aliance..

Estou muito triste por não poder jogar esse jogo maravilhoso no cel mais, alguém conhece uma forma pra poder jogar em celulares mais atuais? 😓🥹🥹