After the PS2 and the Switch, Android users are now able to emulate yet another system on their devices. Originally a PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS, Vita3K has been ported to Android. It's still very much in its early stages and has had two releases since becoming available yesterday. The developers note that Vita3K is an experimental emulator and users shouldn't expect everything to run flawlessly. But as is usually the case for emulators, there is the potential for Vita3K to only have better compatibility in the future.

You can head to the GitHub repository below for installation instructions.

Vita3K Android Port GitHub Repository

 

[TheStonedModder]

This is kinda cool! Imma have to try it on my galaxy fold today !

 

[zekro94]

What are the "must-play" exclusives games on the vita ?

Depends if you like anime games then there's Freedom Wars, Mahouka koukou no rettousei out of order, World Trigger Borderless mission, Soul Sacrifice Delta, the neptunia games. Nowadays vita doesn't have that many exclusives but the ones it has are fun

 

[Idaho]

All progress made in the way of more vita emulation is good, the console needs it...

 

[CoolMe]

Actually a decent chunk of the library is playable, very promising..

 

[fst312]

I want this to somehow work on switch full speed or not, so switch could have a psp and vita. I know switchroot was mentioned but I rather it somehow be from the homebrew menu.

 

[RedoLane]

Awesome. I'll try it on my Tab S7 FE tomorrow.
Not really confident since it doesn't have a powerful CPU, but hoping that I'll be able to run things decently.

 

[zekro94]

I want this to somehow work on switch full speed or not, so switch could have a psp and vita. I know switchroot was mentioned but I rather it somehow be from the homebrew menu.

Vita2hos was the thing you wanted but it didn't get any recent development. It runs vita software natively on switch but only simple things for now

 

[fst312]

Vita2hos was the thing you wanted but it didn't get any recent development. It runs vita software natively on switch but only simple things for now

I forgot all about that, from what I just read, even though it doesn’t do much, it seems if I was to set it up, I think I would lose homebrew browser.

 

[TraderPatTX]

What's funny is the developers always told the Android fandom on their Discord channel that it'll be years before Vita3k would be on Android.

 

[SMNFXCN]

Since Vita is an ARM device and most Android phones support AArch32, curious why they didn't try to make also 32-bit app that will act as wrapper for CPU code.

could be wrong but, probably because newer phones might be dropping 32bit support.
i remember hearing some people talk about flappy bird not running on pixel 7 because of that reason.

 

[CloudStrife190100]

I can't even get it to run to be fair. The games won't install. Tried zip / vpk i get this error. i even extracted the vpk and placed the game folder in the proper directory. The game shows up and won't run

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

I can't even get it to run to be fair. The games won't install. Tried zip / vpk i get this error. i even extracted the vpk and placed the game folder in the proper directory. The game shows up and won't run

What game is it? Have looked up the compatibility chart ?

 

[CloudStrife190100]

What game is it? Have looked up the compatibility chart ?

It's compatible street fighter / tekken. Not sure whats happening to be honest

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

It's compatible street fighter / tekken. Not sure whats happening to be honest

Maybe a bad dump ?

 

[CloudStrife190100]

Maybe a bad dump ?

Just deleted everything and reinstalled again. It's working now

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Just deleted everything and reinstalled again. It's working now

Tadaaaa

 

[CloudStrife190100]

Tadaaaa

My app refuses to open now after adding a second game and placing inside the directory folder

I'll wait for more future updates

 

[Ettino]

Neat! This reminds me that I still have the vita and vita tv somewhere.

 

[urbanman2004]

Such awesome news. I've never been exposed to PS Vita until now... What a time to be alive

 

[Guacaholey]

What are the "must-play" exclusives games on the vita ?

Soul Sacrifice Delta and Freedom Wars the only ones I can think of. Most of the Vita's library is on PS3, PS4, PC, or Switch. Or ports of PS2 games like the Jak collection. Toukiden Kiwami and Toukiden 2 are solid but they're also on PC.