Homebrew Question Emulator possibilities?

[smileyhead]

well, PPSSPP might not be ported, but a 3ds emulator would probably work. and maybe a chat program? maybe aol or discord of something
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what is this shitpost

 

[TotalInsanity4]

PCSX2 is a pipe dream. It requires a power CPU, which the Switch (and, honestly, any ARM-based device) simply doesn't have. Maybe 5 years from now, but no way with current tech.

Really? I thought PS2 emulation required roughly the same specs as Wii emulation

 

[the_randomizer]

Really? I thought PS2 emulation required roughly the same specs as Wii emulation

It does, essentially, but porting it to ARM will be very hellish and tedious I'm sure.

 

[elBenyo]

I don't see why improvements can't be made to the web browser emulator made by RetroArch to support using the Switch. Games and saves are stored on drop box and as long as the device has a good enough cpu they'll work.

 

[the_randomizer]

I don't see why improvements can't be made to the web browser emulator made by RetroArch to support using the Switch. Games and saves are stored on drop box and as long as the device has a good enough cpu the work.

It's not a matter of capability, it's a matter of interest from devs.

 

[Abu_Senpai]

PCSX2 is a pipe dream. It requires a power CPU, which the Switch (and, honestly, any ARM-based device) simply doesn't have. Maybe 5 years from now, but no way with current tech.

And Dreamcast emu?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

It does, essentially, but porting it to ARM will be very hellish and tedious I'm sure.

Fair enough, I guess. I didn't even think about the development process for the ARM branch of Dolphin

 

[Deleted member 333767]

Sigh, 'these threads' indeed

Unless somebody has a crystal ball we can gaze into, we simply will not know anything about the capability of the Switches SoC to emulate legacy consoles.

 

[Pacheko17]

This thread has so much cancer.

 

[DeslotlCL]

This thread has so much cancer.

Just like the rest of gbatemp.

It would be cool if the switch gets dolphin support, not for wii emulation, but playing gcn games on the go would be sweet.

 

[Pacheko17]

Just like the rest of gbatemp.

It would be cool if the switch gets dolphin support, not for wii emulation, but playing gcn games on the go would be sweet.

Might be doable. Dolphin is running on Android very well.

 

[the_randomizer]

Fair enough, I guess. I didn't even think about the development process for the ARM branch of Dolphin

I'd rather see up to PSX and maybe N64, as that's more feasible, then again, the Wii U hasn't seen either of those, so I don't have the highest of hopes

 

[dreary79]

Is Nintendo allowing devs to port emulators to the Switch or has it's security been hacked? I'm reading posts in the topic and I'm lost.

 

[smileyhead]

Is Nintendo allowing devs to port emulators to the Switch or has it's security been hacked? I'm reading posts in the topic and I'm lost.

it's all speculation to future homebrew.

 

[Kioku]

I'd rather see up to PSX and maybe N64, as that's more feasible, then again, the Wii U hasn't seen either of those, so I don't have the highest of hopes

PSX could come with retroarch.. as may N64 actually... I'm more seeing the former as possible than the latter.

 

[the_randomizer]

PSX could come with retroarch.. as may N64 actually... I'm more seeing the former as possible than the latter.

Lack of interest indicates otherwise for the Wii U port; there's certainly enough raw power in the hardware.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Really? I thought PS2 emulation required roughly the same specs as Wii emulation

PCSX2 actually requires a beefier PC than Wii games, mainly because the code isn't as optimized as Dolphin is. Dolphin is pretty insane optimization-wise when it comes to it's code-base, whereas PCSX2 kinda...isn't, to a certain degree. Just getting it to run on a normal PC is a chore development-wise, and a lot of games still aren't in a fully playable state without very heavy hardware (Shadow of the Colossus, for example, still has lag spikes with high-powered CPUs) whereas Dolphin is nearing that 100% of in-game progress. If x86 code is a bit of a mess, trying to get PCSX2 to run well on ARM is going to take a lot more work, tooons more. Not to mention the IPCs for ARM CPUs are low as hell (which is half the reason why AMD CPUs were so shit at PS2/GC/Wii emulation, they have a very low IPCs compared to Intel CPUs, though Ryzen supposedly "fixes" that).

And Dreamcast emu?

As I said, reicast should be possible. The biggest hurdle with that is with reicast optimization, the hardware is there but the code is not. It gets better whenever newer builds are finished, but there hasn't been a new build in a few months now unfortunately.

 

[elBenyo]

It's not a matter of capability, it's a matter of interest from devs.

It may be a matter of compatibility as well. Does the limited Switch browser run JavaScript?

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-web-player/

 

[the_randomizer]

It may be a matter of compatibility as well. Does the limited Switch browser run JavaScript?

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-web-player/

I don't know, I haven't been following the Switch scene

 

[Kioku]

Lack of interest indicates otherwise for the Wii U port; there's certainly enough raw power in the hardware.

Nobody wants to develop for a dead system.

3DS saw PSX... So, have a little faith.