Emulation Emulators running on Nintendo Switch..

[bluefox9er]

Hi..I am thinking of having a go at some emulation on my modded switch. I'd like to know which emulators run well on the switch or if I should just go with retroarch and hope for the best?

The systems I am mostly interested in are

1. Gameboy Advance, Gameboy and Gameboy Colour
2. Supernintendo/NES
3. Genesis/Megadrive.

I'd love to add n64. MAME and PS1 but I am not really interested in hit and miss emulation.

Would I best off using retroarch or can you recommend individual emulators to run as stand alone apps....if so, which ones?

Many thanks!

 

[Andorin]

HI mate.
I am approximately the same as you.

I play a lot of Game Boy, GBA, SNES, NES, PS1 and N64 games.

Here are my observations;

For GB, GBC, GBA and SNES, just go RetroArch. RetroArch for Switch is the best for those systems.

According to PS1 and N64: Forget RetroArch and I would even say, forget the Switch. Go Android.

I have 2 SD Cards. One for my cracked Switch with RetroArch, and one dedicated to Android.
I installed Android on my Switch and put PS1 and N64 emulators on it. And it is PERFECT.

I tried to play PS1 through RetroArch or dedicated ps1 emulator for switch: It was catastrophic. Same for N64.

BUT

I installed PS1 Emulator for Android (Duckstation) on my Android for Switch, and it works perfectly.
I repeat it. Perfectly.

Same for N64, even though it's a bit laggy sometimes.

Forget N64 and PS1 directly on Switch.

 

[Naminave]

l4t lakka

 

[Shadow#1]

l4t lakka

Lakka is retroarch cored

 

[M7L7NK7]

HI mate.
I am approximately the same as you.

I play a lot of Game Boy, GBA, SNES, NES, PS1 and N64 games.

Here are my observations;

For GB, GBC, GBA and SNES, just go RetroArch. RetroArch for Switch is the best for those systems.

According to PS1 and N64: Forget RetroArch and I would even say, forget the Switch. Go Android.

I have 2 SD Cards. One for my cracked Switch with RetroArch, and one dedicated to Android.
I installed Android on my Switch and put PS1 and N64 emulators on it. And it is PERFECT.

I tried to play PS1 through RetroArch or dedicated ps1 emulator for switch: It was catastrophic. Same for N64.

BUT

I installed PS1 Emulator for Android (Duckstation) on my Android for Switch, and it works perfectly.
I repeat it. Perfectly.

Same for N64, even though it's a bit laggy sometimes.

Forget N64 and PS1 directly on Switch.

Psx is near perfect and 95% of n64 is more than playable, it's either your settings or your core.

If you're going to go Android or lakka you might as well use a tablet, it isn't even a switch anymore.

Just sort your settings out.

 

[LeMageFro]

I have 2 SD Cards. One for my cracked Switch with RetroArch, and one dedicated to Android.

With Hekate & Nyx you can easily set up both emuMMC and Androïd on the same SD card.

 

[deathblade200]

Hi..I am thinking of having a go at some emulation on my modded switch. I'd like to know which emulators run well on the switch or if I should just go with retroarch and hope for the best?

The systems I am mostly interested in are

1. Gameboy Advance, Gameboy and Gameboy Colour
2. Supernintendo/NES
3. Genesis/Megadrive.

I'd love to add n64. MAME and PS1 but I am not really interested in hit and miss emulation.

Would I best off using retroarch or can you recommend individual emulators to run as stand alone apps....if so, which ones?

Many thanks!

Mame = FinalBurn Neo (retroarch)
N64 = ParaLLEl N64 (lakka)
Ps1= Swanstation/Duckstation (lakka)
GBA = MGBA (retroarch)
GB/GBC= Sameboy (retroarch)
SNES = Bsnes (retroarch)
NES = Mesen (retroarch)
Genesis = Genesis Plus GX (retroarch)

 

[Andorin]

Psx is near perfect and 95% of n64 is more than playable, it's either your settings or your core.

If you're going to go Android or lakka you might as well use a tablet, it isn't even a switch anymore.

Just sort your settings out.

Sorry mate, but how did you get good emulation for PSX ? Tried everything, never got as good as it is through Android.

 

[bad361]

Sorry mate, but how did you get good emulation for PSX ? Tried everything, never got as good as it is through Android.

What's your definition of "good"? Rearmed core in HOS handles the majority of the psx library absolutely fine with slight 1.2-1.5 CPU OC depending on dithering settings. I'm not saying its the best way to play psx cause pcsx rearmed lacks res scaling and a lot of other visual enhancers and tweaks (unlike duckstation/swanstation), but its fullspeed and for sure playable if you want HOS psx experience. If you want the best psx experience tho, go for lakka/android, yeah, but for the majority of ppl HOS ReArmed core would be enough i'm pretty sure.

 

[Andorin]

What's your definition of "good"? Rearmed core in HOS handles the majority of the psx library absolutely fine with slight 1.2-1.5 CPU OC depending on dithering settings. I'm not saying its the best way to play psx cause pcsx rearmed lacks res scaling and a lot of other visual enhancers and tweaks (unlike duckstation/swanstation), but its fullspeed and for sure playable if you want HOS psx experience. If you want the best psx experience tho, go for lakka/android, yeah, but for the majority of ppl HOS ReArmed core would be enough i'm pretty sure.

I'm from the PSP/PSVITA scene. I like when PSX emulation is near perfect haha !
So yeah, I play PSX through Android.

 

[deathblade200]

Sorry mate, but how did you get good emulation for PSX ? Tried everything, never got as good as it is through Android.

by using lakka. pcsx rearmed is horrible

 

[The_Chaotician]

ePSXe on Android is another solid option. I havent found any issues with it so far.

Regarding N64 Emulation i'd recommend the Mupen Core on Android too. It has a far better UI than retroarch and supports Widescreen, Transfer Pak compaibility and Hi Res Textures.

 

[M7L7NK7]

by using lakka. pcsx rearmed is horrible

Lol, stop being dramatic.. it's far from horrible

 

[deathblade200]

Lol, stop being dramatic.. it's far from horrible

you want dramatic you and your constant "MUST US HOS OR ITS JUST A SHITTY TABLET" is a good example. and yes it is beyond horrible

 

[bad361]

you want dramatic you and your constant "MUST US HOS OR ITS JUST A SHITTY TABLET" is a good example. and yes it is beyond horrible

no it is objectively not, tho it's worse than duckstation for sure

 

[deathblade200]

no it is objectively not, tho it's worse than duckstation for sure

compare the two and even the loading speed alone is subpar. thats not even mentioning the lack of HD resolution which pcsx rearmed is slower even without it. don't even get me started on the buggy audio and missing effects (ff7 swirl for example)

 

[M7L7NK7]

you want dramatic you and your constant "MUST US HOS OR ITS JUST A SHITTY TABLET" is a good example. and yes it is beyond horrible

It is a shitty tablet if you aren't using horizon? And horrible is what you would call dolphin running on horizon, rearmed is more than playable.. sorry you need 4k upscaling so you can see cloud's pores but horrible is not the right word

 

[deathblade200]

sorry you need 4k upscaling so you can see cloud's pores but horrible is not the right word

720P get your facts straight

 

[Keriam]

Hello, just to confirm : best & only available ps1 emulator is Retroarch ? Too bad, there is no enhanced feature : games are so vanilla (world of pixels) !

 

[bad361]

Hello, just to confirm : best & only available ps1 emulator is Retroarch ? Too bad, there is no enhanced feature : games are so vanilla (world of pixels) !

Use lakka or android if you are so eager to play with upscaling. There's only pcsx ReArmed core available for HOS, but in lakka/android you can use duckstation which performs much better and has a lot more features like upscaling and geometry correction.