Emulation Emulation on Switch

[Ghoul43]

I'm sure it's been asked many times before, but what about Switch standalone emulators?

I want to play more than just regular Switch games.
I'm interested in PS One, PSP, GBA, Dreamcast, NDS.

What are my options?

I know about RetroArch, but if PC version is similar, I would hate its UI.
Couldn't even find resolution settings for PSP core.
That's why I'm more interested in standalone emulators.
How viable are those? What Switch is capable of?

 

[theXeffect]

I'm sure it's been asked many times before, but what about Switch standalone emulators?

I want to play more than just regular Switch games.
I'm interested in PS One, PSP, GBA, Dreamcast, NDS.

What are my options?

I know about RetroArch, but if PC version is similar, I would hate its UI.
Couldn't even find resolution settings for PSP core.
That's why I'm more interested in standalone emulators.
How viable are those? What Switch is capable of?

Run android

 

[hippy dave]

PS One, PSP, GBA, Dreamcast, NDS.

DuckStation, PPSSPP, mGBA, I can't remember if Flycast is available standalone or just as a Retroarch core, MelonDS.

 

[ber71]

psnes, pnes, pgen, pfbneo

 

[Ghoul43]

Run android

I'm sorry, what?

Post automatically merged: Jul 22, 2023

DuckStation, PPSSPP, mGBA, I can't remember if Flycast is available standalone or just as a Retroarch core, MelonDS.

What about compability and performance?
Should I expect great results or it's better not to get my hopes up?

Post automatically merged: Jul 22, 2023

psnes, pnes, pgen, pfbneo

Not really interested in other consoles beyond that I mentioned in my first comment, but thanks anyway.

 

[Kaitoformat]

psnes, pnes, pgen, pfbneo

pfbneo kinda weird. it cant detect some rom. i use retroarch with fbneo core and it can run rom that cant be detect by pfbneo

 

[Lumince]

I'm sorry, what?

Post automatically merged: Jul 22, 2023

What about compability and performance?
Should I expect great results or it's better not to get my hopes up?

Post automatically merged: Jul 22, 2023

Not really interested in other consoles beyond that I mentioned in my first comment, but thanks anyway.

You can boot android on all modded switches

 

[hippy dave]

What about compability and performance?
Should I expect great results or it's better not to get my hopes up?

Should be great results for PS1, almost all PSP games, and DS, might be more variable for Dreamcast but a lot of games should be good

 

[Ghoul43]

Should be great results for PS1, almost all PSP games, and DS, might be more variable for Dreamcast but a lot of games should be good

That's great news! I assume GBA games run fine as well as DS? Thanks for the answer. I'm definitely gonna search where to download all the uppermentioned emus.
I always loved the idea of all-in-one console to play my favorite games.

 

[ber71]

pfbneo kinda weird. it cant detect some rom. i use retroarch with fbneo core and it can run rom that cant be detect by pfbneo

Yeah finding the correct romset is a pita.
I started with a certain approximate romset and further refinated following these listings:
https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/tree/master/pfbneo/data/common/romfs

On the other hand, don't use the latest official binaries but these here https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/issues/250

 

[Kaitoformat]

so i used that. cleared the folder besides the NRO right? thx for helping bro. i hate retroarch, it just take my 3 gb storage. i better use standalone like pemu

 

[hippy dave]

That's great news! I assume GBA games run fine as well as DS? Thanks for the answer. I'm definitely gonna search where to download all the uppermentioned emus.
I always loved the idea of all-in-one console to play my favorite games.

Yeah GBA games will run perfectly, mGBA supports tilt controls etc too.