What emulators did you try on nintendo Switch, which was actually working?

[Dariush]

Has anyone installed some emulators?
What was it, and was it working well?
Thanks.

 

[BigOnYa]

Install retroarch, then you will get all the best working emulators on Switch. Have fun!
https://www.retroarch.com/
https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-libnx/

 

[emcintosh]

Yup, RetroArch for most things (GBA: rumble patch in Wario Land 4 and HD mode 7 in Car Battler Joe; SNES: widescreen Super Metroid Redux).


I installed Lakka for Saturn emulation, but the performance isn’t great and you have to use attached original joycons and handheld mode rather than docked.
Edit: Injection into Cotton/Guardian Force works much better, and allows docked play and third-party controllers. But there's no upscaling option. This is fine for 2D games like Saturn Bomberman, and not too bad in 3D for Panzer Dragoon Saga as I can set the Switch's output to 480p and get my mClassic to do most of the upscaling. It's closer to what I would have seen on a real Saturn, and the FMW cutscenes and sound aren't broken the way they were on previous upscaled playthroughs on Yabause on computer.

 

[Reploid]

I use retroarch too. All 8-16 bit games work great, N64 is iffy. Never tried anything else.

 

[M7L7NK7]

I use retroarch too. All 8-16 bit games work great, N64 is iffy. Never tried anything else.

N64 has been near perfect for years at this point (apart from quake 2 and killer instinct gold)

 

[TheDerpyDolphin]

N64 has been near perfect for years at this point (apart from quake 2 and killer instinct gold)

Do Perfect Dark and GoldenEye work? If I were to get emulators on my Switch they would be the main reason (for multiplayer in HD. The N64 is just so blurry in splitscreen especially on a small TV)

 

[M7L7NK7]

Do Perfect Dark and GoldenEye work? If I were to get emulators on my Switch they would be the main reason (for multiplayer in HD. The N64 is just so blurry in splitscreen especially on a small TV)

Perfect Dark works great and Goldeneye works with the Glide build of Mupen

 

[Dariush]

How about Playstation consoles? PS1, PS2 or PSP

 

[M7L7NK7]

How about Playstation consoles? PS1, PS2 or PSP

PSX and PSP yes, PS2 no way

 

[hippy dave]

How about Playstation consoles? PS1, PS2 or PSP

Duckstation is best for PS1, available from discord, search this forum for more info.
PPSSPP standalone (as opposed to the Retroarch core) is still best for PSP afaik, search here for its thread.
AetherSX2 for Linux is the only way I know to play PS2 games, mixed compatibility.

 

[M7L7NK7]

San andreas was 1 frame a minute in lakka when I tried a few years ago

 

[hippy dave]

San andreas was 1 frame a minute in lakka when I tried a few years ago

Maybe that was before Vulkan support etc?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Has anyone installed some emulators?
What was it, and was it working well?
Thanks.

I got some decent results from Dolphin on Switchroot Android. Mixed results with Wii games (I gave up on trying them because all of the ones I tried ran poorly except for Super Paper Mario which ran well), GC games are a 50/50 chance, half of them run well (some slowdowns but perfect audio) and the other half have messed up audio and major slowdowns no matter what and I would not consider them playable.