Emulation Emulators running on Nintendo Switch..

[nomnaut]

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.

Is the idea for loading android on a switch the same as it is for retroarch? Booting a cfw so you can load whatever you want? (Still brand new)

 

[Zephir1991]

PS1 games are working perfectly fine. I've played over 40 PS1 games so far, and all are working fine with the PCSX ReArmed core.

 

[pinbi7]

dreamcast runs pretty good also

 

[mspy]

There's some hype lately around pEMU, how does it fare on the Switch in comparison say to RetroArch?
It looks to have a nice UI but I wonder about accuracy and performance..

 

[Andorin]

PS1 games are working perfectly fine. I've played over 40 PS1 games so far, and all are working fine with the PCSX ReArmed core.

Hi mate,
How did you do ?
I mean, try to play a 3D game like Alundra 2 or Hogs of War or Soul Reaver and it’s slow, very slow…
What are your settings ?
Thank you so much.

 

[Zephir1991]

I changed a few things, I don't remember them all, but one of them was "CPU Overclock" - I changed that into the "Boost Permformance" mode.
But I can upload my retroarch config file for you. Just change it with yours

 

[deathblade200]

Hi mate,
How did you do ?
I mean, try to play a 3D game like Alundra 2 or Hogs of War or Soul Reaver and it’s slow, very slow…
What are your settings ?
Thank you so much.

PCSX ReArmed shouldn't be slow (outside of it having horribly slow loading speeds) in any game due to its horrendous accuracy and very low 240P resolution

 

[Milenko]

We get it, you hate rearmed

 

[deathblade200]

We get it, you hate rearmed

its called giving facts as to why it should run everything full speed

 

[pinbi7]

I grew up with the psx so i don't really need upscalling, blocky polygons is part of the charm

 

[deathblade200]

I grew up with the psx so i don't really need upscalling, blocky polygons is part of the charm

with a low resolution the issue isn't it being blocky the issue is it being pixelated. I grew up with ps1 as well it doesn't mean I want to relive the pixelated hell when technology has advanced allowing the visuals to look more appealing. I guess some people like looking at a characters face and not being able to tell what exactly it looks like though

 

[pinbi7]

with a low resolution the issue isn't it being blocky the issue is it being pixelated. I grew up with ps1 as well it doesn't mean I want to relive the pixelated hell when technology has advanced allowing the visuals to look more appealing. I guess some people like looking at a characters face and not being able to tell what exactly it looks like though

w/e floats your boat

 

[stompysan]

FWIW, running Android on the Switch gives you a lot of other fun options for emulation, but personally I would just jump straight into the deep end. Install Ubuntu and grab RetroPie. Give you a full EmulationStation frontend for a nice overall look, performance is on-par with Android or Lakka, and you have a lot more flexibility on other software you can install. Literally a full-blown Linux OS. Lots of fun.

 

[HoTsHoTz79]

FWIW, running Android on the Switch gives you a lot of other fun options for emulation, but personally I would just jump straight into the deep end. Install Ubuntu and grab RetroPie. Give you a full EmulationStation frontend for a nice overall look, performance is on-par with Android or Lakka, and you have a lot more flexibility on other software you can install. Literally a full-blown Linux OS. Lots of fun.

Gonna give Ubuntu / RetroPie a try; Hows the emulation for these: Dreamcast, PSX, N64

Planning on doing a triple boot (Horizon/Android/Ubuntu) so wanted to decided on how to split the partition size on a 512GB

 

[stompysan]

Gonna give Ubuntu / RetroPie a try; Hows the emulation for these: Dreamcast, PSX, N64

Planning on doing a triple boot (Horizon/Android/Ubuntu) so wanted to decided on how to split the partition size on a 512GB

About on-par with Lakka, but slightly lacking compared to Android. Duckstation and Redream run quite well on Android. I didn't have any issues with the games I played, but I know more demanding titles can prove slightly problematic. Overall, I focused entirely on Ubuntu for my emulation goals and it was fine for my use.

 

[Nada]

Are you all overclocking when using lakka swanstation? Just gave it a first try after changing to vulkan render but audio is still crackling.

Edit: Talking about handheld mode.

 

[deathblade200]

Are you all overclocking when using lakka swanstation? Just gave it a first try after changing to vulkan render but audio is still crackling.

Edit: Talking about handheld mode.

at native 720P yes other people are just happy with 540P or lower

 

[Nada]

at native 720P yes other people are just happy with 540P or lower

Weird, even at 1x in swanstation core settings it still has the crackling sound, already even on the playstation boot logo.