Turn Your Old Phone Into a Handheld Emulation Gaming Console
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- This video is an in-depth guide teaching you everything you need to know to create your own handheld emulation console using an Android phone. You will learn how to configure your phone to play PSP, DS, 3DS, GameCube, Wii, N64, PS1, and Dreamcast. You'll also find information about selecting the right Android phone and gaming controller, along with information about using screen mapping software with Bluetooth controllers.
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Timestamps
Overview - 00:00
Phone Info - 00:30
Controller Info - 02:03
PSP - 02:40
N64 - 08:07
DS - 10:24
3DS - 12:28
Dreamcast - 13:46
GameCube/Wii - 14:42
Retroarch - 19:02
Retroarch PS1 - 22:49
Retroarch Dreamcast - 24:22
DIG Frontend - 25:12
Screen Mapping - 26:50
Links/Info:
PSP - PPSSPP
N64 - M64Plus FZ
DS - Drastic
3DS - Citra
MMJ Citra - bit.ly/2R1FhAb
Dreamcast - Redream
Wii/GameCube - Dolphin Official [dolphin-emu.org/download/]
MMJ Dolphin - github.com/weihuoya/dolphin/r...
Retroarch - www.retroarch.com/?page=platf...
DIG - play.google.com/store/apps/de...
DIG Theme - digdroid.com/forums/discussio...
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I hope this helps 🎮
It does!
Can you use P2 " headphones" with that usb C controller?
I kinda want a full Flydigi Apex 2 review now
You rock thanks Taki
It really does.
"how to use your old phone for emulation"
but I already use my old phone...as a phone
My "new phone" is an old phone I bought from someone else :(
LOL
Nice one, Arragonder...
@watchmejumpstart he probably isn’t joking, most people keep phones for a long time
Lol
@@phionfire the harsh reality
Now this is what you call STEP BY STEP. This will help people out there who don't know how to set up just like me. This content is spoon feeding.
how did you get the games though? Did you download them individually from an Emulator site? Then transfer them to the SD card, and insert the SD card to the phone? It is not a thorough STEP BY STEP video I don't think. I got lost at 8.28. There is no "n64 folder" in my phone. Do I have to create it first? But how and where?
@@cloudstrife8940 this is definitely late af but yes, for emulation you usually will have to download the game file first. Make sure the format is correct, create a folder(usually anywhere works) and as long as the file format is right it should run.
@@aymodaslacker8852 bro, I think he was joking
Do you format the os on the phone ?
Patrick Duffy. You said "Step By Step" 😂
The GameSir X2 - especially the new one with the better D-PAD - is awesome. With a good phone, no Retro or Android Handheld can touch this!
Oh yeah. Just got mine and I love it. A bit weird using Nintendo button layout system wide especially on some apps that don’t allow remapping. Luckily the only system I emulated that isn’t Nintendo allows remapping
@@ronaldkincaid9972 It's literally 1:27 AM so if i say somethign dumb sorry.
I think in gamesir app u can change the nintendo sw... layout to xbox layout. *I don't know if this helps xd*
oh and a question: Is the d-pad feels good?
:D
Going to get my hands on a x2 usb-c in a week
@@storm8216 @Storm yeah I finally downloaded it and you can but I got used to nintendo lol. But yes the connected D-pad does feel good. I never pick up my thumb when using the D-pad and just slide my finger across it so it's feels right. Can't speak on the separated updownleftright they have on the 2020 version but it's similar to original switch Joy cons which is weird and doesn't make since if you can't use half the controller as one lol
@@ronaldkincaid9972 :D
@@ronaldkincaid9972 Ordered one 2 days ago.
Mine is coming today (it's 12:43 AM here)
This is so helpful for a newbie like me. Thank you Taki
A useful tip: If you are using stand alone emulators along with DIG front end, it will not be a seamless integration. For example: if you load a Dreamcast game through DIG and are using the Redream emulator it will just load you into the library screen in Redream. If you load an N64 game and are using M64 FZ, it will load you into the library menu of M64 and give you a "failed to read rom" error. So in short what I am trying to say is either use standalone's and get ATV launcher (or any other android launcher you like to make the interface look better) and just treat each standalone as it's own system. If you choose to use DIG front end or even something like launchbox, it will only be semaless if your backend is RetroArch cores.
Fantastic, as was the previous one on the subject.
Usually follow people like ETA Prime and Retro Game Corp but this beats both, You are the first that I have seen to ever mention phone refresh rates and showing the pros and cons of types of controller, including a very cheap and affordable one for anybody shows that you think of all users and pockets.
I've been trying to figure ALL this out since I discovered emulators on pc back in 2014! Finally been able to get back into gaming and this is the best solution after selling all my consoles and games over the tough years. THANKS A MILLION!!!
Oh sick! Great Video man.
This is so helpful thank you. I've been trying to get something similar on my phone and been struggling with some of the emulators. Hopefully after some tinkering it will work out from using this guide.
This video is exactly what I have been looking for and so helpful with the emulation settings! I've used my Samsung S10+ in the past for gamepads streaming with the Xbox controller and clip. Now that I have upgrade from the S22 Ultra, I plan to setup my backup phone as a dedicated emulation/streaming device. Was also looking at a telescopic controller device to try.
Great step by step video. Gonna send this to my friends that keep saying setting up emulators is too hard
Holy hell this is absolutely perfect! Thanx man!
basically a God tier video for people looking to emulate on the go!
so good!
I did a bit of research and found several good things about the Poco X3 PRO. Then I found it on the used market for 120USD. After that I ended up on this video, and I'm glad to see that you use this device! Im an iPhone user, So I bought the Poco X3 PRO for emulation alone and I'm incredibly satisfied with the performance!
That was probably the simplest overview of ppsspp I've seen... Thanks Taki!
How do I download the roms?
Nice!!! This won't be possible for me to play the phone emulators without you. Thank you very much and I really appreciate it Sir! 😊
Taki with another great video👏
This video is super detailed and helpful. Thanks ☺️☺️
This is a really complete video!!! Thanks
You’re the man. Thanks for helping so many people and making cool shit.
Thank you for the support!
I appreciate this video my guy.. This is a very good video
Thx man, I wanna try this one day
One thing I've been considering is picking up a pixel 2. One of the last phones at 16x9 aspect ratio with a modern snapdragon and current version, and is quite a bit smaller. Pair it with the new gamesir x2 with the new dpad on it or with a kishi and we have a winner
Simply Amazing work
This will randomly show up in our recommendations in a few years
love it! thanks!!
I play a lot of emulator games. N64, ppsspp and normal android games. These settings that you described are really help ful. Few months ago I spent a lot of time to configure all my settings of ppsspp and to understand them. The remaining options I will be able to configure now thanks to you. But I was going to upgrade my phone. My current phone is android 10. The next Will most likely be android 11. I hope that won't cause any trouble.
Really love this tut ❤️👌
Great guide :)
Excellent resource for android emulation. Cheers Taki, really helpful stuff bro👍🏻
Happy to help
this helps a lot. gonna see how much of this video i can use for my gpd win max too. thanks
outside of just using bluestacks to do so lol
Great tutorial man
Appreciate it!
Great vídeo, thank you very much!
✌️😁
The Razer Kishi is a really nice controller, I was using it for PSP Emulation over the weekend.
I've been using emulators on mobile since 2009. I began on Symbian with Vbag, picodrive, Vnes, Vsun and VGBC.
I like how the steps now are more streamline and easier.
exactly like me with my nokia 5300 xpress music!
Good tutorial is good!
This is the best, thanks bro.
The ppsspp cpu clock is a God send, I did this to my retroid pocket and can now play GoW. Also now got way better performance for gamecube games on phone. Thank you.
This is absolutely AWESOME! THANK YOU!! I have a request: could you make a video about how to use Octopus properly? I can't find one anywhere on youtube. THIS VIDEO WAS SUUUPER HELPFUL!
Hey Taki, thanks for showing this. I've been having trouble. Messing with settings getting frustrated. Deleting and starting fresh, over and over.
Have a Gamesir X2 with Samsung S10+, works great and I play N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Wii and even a couple PS2 games. Its amazing!
Honestly this helped alot. I've been troubleshooting and trying to have my phone play some PSP games for nostalgia but I couldn't figure out how to do it properly. Thank you for this
Definitely he knows Faze Flea good video bro love it
Great video
Awesome guide. Hoping that you would do a similar video for Retropie on Raspberry 4B.
Razer Kishi broke within 6 months of owning, and the Gamesir X2 feels incredibly cheap and is very awkward and uncomfortable to use. Just FYI for anyone reading. Currently I use an a Xbox controller (my preference with big old hands) with a Moga clip and a very short cable to reduce latency. It's a bit unbalanced compared to split controllers, but it's by far the best set-up for me so far.
I've only used my Kishi for tests, and was using as my retro controller for the free Sega games in play store. I mean Ive taken it off about 100 times, but that material that stretches already shows major wear and tear less than 2 months later.
I did tons of tests of it against Switch, and equally hated both for gaming real games. xCloud on 4G was worst than Switch but remote play Xbox was as better, but realizing how much I dont like handheld gaming and prob cancel steam deck cause it's even bigger than Kishi.
I hated the clip for Xbox controller but I rather use real Xbox controller as Kishi controls are servciable in a pinch but isn't worth the $70
I was shopping the Odin, and I may get one after it has actually released but I decided to try this route instead and got a LG G8 with a Kishi controller on Amazon for $150 total. Not bad for as card support and a snapdragon 855
I have that same phone which runs my PS2 games smoothly
If I ever get into emulation on phones again, I'll know where to look ;)
I. FREAKING. LOVE. YOU. I recently got back into emulating again and couldn't find a good Dolphin emulator walkthrough. Thank you so much
TAKI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! This helps tremendously! I just switched from IOS to Android with the Galaxy S21 Plus. I'm in emulation heaven! lol
Thank you!
Will try this out to improve my gaming experiences on my Samsung Galaxy S8 and S10e 😁
Great!!
Not enough view for this video my man!
that's why I liked your video with my own three seperate acc
Would love to see a performance optimisation video like this for the latest Chromecast or does most of this apply?
It took me awhile to get use to touch controls since I game from consols. However I'd never go back now. I love the portability of mobile gaming.
You are a God amongst mortals
I kinda want a full Flydigi 2 review now
May the gamers live on!!
Cool video that's exactly what I'm gonna do but with a tablet I don't wanna play on a little phone screen
Hey Taki, would you be able to do a review of the LG wing using the dual screen for emulation? I would be really curious what the best controller to pair with it. I think it would be a fun project/video because the wing can have the screen swing out, and it would really look cool as a handheld.
I don't think that'll happen unless more people make apps that make use of the second screen.
If you're using a Bluetooth controller, in order to reduce latency turn off the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth scanning.
I noticed a huge input lag when playing New Super Mario Bros 2 on citra, but after disabling the function the experience was way more satisfying
Thank you so much for this video! Was really struggling to get things to run well on my Exynos S21 ultra but it's running most things like a dream using your settings as a base and adjusting from there.
You are welcome!
I think PPSSPP has changed some configuration stuff in the newer updates and added more upscaling options
Very nice video.
I have already done the GameCube and Wii/Wii-U emulation handheld with my old Realme X2 Pro. Cheap phone with amazing emulation ability.
Only down side to this phone is its lack of SD support. I have the 128gb version but even at that storage level, it gets used up fast.
I have realme XT and your right realme phones are really good and cheap for emulation
Some realme phones are good.
But the good ones are in fact, good for emulation of higher end systems. That SD855+ is amazing chip.
@@josephl3602 the xt has a 712 but I have emulated Wii,GameCube,some ps2, psp and N64 pretty cheap phone and it manages to play that it's crazy
For people wanting to buy Gamesir X2 or using IOS theres 3 versions, one in this video, Gamesir X2 2021 version which has dpad and has larger phone support and the Bluetooth Version for IOS
One of those videos where I decrease the speed, particularly in the Retroarch section. Nice to avoid a bunch of fluff and just get helpful information though!
Do more like this
The razer junglecat controller is also a good option, you can even get switch games emulation.
I did this to my phone, but now I have a PS VITA too👌. Best thing ever!!
He said he has a PS Vita.
The S21 plus is honestly a emulating beast that has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. It pretty can run all dreamcast games smoothly at the highest HD settings. It can pretty much handle anything. Except GameCube and wii lol but it's crazy that it can still run those systems as well.
My nexus 9 back in like 2015 could do the same, nothing special about being able to run wii/gc in the first place.
heck my s20+ is an amazing psp emulator and can run the vast majority of games at 6x native resolution or higher. I have around 75 psp games on my phone I just need some joycons now. Im not really in a rush I have a switch now but it'd be nice to get a pair eventually I just don't want to spend 100 dollars on it. Surprisingly the on screen controls actually work pretty well with the psp emulator especially with a fairly decent sized screen. Some games just don't work well because they require use of the triggers a lot and I'm not a fan of using the claw method.
Nice vid
I wanted to solve a problem I have with smartphones as emulator devices, is that I can't get the good feeling of playing a console, the notification messages, I don't know, there's too much to distract from the game, there's not that clean feeling of turning on and just play and that's it, do you guys feel that too?
PS: I love your video Taki Udon! I am a brazilian subscriber who watch every video that you post!
The Razer Kishi is all over Mercari and OfferUp at decent prices. I wish the USB-C pass-through was capable of data transfer/video output.
Nice tutorial! Hey, whatever happened to that $199 snapdragon emulator you teased a couple months ago? Is it still coming?
I am going to use my J1 when I get a little, newer one. emulation on J1 is perfectly capable of emulating upto N64 games which is the threshold I was looking for. Higher-end emulation will be on my PC such as RPCS3 etc.
You can make a diy switch using the LG g8 and a razer kishi or gamesir x2 for under the price of a switch and its more powerful, can do infinitely more, and actually decent online. And of course emulation. My oneplus 7t can emulate sonic colors at 1440p and fzero gx at 720p.
This is cool! Its too bad my phone can't run well
Do you have any videos on the flydigi apex 2 controller specifically
Hey Taki ..I have an LG Dual screen phone that I specifically bought for gaming ...but I wanna see if I can do more especially that it has the DS capability functions ..you have good expertise on these devices....Can you make a vid looking more in depth into this phone? thx
The only emulators I've got to work are: mupen 64, drastic ds emulator, fpse ps1 emulator, classicboy, gba emulators. I'm hoping with my steam deck I will be able to emulate ps2 games and use the dolphin emulator to emulate gamecube games 🙄 a very good guide video this should help when I get the deck
Jeanne d arc my fav game
I know this video is a little old, but my retroarch cores failed to download. I tried every one of them. Everything else is working top notch though, thank you :D
jk, I didn't have my wifi on and forgot it was a spare phone that didn't have service. lol
Hey Taki thank you so much for documenting all this and all the other videos youve made. I have a Google Pixel 4 XL (GP4XL) which runs off a Snap855/Adreno640 6GB RAM....which is slightly better/comparable to the Odin PRO....Thoughts on converting this phone to be a dedicated handheld for emulating up to the Wii? As much as i'd love to buy an Odin, i hate to see my GP4XL go to waste once i get a new phone this month...I understand my key limitation is that the GP4XL doesnt have a memory card slot :/ Curious what your thoughts are on how the performance would be..thanks!
Didn't know that X2 existed, bought a RG351P, screen died after less than a week, bought a Vita and with a CFW i can't say i'm not happy... that X2 tho... looks nice
Did they offer a screen replacement?
I will say this Drastic has NOT been updated for Android 11 so yes you are forced to run your games off the internal storage for that one. Also you can Enable "Disable mapped keys in overlay" to disable the onscreen controls for buttons you have physically mapped to a controller instead of doing it via the edit screens and virtual pad section
Seriously considering this. My cellphone provider is offering me an Galaxy S20 FE for $4/month, and considering taking it as a dedicated emulation/streaming device.
It looks like the new/more expensive X2 version has a D-Pad instead of buttons. I think the makers of it never thought about why the Switch had those as buttons and not a D-Pad in the first place, doesn't really make any sense for a phone holder controller.
Octopus has to "duplicate" the games for the mapping process and that may cause a ban on certain games like COD or genshin
I use mantis gamepad pro, it's on the play store, but it had to be "activated" first, you can do that with a PC or another phone, if you have a rooted phone it activates with no PC or another phone.
I have been using it for 2 months for Genshin Impact and don't have any ban
Well I found that tutorial!!
Do you prefer doing this or do you prefer a dedicated device like the Retroid Pocket or Anbernic?
The flydigi apex 2 is a powerful controller. It's the best. I use a razer kishi 2 for convenience, but favor the apex 2.
I would but all my old phones are broken or have problems but I'll try it someday
I actually want to turn my LG G3 phone into a Handheld Consule because of this video
Unfortunately, the LG falied to install the psp emulation app. I hope other emulator apps don't have the same problem as well
CRT Shader is a must for most emulations except handelds, for which a LCD shader is best.
I plan on using the OnePlus 6t to use for this. I am thinking this would be pretty decent?
Can you make a video about nintendo switch emulation. Thanks
you can do this with a much cheaper telescopic(BSP-D3) nowadays but don't expect too much from that controller since it is a cheap controller
I wish I would have seen this thing before I bought the Powkiddy RGB20. Still exciting and I don't think it would work well on my folding Razr anyway