diff --git a/ANDROID.md b/ANDROID.md index 1972c892a..c05d30a50 100644 --- a/ANDROID.md +++ b/ANDROID.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Table of contents: [[_TOC_]] -## Emulator installation and setup +## Emulation on Android In general emulation is not that mature on Android compared to other platforms, and emulator availability on the Google Play store leaves a lot to be desired. Many emulators are not there at all, or they are present but have been crippled or have not been updated for a very long time. As well many emulators simply don't integrate with a frontend application like ES-DE as they offer no way of launching games from an external application. So although it may look like emulator availability is not that bad when browsing the Play store, a lot of those emulators are unfortunately not usable in practice. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Some of the emulators that are supported by ES-DE have to be sideloaded using a There is also the [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) app store as an alternative to Google Play, and this service contains a couple of emulators that are not present on the Play store, or that are present there but haven't been updated for a very long time. -A number of emulators support the [FileProvider](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/content/FileProvider) API which makes it possible for ES-DE to temporarily provide storage access to the game ROMs on launch. This means that no access permission needs to be setup in the emulator upfront. For those emulators which do not support the FileProvider API, you will generally need to manually provide scoped storage access to each game system directory. Note that it's not supported to give access to the root of the entire ROM directory for emulators that use scoped storage, it has to be for the specific system. For instance `/storage/emulated/0/ROMs/n64` rather than `/storage/emulated/0/ROMs`. But this is not the case for some emulators like RetroArch which may still be using an older storage access method. +A number of emulators support the [FileProvider](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/content/FileProvider) API which makes it possible for ES-DE to temporarily provide storage access to the game ROMs on launch. This means that no access permission needs to be setup in the emulator upfront. For those emulators which do not support the FileProvider API, you will generally need to manually provide scoped storage access to each game system directory. Note that it's not supported to give access to the root of the entire ROM directory for emulators that use scoped storage, it has to be for the specific system. For instance `/storage/emulated/0/ROMs/n64` rather than `/storage/emulated/0/ROMs`. But this is not the case for some emulators like RetroArch which are still using an older storage access method. The following emulators are configured for FileProvider access: * 2600.emu @@ -41,9 +41,38 @@ The following emulators have partial FileProvider access support but are current * M64Plus FZ (the FileProvider interface doesn't work reliably and game launching randomly fails when using it) * PPSSPP (the FileProvider interface doesn't work with .chd files specifically) +## Issues with dots in directory names + +There is a strange issue on some specific Android devices where some emulators refuse to run games that you place inside directories that contain dots in their names. This is quite problematic as the [directories interpreted as files](USERGUIDE.md#directories-interpreted-as-files) functionality depends on the ability to add file extensions to directory names. + +A known problematic device is the Ayn Odin 2 (Android 13) and devices that seem to work correctly are Ayn Odin Lite (Android 11), Google Pixel 4a (Android 13) and Google Pixel Tablet (Android 14). + +The issue has been observed with M64Plus FZ, Play!, Saturn.emu, FPse and FPseNG and is working fine with RetroArch, NetherSX2, ePSXe, DuckStation and Yuzu. Note however that this is not a complete list as not all emulators have been tested for this across multiple devices. + +If you run into this problem you can use the _folder link_ functionality as an alternative to the _directories interpreted as files_ functionality. How to use folder links is described in the [User guide](USERGUIDE.md). + +## Issues with running some emulators on some devices + +Some devices have issues and can't run a number of emulators. It may be related to the previous topic above, or it may be completely unrelated. But the same pattern emerges here, the Ayn Odin 2 (Android 13) is broken and the Ayn Odin Lite (Android 11), Google Pixel 4a (Android 13) and Google Pixel Tablet (Android 14) are working fine. + +When attempting to run such an emulator on a problematic device you'll see an error popup with the game name followed by "ERROR CODE -1". The following emulators are affected + +* ColEm +* fMSX +* iNES +* MasterGear +* My Boy! +* My OldBoy! +* Redream +* Speccy + +## Emulator installation and setup + +Below are specific instructions and considerations for all supported emulators. + ### RetroArch -The RetroArch release in the Play Store is not very good and is therefore not recommended. To get access to all cores make sure to instead manually download and install the 64-bit/aarch64 APK from their website: +The RetroArch release in the Play Store is not very good and is therefore not recommended. To get access to all cores make sure to instead manually download and install the 64-bit/aarch64 APK from their website. https://retroarch.com/ @@ -65,10 +94,20 @@ https://citra-emu.org/download/ https://github.com/weihuoya/citra/releases +### ColEm + +This emulator can be installed from the Play store. There is a paid version as well named ColEm Deluxe (ColEm+ ColecoVision Emulator is the store listing name). + +Although this emulator supports both the Adam and ColecoVision systems it can unfortunately not do both interchangeably. In order to play Adam games you need to go into the Emulation settings in ColEm and tick the _Coleco Adam_ box. And likewise you'll need to untick it any time you want to play a ColecoVision game. This is true for launching games from ES-DE as well as starting them from inside the emulator GUI. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe + ### Dolphin -The Play store version is somehow up to date and could be used, otherwise the F-Droid store version is up to date, or you could download the latest release directly from their website: +The Play store version is somehow up to date and could be used, otherwise the F-Droid store version is up to date, or you could download the latest release directly from their website. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu \ https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ In the past there were multiple unofficial ports, but these are not really recommended any longer as most of them don't seem to have been updated in a long time and are likely to have been surpassed by the official Dolphin release. @@ -77,10 +116,14 @@ In the past there were multiple unofficial ports, but these are not really recom This emulator can be installed from the Play store as a paid app. Note that it does not support launching of zipped game files. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsemu.drastic + ### DuckStation The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. This is probably the best PlayStation emulator on Android. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.stenzek.duckstation + ### EKA2L1 This emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub page: @@ -93,12 +136,15 @@ There does not seem to be a way to launch individual EKA2L1 games from a fronten This emulator can be installed from the Play store as a paid app. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epsxe.ePSXe + ### EX Plus Alpha emulators These set of emulators also known as the "Robert Broglia" emulators consist of 2600.emu, C64.emu, GBA.emu, GBC.emu, Lynx.emu, NEO.emu, NES.emu, NGP.emu, MD.emu, MSX.emu, PCE.emu, Snes9x EX+, Saturn.emu and Swan.emu -You can install them via Google Play (as paid apps) or download them from their GitHub automatic build system: +You can install them via Google Play (as paid apps) or download them from their GitHub automatic build system. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Robert+Broglia \ https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha/actions There are also some BIOS files and similar that are needed to run these emulators, and which can be downloaded from here: @@ -107,35 +153,72 @@ https://www.explusalpha.com/ ### Fake-08 -This RetroArch core is a good port of the official PICO-8 game engine which does not exist on Android. It's not shipped with RetroArch by default though so you need to manaully install it. After download you'll need to place it inside's RetroArch's downloads directory and then install it from the RetroArch app. Details on how to accomplish this can be found on the Internet. Fake-08 can be downloaded from their GitHub site: +This RetroArch core is a good port of the official PICO-8 game engine which does not exist on Android. It's not shipped with RetroArch by default though so you need to manaully install it. After download you'll need to place it inside's RetroArch's downloads directory and then install it from the RetroArch app. Details on how to accomplish this can be found on the Internet. Fake-08 can be downloaded from their GitHub site. https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08/releases ### Flycast -Flycast is not available on the Play store or the F-Droid store, but it can be downloaded from their GitHub site: +Flycast is not available on the Play store or the F-Droid store, but it can be downloaded from their GitHub site. https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases -### FPse and FPseNG +### fMSX -These emulators can be installed from the Play store as a paid apps. FPseNG is the more modern version so it's probably best to go for that. As .chd files are not supported and because these emulators can't run games with dots in their directory names it's probably better to use DuckStation unless you have a good reason not to. +This emulator can be installed from the Play store. There is a paid version as well named fMSX Deluxe (fMSX+ MSX/MSX2 Emulator is the store listing name). -### MAME4droid +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.fmsx \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.fmsx.deluxe + +### FPseNG and FPse + +These emulators can be installed from the Play store as a paid apps. FPseNG is the more modern version so it's probably best to go for that. Note that these emulators do not support .chd files. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emulator.fpse64 \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emulator.fpse + +### iNES + +This emulator can be installed from the Play store. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.ines.free + +### MAME4droid 2024 and MAME4droid This emulator can be installed from the Play store. It's strongly recommended to go for the _MAME4droid 2024_ version as this is updated with a frequent MAME release while the older _MAME4droid_ emulator is using an ancient MAME release. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4d2024 \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4droid + +### MasterGear + +This emulator can be installed from the Play store as a paid app. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.mg + ### melonDS This emulator can be installed from the Play store but it's quite buggy. Every time you add a new game to the ROM directory you need to start the emulator and manually refresh the game list or you won't be able to launch the game from ES-DE. Filenames containing parentheses also don't work and need to be renamed or they can't be launched from ES-DE. The same is probably true for a number of additional characters. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.magnum.melonds + ### M64Plus FZ This emulator can be installed from the Play store. The Pro version is recommended to avoid annoying ads. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita.pro \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita + +### My Boy! and My OldBoy! + +These emulators can be installed from the Play store as paid apps. There are also free/Lite versions availble for these emulators but they have not been updated in years and don't run on modern devices. As such they are not supported by ES-DE. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fastemulator.gba \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fastemulator.gbc + ### Nesoid -Nesoid is not available on the Play store but it can be installed from the F-Droid store, or it can be downloaded from their GitHub site: +Nesoid is not available on the Play store but it can be installed from the F-Droid store, or it can be downloaded from their GitHub site. https://github.com/proninyaroslav/nesoid/releases @@ -147,12 +230,17 @@ https://github.com/DCurrent/openbor/releases The version named _OpenBOR v3.0 Build 6391_ has for example been proven to work well. -### Pizza Boy emulators +### Pizza Boy GBA and GBC The Pizza Boy GBA and Pizza Boy GBC emulators can be installed from the Play store. There are Basic (free) versions and Pro (paid) versions available. As of writing this, the Basic version of the GBA emulator does not seem to be able to launch games from ES-DE, but the Pro version is working fine. Both the Basic and Pro versions of the GBC emulator are working fine however. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.dbtecno.pizzaboygba \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.dbtecno.pizzaboygbapro \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.dbtecno.pizzaboy \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.dbtecno.pizzaboypro + ### Play! This PlayStation 2 emulator can be downloaded from here: @@ -161,25 +249,41 @@ https://www.purei.org/downloads.php ### PPSSPP -The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. +The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. There is a paid Gold version as well which is functionally identical to the free version. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ppsspp.ppsspp \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ppsspp.ppssppgold ### Ruffle -This emulator can be installed from the Play store. +This emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub site. + +https://github.com/torokati44/ruffle-android/releases ### Real3DOPlayer -This 3DO Interactive Multiplayer emulator can be downloaded from here: +This 3DO Interactive Multiplayer emulator can be downloaded from their website. http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 ### Redream -Redream is available on the Play store but is as of writing this not usable on Android 13 and later due to Intent filter changes introduced by Google. An emulator update is required before Redream becomes usable again. +This emulator can be installed for free from the Play store and can later be upgraded to the Premium version from inside the application. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.recompiled.redream + +### Speccy + +This emulator can be installed from the Play store. There is a paid version as well named Speccy Deluxe (Speccy+ ZX Spectrum Emulator is the store listing name). + +Although this emulator supports both the Sinclar ZX Spectrum and MGT SAM Coupé systems it can unfortunately not do both interchangeably. In order to play SAM Coupé games you need to go into the Emulation settings in Speccy and select _Sam Coupe_ from the _Computer Model_ selection screen. And likewise you'll need to change it back any time you want to play a ZX Spectrum game. This is true for launching games from ES-DE as well as starting them from inside the emulator GUI. + +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy.deluxe ### Vita3K -This PlayStation Vita emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub site: +This PlayStation Vita emulator can be downloaded from their GitHub site. https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K-Android/releases @@ -187,6 +291,9 @@ https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K-Android/releases The Play store version of this emulator is getting frequent updates and is therefore recommended. There's an Early Access version as well which is also recommended. +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.yuzu.yuzu_emu \ +https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.ea + ## Supported game systems All emulators are RetroArch cores unless marked as **(Standalone)** @@ -196,7 +303,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | System name | Full name | Default emulator | Alternative emulators | Needs BIOS | Recommended game setup | | :-------------------- | :--------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------- | :-------------------------------- | :----------- | :----------------------------------- | | 3do | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | Opera | Real3DOPlayer **(Standalone)** | Yes | | -| adam | Coleco Adam | _Placeholder_ | | | | +| adam | Coleco Adam | ColEm **(Standalone)** | | No | | | ags | Adventure Game Studio Game Engine | _Placeholder_ | | | | | amiga | Commodore Amiga | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | | | amiga1200 | Commodore Amiga 1200 | PUAE | PUAE 2021 | Yes | | @@ -228,7 +335,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | chailove | ChaiLove Game Engine | ChaiLove | | | | | channelf | Fairchild Channel F | FreeChaF | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | | coco | Tandy Color Computer | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| colecovision | Coleco ColecoVision | blueMSX | Gearcoleco,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | +| colecovision | Coleco ColecoVision | blueMSX | Gearcoleco,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)**,
ColEm **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | | consolearcade | Console Arcade Systems | _Placeholder_ | | | | | cps | Capcom Play System | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME4droid 2024 **(Standalone)**,
MAME4droid **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FB Alpha 2012,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | Depends | | | cps1 | Capcom Play System I | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME4droid 2024 **(Standalone)**,
MAME4droid **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FB Alpha 2012,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | Depends | | @@ -245,10 +352,10 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | electron | Acorn Electron | _Placeholder_ | | | | | emulators | Emulators | _Placeholder_ | | | | | epic | Epic Games Store | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| famicom | Nintendo Family Computer | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
QuickNES,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| famicom | Nintendo Family Computer | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
QuickNES,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
iNES **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | fba | FinalBurn Alpha | FB Alpha 2012 | FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | Yes | | | fbneo | FinalBurn Neo | FinalBurn Neo | | Yes | | -| fds | Nintendo Famicom Disk System | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | +| fds | Nintendo Famicom Disk System | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
iNES **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | | flash | Adobe Flash | Ruffle **(Standalone)** | | No | Single .swf file | | fm7 | Fujitsu FM-7 | _Placeholder_ | | | | | fmtowns | Fujitsu FM Towns | _Placeholder_ | | | | @@ -256,10 +363,10 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | gamate | Bit Corporation Gamate | _Placeholder_ | | | | | gameandwatch | Nintendo Game and Watch | Multi (MESS) | MAME4droid 2024 **(Standalone)**,
Handheld Electronic (GW) | No | Single archive or ROM file | | gamecom | Tiger Electronics Game.com | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| gamegear | Sega Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
Gearsystem,
SMS Plus GX,
PicoDrive | No | Single archive or ROM file | -| gb | Nintendo Game Boy | Gambatte | SameBoy,
Gearboy,
TGB Dual,
DoubleCherryGB,
Mesen-S,
bsnes,
mGBA,
VBA-M,
GBC.emu **(Standalone)**,
Pizza Boy GBC **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | -| gba | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | mGBA | VBA-M,
VBA Next,
gpSP,
GBA.emu **(Standalone)**,
Pizza Boy GBA **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | -| gbc | Nintendo Game Boy Color | Gambatte | SameBoy,
Gearboy,
TGB Dual,
DoubleCherryGB,
Mesen-S,
bsnes,
mGBA,
VBA-M,
GBC.emu **(Standalone)**,
Pizza Boy GBC **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| gamegear | Sega Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
Gearsystem,
SMS Plus GX,
PicoDrive,
MasterGear **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| gb | Nintendo Game Boy | Gambatte | SameBoy,
Gearboy,
TGB Dual,
DoubleCherryGB,
Mesen-S,
bsnes,
mGBA,
VBA-M,
GBC.emu **(Standalone)**,
My OldBoy! **(Standalone**),
Pizza Boy GBC **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| gba | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | mGBA | VBA-M,
VBA Next,
gpSP,
GBA.emu **(Standalone)**,
My Boy! **(Standalone)**,
Pizza Boy GBA **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| gbc | Nintendo Game Boy Color | Gambatte | SameBoy,
Gearboy,
TGB Dual,
DoubleCherryGB,
Mesen-S,
bsnes,
mGBA,
VBA-M,
GBC.emu **(Standalone)**,
My OldBoy! **(Standalone**),
Pizza Boy GBC **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | gc | Nintendo GameCube | Dolphin | Dolphin **(Standalone)** | No | Disc image file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games | | genesis | Sega Genesis | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | gmaster | Hartung Game Master | _Placeholder_ | | | | @@ -275,7 +382,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | macintosh | Apple Macintosh | _Placeholder_ | | | | | mame | Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME4droid 2024 **(Standalone)**,
MAME4droid **(Standalone)**,
NEO.emu **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FB Alpha 2012,
Flycast,
Flycast **(Standalone)** | Depends | | | mame-advmame | AdvanceMAME | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| mastersystem | Sega Master System | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
SMS Plus GX,
Gearsystem,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| mastersystem | Sega Master System | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
SMS Plus GX,
Gearsystem,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)**,
MasterGear **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | megacd | Sega Mega-CD | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | | megacdjp | Sega Mega-CD [Japan] | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | | megadrive | Sega Mega Drive | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | @@ -285,12 +392,12 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | model2 | Sega Model 2 | MAME - Current | | Yes | | | model3 | Sega Model 3 | _Placeholder_ | | | | | moto | Thomson MO/TO Series | Theodore | | | | -| msx | MSX | blueMSX | fMSX,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | -| msx1 | MSX1 | blueMSX | fMSX,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | -| msx2 | MSX2 | blueMSX | fMSX,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | +| msx | MSX | blueMSX | fMSX,
fMSX **(Standalone)**,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes except for fMSX standalone | | +| msx1 | MSX1 | blueMSX | fMSX,
fMSX **(Standalone)**,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes except for fMSX standalone | | +| msx2 | MSX2 | blueMSX | fMSX,
fMSX **(Standalone)**,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes except for fMSX standalone | | | msxturbor | MSX Turbo R | blueMSX | fMSX,
MSX.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | -| mugen | M.U.G.E.N Game Engine | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| multivision | Othello Multivision | Gearsystem | | | | +| mugen | M.U.G.E.N Game Engine | _Placeholder_ | | Yes | | +| multivision | Othello Multivision | Gearsystem | MasterGear **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | naomi | Sega NAOMI | Flycast | Flycast **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game | | naomi2 | Sega NAOMI 2 | Flycast | Flycast **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game | | naomigd | Sega NAOMI GD-ROM | Flycast | Flycast **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive file + .chd file in subdirectory if GD-ROM game | @@ -301,7 +408,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | neogeo | SNK Neo Geo | FinalBurn Neo | NEO.emu **(Standalone)**,
MAME4droid 2024 **(Standalone)**,
MAME4droid **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file | | neogeocd | SNK Neo Geo CD | NeoCD | FinalBurn Neo | Yes | | | neogeocdjp | SNK Neo Geo CD [Japan] | NeoCD | FinalBurn Neo | Yes | | -| nes | Nintendo Entertainment System | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
QuickNES,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | +| nes | Nintendo Entertainment System | Mesen | Nestopia UE,
FCEUmm,
QuickNES,
NES.emu **(Standalone)**,
iNES **(Standalone)**,
Nesoid **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | ngage | Nokia N-Gage | EKA2L1 **(Standalone)** | | Yes | See the specific _Symbian and Nokia N-Gage_ section in the User guide | | ngp | SNK Neo Geo Pocket | Beetle NeoPop | RACE,
NGP.emu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | ngpc | SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color | Beetle NeoPop | RACE,
NGP.emu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | @@ -328,7 +435,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | psx | Sony PlayStation | Beetle PSX | Beetle PSX HW,
PCSX ReARMed,
SwanStation,
DuckStation **(Standalone)**,
ePSXe **(Standalone)**,
FPseNG **(Standalone)**,
FPse **(Standalone)** | Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games | | pv1000 | Casio PV-1000 | _Placeholder_ | | | | | quake | Quake | TyrQuake | vitaQuake 2,
vitaQuake 2 [Rogue],
vitaQuake 2 [Xatrix],
vitaQuake 2 [Zaero] | No | | -| samcoupe | MGT SAM Coupé | _Placeholder_ | | | | +| samcoupe | MGT SAM Coupé | Speccy **(Standalone)** | | No | Single archive or ROM file | | satellaview | Nintendo Satellaview | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x EX+ **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
Mesen-S | | | | saturn | Sega Saturn | Beetle Saturn | YabaSanshiro,
Yabause,
Saturn.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games | | saturnjp | Sega Saturn [Japan] | Beetle Saturn | YabaSanshiro,
Yabause,
Saturn.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games | @@ -339,7 +446,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | sega32xna | Sega Genesis 32X [North America] | PicoDrive | | No | Single archive or ROM file | | segacd | Sega CD | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
MD.emu **(Standalone)** | Yes | | | sfc | Nintendo SFC (Super Famicom) | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x EX+ **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
Beetle Supafaust,
Mesen-S | No | Single archive or ROM file | -| sg-1000 | Sega SG-1000 | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
Gearsystem,
blueMSX | No | | +| sg-1000 | Sega SG-1000 | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
Gearsystem,
blueMSX,
MasterGear **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | | sgb | Nintendo Super Game Boy | Mesen-S | SameBoy,
mGBA | | Single archive or ROM file | | snes | Nintendo SNES (Super Nintendo) | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x EX+ **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
Beetle Supafaust,
Mesen-S | No | Single archive or ROM file | | snesna | Nintendo SNES (Super Nintendo) [North America] | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x EX+ **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
Beetle Supafaust,
Mesen-S | No | Single archive or ROM file | @@ -384,4 +491,4 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | zmachine | Infocom Z-machine | _Placeholder_ | | | | | zx81 | Sinclair ZX81 | EightyOne | | | | | zxnext | Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next | _Placeholder_ | | | | -| zxspectrum | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Fuse | | No | | +| zxspectrum | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Fuse | Speccy **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file | diff --git a/USERGUIDE-DEV.md b/USERGUIDE-DEV.md index baf4b9ec1..7b3d1f397 100644 --- a/USERGUIDE-DEV.md +++ b/USERGUIDE-DEV.md @@ -4167,4 +4167,4 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed | zmachine | Infocom Z-machine | Gargoyle **(Standalone)** | | No | | | zx81 | Sinclair ZX81 | EightyOne | | | | | zxnext | Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next | #CSpect **(Standalone)** [LW],
ZEsarUX **(Standalone)** [M] | ZEsarUX **(Standalone)** [LW] | No | In separate folder interpreted as a file | -| zxspectrum | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Fuse | Fuse **(Standalone)** | No | | +| zxspectrum | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | Fuse | Fuse **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |