2y ago

What is the best SNES emulation app for android?

I Ihave a samsung galaxy S22 and want to start playing some old snes games.

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I use Lemuroid, an open source front end for RetroArch. It is dead simple to use, just point it to the ROMs folder on your phone, tap the game you want to play, and it all just works!
- I've installed Lemuroid this morning. It is the only open source SNES emulation app that is available un F-Droid. I haven't usted yet, but i'll give it a good chance 👌🏻
I recommend Lemuroid for most retro emulation, it has a user-friendly interface and it is easy to set up, you basically scan your rom folder and you are ready to go.
RetroArch is also great but the interface is kinda confusing imo, great for technical people I suppose, it has lots of options.
Either snes9x standalone app or the snes9x core in RetroArch. Dealers choice. If you just want to play SNES, go for the standalone app. If you're looking to get more into emulation as a whole or you want RetroAchievements, get RetroArch.
- What’s the difference between the different codes on retro arch? I’m using the bsnesx accuracy, whatever that means.
  
  For bsnes, accurate uses more resources to emulate more accurately. Some emulators aren't as accurate. They aren't exactly 1-to-1 compared to SNES. That doesn't mean they perform worse. In fact, it often means they perform better. But running better (or different in any way) means it's a less accurate emulation. The other versions of bsnes and snes9x are less accurate emulators, but require less resources.
  From a practical standpoint, I'm not sure you'd even notice the difference between any of them. Snes9x takes significantly less resources than bsnes though. Unless accuracy is what you care about snes9x is the better option.

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