15 best emulators for Android to play old favorites!

1

Citra

Citra Emulator is the newest emulator on the list. This one is for the Nintendo 3DS console. The app boasts most of the basics, including save and load states, external controllers, and other such things. This one also supports native 3DS features such as the microphone, camera, and motion controls. Those who get the premium version also get some cosmetic features, a dark theme, texture filtering, and some other stuff as well. The emulator works well enough with most games. It boasts compatibility with hundreds of titles, but we’re not sure yet which work best and which don’t work at all. Still, it’s your only good 3DS choice on mobile right now.

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 57 social mentions

2

Dolphin Emulator

Dolphin is an interesting browser. It was around for a while, left, and it’s back now. The developers promise that it’ll stick around for a while this time. This is the only somewhat decent GameCube and Wii emulator on Android. It lets you play ROMs of games from both systems with relatively competence. It’s still in active development, though, so there are bugs. It has most of the common features like save and load states and things like that. You need your own ROMs, of course. The emulator doesn’t provide them on its own. Dolphin Emulator is free at the time of this writing. That may change when the app gets more stability and improvements.

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 150 social mentions

3

Drastic

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 1 social mentions

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

5

ePSXe

FPse is the second of the two popular PlayStation emulators. This one focuses more on deep customization. There are a ton of settings, plug-ins, and other stuff. They can make the graphics look better, adjust the framerates, and improve various other things. It does have the usual stuff as well, including hardware controller support. This is the option you want if you like to tinker with stuff. Much like ePSXe, it’s relatively cheap with no additional in-app purchases. However, there is also no free version, so test it out as soon as possible in case you need a refund! This is the more complex and powerful PlayStation emulator while the ePSXe is the simpler option that just works.

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools

6

FPse

FPse is the second of the two popular PlayStation emulators. This one focuses more on deep customization. There are a ton of settings, plug-ins, and other stuff. They can make the graphics look better, adjust the framerates, and improve various other things. It does have the usual stuff as well, including hardware controller support. This is the option you want if you like to tinker with stuff. Much like ePSXe, it’s relatively cheap with no additional in-app purchases. However, there is also no free version, so test it out as soon as possible in case you need a refund! This is the more complex and powerful PlayStation emulator while the ePSXe is the simpler option that just works.

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

12

PPSSPP

PPSSPP is, without question, the best PSP emulator on the market. It features the best stability, best ROM support, and best features of any of the other PSP emulators. Additionally, the emulator includes the usual array of features for an emulator. It is still a work in progress. Some games may not play at full speed, even on the latest devices. However, it’s definitely good enough for most things. You can try it free before buying the pro version.

#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 9 social mentions

13

Reicast

Reicast is the only relatively competent SEGA Dreamcast emulator in the Google Play Store. It features most of the usual emulator stuff, including save and load states, control customization, and other basic features. The emulator also supports GDI, CHD (v4), and CDI game formats. This one requires a bunch of extra setup. You have to manually create the game folder, save folder, and manually format the emulated memory cards. There are also some stability issues and bugs here and there. It’s a lot better than it was, but it’s a more involved process than most emulators. It is free, though, so it’s difficult to complaint too much.

#Gaming Software #Gaming #Tool 1 social mentions

14

RetroArch

RetroArch is one of the most unique emulators. It has the capacity to emulate a bunch of different consoles. The app itself is the emulator. People download cores that run inside of the app. Each core is a different console. It’s a bit difficult to learn at first. However, most of the emulator cores work extremely well. This is a great option for those who like to emulate multiple consoles without wanting to download a bunch of apps. It’s also completely free, packed with features, and more.

#Gaming #Emulators #Media Player 20 social mentions

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.

16

SuperRetro16

SuperRetro16 is one of the most popular SNES emulators. It underwent a number of name changes over the years. However, it’s remained reliable. It works for virtually every SNES ROM that we know about. There are also a ton of features, including variable speed fast forward, cloud saving, cloud game storage, and a bunch of graphics and audio settings. This is as feature packed as these apps get. You can try it out for free before buying it. The app was removed from Google Play and eventually came back. People who already purchased the app are mad because they have to do so again and that’s why the Play Store rating is lower than most.

#Gaming #Emulators #Media Player

Yaba Sanshiro is a newer entrant on this list. It’s also one of the few decent SEGA Saturn emulators in the Play Store. You have to come up with your own BIOS and game files, obviously. Otherwise, the emulator works as expected. You get the usual array of basic emulator features along with OpenGL ES 3.0 support, cheat codes, and some other things. This is still very much an app in development. As the developer states in the Play Store listing, emulating hardware is difficult. That said, despite its 3.6 rating, most of the recent reviews are 5-stars so we think the developer is starting to get a handle on the bug situation. It’s free to use at least so there’s no harm in trying it.