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Looking for an Android emulator (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by november@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Runs on Android 12
Supports, at the very least, GB, GBA, NES, SNES, Genesis, and Game Gear
Takes input from physical buttons
Lets you hide on-screen buttons

I have a Sidephone with the Mini Controller keypad and I want to play games on it. There's a bespoke (unofficial) emulator for the phone called SideRetro, but it only supports GB, GBA, NES, and Genesis, and it's vibe-coded, so I'd rather use something else. Tried Lemuroid but it doesn't take input from the physical buttons and can't hide the on-screen buttons.

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[–] Redkey@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago

I use RetroArch for all the systems mentioned. It's not a simple, pick-up-and-play app, but I don't think it's too hard to get the basics working, and there's plenty of documentation and community support online.

RA maps physical controllers (configurably) to a logical internal "RetroArch controller", which is then mapped in turn to the specific emulated controller by each emulation core. So as long as the phone's mini controller pad connects to Android as a standard controller, there should be no problems, including remapping however you wish.