

There's actually two versions of MAME4droid on the Google Play store this version supports more games and more games is always better, right? You can choose to play your games upright like an arcade cabinet or in landscape mode with a touch-control overlay. Like it says on the tin, this is an Android version of the popular MAME arcade system emulator. Even Nintendo Wii controllers are supported if you're using Android 4.1 or lower!Ītaroid is a free alternative, but it's not on Google Play and it hasn't been updated for almost two years now. 2600.emu uses on-screen touch controls like most Android emulators, but it also retains support for Bluetooth and USB gamepads. He's made emulators for pretty much everything and he doesn't charge too much for each one. 2600.emu is the first emulator on this list developed by Robert Broglia. I don't feel the need to go back this far, but some people like Jaz do, so the Atari 2600 is the first up. If you're keeping up your due diligence like a good citizen, that means you own absolutely every single game that you're emulating, right? Good. I've avoided systems whose games are available on current platforms or systems that won't give you the best experience when played on your mid-range smartphone. I'll be keeping this list down to a certain number of popular old platforms, otherwise you'd be reading all day: Atari 2600, Arcades, NES, Super NES, Master System, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance.

Last time, I took a look at the best RPGs on Android, so this time I'm changing direction and looking at the best emulators. There is no reason to buy it when there are better free options available.Why do we upgrade every two years to the newest Samsung or HTC Android phone? So we can play decades-old video games on-the-go, of course! Android might be second banana when it comes to most mobile developers, but the platform still has a ton of great apps.

Linux users should use Mednafen with a GTK GUI. pcejin is a version of Mednafen's PC Engine emulation for Windows with GUI. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. The PC Engine SuperGrafx was an upgraded version of the PC Engine that could still play standard PCE games. It is known as TurboGrafx-16 in other regions outside of Japan. The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16-bit system released by NEC in 1990.
