Editing Emulators

This page contains standalone emulator options for systems that will run on the RP2.

For the preinstalled emulators on the RP2, it is not recommended to update the apps, as the Retroid developers seem to have chosen these builds because they run well on the device.


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! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| System
! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| Recommended Emulator
! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| Alternatives
! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| Notes
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| MAME Arcade
| MAME4droid (0.139u1) with Identical Romset
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| DOS
| Magic DOSBox
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Atari 2600
| 2600.EMU
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| NES
| NES.EMU
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sega Master System
| MD.EMU
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Atari Lynx
| RetroArch with Handy Core
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sega Genesis
| MD.EMU
| 
| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| TurboGrafx 16
| PCE.EMU
| 
| Paid App
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| TurboGrafx CD
| RetroArch with Beetle PCE Core
| 
| BIOS Files Needed
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| NeoGeo
| NEO.EMU
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sega Game Gear
| Nostalgia GG
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| SNES
| Snes9x EX+
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sega CD
| RetroArch with Genesis Plus QX Core
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Panasonic 3DO
| Real3DOPlayer
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| BIOS Files Needed
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Nintendo Virtual Boy
| RetroArch with Beetle VB Core
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sony PS1
| PCSX-R
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Nintendo 64
| Mupen64Plus FZ
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| *, users have had success setting resolution to 640x480 with no slowdowns
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Nintendo Game Boy Color
| My Old Boy!
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| NeoGeo Pocket Color
| RetroArch with Beetle NeoPop Core
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sega Dreamcast
| Flycast
| 
| *
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Nintendo Game Boy Advance
| My Boy!
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| Paid App
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Nintendo DS
| DraStic DS
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| Paid App, *, to set controller settings, go to Settings -> External Controller and choose Select Key Mapping, then choose PlayStation 3. There is a patch for LoZ Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks to allow use of the dpad/analog stick for control as opposed to the default stylus
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Sony PSP
| PPSSPP
| 
| RP2 cannot handle more demanding games, such as GoW
|-
|}

(*): The Taki discord (under #retroid_pocket) has pinned .cfg files for DC controller,
Mupen64 Plus FX controller + emulation (game settings) and preconfigured DraStic
settings with instructions.

*Dreamcast: This was the hardest. Firstly all config has to be in reicast, then once saved
you run flycast to actually play the games as it has much better performance. Download flycast here and then open the APK using file explorer https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds/

Currently the latest 6MB versions are considered the best, the 11MB ones don’t run
as well {11MB builds currently have something wrong in the Android version that makes
them extremely slow and choppy}

Click on the DC bios and format memory card 1.

In settings controllers I did the following to get it to work (remember this is in reicast). Under
physical controllers I set the ports of all to none and the port for Android playstation to A.
Then click Map. First do the buttons on the left which is pretty self explanatory but remember
to switch between mouse and controller mode if you aren’t doing all of this in controller
mode, I haven’t mapped C,D,Z I don’t think ther are used. Then move to the analog axes
and map stick X &amp; Y, you just need to move each stick in one of the directions for these.
Click Done, then Done and you are finished with reicast, I think the only option is to hold
home to get back to the android home screen, I haven’t found a way to quit.

Then launch flycast, it shares the config with reicast and play the games.

{Flycast config fix comment by u/Chainsaurus} : You need to goto the gamepad config file for
flycast and edit the line towards the bottom where it shows the deadzone value and erase
the line. Go into the folder where your directory path is set for flycast. In a folder called
mappings, there should be Android_Playstation3.cfg. Or you can just install Reicast 20.02b
and not have that issue and still have the same performance, in some games Reicast works
better and vice-versa. {Fixed with Reicast 20.02b onwards then?}
{Taki has mapping .cfg file that should fix this?}

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Significant contributions to these lists were made by u/beldandy561, u/Captain_Shoe, and u/TortugaSs