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Here is 's a list of notable games that can be problematic to emulate. Solutions are provided if possibleto the best of our ability.

==GBANintendo=====Wario Ware TwistedGame Boy / Color===Common emulators don't have gyroscope input, or may not be able to map gyroscope controls to the accelerometers in your device or controller. There's a patched rom with dpad controls;Pinball Deluxe:This game hangs on every single emulator except for inaccurate ones and for SameBoy (Not saying that SameBoy is inaccurate).

==PS1=====Metal Gear SolidGame Boy Advance===MGS rewrites BIOS commands in order to work;Wario Ware Twisted, Yoshi Topsy Turvy, Koro Koro Puzzle:Motion control emulation for these games were not implemented until myBoy and just a simulated one won't cut itmGBA added them. Do not use simulated BIOS in PCSXPatched ROMs exist that allowed playing Wario Ware Twisted with the D-RPad. These will just give ;Boktai series:Relies on a blank screensolar sensor to recharge an in-game gauge that affects gameplay. If you are using BIOS ROM patches were made to change the solar sensor level with the D-Pad but proper emulation was not implemented until NO$GBA and mGBA added it is still not working, try different BIOS files.;Famicom/Classic NES Series:Throws a Gamepak Error at start-up. It was actually an anti-piracy/emulation tactic. Emulation of the needed behavior was implemented in mGBA.

If ===Nintendo DS===;[[Nintendo_DS_emulators#iQue_DS_Region_Lock|iQue (Chinese DS) games]]:Throws a glowing error at start-up "Only for iQue". It's a rudimentary form of regional lock that can only be circumvented by opening the game stuttersROM with a hex editor and changing one byte at a specific address at the moment.;DSi:Some games outright crash, enable or show the relevant wrong text (like Shantae showing "Localisation not found"). This is solved by using a NAND dump. The Camera is still not emulated.;Mag Slide Kid:Has an add-on that no emulator has implemented. Wait for a fix .;Slot-2 (GBA bonuses) not working:Some games like Lunar Knight and Mega Man Star Force removed this feature during localization, so play the Japanese versions instead. Solar sensor bonus in Lunar Knight (aka Boktai DS) in your sound pluginparticular is still not emulated.

Trying to fight Psycho Mantis on an emulator that can't change controller ports? Die enough times ====Pokémon issues====Specifically Gen 4 (3), Gen 2 remakes (2), and you will be given another method: shooting statuesGen 5 (4).[http://youtu.be/vHVf_ZvdUkE]

==Game Boy Color==*These games rely on cartridge reading speeds more than usual for other games. This causes crashes at start-up that can be circumvented with ARDS cheats in [[No$|No$GBA]], or cause frequent freezes every half hour or so on [[DeSmuME]] (meaning the in-game battery save feature is far more preferable to save states). [[melonDS]] recently solved the cartridge reading speed emulation and his fixes were ported to other emulators.===Shantae===*There's also anti-piracy for good measure, which can be disabled with Action Replay codes, and graphical glitches.VBA *Unemulated features like the Pokewalk, the Typing with the Pokemon bluetooth keyboard and Download Play event cards.*The emulation runs in standard DS clock speed mode on most DS emulators, meaning it doesn't emulate take advantage of the game properlyDSi enhancements, though No$GBA recently implemented that partially. Use [[Gambatte]] or [[VisualBoy Advance|VBA*The Wi-Fi connectivity features remained under-developed as the devs wanted with their ''creative differences'M'. Local multiplayer needed for trading monsters between two copies (but also used in other games) isn't possible. This recently got resurrected as a functional WIP feature in melonDS.*Online multiplayer was functional in as early as 0.9.7, but rumors spread about a Nintendo letter stating that all forms of multiplayer (even local) were illegal, meaning forks were spread on file sharing sites more than through fork developers themselves. Despite Nintendo']] insteads servers going down in 2014, alternative servers covering only the downloadable content still exist. On the bright side, save editors still exist.

==Nintendo DS=====Pokemon Series===All of the Pokemon games have issues, owing to the fact that the DeSmuME devs hate the series and refuse to fix them. You can't trade between emulators (devs refused to merge WiFi implementation), and there are graphical glitches. Recent builds of DeSmuME-libretro have fixed is currently playing catch-up with graphical fixes and some of the graphical issues, but you can't use the GBA slot in RetroArch freezing bugs here and there is still no WiFi support.

===DSiSuper Nintendo Entertainment System===DSi support ;Tengai Makyou Zero:The Japanese version of the regular and limited edition releases used to require external graphical packs. This requirement is only (partially) no longer present in all emulators but ZSNES and an obscure Snes9x Android port used for a Chinese fan-translation. It's fairly supported on all emulators. The game will run a cartridge check the first time it boots. Press either A or B depending on what it shows on screen, and then when it shows you a new message in Japanese, soft reset the emulator. You'll need to do 2 checks like this. After that, an .rtc file is created, and all subsequent boot-ups of the games will play normally.:The English fan-translation so far runs on higan / bsnes, requiring an xml file named the same as the patched ROM, and a manifest.bml file, all under the same directory. The game can be opened from the ROM on standalone higan, and from manifest.bml from RetroArch. Modified builds of Snes9x for [http://www.mediafire.com/file/q8hqh0cdfwy48sd/snes9x_tmz.rar Windows (1.5.4)] and [No$|No$GBAhttp://www.dropbox.com/s/7r1kwcjathngppr/spc7110-patch.zip?dl=1 GX Wii]([http://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/releases/tag/4.3.7 Source], so use that) can boot the ROM alone.

==PS2=GameCube===Note;Star Wars<nowiki>:</nowiki> Rogue Leader/Rebel Strike: If the game is not set in options to 60Hz it might lead to graphic problems The games are playable, but suffer from the get go, some examples being God Hand, Metal Slug, Tekken 5 random hangs and Destroy All Humansother issues.===Ace Combat 4Click [https://5wiki.dolphin-emu.org/Zeroindex.php?title===All three are perfectly playable in software modeStar_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_II:_Rogue_Leader here] for Rogue Leader info, but have major graphical issues in hardware modeand [https://wiki.dolphin-emu. Use software mode if your PC is up to the taskorg/index. This series used to have hit detection issues, but the latest GIT version, with automatic game fixes turned on, will workphp?title=Star_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_III:_Rebel_Strike here] for Rebel Strike info.

===Jak and Daxter SeriesWii===Suffers from crazy visual errors like blacked out eyes;Zelda<nowiki>:</nowiki> Skyward Sword:Recommended to use a real Wiimote and Motion Plus to emulate. [https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Skyward_Sword#Wii_MotionPlus See details here. Run the game in software mode, or activate the alpha hack ]:It is possible to fix the shadowsuse a conventional controller with [https://forums. Blacked out eyes can't be fixed without using software modedolphin-emu.org/Thread-emulated-motion-plus-unofficial this build].

Jak X ==Sony=====PS1===;Metal Gear Solid:Rewrites BIOS commands in order to work; a simulated one won't cut it. Do not use the simulated BIOS in PCSX-R. These will just give a blank screen. If you are using a real BIOS and it is still not working, [[Emulator Files|try different ones]].:If the game stutters, enable the relevant fix in your sound plugin.:Trying to fight Psycho Mantis on an emulator that can now 't change controller ports? Die enough times and you will be booted with a given another method: [http://forumsyoutu.pcsx2.netbe/Thread-Jak-X-Patched-NTSC-and-PAL cheat file patchvHVf_ZvdUkE shooting statues].

===Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3PS2===These games need a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] :''Note: If the game is not set in options to 60Hz it might lead to run at full speed graphic problems from the get go, some examples being God Hand, Metal Slug, Tekken 5 and will run slowly on most CPUs.  Destroy All of the various blades of grass in MGS3 are one cause of its slowdown. Also, various shader effects will only work correctly in software modeHumans.''

===Ratchet and Clank Series===;Play!: Any issues you encounter with Play cannot be resolved effectively at this time. Use PCSX2.;Ace Combat 4/5/Zero: All of these games three are perfectly playable in software mode, but have bad visual glitches major graphical issues in hardware mode due . Use software mode if your PC is up to lack of custom mipmap supportthe task. This series used to have hit detection issues, but the latest GIT version, with automatic game fixes turned on, will work.;Jak and run slowly due Daxter series: Suffers from crazy visual errors like blacked out eyes. Run the game in software mode, or activate the alpha hack to thatfix the shadows. Most issues are :Blacked out eyes can't be fixed with without using software mode.:Jak X can now be booted with a [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Jak-X-Patched-NTSC-and-PAL cheat file patch];Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: EE/IOP EE/FPU Clamping Mode needs to be set to Full in PCSX2, otherwise the button prompt in the first level (i.e. the orphans' room in Count Olaf's mansion) will outright refuse to work.

===;Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed and will run slowly on most. All of the various blades of grass in MGS3 are one cause of its slowdown. Also, various shader effects will only work correctly in software mode.;Ratchet and Clank series: Games have bad visual glitches in hardware mode due to lack of custom mipmap support, and run slowly due to that. Most issues are fixed with software mode.;Shadow of the Colossus===: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed.;Time Crisis 2: The lightgun add-on isn't implemented in any current emulators at the moment.;Zone of the Enders 1 and 2: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed.This game needs ;Sly 2 and 3: Needs a very [[Computer specs|high end CPU]] to run at full speed. Shares similar hardware mode issues found in other Kinetica based games such as Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter.

===Time Crisis 2PSP===There is currently no lightgun support ;DanganRonpa:Use the latest version of [[PPSSPP]] to resolve any problem its had before.:Go to Game Settings > Graphics. Users of Nvidia GPUs should select "Read Framebuffers to Memory (GPU)" under "Rendering Mode". If you use an AMD GPU or Android device, select "Read Framebuffers to Memory (CPU)".;Metal Gear Solid<nowiki>:</nowiki> Peace Walker:In the level "Peace Walker battle 2", one of the last bosses in PCSX2the game, the boss's life cannot be depleted from the last 2 bars, making it unbeatable. Use the latest version of PPSSPP to resolve this.;Test Drive Unlimited: Needs a very high-end device to run it decently on Android.