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{{Infobox console
 
{{Infobox console
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|title = Nintendo 3DS
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|title = Android
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|logo = 3ds.png
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|logo = Android.png
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|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
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|developer = Google<br/> Open Handset Alliance
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|type = [[:Category:Handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
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|release = 2008-present
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|generation = [[:Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles|Eighth generation]]
 
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|release = 2011
 
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|discontinued = 2020
 
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|predecessor = [[Nintendo DSi emulators|Nintendo DSi]]
 
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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The '''[[wikipedia:Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS]]''' is an eighth-generation handheld game console by Nintendo, released on March 27, 2011 for {{inflation|USD|249|2011}}. The original model and the 2DS had a dual-core ARM11 MPCore at 268 MHz and a single-core ARM9, 128MB of RAM and 6MB of VRAM, and a DMP PICA200 GPU. The New 3DS and New 2DS XL models upgrade this to an 804 MHz quad-core ARM11 and 256MB of RAM, along with an extra pair of shoulder buttons and a right analogue stick.
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'''[[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]]''' is a mobile operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It was originally developed in secret before launching in 2008 as a competitor against Apple's [[iOS emulators|iPhone]]. While other mobile operating systems had been made throughout the years, none have emerged in terms of market share nearly as much as Android.
  
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The most notable feature of this console is the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereoscopy autostereoscopic] (glasses-free) 3D, which can be configured using a slider. This was omitted on the cost-reduced 2DS and New 2DS XL models, which was released due to eye health concerns with children whom Nintendo advised not to use the 3DS's stereoscopic mode (though it is speculated that said advisories were more for liability reasons in case of a health-related lawsuit).
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Android is like a Linux distribution in that it uses the Linux kernel to facilitate communication with the hardware and manage processes on the system. Unfortunately, the similarities end there as Android uses an entirely different toolset from standard Linux distributions and no support is given for running it on PCs. (Software development on Android is also nothing like Linux development as apps are compiled into architecture-specific <code>APK</code>s via Java which, like IPA files on [[iOS emulators|iOS]], are specially designed Zip files. They may be occasionally coupled with <code>OBB</code> files). While Android can technically run Linux binaries, doing so requires superuser privileges that Android does not provide by default. For many devices, you can expect to see a custom ROM that has an integrated su binary (or a means to install it easily, such as a custom recovery) but not all devices have one.
  
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However, the Linux kernel is flexible enough that it can be emulated well unlike iOS, older cell-phone models, and older Japanese Galapagos mobile phones. While Android natively supports mice<ref group=N>If you have an Android device you can confirm this by connecting a Bluetooth mouse or a USB mouse via a USB On-the-Go adapter.</ref>, most apps expect users to have a touchscreen, so Android emulators will usually default to emulating touchscreen presses like [[Nintendo DS emulators|DS emulation]] (though it can be less than ideal in many cases). The host's keyboard may often emulate the button controller add-ons, and some emulators support [[Xbox 360 emulators|Xbox 360]] controllers as well with some more tweaks.
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
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'''Important Note:''' These emulators are usually closed source and while they're distributed for free, their devs look for roundabout ways to monetize them. One such high profile case was BlueStacks. Make sure to check if there are pre-installed apps on your emulator (and disable them), monitor your Internet connection download caps and processor activity to detect any abnormal activity (and block domains accordingly if the need arises) and avoid as much as possible giving sensitive account data (just in case it's key-logged). Besides basic safety, these precautions often make impacted emulators run much faster when the adware services and apps are turned off.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|-
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|Version
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! scope="col"|Open-Source
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! scope="col"|VM
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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!colspan="7"|PC / x86
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! colspan="8"|PC / x86
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Citra]]
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|[[Genymotion]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|[https://citra-emu.org/download Nightly]
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|[https://www.genymotion.com/download/ {{GenymotionVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|VirtualBox
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|{{✓}}
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|High
−
|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
−
|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[BlueStacks]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[https://www.bluestacks.com/ {{BlueStacksVer}}]
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|QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|MEmu
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://www.memuplay.com/ {{MEmuVer}}]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|LDPlayer
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://en.ldplayer.net/ 4.0.50.3]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|NoxPlayer
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://www.bignox.com/ 7.0.0.9]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
|Vvctre
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|MuMu
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|W7|Linux}}
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[https://github.com/vvnb/vvctre {{VvctreVer}}]
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|[https://mumu.163.com/global/download/en/index.html 1.1.0.2]<br />[https://mumu.163.com/ 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version)]
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|{{✓}}
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|VirtualBox
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|{{✗}}
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|High
−
|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
−
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|Corgi3DS
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|-
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|[[Anbox]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
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|[https://anbox.io/ git]
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|Not an emulator (wine-like approach)
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|~
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|Android x86
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|[https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/Corgi3DS git]
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|[https://www.android-x86.org 14.1-r5]
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|{{✓}}
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|VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc)
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|{{✗}}
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|Mid
−
|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
−
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[3dmoo]]
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|Android Studio
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://github.com/plutooo/3dmoo git]
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|[https://developer.android.com/studio/ 4.0]
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|{{✓}}
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|QEMU
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|{{✗}}
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|Low
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|{{✗}}
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|<span title="Source-available"><sup>{{~}}</sup></span> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
−
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[TronDS]]
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|Andy OS
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[http://trondsemu.byethost15.com/downloads.html 1.0.0.5]
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|[https://andyroid.net/ 0.47.226.1096.26]
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|{{✗}}
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|VmWare
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|{{✗}}
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|High
−
|{{✗}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
−
|{{✗}}
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|-
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|AMI DuOS
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://ami.com/en/tech-blog/farewell-amiduos/ 2.0.8.8511]
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|VirtualBox
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|Mid
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|ARC Welder<br /><small>(Google Chrome)</small>
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}
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|[https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc ARC 50.5021.602.0]
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|Original
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|Mid
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|ARChon<br /><small>(Google Chrome)</small>
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}
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|[https://archon-runtime.github.io/ ARC 41.4410.238.0]
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|Original
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|Mid
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|<span title="Source-available"><sup>{{~}}</sup></span> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|Droid4X
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[https://droid4x.cc/ 0.10.7]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|KoPlayer
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://koplayerpc.com/ 2.0.0]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|LeapDroid
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://www.leapdroid.com/ 1.8.0]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|Peak App Player
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20191120002207/http://www.peakplayer.net/index.php/en/peakplayeren/ 1.2.5 Beta 2]
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|VirtualBox
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|High
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|Shashlik
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|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
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|[http://www.shashlik.io/ 0.9.3]
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|Original
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|Low
 +
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|SmartGaGa
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20190820044528/https://www.smartgaga.com/ 1.1.646]
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|VirtualBox
 +
|High
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|Windroy
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/windroy/ 4.0.3]
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|Original
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|Low
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|Windroye
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|2.9.1
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|VirtualBox
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|Mid
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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|Xamarin Android Player
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[https://github.com/xamarin/release-notes-archive/blob/master/release-notes/android/android-player/index.md 0.6.5]
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|VirtualBox
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|Mid
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|XePlayer
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://xeplayer.com/ 6.0.10]
 +
|VirtualBox
 +
|High
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 +
|-
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|YouWave
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://youwave.com/ 5.11]
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|VirtualBox
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|Mid
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|-
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!colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|-
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|LineageOS
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|align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}
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|[https://konstakang.com/ 18.1 <small>(Raspberry Pi 3/4)</small>]
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|Not an emulator (actual AOSP)
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|High
 +
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|LemonLime
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|[[Anbox]]
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}}
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|[https://github.com/Cyuubi/LemonLime/ git]
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|[https://anbox.io/ git]
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|{{✓}}
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|Not an emulator (wine-like approach)
−
|{{✗}}
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|~
−
|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
−
|{{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
!colspan="9"|Mobile / ARM
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|Project Astoria
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|align=left|{{Icon|WinMobile}}
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|Discontinued ($)
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|Original
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|Low
 +
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Citra]]
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!colspan="8"|Consoles
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
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|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.citra.citra_emu Beta 15]<br/>[https://github.com/citra-emu/citra-android git]
 
−
|{{✓}}
 
−
|{{✗}}
 
−
|{{✓}}
 
−
|{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Citra_MMJ_(Unofficial)|Citra-MMJ]] <small>(Unofficial)</small>
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|LineageOS
−
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
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|[https://github.com/weihuoya/citra/releases git]
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|[https://switchroot.org/ 15.1]
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|{{✓}}
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|based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS
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|{{✗}}
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|~
−
|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}<small> (WIP)</small>
 
 
|}
 
|}
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The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes needs the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually, it is installed automatically.
  
 
===Comparisons===
 
===Comparisons===
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;[[Citra]]:An open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator made by experienced emulator developers. The devs insist that it's still experimental, but as of mid-2019 around half of all games are fully playable with minor or no issues. [https://citra-emu.org/entry/announcing-citra-android/ An official Android version was released in May of 2020].
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;[[Genymotion]]
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:A closed-source Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds to add features only useful for Android app developers.
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Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 ARM processor emulation] (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/genymotion-users/JpO8HR39PR0/NpSkrnsB8d8J Xbox 360 controller support]. Not noob-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard.
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'''Note as of November 25th, 2019''': The above paragraph is outdated and ARM Emulation has been broken in Genymotion for a while, so you can't use ARM apps unless you get a really old version.
  
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;Vvctre
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;[[BlueStacks]]
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:Based on Citra. Made by valentin. Optimized for Luigi's Mansion 2(to run this game smoothly, turn on Disk Shader Cache, put the CPU clock speed to 80% and the CPU tick speed to 21000%). Also emulates the 3DS OS. The project's Github page no longer exists. It was deleted for unknown reasons. Without the source code available, all builds are now in violation of GPLv2[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary][https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites].
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:Also commercial with a free option (requires a google account). It's less good than Genymotion and doesn't handle USB cable emulation. Previous versions used to come with an installer with adware comes with junk apps within the emulator and has a non-intuitive uninstaller, but that's no longer the case today. It includes Google Apps by default, though you'll need to install a file manager to copy game cache when loading your own .apk files.
  
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;[[3dmoo]]:Another open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator, made by experienced developers in the DS hacking scene. It was released shortly after Citra and received similar progress for a few months, but was eventually aborted by its authors after a while.
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;MEmu
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;[[TronDS]]:A closed-source Nintendo 3DS emulator, presumably made by the iDeaS author. Little is known about it other than that it can run simple homebrew. It cannot be used for playing games.
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:A free Android emulator with very good accuracy, sometimes outperforming BlueStacks.
  
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;Corgi3DS:An unique 3DS emulator designed for macOS systems. Its GitHub activity started on [https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/Corgi3DS/commit/1b81c7e00c9a7a73f2da12d07ec3a9e4bc69c6ac May 5, 2019]. Main programmer is a self-proclaimed dog lover and has previously created CorgiDS and DobieStation, though the former seemed to be abandoned. Corgi3DS is mainly indigenous but the preliminary [https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/Corgi3DS/commit/a60b06683495e4e8fd0c170ec4ca8c453ce31609 Wi-Fi code] was ported from [[melonDS]]' code.(project on a  indefinite hiatus, PSI said this about the matter "Haven't worked on it in several months, it's basically a hobby project of mine that I touch when I feel the urge").
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;LDPlayer
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:An Android emulator also with good accuracy. When testing games along side Nox, LDPlayer shows to have better performance/compatibility with games.
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;Droid4x
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Has good accuracy but forcefully uninstalls VirtualBox, so it cannot co-exist with Genymotion and Xamarin. It's not recommended because it will install hidden background services (xunlei.exe, and Thunder.exe, both by the Chinese company which developed Droid4x) that seed Chinese torrents constantly and they are a pain to uninstall or deactivate (in case you've already fallen for it, use Revo Uninstaller).
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;Andy OS
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:Not recommended because it will install a [https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/8rq4fm/reminder_that_andyroid_mines_cryptocurrency/ cryptocurrency miner] on your system without asking or informing about this to the user. Just like Genymotion, Andy OS uses VirtualBox, but with a twist: if it detects an installed VirtualBox during installation, '''it will delete it''' and will refuse to work. Beware!
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;DuOS
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:Not to be confused with a [http://ds-duos.blogspot.com/ similarly-named Nintendo DS emulator] by Roor, is a relative newcomer to the Android emulation market, made by American Megatrends i.e. the very same people behind the BIOS/UEFI firmware your PC may be using. Emulation is modest at best, with games and apps such as [[DraStic]] struggling on lower-end hardware. And to top it all off, it isn't free either.
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;Google Chrome
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:Can open .apk files using the ARC Welder extension, though their emulation on PC is average at best. Here's a [http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iIbxaftAu_ho5rv9fUlXSLTzwU6MbKOldsWXyrYiyo8/edit#gid=0 compatibility list] and a [https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks dedicated subreddit]. Google has announced [http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/the-play-store-comes-to-chrome-os-but-not-the-way-we-were-expecting/ Play Store for Chrome OS], but it works on a different "container" technology that is embedded in the Chrome OS. In addition, Google will [http://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html discontinue Google Chrome apps on PC], so any major updates to ARC Welder for PC is unlikely.
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;Windroy
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:(Without the 'e' suffix) is a fast Android emulator that does not rely on VirtualBox or any similar technology. It isn't accurate though. While Google Play store can be installed with some tinkering, not many games can be installed (due to not faking device names) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashes. The official site is down since July 2016, so any updates are unlikely.
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;Windroye
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:(With the 'e' suffix) uses VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than BlueStacks. The Play Store is installed by default and has no stability issues found in Windroy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be found here.]
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;Android x86
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:An open-source project that aims to port the Android operating system to x86-based netbooks. Comes with Google Play and libhoudini (x86/ARM translation layer) installed. 3D acceleration works well both when installed directly on the machine as a local OS and also on VMware. VMware Player 15 supports emulating OpenGL ES 3 on the target and performance is quite good. VirtualBox 3d support is poor and probably won't work. Android x86 is continually being improved and can be tried fairly painlessly through VMware. Genymotion is (or at least used to be) a closed-source fork of Android x86, designed exclusively to be run on VirtualBox.
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;[[Anbox]]
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:A project that aims to run Android applications on Ubuntu distributions. Currently, it is on alpha state and only known to work on Ubuntu 16.04. Anbox requires custom kernel modules to run because unlike other emulators which emulate the whole Linux kernel, this one uses the host system's Linux kernel directly.
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;Shashlik
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:A project by KDE that aims to run Android applications on Linux using KDE5 and Qt5 technology. The project is infancy state and only known to run on latest Kubuntu versions. It currently lacks ARM processor emulation, so not many games will run. It is however known to play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SC6c_ih_Ac Flappy Bird] and can show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_R8ftiIp4 Spotify's login screen]. It uses modified [[QEMU]] to emulate the Android operating system. Last major update was March 2016 and seems abandoned.
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;Xamarin Android Player
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:A newcomer to the Android emulation market. Not much is known about this because it required a minimum of $25/month subscription of main Xamarin products. The main Xamarin products were  [https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all made available for free] after the purchase by Microsoft, but Xamarin Android Player was discontinued.
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;Project Astoria
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:A Microsoft-developed Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile included in several insider previews. It could run [https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/3gaoct/android_apps_that_work_on_win10_right_now/ a few applications], though apps required Google Play Services did not run or had issues. This project was reportedly [http://www.windowscentral.com/microsofts-project-astoria-delayed discontinued] in November 2015 and [http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-confirms-the-death-of-project-astoria-focusing-on-other-bridges-instead its cancellation was confirmed] on February 2016, so the emulator is not included in more recent versions of Windows 10 Mobile.
  
 
==Emulation issues==
 
==Emulation issues==
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Citra currently can't emulate any of the 3DS's online features aside from LAN multiplayer. It can't connect to Nintendo's servers but users can create rooms and play through the internet.
+
===Google apps===
 +
Android is open source, but the Google Play Store has to be licensed from Google in order to incorporate it into a build, including Play Services and many other Google apps. That often means developers pay a fee that can trickle back to the user in some form (either through adware, privacy-invading trackers, or by selling the emulator as a commercial product). Custom ROMs for real Android devices on Android 4 and earlier used to bundle the Google Play Store but this changed with newer versions. The new method is to install a custom ROM and then install "GApps" through another service like [https://opengapps.org/ the Open GApps Project].
 +
 
 +
===Architectural differences===
 +
Many games often optimize and compile specifically for ARM processors, which prevents them from being executable on x86 CPUs, even when using a project like Android-x86. Some emulators like BlueStacks have ARM emulation by default; in others like Genymotion, it is possible to install an ARM emulator manually (though only on older versions as such functionality is broken in newer releases).
 +
 
 +
===Conflict===
 +
Many emulators like to uninstall each other for some reason. Droid4x, Andyroid, Genymotion, and Xamarin cannot co-exist on the same machine without modifying their installers, which can be a problem if one game works on only one of these emulators but other games do not.
 +
 
 +
===Antitamper protection===
 +
In order to reduce cheating, many games refuse to run if they discover that the device has been rooted. If the emulator comes rooted by default, it must be manually unrooted before the game can be played. The rooting method for modern devices is Magisk, which installs itself in the bootloader instead of the system partition, which makes it harder to detect.
 +
 
 +
Some games take more aggressive measures to detect the presence of Custom ROMs (unofficial firmware) or Android emulators (like the ones listed in this page) in the variety of ways like checking for the existence or absence of system files in order to prevent the game from running in any unverified environments. These games are very difficult or plain impossible to play on emulators without resorting to cracked versions of the games.
 +
 
 +
===Android-based Operating Systems===
 +
There are many [[wikipedia:Fork_(software_development)|forks]] of Android, these go beyond a custom UI and are new OS's that use the Android code in addition to writing their own code. depending on how much (and what) new code, features and API's were added, will determine the effects they will have on Android emulation but if one is for sure, these forks are (most likely) going to cause some emulation issues.
 +
 
 +
==Emulator Specific Issues==
 +
===BlueStacks===
 +
* '''Can't root the device:'''  
  
−
Corgi3ds currently can't run any game without heavy stuttering.
+
The latest Kingroot's .apk will do the job when loaded inside BlueStacks. It's that simple.
  
−
Citra emulates the home menu although you can't launch anything on it (use vvctre for the os emulation).
+
Alternatively, you could use Universal [[BlueStacks]] Rooting Software on an existing BlueStacks installation. Before opening it, go to the folder where BlueStacks is installed under Program Files, and run "HD-Quit.exe" once.  
  
−
Currently there is no full screen support in linux vvctre, valentin said he can't fix it.
+
Then, from the extracted "BlueStacks RootEZ 32_64", open as administrator "BlueStacks RootEZ.exe". Click "Automatic Detect from Installed Bluestacks", enable "Enlarge System (Root.fs) Size to 400MB", and click "I'm ready for Step 1". A command-line window should appear. Now just wait until "Preparing Complete" appears. Then, click "Go for Step 2" and wait until "Rooting is Complete" appears.  
  
−
==Game images==
+
Close the application, and open the "output" folder in the same directory as the extracted application. You should find a newly generated "Root.fs" file. You can use it to replace the existing one under "%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android" (Press Windows+R and go there), but it's recommended to keep a backup of the original in case the new one causes Bluestacks to hang in the loading screen for more than a few minutes.  
−
===3DS vs. CIA===
 
−
<!--this section is pretty inaccurate-->
 
−
There are two big types of 3DS game images currently:
 
−
;NCSD-type: Includes '''.CCI''' (CTR Cart Image), aka '''.3DS''' - data on physical carts, can be executed right off the bat, not used much since no one bothered to develop a CFW solution to load them yet (besides converting them to CIA) and only overpriced flashcarts (Gateway/Sky3DS) can load them.
 
−
;NCCH-type: Includes '''.CIA''' (CTR Importable Archive) and '''.CXI''' - installers that unpack game data to the SD card or the 3DS NAND memory. Some homebrew apps (FBI, DevMenu) can install CIA files on 3DS systems with CFW installed. Digital games are often distributed as CIAs.
 
  
−
*Note that CTR (Citrus) is the internal code names for the 3DS.
+
The package also includes Nova Explorer and Root Launcher. You may verify the rooting status with the "Root Checker" app from Google Play. Considering some apps check for Google Play services for online checks, you can also install "Modded Google Play Store", "[https://www.luckypatchers.com/ Lucky Patcher]" and "Magisk".
  
−
Due to one format being so far restricted to overpriced flashcarts and the very slow Citra development (meaning playing on a real 3DS is still the preferred way to go), the CIA format is preferred in many sharing websites, downloader tools and even tools to dump your own games.
+
===Andyroid===
 +
* '''Unable To Launch VM Process:'''
  
−
However, converting a CIA image to 3DS format (and vice-versa) is still possible with no loss of content. Read the Encryption section below for a guide.
+
On the taskbar, right-click Andyroid's notification icon, and choose Settings, Advanced, Set Andy Protocol. Type "tcp" and confirm, then launch Andyroid.
  
−
Some outdated dumping utilities intended for use with Citra (like braindump) produce damaged decrypted 3DS images that can't be easily converted back. No known solution exists so far to fix those dumps.
+
===Android-x86===
 +
* '''3D Support is broken on VMWare when using newer kernels:'''
  
−
===Encryption===
+
Kernels > 4.14 with version 8.1 break 3d acceleration in VMWare (see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/android-x86/4.9%7Csort:date/android-x86/wB65vJnuJiI/ytJaWYWUBwAJ). Use kernel 4.9 with 8.1 instead.
−
Most dumps online are also encrypted. This encryption poses no problem for playing game images on a real 3DS since it can deal with that encryption with internal keys included in the bootrom, but becomes a problem when trying to emulate them on PC. '''Citra requires additional encryption keys to play encrypted games.''' If you want to play encrypted games on Citra without these keys, you'll have to convert your game images to the decrypted format.
 
  
−
Formerly, decrypting those ROMs used to require real 3DS hardware (bafflingly enough, Citra devs still ask users to do this even nowadays). It required files generated by a real 3DS called '''xorpads''' unique to that game version, using the encryption engine within the 3DS. After this part, these xorpads (which are big) can be used with PC tools (or other 3DS-based homebrew) to produce the decrypted game image. After that, some 3DS homebrew (Decrypt9, GodMode9) included tools to directly convert encrypted images to decrypted images with a single button press, but those still require a real 3DS.
+
* '''Setting resolution in VMWare'''
  
−
The game changer was the sighax exploit, allowing to dump the 3DS bootrom which includes these encryption keys. This file can be downloaded from the [[Emulator Files#Nintendo 3DS|Emulator Files]] page. You can then use a program like '''[https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-extract-decrypt-games-nand-backups-and-sd-contents-with-fuse-3ds.499994/ fuse-3ds]''' to decrypt games using this file. Simply place boot9.bin in the same folder, run the program, mount the encrypted .cia or .3ds, and find the '''decrypted.cxi''' file inside (usually in the first folder). Citra should be able to load this file without issues.
+
Pass in a kernel option to grub when booting. Select the boot entry and then press 'e' to edit it, and then 'e' to edit again. Add the kernel option here. For example, to use a video resolution of 1920x1080, add 'video=1920x1080'. Press return to save the changes (for this boot session only), and 'b' to boot (the keys to edit and boot may be different depending on your grub version, there are usually instructions on the grub screen for the requisite keys)
  
−
Due to these keys being available, Citra can now play encrypted games (3ds or CIA) without decrypting them. Read this page
+
==Android Consoles==
−
[https://citra-emu.org/wiki/aes-keys/]. Then, go to this reddit page and copy the code from second comment (credit floppydoppy2)
+
Because it's possible to fork and created you're own Android-based OS, many developers have used Android to power their own commercial console.  However, as mentioned before, just because it uses Android as a base does not mean they will all work properly on a normal Android emulator.
−
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CemuPiracy/comments/gpo2ey/aes_key_nintendo_3ds_title_keys_for_citra/]. Copy it and make a new .TXT file named 'aes_keys.txt'
+
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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Place this txt file in the sysdata folder of Citra's user directory. This key file is already included in the 3DS Shared Data download in the Emulator Files page.  
+
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
 +
! scope="col"|ROMs
 +
! scope="col"|Description
 +
|-
 +
|Amazon Fire TV
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Atlantis Land Kora
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Baidu Shadow Stick
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Diyomate X18
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|flarePlay
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|GPD Mars Gamebox
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|LC Smart Pandora TV Box
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Lexibook LexiBox TV
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Lexibook Playdroid
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Mad Catz Mojo
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|MeLE X8
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Nexus Player
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Nvidia Shield TV
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Ouya Emulators|Ouya]]
 +
|None
 +
|[https://archive.org/details/ouyalibrary?&sort=-downloads&page=2 Yes]
 +
|A failed microconsole that started from a Kickstarter project. The controller sucks and the games can be found elsewhere. Since the Ouya runs on Android, emulation is technically possible by extracting menu/application apk files and running them in an Android emulator or VM.
 +
|-
 +
|PlayJam GameStick
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Razer Forge TV
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Skyworth miniStation
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Snail Games OBox
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|Soomax Sensory
 +
(享动体感游戏机)
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|TCL T2
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|UIS Xtreamer Multi-Console
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|UTStarcom DanDan (蛋蛋)
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|ZTE FunBox
 +
|None
 +
|None
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|}
  
 +
==See also==
 +
* [[Cellphone emulators]] - info on emulators for various feature phone/non-smartphone platforms.
 +
* [[Emulators on Android OS]] - Various emulators for Android platform
  
−
{{Nintendo}}
+
[[Category:Mobiles]]
 +
[[Category:Android emulators|*]]
  
−
[[Category:Consoles]]
+
==Notes==
−
[[Category:Handheld consoles]]
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<references group=N />
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[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]
 
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[[Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles]]
 
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[[Category:Nintendo 3DS emulators|*]]
 

Revision as of 12:59, 4 September 2021

This page is about emulating Android on other computers, like desktops. For the inverse, see Emulators on Android OS.
Android
Android.png
Developer Google
Open Handset Alliance
Release date 2008-present
Emulated ✓

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It was originally developed in secret before launching in 2008 as a competitor against Apple's iPhone. While other mobile operating systems had been made throughout the years, none have emerged in terms of market share nearly as much as Android.

Android is like a Linux distribution in that it uses the Linux kernel to facilitate communication with the hardware and manage processes on the system. Unfortunately, the similarities end there as Android uses an entirely different toolset from standard Linux distributions and no support is given for running it on PCs. (Software development on Android is also nothing like Linux development as apps are compiled into architecture-specific APKs via Java which, like IPA files on iOS, are specially designed Zip files. They may be occasionally coupled with OBB files). While Android can technically run Linux binaries, doing so requires superuser privileges that Android does not provide by default. For many devices, you can expect to see a custom ROM that has an integrated su binary (or a means to install it easily, such as a custom recovery) but not all devices have one.

However, the Linux kernel is flexible enough that it can be emulated well unlike iOS, older cell-phone models, and older Japanese Galapagos mobile phones. While Android natively supports mice[N 1], most apps expect users to have a touchscreen, so Android emulators will usually default to emulating touchscreen presses like DS emulation (though it can be less than ideal in many cases). The host's keyboard may often emulate the button controller add-ons, and some emulators support Xbox 360 controllers as well with some more tweaks.

Emulators

Important Note: These emulators are usually closed source and while they're distributed for free, their devs look for roundabout ways to monetize them. One such high profile case was BlueStacks. Make sure to check if there are pre-installed apps on your emulator (and disable them), monitor your Internet connection download caps and processor activity to detect any abnormal activity (and block domains accordingly if the need arises) and avoid as much as possible giving sensitive account data (just in case it's key-logged). Besides basic safety, these precautions often make impacted emulators run much faster when the adware services and apps are turned off.

Name Platform(s) Version VM Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Genymotion Windows Linux macOS 3.6.0 VirtualBox High ✗ ✓ ✓
BlueStacks Windows macOS 5.20.100 QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5) High ✗ ✓ ✓
MEmu Windows 8.0.0 VirtualBox High ✗ ✓ ✓
LDPlayer Windows 4.0.50.3 VirtualBox High ✗ ✓ ✓
NoxPlayer Windows 7.0.0.9 VirtualBox High ✗ ✓ ✓
MuMu Windows macOS 1.1.0.2
1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version) 		VirtualBox High ✗ ✓ ✓
Anbox Linux git Not an emulator (wine-like approach) ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
Android x86 Windows Linux macOS 14.1-r5 VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc) Mid ✓ ✓ ✗
Android Studio Windows Linux 4.0 QEMU Low ~ ✓ ✗
Andy OS Windows macOS 0.47.226.1096.26 VmWare High ✗ ✓ ✗
AMI DuOS Windows 2.0.8.8511 VirtualBox Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
ARC Welder
(Google Chrome) 		Windows Linux macOS Web ARC 50.5021.602.0 Original Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
ARChon
(Google Chrome) 		Windows Linux macOS Web ARC 41.4410.238.0 Original Mid ~ ✗ ✗
Droid4X Windows macOS 0.10.7 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
KoPlayer Windows 2.0.0 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
LeapDroid Windows 1.8.0 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
Peak App Player Windows 1.2.5 Beta 2 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
Shashlik Linux 0.9.3 Original Low ✓ ✗ ✗
SmartGaGa Windows 1.1.646 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
Windroy Windows 4.0.3 Original Low ✗ ✗ ✗
Windroye Windows 2.9.1 VirtualBox Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
Xamarin Android Player Windows macOS 0.6.5 VirtualBox Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
XePlayer Windows 6.0.10 VirtualBox High ✗ ✗ ✗
YouWave Windows 5.11 VirtualBox Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
Mobile / ARM
LineageOS Linux ARM 18.1 (Raspberry Pi 3/4) Not an emulator (actual AOSP) High ✓ ✓ ✓
Anbox Linux ARM git Not an emulator (wine-like approach) ~ ✓ ✓ ✓
Project Astoria Windows Mobile Discontinued ($) Original Low ✗ ✗ ✗
Consoles
LineageOS Switch 15.1 based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS ~ ✓ ✓ ✓

The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes needs the user to install Oracle VM VirtualBox. Usually, it is installed automatically.

Comparisons

Genymotion
A closed-source Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds to add features only useful for Android app developers.

Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and ARM processor emulation (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as Xbox 360 controller support. Not noob-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard.

Note as of November 25th, 2019: The above paragraph is outdated and ARM Emulation has been broken in Genymotion for a while, so you can't use ARM apps unless you get a really old version.

BlueStacks
Also commercial with a free option (requires a google account). It's less good than Genymotion and doesn't handle USB cable emulation. Previous versions used to come with an installer with adware comes with junk apps within the emulator and has a non-intuitive uninstaller, but that's no longer the case today. It includes Google Apps by default, though you'll need to install a file manager to copy game cache when loading your own .apk files.
MEmu
A free Android emulator with very good accuracy, sometimes outperforming BlueStacks.
LDPlayer
An Android emulator also with good accuracy. When testing games along side Nox, LDPlayer shows to have better performance/compatibility with games.
Droid4x

Has good accuracy but forcefully uninstalls VirtualBox, so it cannot co-exist with Genymotion and Xamarin. It's not recommended because it will install hidden background services (xunlei.exe, and Thunder.exe, both by the Chinese company which developed Droid4x) that seed Chinese torrents constantly and they are a pain to uninstall or deactivate (in case you've already fallen for it, use Revo Uninstaller).

Andy OS
Not recommended because it will install a cryptocurrency miner on your system without asking or informing about this to the user. Just like Genymotion, Andy OS uses VirtualBox, but with a twist: if it detects an installed VirtualBox during installation, it will delete it and will refuse to work. Beware!
DuOS
Not to be confused with a similarly-named Nintendo DS emulator by Roor, is a relative newcomer to the Android emulation market, made by American Megatrends i.e. the very same people behind the BIOS/UEFI firmware your PC may be using. Emulation is modest at best, with games and apps such as DraStic struggling on lower-end hardware. And to top it all off, it isn't free either.
Google Chrome
Can open .apk files using the ARC Welder extension, though their emulation on PC is average at best. Here's a compatibility list and a dedicated subreddit. Google has announced Play Store for Chrome OS, but it works on a different "container" technology that is embedded in the Chrome OS. In addition, Google will discontinue Google Chrome apps on PC, so any major updates to ARC Welder for PC is unlikely.
Windroy
(Without the 'e' suffix) is a fast Android emulator that does not rely on VirtualBox or any similar technology. It isn't accurate though. While Google Play store can be installed with some tinkering, not many games can be installed (due to not faking device names) and will spawn multiple harmless-yet-annoying app_process.exe crashes. The official site is down since July 2016, so any updates are unlikely.
Windroye
(With the 'e' suffix) uses VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than BlueStacks. The Play Store is installed by default and has no stability issues found in Windroy. A related Reddit topic can be found here.
Android x86
An open-source project that aims to port the Android operating system to x86-based netbooks. Comes with Google Play and libhoudini (x86/ARM translation layer) installed. 3D acceleration works well both when installed directly on the machine as a local OS and also on VMware. VMware Player 15 supports emulating OpenGL ES 3 on the target and performance is quite good. VirtualBox 3d support is poor and probably won't work. Android x86 is continually being improved and can be tried fairly painlessly through VMware. Genymotion is (or at least used to be) a closed-source fork of Android x86, designed exclusively to be run on VirtualBox.
Anbox
A project that aims to run Android applications on Ubuntu distributions. Currently, it is on alpha state and only known to work on Ubuntu 16.04. Anbox requires custom kernel modules to run because unlike other emulators which emulate the whole Linux kernel, this one uses the host system's Linux kernel directly.
Shashlik
A project by KDE that aims to run Android applications on Linux using KDE5 and Qt5 technology. The project is infancy state and only known to run on latest Kubuntu versions. It currently lacks ARM processor emulation, so not many games will run. It is however known to play Flappy Bird and can show Spotify's login screen. It uses modified QEMU to emulate the Android operating system. Last major update was March 2016 and seems abandoned.
Xamarin Android Player
A newcomer to the Android emulation market. Not much is known about this because it required a minimum of $25/month subscription of main Xamarin products. The main Xamarin products were made available for free after the purchase by Microsoft, but Xamarin Android Player was discontinued.
Project Astoria
A Microsoft-developed Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile included in several insider previews. It could run a few applications, though apps required Google Play Services did not run or had issues. This project was reportedly discontinued in November 2015 and its cancellation was confirmed on February 2016, so the emulator is not included in more recent versions of Windows 10 Mobile.

Emulation issues

Google apps

Android is open source, but the Google Play Store has to be licensed from Google in order to incorporate it into a build, including Play Services and many other Google apps. That often means developers pay a fee that can trickle back to the user in some form (either through adware, privacy-invading trackers, or by selling the emulator as a commercial product). Custom ROMs for real Android devices on Android 4 and earlier used to bundle the Google Play Store but this changed with newer versions. The new method is to install a custom ROM and then install "GApps" through another service like the Open GApps Project.

Architectural differences

Many games often optimize and compile specifically for ARM processors, which prevents them from being executable on x86 CPUs, even when using a project like Android-x86. Some emulators like BlueStacks have ARM emulation by default; in others like Genymotion, it is possible to install an ARM emulator manually (though only on older versions as such functionality is broken in newer releases).

Conflict

Many emulators like to uninstall each other for some reason. Droid4x, Andyroid, Genymotion, and Xamarin cannot co-exist on the same machine without modifying their installers, which can be a problem if one game works on only one of these emulators but other games do not.

Antitamper protection

In order to reduce cheating, many games refuse to run if they discover that the device has been rooted. If the emulator comes rooted by default, it must be manually unrooted before the game can be played. The rooting method for modern devices is Magisk, which installs itself in the bootloader instead of the system partition, which makes it harder to detect.

Some games take more aggressive measures to detect the presence of Custom ROMs (unofficial firmware) or Android emulators (like the ones listed in this page) in the variety of ways like checking for the existence or absence of system files in order to prevent the game from running in any unverified environments. These games are very difficult or plain impossible to play on emulators without resorting to cracked versions of the games.

Android-based Operating Systems

There are many forks of Android, these go beyond a custom UI and are new OS's that use the Android code in addition to writing their own code. depending on how much (and what) new code, features and API's were added, will determine the effects they will have on Android emulation but if one is for sure, these forks are (most likely) going to cause some emulation issues.

Emulator Specific Issues

BlueStacks

  • Can't root the device:

The latest Kingroot's .apk will do the job when loaded inside BlueStacks. It's that simple.

Alternatively, you could use Universal BlueStacks Rooting Software on an existing BlueStacks installation. Before opening it, go to the folder where BlueStacks is installed under Program Files, and run "HD-Quit.exe" once.

Then, from the extracted "BlueStacks RootEZ 32_64", open as administrator "BlueStacks RootEZ.exe". Click "Automatic Detect from Installed Bluestacks", enable "Enlarge System (Root.fs) Size to 400MB", and click "I'm ready for Step 1". A command-line window should appear. Now just wait until "Preparing Complete" appears. Then, click "Go for Step 2" and wait until "Rooting is Complete" appears.

Close the application, and open the "output" folder in the same directory as the extracted application. You should find a newly generated "Root.fs" file. You can use it to replace the existing one under "%programdata%\BlueStacks\Android" (Press Windows+R and go there), but it's recommended to keep a backup of the original in case the new one causes Bluestacks to hang in the loading screen for more than a few minutes.

The package also includes Nova Explorer and Root Launcher. You may verify the rooting status with the "Root Checker" app from Google Play. Considering some apps check for Google Play services for online checks, you can also install "Modded Google Play Store", "Lucky Patcher" and "Magisk".

Andyroid

  • Unable To Launch VM Process:

On the taskbar, right-click Andyroid's notification icon, and choose Settings, Advanced, Set Andy Protocol. Type "tcp" and confirm, then launch Andyroid.

Android-x86

  • 3D Support is broken on VMWare when using newer kernels:

Kernels > 4.14 with version 8.1 break 3d acceleration in VMWare (see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/android-x86/4.9%7Csort:date/android-x86/wB65vJnuJiI/ytJaWYWUBwAJ). Use kernel 4.9 with 8.1 instead.

  • Setting resolution in VMWare

Pass in a kernel option to grub when booting. Select the boot entry and then press 'e' to edit it, and then 'e' to edit again. Add the kernel option here. For example, to use a video resolution of 1920x1080, add 'video=1920x1080'. Press return to save the changes (for this boot session only), and 'b' to boot (the keys to edit and boot may be different depending on your grub version, there are usually instructions on the grub screen for the requisite keys)

Android Consoles

Because it's possible to fork and created you're own Android-based OS, many developers have used Android to power their own commercial console. However, as mentioned before, just because it uses Android as a base does not mean they will all work properly on a normal Android emulator.

Name MAME support ROMs Description
Amazon Fire TV None None
Atlantis Land Kora None None
Baidu Shadow Stick None None
Diyomate X18 None None
flarePlay None None
GPD Mars Gamebox None None
LC Smart Pandora TV Box None None
Lexibook LexiBox TV None None
Lexibook Playdroid None None
Mad Catz Mojo None None
MeLE X8 None None
Nexus Player None None
Nvidia Shield TV None None
Ouya None Yes A failed microconsole that started from a Kickstarter project. The controller sucks and the games can be found elsewhere. Since the Ouya runs on Android, emulation is technically possible by extracting menu/application apk files and running them in an Android emulator or VM.
PlayJam GameStick None None
Razer Forge TV None None
Skyworth miniStation None None
Snail Games OBox None None
Soomax Sensory

(享动体感游戏机)

None None
TCL T2 None None
UIS Xtreamer Multi-Console None None
UTStarcom DanDan (蛋蛋) None None
ZTE FunBox None None

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ If you have an Android device you can confirm this by connecting a Bluetooth mouse or a USB mouse via a USB On-the-Go adapter.
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