FPSE vs Playstation pocket - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I was wondering, whats the better emulator, the built in one (hacked to load any game) or fpse? Im talking GFX quality, compatibility, performance etc.
Thanks in advance!

They both have plusses and minusses. Some games that work flawless with fpse don't work with psxperia and vice versa.
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[Q] Slowdown in Emulators

Bear with me people as im pretty new to this
Ive got all the decent emualtors onto my Xperia play. SNES / Genesis / GBA / Gameboy etc and they all play fine.
I do notice however that on all the emulators if i set the frame skip to auto, then the sound if perfect, but the frame rate skips sometimes which is more annoyance than anything but still noticeable
If i change the frame skip to zero then the frame rate is buttery smooth but then i get cracks and pops in the sound (all emulators)
Now my question is, is that is this an issue with the emulators or an issue with the play being just not quite quick enough to play these perfectly.
And also, im planning on rooting my phone so obviously if i was to have a slight overclock on my phone, say from 1GHZ to 1.2 or 1.3, would this actually make a difference to them in terms of playing absolutely full speed, or would it make no difference at all?
well thats a tough question,
you can get sound issues when a device is struggling to play a game
and when the device can play the game full speed but the emulator has issues
i too have alot of emulators
marvin - spectrum
gensoid - mega drive
fpse - ps1
gearoid - game gear
tiger arcade
pce - pc engine
snezoid -super nintendo
jarcade - arcade/ mame roms
n64oid - n64
mame4droid
now the only two that gave me sound issues were n64oid and fpse
but since i have rooted my phone and removed bloatware and overclocked
to 1.4
those issues are more or less gone
apart from n64oid do get jittering now and then
but i think that running a n64 on a phone is a feat in itself
yes overclocking does make a difference to running games/emus
more horsepower = smoother gaming
i do recommend rooting
remove bloatware
and overclocking

Playing PS1 games on xperia game pad?

I have a pretty large collection of ps1 games & was wondering if the playing experience was good enough on the xperia play running fpse? Is there noticeable slowdown?
Yeah, plays them (well most of them perfectly), just been playing Gran Turismo 2 on my XPlay, look in general forum to see which games work, FPSE doesnt work straight away with the PSX controls, you have to map the buttons, but that takes seconds
I don't know what version of FPse you are using biggary, but i've tried quite a few games on the latest FPse and i didn't have to map the buttons.

[Q] Wonders from a newbie

Hi!
I have been playing a lot of emulators on PC during the years. But is right now thinking of buying an Xperia Play, because I understand that it´s quite a nice phone. It´s on quite a sale in scandinavia right now, so I might be getting one during the week.
I would however like some input for some questions, and would be thankful if someone would take their time to answer them for me.
1. I have problems finding a reliable compatibility list for PSX-gaming. Three of the games that I really itch to play are "Alundra", "Final Fantasy Tactics" and "Legend of Mana". Can someone please enlighten me how these games will run on a Xperia Play?
2. I also have a question about other emulators. Will SNES & Genesis-emulators run lag-free on an Xperia Play?
Thank you for reading (and maybe answering) .
The Xperia Play is really awesome for playing games in emulators. The only problem is that most of them don't support the touchpad.
These are the emulators I've tried:
NESoid
SNESoid - completely lag-free, to answer your question
N64oid (sometimes a bit laggy)
GBCoid - gameboy color emulator
GameBoid - GBA emulator
FPse - PSX emulator
Unfortunately neither of these support the touchpad. And for PSX games I actually prefer FPse to the official PSX emulator that comes with the Play, because, while the official one supports the touchpad (very nicely, might I add), it is a bit buggy with most games that aren't available officially for it.
not sure about genesis as i haven't tried it yet. snes is no problem as is gameboy/advance/colour. on the psx side of things, you could try fpse or psxdroid for emulators. you would need the roms for those games you want as well as the bios file. or, you could also convert the roms of those games to work via the play's playstation pocket app. the pre-installed crash bandicoot game will give you an idea of how smooth it is once converted using the psxperia tool.
This is a magnificent device for emulators. Nuff said
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I have emulators for Yongzhi's emulators for:
-Gameboid - GamBoy Advance
-SNEWSoid - Super Nintendo
-Gensoid - Genesis
-FPse - PSX
-N64oid - N64
And they all work flawlessly and are availble at the SlideMe market for FREE except for the N64 and PSX emulators. The PSX emulator is avaible on the Android Market and works on a lot of games but of course not all of them. I would suggest you visit the FSpe forum to find out which specific games work for the Play.
The N64 emulator is available from the SlideMe market for I think 2 bucks. I works okay with some games but is still be updated. Also u can try the open source one but I forget what it's called. I think it's on the XDA forum somewhere.

[Q] Working emulators and games on any ICS rom?

I want to know if these work on any ICS rom and if they do, on which rom?
Gameboy Advance
NES
Playstation 1
Virtua Tennis
Asphalt 6
Modern Combat 2,3
These are the games I play often (or use to show off my XPlay)
Nes.emu works great and superGnes works great too. If you notice any lag, install the dual core mod.
Does FPSE work on ICS? And N64 EMU?
RetroHero said:
Does FPSE work on ICS? And N64 EMU?
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Im using FPSE on CNA rom 4.0.4 and it works in the (3) games Ive played this morning; Armored Core, Final Doom, Final Fantasy VII , everything has worked at 60fps with touch pads also

"Best" ROM for retro gaming?

I know this is a very subjective question, but I would like some input on which ROM you guys think is best for the "oid" emulators on this device? I imagine it to be something based on Gingerbread, with as little bloat so perhaps AOSP or CM7? Or is the stock experience fine for this use?
Many thanks!
Atomix86 said:
I know this is a very subjective question, but I would like some input on which ROM you guys think is best for the "oid" emulators on this device? I imagine it to be something based on Gingerbread, with as little bloat so perhaps AOSP or CM7? Or is the stock experience fine for this use?
Many thanks!
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If you just use emulators you can also try an ics rom.
Sorry for my bad English. It's not my native language.
on ics (if you find a smooth ics rom, that is) emulators should work fine. also on ics n64oid has analog support (which on gingerbread only mupen64plus has), and it's overall better than mupen64plus on gingerbread in speed and it runs animal forest quite well; dunno for the rest though. on the psx front, fpse has analog support on ics, while on gingerbread only psxperia gives you analog support on psx games and of course there are not many analog controlled games supported by psxperia (soul reaver and mgs don't work, for example).
the other 100% digital controlled emulators should be exactly the same as on gingerbread. thing is, i tried what seems to be the best ics rom to date and it was quite laggy. maybe you'll find a good one for you, as you don't need good gamepad compatibility on android games.
either way, this device is the absolute best mobile emulating machine. even on gingerbread you don't really lose anything. there are just a handful of analog controlled psx games which are not supported by psxperia/mupen64plus, and they play perfectly with the dpad on fpse/n64oid.
therefore, your choice. if you really care about analog control on games you can't play as you wish on gingerbread, look for a smooth ics rom. if you don't care, i suggest trueancestor 2.3.7, as it gives you so much free memory.
Ok thanks ill check it out.
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Hi,
I'm only play retro games in my xperia play too. That's the reason why I bought one... At this moment I'm using CM9 RC2, an ICS rom, and the emulators run well.... I'm playing zelda ocarina of time with the lastest n64oid version, touchpads works nice.... very similar as the joystick... Link can run and walk :victory: things you couldn't do with the D-pads.
The snes emulator that works in the ICS roms is, SNESDroid... the SNesoid didn't worked
Other emulators that worked:
GB color: GBCoid
GBA: GameBoid (you need a bios, tell me if you don't have one :highfive
NES: Nesoid
Hope this help you.
Cheers :good:
I suggest True Ancestor ROM too, always free RAM and bloatware removed. It offers great performance in N64oid compared with others ROM's, the mainly reason I use my Xperia Play
Mynzer said:
I suggest True Ancestor ROM too, always free RAM and bloatware removed. It offers great performance in N64oid compared with others ROM's, the mainly reason I use my Xperia Play
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I got better performance using N64oid on a ICS ROM (AOKP to be more specfic) and the touchpads work great..
i.e. yoshi's story was skipping on True Ancestor, but ran flawless on AOKP.
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The emu's I'm using (has worked for every game i have thrown at each of them)
FPSE - PSX -touchpads on ICS
GBA.emu - GBA
GBC.emu - GBC
MD.emu - MegaDrive
N64oid - N64 -touchpads on ICS
NES.emu - NES
Snes9x EX - SNES
All work with xplay controls on AOKP
iRhyiku said:
I got better performance using N64oid on a ICS ROM (AOKP to be more specfic) and the touchpads work great..
i.e. yoshi's story was skipping on True Ancestor, but ran flawless on AOKP.
EDIT:
The emu's I'm using (has worked for every game i have thrown at each of them)
FPSE - PSX -touchpads on ICS
GBA.emu - GBA
GBC.emu - GBC
MD.emu - MegaDrive
N64oid - N64 -touchpads on ICS
NES.emu - NES
Snes9x EX - SNES
All work with xplay controls on AOKP
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Interesting, I quite like aokp too. Are there any features that don't work on ics roms on this device? Things like FM radio don't bother me, but for example data would be needed .
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iRhyiku said:
I got better performance using N64oid on a ICS ROM (AOKP to be more specfic) and the touchpads work great..
i.e. yoshi's story was skipping on True Ancestor, but ran flawless on AOKP.
EDIT:
The emu's I'm using (has worked for every game i have thrown at each of them)
FPSE - PSX -touchpads on ICS
GBA.emu - GBA
GBC.emu - GBC
MD.emu - MegaDrive
N64oid - N64 -touchpads on ICS
NES.emu - NES
Snes9x EX - SNES
All work with xplay controls on AOKP
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My experience on CM9 was that the OS was smoother than the stock Gingerbread but the emulator's performance was not as good. I could not have full speed with frameskip 0 on Snesoid or Gameboid and a clean sound at the same time. Plus the screen was all pixelized. Maybe AOKP performs better than CM9 ?
Now I'm on CM7, it is fast, there is plenty of free internal memory but I have those issues:
- bad battery life
- no proximity sensor
- some games don't work with the touchpads
I'm wondering if I should try TrueAncestor.
I think you should. There are always psxperia and mupen64plus for touchpads. At least they work with the majority of games that absolutely need touchpads
You can always install cupcake on your phone and get the "retro" games from the android market

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