Hi there, for a while now I thought the 'oid' series had the best emulators, like N64oid, GBCoid, Genesoid, etc...
I guess I thought they were the best because they were the first I've come across. But after recently browsing the market I've discovered that their are other variations of these already existing emulators, maupen64 & NES.EMU being 2 examples. Through little research I found that the 'oid' series usually have the best game compatibility, but yet while comparing them to similar apps in the store I discovered other emulators include interesting features such as new play, multi touch, and minor things of that nature...Especially PS1 emulators, there's like 3 of them! FPSE, EPSXE, I think PSX4DROID is still around? IDK.
My question (s) to you all is what game emulator do you like the best, and why.
Like maybe list the pros & cons and give your final decision on which you like the best?
Xperia Player said:
Hi there, for a while now I thought the 'oid' series had the best emulators, like N64oid, GBCoid, Genesoid, etc...
I guess I thought they were the best because they were the first I've come across. But after recently browsing the market I've discovered that their are other variations of these already existing emulators, maupen64 & NES.EMU being 2 examples. Through little research I found that the 'oid' series usually have the best game compatibility, but yet while comparing them to similar apps in the store I discovered other emulators include interesting features such as new play, multi touch, and minor things of that nature...Especially PS1 emulators, there's like 3 of them! FPSE, EPSXE, I think PSX4DROID is still around? IDK.
My question (s) to you all is what game emulator do you like the best, and why.
Like maybe list the pros & cons and give your final decision on which you like the best?
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hello,
i have been using xperia play for over an year now....i have tried almost all emulator related stuff that is available on market....i used psxperia(and fpse for some games). epsxe: well good graphics OpenGL support but too laggy on GB....psx4droid : too laggy and unplayble, So fpse is best as its new version supports touchpad on GB so u dont really need Psxperia conversion...and if u have ICS and overclocking enabled...it is best option for me..... and for nitendo 64......i have tried mupen64, n64droid and emu.n64....mupen64 supports touchpad that is good for some games but the performance is far behind n64oid....emu.n64 is average, a little lag but less supportability .....So if u have n64oid and you are using ICS 4.0.4 stock by markphyton with custom kernal .....it supports touch pad and is fastest available on market yet........so n64oid is best choice with ICS -nothing better......and talking about other emulators....u can use any since they work almost same ....no big issue!
thankyou and sorry for my bad english
Thanks for the input.
I'm on GB so I guess I'll stick with N64OID & FPSE. I am a little disappointed that N64oid does not support touch pads tho...
Myboy emulator !
Shaiaz said:
Myboy emulator !
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Reasons why...?
I like anything that has to do with all gameboy variations. Playing OOS or ooa is just awesome. Yay for Zelda!
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For GBA emulation, I was using Gameboid and it was fine, but now I tried MyBoy and I prefer it because it doesn't need a bios file and you can disable linear filtering (so the image is pixelated instead of blurry, which I like better)
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Best emulators are Tigers. Especially the tiger mame/arcade.
http://apps.tigerplay.info/
I even bought neo.emu from the market and its good but tiger plays what neo.emu won't. And all tigers emus are free.
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Nesoid. Not in Play store thought.
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Any news on the Yabause Sega Saturn emulator being ported by the Mupen64 guy?
My XPlay broke in March and its taken me until today to get a new one so Im pretty far behind on whats been happening
I haven't seen an update for that recently... if ever...
I played sonic R on it a few weeks ago. It works but its painfully slow and has graphical issues.
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CTU_Loscombe said:
Any news on the Yabause Sega Saturn emulator being ported by the Mupen64 guy?
My XPlay broke in March and its taken me until today to get a new one so Im pretty far behind on whats been happening
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I have not herlard of any news since last July. I am also stoked about playing Albert's Odyssey on the Sega Saturn emu. Nevermind the fact I own the game and my original Saturn.
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Has anyone tried the new PS1 emu yet? The word generally is that it is miles ahead of psx4droid, however i dont have a G2/desire z yet. Im looking at getting this phone as my next purchase.
Yes, ofcourse. It is way much better than psx4droid! There is a thread on xda discussing FPse!
trust me its a hell lot better than psx, fpse is so much cooler and it runs a lot smoother than psx
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Has anyone tried the new PS1 emu yet? The word generally is that it is miles ahead of psx4droid, however i dont have a G2/desire z yet. Im looking at getting this phone as my next purchase.
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The word would be correct. Just don't confuse savestates with loadstates. That made me lose about 4 hours of FFVII when I was drunk. Its badass though. I went online and found a FFVII savegame and put it on my SD, fpse read it just fine and I was back in business.
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I have a problem here in my galaxy s I9003. When i load the bios my games stop working. Can somebody help me. Its android 2.2.1.
I played all of Chrono Cross and some of Grandia. CC was so much fun! Had to oc to 1.4 ghz our so for CC, but Grandia was good at 1ghz.
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Was using it back in my WinMo days, now I'm using it on the DZ and I love it, the hardware keyboard makes all the difference.
Runs nice and smooth (I play without sound, though, personal preference).
FPSE is ok. a lot of the games that work on psx4droid, dont on FPSE, which can get quite annoying.
But the frame rate and the over all smoothness is better on FPSE.
AND if you get sixaxis pair tool from the market, you can play the games with a ps3 controller (FPSE)! The controller doesnt work however on psx4droid.
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FPSE is ok. a lot of the games that work on psx4droid, dont on FPSE, which can get quite annoying.
But the frame rate and the over all smoothness is better on FPSE.
AND if you get sixaxis pair tool from the market, you can play the games with a ps3 controller (FPSE)! The controller doesnt work however on psx4droid.
(Just a little input)
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Just for a heads up the sixaxis doesnt work with sense but will work on g2 or dz aosp ROM. Thanks
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Hi people
I been trying out all sorts of different emulators to find ones which best suit the phone. I come to a conclusion that emulators for super nintendo and sega megadrive and anything else which is based off of 4 button and d pad controllers are the best playable on phones. obviously people will want to try and get the most up to date graphic games emulators but i found without good game play these do not matter. but i was hoping that everyone who uses emulator could share their own opinions in this thread for people who are looking for the answers that myself and others once did
i cant seem to find a sega master system emulator to work on sgs2 if anyone knows of one please let me know. snes9x ex is great for super nintendo and its totally free from the market
Im using 2 emulators now,
FPSe for PlayStation 1
N64oid for Nintendo 64
They both work well, though not perfect. On the FPSe I play Final Fantasy VIII, Tekken 3, Tony Hawk 3.. Quake 2 is weird to play, Metal Gear Solid doesnt work for me.
On N64oid I play Zelda Ocorina of time, which again works but not perfect. Some graphical glitches and sometimes crashes. I also tried Mario 64, Zelda Majoras Mask. Super smash bros doesnt work
So overall they are great, but I really hope the devs will start optimizing these emulators for the Galaxy S II!
Oh, and good thread. There should be a big thread emulators in general.. At least. Maybe seperate thread for each emulator.
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Im using 2 emulators now,
FPSe for PlayStation 1
N64oid for Nintendo 64
They both work well, though not perfect. On the FPSe I play Final Fantasy VIII, Tekken 3, Tony Hawk 3.. Quake 2 is weird to play, Metal Gear Solid doesnt work for me.
On N64oid I play Zelda Ocorina of time, which again works but not perfect. Some graphical glitches and sometimes crashes. I also tried Mario 64, Zelda Majoras Mask. Super smash bros doesnt work
So overall they are great, but I really hope the devs will start optimizing these emulators for the Galaxy S II!
Oh, and good thread. There should be a big thread emulators in general.. At least. Maybe seperate thread for each emulator.
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hi yh i have used both them and my problem is the lack of controls abilty. not so practical to use the games to their full playability. and yes totally agree with graphic issues. i was so happy to get zelda on my phone but the graphic glitches where far to annoying. my fav is snes games. they most practical but i cant find a sega mastersytem one to work
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Im using 2 emulators now,
FPSe for PlayStation 1
N64oid for Nintendo 64
They both work well, though not perfect. On the FPSe I play Final Fantasy VIII, Tekken 3, Tony Hawk 3.. Quake 2 is weird to play, Metal Gear Solid doesnt work for me.
On N64oid I play Zelda Ocorina of time, which again works but not perfect. Some graphical glitches and sometimes crashes. I also tried Mario 64, Zelda Majoras Mask. Super smash bros doesnt work
So overall they are great, but I really hope the devs will start optimizing these emulators for the Galaxy S II!
Oh, and good thread. There should be a big thread emulators in general.. At least. Maybe seperate thread for each emulator.
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Smash on N64oid works for me...?
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Hi people
I been trying out all sorts of different emulators to find ones which best suit the phone. I come to a conclusion that emulators for super nintendo and sega megadrive and anything else which is based off of 4 button and d pad controllers are the best playable on phones. obviously people will want to try and get the most up to date graphic games emulators but i found without good game play these do not matter. but i was hoping that everyone who uses emulator could share their own opinions in this thread for people who are looking for the answers that myself and others once did
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For me it's not so much the system but the game. For example Mario Kart on snes is not great as it's awkward to use the "bumper" buttons to jump round corners. Whereas Diablo on PSX works perfectly control-wise.
It's all just trial and error to see how controls translate to touch screen devices.
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Smash on N64oid works for me...?
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Haha... Thats the thing I hate AND love about Android. Somehow we both have a Galaxy S II but Super Smash doesnt work on my device, yet it works om yours..
I have beem hearing that some people can also play Metal Gear Solid. Well.. I cant. Im unrooted, on official update KE2.
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Haha... Thats the thing I hate AND love about Android. Somehow we both have a Galaxy S II but Super Smash doesnt work on my device, yet it works om yours..
I have beem hearing that some people can also play Metal Gear Solid. Well.. I cant. Im unrooted, on official update KE2.
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I'm on VillainROM 1.1 (KE7) so maybe that's the difference (I've also got Chainfire3D installed)?
Controls are actually pretty good and it's quite playable. No lag or anything. It's more fun than any game Gameloft makes that's for sure
*accidentally thanked you too, lol. you can keep that *
Hi there.
Im a happy owner of a Xperia Play since today
Had it for 245€ - NEW - sounded fair to me and was the point to get rid of my HTC Wildfire (fs on ebay)
So waht i bought it for?
EMULATORS
So here are my questions:
1. Wich Emus u prefer?
2. Wich games you loved most on PS1, N64, GB - as the first and last handheld console I had was a gameboy (1) - there is much to catch up
regards
FrEcP
have u tried playing quak3....on play..??
If you would like to try some Gabe Boy Advance games check out this one: http://slideme.org/application/gameboid
All best emulator are there (Snes, GBA, GBx, Genesis, GameGear, Atari, etc):
https://slideme.org/user/yongzh
And the best N64 emulator:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=paulscode.android.mupen64plus.xperiaplay
The best MAME emulator:
http://apps.tigerplay.info/
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have u tried playing quak3....on play..??
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How is that possible??? You need a Dreamcast emulator.
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y didn't get hos taht quak3 answer was topic realted - to all others THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Do all those support the xperia keys?
And now let me hear your favourite games for GBA, PSX, N64
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How is that possible??? You need a Dreamcast emulator.
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Zeus Arena
FrEcP said:
y didn't get hos taht quak3 answer was topic realted - to all others THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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you should also try PSXperia, works like a dream for me (only 1 game doesnt work even with tweaking)
Spyro 2 amd Crash Bash using psxperia!
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FrEcP said:
Hi there.
Im a happy owner of a Xperia Play since today
Had it for 245€ - NEW - sounded fair to me and was the point to get rid of my HTC Wildfire (fs on ebay)
So waht i bought it for?
EMULATORS
So here are my questions:
1. Wich Emus u prefer?
2. Wich games you loved most on PS1, N64, GB - as the first and last handheld console I had was a gameboy (1) - there is much to catch up
regards
FrEcP
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Buy Modern Combat 3 and ShadowGun both are available in Market for just $0.49 for a limited time now, both are XPlay optimized and work great.
Also I do like FIFA 12, Dead Space and Hot Pursuit as well.
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Maddy
Super monkeyball 2 is on a special deal at the moment $0.99
Fantastic game, runs super smooth, Also virtua tennis is also out for xperia play AAA game.
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GENPLUSDroid is a great Megadrive/Master System/Game Gear emulator all in one package
Sound is a bit iffy on some games though
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I used to play a lot games on arcade machines, so first emu i got was mame for android and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
Here is a short video of game running. Smooth and so good enjoyable title.
Lately i play GTA III, which is lag free for me on stock rom and Doomlords kernel without overclocking my Experia.
I also have nearly every game for Atari65Xe and just play them occasionally.
Bruce Lee is my fav one.
Ps. I have tried to post links, for a quick overview, but failed due to low post count
Sigh.. ever since yongzh got pulled off the market. More people release theirs. Now I know .emu series was good. However seems more and more are coming up. So really what emulators are you all using? Personally I have not seen a need to replace any of yongzh's work. Then the latest one that works better then fpse, is the epsxe now for playstation.
So anyone here tried multiple ones? Which ones should we stay with? Kinda sucks paying 4$ per emulator and you dont even know how it compares to what was already out there for us.
So do you feel yongzh still has the ideal emulators or do you think anyone replaced him yet. Thanks. =)
I've used yongzh em's since they came out. The only 64 em I use is mupens64plus. They run great on my play. I haven't had the time to compare other ems because im testing aokp atm.
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Cept I am reading that on ICS, seems Yongzh lags now? So confusing lately.. stupid google.. remove one dev but let all the others stay.
I use Mupen64plus for N64 and Gameboid for the GBA
When i'll upgrade to ICS i will use N64oid cause of the Touchpad Support
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N64oid work well on ICS?
I don't have a Play yet. (Planning on getting one for emulators) but I have been using the emulators by Robert Broglia on my Nexus 7 and Evo Lte. They aren't free (maybe he has free versions but I'm not sure)but work really well. I liked that he had iControlpad support built in so i no longer needed to use a second app with my icontrolpad and it appears he has Xperia Play support as well. The GBA bios is also built into the GBA emulator which isn't a huge deal but a nice little bonus.
I also have a full set of the oid emulators and a full set of yongzh tiger emulators if I need them as well. I prefer the emulators that Robert Broglia puts out due to them being actively supported.
SNES
NEO.emu
MD.emu
NES.emu
Scummvm
N64oid
FPSE
GemRB
MAME4droid reloaded
cpse
and now , nds4doid and Dsoid
they are AMAZING , #1
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N64oid work well on ICS?
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Haven't tested it yet. But the Performance should be better than mupen64plus.
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Mehdi are you running ICS? Cause that seems to be a well thought out list you just gave us.
Also epsxe has been running so much better then fpse on ICS. I mean like wow solid. =)
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some working emulators for the nexus 7. The ones in the gaming thread don't seem to be working.
The primary one I'm looking for is n64 but any help would be appreciated.
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tropicslol said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some working emulators for the nexus 7. The ones in the gaming thread don't seem to be working.
The primary one I'm looking for is n64 but any help would be appreciated.
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SuperN64 (N64 Emulator) is what you're looking for
Just watch out it sometimes prompts you to download applications, so make sure you read all the pop up windows. Otherwise compatibility and smoothness are awesome! Overall good emulator
Use My Boy! Free - GBA Emulator for gbc/gba. You will need to find the bios for this though.
I'm sorry I can't post the direct links because I'm new here and probably my last post since the captchas are annoying lol
tropicslol said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some working emulators for the nexus 7. The ones in the gaming thread don't seem to be working.
The primary one I'm looking for is n64 but any help would be appreciated.
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My personal chart:
N64:
Super N64 (tried Super Mario 64 and Smash Bros both flawlessy)
Mupen64Plus AE (a bit outdated but will be ported to OUYA in near future so we can expect a better optimization for tegra devices, to be IMHO monitored)
GBA:
GBA.Emu (Compatible even with golden sun 1/2 music tracks, have a problem with mario advance 4 music otherwise i'd say perfect).
My Boy!
Gameboid (Not available on market anymore)
PSX:
epsxe (Tried only Tekken 3 and it's perfect).
NDS:
NDS4Droid (Around 30-50% speed but I'd say good compatibility).
DSoid (Less compatible but with some games emulated up to 80-90% speed. Games like FF XII Revenant Wings and Fire Emblem don't work correctly).
SNES:
SuperGNES
Snesoid (No more available on market)
PSP:
PPSSPP (No other alternatives but to be an early version it's IMHO very good).
Awesome guys I appreciate the help.
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My personal chart:
N64:
Super N64 (tried Super Mario 64 and Smash Bros both flawlessy)
Mupen64Plus AE (a bit outdated but will be ported to OUYA in near future so we can expect a better optimization for tegra devices, to be IMHO monitored)
GBA:
GBA.Emu (Compatible even with golden sun 1/2 music tracks, have a problem with mario advance 4 music otherwise i'd say perfect).
My Boy!
Gameboid (Not available on market anymore)
PSX:
epsxe (Tried only Tekken 3 and it's perfect).
NDS:
NDS4Droid (Around 30-50% speed but I'd say good compatibility).
DSoid (Less compatible but with some games emulated up to 80-90% speed. Games like FF XII Revenant Wings and Fire Emblem don't work correctly).
SNES:
SuperGNES
Snesoid (No more available on market)
PSP:
PPSSPP (No other alternatives but to be an early version it's IMHO very good).
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I'd recommend FPSE for PSX and for NDS, NDS4Droid had pretty much been abandoned.
Tiger arcade for mame. Happy bay is also a sort of jack of all trades, its awesome
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I just started playing with SuperGNES. It is a very well made emulator. Downloads coverart and lots of neat features. Scans your storage automatically. Very easy to use. Probably the best emulator I've ever used.
I also do PSX using FPse but it is a crap shoot. Games play great mostly but the interface is clumsy and require lots of tweaking each time. Some settings don't seem to want to stick after a restart. OpenGL plugin makes games look very good though. I'm currently mid way through FF7. Games play full speed in normal mode and a about 40-60fps using OpenGL.
Those really are my two consoles I really like to emulate.
I also use a Moga controller. I also have a PSx tethered (4.2.1 screwed up sixaxis wireless support afaik).
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I'd recommend FPSE for PSX and for NDS, NDS4Droid had pretty much been abandoned.
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About FPSE i hand't the cash to buy both a looking on web I found epsxe to be more reliable but I will be happy to try FPSE too :good:
About NDS4Droid, check this
https://twitter.com/jquesnelle/status/282357884598251520
I expect to see something during these holidays However DSoid improved very much with last update even if it completely lacks options.
I get all my emulators and ROMs from roms4droid.com
Its easy to navigate straight from my n7 and has a pretty good selection.
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HyoRin said:
SuperN64 (N64 Emulator) is what you're looking for
Just watch out it sometimes prompts you to download applications, so make sure you read all the pop up windows. Otherwise compatibility and smoothness are awesome! Overall good emulator
Use My Boy! Free - GBA Emulator for gbc/gba. You will need to find the bios for this though.
I'm sorry I can't post the direct links because I'm new here and probably my last post since the captchas are annoying lol
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SimoxTav said:
My personal chart:
N64:
Super N64 (tried Super Mario 64 and Smash Bros both flawlessy)
Mupen64Plus AE (a bit outdated but will be ported to OUYA in near future so we can expect a better optimization for tegra devices, to be IMHO monitored)
GBA:
GBA.Emu (Compatible even with golden sun 1/2 music tracks, have a problem with mario advance 4 music otherwise i'd say perfect).
My Boy!
Gameboid (Not available on market anymore)
PSX:
epsxe (Tried only Tekken 3 and it's perfect).
NDS:
NDS4Droid (Around 30-50% speed but I'd say good compatibility).
DSoid (Less compatible but with some games emulated up to 80-90% speed. Games like FF XII Revenant Wings and Fire Emblem don't work correctly).
SNES:
SuperGNES
Snesoid (No more available on market)
PSP:
PPSSPP (No other alternatives but to be an early version it's IMHO very good).
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Way to go guys, you just recommended the same exact emulator, but one is riddled with adware and downloads, not to mention the author probably stole the source code and is profiting off of it without the permission of the guy who actually ported it. (Paul Lamb, paulscode.com and author of Mupen64plus) Also, Mupen64 Plus is NOT outdated. He simply hasn't pushed the latest updates to the Play Store yet. Version 2.0 is coming out soon with multiplayer support (Multiple controllers on one device) and a nice cheat system. You can try some bleeding edge builds here. - http://www.paulscode.com/forum/index.php?topic=723.0
Plays great and the interface is much better. Please don't support those assholes who take other people's work for a quick buck.
Yup, there are recent builds of mupen64 - ad free and fully open source. I'd say the games run almost as well as n64oid, but I like it better because of its great gamepad support.