The best way to be able to recall those games that we enjoyed when consoles became popular and began to reach a large number of homes is through emulators, emulators available for all platforms on the market, including Android.
Enjoying retro games is much more comfortable from a computer, however, not everyone has the possibility to do so. In addition, as we always carry our smartphone with us it is much easier to enjoy retro games from our smartphone.
If you want to know what the best retro roms for AndroidI invite you to keep reading to find console emulators for Sega, Nintendo and Sony mainly, since they have been the manufacturers that have been betting on this entertainment system for the longest time.
It goes without saying that the emulators available for both Android and other platforms not include any rom, since otherwise, they would not be available in the Play Store, at least in the case of Android.
In this sense, Google is much more belligerent than Apple, since the latter does not allow emulators to be available on the App Store.
Console emulators for Android
RetroArch
If you are looking for an emulator compatible with each and every one of the consoles that have reached the market, you are looking for RetroArch, an application to which we can add the cores (emulators) that we need at all times, since natively, it does not include any. Although initially it may seem a bit complicated, once you get the hang of it it is one of the best, if not the best.
If you want to emulate different consoles on your mobile device, this is the application you are looking for, an application that is also available for your download completely free, does not contain ads or any type of in-app purchases. As if that were not enough, it is multiplatform, so you can also use it on any computer managed by Windows, macOS, Linux ...
Classicboy
The Classic Boy Gold emulator offers us an emulator that offers support for NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Saturn, PlayStation Original, Nintendo 64 among many. It allows us to save the status of the games, it is compatible with bluetooth controls and with gestures on the screen.
Classic Boy Gold is with RetroArch, the best cross-platform emulators available for Android. The application is available for download completely free of charge, it does not include ads but if you buy within the application to unlock all the options it offers us.
PlayStation emulators for Android
ePSXe
If you want to enjoy playstation roms the emulator you are looking for is ePSXe, an emulator compatible with most roms, it allows two players to play together on a smartphone using control knobs.
This emulator, like RetroArch, is also available for PC, although Android version is paid (It has a price of 2,99 euros) not so the version for PC that if it is available for download for free.
PPSSPP
Another interesting emulator that allows us to enjoy psp roms is PPSSPP, an emulator that is characterized by being one of the most stable on the market, it offers support for multiple roms, it allows us to save and continue the game later, it is compatible with control knobs ...
This emulator is available in two versions. On the one hand, we find the free version with ads that does not offer us access to all the functions. And on the other hand, we find the paid version, whose price is 4,69 euros and that eliminates all the ads and offers us access to all the functions of the application.
FPse
One of the emulators that offers the greatest number of options and settings when it comes to emulate PlayStation games is FPse, an emulator that allows us to set a number of frames per second, adjust the performance to the power of the processor ...
It is compatible with controllers via bluetooth. FPse does not offer us a free version, so if we want to use it to play our favorite ROMs, we will have to go to the box and pay the 3,39 euros it costs.
Sega Emulators for Android
Nostalgia. gg emulator
La Game Gear it was the first color console to hit the market and became a mass success. If you want to remember the titles that were released for this console, you can do so thanks to the Nostalgia Emulator application, an emulator that allows us to save our games, is compatible with controllers and is available in two versions: one free and one paid that It has a price of 1,39 euros.
Recast
Another of the consoles that we can also emulate on our Android device is the Dreamcast, an application designed for older smartphones, since it only requires a 2-core processor and 512 MB of RAM. This app is better option than redream on older devices.
Reicast is available for your download completely free, no ads or any other type of in-app purchases.
reddream
If your smartphone is moderately modern and you want to enjoy games of Dreamcast, you can do it easily through redream, an application designed for powerful smartphones. It is compatible with most titles that were launched on the market and is available for your download completely free, include ads and in-app purchases to remove them.
Nintendo emulators for Android
Dolphin emulator
If we talk about Nintendo emulators, we have to talk about Dolphin, an emulator that allows us to enjoy most of the titles that hit the market for both GameCube as for the Wii. One of the strengths of this application is that it is available for download for free, without ads and no other type of purchases within the application
Emulator Image
If you want to enjoy the titles that made it to the Nintendo 3DS you can do it easily and for free thanks to Citra Emulator, an emulator compatible with controllers and that allows us to save the progress of the games to continue when we can.
EmuBox
EmuBox allows us to enjoy most of the consoles that the Japanese manufacturer Nintendo has launched on the market, such as the Nintendo DS, SNES, Game Boy Advance, NES… It includes the same features as the rest of the emulator allowing us to use control knobs, fast forward function, save the progress of the game….
EmuBox is designed to offer the best performance in mid-range and low-end terminals, it is available for your download completely free, includes ads but no in-app purchases.
