Kudos to the guy behind PPSSPP. Not only is it almost a flawless emulator for PSP titles it has two versions, free and paid with no difference between the two. I actually paid for the gold release I was that impressed with it.

FPSE isn't good. EPSXE will five you solid performance without the frame drops and bugs you get when using FPSE.

To use PPSSPP flawlessly, you have to a solid device. Games are little more playable on low end devices now that there is software skinning, but you still might experience some frame drops.

DRASTIC might slow down on you when you're playing games that were more demanding of the DS.

I cant see Dolphin working too well on a phone. It doesn't work too well on my laptop and I have to use a powerful desktop to get it running well.
Really wanted to play Skyward Sword in HD after the actual game didn't look too great.

I always use GBAboid for GBA and DRASTIC for DS, I dont really care about the others except maybe a PS1 emulator and SNES because they have more than enough JRPGs which are the only thing that really work well on touchscreen

Almost reaching that popularity level when the cease and desist letters start to be sent out.

This is a great article and it's what many in the retro community feel.

I still play on original hardware if I have nostalgia for those systems I have my nes, mega drive, PS1, n64, PS2 connected through a retrotink 2x to a OLED Bravia and I'm happy with the image. Sometimes it's not even the games but the sound of a PS1 laser firing that makes the experience the changing cart or disc it's cathartic

If I don't have nostalgia for the system like SNES, Saturn, Dreamcast I'll emulate and maybe use a Bluetooth knock off controller or NSO controller to feel sort of genuine like the SNES NSO gamepad is awesome.

I also use ever drives for the cart based systems I own a few classics I love like super Mario Bros games, sonics etc but retro gaming is expensive so everdrive gives me that full library like emulation but I have the right gamepad in my hand because some systems just don't feel right unless you have the right controller mainly the N64.

But I'm under no illusion I'll have my retro systems forever all the console will inevitably die and that where emulation becomes vital. Its great for preservation and it helps make these old games accessible to younger generations who may wonder where their favourite franchises started and expose them to new things like games from the 8 and 16 bit era which still hold up really well.

I enjoy articles like this. It's actual game journalism. I would love to read more about the context of the store and the owner one day.

I started out completely against downloading emulators and roms. I considered it stealing.
However, recently, with companies like Ubisoft and others, telling me I don’t own my digital only game, and even the physical games that I do own are incomplete on physical media, some with nothing more than an executable file, on disc so that I have to download the entire game anyway. I have since changed my opinion on the subject. If game publishers don’t care about me, trying to do the right thing, then I’m not going to care about them. The industry brought this upon themselves.

At this time, emulation is the number one way to ensure game preservation. Even Sony and Nintendo is using this method officially to make older games playable on their consoles.

If my emulation were to go away then there is a chance the retro gaming market is likely fall into an even smaller niche since the newer generation of gamers will not even know those games existed.

...hmm, pretty much anyone can make their own out of a raspberry pi. I use it on my steam deck and soon my ps vita.

Looks like a Dreamcast, I like it😎

If you are a serious gamer and want the best outside of OG hardware then I'd strongly suggest a Mister FPGA. Hardware emulation is the way forward.

I like it. I don’t have the time to figure out DuckStation. This is great. I like that it’s an emulated Dreamcast design