Emulation and Gaming News Roundup

Major Updates

• RPCS3 for Android

  • Official port developed by DHrpcs3.
  • Performance requires Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or Snapdragon Elite for optimal play.

• Nanoboy Advance: New Game Boy Advance Emulator

  • Focuses on accuracy.
  • Features include:
    • High compatibility
    • HQ audio mixer
    • Image post-processing with color correction and xBRZ upscaling
    • LCD "ghosting" effect simulation
    • Supports 10 save state slots
    • Controller support
    • ROM loading from compressed formats (ZIP, 7z, TAR, RAR)
    • RTC and solar sensor emulation
    • Debugging tools

• Xwine: Xbox One Emulator for Windows

  • Shows progress with games like Minecraft and Forza Horizon 2.
  • Ongoing improvements to shadow rendering and overall fidelity.

• PlayStation 4 Emulator for Android

  • ShandroidPS4 project in early stages.
  • Work involves recompiling x64 instructions to ARM64.
  • Potential use of RPCS3’s ARM libraries and Winlator solutions.

Game Decompilation Projects

• Sonic Unleashed

  • Decompiled from Xbox 360 version for PC.
  • Opens doors for other game decompilations.
  • Xenon Decomp provides methods to accelerate decompilation process.

• Midnight Club Los Angeles

  • In decompilation process despite past issues with Rockstar.

Emulator Development

• Azahar Emulator

  • Fusion of Citra forks Lime3DS and Pablomk7.
  • Games need to be in CCI format.
  • Focus on legal and optimized game running.

• Nintendo Switch Emulators

• Strato Fork by Jarrod

  • Continued development despite past community issues.
  • Plans to port RPCS3 to Android.

• NXEmu

  • Aims to avoid piracy by not requiring keys for commercial games.
  • Will be a fork of Yuzu with rewritten code for compatibility.

Citron Emulator

• Upcoming Features
  • PGO for improved performance, better CPU cache use, and optimized game execution.
  • Pioneering crossplay multiplayer for Android with Windows/Linux users.

Project Updates

• Suyu Emulator

  • Project closure due to lack of contributions and leadership interest.
  • Encouragement to migrate to Citron.

• CEMU for Android

  • Version 0.1 of SSimco shows significant performance improvements in games like Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
  • Mario Kart 8 also performs well with recent optimizations.

Conclusion

• Content Frequency
  • Considering a bi-weekly format for better audience engagement.
  • Viewer engagement requested through likes, comments, and subscriptions.
  • All project links are organized on Patreon for easy access.