Emulators thread. Emulators that are working for the Fire TV

[Spykez0129]

Anyone try getting dolphin on this?

I highly doubt you'll ever see Dolphin run on this. PC still has troubles running Gamecube games without issues, and that's on my AMD 8350 running 4GHz. A little quad core 1.6GHz probably won't even handle the boot up.

There isn't even a real working PS2 emulator for Android.

 

[retroben]

Only if Freedreno takes off and gains OpenGL ES 3.0 support,and when Fire TV's Bootloader becomes unlockable.
Then maybe,Dolphin could actually run with games onscreen and Reicast flawlessly without the kernel panic which causes the random rebooting.

 

[Spykez0129]

lol this thing will never be able to run Dolphin. It's not a problem if and when. It's a problem of the fact there just isn't enough raw power to emulate the CPU on the Wii and Gamecube.

 

[quacka]

How did you guys get Retroarch to work? I cannot get my xbox360 wireless controller to map in-game. I can navigate the retroarch menu and start the game. After that there is no mapping.

 

[retroben]

I use Retroarch 1.0.0.2 (Play Store) with my Logitech K400r Keyboard.
The emucr builds have broken mapping,and the mapping issue is frequently acknowledged by even the retroarch devs themselves.
The input mapping is supposed to get a complete overhaul in the 1.0.0.3 update,and I hope they add access to analog mapping and rewind/fast-forward.
I REALLY need the ability to map rewind and fast-forward since I sometimes heavily rely on it for the more difficult and frustrating games.
(plus the fact of it having no cheat support yet)

I wished there was a legitimate Mednafen or MESS/UME port for extended emulation on Android.
Since the latest retroarch update with the MESS/UME core has broken input,it is unusable to me.

 

[Spykez0129]

Fast forward is the best thing to ever happen in emulators lol. Playing Mario 3 and waiting for the end levels reading all those conversations are soooo boring and time consuming. Or all those damn intros, JUST LET ME PLAY THE GAME.

 

[koftheworld]

I bought a usb nes controller.Can that work on the fire tv?

 

[quacka]

I use Retroarch 1.0.0.2 (Play Store) with my Logitech K400r Keyboard.
The emucr builds have broken mapping,and the mapping issue is frequently acknowledged by even the retroarch devs themselves.
The input mapping is supposed to get a complete overhaul in the 1.0.0.3 update,and I hope they add access to analog mapping and rewind/fast-forward.
I REALLY need the ability to map rewind and fast-forward since I sometimes heavily rely on it for the more difficult and frustrating games.
(plus the fact of it having no cheat support yet)

I wished there was a legitimate Mednafen or MESS/UME port for extended emulation on Android.
Since the latest retroarch update with the MESS/UME core has broken input,it is unusable to me.

I tried the play store version and still the same problem.

Full navigation in menu, can't access key mapping with xbox 360 wireless controller, in game can only use the start button for menu and back button to go back. It detected xbox 360 wireless controller fine when the game starts so no idea.

 

[retroben]

Try mapping it manually after disabling automatic configuration.
There is a choice to "detect" the button you want to map.
Hopefully your analog stick will not interfere with a deadzone sensitivity issue.

 

[Spykez0129]

I bought a usb nes controller.Can that work on the fire tv?

I don't see why not. It'd just show up as a generic gamepad if anything. Make sure you check in when you get it and let us know how it works

 

[Y.G.]

Does n64oid reboot in the middle of sessions for anyone else?

Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk

 

[retroben]

Reboot???

What version do ya have?

I got 2.7 from a paradise,and it only unbearably soft freezes on most games like Majora's Mask.

 

[retroben]

CoolNDS runs quite well on Fire TV,especially when JIT Block Size is set to 100.
No wonder it works so well,since the same dev of CoolN64 made it.

Waiting for the hope that Dynarec becomes fully functional in a free DS emulator.

 

[roninmedia]

PPSSPP works perfectly as far as I can tell on the FireTV. Beats waiting for the Vita TV when they ever comes out in the United States.

I'm using a wired XBOX 360 controller to play Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together and various Japanese PSP titles.

 

[murhaava1]

Quick Question...I am not rooted and was curious if I would be able to install epsxe?
The reason I ask is because I am able to sideload free apps from the playstore, but when I tried a paid version I got an error message(INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY). Not sure if its related not having google play services or just those particular apks.
If I do not need root, then I will buy it and sideload, but wanted to make sure before i spend 4$ on it.

EDIT: I was able to sideload a paid app that I had, so I think I'm good with epsxe. It must be related to google play services.

 

[Spykez0129]

I had an app I paid for that worked for a little while and then it called home to verify that it was paid for, since google play wasn't on it wouldn't run anymore until I had Play running on the device. I don't remember which emulator it was though

 

[gargarulo]

I've sideloaded MAME4droid and works really great with a Wireless Xbox controller. However I could not make the FireTV remote to select elements on the User Interface. In other words, if I don't have the Xbox controller, I can't play, because I can't select anything. I even tried a keyboard and mouse, and a Playstation joystick + USB adapter, and had the same luck with those. The UI_SELECT mapping would go to the Game Controller only button. I tried to modify the configuration files manually, but no luck either. What bugs me is that I don't always have the Xbox controller. I have 2 PS controllers, and a keyboard.

Did anyone experience this?? Any workaround?

 

[nstern2]

In my quest to get wiimotes working I found an easier solution. The 4.3.14 version of the .emu emulators must have a different blue tooth stack or something because I can get them to sync with my wiimotes and classic controllers without issue. You would have to reconnect each time you want to use them but they work great. In case anyone else wants to use them without having to install anything extra use these versions. A quick google search should bring them up.

 

[MrGHLover]

Well i got the mupen64 plus ae from somewhere, sideloaded it onto and started playing super mario 64 at highest settings and no dropped frames but still bot the best and it's the emulators fault because no matter which settings i tries it would be the same framerate.

 

[bobbym36]

So, I haven't tested any emulators on the Fire TV yet. I was using my G-Box MX2 for emulation. I mainly play NES, SNES and Genesis roms. What are the best emulators for NES, SNES and Sega Genesis?

The one's I am using on G-Box were all free from the play store.

I'm going to test some out soon.