Previously on Lemmy: - Buying Guide: Low End [https://lemmy.world/post/4846313]
- Buying Guide: Midrange [https://lemmy.world/post/4021671] - Buying Guide: High
End [https://lemmy.world/post/5720634] Past Discussions: - iPhones
[https://lemmy.world/post/3666684] - Repairability/Build Quality
[https://lemmy.world/post/3213947] - Google Pixel
[https://lemmy.world/post/2826903] - Foldables
[https://lemmy.world/post/2436246] - Samsung [https://lemmy.world/post/2075289]
- Sony [https://lemmy.world/post/910303] - OnePlus
[https://lemmy.world/post/706987] - Motorola [https://lemmy.world/post/214784]
Now that our buying guide (or a first draft of it) is done, let’s get back to
our usual discussions. This week’s topic is emulators, by request of
u/AlmightySnoo. As emulators could not be loaded on iPhones without jumping
through many hoops, Android remains the preferred OS for emulation on
smartphones. (Reminder, rule 2 is in effect, so please don’t give out links to
ROM sites.) Now, as we all know, the mobile gaming landscape in 2023 is not
great exactly. Most of the games in twr Play Store are designed for frustration
instead of fun, littered with microtransactions, timegating, and of course, ads.
Even the good games have terrible monitization practices, and there are a lot
more bad games than good. But emulated games are a way to get away from that,
and let us remember a time when games on the go are simply games that are fun
and nothing else, the nights when you are sitting in the backseat of your
parents car with only the glow of your GameBoy and the passing streetlight as
you play Pokemon. Nostalgia from a time when we didn’t have grownup things to
worry about. But of course, many emulators didn’t only aim to “emulate” the
original console, but to enhance them into the modern age: Save states, rewind,
enhanced graphics, texture replacements, easy cheats, touchscreen and gamepads.
Things we could only dream of as kids are now reality. So, please share your
experiences with emulation on Android and give out some cool tips and tricks
here. (A special shoutout to RetroArch for having the (dis)honor of staying as
one of the most frustrating software that I have ever used.)
In this thread, the second link ‘midrange models’ somehow links to a NSFW ‘hot wife in kitchen’ link.
Look at my posts in the comment chain. I first thought it was an error by the poster, but the source is legit, but even when I copy the source connect still servers me the hot wife in the kitchen.
Now I found this only amusing and strange, but it could really do harm for people in a work environment.
Maybe some more people can chime in to see if the error is reproducible?
I’ve had that happen for other threads, where the post links to something random and unrelated.
One of the annoying things with Lemmy design tbh