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[–] FiniteBanjo 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

PPSSPP but its too hard to use the touchscreen controls for most titles.

[–] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I will never not shill for physical keyboards on phones. The Droid 4's keyboard could be used with a PS1 emulator, I remember replaying FF Tactics before Square officially ported it.

That port by the way, one of the good mobile games.

[–] zorrothefox2001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I remember playing Pokémon Emerald on the school bus with my Droid 4

Didn't even have to have the on screen controls

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are some pretty decent portable controllers out there though (I.e. Turtle Beach Atom). Plus phone brackets for Series S/X controllers and DS4/DS5.

So there are good controller options, touchscreen controls for games designed for physical controls suck.

But carrying around physical controllers isn't very convenient.

[–] FiniteBanjo 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Idk if there are drivers for usb controllers on androids but pixels and the like come with USB 2 adapters so the potential is there.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah my OnePlus 12 came with a USB-C "OTG" adapter as well.

I actually upgraded to it before going on vacation (BOS-->HOU) in April and got the aforementioned Turtle Beach controller with it.

Very much enjoyed playing Chrono Trigger on the flight, if only because I hadn't figured out how to get Yuzu working on my phone by then.

Thanks, JetBlue, for allowing me to download an emulator and a few roms without paying for wifi.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I've plugged an Xbox controller into a phone before and that worked. I've not had an iPhone since they moved over to the USBC so I don't know about that.