Windows Gaming on Android: Winlator Tutorial and Review - Oblivion runs on ARM!

Ever wish you could just play all your pc games directly on your powerful Android device? Winlator is a new emulator for x86 games! I'm absolutely shocked to see how well this emulator works. We can finally run Elder Scrolls Oblivion on Android! Let me show you how to get it set up.

Download the latest version below (1.0 tested on the video):

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Mali GPUs?
1:22 - Beginning the Installation Process
1:34 - First look and Setting up a Container
2:06 - Core Affinity
2:28 - Resolution Settings
2:43 - Graphics Driver Settings
3:06 - DX Wrapper Settings
3:32 - WINE Settings
3:52 - VRAM Sizes
4:05 - DX Components
4:12 - Environmental Variables
4:19 - Drive Settings
4:42 - Testing GOG Installers
4:55 - First Boot
5:04 - Window and Mouse Control
5:39 - "Blazing Chrome" - Indie Game Test
6:27 - DX Wrapper Issues
6:56 - It WORKS!
7:15 - Setting up a controller
8:47 - Look at Keyboard Controls First
9:05 - Control issues... again
9:22 - Let's Try Installing Oblivion!
9:56 - Booting up Oblivion
10:20 - Oblivion - Does it run?
11:07 - Oblivion - In-Game Test
11:25 - VRAM Issues (Or Throttling?)
12:03 - Thoughts on Oblivion
12:18 - WINE Config
12:37 - Task Manager
12:57 - How to exit Winlator
13:02 - DX Wrapper Errors?
13:34 - Per Game Settings
13:46 - Uninstalling Games
14:08 - Final Thoughts / Worth Trying?

▬▬ MY GEAR ▬▬

Please note that this video is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.

[davidv]

I've been having a lot of fun trying out games with this. Some games that run and are playable for me:
Warcraft III
Torchlight
Fable (it has trouble with cutscenes but otherwise works)
Mirror's Edge (if you're ok with 20fps)
Populous the beginning (of course this runs it's really old but it's a favorite of mine)

[allgrip_creations]

Thanks for the video, I'm finally able to run Mafia on 20+fps😁! More people interested in Winlator must see your video, it's very useful🤝

[michalkupka]

I must say this looks super promising. I really hate Exagear, because it spawned dozens of different mutually incompatible versions, that may or may not work on your game and setting up controls in it is PITA. I hope Winlator will be developed further and perhaps we may see some performance improvements. I hope they will publish it on google play. I would love to test it on my ARM Chromebook.

[StarSoulMac]

My question is how do you download ROMs for winlator? Cause it doesn't seem anything similar to downloading ROM files for apps like retroarch, nethersx2 etc

[samh]

Controller setup for games that does not support controller (usually the older games that would run well with this) seems to be a pain.

[JuanDR]

I tried it on my Snapdragon 460 and it didn't open Oblivion, it stayed black. I know, I'm a fool to think it would work.

[Nojedx.]

Ive been trying to use an xbox controller to configure on fallout 3 idk why it doesnt work

[cho-vn]

This is awesome! Seems like a lot of work but would be a cool thing to mess around with for sure

[Megatyler]

Will love this when it's a lot more further along

[theonepiko]

Everytime I run oblivion it just shows a blank screen, I can only hear the sound effects

[oilcountry]

Where do you get the games for this? Transfer from steam or a different website?

[selimcatan]

I want to download farcry 2 to winlator can you help me?

[SimonBauer]

you need to set it to virgl for non Snapdragon devices, then it works.

[zeek]

Suggestion for your videos: turn up the volume on your mic. It's about half as loud as other channels. I get that you might be going for an easy going voice and I think you should keep that going, just up the volume while still speaking exactly like you do. Tone and pitch is more important than volume which can easily be changed.

[OledBurnInKing]

I wonder if the winlator emulator works with the backbone controller. I have the regular version of the backbone controller for my sony xperia 1 iv android phone. I'm curious if anyone would consider trying to run crysis with the winlator emulator. I have the physical copy of crysis remastered for my nintendo switch. I'm looking for crysis remastered nintendo switch rom for android for the nintendo switch emulator for android.

[mr_sauce_cooks]

I tried playing red faction and return to castle Wolfenstein but none did work it keeps bitching about directx and i couldn't find anything that satisfy it did anyone come across this?

[danielesgro]

Hi, how do I download a browser, as I would from the computer? Where should I download it from?

[kablmuk]

Great video, no idea where im going wrong but tried multiple games and just crashed back to desktop on start up with fallout3, dead rising and divinity original sin...

Using a rex magic 6s pro so 888+ with overclock, very decent phone!
Tried every driver and container and still nothing, not a clue where im going wrong 😢

[Mosestylez]

Kei, out of curiosity, since this isn't open source, can we really "trust" this app?🤔

[pappukicomedyno.]

Can I connect wired keyboard and mouse with winlator