Android Emulation Starter Guide (2022)

The Android operating system is found everywhere -- on phones, tablets, retro handheld devices, media streaming devices, and even some TVs. This guide is meant to help you get acquainted with retro game emulation on any number of Android devices.

Devices featured in this video:

Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:32 devices & accessories
05:38 initial setup & adding games
09:50 customizing the layout & emulators
14:28 frontend showcase
19:32 my preferred setup
22:53 summary & conclusion

Theme song sampled from "Rosetta" by T-120:

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[MrBrandonbarlow]

Friendly reminder on android you can remove apps on the “desktop” and it will still be installed and show in the app drawer. No need for the misc folders. Great video!

[Vrain]

The fact that we have people who would help people explore the catalogue of so many great games and have it on a phone where you take pretty much everywhere you go and it takes no time to setup is amazing

[boothman]

Great set up guide. Thanks for putting the work in and paving the road so other's can get to where they want to be at without the frustration.

[alexkid]

You are a real asset to the YouTube gaming community. I love your channel and the way you explain things

[father]

What I love about emulation on phones and PCs is that it's really easy to set up and you don't have to do much hacking or tinkering, you just download and install some emulators from the store, put your roms in a folder, do some minor tweaks and you're ready to go
With something like Vita or 3DS you have to hack them which might be intimidating at first and with retro handhelds you also have to install your own firmware because the stock one usually sucks

[yelnatspowerzz]

last year was under 5k subs to now the leading authority on all things retro keep up the great work!!

[swtchpoint]

Been waiting for this guide, looking forward to getting the Ayn Odin and using this guide as a go to for some ideas on how to set up

[minimoe]

This will become the definitive guide for many many folks for years to come.

[IronbugVR]

Dude, just went to your written tutorial the find a link and WOW. You have nailed what an amazing tutorial should be. So easy to find information and follow. You even had the information for my after thoughts I had and wanted more knowledge on. If anyone is looking to learn more on Android systems and emulation, you need to bookmark this tutorial. 💯

[toneslice]

Ok I'm going for it. Im going to try to set up my G Cloud to do all this stuff. I wish I had hands-on help, but this is really amazing. You are the go-to for set ups. I've done a lot of research, and you are the best. Thanks again!

[CSHummer]

Thanks so much Russ! Exactly what I was looking for. Wind be nice to see a dedicated front-end setup tutorial for all the major ones.

[chibonchibon]

You are a legend, its hard to make this kind of vids

[LordRobb.]

Awasome video, exactly what I needed because I just got an Odin 2 and I'm new to the whole thing 😊

[Radalku]

Hey,
at this point i would like to say how cool i think your videos are. They inspired and guided me through some projects and since a couple of days I felt in love with my RG351V. In addition to that I boot my old Xiaomi Redmi 4x up for N64, PSP and PS1 emulation. It works fine!
Send you best wishes from Germany, stay healthy
Chris

[Finn_Anwarunya]

12:26 "And then it'll ask you 'do you really wanna install it?' And then you say 'Of course. Yeah man, I wanna do it.'"

Idk why, but this killed me! Comedy gold!

[christianmercado]

5:54 “you sign your life away” 😂😂😂 Well played sir 😎

[redactedc]

Just started getting into this. This is insane. I'm in love.

[mitchthepreacher]

After having my Retroid Pocket 2+ delayed for a third time, I decided to cancel my order and grab a used s10e (SD variant). This video was exactly what I needed the moment I needed it. Nice one!

[wickedportablegaming]

Great Tutorial 👌, thanks for the indepth video buddy !

[ruffnutts]

Great video Russ, nice and detailed easy to follow ;)