Most of us love playing old school games on our consoles to revisit our childhood or if you always wanted a game or system that you couldn’t get your hands on, like the NEO-GEO. I figure I would list the some of the best game consoles to turn into emulation stations, in my opinion. Now I know the PC’s takes the cake when it comes to emulation as most PC nowadays have the power to run all of those great emulators like the Dolphin Emulator (Gamecube & Wii) but I wanted to talk about game consoles that can be turned into an emulation station fairly easy. PSP & PlayStation TV I know the PSP is a handheld and I’m talking about consoles for your entertainment center at home but it’s still another great system to play emulators on. It also had a very big homebrew community and once the 2000 model came out you can even play everything on your TV.
Then the PSPgo came out and didn’t do so good in the US region but the PSPgo is the best to use on your TV since it can use the ds3 controllers, so no more wires. For the 1000 model, you could use a homebrew app called remote joy to get it to display on your PC but in my opinion, the PSP is still one of the easiest handhelds to play emulators & homebrew on and with the right model on your TV too. The PlayStation TV makes for another great emulation station since it can use almost all the same homebrew and emulators the PSP scene had to offer. Since the PSTV/Vita TV can do epsp and with the use of TN-V, TN-X, Ark, or VHBL you can get the most out of it. There is one downside to using the PSTV as an emulation station as most PSP owners know that there is no two-player mode, for example, CSP1, CPS2, or NEO-GEO are emulators made for just one player just like all PSP games are. Next is getting one on the right FW like 3.20 would be the best since you have the PS1 exploit and be able to play two player games without a problem but 3.52FW will also do.
Now that Sony has ended production on the PSTV/Vita TV this might be one of the cheapest home consoles you can turn into an Emulationstation. You want to find out how to hack your PlayStation devices, we have an all-in-one guide you can check out. Wii & Wii U The Wii is yet another great console to turn into an emulation station, in my opinion, it’s one of the third biggest homebrew communities for consoles. The Wii was another easy console to mod/soft mod and install the homebrew channel, which would give you access to all kinds of great emulators, homebrew games, and apps. The Wii U can also use almost everything the Wii homebrew scene has to offer just like the PSP and PSVita/PSTV.
It does n64 and ps1 emulation amazingly well. Unlike the n64 emulator on my mac, games run perfectly for me on the ouya, including games like f-Zero X where all the car's textures appear unlike on my computer's where they are either missing or distorted. Old School Mac Game Emulators. Enter the new era of classic game emulation for Mac. This article will outline the newest, simplest and most free options PCSX-2 is a reliable emulator for Playstation 2. Don’t let the terminal window scare you, it opens automatically with the program and can be hidden.
Now Loadiine in your Wii U you can really get the most out of it. You want to find out how to mod/hack your Wii/WiiU, we have an all-in-one guide you can check out. Android The Ouya, GameStick, or any Android TV device is very easy to turn into an Emulationstation since its Andriod you can get all of your emulators right from Google play store without having to mod it in any way, well most of them. There is a downside to some Andriod devices as they might lack the real power needed to play some emulators like Dolphin or PPSSPP. For the most part, you can still enjoy a lot of old school system like NES to even Dreamcast games on it. I put together a nice little emulator pack for Andriod devices. PS3 & Xbox360 The PS3 and Xbox360 are really great Emulationstation but with both of those consoles you have to do a lot of work to mod them.
First, the PS3 needs to have firmware 3.55 to make use of any homebrew or you need to buy a tool to downgrade them like the e3flasher just to put CFW on it. The xbox360 is another one that needs a lot of work to Jtag it or glitch hack it with a modchip and by the time you get done with either of the systems, it might have just been easier to buy a $200 laptop, Andriod device or even a Raspberry pi. For the Xbox360 there’s the CR4 XL, its a great solution for glitch hack, you can read more out it. My list of the easiest & cheapest consoles to turn into an Emulationstation. The Android GameStick (if you can still find them for $17 dollars).
PSP 2000 with TV out. (pawn shops usually sell them for $45 to $60, ). Wii. PSPgo (might cost a bit as I seen some sell for $90 dollars still, ). Xbox ( only reason it’s 5th is it might be hard to find one in working condition but imp it would be #1 ). PlayStaton TV/ Vita TV.
Ouya or Android TV. Wii U. PS3. Xbox360. The ppsspp for pc and android is awesome, it has come from nothing into a sweet emulator which plays almost my entire psp collection over 150 psp titles ( galaxy note 3 and jxd8700b) Something else I’d like to add is ps tv is crap, once I was able to wait for a hackable firmware the qcma trick stopped working so the white list works but that’s it. In my opinion the ps3 is the best console to hack. I have over 8000 roms on it and over 50 ps3 games countless movies.
Hello fba next. 2nd place the psp the same as ps3 with a unstable n64. I personally use the Nvidia Shield Portable. It is a portable android device stronger than the Vita. I’ve been researching the game stick and for a package deal on ebay around 50$.
I’ve been into android since first came on the scene so it may be the rite choice for me. Systems owned currently ( new 3ds xl hyrule edition with r4i flash card, ps3 hacked with over 8000 roms and 50+ps3 games, psp1000 hacked,psp go hacked, 2 ps vitas 1s hacked, ps tv white list enabled HATE THIS 1, jxd8700b rooted, galaxy note 3 rooted, have in the works a custom dreamhomearcade machine at 4800$ and it’s coming along beautifully) For the people that don’t know about them check out dreamhomearcades.com I’m not 1 to advertise but this is just to awesome.