Having recently purchased a low cost Chinese Android Jelly Bean based handheld console for emulation, the JXD s7300. I decided it was high time to investigate which is the best Neo Geo emulator currently available for the Android platform, after testing I found NeoDroid is excellent running at a very playable near full speed on the JXD s7300.
Price: Free / $4.99 Citra Emulator is the newest emulator on the list. This one is for the Nintendo 3DS console. The app boasts most of the basics, including save and load states.
A couple of tips I discovered is to select and enable ‘Use ASM Cores’ then the majority of games I tested played at full speed, also turning on ‘autoframeskip’ and setting the sample rate to ‘44100’ also improved the overall emulation experience. If you load a ROM and it has broken sound just end emulation by pressing the L2 button then selecting the on screen cross in the right hand corner of the screen and restart the specific ROM again.
NeoDroid allows for simple mapping of the JXD s7300 hardware buttons and joysticks for a better overall emulation experience. Just launch NeoDroid and click on the settings icon, select the ‘Use hardware buttons’ option, then select ‘Set hardware buttons’ then just map your buttons either as below or to your own settings.
Suppose you have a console emulator such as PCSX2, which reads ISO files. Is the data on the ISO file an exact copy on the data on the actual PS2 disc? I was always under the impression that things like roms and iso files were somehow ported 'translations' of the original data on game disks/cartridges to be understandable by emulators on computers. NEO.emu Free is a powerful Neo-Geo emulator that lets you enjoy some of the greatest classics from this console – like Metal Slug, The King of Fighters, Samurai Showdown, and Fatal Fury – right on your Android. Configuring the emulator is NOT hard, but can be a little problematic if you don't know how to do it or which files to use.
| pad_up | DPAD UP |
| pad_down | DPAD DOWN |
| pad_left | DPAD LEFT |
| pad_right | DPAD RIGHT |
| pad_1 | BUTTON Y |
| pad_2 | BUTTON X |
| pad_3 | BUTTON B |
| pad_4 | BUTTON A |
| pad_5 | BUTTON L1 |
| pad_6 | BUTTON R1 |
| pad_start | START |
| pad_coins | SELECT |
| pad_menu | BUTTON R2 |
| pad_switch | BUTTON L2 |
Download NeoDroid Android APKs:
Libgngeo 1.2 : Download libgngeo-1.2 APK
NeoDroid 2.0 : Download neodroid-2.0 APK
Description:
NeoDroid is a Neo Geo MVS emulator for Android. Allowing you to play your favorite Neo Geo games like King of Fighters, Metal Slug, Puzzle Bobble, Fatal Fury and many more on your Android device.
– Put bios (neogeo.zip) in your ROMs directory (“/mnt/sdcard/neodroid/roms”)
– Put roms in your ROMs directory (“/mnt/sdcard/neodroid/roms”)
– Compatible with MAME ROMs format
– Run at full speed on 1 Ghz+ devices
– Compatibility same as the GnGeo version 0.8 emulator
Changelog:
2.0– Fix force close on ICS devices
– Updated to latest gngeo sources ( rev. 6ad2a3d1bba3 )1.9
– Fix library download problem on froyo devices1.8
– Splitted in two package: neodroid and gngeolibs
– Added save/load state support
– Added a compatibility list with roms links search (search button)
Neo Geo Rom Emulator For Android Pc
– A sound problem fixed, the emulator “should” not hang anymore on the NeoGeo logo– No restart on exit emulation anymore, exiting the emulation will bring back the rom selection list
– Should again fix a problem with the screen aspect ratio (ex. Garou Mark of the Wolves)
– Added progress bar on roms loading
– Problem when using “home” system have the bios file “aes-bios.bin” in your neogeo.zip
– Added z80 and 68k overlock in preferences (improve neogeo framerate on games like metal slug)
Neo Geo Emulator Apk
– Fix child roms not working (metal slug 4 plus, Puzzle De Pon! R!)– Emulation will now pause when in-game menu is showing
– Custom application theme
– Add screenshot preview when touching a rom icon1.6
– fix Breakers Revenge (breakrev.zip) not added to compatibility list
– fix some wrong aspect ratio1.5
– fix a bug preventing the use of “uni-bios.rom” bios system.
– fix “menu” button blinking when using hardware controller.– improve controls code again, this also improve famerate.
– prevent launching of incompatible roms (based on roms names).
– TODO: save/load states in the works!1.4
– Finally, a major problem is fixed in the new rendering code1.3
– Add the possibility to enable/disable arm asm specific cores
– Transparency now also applied to analog stick
– On screen controller can be analog or digital (preferences screen)
– Vibrations can now be disabled (preferences screen)
– Add the possibility to assign the BACK hardware button (should fix xperia play problem)
– Roms compatibility list and screenshots almost done
– Add more information to crash report1.2
– added bug report by mail, please use the “mail” icon to report crash
– add compatibility list to roms (default color = working, yellow = problem, red = non working)
– begin to add screenshot previews icons1.1
– new and improved on screen controls
– new effects engine (press back in game to bring the menu)
– added 3 new scale mode : original, fit screen, full screen (press back in game to bring the menu)
– improved speed up to 100% on large screen when using the new effect engine
– added hardware buttons mapping in preferences, should work with xperia play and more