Help Any Android emus?

[ZEGA ZONICZEGA ZONIC's icon]

I'm just wondering if there are any.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

There's BlueStacks, but I'd recommend threading carefully around it — have heard rather conflicting statements about it.

What do you need it for?

 

[ZEGA ZONICZEGA ZONIC's icon]

Gonna try to download some games & try them out.

 

[JustLooking123]

I haven't tested Android emulators myself... but i heard good things about LDPlayer too... seems to be more popular for gaming nowadays... but again, i'm not sure.

The main reason that i haven't tested them is that my PC couldn't handle them well in the past... and they took a lot of space and ram too!
I hope it's not a problem for you.

 

[ZEGA ZONICZEGA ZONIC's icon]

I haven't tested Android emulators myself... but i heard good things about LDPlayer too... seems to be more popular for gaming nowadays... but again, i'm not sure.

The main reason that i haven't tested them is that my PC couldn't handle them well in the past... and they took a lot of space and ram too!
I hope it's not a problem for you.

How much space & ram?
(Oh, you meant for the games.)

 

[Shihainin]

I use MuMuPlayer, myself. Bluestacks is a very good option too.

 

[JustLooking123]

How much space & ram?
(Oh, you meant for the games.)

I mean the emulator itself... and yes, the apps/games will take space too.

Here's the system requirements for LDPlayer:

PC System Requirements for Android Emulator

An overview of system requirements for installing LDPlayer.

www.ldplayer.net

At the time of writing this, it needs minimum 36GB space, and 2GB ram... while recommended space is 100GB, and 8GB ram (16GB ram for version 9).

Here's the system requirements for BlueStacks 5.

https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056129211-System-requirements-for-BlueStacks-5

At the time of writing this, it needs minimum 5GB space, and 4GB ram... while recommended ram is 8GB.

Version 4:

https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014581811-System-requirements-for-BlueStacks-4

Similar to version 5, but minimum ram is 2GB.

Also, it has this note about space:

NOTE: Please ensure you have free disk space equivalent to 4 times the size of the app you're trying to install. For example, if the app size is 2 GB, free up 8 GB in the drive where BlueStacks 5 is installed.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Remember: you lose a lot of speed in emulation, so you need a significantly beefy machine to play this comfortably, even if the games you are willing to try are comparatively simple.

 

[ZEGA ZONICZEGA ZONIC's icon]

I mean the emulator itself... and yes, the apps/games will take space too.

Here's the system requirements for LDPlayer:

PC System Requirements for Android Emulator

An overview of system requirements for installing LDPlayer.

www.ldplayer.net

At the time of writing this, it needs minimum 36GB space, and 2GB ram... while recommended space is 100GB, and 8GB ram (16GB ram for version 9).

Here's the system requirements for BlueStacks 5.

https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056129211-System-requirements-for-BlueStacks-5

At the time of writing this, it needs minimum 5GB space, and 4GB ram... while recommended ram is 8GB.

Version 4:

https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014581811-System-requirements-for-BlueStacks-4

Similar to version 5, but minimum ram is 2GB.

Also, it has this note about space:

Do you have anything that doesn't require a NASA-spec computer?

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Do you have anything that doesn't require a NASA-spec computer?

Funny thing is, BlueStacks was made by someone who worked for NASA xD

I think you are better off getting a cheap tablet, since most stuff would run decently on Android 4 thru 8.

 

[ZEGA ZONICZEGA ZONIC's icon]

I downloaded MuMuPlayer.

 

[JustLooking123]

I downloaded MuMuPlayer.

Sounds to be lighter than others.

Also, just for information sake, there's Android-x86 project too.

Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86

Android-x86 is an Android Open Source Project licensed under Apache Public License 2.0. Some components are licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 or later.

www.android-x86.org

This allows you to install android as an operating system on your PC... running it at native speed!
Dual-booting with another OS is possible too... (you should be always careful about dual-booting)
Also, it's possible to run it as a virtual machine on your main OS using normal VM tools such as VirtualBox.

However, i don't know if it's a good option for gaming or not.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Jokes aside, as mentioned already, Bluestacks is your way to go

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

I tried BlueStacks a couple of years ago and worked well.