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Emulation on Switch without modding (lemmy.world)
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Basically as the title says, but some context: I'd like to play PSP games on my switch, for old time's sake. I do have a Miyoo Mini Plus, but that's not powerful enough for those games. Since I have a Switch as well, I'd love to be able to use this instead of spending money on another device. I've tried looking it up already, but it was a bit of information overload to begin with (too much to process while already having a lot going on and working 7/7 the last few weeks). That's why I ask here to get a few pointers and help from the community before I dive further into the online rabbit hole. My nostalgic desire to replay Chains of Olympus and Midnight Club 3 thanks you in advance!

tl;dr: can I emulate PSP games on my Nintendo Switch without modding it?

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

TL;DR- No.

You can't install homebrew (including unofficial emulators) on the Switch without being able to set up and boot into a hacked emuNAND (effectively a hacked backup copy of the Switch OS running off the microSD). Afaik you can't do that without a launch edition Switch where you can short the controller pins to access the recovery "menu" and use that to push custom "hack" code to the Switch.

switch.hacks.guide is your friend if you want a reputable source on the current best method to get emuNAND set up. The current tool/custom OS/whatever the fuck they call it is named Atmosphere.

If you have an Android phone, you can try emulating those games using PPSSPP, and if it works at a decent speed (it probably will) you can pick up a phone mount for your controller of choice and a USB C to USB C cable to just slap the phone onto the top of a controller and then use your phone to emulate from.

[–] pet1t@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ahhh, bummer :/

I'm using an iPhone (because of my job) so no luck there either. I'd like to have an android phone for myself - because of modification ability etc. but can't bring myself to spend money on a second phone.

I think I'll look into getting a second emulator instead. Will be more practical, I guess. Thanks for answering, tho!

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

iPhone DOES have emulation options. Delta is one of the best emulators, but it can only do Nintendo (and only up to NDS and N64). We have RetroArch as well, but not all of the cores. Worth looking into.

For Android, I've heard good things about the latest Galaxy A phone. It's around $200 USD, 4GB of RAM, and an Exynos processor that is supposed to be pretty good. Screen goes up to 90Hz, too, though it's only 1080p. But I feel like $200 can buy a better handheld for emulating.

[–] pet1t@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

For the things iPhone can emulate, I already have my Miyoo Mini Plus, so got that covered!