Over the weekend we took a road trip and spent some time in St Augustine. Long story short my fiancee and I were checking out potential wedding venues. It involved a two and a half hour car trip and lots of down time. That left me with plenty of time to get some gaming in, especially since I worked ahead for my other jobs. Why am I telling you all of this? Well, I finally picked up a few emulators for my Android tablet and started playing a bunch of old school (and new school) games. I realized some just aren’t very fun to play with touch based controls, which is what a tablet or smartphone offers. I did however, notice quite a few games that offered plenty of content and fun, and they just happened to work great with the touch based controls!
That led me to a great idea! This post will contain a list of all the best games to play on emulators, but with a slight twist. The games listed here work great with touch based controls! Believe it or not, I did plenty of searches before I took the trip and didn’t find anything like it. Hopefully this will help some of you get your game on when you’re out and about.
As I play more games this list will be improved over time. If you have any suggestions feel free to share in the comments below!
MyBoy! (Game Boy Advance emulator for Android)
- Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
- Breath of Fire II
- Dokapon: Monster Hunter
- Final Fantasy 1 and II: Dawn of Souls
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- Fire Emblem
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Golden Sun
- Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- Lunar Legend
- Monster Rancher Advance 2
- Pokemon Fire Red, Leaf Green
- Pokemon Liquid Crystal (fan game)
- Pokemone Emerald, Ruby
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
- Rebelstar: Tactical Command
- Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
- Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
- Sword of Mana
- Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
- Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Zelda: The Minish Cap
FPse (Playstation One emulator for Android)
- Alundra
- Chrono Trigger
- Chrono Cross
- Digimon 3
- Final Fantasy VIII (some performance issues)
- Vandal Hearts
- Vandal Hearts II
PPSSPP (PSP emulator for Android)
- Adventures to Go
- Brave Story New Traveler (intro cutscene doesn’t work)
- Breath of Fire III (European copy needed)
- Cladun: This is an RPG
- Cladun X2
- Disgea 2: Dark Hero Days
- Dungeon Siege Throne of Agony
- Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (some performance issues)
- Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Lord of Arcana (works flawlessly, the touch control scheme is decent)
- Riviera: The Promised Land
- YS Seven
Thanks for this! May I ask how is he battery consumption when Playing Cladun X2 and Disgea 2: Dark Hero Days? ๐
Thanks for the comment!
With my HiSense Sero 7 Pro (7″ Tegra 3 tablet) I can get about five to six hours of playtime on a full charge. Obviously, battery ratings will differ for various smartphones and tablets. I haven’t noticed a huge battery drain from using the emulators, it’s mostly the display that uses a lot of juice. While using PPSSPP I have noticed that the tablet gets quite warm – just something to note.