![]() I loaded up one of my favorite SNES games of all time, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and well, see for yourself. And it’s glorious - the Duo’s 5.6-inch AMOLED display is so much more spacious than splitting a regular phone into two sections, which usually means a cramped gaming experience. Running one of the many available open-source SNES cores, RetroArch displays the game on the top screen with the controls on the bottom. ![]() (Though they may not split between the two screens as neatly and you may have to fine-tune the overlays for the controls.) We just know RetroArch scales nicely to the Duo’s two displays in fullscreen “spanned” mode (just drag the app over the gap/hinge to spread it). ![]() ![]() We used RetroArch, but other emulators like Citra should work similarly. Now that we got that disclaimer out of the way, let’s talk about how fun emulating retro games on the Duo is. We own all of the games for the ROMs we used for demonstration purposes. This isn’t a step-by-step guide or comprehensive emulation test or anything, but it should be said that Input doesn’t condone piracy. In the case of the DS, the Duo’s two screens is a match made in heaven.ĭo I even need to say anything more than Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - the greatest skateboarding video game of all time - on Surface Duo? ![]() With a simple app like RetroArch, I was able to turn the Surface Duo into an SNES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation 1. As fate would have it, Microsoft’s just-released Surface Duo (read our review here) and its dual screens also is a pretty kickass device for playing old Nintendo and PlayStation games. But I think we can all agree, they’re awesome for emulating retro games.Ī few weeks ago, we had an epiphany: Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is perfect for playing old classic video games thanks to its huge 4:3 display. There are many reasons to not get a foldable phone like the Galazy Z Fold 2 right now: they’re weird, expensive, and the software still needs more work. ![]()
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