All these news about Yuzu made me realized I never tried a switch emulator. For education purposes I am interested in guides with links to prod keys. Anyone have any links?

Thanks in advance!

  • The_wild_card@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t know about switch but for psp and shit :

    You just download an emulator on your phone like dolphin,ppsspp or lemuroid on your phone choose the emulator that support the platform you wanna play on for eg: ppsspp helps you play psp (you can got to fdroid and search emulators for a couple of em to select from ). Now go to a search engine and type psp roms and that should bring up a site filled with roms .

    Now download the rom of the game you wanna play and if it is a .zip extract it if it is not create a folder called psp or something and put the rom there and now open psp and give it acess to that folder and done .

    (I just did it one or two times for curiosity and have never played more than 10 minutes as i don’t like games)

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      The Switch is a little more involved, simply because it requires firmware and encryption keys from a switch. Sort of like the BIOS files that PSX emulators need, these files tell the emulator how to actually decrypt the game. Because Switch games are encrypted, so they can’t be played without extracting keys that are stored on a real Switch. There’s also the issue of game updates, DLC installation, etc… So it’s not as simple as just “download the ROM” anymore.

      Sure, you’re 90% of the way there. But that’s not super helpful when everyone knows (and expects) that 90%. It’s the last 10% that trips up newcomers, and it’s what causes the most questions, (just like OP’s.)

      • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 months ago

        While that doesn’t cover every aspect of emulation, it is most of it. I’m curious what else you would need to know. Everything about emulation is extremely easy to find, nothing about it is hidden away. I’ve been using emulators since the 90’s and it’s not complicated.

        I would add to make sure you map your controller buttons in the emulators settings. And if you need a bios/key you can find them by searching for “[game system] bios” and “[game system] keys”.