What is Reddit's opinion of ARC Browser?

I think ARC Browser is what you are looking for.

Proper Android TV UI
Metadata/box art
Support for many emulators
Active development

There's a controller out that looks a lot like a Nintendo switch. I'll see if I can find it.

Edit: Found it https://www.zapals.com/flydigi-wee-stretchable-bluetooth-gamepad-for-smart-phone.html

Edit again: if you really want a nice emu machine I'd use a front end. My favorite front end for Android is arc: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus

A little pricey but it's wonderful, will scrub info and images for all your games and it even supports native Android games right in the front end. Greatness.

The launcher is Arc Browser (paid app) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus&hl=en

Its a dedicated Android launcher. You can even press the Xbox guide button and it'll bring you back to your game library.

I've found ARC Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus) to be a fantastic app for displaying and launching your emulator games. The price is steep compared to most Android apps, but it does its job extremely well. You can launch ROMs using either Retroarch or standalone emulators.

If you find a few systems you/they like, check out Arc Browser. It puts all your emulators and games in one easy to navigate app with a Netflix like layout.

A little expensive for an app, but totally worth it.

yes. you're good all the way up to dreamcast with the shield. gamecube runs pretty okay. beyond that you can always emulate on a pc and gamestream to the shield.

this is a great way to access and organize the emulaters you do run natively.

I haven’t played retro games on my shield since I switched to a PC Batocera build, but I always liked the Arc Browser frontend. It’s a decent frontend that still gets occasional updates and has nice little features like video previews and such. I’m not sure how well it handles large libraries but I’ve always like smaller curated collections anyway.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus

Yop it is the ARC Browser. But it's not only an App to start, it's a whole Launcher, like Nova Launcher andcdo on. This is a bit sub optimal 😐

Check out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus . Works really well on Shield.

ARC Browser lets you set this up using any emulator. After setting ARC Browser up, go to Settings -> System -> (system name) -> turn on "Enable as home launcher channel"

Glad you got the Gamecube stuff working! I think the problem you are experiencing with the other games is that the command I provided only works for Dolphin - for other emulators, you'd have to find out if they support command line execution, and if they do, what command you have to use to launch. Some emulators might not support this mechanism - you generally just have to google around to see if they do.

For example, I was able to get Snes9x to work with this format:

START "" "C:\Path\To\snes9x-x64.exe" -fullscreen "C:\Path\To\Game.sfc"

That being said, on my Shield, I only use GameStream to run Gamecube/Wii (Dolphin), PS2 (PCSX2), and 3DS (Citra); these emulators are more demanding from a hardware perspective and/or don't have good Android alternatives. For everything else, I use native Android apps on the Shield itself - either using standalone emulators or through RetroArch. I then use Arc Browser as my interface for all of the non-GameStream apps.

Hope that helps!

You really need a front end app beyond just retroarch. I use Arc Browser, but there's also Dig and I'm sure others. I use retroarch for some systems, but Arc Browser lets you mix and match what emulator you want to run for each system.

I use the nvidia game controller and remap buttons the way I want for various systems. I've heard good things about the 8BitDo controllers, if you want something closer to SNES.

Maybe this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus&hl=en_US

I believe the one in the video is ARC Browser, a really cool launcher that automatically scans for roms and put it in categories with descriptions and cover art and is compatible with almost any emulator in Android. However if you want something similar for free there is HALauncher, highly customizable and joypad friendly but a little bit more tedious to set it up. Personally I use it both, ARC for games and HALauncher for everything else

50% Plex afspiller 50% retrokonsol. Jeg havde tænkt på at bruge ARC Browser som frontend, og RetroArch da den skulle være den mest komplette emulator.

If you're looking to do pro bono stuff, ARC Browser is a great emulation frontend for Android TV with probably the worst icon I've ever seen. Double check with the dev to make sure he wants to replace it though, I know he likes the retro vibe but the execution is just awful: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus

On a side note, do you do commissions for iconography? Your work is incredibly well done imo, and there's a chance that I'll be looking for someone to design an icon and/or logo sometime in the next year or so. Paid, naturally. PM me if you're interested.

Keep up the great work!

ARC Browser is nice for displaying all your emulators/roms.

If you want a great gaming front end for the NP, I highly suggest ARC Browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus

If you don't mind spending just a little extra, definitely get Arc Browser. It's a great emulation front end.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.floatingpoint.android.arcturus