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You have a USB-C connecter, so you could either get a USB-C to HDMI cable; USB-C to HDMI or you could get an adapter, if you already have an HDMI cable: USB-C to HDMI Adapter Make sure to check that your tv has an HDMI port, as it could have a VGA port instead.

It's not going to happen without cloud gaming, sorry. Just too demanding of a game, and you'll lose performance running a Windows game, they don't have a Linux version.

Right now Stadia is running a promo where if you buy a $60 game you get a controller and 4k Chromecast for free.

If you want to at least see if Stadia works well for you, here is my referral code that will get you 2 months of Pro for free: https://stadia.com/link/QueueTee_1vBGM

this is the guide i used https://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343

works well for me

You aren't going to find a Chromebook with adequate specs for emulating recent consoles. https://yuzu-emu.org/help/quickstart/#hardware-requirements

The service is free and with it you get Destiny and Bomberman. There's rumor that they'll add more but nothing is confirmed. You can get the hardware to play on your tv but it isn't required. You'll be playing on the chromebook anyway, so if you have a compatible bluetooth controller, you could use it or just a mouse and keyboard.

The credit card and Gmail is required for a Stadia account but if you choose not to go pro, you don't have to...just stay on the free tier.

If you're new to Stadia you get a free month of pro which also gives you access to a bunch of other free games (pro users get 3 to 4 free games a month and get to keep them as long as they are subscribed). Even if you go free and come back later to join pro, the games you claimed during your free month will still be there. Just be sure to claim them!

I'm not trying to peddle my code, but if you use this link you can get two months of free pro:

https://stadia.com/link/referrals?si_rid=16074744057431874657&si_rt=1

I've had Stadia since they launched and it has been great. Not a hardore pc gamer anymore, so it fits my lifestyle and budget. Not even considering a "next gen" console at the moment but who knows.

I'm a fan of Screencastify. It'll record a browser tab, or the whole screen. Extremely easy to use, and you can even edit video online!

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https://www.screencastify.com/

There are a bunch on itch.io but they will only run on x86 Intel processors. Try a few demo's or free games as a test.

So if you have a Chromebook with an ARM processors, then these games won't run.

Can not praise Delta Touch high enough.

It's a DOOM engine. You install the app, and then you just install DOOM wads. Endless fun and replayability, works great on a Chromebook with keyboard and mouse.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opentouchgaming.deltatouch

Wait a few months for Steam Deck to be out a few months (stress testing Linux gaming support) and for Google to officially release Steam support on Chromebooks. Then you'll have a much easier time just trying games to see what works.

In the short term, grab yourself some cloud gaming to hold you over. I think I can gift you 2 months of free Stadia Pro by clicking here. It might last you long enough since Stream Deck comes out this month.

Stadia Pro comes with a bunch of games to play, but if you already have a Steam library you can also try the free tier of GeForce Now on your Chromebook.

Frankly, cloud gaming will probably be the better experience in the end still, but who knows? Maybe Steam Deck really will make Linux gaming mainstream.

I have an Mediatek 8183 Chromebook with 4gb of ram. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HJT1BKQ/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_6XZ8GB1TQ5BATPEM4T8A?psc=1. The only complaint I have is the screen quality but honestly for under $200 you can't expect much.

I've been able to play PS1, N64, as well as PSP, and Dreamcast. Setting it up with Retroachievments in RetroArch has definitely made gaming on my Chromebook more enjoyable.

dl the apk from apkpure -

https://apkpure.com/octopus-gamepad-mouse-keyboard-keymapper/com.chaozhuo.gameassistant

There are a number of Dos emulators in the Android store you can use as well if you want something that is perhaps easier to use. I have used Magic Dosbox, for example, to play the .exe files from my Gog.com dos games.

This is the most well known emulator for ps3: https://rpcs3.net/

Both of the games you asked about are marked as "playable" on their website. That being said, depending on what chromebook you have, you may or may not be able to actually run the emulator, emulating fairly modern consoles is quite demanding.

No, macOS is super specific about what hardware it can run on. It's especially picky about Wi-Fi cards, which would instantly be a pretty big fun killer. If you really wanna look into it, the term you're looking for is Hackintosh, check their community and subreddit for more info.

As for gaming on a Chromebook, the easiest way is probably stadia.com, but that will cost money, the free version launches later this year. This will get you real, AAA games "running" on your Chromebook though.

Next up is running Android games, if the school allows you to use the Play Store on your device.

Finally is using Crostini/Linux to install Steam and/or linux games, with maybe the possibility of running WINE to play Windows games. All of what I just said is dependent on your school allowing Crostini/Linux, and your Chromebook supporting Crostini. This is all also extremely not user friendly at this point, though definitely easier than trying to Hackintosh your Chromebook, though not by much. Definitely hit up the /r/Crostini subreddit for more info/help.

First, install Wine without any special option, just

sudo apt-get install wine

it should be 1gb, and then follow the installation guide for playonlinux debain stretch repo

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html

I used the age of empires 2 script for both, and at wine configuration > video check emulate a virtual desktop

if you have any issue, ask here!

you can use onworks (https://www.onworks.net/os-distributions/debian-based)

onworks is a online vm that runs 32 bit linux you can try to download roblox on it but i havent find out how to do it but im sure there is a way.

you can try to use onworks (https://www.onworks.net/os-distributions/debian-based)

it basicly is a vm online that runs linux 32 bit iv tried to download windows on the vm but it never works and its a bit laggy but you should be able to download 32 bit games for linux on the vm

I know this might be dumb, but you can use roblox, they have FPS games that work with Keyboard or mouse. Krunker.io is a browser game that is really fun and has mouse and keyboard support.

So some Chromebooks have linux in settings so here is a list. support for linux you may think that its useless but theres a minecraft java for linux

Should have been clearer, Shadow is a virtual having pc, the wait times to get over initially are quite long, but once you have one then there are no wait times! Shadow.tech

You and your BF may still be limited to the system requirements of multiplayer + online requirements of those games. Eg. what common games you can run on a chromebook and on windows. The options are limited if you factor the Chrome and Windows OS. My suggestion is to look into cloud gaming (you can google this) options like Shadow.Tech or something that has a client you can install. I have a Pixelbook (ChromeOS), that can run Android Apps/Games and also have the ability to run Linux Apps/Games. Shadow has a linux client and an Android client where you can play games that you would normally play on a Windows desktop computer.

Look into it... I'm sure that would be a better solution than to try and find a multiplayer online game on a Chromebook and Windows computer. Then again, those types of discussions of what you guys can play is great way to have meaningful, cooperative discussions to strengthen your relationship. :)

Oh, and use Discord. It's a great gaming-centric system to to have audio/video and text msg chats. Discord has mobile and computer clients for pretty much any system.

Good luck!

Once in developer mode, press Ctrl Alt T and it will bring you to a terminal. Because the Terminal cannot run Sudo commands on its own, you will need to download a version of crouton for your Chromebook, then type "shell". you will then be brought to the Chronos commands, where you can type in the command to download the OS that you want. This will take about 10-15 minutes, then you will be brought to your new operating system. to get out of this and go back to Chrome OS, you need to hold Ctrl Alt Shift and either F1 or F2 (If you are not using a USB keyboard, press either one of the arrow buttons at the top of the keyboard, not the arrow keys). To start, I would either download Discord or Minecraft, as they are simple (Discord being the easier of the two). just go to their website, look for downloads, then go to the Ubuntu Linux download link, which will give you a Deb file for either one. Go back to Ubuntu Linux, go to the folder looking thing on the bottom, open your hard drive (x GB Volume) go to the Deb file, and double click on it. this will open an installer, click install in the top right, it will install, then you can close out of it. Then go to applications in the top right, go to games or internet (depending on which one you got) and you then will be able to run the application. for Steam, it takes a few more steps. go to this website (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/06/install-steam-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts) and go down to the blue button. This will install the Deb file for steam, then find it in your hard drive, double click on in, then follow all the steps in order download steam. once you set up your account after downloading it, then go to either internet or games (like last time) and you should be able to run it. if you have anymore questions, please feel free to respond to this comment.

Sure!

Emulator I use is Mega64 Plus Emulator

And here's a Mario 64 rom

I bought the predicesor to these a few years ago (2018), and they still work perfectly, and I keep them charged as a backup pair. I decided to treat myself to these newer ones and they're even better, and waterproof. Can't recommend enough.

The Edge Super Joystick works, with a little bit of tikering it works with linux as an xbox 360 controller as well. (Amazon) it also works with wii

It depends on a few different factors. Is this a school chromebook with enterprise settings? If so the google play store is probably disabled. CoC is available in the web store as well as on google play. You can go to the link here to find it and see if the download is allowed. Chromebooks have been able to play android apps for sometime now. To answer your second question you can find quite a few different emulators on the play store. There are endless options if you install linux on your chromebook (which is now a native feature) for emulators. Hope that was helpful! Let me know if you have any questions or need any other info.

Ok I love the keymapping for simulating touch inputs triggered by the keyboard because it the only one I have found that does not crash and works (free as a bonus). Issues with it is the wasd does not work as the diagonal keymap get overridden by the single keymaps. (I have proposed a solution to the issue (called key constraints) but the developers do not look like they plan on this feature). Another issue faced by keymapping that use the accessability is that they are restricted to one touch input at a time (this makes games that can only use touch input like among us not smooth play as. For example you will stop moving left if you press the report button via a keymap, so you can not spam report.

Recently I also tested keymapping app that had a upfront purchase price but none of them worked they just crashed.

I recently been trying to find alternative keymappers that do not have the single touch limitation. One route I have ran into is using a Linux program called scrcpy (it streams the android app to crotini ( I have been able to get scrcpy to work)) and add-ons that add a graphical interface and keymapping called guiscrcpy (most promising but had issues getting it to install) scrxpy-gui (could not figure out how to do the keymapping) and QTscrcpy (I have not tried this one).

I want to try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.mantispro.gamepad It seems to be similar to scrcpy. It does not have a Linux counterpart only a windows and macOS. I will try using wine to get it. Hopefully it works.

I tried to test all the free key mappers and either they only accepted external devices (majority of keymappers), very confusing interface and littered with in app purchases (tincore), or they simply just crash (octopus).

The only one I have found to be partly functional is the keyboard/button mapper. The developers have specifically stated that they are not providing support to Chromebooks or gaming. Regardless this is the closest app I have found on the Play store. Issues with the app is its only allowed single touch (this is out of control of the devs and is set by Google). And the other issue is I have only been able to get wasd with no diagonal directions (it seems to get cancelled out) I'm trying to get the devs to add a feature for key constraints (when a key is pressed it prevents certain key maps from getting triggered) however who knows how long that will take.

Even though I have not gotten wasd to work yet. I was able to get a very fast messaging during the emergency meetings. When I press left alt it sends the message and then reclicks the chat bar so the curser appears so I can immediately send my next message. (OP)

Please keep in mind, keymappers that use accessibility drains the battery when not in use. So make sure to have you Chromebook plugged in or disable the key mapper accessibility privileges to stop the battery drain when not in use.

Have fun!

the best key mapper I've found is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.sds100.keymapper I got it to work with the built-in keyboard. The only issue is it does not have any logic for aw as sd dw only w a s d. also the developers have specifically specified that it is not made for Chromebooks or gaming. It is the closed thing I could get functioning.

have to say my chromebook is banjaxx'd; but a good game to get going would be enemy waters as everyone'll be thinkin' about binoculars and periscopes soonish :)

> Retroarch (android) does not work on chromebook, it will give the same could not find libretro core error.

The Android version of RetroArch works fine for me. Not sure what you mean by "could not find libretro core" error. Downloading cores inside of the app works fine.

> Dolphin emulator (android) will not download if you have a 64 bit chromebook (obviously).

This is actually the exact opposite, Dolphin will only download and install on a Chromebook with 64-bit Android app support, such as the Pixelbook.

> Dreamcast emulators will not really work on any of the chromebooks that I have tested (only lxdream), but any android ones will not work.

The Android version of Redream works just fine.

> uoYabause is the best sega saturn emulator out there.

uoYabause has long since been replaced by Yaba Sanshiro.

With regards to installing the Linux version of Dolphin, I also have had success with using it (via Crostini), though I haven't needed to tweak any settings out-of-the-box. These commands are what I use to build the latest version of Dolphin from source.

Ive used John GBA lite before to play pokemon emerald and it worked just fine, in the settings you can bind the keys to buttons

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnemulators.johngbalite

Evoland is greatI It's an RPG game that evolves through the RPG genre from sepia-toned dot matrix all the way through PS3-ish graphic styles. Its like a Zelda or Final Fantasy game, so you'll likely be familiar with game play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.shirogames.evoland12

If you have bought it in the past you may be able to download it with "Purchased Apps" app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azefsw.purchasedapps&hl=en_AU

I have found that it shows many apps that I have purchased that are no longer in the play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.golfgl.lightblocks

Some reviewers stated it is working with a game controller on a Chromebook. So if this doesn't work for you, it is most likely not working on other games too.

In my experience any gamepad that's Bluetooth will connect but you will encounter games that it won't work properly. Yes it does include the cheapos online. You can even use it on your android or iOS phone I still have it now I'll include product on here but 8ve seen it at Walmart also Obecome T3 Bluetooth Wireless... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M9JMGN0?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Its on the Play store, I think its l dosbox not i dosbox, woops https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lb.myapp.ldosbox&hl=en

Mouse support on android kinda sucks since android does not really recognise mice the same way windows does, so apps don't seem to be able to capture the cursor so you end up with 2 cursors.

One will be the android/chrome cursor the other the dos cursor.

DosBox Turbo has a few more options for the mouse but the dos pointer is still kinda laggy and does not sync with android/chrome pointer. I would not recommend it for action games but it may be good enough for turn based games and such.

If you have access to an android device and a bluetooth mouse you should try testing some of your desired games. I generally use DosBox for keyboard games due to the poor mouse support, but some games seem to work better or worse than others.

I wouldn't bother too much with the Chrome Web Store version of DosBox, its not very well documented and if you have android support the android versions are better in many ways.

Not sure on the controller in crouton but FYI if you didn't know there is an Android version of Retro Arch and for me at least it works well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retroarch&hl=en

Retroarch had a bug with the scrolling menu, so it's not working well.

But for GBA or NDS emulation, My boy! for GBA and Drastic or Free DS(Heard that this might be a hack version of drastic) for NDS all work quite well and smooth on my chromebook.