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The original was posted on /r/roms by /u/MrMauroJr on 2025-08-28 23:51:01+00:00.

Hey guys, how’s it going?

Lately I’ve been feeling kind of frustrated with emulation on phones. I’m 35, from Brazil and I own 16 consoles (going all the way back to the Atari), and honestly I just don’t enjoy emulating on my phone anymore. I picked up a Poco F7 Pro thinking it would be great, since I used to have Samsung Note devices with Exynos chips and emulation on those was awful. I always thought the CPU was the issue, but the truth is it’s just a lot of hassle to barely hit 30fps—if it even does.

It kind of feels like when I built my gaming PC: there’s tons of potential, but nothing really straightforward to just sit down and play. (I only mess around with cracked games, I don’t buy them.)

So I’m wondering… am I just getting old, or is this pretty much how mobile emulation is these days?