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There are thousands and thousands of games made for Android devices. However, a humble Android phone or tablet can also be used as a little gaming time machine, to re-play the games of your youth with the help of emulator apps.

These create a virtual game console within your device, letting it play digital versions of classic games called ROMs. You won’t find any packaged with these emulators – you’ll have to find them separately.


Almost all the classic 90s consoles are emulated near-perfectly on Android at this point, from the original Gameboy to the Sony PlayStation. We’ve checked out emulators for all the main consoles and handhelds to find out the top emulator apps you should download today.

If you just want a quick dabble, also be sure to check out RetroArch. It’s a multi-system emulator that can handle many of the systems here, but won’t necessarily get you the performance of the dedicated emulators.

Best N64 emulator: SuperN64

Price: £1.19
Available from Google Play

The N64 is one of the most sought-after consoles when it comes to emulation. There are loads of people out there who want to re-live their first experiences with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Mario 64.

Android emulation of the N64 is still a little patchy in places, but OpenGL support means you can see the game rendered at resolutions much higher than the actual N64 was capable of. That means no jagged edges in polygons.

There are lots of Android N64 emulators, but most are based on the same source: the Mupen PC emulator. So the differences are more about optimisation and features. The one we had the most luck with was SuperN64. You’ll see glitches in some games, but with a current mid-range phone you should be able to play most titles at full speed.

Best SNES emulator for Android: Snes9x EX Plus

Price: Free
Available from Google Play

The SNES was home to some of the very best games of the 90s. It’s amusing that many modern games take up as much as 100,000 times as much data as a SNES classic. We’ll let you decide whether Super Mario World is actually more fun than generic shooter X in 2014.

There are a few paid options out there, but there’s also a perfectly good freebie: Snes9X EX Plus. While not quite as glitzy-looking as the paid-for SuperGnes, ROM support is excellent and we were able to play everything we tried at full speed on the Moto G.

This emulator offers scaling options, to make these old 16-bit games look a bit more as if they belong on our fancy high-res phones. They sharpen-up the visuals, but purists might not approve.

Best Mega Drive emulator for Android: Gensoid

Price: Free
Available from Emu Paradise

Sega Mega Drive emulation, or Genesis if you’re in the US, hasn’t had quite as much attention as its Nintendo arch-rival. Twenty years on, it seems Nintendo won that war.

There are a few decent Mega Drive Android emulators out there, although our top pick is not actually available on Google Play. Gensoid offers good performance and support, even though – like most other Mega Drive emulators – it hasn’t been updated in the last couple of years. Fingers crossed it’ll still work when Android Lollipop lands.

It offers reasonable controls, save/load states and fast forward, which just speeds up the action if you want to speed through a boring non-skippable cutscene.

Best Gameboy Advance emulator for Android: My Boy!

Price: £2.92
Available from Google Play

GBA emulator My Boy! is one of the few emulation apps actually made by the people that produced the core emulator software – often it’s someone else’s work, with a new front-end and some extra features applied. In the end the difference is minimal, but might make your feel better about paying for the ‘full’ version.

Dabblers may well be happy with the free edition of My Boy!, though, which simply cuts back a few features. Upgrade to the full My Boy! and you get multiplayer, better save/load support and gyroscope support.

We found this to be one of the most impressive emulators of the lot, both for its good presentation and that the GBA’s relatively limited on-console controls make a better fit for a phone. You don’t have to worry about six face buttons, just two. Phew.

Best Game Gear/Master System emulator for Android: Gearoid

Price: Free
Available from The Old Computer

As the systems are so much less popular than the Mega Drive, it’s no wonder there are fewer Master System and Game Gear emulators out there. However, there is one that can handle both of these minor classics: Gearoid.

It’s available for free, and is made by Yongzh, one of the leading figures in the emulation scene. However, you won’t find it in Google Play or any of the main third-party app stores. You’ll need to side-load this one.

While not one of the highest-profile emulators, you still get plenty of extra features including physical controller support and save states.

Best Nintendo DS emulator for Android: DraStic

Price: £3.75
Available from Google Play

One of the most recent systems that can be (mostly) successfully emulated by an Android is the Nintendo DS. Bless Nintendo for not really caring about graphics, or anything remotely high-end, hardware-wise.

Trying to fit the DS’s two screens onto one Android display comes with issues, but we didn’t actually find this emulator any fiddlier than the Sega Mega Drive or SNES. It’s remarkably playable, unless you try a game that demands lots of touchscreen and button action at the same time.

Unlike the other DS emulators, DraStic offers excellent performance too. We got full speed play with the Moto G in most games, and we imagine even humbler phones could hack it too.

Best Gameboy emulator for Android: My Old Boy!

Price: £2.38
Available from Google Play

The father of our best GBA pick, My Old Boy! plays Gameboy and GBC games. And just like the GBA emulator, it’s a cracker.

Not only are performance and the interface great, we also found that the games make the transition to your phone’s screen with real ease. It’s not hard to imagine why – the way you hold your phone in portrait is quite a lot like holding a Gameboy.

If you’ve turned your nose up at trying something as old as a Gameboy game, give one a try – they’re generally much less problematic control-wise than SNES ones.

Best PS1 emulator for Android: FPse

Price: £2.27
Available from Google Play

The console that brought CD-based gaming to the masses (the TurboGrafx CD was nice, but no-one bought it), emulating PlayStation games requires quite a lot of storage. You’re not going to fit dozens on your phone’s internal memory, unlike the rival N64.

However, the relatively low power of the PlayStations internals means most current Android devices can handle the task of emulation pretty well.

There are two hero PlayStation emulators out there at present – FPse and ePSXe. Both cost a couple of pounds and neither offers a trial/demo version.

Which is better? Both are solid, offering good compatibility and performance. They both offer OpenGL support too, letting the phone render the game at a higher resolution than it would have originally been displayed. However, we’ll side with FPse as it was been updated very recently and offers an active forum online. ePSXe feels a bit stagnant in comparison.

Alternatively, RetroArch offers fairly good PS1 emulation for free.

Best NES emulator for Android: Nostalgia.NES

Price: Free
Available from Google Play

The console that started it all for many, heading back to some of those NES classics will be like gorging on a nostalgia chocolate box. And several good NES emulators are available for free.

Our pick of the bunch is Nostalgia.NES, currently available in ad-supported form for free, or you can get rid of the ads for a mere £1.20. Much as we found with the Gameboy Advance and Gameboy, the two-button NES controller ports over fantastically to the touchscreen.

Nostalgia.NES offers some great features too, including OpenGL support to improve the graphics a little, light gun emulation, autosave, Wi-Fi multiplayer and game rewinding. Given NES games are often much harder than what we’re used to today, the latter is a nice extra.

Best MAME (arcade) emulator for Android: Mame4Droid

Price: Free
Available from Google Play

The MAME project has been around for almost 20 years, and it’s a mammoth endeavour: to emulate every arcade machine. It’s evidence of what indie collaboration online is capable of.

There are two versions of the MAME emulator available on Google Play, one intended for lower-power devices, the other a little more demanding. Each supports a different ROM set. Through the decade-plus development of MAME, these different ROM sets have told you exactly which games are compatible or semi-compatible, at any time.

The higher-end version of Mame4droid supportsover 8000 ROM sets – over 8000 games, in other words. Feature support is excellent, with touchscreen light guns, external controller compatibility and various image filters.

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The South Korean company Samsung has already started work in which they shall be his lower-middle for next year range smartphones 2015. First we met about a new Galaxy E range, which seems to contain midrange phones such as the recently leaked Samsung Galaxy E7, and this time the protagonist is another new smartphone simple: the Samsung Galaxy J1.

 The Samsung Galaxy J1 is a mobile with very modest features, virtually input range, which has appeared leaked on the net revealing much of their technical specifications.

 According filtration revealed by the US website SamMobile, the Samsung Galaxy J1 will be presented with a screen of 4.3 inches to reach a resolution of WVGA type, ie a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The processor will be neither a Qualcomm nor MediaTek, but talking about a Marvell processor (model PXDA1908) quad core to reach a clock speed of 1.2 GHz besides being compatible with 64-bits-technology.

 The RAM apparently integrate the Samsung Galaxy J1 will have a capacity of 1 GB. The internal storage space will be expandable via an external microSD card type, something to keep in mind knowing that the internal memory of this mobile is established in the 4 gigabytes. The Galaxy J1 will not be a smartphone focused on the multimedia aspect, and therefore the main camera shy comes with a five megapixel sensor, while the front camera host a two-megapixel sensor.

 The most curious features of the Samsung Galaxy J1 is that this terminal will come with 4G LTE connectivity, which means that will be compatible with mobile networks ultra-fast Internet that achieve a download speed of up to 150 Mbps. the operating system installed in series correspond to Android, but not in its latest version of Lollipop, but in the version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat. All backed by a battery with 1850 mAh capacity.

 To give us an idea of the possible design of the Samsung Galaxy J1 just let’s take a look at your measurements: 129 x 68 x 8.9 mm, which shows us that we are talking about a smartphone that has almost the same size as the Samsung Galaxy Core (129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm) which was submitted to the middle of last year.

 By the time the filing date of Samsung Galaxy J1 is unknown. What does seem clear is that during the next year 2015 will see a major change in the names of the most affordable smartphones Samsung: instead of be called Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Core or Galaxy Express, now these terminals will have denominations with a letter and a number, see for example the case of this new Galaxy J1. The reason? Apparently a drop in sales has forced the South Korean company to streamline its portfolio of phones.

Samsung Galaxy J1, leaked a new mobile input range of Samsung

The Samsung SE790C is a new monitor with curved screen. It is designed for leisure at home, but also to multitask. Has a slightly curved screen, which increases the feeling of immersion. 3000R design called because curvature has a radius of 3.000 millimeters. Unlike conventional flat monitors, there is no difference in the viewing distance at the edges to the center of the screen. That is the reason for their curved design. That way, users enjoy enhanced viewing experience without distortion in the corners of images. The curvature of the screen produces another effect: the monitor seems much larger than its actual dimensions suggest. In this case, there is a 34 inch diagonal, to envelop the user, appears to be even greater.

 It is a multimedia monitor with integrated speakers. The display gives an aspect ratio of 21: 9 with a Ultra-WQHD resolution, that is, 3440 by 1440 pixels. The brightness reaches 300 candelas per square meter, and the contrast ratio (native) is 3.000: 1. The viewing angle extends 178 degrees both vertically and horizontally. Samsung SE790C is constructed of metallic materials, with a clean and clear design that avoids distractions from the images on screen. The pedestal is T-shaped, and its height is adjustable up to 10 inches so you can adapt well to the needs of all users.

 The panel response time is only 4 milliseconds and the refresh rate is 60 Hz. You can work with PC and Mac computers. It has a DisplayPort, two HDMI inputs, a headphone output and four USB 3.0 ports. On the other hand, incorporates two integrated speakers, providing an output of 2 to 7 watts. The Samsung SE790C meets the specifications of international certification body TÜV Rheinland, which establishes standards for color reproduction, color uniformity, lack of flashing and viewing angle. Allows viewing two images simultaneously or one at ultra widescreen format . This is useful for graphic designers who want to compare photographs but also for any multitasking.

 The gamers will also be able to enjoy with friends operating a split screen. In fact, this Samsung SE790C can display two different sources of images at once while maintaining the quality of the original source (s PBP or Picture-by-Picture function or an image beside the other). Then there’s the 2.0 PIP function (Picture in Picture, or an image inside another), which is also common in many TVs, which facilitates viewing of video within another image on screen; the user can adjust the size of the sub picture for occupying a quarter of the screen and place it in any position you want.

Samsung SE790C curved monitor

Introduction


Samsung NX200 Smart Camera-After a year of camera Samsung NX100 waltz, now comes with the name of the successor series Samsung NX200. Camera Compact System Camera (CSC) is present as the challenge of other manufacturers who also gave birth to a kind of camera, such as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1, Sony NEX-5N, and the Olympus PEN E-P3. Also continue NX10 which is Samsungs first mirrorless camera, NX200 has a CMOS sensor APS-C sensor DSLR cameras are widely used.

Samsung NX200 is wrapped with metal body and a number of improvements from the previous series. NX200 comes with 2X the price of the NX100 and OIS 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. If the NX100, there are some issues regarding the speed, both in terms of performance and autofocus, and a lot of noise at high ISO usage. However, Samsung heard of this problem and fix it on the NX200 Series.

Samsung NX also increases the sensor on this new series. If the NX100 NX200 while using 14.6 MP 20.3 MP use. However, this amount is still less when compared to Sonys sensor NEX-7 is at 24.3 MP. However, the 20.3 MP NX200 is larger than most DSLR that uses the average 16-18MP. AF system also uses a new system. Autofocus on the NX200 is faster than its predecessor. According to Samsung, autofokusnya speed is 100ms.

In the continuous shooting mode, NX200 able menambil images up to 7fps. While in video mode, NX200 capable of taking video at up to Full HD 1080p with 30fps in MP4 format. This camera also offers sensitivity up to ISO 12800. In theory, the high ISO is very helpful when shooting in low light. On the features of Magic, Magic Frame, there were 13 and 10 filter effect is interesting. Among them is a fish eye filter and 3D, as well as taking panorama.

Design and Menu Control


Body Samsung NX200 uses metal material, making it more robust and sturdy. Body shape is slightly different with NX100 NX200. On the NX200, form a larger hand grip and grip on the camera like a DSLR. While the setting speed / zoom in the preview mode is placed after the control menu. We feel this placement is a bit annoying. It was a little into a bit stymied by the control menu. In addition the position of the shutter button is parallel with the body. This position also makes it a bit uncomfortable when pressed, due to the shape of DSLR-like grip, shutter button is usually made at a slight angle to the front to adjust where your index finger.


Difference between NX100 and NX200 design other is speaker placement. Position the speakers moved to the position of the control menu, make the sound more out of hand and not blocked. On the upper also has a pair of quality stereo microphone, but the NX200 no slot for adding an external microphone. Control over the menu consists of the Manual, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Program, Smart, Movie, Scene, Panorama, Magic, and Lens Priority Mode. There is also a hotshoe flash that can be installed or viewfinder.


Pictorial keys trash (trash) in the lower right corner is the same as the NX100. This key function allows users to delete files directly. These custom buttons can also be used as a replacement of the White-Balance. But we also do not like the placement of this button, the position that too often makes right hand was accidentally depressed.

Another change is on the record. On the NX200, Samsung added a button that makes the record easier to use the video recording. NX200 uses AMOLED screen with a width of 3 inches.

Section there is a hole right side USB and HDMI are wrapped so as not easily soiled by the dust. At the bottom there is a screw that can be used to use a tripod. While the memory card slot inside the battery hole.

While the menu settings on the camera is fairly not complicated and easily selected. An explanation of the menu also appears a few seconds later.


Performance


The first interesting thing we found when trying NX200 is, this camera is ready to use quickly. When we turn, we recorded a time of 1.3 seconds from power is off to a condition ready for a slingshot.

The camera is able to capture seven images per second at full resolution 5472 x 3648. While in burst mode, NX200 able to take pictures up to 30 shots a single tap on a resolution of 2736 x 1824. The process of storing 30 images once snap is a little long, but when the place of storage, display image is not locked. This camera can still be used to capture images while the storage process is underway.

In the RAW format, continuous shooting only 7 frames per second, while the burst mode is off to RAW. The storage process is much longer than the RAW JPEG, because RAW files are large. When the process of saving RAW takes place, the screen is locked and had to wait for the process is finished if you want to take the next picture.

Samsung NX200 Smart Camera adds video recording capabilities up to Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) with a speed of 30fps. There was also another recording option, which is 1280 x 720 at 30fps or 60fps, 640 x 40 and 320 x 240 at 30fps. In theory, of course 60fps recording speed can produce a finer image than 24fps/25fps/30fps. To see the video, please see the video below. NX200 video recording can also be used manually or autofocus. Autofocus feature is especially helpful for users who are less familiar with the manual focus. But when we tried it, not too fast autofocus works but still very helpful. But we find these constraints autofocus while recording an object with a light low-light, AF is having trouble finding a focal point of the object.

The video below is in a state of low-light. We tried to record a phone in autofocus mode, but the NX200 seen trouble finding a focal point of the object. In the second-to-10 to the end, we change the focus mode manually.



Features


Samsung NX200 features a panorama, this mode also exists on the Sony NEX. But Samsungs way of making panorama with Sonny is somewhat different. Samsung make a panorama with video, while Sony makes panoramic images taken of their own. Choice movement on the panorama mode is to the right / left or up / down. The results of full panoramic image resolution is 1120 pixels (height) or 1600 pixels (width). Way of taking panorama is also fairly easy. Simply press the shutter and move the camera slowly. Images will be recorded during the shutter is pressed and there is a mini preview when taking panorama.


The results of this panorama looks nice and can be used to measure the size of the media is not large. At a location where we tested, the results are panoramic NX200 ghost effect (ghosting), look at pictures of cars are white box on the left. While at another location on the stationary object, ghost effects do not appear. See the picture that we took the following graffiti.

Another helpful feature on the NX200 is Correct Distortion. This feature corrects image distortion that often occurs in wide lens. When we tried to activate this feature, the resulting image is much better than without Distortion Correct. Look at the difference in the photos below. To enable this feature, go to the Custom menu.


Some other features are a Smart Filter and the Magic Frame. Filters (effects) are available in pretty much NX200, the vignetting effect, miniature, fish eye, sketch, defog, halftone dots, soft focus, an old movie, old movies 2 and negative. In the fish eye effect, the picture is similar to when we take pictures using a fish eye lens. With similar results is, of course, we could save money to buy a fish eye lens that cost a bit expensive.


Another interesting effect is a miniature. This effect makes the photos we snap, as if we were the object snap miniature (mini-shaped building). To take a picture of a miniature, should be much lower position of the object from the camera. See an example we take the following miniature.


Image Quality and Noise


We tested the use of ISO Samsung NX200 on a red apple. In the test, ISO 100 produces crystal clear images without noise. At ISO 200, the results of our apples that look much sharper picture, but when viewed in detail, noise already there even a little. Here are the results of ISO 100.



ISO 400 the camera produced this visible increase in noise from ISO 200, yet more subtle, while the sharp effects such as the one at ISO 200 is more diminished. At ISO 800 noise also increased, but still fairly unforgivable. Look at the comparison of ISO 1600 with ISO 3200 up to 12800. It appears that a significant increase in noise.

We also did a test a test image on the RAW format. RAW images with speed, aperture and auto WB produces contrast and sharpness are slightly different from the JPEG. This difference we saw when RAW images are converted to JPEG using the default Samsung apps. The following photos are the result of the RAW converted to JPEG using the software built by Samsung.

In the JPEG image, apple images look a bit darker but sharper. As for RAW images, resulting in brighter images but with a sharpness that is more subtle.

Movie


In the Movie mode, Samsung NX200 is capable of recording full HD quality video (1920 x 1080) with 30 fps. While other recording option is the quality of 720p at 30 fps and 60 fps. When we tried recording with full HD resolution at 30 fps, the result looks pretty good. Lighting does not change and the auto focus works well. While sharpness is still unsatisfactory. For full HD-quality video recording, the file is stored with a duration of 5 seconds with a size 8.58 MB in MP4 format.


Recording our second try with HD resolution (1280 x 70) at 60 fps. The result, a more smooth motion video. Try to note the difference between video on the video below. Video recording at speeds below 60 fps looks more comfortable and minimal ghost effects as seen in the video above. Unfortunately the recording speed of 60 fps is not there at full HD resolution, and only at HD resolutions only. Duration video below takes 5 seconds for 8.44 MB memory in MP4 format.




Conclusion


Mirrorless NX200 series is Samsungs latest camera and the first use APS-C sensor of 20.3 MP. This sensor camera to beat its competitors, Sony Alpha NEX-5N (16.1 MP) and the Olympus PEN E-P3 (12.3 MP). Furthermore this sensor size is also above average for most DSLR on the market. The ability to record full HD video to appeal to the Compact System Camera (CSC) is. Video recording can also use the manual controls. While recording with autofocus also works but has problems when recording in low-light situation.

To ISO quality, NX200 very good at low ISO. While noise at ISO 1600 and 3200 starts to look a lot of noise, especially at ISO 12800.

Some features, such as the frame and the filter is in the body of this camera adds a sense of completeness. Panorama mode is also easy to use for the novice user. While for 3D, the results are not much different from normal. Smart control menu option also helps a novice user. On this menu there is a macro feature, sports, night mode and other features. Users who operate in this mode the camera is using a pocket camera seemed full auto. Very practical.

Samsung NX200 Smart Camera does not have internal flash. But do not worry, the sales package we received, NX200 includes a mini-sized external flash that can help capture low-light objects. In addition, there are lens-hood for the lens kit that was brought in paketan Samsung NX200.

Another interesting capability is the full HD resolution video recording. In addition, the NX200 is capable of producing 60 images per second. Magnitude of this velocity produces a smoother movement. But this new rate of 60 fps at a resolution of HD Samsung pinned.

Pros:

Good image quality and fine detail at high resolution.
Small ISO produces crystal clear images.
Stylish yet compact body design of the SLR
Interfaces and filters as well as its easy to understand for a novice user
IFN facilitates custom settings button
Capable of shooting 7 fps continuous shooting at full resolution
Also can be snapped up to 30 fps in burst mode, at a resolution of 5 MP
It could take another picture while the image storage process is underway
Time livelihood camera (startup) fairly quickly
Can manually control in video mode
LCD display with AMOLED technology
The lens can be replaced with other NX lens

Disadvantages:

Long storage process RAW
The location of the memory card under (along with batteries), so that closed when the camera is tripod mounted
There is no slot for an external microphone
Not included external viewfinder
Less long battery life
Handrails rather hot when the old camera used

LA Galaxy for the fifth time in the history became champion in the American Major League Soccer (MLS). Landon Donovan ended his professional career thus with a highlight. His team LA Galaxy won 2-1 after extra time with the New England Revolution. Robbie Keane made in the 111th minute winning goal.

Before 27,000 spectators in the sold StubHub Center in Carson, California, Gyasi Zerdes opened in the 52th minute the score on behalf of the team from Los Angeles. Chris Tierney made in the 79th minute is equal, which was an extension is necessary.

Galaxy was the third time in the last four years in the MLS champion. The 32-year-old Donovan, who announced to quit in August, picked up his sixth US title. He was in 2005, 2011 and 2012 champion earlier with LA in 2001 and 2003 and also won the title with San Jose Earthquakes. In October he took all farewell as international.