SiriusVI Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I noticed that there is an Android platform for LaunchBox. Android emulation is possible via Nox Player, for example. Is there any automated way to import Android games into LaunchBox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurzih Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 18 hours ago, SiriusVI said: I noticed that there is an Android platform for LaunchBox. Android emulation is possible via Nox Player, for example. Is there any automated way to import Android games into LaunchBox? I guess .lnk (desktop shortcut icons) files should work just fine as "roms" - works with GOG .lnk files at least, have you tried that? You should be able to create those within NOX. I'm actually using Android Apps in a virtual environment, so I have a bit of a different setup in Launchbox with VMWare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVI Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, kurzih said: I guess .lnk (desktop shortcut icons) files should work just fine as "roms" - works with GOG .lnk files at least, have you tried that? You should be able to create those within NOX. I'm actually using Android Apps in a virtual environment, so I have a bit of a different setup in Launchbox with VMWare. Thanks for the suggestion. I just researched how to do that and found this: https://support.bignox.com/en/multi/shortcut However, when I click on the shortcut button, I don't get the message that a shortcut was created and there is in fact no shortcut on my desktop. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? EDIT: Never mind, I had an old version of Nox installed. I downloaded the newest version and now it works. Thanks a ton ? Edited January 9, 2021 by SiriusVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Do you have an opinion on Nox vs. bluestacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Friendly A.I Overlord Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, damageinc86 said: Do you have an opinion on Nox vs. bluestacks? I am curious too. But more of Android emulation in general. In the past I read that most Android emulators, if not all, are riddled with malware. I dabbled in Android-x86 in a vm once (about 2 years ago), but back then it didn't have a big compatibility. Is Android emulation/virtualization improved (or safe) in the mean time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVI Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 7:41 AM, damageinc86 said: Do you have an opinion on Nox vs. bluestacks? Ws this question directed at me? I don't know anything in detail about these emulators. NOX was the first I tried and it worked, so I stuck with it. The only game that I can't seem to get running on any Android Emulator is Mario Kart Tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 4:53 AM, SiriusVI said: Ws this question directed at me? I don't know anything in detail about these emulators. NOX was the first I tried and it worked, so I stuck with it. The only game that I can't seem to get running on any Android Emulator is Mario Kart Tour. Yes it was. Just curious if you had any opinions on it. I have tried bluestacks, and it's extremely slow. But every other one I tried in the past, didn't have any links that you could point launchbox to. But look like NOX has a way to do it. I may give it a shot. I think Nintendo has their games locked down pretty well. Somehow it senses that even though it is a legit android operating system, it isn't a true mobile device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVI Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 hours ago, damageinc86 said: Yes it was. Just curious if you had any opinions on it. I have tried bluestacks, and it's extremely slow. But every other one I tried in the past, didn't have any links that you could point launchbox to. But look like NOX has a way to do it. I may give it a shot. I think Nintendo has their games locked down pretty well. Somehow it senses that even though it is a legit android operating system, it isn't a true mobile device. Strangely enough, Super Mario Run and Dr. Mario work on NOX. It's just Mario Kart that produces an error. Other than that, NOX works fine for me at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 23 hours ago, SiriusVI said: Strangely enough, Super Mario Run and Dr. Mario work on NOX. It's just Mario Kart that produces an error. Other than that, NOX works fine for me at least. Well that's good news. I couldn't do Mario run before on bluestacks. But that was a long time ago that I even messed with android emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Laor Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I haven't tried the Nintendo games, but I like MEMU - seems to work well with Launchbox as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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