NEO.emu (Arcade Emulator)

Robert Broglia

About this game

Advanced open-source Neogeo arcade and home system emulator based on Gngeo with a minimalist UI and a focus on low audio/video latency, supporting a wide variety of devices from the original Xperia Play to modern devices like the Nvidia Shield and Pixel phones.

Features include:
* Supports MAME 0.144 or newer sets (neogeo.zip needed for BIOS)
* Supports Universe Bios with direct editing of region and mode from app menu
* Configurable on-screen controls
* Bluetooth/USB gamepad & keyboard support compatible with any HID device recognized by the OS like Xbox and PS4 controllers

No ROMs are included with this app and must be supplied by the user. It supports Android's storage access framework for opening files on both internal and external storage (SD cards, USB drives, etc.).

View the compatibility list:
https://www.explusalpha.com/contents/neo-emu

View the full update changelog:
https://www.explusalpha.com/contents/emuex/updates

Follow development of my apps on GitHub and report issues:
https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha

Please report any crashes or device-specific problems via email (include your device name and OS version) or GitHub so future updates continue to run on as many devices as possible.

Ratings and reviews

I was extremely hesitant to pay for this as I've been unable to get the neogeo.zip and assocaited rom set to work with the latest version of MAME (2.06). I ultimately just wanted to run Neo Geo on my android, where I have my Sega Genesis and SNES emulators, and I so I took a chance with this. I was really surprised to see that it worked immediately, all I had to do was transfer over the roms and most of them work. There are a few exceptions, maybe 30% of the ones I've tried so far don't work and result in some error indicating that some file is missing but most of them do. Growing up with the original Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy and SNES I always wanted to play games on Neo Geo but never could and the thing was extremely rare owing to how expensive it was. All I can say is WOW, if I had seen the quality of these titles when I was younger I would have been BLOWN completely away. This app works great, there is some slowdown with my phone, Samsung Galaxy S7, but that's to be par for the course with emulation. Maybe a brand new $800 Galaxy S9 or equivalent can run it but yeah, it's not that bad, and I'm not even sure it's not how the slow down was with the original Neo Geo

I had been looking for a neo geo emulator for at least a month. On each game. Half of my games wouldn't work, and the controls were bonkers. When ai launched the system, it was able to tell me rhe issue right off and now I can play all of them. I love the .EMU series, but this one was especially good for a complex console.

Another great emulator from Robert Broglia. I dig that his whole suite has the same framework for the settings, which allow (but do not need) very in-depth tweaking. One of the best features is 'affinity control', you can choose which processor core will work the app. Works without problem and saves lots of battery time indeed, as NeoGeo emulation doesn't need your full flagship power. Simply choose one of the little cores and save money. All in all, very approachable and really good.

What’s new

* Improve emulation thread timing accuracy, please report any performance regressions
* Add Frame Timing -> Output Rate option to control the frame rate when using the Screen frame clock
* Prefer the highest screen frame rate when the screen/output rates don't divide evenly
* Add option to display various frame timing stats during emulation
* Only show supported frame clocks in options and clarify descriptions
* Lower default sound buffer size to 2 frames