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- Sudachi developer Jarrod Norwell is working on a new Android port of RPCS3.
- He is also behind Folium, one of the few emulators on iOS.
- There’s no playable build yet, but aPS3e has already proved native PS3 emulation on Android is possible.
The barrier to PS3 emulation on Android has never been thinner. Although the initial aPS3e app has been removed from GitHub amid licensing controversies, there’s now new hope from a familiar Australian developer. Called rpcs3droid, it’s another native port of RPCS3 via Android Studio.
It’s the latest project from Jarrod Norwell, AKA antique_codes, who is well-known in the emulation community. He’s previously developed the popular Yuzu fork Sudachi, as well as the Folium multi-emulator on iOS. Judging by his posts on X, it appears he was inspired by the performance of aPS3e but found issues with its codebase and the closing of open-source code.