Skyline, an open-source, experimental and work-in-progress Nintendo Switch emulator that runs on ARMv8 Android devices, has successfully booted its first commercial game.

Using some temporary hacks, the team managed to get Sonic Mania up and running with working on-screen controls, as shown in the screenshot below.

Please note that the above mentioned build is currently private and not yet available to the public. The team have stated that once the necessary hacks that were temporarily added in order for the game to boot are correctly implemented into the Skyline emulator, that the build will be publicly available on the projects Github page which is linked below.

Skyline Github

 

[samantas5855]

I know. They believe EVERY game is compatible with skyline while in reality, only Sonic Mania is working.

It depends on your definition of working. Mario Odyssey is also working,it doesn't crash but doesn't present anything either. Some games present an upside down splash screen to the frame buffer. Lots of homebrew is working, some with graphics too.

 

[RAHelllord]

I know. They believe EVERY game is compatible with skyline while in reality, only Sonic Mania is working.

Everybody realizes it's not running every game yet, people shitpost about it replacing a real switch because it's amusing.

 

[MochaMilk]

Now we just need to recreate a Switch dock but for phones

 

[Deleted member 577981]

Skyline Chili

 

[raxadian]

Why is Sonic Mania so easy to run? Is also one of the games that ran on an early PS4 emulator, although with the wrong colours.

 

[Cris1997XX]

Wait until Qualcomm releases their new line of SoCs this year, then Switch emulation on Android will truly start to become a reality

 

[TomRiddle]

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Skyline, an open-source, experimental and work-in-progress Nintendo Switch emulator that runs on ARMv8 Android devices, has successfully booted its first commercial game.

Using some temporary hacks, the team managed to get Sonic Mania up and running with working on-screen controls, as shown in the screenshot below.

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Please note that the above mentioned build is currently private and not yet available to the public. The team have stated that once the necessary hacks that were temporarily added in order for the game to boot are correctly implemented into the Skyline emulator, that the build will be publicly available on the projects Github page which is linked below.

Skyline Github

Oh awesome pog, Sonic Mania running is a step in right direction. Now I wonder how long it'll take to run BOTW Mario odyssey etc, probably a while, but eventually we'll get there

 

[Cris1997XX]

Oh awesome pog, Sonic Mania running is a step in right direction. Now I wonder how long it'll take to run BOTW Mario odyssey etc, probably a while, but eventually we'll get there

It will also require the sacrifice of many phones, be it overheating or other problems...

 

[ChibiMofo]

finally play Switch games on a modern CPU and not one from last decade.

Whaddaya mean? I've been playing Switch games on my i7-12700K since last year.

 

[urherenow]

Whaddaya mean? I've been playing Switch games on my i7-12700K since last year.

The Switch CPU itself is from last decade (though not a decade old yet)

Your i7 is not ARM, so it does not run Switch code natively. Semantics, I guess…

 

[smilodon]

Boot up a game, blink, no more battery. Can't wait.

 

[ganons]

Wait until Qualcomm releases their new line of SoCs this year, then Switch emulation on Android will truly start to become a reality

Already out, the Motorola Edge X30 is the first.

 

[Cris1997XX]

Already out, the Motorola Edge X30 is the first.

I almost mistook 8 Gen 1 for another CPU of the 800 line. What the hell is with the naming conventions at Qualcomm? lmao

 

[weatMod]

i hope they make it available for apple users

yeah so it can get revoked 3 seconds later, rinse and repeat

 

[DBKVAG]

Une très bonne avancé , hate de voir ce que l'émulateur aura a nous proposés dans les années suivantes

 

[Aheago]

Now we just need to recreate a Switch dock but for phones

Two words.

Samsung Dex

 

[jornthree]

And would you look at that, you DON'T need a sketchy phone controller to use the switch emulator on a phone. Funny that.

 

[SacredMilkOG]

This is great. Pretty soon no one will want handhelds anymore, all they need is their phone…

I truly hope not. I'm sick of having an overly cluttered phone full of apps, logins, subscriptions and more out the @nu$... I don't like it at all.

That said- it's cool being able to emulate things and even throw it up on a TV via USB HDMI. RetroArch is awesome in combination with this ^~^ otherwise though.... I love a dedicated handheld. I still prefer playing my PS1 titles on a PSP. And speaking of which- games that I want to play on PPSSPP don't even fully work properly. So having an actual PSP is great- just not so great lacking a way to record clean gameplay on them. (I heard tell of an HDMI+upscaler attachment for the hardware PSP though. It'd be nice to get my hands on one of those eventually.)

 

[smf]

vita port when?

 

[Cris1997XX]

vita port when?

3DS port when?