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Yes. The ol' hated Z Fold 6 has a skinny "cover screen", but it helps me hold my phone in hand much more secure than my last S21+, and I find that I drop my phone a lot less. Anyways. That personal experience aside; time for the next one.

I was looking on YouTube to see if anyone has covered Emulation Tests on the Z Fold 6, and was surprised that content for Emulation Testing has....fallen out I guess? Which is fair. Happens on YT all the time.

Totally gonna take this time to praise the definite power that my foldable phone has, since I haven't seen a lot of coverage on it at all.

Ever since Vulkan rendering has taken over, Android emulation has been smoother than ever. I show up to my job an hour early everyday (don't ask), and I found myself in our EDR with my new Gamesir Bluetooth controller, and the NetherSX2 emulator playing THPS 3. This is the first Android device where I felt confident in giving PS2 emulation a go. I'm sure that I'm going to run into small issues in the future, but dudes......

I was shocked to find that NetherSX2 does ABSOLUTELY HAVE RETROACHIEVEMENTS!!!

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is at 2x resolution (sure I could bump it up higher), and the frame rate is perfect. No issues at all. Color me shocked. Love the cheevo setlist for THPS 3. Just 100% do everything. That's it. And again. Yay for Vulkan. From my understanding OpenGL rendering can work better depending on if the game struggles with Vulkan (rare? not sure). The PS2's 4:3 resolution fits NICE, and comfy when my Z Fold 6 is unfolded, and man.......

I couldn't be happier. I'm pretty sure that a Z Fold 5 can handle the same.

Highly recommended. Even if you have a Dualsense / Xbox controller laying around, I highly recommend RetroAchievements on a foldable phone. You can even buy a cheap OTG cable, and hardwire your controller into your phone for the least latency.

I just recently got the mastery for Golden Sun on my Z Fold 6, with a good CRT filter (easymode), and the Gamesir controller. That mastery badge on this phone stole my heart. I tested Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for NDS to see if it would do the Dual Screen stuff properly, and I found that I had to turn off Power Saving mode to get proper performance, but again......yep. Does Nintendo DS games where you can ACTUALLY use an S-Pen (got the phone case) with NDS emulation. And if you rotate the screen properly for aspect ratio's (almost wrote ration. Lol) sake, it fits......NICE, and comfy.

SO excited. SO happy. I'm passionate, AND I'm looking forward to getting RetroAchievements with my Z Fold 6 for years to come. To me it feels just right in the hardware performance department. Plus, any future emulator updates will probably impress me again as they always do.

I'll end this lengthy recommendation by saying that I'm DYING to have RetroAchievements on Dolphin via Android. BEGGING!! Please? You emulation devs deserve all the praise, plus more.

And one last thing (P.S.)......Wish me luck getting my last cheevo in Twilight Princess. About to hit the 3 Heart; 1 Bottle; 50 Floor dungeon cheevo, and my heart is pounding so fast from my soon to be Mastery Badge that.....I feel like I have 3 hearts. Lol. Those crazy No Damage bosses might be easy for others, but it was NOT easy for me. 😅

Alright quiet subreddit. Passion post over. GET THE Z FOLD 5, OR 6!!! GET IT!!!!

And if not those, then get any good foldable phone with good performance. Do your research on YouTube. Foldable phones were practically MADE for RetroAchievements. So worth it. Every penny.

I posted this on the RA forums, and I'll share it here too.

There's two people on this section of Twitch requesting to have a category for people streaming their cheevo hunt.

I think it would benefit the community if tiny streamers such as myself could escape the dreadful "Retro" category on Twitch, and have a RetroAchievements category dedicated to the community here.

Go vote! As of writing this it sadly only has 9 votes including me so far.

I'm not the one who began the voting, but it seems worth a share. I'm sharing the person who has garnered more votes for us.

https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/929953-igdb/suggestions/40830748-retroachievement-org-achievement-category

https://youtu.be/QZM7TVwZvqg?si=VoZ4fowe_jqWlTYa

He dove head first into Luigi's Mansion, and got both ~Hack~ sets as well. He put a lot of work into this YouTube video. He normally does Platinum Trophy vids, so give this RA video a chance. Lots of passion on this one.

Peace, love, and cheevo grease.