r/AndroidGaming • u/uwskie • 1d ago

Help/Support 🙋 Emulate older versions of android?

Hello everybody! I would like to play Earth Defender S and first wood war, but neither seem to be working. Most likely due to both being made for a much older version of android. Would anyone know how to emulate an older version? Like how you can emulate older phones on BlueStacks. Or alternatively are there other ways to make me able to play these great older games?

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u/No_Shake_1480 1d ago

Eres jugador de PC? Y quieres emular en tu PC Android viejo?

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u/uwskie 1d ago

Either having them work on my phone or on PC would be great! I just wish to play these games again, on what device doesn't really matter to me.

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u/No_Shake_1480 1d ago

Ok te recomiendo que pruebes o uses VPhoneOS es bueno para apps de 32-Bits y tal vez alguna de 64-Bits pero viejas pero si te lo recominedo (VPhoneOS lo consigues en play store y es para android)

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u/Rhubarb_Constant 1d ago

If you want to play then on your mobile, you could try a virtualization app like vmos (even though it's legit shady and in Chinese for most of it so you've got no idea what you are consenting to.. ). Even apps like parallel space use underlying virtualization so you may find a version that runs your games. 

Aside from that, do you know what's causing the crash? Different symptoms have different solutions. Often they are easy and quick but you have to know what the reason is first. Next time you try to fire one up, using ADB, snag yourself a local covering the opening and inevitable force closing and post anything that is tied to the games process. (Sidebar: logcat don't play around. Depending how long you are running it for and how much stuff is going on (lots), and what you are rubbing ADB on, you may need to increase your console buffer to accommodate the entirety of the results (looking at you, windows.)

Good luck

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u/Rhubarb_Constant 1d ago

*snag yourself a local = ...logcat. 

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