Emulation On The Oculus Quest 2 VR Head Set Is Pretty Awesome! PS2, Gamecube, PSP, N64

**Emulation on the Oculus Quest 2: A Comprehensive Guide**

Hello everyone, it’s ETA Prime back again today to dive into the world of emulation on the Oculus Quest 2. This has been something I’ve wanted to explore for a while, but unfortunately, the built-in screen capture feature wasn’t cooperating with sideloaded apps. Even when attempting to cast the content, it would result in a black screen. However, thanks to the latest updates, we’re now able to capture the screen on this device pretty easily. Today, we’ll be testing out some GameCube, N64, PSP, and PS2 emulators.

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### **Setting Up for Emulation**

All the emulators we’re going to test today have been sideloaded using SideQuest, which is a fantastic application for getting these kinds of apps onto your Quest 2. One thing I’ve noticed with some of the higher-end emulators is that you can’t access a file browser directly within the app. For example, if I wanted to run *Solo Calibur 2*, I’d need an external file browser like File Browser Plus, which is just an APK I downloaded and sideloaded onto the Quest.

However, some apps like PSP using PPSSPP have their own built-in file browsers that work seamlessly with the Quest 2’s internal storage. This makes it much easier to access and manage your games without needing additional apps.

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### **GameCube Emulation with Dolphin**

For GameCube emulation, we’re using the Dolphin Emulator, specifically a development build from their website. While I’m not sure of the exact version, it’s a later iteration as of this video. Unfortunately, some games aren’t running as smoothly as I’d hoped. For instance, when I tried *The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker*, which runs at 30 FPS on console, it flawlessly translated to the Quest 2.

However, with titles like *Auto Modista*, a game I particularly love for racing, things got a bit tricky. Swapping back to the OpenGL backend helped stabilize performance, but there were still some dips in FPS when effects piled up on screen. While not perfect, it’s clear that GameCube emulation on Quest 2 is definitely possible with the right tweaks.

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### **N64 and PSP Emulation**

Starting off with something lighter, we tested N64 emulation using Retro Arch with the Mopin core. *GoldenEye 7|* ran exceptionally well, maintaining a solid 60 FPS throughout. For sound, I had to rig up an external recording setup since the built-in screen recorder couldn’t capture audio from sideloaded apps.

Moving on to PSP, we used PPSSPP with the Vulkan backend for *Chains of Olympus*, running at 2x resolution. The performance was impressive, and while there’s room to push it further, it still looks great at 60 FPS. This shows that even harder-to-emulate PSP games run smoothly on Quest 2.

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### **PS2 Emulation with EtherSX2**

The PS2 emulator, EtherSX2, does work on the Quest 2, but there are some limitations. When I tried to access the file browser within the app, it prompted me that no app could perform that task. This is because EtherSX2 doesn’t use any permissions, so launching games requires ADB over Wi-Fi or USB.

Despite this inconvenience, I was able to get a few PS2 games running in safe mode without any hacks. The native PlayStation 2 resolution made it an easier experience compared to other emulators tested. While there were some performance dips, especially with the Vulkan backend crashing more frequently than OpenGL, Quest 2 still managed to handle these games decently.

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### **Controller Setup and Sound Challenges**

Pairing a controller was straightforward, thanks to Bluetooth support on Quest 2. I used an Xbox One controller for testing, and while some apps required manual mapping, most worked out of the box. This makes using external controllers much more accessible than before.

One major hurdle we’re still facing is sound recording. The built-in screen recorder doesn’t capture audio from sideloaded apps, forcing us to rely on external setups. This is something that needs improvement to make content creation easier in the future.

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### **Looking Ahead**

In conclusion, emulation on Quest 2 has come a long way with the latest updates. While there are still some challenges like file access and sound recording, it’s clear that many retro games can run smoothly on this device. If you’re curious about seeing specific emulators or games in action, feel free to leave your requests in the comments below.

Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for more videos as I continue exploring the world of emulation on Quest 2. Until next time, keep those headsets clean and enjoy your retro gaming adventures!

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Let me know if you have any questions or need further details!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody it's ETA Prime back here again today we're going to be checking out some emulation on the Oculus Quest 2 now I've actually been wanting to do this for a while but uh unfortunately the built-in screen capture wasn't working with Sid loaded apps and even if I was to cast this it would just go to a black screen but with the latest updates we're actually able to capture the screen on this pretty easily and we're even going to be testing out some PS2 using ethers too because after all this is running Android and don't worry I will turn off the head tracking when we get into emulation just to make it a little easier to look at I completely understand how it is but in this video we're going to be testing out some GameCube we'll go with some N64 some PSP and some PS2 so with all of the emulators we're going to be testing in this video I just side loaded them from side quest great application but one thing that I've noticed is with some of the higher-end stuff we can't access a file browser from within the application if you have an extra file browser installed you can actually just choose your game but you can't populate your game list inside of the app so if we wanted to run solo Calibur 2 I can choose it from here and I'm just using an application called file browser plus this was just an APK a downloaded and side loaded it on the quest so this method here is working for the Dolphin Emulator and if you wanted to go with something like uh PSP using the stain alone version of PPSSPP the built-in file browser in that application works with this so we can access all of the files on the quest so we don't need any other application with that but that brings me over to Ether sx2 PS2 emulator does work on this unit but we cannot get file access so if I click here it's going to give me a prompt no app can perform that task because this application doesn't use any permissions it does have a spot for the default bio so I can place it in the correct location I don't have to select it it's there we can boot it up but when it comes to games we can't populate a game list and the only way to launch a game is over ADB you can do it over Wi-Fi or USB but most of the other applications that I've tested except for dolphin and ether sx2 have their file manager built in like PPSSPP we can access the Quest 2 internal storage that way we can basically put our games anywhere on the unit same thing with retro Arch we do have access to the internal storage so it's really easy to use these two applications and we can also pair a controller with the quest too so what I have here is an Xbox One controller just paired up over Bluetooth and it does work with these applications some of them I had to go in and map it most of them it just worked right off the bat all right so we're starting off light here with some N64 I'm using retro arch with the mopin core we have golden ey7 and it runs really well FPS is on screen we're at 60 the sound might be off a little bit in this recording because I actually had to rig up a setup to record the built-in speaker on the headset and then kind of splice it them together because with these Sid loaded apps I just cannot record audio with the built-in screen recorder or casting but this is still going to give us a really good idea of how emulation performs on this device and when it comes to N64 get an amazing performance same thing with PSP I'm using the stainl inversion of PPSSPP Vulcan backend chains of Olympus 2x resolution and I probably could have taken it up a little more but I still think it looks good we're at 60 with this one so when it comes to the harder to emulate PSP games it's also got you cover and anything below these it's going to work out just fine with Dreamcast unfortunately I couldn't get redream to work you will have to use retro arch for now but you should get really good performance so let's take it up a bit to GameCube using the Dolphin Emulator I'm using the development build from their website I'll leave a link in the description I'm not exactly sure which version it is but it's a later version as of making this video it's not bad but you know going into this I was hoping that we'd be able to run at least this game at 60 FPS I'm using the openg back in and that's because when I swap over to Vulcan I'm getting worse performance at least with this game here now I did test some other games that actually ran really well like time Splitters 2 and here we are using the Vulcan back in I pretty much got the same performance from Vulcan and openg GL with this one but uh this is a game that is fully playable got that FPS up in the top rightand corner and performance with this is really really good as you can see so yeah there are some GameCube games games that you can play on The Quest 2 with no issues at all I also tested Wind Waker one of those games that runs at 30 and it runs flawlessly on this device but one I always like to test is one of my favorite racing games and that's autom modista with this I did swap back over to the openg G backend and unfortunately we just can't get that steady 60 out of it I mean it's doing a great job it's trying its hardest but there are some dips when there's lots of effects on screen and kind of a pile up of cars I did see it drop into the 40s was really hoping for better performance out of this but it's just not going to cut it right now so like I mentioned at the beginning of the video ether sx2 does run on the Quest 2 but you kind of got to launch the games over ADB I've got three to test here and I wasn't getting the best performance out of this there is some tweaking that I need to do but just note that all of these games here are running in safe mode they're not in unsafe and I don't have any little hacks going on and another thing I noticed with this is the Vulcan back end crashes way more than opengl so we're going to stick with openg with all of these games with the native PlayStation 2 resolution and this is definitely an easier one to emulate Wrath of Cortex not bad but you get some dips like most of the other stuff we're going to test out here but I was really surprised to see that we were at least able to get some of these games up and running now it does take ad as of making this video hopefully the developer does fix this with kind of a built-in file manager but then you will have to add permissions to the app and that's one thing they didn't want to do when you try to add your game Direct trory it just pops up and say there's no apps that can perform this task so ADB is kind of the way to go and it's a bit of a pain to get these games up and running off the boot and the final game I tested here was Gran Turismo 4 unfortunately I don't have any sound for this one I forgot to hit record on the other device but uh it's not running at full speed I also went back and tried to test this with a few hacks running I also tested Vulcan and it's just not going to cut it at least right now on the Quest 2 so that's going to wrapped up for this one I really appreciate you watching I will have a couple more videos coming with the Quest 2 and emulation I kind of just got to get the hang of how to record the screen a little better now that we do have that built-in screen recorder working with thirdparty apps it's going to be much easier but sound is the issue right now if there's any other emulators or retro games you want to see running on the Quest 2 let me know what they are in the comments below and I'll make sure to add them to the next one if you have any questions you know where to leave them and like always thanks for watchinghey what's going on everybody it's ETA Prime back here again today we're going to be checking out some emulation on the Oculus Quest 2 now I've actually been wanting to do this for a while but uh unfortunately the built-in screen capture wasn't working with Sid loaded apps and even if I was to cast this it would just go to a black screen but with the latest updates we're actually able to capture the screen on this pretty easily and we're even going to be testing out some PS2 using ethers too because after all this is running Android and don't worry I will turn off the head tracking when we get into emulation just to make it a little easier to look at I completely understand how it is but in this video we're going to be testing out some GameCube we'll go with some N64 some PSP and some PS2 so with all of the emulators we're going to be testing in this video I just side loaded them from side quest great application but one thing that I've noticed is with some of the higher-end stuff we can't access a file browser from within the application if you have an extra file browser installed you can actually just choose your game but you can't populate your game list inside of the app so if we wanted to run solo Calibur 2 I can choose it from here and I'm just using an application called file browser plus this was just an APK a downloaded and side loaded it on the quest so this method here is working for the Dolphin Emulator and if you wanted to go with something like uh PSP using the stain alone version of PPSSPP the built-in file browser in that application works with this so we can access all of the files on the quest so we don't need any other application with that but that brings me over to Ether sx2 PS2 emulator does work on this unit but we cannot get file access so if I click here it's going to give me a prompt no app can perform that task because this application doesn't use any permissions it does have a spot for the default bio so I can place it in the correct location I don't have to select it it's there we can boot it up but when it comes to games we can't populate a game list and the only way to launch a game is over ADB you can do it over Wi-Fi or USB but most of the other applications that I've tested except for dolphin and ether sx2 have their file manager built in like PPSSPP we can access the Quest 2 internal storage that way we can basically put our games anywhere on the unit same thing with retro Arch we do have access to the internal storage so it's really easy to use these two applications and we can also pair a controller with the quest too so what I have here is an Xbox One controller just paired up over Bluetooth and it does work with these applications some of them I had to go in and map it most of them it just worked right off the bat all right so we're starting off light here with some N64 I'm using retro arch with the mopin core we have golden ey7 and it runs really well FPS is on screen we're at 60 the sound might be off a little bit in this recording because I actually had to rig up a setup to record the built-in speaker on the headset and then kind of splice it them together because with these Sid loaded apps I just cannot record audio with the built-in screen recorder or casting but this is still going to give us a really good idea of how emulation performs on this device and when it comes to N64 get an amazing performance same thing with PSP I'm using the stainl inversion of PPSSPP Vulcan backend chains of Olympus 2x resolution and I probably could have taken it up a little more but I still think it looks good we're at 60 with this one so when it comes to the harder to emulate PSP games it's also got you cover and anything below these it's going to work out just fine with Dreamcast unfortunately I couldn't get redream to work you will have to use retro arch for now but you should get really good performance so let's take it up a bit to GameCube using the Dolphin Emulator I'm using the development build from their website I'll leave a link in the description I'm not exactly sure which version it is but it's a later version as of making this video it's not bad but you know going into this I was hoping that we'd be able to run at least this game at 60 FPS I'm using the openg back in and that's because when I swap over to Vulcan I'm getting worse performance at least with this game here now I did test some other games that actually ran really well like time Splitters 2 and here we are using the Vulcan back in I pretty much got the same performance from Vulcan and openg GL with this one but uh this is a game that is fully playable got that FPS up in the top rightand corner and performance with this is really really good as you can see so yeah there are some GameCube games games that you can play on The Quest 2 with no issues at all I also tested Wind Waker one of those games that runs at 30 and it runs flawlessly on this device but one I always like to test is one of my favorite racing games and that's autom modista with this I did swap back over to the openg G backend and unfortunately we just can't get that steady 60 out of it I mean it's doing a great job it's trying its hardest but there are some dips when there's lots of effects on screen and kind of a pile up of cars I did see it drop into the 40s was really hoping for better performance out of this but it's just not going to cut it right now so like I mentioned at the beginning of the video ether sx2 does run on the Quest 2 but you kind of got to launch the games over ADB I've got three to test here and I wasn't getting the best performance out of this there is some tweaking that I need to do but just note that all of these games here are running in safe mode they're not in unsafe and I don't have any little hacks going on and another thing I noticed with this is the Vulcan back end crashes way more than opengl so we're going to stick with openg with all of these games with the native PlayStation 2 resolution and this is definitely an easier one to emulate Wrath of Cortex not bad but you get some dips like most of the other stuff we're going to test out here but I was really surprised to see that we were at least able to get some of these games up and running now it does take ad as of making this video hopefully the developer does fix this with kind of a built-in file manager but then you will have to add permissions to the app and that's one thing they didn't want to do when you try to add your game Direct trory it just pops up and say there's no apps that can perform this task so ADB is kind of the way to go and it's a bit of a pain to get these games up and running off the boot and the final game I tested here was Gran Turismo 4 unfortunately I don't have any sound for this one I forgot to hit record on the other device but uh it's not running at full speed I also went back and tried to test this with a few hacks running I also tested Vulcan and it's just not going to cut it at least right now on the Quest 2 so that's going to wrapped up for this one I really appreciate you watching I will have a couple more videos coming with the Quest 2 and emulation I kind of just got to get the hang of how to record the screen a little better now that we do have that built-in screen recorder working with thirdparty apps it's going to be much easier but sound is the issue right now if there's any other emulators or retro games you want to see running on the Quest 2 let me know what they are in the comments below and I'll make sure to add them to the next one if you have any questions you know where to leave them and like always thanks for watching\n"