You Have To Try This New Emulation Front-End For Android! Daijishō First Look

[@clintharris8519]

Props to ETA for doing this video! Given that he's on the LaunchBox Team ...the fact that he positively reviews other front-ends is much appreciated!

[@modestyblaise4167]

It is odd though especially as this frontend has been around for a while now. From what I’ve witnessed, many supporters of all the other frontends have all been silent of Daijisho, keeping it out of the limelight. In my opinion, this launcher is already better than all of the others and it’s free.

[@MightyMoose2000]

Awesome vid as always! The app is pronounced "Die - Gee - Show". Means Big Dictionary (Album) in Japanese

[@ETAPRIME]

Thank you

[@josephl3602]

Thanks 🤜

[@modestyblaise4167]

Just to be clear, The “gee” is pronounced similar to “Jee” as in “genius” or “genie” (but a bit shorter) and not “gee” as in “geese” or “Giza”. The hiragana is "だいじしょう

[@MightyMoose2000]

@@modestyblaise4167 yes true. Should have put Jee haha

[@luckymouse1988]

Dictionary has a short o at the end, not the elongated o written in the video's title, or the app's title even. It's じしょ [ 辞書 ] and not じょしょう

[@SolaceRaptr]

I was literally JUST about to pony up for the full version of LaunchBox on my phone. This looks amazing, gonna try it out first!

[@majinshinsa]

I had the ordering form open but was too lazy to grab my credit card lol

[@modestyblaise4167]

Good decision. It’s better than Launchbox in every way, imo. ETA only just scratched the surface with all the features available.

[@elitegodz]

Launchbox is still the best one for me but coming from you, it's very humble for you to review other alternative frontends, so this is much appreciated!

[@foolio1990]

Man, this is looking really slick. I should receive my Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra next week and I might play with this a bit. It'll be good to compare it with Launchbox.

[@Reysetsu]

Not having to pay for customization is a plus 🙏

[@foolio1990]

@@Reysetsu Definitely

[@totalpartykill999]

i have the S8+ lol

[@foolio1990]

@@totalpartykill999 how you liking it?

[@totalpartykill999]

@@foolio1990 its pretty nice. these are powerful tabs so the battery does suffer, but other than that its worth it.

[@mablewheeler4911]

good to see you making a video about this! I've been running this on my retroid 2+ and it has really made the device feel great! impressive working on such a low res screen at different aspect ratios even in its early stages.

[@srvuk]

We could definitely do with an alternative to the ridiculously over priced Launchbox.

[@dawgyqq3264]

Seriously 75$ Jesus

[@Burythelie]

Yeah, i payed 20 bucks for big box a year ago and i can't upgrade to the latest one without ponying up more money.

[@chrisdpratt]

Which is about to get even more expensive. They're absolutely insane, and frankly I don't think it's even that great. Dig is easily better, though a bit more difficult to set up.

[@Flyingboots1]

@@chrisdpratt Dig is more difficult to set up? You literally scan the folder with all of the games in it, they don't even have to be sorted lmao!

[@Flyingboots1]

@@dawgyqq3264 It's only $25 for a lifetime license. What are you talking about?

[@Heru3005]

I've been using this on the Android side of my RG353P for a while now and its really solid. Probably the best free front-end for Android.

[@warlock5309]

How does it differ from a paid front-end, say for example launchbox?

[@kamm3021]

I have to honest this frontend is amazing Way better than DIG which doesn't run most emulators lately Impressive work really

[@AngryCalvin]

That’s why I have used Arc Browser but I had to pay $8 for it. I’m excited to try this free one and compare it. I have been waiting for this frontend for a while now not knowing how it would turn out. I like the look of it in this video. It’s nothing to compare to Linux based frontends but that’s the best thing I can run on a tablet at this point.

[@KennyChu]

Impressive work, but you still have to download separate emulators for each system

[@nickbu]

@@KennyChu I think that's the standard everywhere

[@KennyChu]

@@nickbu Yeah, but RetroArch is seamless inside the app itself like a plugin.

[@mrwhosetheboy]

What I find so funny is that I downloaded the app from Google play yesterday 😂. Hello eta from the uk 🇬🇧

[@ikemaster-lx1cb]

It is definitely super underrated.

[@josephl3602]

I'm excited to see this available, but I'm probably going to wait a few weeks before I bother with it. I like the idea of what it does and how well it does it, but with the constant discovery of new banking trojans being uploaded with in apps on the play store, I'm a bit overly cautious with anything I download any more. Not saying it has one, just saying I always wait now until apps have been around for a bit.

[@TyTystick]

This one has been around for quite a while actually (2-3 months), I think ETA was just waiting for it to become a bit more developed before making a video on it

[@AgentZeroNine1]

Any app can be updated later on to do unfavorable things. You're best to just have a secondary Google account that's not tied to your other services just for stuff like this.

[@retrodevils]

I have been using for months and months . It's great honestly . He's very open to community suggestions as well

[@aqwsderxz]

They are verified by play protect tho

[@mfreddy22]

Great video. I've been trying this one out for a few weeks and it's very promising. Not user friendly enough yet for me to use over Dig or Retroid Launcher but seems like the developer is improving it constantly. Needs easier navigation to favorites and recent games to replace my frontend but always good to have options.

[@dbozgt]

Thank you ETA Prime for the helpful guide I couldn't figure out how to use the frontend thanks again.

[@RealSykes]

Thank you! I have a Tab S8 Ultra coupled with a 1TB SD card and want to go to emulation town. Retroarch and Launchbox were a royal pain. This is far superior in everyway, from the UI to UX.

[@POST_M0RTEM]

Best frontend ever imho. You forgot to show the widgets and retroachivements integration those are some awesome features.

[@undeadkitty334]

Works great thanks for putting a spotlight on this app. I love it.

[@ivanfaigenbom5300]

Really clean frontend thanks!

[@junkmail6274]

As the launchbox guy, it's cool you're doing this....

[@Pliskins024]

Thank you for recommending this app ETA.🙌 And the helpful step by step tutorial. Going to try this on my Mi 11t phone.

[@pXxDisasteRxXq]

I'd like to have a gridview of 3D boxes of the games, with their covers and, maybe, the game supports with their label. And a session for favorite games under every specific system, and another one for favorite games overall, including all systems. Possible?

[@Reysetsu]

Super clean. Getting the recognition it deserves 😎

[@YoshiIsCool1]

Absolutely Nice Tutorial Video ETA PRIME.

[@karld4737]

I’ve been using this for a couple weeks myself on my galaxy note 10. Definitely like it’s presentation and ease of use.

[@eurosoe]

I’m loving the Emulation Station style of setup and I look forward to trying this out on my new Odin Pro. 👍🏻

[@PacoVJ]

Just finished setting up and works great on my Samsung S10. A few missing art but overall is a fantastic option.

[@lustrafemme]

i hope they add portrait support, i mostly emulate DS on my phone in portrait mode so going to landscape just for the frontend wouldnt make sense

[@daijishou]

Thanks for the video. ♥️ 🙏

[@cho-v4n]

This is fantastic. It has become my new launcher and frontend for my gpd xp plus. I can't believe it's free for how good it is. Thanks for this!

[@SebasHCG]

*die-G-show* ;D this is the japanese phonetic for you my friend. see ya.

[@wearecity]

Thanks for the video and explanations of some of the settings. So far, so good and it's free, which is always a bonus. Even if it becomes chargeable down the line, so far, it definitely looks worth paying for. I like the fact it can be used as the home screen on Android. Works great on the GPD XP (yes I was one of the few buyers of this overpriced device) even with the odd screen resolution on the device.

[@FiceGamingTVStream]

Thank you soooo much one of the best vids on a android emulator set up. I got a fold 4 and im really intrigued on how i can set this up with 1 tb san disk cards and trying to have full libs for each sd card (nes and earlier obviously are super cheap so can store a few systems in one) but yea i love this! Have u found something better recently i know the vids a little older so was curious

[@DouglasFish]

Its been fun seeing the thumbnail change a few times

[@clc6433]

So what you're saying is that you *can* get an Android frontend without paying upwards of $40? 🤔

[@frankiman6977]

DIG frontend

[@clc6433]

@@frankiman6977 Yeah.. A bit plain, but gets the job done. Pegasus is an utter pain the ass. Was a knock against Launchbox, or more specifically its ridiculous price.

[@paulboakes3680]

Dai means great and Jisho means dictionary so ?? The Japanese lessons have come in handy lol 😂 Great channel 👌

[@milosmisic89]

Gotta say they really improved the scrapper system. Still not as convenient as Dig but it seems bette overall. Really satisfied with this one now.

[@elbuengeorge3720]

Excellent video EtaPrime... Thanks a lot. It help me a lot. Could you tell me please... Which emulators do you use in Android PLEASE !!!

[@SeraphX2]

how can you not tell it's japanese? it would be pronounced, roughly: die-jee-sho (the line over top the "o" usually spelled out as "ou" which would mean to just barely draw out the o sound a little longer)

[@kalihiboy89]

Id love more Steam Deck videos! Love all your videos man!

[@itsTheCurry]

this is an awesome frontend, i use this on my rp2+ and it made android go from meh for games to yay for me.

[@titantim]

The pronunciation would be "Die-Gee-Show" Without the Japanese kanji characters, it's hard to tell the meaning. Not sure if it's supposed to be 大事象 (Big event? Not a real word) or 大辞書 (Big dictionary, although that would be daijisho and not daijishō). The frontend looks pretty damn sweet. If I wasn't running Launch box, I'd probably use this one.

[@franciscobutte]

OK my Odin will look amazingly nice with this

[@Eddie_freeflow504]

Wow thanks for the share it is definitely super easy to setup.

[@pogo3751]

It was so cool! I got full rom packs for NES and SNES.

[@jasonviande5053]

Very interesting, given the iffy performance of LaunchBox in some of the handhelds

[@Mrgrin3h]

I've been messing with it for a while I love its perfect for the Fold series

[@TravelAficianado]

I have it on my Retroid, and it is my favorite frontend. I even like it better than Reset.

[@konstaresmi]

good work king, love you

[@ronith_domee6967]

12 year old me would not expect how far weve come in technology and emulation and he would not beileive how good of a pc he had and he just needed to change the ram

[@linuxretrogamer]

What I don't like about these frontends (this, RetroArch, EmulationStation, Launchbox, EmuDeck, etc) is the insistence that your games library must be sorted by platform/system. It's the core reason why I ended up on SteamOS and am manually adding command line launch peramiters for my games. My games are sorted by (very high level) genre. My NES platformers sit just fun in the library next to my Amiga, MegaDrive, Spectrum and Modern platformers.

[@modestyblaise4167]

ETA didn’t go into detail, but there are other tabs where you can set up widgets and collections to help with browsing your games in other ways. Give it a try.

[@speed3414]

EmuDeck isn't a Frontend

[@AngryCalvin]

I like it much more than Dig or Reset. I even like it more than Arc Browser as far as looks go. But what Arc Browser does better than all the above I mentioned is that it detects Japanese versions of consoles and their roms. I have issues with artwork for arcade games. They are not showing. Still has a way to go but it’s going to be great if it fixes those issues.

[@aarontruitt]

Great video! This front end looks very promising. Do you think that this would work with the Anbernic RG552?

[@Nicko-Senpai]

I've been using this for awhile now, it's fantastic 😁

[@Pyke64]

Do you know the default wallpaper that is being used for Daijisho? ie 0:55 and onwards?

[@othnielanthony]

Dolphin and ppsspp runs damn well on the OnePlus 8.

[@Pyke64]

Hey man, this was super informative for me to set up with the RP3. Can I ask what the default wallpaper is that is being used for Daijisho? ie 0:55 and onwards?

[@alansmithee.01]

Dai-jee-sho. In Japanese, the J is hard zh- sound, not a soft Y- sound

[@pooksthepossum]

This^^^

[@ShadowFri3nd]

Kinda similar pronunciation in Spanish.

[@reinoob]

Its dae gee show

[@palody_en-ja]

@@reinoob dai ji shou

[@palody_en-ja]

@@Burythelie meanwhile Android version is getting a price increase from $20 to $45 🤯

[@CosmicNeonNeko]

Daijisho looks Japanese to me. だいじしょ. Phonetically it translates perfectly. If i was reading it in Japanese I would say "da ee jee show". The accent mark over the "o" throws me off a bit though. I've never seen Japanese written in Roman characters ever use an accent mark so I could be totally off

[@comeflywithme84]

Look clean and sleek! Does it download boarders for 4:3 system as well?

[@javiergonzalezcalvo1544]

Eta Optimus Prime , the best !

[@umbrellacorp.]

Nice. 😎👍 Works better with a tablet or Smart TV and a game controller. 🎮

[@IRWPD]

That does look really nice.

[@xviimc]

THANK YOU! I almost gave up on my RP3 because of all the bios set up. This made it super simple.

[@sunbichu1]

Nice video thanks brother

[@kostamendoza]

hi, where did u get the scraper settings, i never know where to get them, maybe u could do a video about that sometime in the future, u gat a great channel by the ways, best wishes from Peru my friend!

[@TheLinkhawkins]

I bought a Retroid Pocket 2 when it came out... I still need to set it up and actually use it. I moved just after buying it, didn't have access to a pc for a bit, and just have not touched it. I really need to figure it out (first emulation machine I owned).

[@andrewlodge8065]

I'm going to buy a couple for my kids

[@morid0]

Woah looks great been looking for a decent front end for Android, I love launchbox for windows but for Android is way lackluster to pay money, I currently use reset collection Wich does the trick but doesn't have that many customization options, dig is also ok but this one on the video looks cooler

[@samh5886]

Looks promising, but wish it support scraping from screenscraper or even themes (not just wallpaper)

[@ab-bd1kt]

love this on my rp2+!!!

[@javiergonzalezcalvo1544]

Tank to you Eta Tank to you maníes thanks Goods for you for the Battle and again tanks for this new front end

[@MarionetteKazuko]

A couple of issues I had with this frontend was for dreamcast it wouldn't show all of the games that where in that rom. If i were to launch redream directly instead of through daijisho, I could see all the games listed. Furthermore I did notice if i launched through dijisho that it would launch redream into it's library , but also would load the roms strangely. There was always this infinite scrolling issue where i it would appear to keep reloading the list of roms but would only stop once i pressed down on the d pad. The other issue I noticed was using daijisho with retroarch, particular one of the n64 cores, it would show the game in a shrunken view where there was a lot (an inch) of black boxing around the viewing area and the game showing in what remains in the center. Again, launching retroarch directly doesn't have this issue. Im certain there are other problems that I didn't notice but those two alone were enough to put me off for it which is unfortunate because i love the way the frontend looks and operates otherwise.

[@sunbichu1]

Works in the Nvidia Shield only problem won't allow you to add your emulator. I hope they could fix that because it looks fantastic

[@qiyaammoose44]

Watched your video on the Red Magic 6R, and I'm sold, saving up to buy one, appreciate the content man, keep it up😌🙏

[@thovarisk8699]

hey! wassup ETA, it's pronounced Dai - yisho i believe or great library/dictionary

[@nolanfishman8964]

Lets get this man to 1 mil

[@AgentZeroNine1]

Wonder how this'll fair on Windows 11 via Windows Subsystem for Android.

[@nelsonr.9450]

Looks good, but not good enough to stop using LaunchBox or BigBox.

[@Guitario666]

I don't think launchbox is a launcher.. So I'd like to see how it compares to Reset Collection

[@nelsonr.9450]

@@Guitario666 it's a front-end, they both are

[@coreydill3532]

@@nelsonr.9450they mean you can't make your android device boot directly into launchbox

[@1941KiK3YiD]

I've noticed playing allot of these games the responses when pressing the buttons is slow,a wireless controller 🎮 is recommended for full immersion.

[@dakiletsplay16]

Good to know as an alternative if i ever get more then 100 rom on launchbox

[@arminzamanpour6995]

Congratulations for 1000000 subscrip

[@secros]

This is my favorite front end for Android.

[@jimmymac2292]

Wish it worked with Dex, but its definitely great frontend

[@josephl3602]

In the review section, the developer says the community is actively working on how to get dex working with this app. Maybe join his community discord and you'll be able to find a fix.

[@totalpartykill999]

i would probably use something like this if i were a casual emugamer. but i have been doing this for many years and have around 1000+ games. i feel this would be redundant in my case.

[@AzraelAlpha]

I currently stream LaunchBox from my main PC whenever I get the itch for some retro games on my phone.

[@TorrentFiend10]

HELP! I'm suffering from too many front ends to choose from syndrome..... When factoring everything in, including cost, ease of set up, etc currently I'm leaning towards DIG for use on my Nvidia Shield. However launch box looks awesome, Arc Browser.... Although more expensive might give me more of that Plex but for gaming feel that I'm aiming for...... Could you please soon do a front-end Roundup video comparing the different front end options, customizations and looks that they can achieve, general thoughts on which ones are the standout best options etc? Most of these appear to be closed source. Is there a standout open-source option in this category? We could use a bit of guidance on these so we are not trying different front ends all the time.

[@DaveSimonH]

I gave it a try and it seems promising, but stuff like video preview, that should probably be off by default.

[@itzdcx]

Gonna install this on my Modded Nintendo switch

[@YDINO69]

I think Reset is still the best

[@AngryCalvin]

I would have liked Reset if it detected more consoles. The Japanese ones didn’t show up and I went with Arc Browser.

[@Pedro-wj7du]

Esse canal é bom demais !

[@MattAkiyama1]

What kinda bothers me about these frontends is when they have incorrect artwork for the systems. Like for SNES they have Mario Kart 8 as the background which makes no sense and doesn't represent the SNES at all.

[@rabidrabbit7853]

Two vids in one day?!?

[@kingmorgz7929]

That's what I'm saying...🎉

[@kate_vye810]

I want this on my Laptop studio ! We need this on windows !

[@kid1412621]

So which OP chosen? Dig or this?

[@rohan4600]

Nice tutorial

[@zekiozturk2084]

In 2022 With tons of console quality free Android and ios Games

[@TrevorM1992]

I really wish there was a front end like this for window. Android tv x86 is a mess and batocera is cool if you dont mind gaming at native rez but i wanna x4 rez some chains of olympus on pc without having 20 stand alone emulators to click on.

[@911PilotIdkRandomName]

Only bad thing is it doesn't detect better versions of the same emulator it doesn't detect citra enhanced

[@DavidS.Pumpkin]

Can you do a video explaining how to change the bootloader animation on the steam deck? 🙏

[@josephluken7853]

No one: Literally no one: ETA Prime: light mode looks good

[@WilsonBradleyTheOfficial]

Will try loading this on Quest 2

[@mudmaniac]

Dai Ji Sho Dai - big Jisho - Dictionary

[@jasona4629]

super cool but retroarch got retroachievement support so ill stick to that one

[@steel5897]

This has support for Retroarch, just pick it and the respective core as a default emulator for each system. Retroarch works better as a "backend" than a frontend imo.