How To Play RPG Maker XP Games On Android Device

Fan Made Pokemon Games or RPG Maker XP Pokemon Games are another type of Pokemon games playable that are made to be played on Windows PCs. They don’t run on an emulator, but, there is a workaround to play them on your Android phone. So, without further ado here’s How To Play RPG Maker XP Games On Android!

⭐ What you need to know about RPG Maker Pokémon Games

-RPG Maker is a program that allows you to program and create your own RPGs. The program actually dates back to the late 90s, and nowadays, there are numerous versions of it, but all of them are labeled as RPG Maker.

-Unlike ROM hacks that are made from existing ROMs, these RPG Maker versions are either made from scratch or use other ROMs as their base.

-We’re not going into full detail on how to make a ROM because this is a guide on how to play RPG Maker games on Android. The point is that you can’t play an RPG Maker Pokemon game on a GBA emulator.

-That’s because the file format is different, and it isn’t in .GBA. It also isn’t a file that you can just patch because it is also not a .UPS or .IPS.

-When you download the game, it is an actual game that you click and launch. Think about downloading an app on your Android device. Once it is installed, you can just launch it without using any launchers. The other thing is that mobile systems have no method of running these games unless you do these things.

⭐ What You Need to Get Started

-Before getting into the actual procedure of playing the game, you need to make sure of a couple of things first.

1 - Make sure that your phone has one of the recent versions of Android. You might face low frame rates or frequent stutters if the specs of your phone aren’t that noteworthy.

2 - Next, you need to go to the official Website and download the “Joiplay” Emulator. We’ll be using this to run the game. It may require you to download the JoiPlay RPG Maker Plugin. You can download it separately, but the app may also prompt you to download it when it does, approve it. Just download it while you’re downloading the emulator.

3 - (Don’t just close your browser now, you’ll need to follow the steps below to be able to run the game properly).

4 - Download the RPGXP Game of your choosing. If you don’t know what you’ll be playing yet, check out the RPGXP FanGames listed on our site.

Lastly, the game would most likely be inside a .zip file so, make sure that you extract it out before proceeding further or it won’t work.

⭐ How to Play the Game

-Now that you’ve fulfilled all the requirements (hopefully) you’re ready to set up the emulator so that you can actually play the game. Don’t worry, it’s a very simple process, just follow the below.

◓ Step 1 – Launch the JoiPlay, the screen below is what you should see when it’s launched.

◓ Step 2 – Press the “+” button on the lower right corner of your screen.

◓ Step 3 – Fill out the details from the name of the game, which in our case is Fire Ash.

For the version, you can put the version code of the RPG Maker game you’re using. This one is optional and you can just put any random number in there, it doesn’t matter.

The icon is also optional and you don’t actually need to choose one, just put any image on it if you want.

◓ Step 4 – Now that you’ve filled out the details, click on the Executable File option. Now locate the .exe file among the files you extracted from the .zip file.

◓ Step 5 – Now that you’ve found the file select it and click the “choose” button.

◓ Step 6 – Now that you’ve filled out everything, it should look something like this. Now, just tap on “ADD” and approve any permissions the Joiplay app asks for.

Now, you should see the game on the emulator’s home screen. To play, just tap on it. Enjoy!

⭐ Potential Problems

◓ Can’t find or read the game file

-This can happen because the file is either unzipped or it was incorrectly done. The file could also be corrupted, so you just have to unzip the file again until everything is done properly.

◓ The game is laggy

-This can happen for a number of reasons, and one of them can be because your Android phone may be a bit old. It doesn’t have to be the phone, but its system or OS. The system may not be able to handle the game, causing it to lag or have a low frame rate.

Just remember that the .ZIP file isn’t always the final data space for the game. You could be downloading a .ZIP file with only 200MB, but when you unzip it, it will turn into around 500MB or more.

These games have big data sizes and not the same ones as ROM hacks, which are less than 50MB, so just keep that in mind. (Thanks to pokemoncoders for the tutorial).