As you might have guessed from my long absence, I got a new phone (and LG Optimus 3D a.k.a. Thrill a.k.a. p920), which meant that I couldn’t really in good conscience post LowDroid reviews anymore.
Thanks to BlueStacks, or more specifically the AMD AppZone Player I now have something that again qualifies as a LowDroid, even if it’s a very special one.
During the last two days I’ve tested a lot of games for compatibility and eventhough this is not really formatted or sorted yet, I’m posting it hoping that it may save other people from a lot of try-and-error testing.
All applications tested here were tested on an Athlon X4 3Ghz, meaning that it’s a little slower than your typical gaming- and a little faster than your typical office-machine. The games come from the Google Play, which you can install on AMD AppZone Player simply by getting the APK from your normal phone (or downloading some version, but beware, it may be infected… getting it from your own device with something like RomToolbox, AndroZip, TitaniumBackup or plain old ADB is a lot safer) and installing it by opening it with BlueStacks’ APK helper utility.
All these are the paid versions… I’m not a big fan of adware and avoid it whenever possible.
Enjoy:
==ShadowGun==
Playable: Crashes after entering a level
Smooth: Very slow
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Amazing Alex==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Cut the Rope==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Cut the Rope: Experiments==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Dragon, Fly==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Mouse: *** Perfect with mouse or keyboard
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Golden Ninja Pro==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including looking around
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Granny Smith==
Playable: * Broken Controls
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: On-screen buttons with unusable layout
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Raging Thunder 2==
Playable: ** A little too slow
Smooth: * Very noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Reckless Racing==
Playable: * A lot of visual issues
Smooth: * Very noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: * Psychodelic shading
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Reckless Racing 2==
Playable: ** Perfectly, when it’s not upside-down
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: * Native Landscape, sometimes flips upside-down
==Riptide GP==
Playable: ** A little too slow
Smooth: * Very noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: * Stutters a lot
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Shark Dash==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Really only on the main menu
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Worms==
Playable: ** Awkward controls
Smooth: *** Perfectly
Controls: * Awkward mouse controls, no keyboard support
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Sonic 4: Episode 1==
Playable: Black screen after downloading additional content
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Zombie Smash!==
Playable: No controls outside menu
Smooth: *** Perfectly
Controls: Entirely broken mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Bean’s Quest==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Flick Golf==
Playable: Quits after logo screen
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Monsters ate my Condo==
Playable: Hangs at logo screen
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Oscura==
Playable: ** Needs “Tablet Mode” in BlueStacks Settings
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Ski Safari==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: ** Single on-screen button, no keyboard support
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Temple Run: Brave==
Playable: No controls outside menu, not just sensor
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: Entirely broken
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Where’s my Perry?==
Playable: * Too slow, requires quitting and relaunching to play
Smooth: * Slideshow
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: ** Display corruption after loading screen, goes away after closing and re-opening
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Giana Sisters==
Playable: Endless loop at loading screen
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Skateboard Party HD==
Playable: * Unusable Controls
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: * Virtual Joystick is unplayable, no keyboard support
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Angry Birds: Space==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==ChuChu Rocket==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Emissary of War==
Playable: Crashes at Startup
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Quell==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Quell: Reflect==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Fieldrunners HD==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Tetris==
Playable: *** Perfectly, as long as you can play with mouse
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, but keyboard is rotated
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Sky Force==
Playable: *** Perfectly, as long as you can play with mouse
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, but keyboard is rotated
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Sky Force: Reloaded==
Playable: *** Perfectly, as long as you can play with mouse
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, but keyboard is rotated
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Aftermath XHD==
Playable: Hangs after loading level
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Krazy Kart Racing==
Playable: ** Perfectly, but you can’t use powerups via keyboard
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: * Jump (1) is mapped awkwardly, powerups only available by clicking
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Air Control==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Speedx 3D==
Playable: Hangs after logo
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==TurboFly 3D==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Tiki Gold 3D==
Playable: ** Perfectly, but harder since you can’t control ball with sensor
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Mouse only, no alternative to sensor for some actions
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==The Impossible Game==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Pinball Ride==
Playable: ** Perfectly, but you can’t push the table with the sensor
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Keyboard controls for the bumpers, no alternative to sensor for some actions
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Ancient Frog==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Winds of Steel==
Playable: * Keyboard controls are broken and only sensor controls are available
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: * Keyboard controls are broken and sensor naturally doesn’t work
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Steambirds==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls, including zoom
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Spaghetti Marshmallows==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Advent Rush==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Robot Unicorn Attack==
Playable: *** Perfectly, but slightly awkward controls
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: ** Gesture controls work, keyboard not available
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: ** Bad scaling
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack==
Playable: * Broken Controls
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: On-screen buttons with unusable layout
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Mini Golf: Wacky Worlds==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: ** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: ** Very low res
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Fuzzies==
Playable: ** Works, but only fills 1/4 of the screen
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: ** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: ** 3/4 of the screen are black
Orientation: ** Native Landscape
==Fruit Ninja==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Driver: San Francisco==
Playable: * Shows only half the screen
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect keyboard controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: * Screen cropped to the left half
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Herman the Hermit==
Playable: Crashes at Startup
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==They need to be Fed==
Playable: Crashes at Startup
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Abduction! 2==
Playable: *** Great, but keyboard is slower than sensor
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: ** Keyboard controls, but they don’t let you steer as quickly as sensor controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Drawdle==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Icarus-X==
Playable: ** Perfectly, but crashes on in-game menu
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: ** Emulated Portrait (small screen)
==Jumpy==
Playable: Crashes at Startup
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Walkabout==
Playable: *** Perfectly, but gestures instead of keys
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: *** Mouse gestures work fine, but keyboard would be better
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==My Paper Plane 2==
Playable: ** Perfectly, but keys are a little laggy
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: ** Keyboard controls, a litle laggy and don’t react from time to time
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Star Pagga==
Playable: ** Controls only via on-screen joystick
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: * Keyboard controls broken, on-screen joystick awkward
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Touch Racing Nitro==
Playable: *** Perfectly
Smooth: ** Noticable, but still playable
Controls: *** Perfect mouse controls
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Karoshi==
Playable: * Works, but jumping only with mouse
Smooth: *** Absolutely
Controls: * Walking via keyboard, jumping with mouse works
Sound: *** Perfect
Visuals: *** Perfect
Orientation: *** Native Landscape
==Tiny Little Racing==
Playable: * Menus work, but crashes when entering a level
Smooth: Too unstable to test
Controls: Too unstable to test
Sound: Too unstable to test
Visuals: Too unstable to test
Orientation: *** Native Landscape