Windows Emulating Android?

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  1. Darkwisdom

    Darkwisdom Level 99 Retro Nerd

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    I play a few android games here and there and i'd like to be able to play them full screen on my PC, if possible. I don't have any android devices capable of displaying on a seperate screen, so I think emulating android is the only way to go for a full screen experience.

    Are there any noteworthy apps people use? THere seems to be a few of these emulators but there are a lot of catches and bugs and such - I simply don't know which, if any, are good.
     
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  2. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    Bluestacks is the only one that springs to mind.
     
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  3. wolfticket

    wolfticket Downwind from the bloodhounds

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    As I recall two most common ways of doing it are Bluestacks and Andy.

    I tried both a while ago. Neither are perfect but on balance I preferred Bluestacks. It works fine but the UI is a bit dodgy and it require a bit of tweaking to remove bloat and such.
     
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  4. emockler

    emockler What's a Dremel?

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    I use Android x86 to run KitKat on a real PC. Or you can use VMWare player or workstation to run the VM & fullscreen it.
     
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