ES-DE 3.3.0-48 is now available for download
Added 2025-07-15 14:50:51 +0000 UTCWe're happy to announce that ES-DE 3.3.0-48 for Android is now available for download!
This release brings a built-in game importer tool that makes it possible to import native android apps and games into the androidapps, androidgames and emulators systems and launch them from inside ES-DE. This tool is accessible from the Utilities menu.
The Sega Model 3 (model3) system has also been enabled by using MAME, but be aware that emulator support for this system is not mature yet so it may be a while before all these games run well. Also note that the MAME4droid 2024 emulator entries have been removed since the emulator has been renamed to MAME4droid Current by its developer. Replacement entries with the new name were added already in ES-DE 3.2.0-45. This means that you may see a warning message when starting ES-DE stating you have invalid emulator entries for some systems. You can easily resolve this by going into the "Alternative emulators" entry in the Other settings menu and change the affected systems to use MAME4droid Current.
Another change in 3.3.0 is that the "Gamelist on startup" setting has been removed and replaced with the two new options "System on startup" and "Startup view". To retain the old functionality of going directly into the gamelist view, the "Startup view" setting has to be set to "Gamelist".
In addition to the above there is support for four new languages, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Portuguese (Portugal), as well as a lot of updates under the hood to modernize the application to keep it running on future Android releases.
There are many additional improvements, see the Changelog for all details.
Download link: ES-DE_3.3.0-48.apk
MD5 hash: cdba4230db4b803fd9c1ee2a81ef2f47
If you need support then please join our Discord server:
Enjoy the release!
Comments
Do you perhaps live in Turkey? In this case there seems to be some issue in this country with their infrastructure that affects downloads of ES-DE. You can try using packages2.es-de.org instead of packages.es-de.org as I set up that as a temporary solution (i.e. same URL except for the host part).
Leon Styhre
2025-10-30 08:18:35 +0000 UTCHello. I just became a member and none of the links attached here is working. Please assist. Thank you.
JMU
2025-10-30 02:53:39 +0000 UTCIt should be a supported device so not sure what is wrong. And also not sure what you mean with the original ES-DE? If you need support I recommend joining our Discord server, perhaps someone there can help you. https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9
Leon Styhre
2025-09-14 19:13:48 +0000 UTCTrying to install this onto an RG406 and it keeps saying "You cannot install this application" Do i need to uninstall the original ES DE or something?
billy sellers
2025-09-14 19:10:41 +0000 UTCHi, I recommend joining our Discord server to get support: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9
Leon Styhre
2025-09-07 17:14:56 +0000 UTCHello, I’m having an issue with Emulation Station: every time I try to launch a game from the application, the screen just goes black. RetroArch works perfectly fine on its own (cores, BIOS, etc. are all correctly configured). However, when I use Emulation Station as the launcher, the games won’t start even though I’ve already selected the proper emulators. Could you please help me fix this?
Pi sdk Rasp
2025-09-07 17:10:57 +0000 UTCI don't think it's as bad as it may sound, I have signed up for early access already to this tool and hopefully Google will provide access to me soon so I can try it out. My understanding is you simply need to provide the package name and your signing key to get the application certified for Android. I do something similar already for macOS where each ES-DE package is notarized on Apple's servers before I distribute it. More concerning are all older Android emulators and applications and games where there are APKs available but where there is no longer any active development going on. But hopefully Google has thought of a solution for such apps.
Leon Styhre
2025-08-29 20:53:24 +0000 UTCI have just heard the news about Google wanting app developers to "verify" their identify before their apps can be installed on anything Android. It looks like an update next year is effectively going to turn Android devices into iPhones where everything needs to be verified by Google. Have you heard about this? And, is it going to have an impact on ES-DE?
Gareth
2025-08-29 19:44:51 +0000 UTCso funny, I have been updating a few older handhelds recently and so a message pop up saying your not on the latest, I'm like yes I am, not realizing there was a new release, thank you, best front end period.....
Stephen Sayles
2025-07-16 20:05:19 +0000 UTCHi, I recommend joining our Discord server if you need help with customizing systems: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9
Leon Styhre
2025-07-15 22:06:00 +0000 UTCHey, i tried messing with the es-find-rules xml and the es-systems xml files to attempt to add kenji-NX to the alternative emulators but i was unsuccessful, is there a way around this or can this be added in an update soon as an emulator for android?
Farid Mansour
2025-07-15 22:02:42 +0000 UTC
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