The short version
One app for the ports that keep showing up on GitHub.
Recompa is a launcher for native Android game ports. Its catalog on recompa.app lists over 250 ports from more than 20 original consoles and PCs, each with its cover art.
You tap install and it downloads the port from its developer's own GitHub releases, so every port stays the developer's project. Recompa only finds, checks, installs and updates them.
No game files come with it or with any port. Each port needs your own copy of the game.
Where it lives
The app, its catalog and the three ports from the video.
Recompa
By Joel (kalasyan). Free and open source, GPL-3.0. The APK is on its GitHub releases page.
kalasyan/recomparecompa.app
Every port in the catalog, filterable by console, with each version listed.
recompa.appThe three big ports today
What each developer says works right now.
Breath of the Wild
Playable. Playable from the title screen into the open world, with saves, on the POCO F7 Ultra the developer tested.
GTA 4
Plays. It installs, boots and plays the intro, the early story missions, free roam and driving.
Forza Horizon 2
Early. It boots and plays its menus and races. It's still well below the original console's frame rate on phones.
What the app does
Built for phones, handhelds and controllers.
Filters and search
By console. Filter the library by console, like Nintendo 64, Xbox 360 or GameCube, or search for one game.
Updates
All at once. Update every port at once, get told about new versions, or go back to an earlier version if an update breaks something.
Controllers
D-pad first. The whole app runs on a D-pad and shoulder buttons, which makes it a good fit for handhelds like the AYN Thor. It can also be your handheld's home screen.
Reports
No account. Each port's page shows how it runs on other players' devices, and you can rate it yourself without a GitHub account.
Phones
Android 8+. It runs on Android 8.0 or later.
How it checks a download
Before anything installs.
Every port file's SHA-256 hash is checked against the one in the catalog before Recompa hands it to Android's installer. A SHA-256 hash works like a fingerprint for the file, and changing even one byte gives a different one.
It also checks who signed the file. A file that doesn't match, or an update signed by someone else, gets refused.
If you saw the Quiver video
Same idea, built only for Android.
Quiver Launcher does a similar job for PC ports and has an Android build too. Recompa is made only for Android phones and handhelds, with controller navigation, and its catalog has Android builds of Breath of the Wild, GTA 4 and Forza Horizon 2.