I really liked the PSP as a portable emulator. Surely after all

>>382753685
From what I heard the 3ds does it well, but nintendo will fuck you up the asshole if you go online with it hacked

>>382753685
your cell phone

>>382753685
Judging by power alone, your phone obviously. But most of the time you'll need a joystick.

I'm sure there's some chin android shit

I carry around a few batteries and leave my Wii U in my backpack. The gamepad is only slightly larger than a PSP and you can slide the backpack under a table or something so the console isn't noticeable. I take it to school and work a lot.

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GPD Win

>>382755779
You power the Wii U console with batteries?

Get a vita and update to 3.60. Literally all you need.

>>382756220
Yeah if you nigger rig a few of those battery banks together you can get enough voltage and amps out of them to power the Wii U.

I have about 20 of them set up as two sets of ten and get about 20 minutes of gameplay per set, so if I have 30 minutes between a class I can play one fully charged pack. The whole setup only cost about 200 bucks, not including the console of course.

>>382756497
>$200 to play for half an hour
Not sure if it's worthwhile, but certainly interesting.
Especially with Wii U homebrew taking off.

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>3DS
Optimized like shit, literally have to have it pretend to be a DS pretending to be a GBA to get reliable GBA emulation
>Vita
Same as the 3DS but GBA and DS are shit too, at least you can run gPSP in PSP mode or something
>Pyra
Never ever
>Phone
lmao
>Chink handhelds
Probably run Android which means the only advantage they have over phones is physical buttons

The absolute state of handheld emulation in 2017

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>>382756771
>Not sure if it's worthwhile, but certainly interesting.
The thought of someone carrying a battery bomb, a video game console, and a tablet 5 times thicker than the worse android models can only remind me of someone on the levels of Chris-Chan

My PSP still runs fine but the battery seems a bit fucked. Is there still original battery being sold or should I just get the chink ones?

>>382757267
do... do you not have the dock for your TV? You wont ever have to use it as a handheld again

>>382757317
I don't. Should I? I like lying on bed or sofa while playing though.

>>382757267
I thought this was the problem with mine for years, but it turns out the port on the bottom right for charging was fried. After a friend brought over a charger that you put the battery into, it worked fine again.

>>382757267
i got a chink one for $2 on ebay
get 7 hours at usual clock speed

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Xperia Play

It's dated as fuck but it runs emulation up to Dreamcast perfectly, it can also be used as a phone if you really want, they're normally pretty cheap to find and don't require any crazy modding, just download the emulators and roms and that's it, the system itself auto sets all the controls on everything, it's great.

>>382756854
This thing >>382755789
Runs Windows 10 and can supposedly play most Dolphin games at a good speed.

If you're looking for an emulator handheld I would second the GPD Win just for the fact that it also plays some PC games decently enough too.

>>382757431
I use a Dual Shock 3 with my PSP. Or I did till I hacked a Vita TV, which plays all PSP games anyhow.

I guess if you wanna be on the go a new battery is in order.

>>382757586
What about PPSPP? I would assume that's about on par with Dreamcast demand wise from my current phone's performance with Raicast on PSO, if not less demanding.

>>382755789
stealthy porn electronic

I still use mine because of the physical buttons and having the entire nes snes gbc/gba ps1 and psp library at my disposal on a single device
it technically has n64 support to but you can only really play racing games on it because of trying to map the n64 controller to the psp is aids and a lot of games run like shit or only run ok with no sound

>>382753685
My Vita works great for SNES games.
Haven't checked if there's a GBA or NES emulator for it yet though.

>>382757807
This was when the Shield was new so I'm sure PPSSPP has come a long was but considering my Nivdia Shield had all sorts of odd problems depending on the game, I don't think the Play would do too well considering its 2-3 years older.

I did have one as my first Android phone though. It was pretty awesome and I played a lot of gameboy

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>>382757807
Yes but not with stock, you have to overclock the device to get it to run with perfect sound, without overclocking the games will run at about 35-45 FPS with semi-choppy sound, the Xperia Play I have is heavily modded

>Modded stronger battery
>Overclocked CPU
>Custom OS
>Mini-hdmi out

The stock Xperia Play is powerful enough to run PPSPP but don't expect it to be perfect, it's completely playable but the audio will be a stuttering mess for the most part.

>>382758008
They occasionally pop up on ebay like the GP2X handhelds and one of the people behind it is making a new one but taking forever about it.

>>382758138
Does the gamepad work with an updated ROM?

>>382758250
Depends on the ROM you update to, you HAVE to research ahead of time to make sure it does, when I first got my Xperia Play I downloaded a custom ROM for it and it made the gamepad completely stop working

>>382758184
Speaking of GP2X, I always wanted those hoes. Remember seeing them around 2006. Was too young and stupid to find out where they were sold.

>>382757586
Will look into this, never been much of a phone guy, but seeing a phone that has a little compartment that slides out into a controller is neat.

>>382753685
wasn't there some chink android device that was supposed to be a rip-off of the Wii U pad that turned out to be decent for emulation a few years back? how's that doing?

>PSP Go has an average price of around 170AUD on eBay.
I'm really fucking tempted, man.

3DS
Vita
Your phone, probably.

I think you can only do SNES, NES, and Mega Drive emulation on the 3DS without CFW, but if you have CFW, you can do Virtual Console injections. And maybe there's a homebrew version of mgba? I'm not sure, but I think if you can get the homebrew channel right now, you can get CFW so it doesn't really matter.

I haven't tried any native emulators on the Vita since Henkaku came out, but I think they're all alright. Otherwise, emulators in psp mode work fine.

>>382759472
Why not go for the vita?

>>382759472
>PSP GO

Anon why

I see slim PSPs quite often in places like Pawn shops for like 20 USD

>>382755789
Can it play the expansion pack N64 games?

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The GPDxd is the best thing to use for handheld emulation

>Great battery life
>Runs on Android
>Nicely built
>Huuuuge storage with SD slots
>Great bright screen
>HDMI out
>Can be turned into a console

I've had mine for a little bit, only problem was finding a good place to buy it, 99.9% of the time they come from China, mine took almost 4 MONTHS to get here and eventually the tracking number stopped working, I tried getting my money back and they pretty much said "ching chong fucka youa" and then randomly it showed up

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>>382759535
I've already got one but it's at 3.65 for shameful reasons.

>>382759561
The smaller, foldable design makes it easier to carry around and stick in my pocket, the 16GB on-board storage means I won't have to bother getting a Memory Card and the ability to connect a DS3 up to it will come in handy when I want to play some PS1 games on my TV.
Plus, it's really cute. Look at it. It's adorable.

>>382759815
I have a gpdxd and it's a fucking beast, runs PSP emulation flawlessly, but yeah it's a pain in the ass finding one that's not from China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2R3uDWP340

>>382754502
>playing 3DS games online
???

>>382753685
Hacked PSP/new3DS (Vita if you want Vita games) is the best combo for portable gaming.

If you don't care about 3DS/DS just get a Vita so you have SNES emulation, but beware memory card prices (even though a mSD adapter is in the works)

Any downsides to VITA?

IF not, then that sounds like the way to go. Two joysticks(perfect for PS1), OLED screen if you got v1, and lighter than the PSP.

Otherwise I still use my PSP.

>>382760793
>Any downsides to VITA?
storage space prices

but this is happening
http://wololo.net/2017/07/04/pre-order-sd2vita-game-cart-microsd-adapter-right-now-via-reddit/

>>382760793
If you have either, I'd still say psp>Vita

Much easier to hack and set your shit up, plus is a tad smaller for portability. I have both, and my Vita just ends up using virtual psp apps to use everything so what's the point

>>382760793
>Any downsides to VITA?
Memory cards and needing to be under a certain firmware.

>>382756854
>literally have to have it pretend to be a DS pretending to be a GBA to get reliable GBA emulation
lol fucking moron, you know nothing

>>382761008
Memory cards will be sorted shortly. We now have the 3G and gamecard adaptors.

>>382760994
>so what's the point
More comfortable controls, prettier screen, access to newer games if you want to do more than just emulate.

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>>382761009
Prove me wrong, fag. inb4 pedantic distinctions that don't change the point I'm making. Or better yet, implications that Retroarch and mGBA are competent emulators.

>>382761148
how about fucking off the whole emulation thing and just using native hardware with VC injections

>>382760793
Requires heavy modding in order to get tougher emulation to work, N64 runs like shit, Dreamcast doesn't work at all, some SNES games like StarFox and Super Mario RPG run like shit unless you disable sound

VITA Emulation never got off the ground because of how hard Sony made it to make software for it, people didn't bother.

If you want a great emulator handheld now you aren't using a modded system.

You are either buying a dedicated android emulation handheld or a gpd win/nvidia shield.

They all demolish modded systems for emulation.

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>>382761206
>just using native hardware with VC injections
So, exactly what I described?
Why don't you fucking kill yourself instead of trying to show off.

>>382761275
That's not what you described at all m8.

>>382761208
>VITA Emulation never got off the ground because of how hard Sony made it to make software for it, people didn't bother.
Vita homebrew scenes is really new, it hasn't had a lot of time to mature.

>>382753685
your mobile phone you dickhead

I'm kinda shocked how often I see people shout down these
>>382759815
>>382755789
and instead push modded 3ds systems.

It's not even a close comparison.

>>382757586
I used one of these for many years and it served me great. They tend to have their digitizers break and need replacing, but aside that there's been no mechanical faults.

However, it does suffer from Android's innate input lag, but since you're emulating anyway that probably wouldn't be much of a problem. Would play on again.

>>382761375
no good physical controls

Hacked Vita is better than hacked PSP.
>can do everything a hacked PSP can do
>plus play pirated Vita games
>plus superior emulation capabilities
>plus being able to use the second analog stick in PSP games (no more claw grip in MonHun)
>superior screen

Hacked 3DS is pretty good too, but not as good as hacked Vita. There's literally no reason to still use a PSP in 2017

>>382761776
It will be once we have memory card adaptors. Which is soon.

>>382761565
Probably the price point, but I mean unless you're talking about modding a 2DS or a secondhand 3DS, the price for a GPDXD will be roughly the same if not a bit higher, or the big dog GPD WIN which is like $100 more than that but comes with Windows and can play even Wii games.

>>382760621
Some idiots what hack their 3ds go online to the store and get autobanned, I'm just giving him fair warning

>>382761901
I often see them act like it's just a straight up better emulation set up, which is what confuses me.

If they just said pricewise, yeah, maybe, but I got a gpd xd two years ago for $150.

>>382761980
>go online to the store and get autobanned
You have no idea what you're talking about.

Which is better, the Win or the xd? How easy are they to set up? How well do they run N64, GC, and Wii games?

>>382762915
Can't really talk about the XD, but the Win is basically a small portable W10 Laptop. Someone on the GPD Win Reddit has a script you can run that disables a lot of the shit Windows 10 has and helps improve performance, and outside of that, you can probably just start getting some emulators on it.

>>382755789

would i be able to comfortably play stuff like baldur's gate or fallout 1/2 on this thing? what kind of OS does it run?

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>>382755789
Yeah I got one, few tips

Don't play big games like Skyrim, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, pretty much anything that's counted as a big PC game on it for too long, it's designed to play Indie games and small games, like Minecraft and emulation

The devs themselves have said not to marathon games like Skyrim on it because you'll just burn the system out, the thing overheats insanely fast even with the version with extra cooling

Be careful as fuck with it, I've known people who have cracked the screen by closing it too hard and have broken the joysticks by playing fighting games too hard with it

Buy a big SD card, the internal storage is insanely small, and after installing windows you have about 35-40 gigs of space left, leaving room for really only one big game and a bunch of small ones

If you try running big games off the SD card, they lag and crash like crazy, the system isn't powerful enough to read games from the SD card as they're being played

UNPLUG IT WHEN IT'S FULLY FUCKING CHARGED, I can't stress this enough, the battery is great but it's been known to literally melt and pop when plugged in too long, don't keep it charged if it's at 100%, that's how you damage the battery

BUY IT FROM NEWEGG, DO NOT BUY IT FROM GEEKBUYING, I can't stress this enough, Geekbuying will send you the GPD xd model NOT the GPD WIN and tell you "Tough shit no refunds" if you buy it from Newegg or Ebay they'll have your back if something goes wrong


It's a risk buying one of these things because there are a million threads about people not getting it or it arriving completely broken or the wrong model

Good luck and God speed, I love mine and have had no problems with it, but I think that's just luck.

>>382763428
Thanks for the information.
I'll think I'll pass completely on this thing.
I had my doubts as it was about how it would handle overheating but this just confirms that I don't want one.

>>382763649
It's insanely awesome don't get me wrong, I play a match or two of Overwatch in bed every night before sleep, you just can't binge games, people get it and think they can play Skyrim on it for 5+ hours then wonder why the GPU burnt out

A neat thing is that it plays Vanilla WoW at a really low temp for some reason so you can play that for a while, the biggest problem with it is that it doesn't seem to have a fail-safe, it won't blue screen, instead it will just shut off and break.

>>382763428
I travel a fuck ton with family, so the GPD WIN was perfect for me, it shockingly runs WoW perfectly with the right settings and UI, and runs Overwatch flawlessly at low/medium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SzPW8pbQkY&t=40s

But yeah, after about one game of Overwatch the system starts of overheat hardcore, and with WoW I'm only about to play for about an hour before the system starts to struggle.

where to even buy the gpd win? cant find it anywhere aside from upmarked to shit on ebay

>>382759815
>>382760012

>all that wasted screen space

why even bother

>>382764385
>aspect raidou

>>382761206
So you have no argument and just resorted to the classic "why not buy the console itself, support the developers xdddd" completely disregarding the point of the question

>>382764631
You don't understand, the 3DS contains real GBA hardware so if you can hack it you can run games nearly perfectly with that. It's not emulation and it's not "pretending to be a DS"
>>literally have to have it pretend to be a DS pretending to be a GBA to get reliable GBA emulation
This statement is utterly retarded

>>382761613
http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-8Bitdo-NES30-PRO-Bluetooth-Wireless-Controller-GamePad-For-iOS-Android-PC-/191770457610?epid=908428958&hash=item2ca668f60a%3Ag%3AMSkAAOSwWiBY%7EvDk&_trkparms=pageci%253A22ba9f80-609c-11e7-84b9-74dbd1802080%257Cparentrq%253A0cf482c415d0ab454f6f27d3fff3571f%257Ciid%253A1

Fits in your pocket

>>382764745
Im not that guy m8

What Im saying is that he asked you something about emulators and you resorted to the "get the real deal" argument

I dont know anything about the 3DS, but if you want my opinion a top notch android smartphone like a Note 4 would be better than everything else

>>382761303
>m8
underage detected

>>382755789
Can't wait for next gen to out. The concept is excellent, but I feel the hardware is still lacking.

>>382764968
>you resorted to the "get the real deal" argument
I didn't, I was saying that he didn't understand what the 3DS was doing.
I don't see much of a reason to get a real GBA for the record, I have one with a flashcard and I never touch it.

>>382764745
>>>literally have to have it pretend to be a DS pretending to be a GBA to get reliable GBA emulation
>This statement is utterly retarded
Not either anon, and I won't argue that it's hyperbolic and dumb, but it's kind of correct.

The 3DS, to my knowledge, runs the DS firmware instead of the 3DS firmware (much like how the 3DS runs DS games and DSi games), and then loads in the GBA rom as if it were a physical GBA cartridge. That way, you get close - if not perfect - "emulation". However, it's not the best, as I'm playing Mother 3 right, and either my timing is really off, or there's some sort of slight input lag, but I can't consistently get a combo going. I'm also certain that the sound is slightly off, but I might be wrong. I think that's because it has to dedicate some of the CPU (even a minuscule amount) to the lower screen and the background function of the Home Button. That probably fucks up games that squeeze the GBA for all it's worth.

Therefore, a 3DS pretending to be a DS, pretending to be a GBA. It's not an actual "3DS" at that point, as it's not running the proper software. It's acting as a GBA - therefore "pretending" to be a GBA.

>>382760793
Don't get a vita if you intend to play ps1 games, theres a huge list of games that aren't compatible with the vita, bought one so i could play the original crash bandicoot games and can't even play them. Spent $140 and sold it back on ebay for $100

>>382766003
lol ameritard

>>382766040
Nigger go back to jerking off to your futa

>>382761565
Personally, I like the 3DS because it has new games coming out for it, and decent support in terms of emulation. If I want to play PSP games, I have a PSP for that. Plus, the battery life is pretty good, and you can find them almost anywhere.

GPDxd seems good, but it's been noted that it's a pain in the ass to get, and I don't think it can run things that you couldn't get on a 3DS (with the exception of N64/PS1 games - although if you have a PSP, the PS1 part is covered) such as Dreamcast, PS2, and GC games.

>>382765664
>The 3DS, to my knowledge, runs the DS firmware instead of the 3DS firmware (much like how the 3DS runs DS games and DSi games), and then loads in the GBA rom as if it were a physical GBA cartridge.
There's no DS or DSi software running when GBA games are running on a DS. The BIOSes aren't mapped, the GBA memory map is in use, the "GPU" still matches the GBA.
The only software besides GBA software which is running is a small stub on the ARM11. The "GPU" used by the GBA and DS is not hooked up to the screen itself so it must be fetched by the 3DS's GPU, optionally scaled and then put on the real framebuffer. This stub is also responsible for home button functionality. Because it's running on a different processor it won't impact performance for GBA or DS games but it may add latency for getting the graphics to display (a similar thing happens playing a GBA game on the DS)
There is some amount of bootstrapping done in a pseudo-DS mode but none of that survives the game booting. For all intents and purposes it's a 3DS pretending to be a GBA, not a 3DS pretending to be a DS pretending to be a GBA. You should save descriptions like that for e.g. the PS Vita's ePS1.