/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5295505
get a gameboy advanced sp, they can play the gameboy, gameboy color and gameboy advanced games. But if you want the seag game gear then use the psp and an emulation software for it.

PSP really, vita hasn't really brought anything new to the table and anything else is a joke for emulation.

New 3DS.
>SNES emulation (through VC injects) is much better than on Vita, with better sound emulation and performance
>240p screen with pseudo-scanlines and minimal window boxing. On Vita a perfect integer scale gives you a postage stamp image
>Native GBA support with 100% accuracy
>DS and 3DS libraries are a nice bonus

I like my Vita, but a N3DS or N2DS are just flat out better. Unless you really want to play some clunky PS1 games.

>>5295514
best handheld for gb/gbc/gba = game boy advance sp model ags-101

best overall = psp series 2000 or 3000

>>5295521
i have a 2ds, where can i get the software to do this?
>>5295530
yes my man, I have three of them, there pretty good systems.

>>5295540
Just search “RetroArch 3DS” and “SNES ultimate VC injector”. You’ll find threads on gbatemp with download links.

If you mean hacking your 2DS to run emulators and such, check out >>>/vg/hbg
Also note that if you have an Old 2DS emulators will perform much, much worse. There’s no official SNES VC for the Old systems either.

>>5295551
thank you anon, heres a picture of my hand helds, I got my 2ds second hand but i think it will do fine

>>5295560
Nice collection desu. I miss my old silver DS lite.
>got my 2DS second hand
Since you have an O2DS you should stick to the bubble2k ports of Snes9x and PicoDrive. They’ll perform much better.

Best of luck with the hacking.

>>5295505
>What handheld has the best retro games/plays retro games the best?

Depending on what you value more:

>Native Library:
Backlit GBA Taco or SP

>Emulating:
PSP or N3DS depending if you prefer the PS1's library to DS' library

>>5295570
>Since you have an O2DS you should stick to the bubble2k ports of Snes9x and PicoDrive.
This. Also check out some of the GBA color palette restoration hacks (Mario, DKC) and then use them for VC injects.

Devinacker has a decent, though unfinished, Prboom port.
Masterfeizz has ctrQuake, Quake2ctr, and EDuke3d.

Gpd xd is my favorite.

Neo Geo Pocket/NGPC > Wonderswan/WSC > Game Gear > GB/GBC

GBA, PSP and on aren't retro.

hey /vr/, what about the nvidia shield portable for emulation? is android emulation any good? thoughts?

>>5295632
It’s great if you don’t mind the fairly bad input lag inherent to Android.

Is a switch a decent Option for emulation?

Just get a controller for your phones, my dudes.

>>5295760
But if you do that, your screen will explode!

I play more retro games on my n3DS than my Vita, for sure.

>>5295760
Is there one that's even slightly good

>>5295520
>>>/v/

>>5295780
They're generally serviceable. You can just get a mount for your preferred bluetooth controller if you're picky, but you're sacrificing portability. That's always a tradeoff.

>>5295780
8bitdo NES30

>>5295505
I do not hate the Dingoo as a whole. DIngo A380>A330>>>>A320

>>5295760
>debris in my eyes
no thanks

>>5295813
This is only good for RPGs because Bluetooth input lag is unbearable.

>>5295521
>On Vita a perfect integer scale
It's 2019 and he keeps spreading this lie.

>>5295858
What lie is that?

>>5295760
>>5295813
You could always get an OTG cable for $10 and use a wired usb game controller.

>>5295876
That 2x240p on a Vita is 'postage stamp sized'.

>>5295907
Couldn't find a pic (need to get a vita of my own yet) but here's a vita emulating NDS at 1:1. Use your imagination for how SNES would look.

>>5295560
>file name
That's cute. (I've also got a black DSlite but can't find it, think my wife's son nicked it)

>>5295915
You are truly one of the most retarded people on this whole wide world. I shouldn't bite the bait, but you're actually spreading misinformation on top of being retarded.
The DS has two screens, each with a resolution of 256x192, the image having 256x384 and cannot be scaled on the Vita.
SNES has plenty of resolutions, but usually runs at 256x224 or 256x240. Both scale respectively to 512x448 and 512x480.

>>5295928
>collecting chink knockoff shit
Why.

>>5295907
It’s typically 224p scaled by 2x. Unless you actually want overscan garbage to be visable. Postage stamp was hyperbolic, but I do find the image pretty small. Stuff like Master System games are even smaller.

>>5295942
That isn’t me by the way. The SNES used a low resolution mode in games like Final Fight and Brandish that I feel even you can agree look a bit small at a 2x scale.

>>5295942
on top of that hes a brony >>5295813

>>5295973
Oh shit I just saw his name. Haven’t been around for a while.
He a new shitposter around here? What happened to gramps?

>>5295947
>Why.
I have an addiction. If I had some self-control, I could've afforded a GP2X F300, Caanoo, Open Pandora, and/or GPD Win.

I regret some of my life choices.

>>5295973
>on top of that hes a brony
I'm not a brony but my wife's son is.

>>5295991
>If I had some self-control, I could've afforded a GP2X F300, Caanoo, Open Pandora, and/or GPD Win.
I’ll help you out. How much for that pink DSi XL?

>>5295928
Cheap Chinese shit but no Wonderswan, Lynx, Neo Geo or Pokemon Mini. Get lost chump

>>5296005
>cheap
I remember paying GPD prices for JXD handhelds when they were the only game in town.
Fuck do I regret doing that.

Are there any emulator-handhelds with input buttons that Support sim-cards and aren't 5 years old? I found the Xperia and one Version of a jxd (I think the s5800 supports 3g), is there anything else? Why font any of the handheld nowadays have sim-slots? This market is completely empty

>>5295998
Not really looking to sell right now, but thanks for offering.

>>5296005
I'm primarily an RPGamer. Of those 4 only Wonderswan has any RPGs worth a damn, but would be useless for me as I can't read moonrunes.

>>5296013
Ironic, in that apparently GPD was the one actually producing most of JXD's early handhelds (and possibly some other company's too). It was only when they made the G5 and G7 that they had enough money to market their devices under their own brand name. Luckily I didn't pay too much for my collection, as I bought most of them used from ebay or directly from people on dingoonity.

>>5296038
A couple theories why you probably won't any:

The market for emulation machines fell after China dropped their ban on imported vidya (although there was a resurgence of famiclones later, looking to profit off NES Classic's popularity).

It made more sense for them to sell gaming phones and snap-on bluetooth controllers separately. Considering the rate tech improves, Bluetooth controllers are more future-proof than phones/tablets with integrated controls. A more powerful gaming phone is likely to come out before you wear out a controller, so it's cheaper in the long run to just snap your old controller to your new phone than having to pay for new controls along with the new phone.

But hey, that's just a theory. An I don't really understand tech and economics enough so I'm really just talking out my ass theory. Thanks for reading.

>>5296013
I guess you were in the wrong town. Only high end modern models have come close to that here.

>>5295505
get the psp GO. it's the best for emulation.
reasons:
>no need to buy shitty proprietary memory cards, it already has 16gb of storage
>plays everything up to PS1, GBA flawlessly, except n64 (n64 runs well on *certain* games but not all)
>TV output and Bluetooth to connect a wireless controller
imagine a switch but in 2009. it even has a little cradle.
this should be the best reason to buy a GO, any other handheld that works for emulation can't be played on a TV AND a portable console, well unless you count shitty Aliexpress consoles that output in shitty blurry quality and only go up to SNES or Genesis and not even GBA

>>5295638
Why is Android emulation input lag worse than a console's OS?

>>5298851

>imagine a switch but in 2009. it even has a little cradle.

Then why not just get a fucking switch and hack it?

>>5298874
because it's not portable?
if you really want to be carrying a seperate bag just for a console with a 3 (or less) hour battery life, might as well just buy a shitty small laptop and emulate on there. the psp go has around 5-6~ hours of battery and is actually... y'know, portable.
Incase you didn't know, pic related isn't a charging cradle, it's like a switch dock where it can output natively to a TV

>>5298851
>imagine an underpowered failed gaming phone but in 2019 comparing it to a switch

This thing, it’s shit out of the box but it’s basically a successor to the Dingoo so it has custom firmware that makes it good.

>>5298896
>imagine an underpowered failed gaming tablet but in 2018 who's main gimmick was done but better in 2009

>>5298909
did the dingoo die? I remember people loved the dingoo when it came out.

>>5298913
I think a lot of people just stopped caring about dedicated emulation devices for a while when smartphones came out. I’m guessing the Dingoo did die around this time, but emulation handhelds are sort of making a comeback and this RS-97 has basically the same hardware as a Dingoo.

>>5298928
>>5298928
>a lot of people just stopped caring about dedicated emulation devices for a while when smartphones came out.
wtf? I doubt it. not even ultra normies liked phone emulation. I remember when my classmate got a new phone, he put an NES emulator on it and tried to play SMB. needless to say he and everyone that tried it complained nonstop about the touch controls and how it was shit. maybe if they ever released a super compact Bluetooth gamepad I would have understood, but everyone I talked to hated emulation on their phone because they either had to deal with the touch controls or straight up buy a Bluetooth gamepad that looked like a fucking full size PS3 controller and snap it on, so it looked way more autistic than just playing a DS or PSP or something in public

>>5298934
>ur wrong
>My friend also didn’t like touch controls
I never said it was good, I’m saying that carrying a separate device just for playing old games didn’t really make sense for a lot of people.

That’s why things like the Dingoo and GP2X died out, no one wanted to carry those for something their phones could sort of do.

>>5298942
on the topic, shame people today are complacent with shitty microtransaction games. mobile gaming was so promising when it first kicked into gear or "became a thing" shit like dead trigger, the modern combat series, Zenonia 1-3 (last one is literally inexistent now, hell I don't think you can even play it if you find an apk, it was a very fun rpg game), all of this running on a shitty 850mhz CPU with 512mb of ram, this was the future of smartphone gaming, and it would only get better. fast forward to 2018/19 and everyone has phones with specs that rival mid-high end computers from a year ago, with 16gb of ram and a 3.8 octa core CPU, and dedicated graphics chips, but all the top games are either clones of clash of clans, or clones of the same gacha game with pretty jpegs and gameplay consisting of opening your wallet and mashing in your credit card info to get the ultra rare 5 star png of the month

>>5298954
Unfortunately the precedent is that no one will spend more than around £5 for a game on a smartphone. Triple AAA developers won’t even get involved if they can’t sell their games for at least £30 upfront, so “you give us money, there see? Wasn’t that fun?” gaming is all we’re going to get.

I imagine piracy would also be a pretty big problem on Android.

>>5295505

Backlit Advance or Advance SP.

>>5298913
>imagine some tard ripped his play apart because he thought it was a switch

Dingoo died long ago, but not because people didn't like it. Even today an A320/A380 is smaller, better looking, and has better battery life than nearly anything you can find.

>>5299010
this is the best choice. for whatever reason, it got me back into handheld games.

>>5295760
I use a very similar controller for my RetroPie setup

Best $6 I've spent on chinkshit in a while

>>5299010
that thing is fucking beautiful.
friendly reminder that, without a back light, the GBA is the darkest screened entity in gaming history

>>5300189
It works for phones?

>>5300218
Yeah, and the bit in the middle folds up to be a phone clip

Search MOCUTE in Ali express (or eBay if you want quicker shipping at slightly higher price)

>>5300189
does this work with the Switch?

>>5298883
yikes

>>5298883
Glad I bought my PSP Go and a cradle in 2010. Getting a PSP Go, cradle, component cables and PSP charger now costs more than a fucking Switch.