/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1531528]

So, I really want it, price isn't a big issue, and it looks awesome.

Is the JXD s7800b worth it? Any tips for it?

Also emulator machine thread.

[Anonymous No.1531578]

Consider Nvidia Shield before you pull the trigger on a JXD.

[Anonymous No.1531589]

>>1531578
dat retarded design though

[Anonymous No.1531676]

It's cheap and feels like shit in the hand, but you should know that, it being a cheaply made tablet

Also, the analogue sticks being above the dpad and buttons is a nightmare to hold after longer than 10 minutes

[Anonymous No.1531731]

>>1531589
Function over looks, dearest Anon. If you just want people's opinions to convince you to buy that thing in your OP then why bother posting?

Are you enthusiastic enough about portable emulation? otherwise, just stick with your smartphone if you have one.

The NVIDIA Shield should be people's first choice when looking for an All-In-One dedicated gaming device, ESPECIALLY when it comes to emulation. Considering RetroArch is free and comes with the best emulators on Android, I do not see why people should settle for less. Since the Dreamcast has been picking up pace again, you might be interested in getting Reicast.

>dat 3dmark benchmark on the shield

[Anonymous No.1532057]

>>1531731
Nvidia shill fuck off

[Anonymous No.1532086]

>Shield owner

Its nice but the dpad sucks. After playing on a CRT you'll notice input lag too.

Unless things have changed, the 7800 isn't the JXD to get either. No CFW, etc.

Unless you really want to poorly emulate the n64, I think the PSP is still the best way to go for the money.

[Anonymous No.1533323]

>>1531528
It's big. Really, really big. If we're talking retro get a Wii and a motorcycle battery and you'll just about come out even.

>>1531676
>It's cheap and feels like shit in the hand
Wrong thread bro. We're discussing the 7800 not your boy clit.

>>1532086
>Recent JXD
>No CFW
>Android
There aren't enough potatoes in Idaho to ever make that sound right

[Anonymous No.1533327]

>>1532086
can't believe how much people reccomend psp. great controls but it can't even do snes. mine freezes on psp games often. just seems unreliable

[Anonymous No.1533329]

>>1531528
I'm thinking the same thing except the 5 inch version. it also works as a phone. not really interested in the analogues and they seem like the worst part. reviews from youtube look pretty promising

[Anonymous No.1533332]

I play on my nexus 7 and my dualshock 3, it's beefy enough to emulate Dreamcast as well as an android device can at this point, soul calibur looks beautiful on it, its not the most ideal set up for sure but I'm kinda limited on my options, I was against tablets but it was a gift and I'm pleasantly surprised at all the stuff it can do.

[Anonymous No.1533339]

>>1531731
Nvidia shills go
>>>/g/

[Anonymous No.1533383]

>>1533339
>>1532057
It's the suggestion of a superior product, not shilling. Take that fucking term back to /v/.

[Anonymous No.1533431]

I had a JXD s7300b. It was really fun while it lasted

+Very nice screen, good colors and pixel density
+Buttons and D-pad felt nice
+Long battery life (5-8 hours depending on what you were doing)
+Small but good community
+Cheap price
+Comes unlocked, so it is possible to install other OS's on it
+Good speakers for a handheld

-Analogs felt very strange, not in a good way
-Actually heated up enough to become uncomfortable (not enough to burn your hands though)
-Terrible OS interface, partially due to Android quirks and quirks specific to the system
-Left analog and d-pad are connected to the same contacts, so the system picks them up as the same input
-Can not reliably boot!

There's a very common bug with the s7300b where it will refuse to load into android. Luckily, they put in a button combination that allows you to select an image to boot from when it is turned. However, that's unreliable as well. Mine got stuck at the initial JXD logo, and searching for a way to fix it was a load of time-consuming nonsense.

I still like JXD's, however they really need to get better quality control. So you are probably better off with a shield (you should wait to see if they will make one with a Tegra K1, that would be amazing).

[Anonymous No.1534515]

>>1533323
Umm, what?

Without CFW, the jxd's suck. They have all kinds of issues and last time I checked JXD isn't releasing the source for the 7800's.

But muh android, right?

[Anonymous No.1535663]

>>1533327
How does it handle GBA? I've got a PSP, not much experience with it though... I did find out however that freeze isues I had, were completely related with the game themselves and in other cases, that I wasn't using a decent SD card. I got a Sony one and haven't had a problem since, running CFW btw...

[Anonymous No.1535676]

>>1533327
If your PSP can't even play PSP games, uh, any chance its just yours that has a problem?

[Anonymous No.1535750]

>>1531578
Shield is crazy expensive, nowhere near worth it.
I have a JXD S7800B, wonderful machine. Controls are nice and tight, R2/L2 can be tough to reach if you're using the d-pad and buttons though. Solid build, doesn't feel cheap, battery life lasts far longer than any other electronic devices I've owned and charges to max in about half an hour.
The Happy Chick software is rubbish but functional and half the stock emulators suck, but you can just grab better ones of Google Play. The new Dreamcast emulator runs like magic on this. N64 is all fine, PSP is laggy in 3D games with decent graphics but 2D games and simple 3D ones run fine. SNES, Genesis etc. are all basically perfect.
The button mapping function is kinda confusing at first but mostly functional. FPS games are pretty fiddly, but android FPS games are rubbish anyway so that's fine. Occasionally the system locks up a little, but it works itself out in 30-40 seconds max. No big deal.
Cameras suck dick, speakers are decent. Not particularly loud, but louder than Vita.
Oh, and the d-pad is large and fairly raised, and a little squishy. Feels kinda like a Genesis d-pad in a Nintendo shape.

If you've got any other questions feel free to ask them, I'll hang around in this thread for a while.

[Anonymous No.1535761]

>>1534515
This guy makes a good point, the JXD is pretty rubbish straight out of the box. It's easy enough to install custom firmware and the Apex launcher and then the interface is beautiful and glitch-ridden forever. It comes rooted on arrival too, so it's worth getting a better file explorer program as well.

[Anonymous No.1536096]

>>1531731
I hate the d-pad on the nvidia shield, it's fucking garbage. Everybody who's into emulation knows the d-pad is the most important part

[Anonymous No.1536108]

>>1535750
>1535750
How /do/ you use the button mapping function? I have a JXD and the button map button just brings up these strange heiroglyphics and I have no idea what to do

[Anonymous No.1536116]

>>1533327
>but it can't even do snes
Emulator problems are to do with the emulator's code, it's fuckall to do with the hardware. Especially if the emulator is outright developed for that hardware.

[Anonymous No.1536120]

JXD can't run Yoshi's Island smoothly ;_;

[Anonymous No.1536160]

Since we're talking about JXD devices for emulation, does anyone have the S5800 and is it just as good for emulating games? The S7800b is too big to pocket comfortably and you can't exactly use it like a smartphone.

[Anonymous No.1536176]

>>1536160
Don't have it, but I'd imagine it's very similar to the 7800 with better build quality, phone abilities and slightly worse specs. Don't buy it if you want N64/Dreamcast compatibility I reckon.

>>1536120
Yes it can, flawlessly. I run it in Snes9x EX+.

>>1536108
Touch-drag the buttons onscreen to say where you want the screen to be 'tapped' when you push any given button. Use the Smaller/Bigger buttons in the menu to change the size of the left analog stick, and the 5 stars to control the sensitivity of the right analog stick which will make swiping motions. Mode 2 makes the right analog stick act like the left one. Always push Save/Hide when you've finished because if you just push the mapping button again it won't save your settings. If things go off the screen, use Reset to get them back.
The button mapping has a problem where the right analog stick can only move so far, because there's only so far across the screen that you can swipe before you hit the edge. This means if you want to turn all the way around in an FPS game or whatever, then you have to let go of the stick at some point and start again. Pretty annoying but not solvable as far as I know.

http://wiki.dingoonity.org/index.php?title=Other_Devices:JXD_S7800B
Here's a generally useful article for common S7800B issues if anyone needs them.

[Anonymous No.1536209]

>>1532086

>PSP

PSP is utter fucking shit. Even the cheapest Android portables have long since surpassed the abilities of the PSP. The PSP homebrew scene is also dead. It topped out long ago. Seriously, fuck off sony shill. Fuck off hard.

>>1533327

Those are marketing faggots that sony pays to post online. They're getting desperate for cash.

[Anonymous No.1536217]

>>1536209
wat

[Anonymous No.1536221]

>>1536217

Look up David Manning.

Also, PSP emulation is pure shit. The best Android devices surpassed it a long time ago.

Shit the original Xbox is a better emulation machine than the PSP.

[Anonymous No.1536223]

>>1536221
The Xbox is the opposite of a portable though.

[Anonymous No.1536235]

>>1536221
Okay after dong a bit of reading David Manning appears to be a fictional person made up by a marketing director at Sony to praise terrible movies. That's fucking creepy and deceptive but I still don't see anything linking this to the PSP however. I think you need some sleep friend.

[Anonymous No.1536289]

>>1536209

I sometimes I think there's a few of you who actually believe that.

But, you know, in a world where you can only choose one handheld, I would definitely pick the one with the worst QC and no return / support.

[Anonymous No.1536293]

>>1536235
>Accused of being a shill
Its especially funny when it happens to you personally because some paranoid retard doesn't like what you have to say.

That guy has to create imagined reasons for why someone wouldn't agree with them because he can't accept that someone fucking disagrees with him on the internet.

[Anonymous No.1536297]

>>1536293

>Paranoid retard

Go away sony shill.

What you say is factually wrong. You're deliberately giving people poor advice because you're either a shit eating fanboy or an outright marketing shill. They both do the same thing, they blindly shill for the companies they love.

The simple fact is that PSP emulation was never really good. It never achieved full speed SNES or MAME emulation. It's homebrew scene is dead. The Android community far surpassed the PSP scene a long time ago. There's no reason anyone should even consider a PSP for emulation.

The PSP also has a shit screen. Two of versions of the PSP have ghosting problems. The other two have saturation and color issues. PSP d-pads are also garbage and the battery life on all models is shit unless you pay extra for an upgraded battery. PSP's also use Sony's ultra shitty, proprietary memory stick format. It's pure garbage.

Android devices have the best emulators and literally 1000s of games. And that's the factual truth. Deal with it shill.

[Anonymous No.1536306]

>>1536297
>tl;dr
>I'm a retard who just wants to hear himself talk.

[Anonymous No.1536312]

>>1536297

[Anonymous No.1536315]

Alright, vur, I own a PSP, XBOX, WII, 2006 Sony VAIO Laptop, and recently a Nvidia Shield. First time posting in this thread.

I've used the XBOX for the longest as an emulator machine. Its zsnes emulator is fucking wonderful UI wise. I can fast forward in game with a button and press R3 to open a quick menu for screenshot/save stating. Doesn't play some of the newer translations and isn't 100% accurate. Still if I want to play SNES on a CRT I prefer my XBOX over my actual yellowing SNES.

[Anonymous No.1536316]

>>1536306

Butt-hurt PSP fag detected. You're still factually wrong. You got told. Fuck off sony marketing.

[Anonymous No.1536317]

>>1536316
Do you have any idea how weird you're being?

[Anonymous No.1536318]

>>1536315
My Sony Vaio laptop runs on XP is still functions well but is a space heater. I played through both suikodens on a psx emulator. Its kind of loud. Its not a comfortable experience even with a game pad. I'd rather play PSX on my PSP or SNES on my XBOX.

[Anonymous No.1536320]

>>1536318
My PSP I've own for four years.Can't do SNES but I used to prefer it as a PSX emulator. I have man hands and its small. After a while its uncomfortable to play.

[Anonymous No.1536323]

>>1536320
The Wii emulates the N64 the best. Ogre Battle 64 is best emulated on the Wii with a gamecube controller. I used Dolphin and a 360 controller before but I had a better experience with a Wii/CRT. The SNES emus aren't as appeasing as the ones on XBOX even though they do play new translations like Energy Breaker and the like.

[Anonymous No.1536327]

>>1536323
I've had the Nvidia Shield for three days now. Fits my man hands nicely. Sound is great. The SNES emulates great. I have not found a fast forward button in retroarch though. It plays Pier Solar. The NDS emulation isn't so hot. Scratchy audio and tiny screens. Android market place is full of trash. If this thing can in the future emulate Saturn games in a enjoyable/playable way then I'll have no regrets paying 199$ for it.

[Anonymous No.1536594]

>>1536327
I have one since launch and it's worth every penny that went into it. PC-Engine from RetroArch plays at full speed and that's what matters to me when it comes to SHMUPS. The current build of Reicast plays a lot of the 3D games at 98% speed but it still needs work on sprite based games. Also, it has it's own built in store that filters out anything not officially supported by the Shield so you don't have to.

[Anonymous No.1537654]

>>1536297

>The simple fact is that PSP emulation was never really good.
Are you still in the year 2006?

>Two of versions of the PSP have ghosting problems. The other two have saturation and color issues.
Later 3000 models released by Sony fixed the screen issues.
The Go has no screen issues whatsoever, and neither does the E1000.

>PSP D-Pads are also garbage.
The 2000, 3000 and E1000's D-Pads are great, and the slight concave area surrounding the D-Pads of the 3000 and E1000 make them superb.

The battery life on all models is shit.
No worse than the Draining batteries on Android devices. I'd rather pay for an extended battery than an external power supply attachment.

>PSP's also use Sony's ultra shitty, proprietary memory stick format
There are many alternatives to this.
Again. Are you still in the year 2006?

[Anonymous No.1537784]

>>1536594
PC-Engine? But it can do MAME.Portable Dreamcast is pretty cool but lets be honest The Shield is powerful enough to have a functional Saturn emulator. There are many Saturn games I'd love to play within a comfy portable setup. My 2006 xp laptop can do Saturn and it has 1 gig of ram. I do not understand why the emulation gods do not favor the Saturn.

Also it needs some TG16CD support. My XBOX can even emulate that.

[Anonymous No.1537797]

>>1537654
You have a point if you are talking to people strapped for cash. PSP is a really cheap portable emulator. In that context its the best. XBOX is cheaper though and can emulate more things better. Plus the XBOX is compatible with CRT and new TVs.

[Anonymous No.1537845]

I've a Q for y'allz: I hate emulating things on touch screens. You know: Droid, iStuff etc.
I'm considering buying an LG Optimus F3Q as it has a touch screen of course but also a slide-out QWERTY keypad. My Q is this: know of any Droid emulators that can utilise QWERTY keys or are they all touch-based shit? If you know any, share their names with me, please!

[Anonymous No.1537857]

>>1533327
>mine freezes on psp games often. just seems unreliable
shill detected

[Anonymous No.1537917]

>>1537845
Nvidia Shield's retroarch has the option to turn off all touch overlays. You don't need qwerty with its controller.

[Anonymous No.1537939]

>>1537917
And how would it run iNES, for example? I'd prefer a phone so I don't lug about a mobile and a gaming device both but if the machine emulates well and has a QWERTY or gamepad, I may go for it.

[Anonymous No.1537960]

>>1537939
Its the best SNES portable emulator. It can play 8K+( or whatever the number is) MAME games. NES runs just fine. I ran that FF7 chinese NES game the other day to see if it could do it.

Retroarch is what you need. I have never used iNES.

[Anonymous No.1537969]

>>1537960
And how feel you of Xperia Play?

[Anonymous No.1537975]

>>1537969
>Xperia Play
I am in my mid 30s and am 6 feet tall with man hands. It looks more uncomfortable then a PSP 1000.

Do you know how sturdy they are? Looking at one doesn't inspire my confidence.

[Anonymous No.1538029]

>>1537845
>>1537917
>>1537975
Your problem is exactly why there are manufacturers like JXD making the products that they do. Again, don't buy a Shield, it's ridiculously overpriced and only marginally more reliable than your S7800B or Archos 2 will be.

As for QWERTY keyboard in emulators, all of the ones I have on my JXD natively support the controls there so I'd be surprised if they didn't support QWERTY as well.

[Anonymous No.1538048]

>>1536116
>Emulator problems are to do with the emulator's code, it's fuckall to do with the hardware.
So, the latest PCSX2 should run optimally on a Pentium 2 from like 1995?

Listen to yourself. That's retarded logic.

[Anonymous No.1538058]

>>1537975
I'm also a man in my 30s and I just bought a prototype Xperia Play with HDMI. It is extremely small and the sliding hinge is certainly fragile enough that I could easily break it with two fingers and a thumb. Luckily, I'm not as prone to breaking things as I was when I was younger but I still keep it in a case - and I ordered some snap on rubberized protectors for it too. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's extremely small. Even in the case it doesn't crease my pocket and there's plenty of room in the case for the grips.

The controls feel awesome, really awesome but just the fact that the controller is so flat it can lead to a little thumb ache but we'll see how the snap on grip effects that. Likewise, the throw on the buttons and d-pad are very short but they're nice and clicky so you can easily feel them register. The analog pads also take a little getting used to, but they're the most rational design for very very flat dual analog control.

[Anonymous No.1538093]

The one thing I fail to grasp here from the pro JXD crowd in the thread is that this 100$+ console you are behind is still 100$ and not the best at what it does nor the most comfortable nor the most secure as in you know your 100$ will go a long way.

Say I never bought a PSP or JXD I'd have 230 some odd dollars to spend. Why would I not want to spend that money on the more comfortable and best emulation wise portable console? Its simple logic. A new JXD will come out next year 150$ does things a little better but still not the best nor the most comfortable nor the most secure investment.

Nvidia Shield is sturdy, emulates the best, made for man hands, does remote play, better then the ouya when connecting to TV, supports keyboard and mouse, and has the potential for more emulation in the Saturn and Dolphin. Also all the non retro stuff it does. So what if it weighs 1.5 pounds and isn't as socially acceptable as something that looks like a phone.

If you want to be socially acceptable and enjoy playing retro games in public you don't need to hide the fact that you are doing it. If people want to hate you they already do.

[Anonymous No.1538118]

>>1538093
Besides the Shield still costing about $300 NZD at the time I got my JXD, I wanted to have the tablet functionality and large screen as well.

As for the advantages you've listed, the S7800B is certainly sturdy, emulates as well as anything else because they all run the same emulators, is absolutely made for man hands, and supports keyboard and mouse. It doesn't have remote play (which i see about as useful as Vita-PS4 crossplay), and I don't really get what you mean by the other two points.

[Anonymous No.1538150]

>>1538118
Its more for people who argue that only something that looks like a phone is socially acceptable for playing on the go in public.

JXD and the Shield both have a 5 inch screen.

The controller gives it more of a retro feel as well. Its the same size as a VITA that JXD S7800B right? I've had a VITA for two years and its not as comfortable as the Shield.

[Anonymous No.1538159]

>>1538150
>JXD and the Shield both have a 5 inch screen.
>Same size as Vita
No, the S7800B has a 7-inch screen and is much larger than a Vita.

[Anonymous No.1538162]

>>1538150

S7800b actually has a 7 inch screen, it's the S5800 that has a 5 inch screen and phone capabilities.

[Anonymous No.1538229]

shield sucks because it isnt portable. I can just emulate on my laptop if i want to play on a brick

[Anonymous No.1538238]

>>1538229
Its portable, has a long battery life, weights under 2 pounds, and wont act as a space heater. I'd wager its more sturdy then your laptop and less expensive.

[Anonymous No.1538263]

>>1538238
I bet you cant post a picture of one in your pocket

[Anonymous No.1538267]

>>1538263
put the JXD in your pocket or your laptop or your gameboy or your VITA

[Anonymous No.1538271]

>>1538238
Speaking of which, how long is the battery life on the Shield?

[Anonymous No.1538274]

OP here.

Still reading posts.

Hows the Ouya for emulation?

[Anonymous No.1538291]

>>1538263
Still OP.

Probably getting an Ouya regardless but the JXD still interests me. I have a dingoo a320 now and i figure i oughtta upgrade.

[Anonymous No.1538301]

>>1538271
Fitting into a pocket isn't an issue for me, a bag works.

[Anonymous No.1538314]

>>1538271
10 hours+ it depends on what you are doing so 10 hours min

[Anonymous No.1538316]

>>1538291
Are you getting a Ouya because you can get it at gamestop? Please explain why you would want something like that?

[Anonymous No.1538318]

>>1538291
The Shield can replace your dingoo and do the Ouya's job better then an Ouya.

[Anonymous No.1538321]

>>1538316
There are games on it I'm interested in and from research and things i've been told it runs up to ps1 games well.

[Anonymous No.1538328]

Cant you map controllers for android games on Ouya?

[Anonymous No.1538338]

>>1538321
Shield is an android device like Ouya, can connect to tv through its hdmi, emulates psp and psx, and you can get it at gamestop.

You'd be better off modding a XBOX then buying a Ouya because of its price and its psx emulating ability.

[Anonymous No.1538345]

I have the one before this one made my them, the one that looks kind of like a WiiU gamepad, and the sticks are fucking awful and unusable and sometimes the buttons stick. Did they fix it with this one?

[Anonymous No.1538347]

>>1538314
That's straight-up bullshit, I didn't believe you after reading the post so I looked it up and no results of normal gaming reach even 7 hours.

[Anonymous No.1538357]

>>1538347
he's a confirmed shill

[Anonymous No.1538379]

>>1538347
Seeing how I own one how can you disprove me by citing actual shills doing "gaming journalism"

Also its a known fact JXD shills( developers) frequent this board so throwing around that word doesn't make me think very highly of your product.

[Anonymous No.1538435]

>>1538379
JXD is a small Chinese company with very little overseas influence, I'd be very surprised if any of them were here on /vr/.

I put together a chart comparing all the major specs of the competing gaming tablets at the moment, this should clear up all the confusions.

[Anonymous No.1538479]

>>1538379

Fuck off you pathetic little sony shill cunt. You faggots have gotten really desperate ever since Sony announced their exit from the electronics industry.

PSP is a garbage platform and anyone who says otherwise is a straight up, lying fucking shit.

You don't have to get a JXD product, there are literally dozens of Android portables that are better than the shit station portable. PSP is a joke and so are it's fans.

[Anonymous No.1538483]

>>1538479
He's supporting Shield actually, not PSP.

[Anonymous No.1538487]

>>1537857
what am i shilling? I freezes when i play psp games from iso or umd.

[Anonymous No.1538492]

>>1536116
if it's the emulator coding or the hardware, it still can't do snes. And I'm not about to develop an emulator for it

[Anonymous No.1538518]

>>1538435
what about the jxd5800 . is it the same specs as the 7800 ?

[Anonymous No.1538582]

With all this talk of shillng, I'm gonna have to do mega research as to whether i want a JXD or a Sheild.

[Anonymous No.1538581]

>>1538479

You have issues man, like... real, actual fucking issues that you need checking out. I'm serious.

[Anonymous No.1538584]

>>1538029
> Again, don't buy a Shield, it's ridiculously overpriced and only marginally more reliable than your S7800B or Archos 2 will be.
What? The Shield is only $200 now vs an S7800b for ~$160 or Archos Gamepad 2 for ~$180. Compared to any JXD/Archos (or other available Chinese handheld) you're getting much better performance (the Tegra 4 destroys the RK3188), better build quality, better battery, better quality control, more features (PC streaming), software updates, and actual support/warranty outside of China. Even when the Shield was at $250 it wasn't "ridiculously overpriced".

[Anonymous No.1538598]

As much as I like the Shield's specs, it's got a pretty ugly form factor.

[Anonymous No.1538610]

>>1537975
I'm 31. 6ish ft/183cm tall and weigh 175ish lbs/75kg and about 16bfp. I never thought of my hands as particularly large, but certainly not small, either. Normal size, I guess? In either case, I wouldn't imagine I'd have too much trouble with the Xperia as I've owned other fragile devices and have had no trouble with them, either. I'm not a clumsy sort.

>>1538029
Which emulators d'ya use? I'm sure you're long gone by now, though, but I'll monitor the thread for your reply.

>>1538058
It's also a phone, yeah? The Xperia, I mean? See, I'd prefer a phone and absolutely prefer one with a physical QWERTY because Swype is a pain for me to use. Sure! It learns what you type as you type it... but only in one language. I have to text and email back and forth in no fewer than four different languages each using the Latin alphabet. Swype and other Swype-like programmes continually try to autocorrect into English (I live in an English-speaking country) when I type in other languages and, worst of all, makes it an unbelievable punch to the peen to add diacritical marks to vowels. A physical QWERTY would fix this for me.

>>1538093
>>1538150
>>1538301
I don't give a third of a turd if it's socially acceptable or not, I'd simply prefer something that fits comfortably into a trouser-or-suit pocket. Having to lug it out of my briefcase when I'm on the road somewhere isn't too convenient for me. It's a matter of size, convenience and functionality. If it's too large to fit into trouser pockets, I'd likely not be interested. That's why I'm interested in the F3Q as it seems to do/have everything I'd like it to do/have.
Not everyone is worried about 'socially acceptable,' because not everyone has the notion that other people are constantly watching them. I don't pay attention to what others are doing on train rides or aeroplanes and I'm more than certain others have the same general level of disinterest in my activities as I do in theirs.

[Anonymous No.1538617]

>>1538610 continued:

>>1538435
Nice chart for others, but for my needs, it's not helpful. What are the dimensions and weights of each machine listed? I don't want to lug about an iPad-like behemoth. Have any of them physical QWERTY? Can any be adequately used for purposes other than gaming, such as business?

>>1538479
I like the PSP for emulating various things. That's about it. I've little interest in newer games. Having this opinion doesn't make me or anyone else a "shill" because none of us ITT have so far attempted to convince anyone to give up their prior opinions and go out to spend money on a PSP. The only shill ITT as far as I can see, who gets upset that others hold opinions that conflict with their own, who insists that others preferences are wrong or unwarranted, who attempts to convince others to spend money based on his own personally prefers, is you. Well, if you're the poster who keeps blathering on about buying a Shield. How much does Nvidia pay you to be this needlessly unpleasant to strangers?

>>1538584
Price isn't a big issue for me. As I've stated, I'd like something that is small, lightweight, has QWERTY and can emulate PSX and earlier. I never even liked the N64, so I don't care whether it handles it or not. I'd just an old, old man who likes old, old games and lacks interest in most other, newer things.

[Anonymous No.1538910]

>handheld thread
>88 replies
>no gcw zero
I had no idea /vr/ was so painfully plebeian

[Anonymous No.1538962]

>>1538910
I've not heard of it, but now that I've looked it up, it looks promising. Have you one?

[Anonymous No.1540425]

>>1538910
it can barely do 3D. The exclusive games are nice but not something "I would die" to play.

[Anonymous No.1540440]

>>1538617
You will definitely want an NVIDIA shield for controls, build quality and of course accurate emulation. You can hook up your shield to your TV for 1080p resolution and play your emulators on that. All input delay for emulators in my experience stays within 2-8ms and you can't even feel that on your best days.

[Anonymous No.1540471]

Got mine a few months back.
DO NOT USE RETROARCH
IT IS FUCKING SHIT

But other than that it emulates just fine. I got a problem now though where it's telling me it's running out of space and I know on some forums I read you can fix it easily, but I don't use it that often so I never remember

[Anonymous No.1540481]

>>1540471
what issues did you run into while using Retroarch? Also, don't forget the BIOS that some of the cores require.

I've been thinking of getting dedicated emulators from the .emu guy. What emus do you use?

[Anonymous No.1540483]

I hope Nvidia, JXD, and other alternative handheld makers keep progressing. Android devices made me realize how badly Sony/Nintendo cheap out on hardware (with the price of the device in consideration). The reason they are getting the most 3rd party support is because of success in the past, their handhelds are nothing special.

[Anonymous No.1540492]

I had a S7300 for a while and had a lot of fun with it. It broke down, but the company I bought it from gave me credit. Now I want to finally buy a replacement, does the S7800 have custom firmware yet? The S7300 was pretty crappy until I put the custom NCCE on it, and then it was all sunshine. Does the S7800 have any custom firmware that is efficient and working, unlike the kind of junky firmware it comes with? If not, I'll probably just get another S7300.

[Anonymous No.1540487]

>>1540481
Major slowdown and desync issues. Using apps on the google play store fixes these. Hell most of the apps have better control options too. Retroarch locks the control config on the JXD7800B.

As for emus I use, I'd have to turn it on and check, but I just download a bunch of free ones from the app store. I use 2 N64 ones though because one has better speed than the other for some games. Mupen and N64droid

[Anonymous No.1540491]

>>1540471
Retroarch is pretty much the only way to emulate some stuff properly on Android. I'll agree there are some kinks in its interface, but at least they aren't jews like every other Android emulator dev.

[Anonymous No.1540496]

>>1540492
Kinda
http://boards.dingoonity.org/jxd-devices/?PHPSESSID=0a3b3efp79lmfhermfrk1gh8t3

[Anonymous No.1540510]

>>1540491
I'm honestly curious what needs retroarch to run properly. Everything I played ran better without it.

[Anonymous No.1540507]

>>1540483
all of this post!

The problem is that pirating on the Android is too easy most of the time and that scares away major publishers.

[Anonymous No.1540518]

>>1540496
That custom firmware of the original firmware is probably enough for me. I will probably order one soon.

[Anonymous No.1540523]

>>1540518
JXD released a new firmware a little while back. Bumps up the Android to Kitkat, but is buggy as shit right now for emulation, but fixes a ton of general problems with the device.

Give it a few weeks and it should be even better.

[Anonymous No.1540526]

I mainly use my Galaxy Note 3 for emulation. I bought one of those Gameklips for it that wraps around my PS3 controller. Only thing is I was shipped the "universal" version, which has a plastic "bar" at the top of the clip with industrial adhesive you're supposed to stick to your phone case. Granted my case was only $14, I didn't want to sacrifice a perfectly good phone case for the sake of video games. So I went to a craft store and got some velcro; soft side on the phone case, rough side on the Gameklip bar and it works like a charm. When I'm done, I turn off my Sixaxis app to disconnect my PS3 controller and rip the phone case right off.

Only games I still use my PSP for are MGS: Peace Walker, KH:BBS and Phantasy Star Portable 2. PPSSPP's control mapping registers the analog nub directionals as the same input as the D-pad, so I can't move in those games without simultaneously rotating the camera (while PSP2 has texture and framerate issues).

Recently downloaded a Dreamcast emulator (Reicast, I think) but haven't downloaded a game to test it with yet. If I can get Skies of Arcadia running on Android, I'll be set.

[Anonymous No.1540571]

>>1540487
I haven't experienced anything like that on the Shield. Just on the NDS emulator whenever I play a 3D game but 2D games run fine.

Well, not being able to map the R2 and L2 triggers manually does suck but I mostly play SHMUPS and Brawlers on Retroarch anyway.

Everything else like Reicast run just fine. Haven't experienced any kind of slowdowns running PS1 games with V-Sync to 60hz but the majority of N64 games need to be run without V-Sync or else it's just a stop-motion nightmare.

>>1540526
http://wiki.reicast.com/index.php/Reicast_Compatibility_List?wap2

I can get an ISO and test it for you since it hasn't been tested for Alpha 0.06r.

[Anonymous No.1540684]

>>1540571
Yes, please.

[Anonymous No.1540937]

>>1540684
is this a two disk game? I noticed some have one and others have two.

[Anonymous No.1543103]

This thing worth it?

[Anonymous No.1543208]

>>1543103
I sure hope so considering I just bought one this morning. I should be fine considering all I want to play is 2D shit. Plus the android handhelds look too fucking huge to play comfortably.

[Anonymous No.1543235]

>>1543208
It's pretty much a trade off. I like the JXDs because they are so huge and have nice big screens, but there's no way you're going to fit it in your pocket.

[Anonymous No.1543564]

>>1533327
Mine has no problems with SNES. What model number of your psp and emulator?

[Anonymous No.1543738]

>>1543208
hah, me too. mines not gonna be here for a week, but the thing seems legit. plays everything I'm interested in and it fits in the pocket. plus i'd rather give over my shekels for an open source device rather than android device #1494

[Anonymous No.1543813]

>>1543564
it's a psp2001.. i've tried all the available snes emus. I'd rather get a handheld that was made for emulating rather than cracking a psp. This isn't the first one i've had too, I've bricked another one in the past

[Anonymous No.1543818]

>>1543813
Not the other guy, but you've literally got to TRY, extremely hard at that, to brick a psp nowadays what with LCFW.

Also, I'm running Snes9x and most games on my psp run at solid 60 fps, minor graphical or sound glitches on games such as Terranigma.

[Anonymous No.1543865]

>>1543818
That bricked one was a long time ago when the psp first came out. This 2001, I'm not sure how old it is, but the CFW caused alot of games to freeze up occassionaly. Also snes emulation would only work for so long before freezing. I'm guessing i'm just unlucky with the hardware,

but still, you don't need to fuck with emulation based devices to play the games. They just seem alot more reliable

[Anonymous No.1543993]

Can anyone recommend a bluetooth controller for the android tablet I've already got?

[Anonymous No.1544050]

>>1543993
ps3 controller, google it

[Anonymous No.1544392]

>>1543738
>mines not gonna be here for a week
Where did you order yours from? I got mine from thinkgeek with UPS ground.

[Anonymous No.1544618]

>>1544392
same, but im in cali and apparently they ship from the east coast. Why these internet distributors cant ever have their businesses in a central part of the country I'll never know.

[Anonymous No.1544632]

>>1535750
>Shield is crazy expensive
It's $199 how much did you pay for your 7800b?

[Anonymous No.1544656]

>>1536221
>Shit the original Xbox is a better emulation machine than the PSP.
>The original XBox is a better emulation machine
>than the PSP
>Original Xbox
This would win the dumbest post of the week, but sadly I'm too late to award it to you.

[Anonymous No.1544659]

>>1544656
Because he's right or because it's not portable?

[Anonymous No.1544661]

>>1544659
The Xbox is not nearly portable enough to be used.

[Anonymous No.1544678]

>>1544661
>emulator machine thread
>suddenly doesn't count because it now has to be a portable

wut

[Anonymous No.1544680]

>>1544661
The OP says emulation, not portable emulation.

[Anonymous No.1544687]

In all seriousness, how good is Xbox emulation, interested in neo geo, megadrive, snes, nes and mastersystem.

How does it compare to the wii?

[Anonymous No.1544689]

>>1544678
>>1544680
>Discussion mainly about portable devices
>Post actually compares a portable device to an Xbox
>320x100x260mm vs 128x16.5x69mm
>2.4kg vs 158g

Sorry, the point still stands. It's a silly comparison to make. If a phone or tablet had been compared it would have been more acceptable.

You may as well compare a gaming PC to a phone. Especially since a gaming PC is also by definition an emulation machine and able to output via analog or digital.

[Anonymous No.1544690]

>>1544680
ok, ill give you that. it's kinda implied to be a thread about portable emulation though, since thats what OP's talking about and 99% of the posts ITT are about. anyway, my laptop blows your xbox the fuck out. you guys should get a modern device rather then fucking with an ancient xbox

[Anonymous No.1544693]

>>1544690
>anyway, my laptop blows your xbox the fuck out. you guys should get a modern device rather then fucking with an ancient xbox

I don't even have an original Xbox, dude. I'm just pointing out why it works here.

[Anonymous No.1544704]

>>1544687
Superior performance to Wii. Much more difficult to mod unless you have a friend with a modded one already.

[Anonymous No.1544707]

>>1544690
Your laptop outputs standard definition and has four controller ports? Neat. What model is it?

[Anonymous No.1544720]

>>1544707
Not that guy.
http://www.ynot2k.com/store/products/laptops/asus/s62e/s62e.htm
Many laptops used to output to S Video and can use an adaptor if it doesn't include it.
Secondly there's 4 USB ports and a hub could be used.

You picked the laptop post but ignored the desktop.
Silly Question.
Silly Answer.

[Anonymous No.1546518]

What is the best device for PSone emulation?

I just can't stand they way they look on PC, I played a lot on my ps1 that everything look off.

I just want the most accurate it seems that the PSP (for the resolution) is the best thing for this.

How is the Vita for this?

[Anonymous No.1547370]

>>1531528
what is the right price for the s7800b? preferably in £

[Anonymous No.1547438]

>>1544720
>$954
I could buy 10 Wiis, 8 PSPs, 6 Dingoos, and 4 X-Plays for that much... Or an NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Chinese flash carts for all the above, and a chipped Saturn and Playstation.

[Anonymous No.1547754]

>>1538479
Oh fuck.
Go drink some water, man.

[Anonymous No.1548715]

OP here. Got Ouya genuinely love it. Retro emulation is wonderful and actual ouya ganes are great.

[Anonymous No.1548918]

>>1538338
It's only $200

[Anonymous No.1548932]

>>1536096

As a SHIELD owner, the dpad feels very sturdy. It makes light clicking noises and functions well enough to play games like contra precisely.

The diagonals are a bit sensitive so for a game like Contra that can cause some frustration deaths when you think you are holding down, but you are actually holding down+left so you get up into a bullet, so you do need to be exacting with your inputs.

What about it do you think is garbage? (if you are still here)

[Anonymous No.1551514]

>>1540510
Everything if you want perfect audio/video sync, provided your device runs the emulator core full speed. Android makes this difficult due to being unoptimized and using Java so it has to deal with garbage collector stalls, as well as massive audio latency (lowest latency possible is like 64ms on the best ddevices, it can get really bad on low end devices with 128ms or more). Most of these separate emulators that "run faster" are cutting corners and using auto-frameskip and excessive audio buffering to appear full speed but with stuttery video and audio lag.

On iOS, RetroArch is able to perform a lot better because it doesn't have to deal with garbage collector stalls and iOS is capable of low audio latency (minimum is 20ms), so perfect audio/video sync is much easier.

As far as emulators are concerned, you need RetroArch for 32X emulation since Picodrive is the only viable emulator for ARM and it's only available in RetroArch (I believe notaz was withholding Picodrive's current source due to fears of resellers, but decided to release it because RetroArch allowed him to release it for free on Android). Sega CD will run better too since RetroArch has the latest Genesis Plus GX, while MD.emu is stuck with an old version after ekeeke and Charles McDonald decided to change the license from GPL to non-commercial to keep Robert Broglia from profiting off of it. RetroArch also has PCSX-ReARMed, the best PSX emulator for ARM, which doesn't exist as standalone on Android except for a really old port that was being charged for. There's also an optimized SNES9x 1.52 core that is RetroArch exclusive as well, it's faster than 1.53-based ports. And most other cores are more up-to-date than the standalone ports are since RetroArch tries to keep its cores updated with upstream as much as possible.

[Anonymous No.1551583]

>>1551514
>Android makes this difficult due to being unoptimized and using Java so it has to deal with garbage collector stalls, as well as massive audio latency
Oracle's Java VM or in reality Google's Dalvik VM is considered much more effient than IOS's Objective-C. Java is able to optimize code before it's executed on the phone which results in much better performance. Java libraries are Open Source and therefore have been optimised by hundreds of different developers. On the other hand, with IOS, only Apple developers are able to change the code. Less review = less potential performance. also, I haven't had a stall since 2010, and I haven't experienced any audio sync problems on any 4th gen emulator, ever. you need to just stop.

>Most of these separate emulators that "run faster" are cutting corners and using auto-frameskip and excessive audio buffering to appear full speed but with stuttery video and audio lag.
this is how I know you're new at this. you actually think the above statement is significant. please explain to us the wetness of water next.

[Anonymous No.1551595]

>>1540440
...That doesn't answer a single question he raised in his post.

That reads exactly like a sales pitch, by the way. Might want to work on that.

[Anonymous No.1551597]

>>1551595
but it is a sales pitch, anon

[Anonymous No.1551630]

>>1551583
>Java
>being optimized ever

lel

[Anonymous No.1551656]

>>1551583
Except that's not how things work at all. Java is interpreted language, no amount of optimization will make it faster than a compiled language like Objective-C. And the garbage collector that Java uses for memory management is bad for runtime performance and you have no control over when it decides to use your CPU to clean memory. Just because one is open source doesn't mean it's "more efficient"

Face it, Android is a poorly designed OS. It has taken Google a long time to get something that's actually comparable to iOS, for a long time it was total dogshit. Nothing I said about emulation on Android is wrong since I know the technical details about how emulation works and how Android's Java overhead impacts their performance.

[Anonymous No.1551678]

>>1538617
None of them have Qwerty. The Shield is not pocketable because of its giant ass controller. There are no Android devices that feature game controls AND a QWERTY keyboard, period.

If you're looking for a business device you shouldn't even be looking at Android, you should be looking at UMPCs that run Windows - unless your business is a Linux business in which case there is the Pandora which does have gaming controls and a keyboard but is pathetically underpowered for its price.

"Business" is pretty vague, but if you want something with game controls, a keyboard and any hope of fitting in your pocket you'll probably end up getting a 5" android tablet and a case with a built in Bluetooth keyboard. That's my guess, but you better have some big ass pockets.

[Anonymous No.1551683]

>>1551656
Good thing Androids are 4x as powerful as iOS devices for 1/4 the price then huh? By advocating emulating on iOS you make yourself sound like an idiot, btw. Even ignorant people have seen the performance of iOS emulators.

[Anonymous No.1551692]

>>1551678
QWERTY keyboards on mobile devices are so shit that I wouldn't even consider them usable. That chink case with keyboard as well, very uncomfortable.
Writing on android is only done right with a swiping keyboard app.

[Anonymous No.1551709]

>>1551683
I'm not "advocating" iOS, just stating facts. You do have to jailbreak iOS to get any use out of it (dynarecs absolutely need it), so I'd rather there exist a good open mobile OS so I don't have to do that. Android is unfortunately not up to the same standard as iOS is in performance, so we're not there yet.

By the way, Apple's A7 is currently the best SoC available right now. It's apparently fast enough to run heavyier emulators like Desmume full speed.

[Anonymous No.1551731]

>>1551692
I agree there's no point in using a hardware keyboard with Android, but he keeps asking if various devices have one and the across the board answer is "no - none of them do"

[Anonymous No.1551783]

>>1551678
I didn't want a gaming device. I don't want a phone with gaming controls. I want a phone with QWERTY. Many phones run on Android. I want to know if any emu>>1538610
tors for Android can have keys mapped to QWERTY v touch shit.

Business is not all that vague. I'd like a communication device, one that can txt, has a browser and accesses email. And has a physical QWERTY.

>>1551692
See >>1538610

>Sure! [Touch input methods] learn what you type as you type it... but only in one language. I have to text and email back and forth in no fewer than four different languages each using the Latin alphabet. Swype and other Swype-like programmes continually try to autocorrect into English (I live in an English-speaking country) when I type in other languages and, worst of all, makes it an unbelievable punch to the peen to add diacritical marks to vowels. A physical QWERTY would fix this for me.

>>1551731
See >>1537845
The LG Optimus F3Q has a slide-out QWERTY keypad and is an Android device. I want to know what emulators for Android, if any, can have keys mapped to QWERTY.

[Anonymous No.1551807]

>>1548932
>The diagonals are a bit sensitive so for a game like Contra that can cause some frustration deaths when you think you are holding down, but you are actually holding down+left so you get up into a bullet, so you do need to be exacting with your inputs.

That sounds like fucking unusable garbage to me.

[Anonymous No.1551820]

>>1551783
>>1551783
>I didn't want a gaming device. I don't want a phone with gaming controls. I want a phone with QWERTY
Why are you in this thread or even on this board then? You know this is /vr/ not /g/ right? Aside from the classic business phone, Blackberry (now dying) there are several phones with integrated Qwerty keyboards but most people who want a keyboard use a small bluetooth one, often integrated into their phone case. This lets them replace it as it gets worn out and avoids the wear and tear on the ribbon cable, which often fails in sliders.

[Anonymous No.1551825]

>>1551783
You can map hardware keys in all emulators

[Anonymous No.1551828]

>>1551820
It's like you only read the first bit of the post and completely missed the part that read
> I want to know what emulators for Android, if any, can have keys mapped to QWERTY.

>>1551825
You sure? All Android/iOS emulators I've seen use an on-screen simulated D-pad with on-screen simulated buttons.

[Anonymous No.1551951]

>>1551783
>>Sure! [Touch input methods] learn what you type as you type it... but only in one language. I have to text and email back and forth in no fewer than four different languages each using the Latin alphabet. Swype and other Swype-like programmes continually try to autocorrect into English (I live in an English-speaking country) when I type in other languages and, worst of all, makes it an unbelievable punch to the peen to add diacritical marks to vowels. A physical QWERTY would fix this for me.

It's not like only Swype is out. Guess what? Keyboard apps advanced so you can switch your input language on the go, for example hold space to change input languages in Google keyboard. So unless you have some 2010 phone which can't handle swiping keyboard app there's nothing stopping you from using 15 input languages.

[Anonymous No.1551957]

>>1535761
I like Ghost Commander as an Android file manager.

[Anonymous No.1552002]

>>1544618
I just got my zero today. Can handle just about everything i've thrown at it so far.
>MFW

[Anonymous No.1553919]

NVidia Shield Owner here. What does /vr/ recommend for PS1 emulation? RetroArch is shit and everything in the play store costs money.

[Anonymous No.1553950]

>>1552002
How's its MAME/CPS1/CPS2/Neogeo compatibility?

[Anonymous No.1554379]

Is an Xperia Play worth getting? Pressing buttons on the screen feels uncomfortable as fuck.

[Anonymous No.1554427]

>>1553919
I use FPSE, though that's one of the paid emulators. you could just pirate it.

[Anonymous No.1554468]

>>1553919
i like epsxe for android, torrent it (dont use play store)

[Anonymous No.1554598]

>>1531528
>emulator machine
Is there really anything that can compete with the PSP?

What are even JXDs?

[Anonymous No.1554613]

>>1544618
>Why these internet distributors cant ever have their businesses in a central part of the country I'll never know.
Really? Because likely they don't manufacture them, and the coasts have ports

[Anonymous No.1554638]

>>1554598
Android tablets with physical controls. They're actually quite fun. Bigger screens make them less portable, but they can function as regular tablets as well. They're handy for reading ebooks, and I don't think anyone wants to read a book off a PSP screen.

[Anonymous No.1554830]

>>1537960
>the rabbit didn't die

;_;

[Anonymous No.1555270]

>>1554379
I love mine. Probably the best choice for under $50 unless you really want video out.

[Anonymous No.1555321]

>>1536160
I have one and there is a lot of button ghosting. It runs games well but I can't play SMW well without some diagonal inputs + two buttons not registering. Also input lag.

[Anonymous No.1555326]

>>1536160
>>1555321
Forgot to mention, the speaker is shit (it's mono) and calls can NOT be private because of how loud it is, even if you turn it down to the lowest volume setting.

[Anonymous No.1555424]

What would be better for emulation on Android, Galaxy S4 or Nexus 5?

[Anonymous No.1555434]

>>1555424
probably the same man. emulation performance depends mostly on the software, especially with hardware so similar

[Anonymous No.1555441]

>>1555434
From what I gathered in the benchmarks between both phones, apparently the Nexus 5 has a superior GPU while the S4 scores better in CPU

http://geekaphone.com/compare/LG-Nexus-5-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S4

Though I guess it's not that relevant as you say

[Anonymous No.1555447]

>>1555441
What are you hoping to emulate?

Also emulation depends heavily on the CPU, and most emulators are only designed to use up to 2 cores.

[Anonymous No.1555453]

>>1555447
Mostly Retroarch and the not-retro PPSSPP

Hopefully I can use the former properly with a gamepad, because on my tablet the program only picks up the D-Pad while it works fine for the latter

[Anonymous No.1556019]

>>1553919
>RetroArch is shit

Why? If you have a Shield that's the absolute best thing you can use since the Shield actually has dependable runtime performance unlike other Android devices, and Nvidia actually sent two units to the developer so they were able to optimize for it.

http://www.libretro.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=717

[Anonymous No.1556087]

So Shield costs pretty much the same as new 7800b here. I'd just pay more for shipping of the Shield since it'd be shipped from abroad. What would you guys choose? I'm leaning towards the Shield, but how is the dpad? I hear mixed opinions.

[Anonymous No.1556097]

>>1556019
I can't get anything to work. Do they have an obsolete version of RetroArch up at the play store?

[Anonymous No.1556160]

>>1552002
just got mine too. super fun, runs everything. no complaints except i wish the d pad was designed a little differently but it's not a gamebreaker by any means

[Anonymous No.1556172]

>>1531578

The whole point of the JXD is that it is opensource hardware, before /vr/ was created we splurged over it and like devices (like the n900) at /g/ due to that fact.

I guess the point got lost when most of you started posting about it.

Also if you run android you're dumb, the biggest point is to install something like debian on it.

[Anonymous No.1556176]

>>1544687

It is pretty much the best.

>tfw did a celery stick and 128 MB mod

[Anonymous No.1556178]

>>1547438

I guess you didn't notice that website is one of those chinese places that get prices incorrect, because you didn't even notice the specs. It is 775 era. You can get plenty of s-video laptops for under 200. Many of the business oriented laptops from 2005-2008 had them.

[Anonymous No.1556195]

>>1543564
I've found the people who say this don't mind the ridiculous frame skipping the emulators have to do to run anything near full speed while the people who do complain want a smoother experience more similar to what you'd get on actual hardware.

[Anonymous No.1556201]

>>1556195
but anon it's not that bad

[Anonymous No.1556337]

>>1556195
They also tolerate horrible sound emulation that SNES9X 1.39 had

[Anonymous No.1558170]

>>1556019
So there is some special version of RetroArch for the Shield or you can just grab the latest?
Also is it the best for everything, or some emulators are better as standalone?

[Anonymous No.1558178]

They're not easy to get any more but I've had a dingoo a320 for the past 4 and a half years or so.

Its been excellent and I've never had any problems with it.

>plays nearly all 2d retro games up to gba
>excellent battery life
>small and light wouldn't even know it was in your pocket

Some people say the build quality was a bit dodgy but I've not had any problems other than the d pad being a bit mushy.

Hoping to upgrade to a gcw zero soon as none of the android devices appeal to me

[Anonymous No.1559375]

>>1535663
my PSP 2k handled Metroid Zero Mission like a pro and Doom 2 like my grandma taking a shit
PSP's fine for GBA as long as it's not crazy
>>1533327
For games like Star Fox and SMRPG, maybe, but recent emulators got a lot better about this
Besides, if it can't play PSP games (I will assume you are running them from your memory card) then your PSP is the problem

[Anonymous No.1559385]

>>1546518
I know how you feel about PC PSx emulation
And I got a .bin of an old favorite and now the sound files increase in pitch right at the end
"How're ya doING?"

But yeah PSP is cheaper and I think that the Vita would only be better for using the rear touchpad as L2 and R2, but I don't own one so I don't even know if that's an option.

[Anonymous No.1559405]

>>1555453
Solution: Buy a PSP and an 8gig card
Emulates lotsa stuff just fine and plays PSP games natively
You could fit like 2 PSP games and a bajillion ROMS on an 8gig card
All-in-all it'll cost ya like $80

I wish there was a better alternative but the GCW Zero is taking so damn long to actually ship and apparently it's only for retro and i really like the PSP

[Anonymous No.1561471]

Did somebody mention Dingoo?