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Does anyone have a portable emulator that isn't just a jailbroken first-party console? Are any of them worth looking into?

>> No.5107706

>>5107672

Prepare for a lot of days to reply with advice even though they’ve never played one of these

>> No.5107732

>>5107706
This, and a lot of people incorrectly claiming that SNES emulation on PSP is flawless(if you turn on frame skipping).

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>>5107672
>Does anyone have a portable emulator that isn't just a jailbroken first-party console?

>> No.5107772

Pi zero or cm3 based devices (circuit sword, freeplay cm3...), GPD win, OpenPandora, RS-97...

>> No.5107786

Someone has actually some idea on this matter? The last thread someone convinced me to not buy an RS97, and get a PSP instead. And it fucking sucks at SNES and megadrive, mame isn't even bootable...

So, anyone has any ACTUAL and FACTUAL idea?

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I have a small collection of them. Megadrive runs at fullspeed even on the ancient GP32, and SNES at full speed on every system afterwards. The most recent one I picked up is a JXD S5800, which is Android based. It plays everything perfectly up to 4th gen, and a few N64 games are playable with tweaks. I can't discern any input lag but I don't play fighting games.

I currently use my phone with a controller as my primary on-the-go emulator system. It's excessively powerful and the screen is brilliant. But if I were to buy a new system, it would be the GPD XD, every review I've read has been great, and I'm already familiar with the Android emulation scene, which is also great.

>> No.5107865

>>5107759
>people seriously play retro games like this

>> No.5107883

>>5107672
I got a Caanoo and a Dingoo. They're both kinda weird and real old at this point.

>> No.5107893

>>5107672
I have the GPD XD going on, oh, almost 2 years now. It's an android-based system with plenty of emulators available via app store. Mine has 32gb storage built in, and I added a 200gb flashcard to handle isos. Overall, the GPD XD works great with no issues stock out of the box and is one of the best "retro" purchases I've ever made.

There is an updated model called the GPD XD+ as well, but I have no experience with that one.

>> No.5107962

>>5107862
I wish these things were still around. Now it's just all android shit.

>> No.5108014

>>5107732
Who says that? I see more people claiming SNES on PSP is unredeemable pile of shit when it is only bad if the game is using extra chip. Regular games run fine mostly. Even some special chip games like Megaman X2 and X3 run fine with the latest version of the emulator.

>> No.5108016

>>5107786
Dude, what is your budget? The key component of your problem is this.

>> No.5108042

>>5107672
The rs-97 is a really nice inexpensive handheld. The audio quality is bad but the speaker is easily swapped out. It runs all of the 2d systems just fine. I mostly play on my 2ds XL personally, the addition of ds and 3ds games is too convenient to ignore. On top of that after being hacked it has a really nice menu layout

>> No.5108091

>>5107865
yeah, ive finished over 1000 retro games in short time
and the best part about it?
i didnt spend a dime!

>> No.5109016

>>5108091
Well if you want ro get into technicalities you spent something on laptop and controller

>> No.5109017

>>5107672
I used to have one of these when I was younger but it wasn't the best. I remember it couldn't play SNES properly and the L and R buttons broke eventually

>> No.5109059

>>5109017
A Dingoo A320? Mine never had any problems with SNES, unless you mean SuperFX games.

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>> No.5109130

>>5107672
GP32, GP2X, WIZ, CANOO pretty much all gamepark consoles were created to be emulator machines. they are a little pricey as they are collectors items, but i love all the ports and homebrew that came out for the GP32/GP2X. they have some cool shit, but the emulators for the gp32 are only good up to 4th gen, then things get iffy. the gp2x and above have much better emulation capabilities, but each sequential console got less ports and hombrew, which fucking sucked. ginge works on the wiz and canoo i think, so you can at least play the gp2x stuff, but you have to own a gp32 to play any of the games that came out for it. you are not missing much unless you owned one as a kid (like me), but dyehard with infinite stairs is a fucking amazing little arcade game.

>> No.5109134

>>5107786
yeah i wanted mame so bad on my psp, but it works damn good on my gp2x!

>> No.5109143

>>5107862
>>5107862
you sir are a friend of mine now. i dont know anybody in real life (besides me) that own gamepark handhelds. gamepark for life!

>> No.5109281

>>5109016
The games and the software needed to play them, was free.

>> No.5109776

>>5107672
The Dingoo was good when loaded with Dingux - but I dropped mine down the stairs...

All the cheap chink clones are trash though, hacked 3DS/PSVita is immeasurably better

>> No.5109801

>>5107759
>playing retro games on a 360 controller's shitty dpad
but why

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The greatest

>> No.5109854

>>5109836
Are the face buttons and dpad in a comfortable place? Looks a little awkward between the sticks like that

>> No.5109856

>>5108016
I have unlimited budget, but I'dn't like to spend more than a hundred bucks on this.

>> No.5109857

>>5107865
I do except with a ds3

>> No.5109879

>>5109854

Yeah, it's pretty comfy to use actually. shoulder buttons are a little loose and clicky, also the battery isn't easily replaceable.

>> No.5109904

>>5109856
Then you had a small budget and your options were limited. PSP is the cheap option for handheld emulation but it doesn't do SNES as good as it should and outside of very old arcade games, a few Cave games, CPS1-2 and NEOGEO, it doesn't do arcade games. It shouldn't have any problems with Mega Drive. PSP is a bad choice for someone who wants perfect SNES emulation and full FBA-MAME support.

>> No.5109951

>>5109856
The Rs-97, a used N3ds or a psp are gonna be your best options then. Nothing else is going to fit such a small budget

>> No.5109960

>>5109281
Still needed hardware to run software on

>> No.5110263

>>5109836
Damn I'm jelly.
What's the actual battery life on the thing though?

>> No.5110350

>>5110263

It can play GameCube and ps2 games for hours on a single charge. I'm sure I'll start to wear the battery down eventually though

>> No.5110356

>>5107672
Is there any way to buy an A320 anymore?
I remember them being super good with Dingux
>>5109836
Win 2? Would you say it's worth its $700+ asking price? Looks great but not for that amount

>> No.5110358

>>5110356

Yeah I'd say if you want portability and need to play GameCube and ps2. If you only want to emulate up to ps1 then go gpd xd as it's much cheaper. Not sure how well the xd handles n64 though, win 2 handles it very well.

>> No.5110360

>>5110358
>Yeah I'd say if you want portability and need to play GameCube and ps2
How well does it run those two? I know there are videos that demo those two systems but they always pick the obligatory games like God of War and such. How does it run games like Xenoblade and Metroid Prime, or God Hand and Yakuza 2

>> No.5110402

>>5110360

So far I've only tried it with katamari damacy, smash bros, and Mario kart double dash and it works great with all of those

>> No.5110419

>>5110402
Ape escape 2, star fox assault, Wario world for gc, and luigis mansion also all run well

>> No.5110446

>>5110360
Yakuza 2 at 2x resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBHwlqS3pCA
Xenoblade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NejQ2Gh6Ae8
Metroid Prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6gGZ4kthU
God Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A3M5XWuJV0

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>>5109857
Same. The 360 controller is okay for modern games but it's Dpad is absolute dogshit.

Dualshock 3 Dpad is great for my needs.

>> No.5112108

>>5107672
I have that brazilian tectoy's portable genesis called "Mega Drive Portátil". A black/orange videogame.

>> No.5112164

>>5110446
>metroid prime on a handheld
What wizardry is this? Jesus Christ.

>> No.5112201

>>5109960
you posting here means you already have the hardware

>> No.5112226

>>5109836
>>5110356
I was really pissed when they raised the price after the first batch of preorders that went out before I could get one.
They made a really dick move to announce the price beforehand, see the hype and bump the price. Seeing such attitude I doubt I ever buy anything from them again.

>> No.5112440

>>5112164
it's an UMPC. it costs $800.

>> No.5112456

>>5112440
Still man. Prime on a handheld, not remade for a handheld device but running native. That's incredible. That they can keep the damn thing cool enough in that form factor to run something like that through emulation...
It's amazing.

>> No.5114729

>>5109801
As a person who does this. I second this motion.
Anything that requires even the slightest bit of precision, and thinks go fucky.
My example from recent play is Pacmania. If you aren't careful, your inputs won't register because you're at too much of an angle to clearly register your directional change.

>> No.5114938

>>5112440
>>5112456
Write yourself a budget of 200 bucks, buy a Slim PS2 or Wii, and build yourself a portable out of them. You can build both, on a budget of 200.

>> No.5114965

>>5109776
>>5109951
3ds have a lot of problems with snes games without frameskip, games like doom are literally unplayable

>> No.5114973

>>5114965
A n3ds doesn’t. A regular 3ds can’t run special chip games well. Also why the fuck would you play snes doom on the 3ds?

>> No.5114981

>>5114973
What is the with snes doom?

>> No.5114982

>>5114981
Problem*

Fuck

>> No.5114991

>>5114981
3ds has its own doom port

>> No.5115028

>>5107672
>Does anyone
Yup. The guy who's pic you used does. I have a few of those. I also have a bunch of jxds that are decent. I also have most of my old phones from the last 15 years.

>> No.5115047

>>5114981
>>5114982
its the worst port / version of doom imaginable

>> No.5115343

I'm pretty happy with my PSP but its too big for pockets. Is a Go worth getting?

>> No.5115390

>>5107672
none are worth looking into while the vita/switch exist.

>> No.5115651

>>5115390
GPD XD is more powerful than the Vita, and more portable than the Switch.

>> No.5115720

>>5115651
and more expensive than either. Not to mention the flimsy controls and empty library of non-emulated games.

>> No.5115972

>>5115390
Some of us don't have kids into switch stuff

>>5115720
>thread about emulation devices
>empty library of non-emulated games
>readingcomprehension

>> No.5116128

>>5115972
Who are you quoting?
If you're not quoting anyone, please stop typing in a retarded fashion.

>> No.5116153

>>5112108

Can you mod that to run other emulators?

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>>5109091

>> No.5116204

>>5107732
I've been using emulation on my PSP for the past 13+ years and never once did I get to experience flawless SNES emulation.

If such a thing exists please point me in that direction because I think I'd like to stick my dick in it.

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>>5116128
18+ sport

>> No.5116393

>>5116204
n3ds

>> No.5117410

>>5107962
Android shit is kinda preferable, anon. The GP2X had a lot of problems with stuff breaking across hardware revisions.

>> No.5117449

>>5116201
keep being jelly, my dude. It plays great and even normies are impressed.

>> No.5117461

>>5116204
>>5116393
The n3ds doesn’t emulate snes flawlessly. But it is really good and very accurate. It’s based on snes9x 1.52 and has great audio, no slowdown and excellent compatibility. Just as with 1.52 there’s only a couple of games that don’t work

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I'm still very happy with my GCW Zero but it's old and hard to find at this point. It's basically the spiritual successor to the Dingoo a320 in your OP. Its homebrew scene is pretty dead now but what it has works well.

>> No.5117502

>>5107786
He convinced you wrong, a modded RS-97 with Dingux would've been the much better option.

>> No.5117509

>>5107962
>android shit
>idiot confirmed

Seriously Android is what you want. There won't ever be a time where you can't find a "scene" or constant flow of support when something goes wrong (which it hardly ever does)

>> No.5117514

>>5117509
The same can be said for Linux-based handhelds. https://boards.dingoonity.org/
Assuming mostly you get Ingenic-based devices with flashable firmware.

>> No.5117550

>>5117514
Generally you either want Android or something running a standard freedesktop-compliant setup. All these niche handhelds running stripped down versions of Linux without standard API support baked in are a pain in the ass to maintain software for. Porting software to something with X11 and ALSA is much more straightforward.

>> No.5117559

>>5117550
>All these niche handhelds running stripped down versions of Linux without standard API support baked in are a pain in the ass to maintain software for.
That's what Dingux is for. And all the software you could want (on the emulators side of things, at least) is already written for it.

>> No.5117564

>>5117559
New software and improved emulation cores are never going to target DINGUX because it doesn't support most of the common APIs.

>> No.5117570

>>5117564
I'm not going to pretend to know what APIs you're talking about, and the emulators are definitely not as up-to-date as Android ones, but they sure have a better price to performance ration and for that I'd still say they're more worth it. Android costs too much for little benefit.

>> No.5117572

>>5117570
*ratio, oops