What is the BEST portable emulation device?

[thealgorithm]

Well, at least the 3DS has proper Snes audio emulation; Snes9x 1.43 sounds like shit on PSP XD It can't even get the sound effects right lol.

nVidia Shield K1 is good, I recommend avoiding those Chinese portable consoles, they're riddled with firmware issues.

Indeed, the GPD XD is great, but its very much bugged hardware wise. Place a Samsung S6 fast charger in it and it fries the circuitry (No communication protocol for acknowledging correct current). Also charging it while turning it off or on can damage the screen circuitry

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My Pandora runs on 1.1GHz and the emulation support is hugh. It emulates the dreamcast, n64, DOS, ... oh and it has Cortex A8 +
PowerVR SGX GPU. The GPD is powerful I agree, but how about a keyboard for eg. Amiga or how about multiplayer support? Maybe the GPD Win or Open Pyra would be the best for me.

Yes, the keyboard for me would be a deal breaker indeed in particular to also use it as a compact Amiga or C64 rather than just games.

 

[the_randomizer]

Indeed, the GPD XD is great, but its very much bugged hardware wise. Place a Samsung S6 fast charger in it and it fries the circuitry (No communication protocol for acknowledging correct current). Also charging it while turning it off or on can damage the screen circuitry

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Yes, the keyboard for me would be a deal breaker indeed in particular to also use it as a compact Amiga or C64 rather than just games.

Not to mention the firmware is always borked on those devices, the GPXD couldn't run faster than 49 Hz on NTSC games, screen tearing, etc.

 

[thealgorithm]

Not to mention the firmware is always borked on those devices, the GPXD couldn't run faster than 49 Hz on NTSC games, screen tearing, etc.

the Legacy Custom rom thankfully fixes the frame refresh issue (All the crapware removed). Very early versions of the official firmware had the awful 47hz or so update.

 

[the_randomizer]

the Legacy Custom rom thankfully fixes the frame refresh issue (All the crapware removed). Very early versions of the official firmware had the awful 47hz or so update.

Yeah, I wanted to get one, but the horrendous shipping and lack of customer support was a turnoff.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I vote Nvidia sheild, comes in three Increasingly powerful varieties.

• Sheild portable with Tegra 4 = Weakest of the evolution but still better than other portables. (Folding screen with XBOX Playstation controller attached to the system, like a GBA.)
• Sheild Tablet with Tegra K1 = Mid tier of the evolution, not as portable, external controllers required.
• Sheild TV with Tegra X1 = Best of the evoltuion (TO DATE) Requires a TV With HDMI

Either way, get yourself one of these, get the emulators and go to work.

Quick warning though, portable hasn't been updated past Kikkat Android os 4.4.4 But it still runs all apps normally, just you will need to root it for writing to External SD cards.

While retroarch runs lots of emulators i will just highlight some good and useful ones.

• EPSXE 2.0.7 current version. Best running Playstation emulator, IN HD
• PPSSPP 1.3 (Some nightly build version number i can't remember) Best running psp emulator (Still not all games are perfect, but is HD and works)
• Reicast R7 Current Dream cast emulator to exist, works well for me depending on game.
• Dolphin, GC/WII emulator, try not to think about this, still VERY EARLY not as good.
• POOR PS2 emulators, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
• All emulators by "EX PLUS ALPHA" Currently SNES is free, others is purchase on app store.
• Mupen 64 probably best N64 Emu you can do for now.
• YABUSE Saturn emulator, received quite improvment depending on system.

And retroarch can fill in the missing ______ Emulators you may want or need like Game gear, 32X Sega cd, or Wondeswan.... if people actually play those.

 

[thealgorithm]

Yeah, I wanted to get one, but the horrendous shipping and lack of customer support was a turnoff.

I got mine from a UK reseller (Marketed under a different name "droidbox playon" and was considerably cheaper as well (£140) for 32gb version. With the exception of them two awful hardware bugs (Charger related) and also placing the custom rom insteadl, it is a pretty good device. Battery life is quite amazing too.. 8 hours+ on medium/high load gaming. My gripe is that the analog stick surfaces can get quite slippery - no texture on them

 

[ciaomao]

Indeed, the GPD XD is great, but its very much bugged hardware wise. Place a Samsung S6 fast charger in it and it fries the circuitry (No communication protocol for acknowledging correct current). Also charging it while turning it off or on can damage the screen circuitry

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Yes, the keyboard for me would be a deal breaker indeed in particular to also use it as a compact Amiga or C64 rather than just games.

Yeah, I remember the old days where almost every 2nd blew the GP2x, because the polarity of the power jack was inversed. Dunno what those Koreans had in mind as they developed the handheld.

Regarding the keyboard on my Pandora you are right, it's also nice for coding while on the road, but can't replace a real one (that you can connect via USB).

 

[Xanthe]

I think your Xperia Play may be messed up because mine doesn't do that at all. Why don't you try getting a refund. Also were you using retroarch or another emulator?

I tried using retroarch but it would not let me into any menus that would allow me to configure controller input rendering it useless.

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I vote Nvidia sheild, comes in three Increasingly powerful varieties.

• Sheild portable with Tegra 4 = Weakest of the evolution but still better than other portables. (Folding screen with XBOX Playstation controller attached to the system, like a GBA.)
• Sheild Tablet with Tegra K1 = Mid tier of the evolution, not as portable, external controllers required.
• Sheild TV with Tegra X1 = Best of the evoltuion (TO DATE) Requires a TV With HDMI

Either way, get yourself one of these, get the emulators and go to work.
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Quick warning though, portable hasn't been updated past Kikkat Android os 4.4.4 But it still runs all apps normally, just you will need to root it for writing to External SD cards.

While retroarch runs lots of emulators i will just highlight some good and useful ones.

• EPSXE 2.0.7 current version. Best running Playstation emulator, IN HD
• PPSSPP 1.3 (Some nightly build version number i can't remember) Best running psp emulator (Still not all games are perfect, but is HD and works)
• Reicast R7 Current Dream cast emulator to exist, works well for me depending on game.
• Dolphin, GC/WII emulator, try not to think about this, still VERY EARLY not as good.
• POOR PS2 emulators, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
• All emulators by "EX PLUS ALPHA" Currently SNES is free, others is purchase on app store.
• Mupen 64 probably best N64 Emu you can do for now.
• YABUSE Saturn emulator, received quite improvment depending on system.

And retroarch can fill in the missing ______ Emulators you may want or need like Game gear, 32X Sega cd, or Wondeswan.... if people actually play those.

I wish I could find a cheaper Shield Portable. Been looking for one for over a year now.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I wish I could find a cheaper Shield Portable. Been looking for one for over a year now

$200 is as cheap as they gonna get bro. Unless maybe they add a tegra K1 or X1 maybe it could get more expensive. I wish, if they had re-release those with K1 or X1 in them, and update to android 7 I would have been happy to buy it again.

 

[WiiUBricker]

I think your Xperia Play may be messed up because mine doesn't do that at all. Why don't you try getting a refund. Also were you using retroarch or another emulator?

I don't think so. I have an Xperia Play myself and it has annoying input lag. Flashing the NXT custom rom didn't help. The Play is just an incredible weak device.

 

[Deleted User]

GPD Win my dude. It's the best portable station for anything. It can even run Wii/GC games, but at somewhat quality.

 

[Xanthe]

GPD Win my dude. It's the best portable station for anything. It can even run Wii/GC games, but at somewhat quality.

I agree that this may be the best portable gaming device

but that price tho

 

[Kurausukun]

A laptop ( ¬‿¬)

 

[Xanthe]

A laptop ( ¬‿¬)

Wow. Never thought of that.

 

[Deleted User]

I agree that this may be the best portable gaming device

but that price tho

Oh, well 3DS or something. A Pi won't be portable and a laptop is just a meme.

Don't know much about sony devices tho.

 

[Deleted User]

A laptop ( ¬‿¬)

there is a small laptop called lenovo air. very powerful laptop. you can even play witcher 3 on low settings in decent framerate on it. but it cost 750 bucks. as for pandora i don't like it. it's bulky and ugly and outdated. go for gpd win or maybe nintendo switch. who knows maybe it will end up as the best emulation device that was ever made!!

 

[WiiUBricker]

Apparently this will be a thing.

 

[Deleted User]

Apparently this will be a thing.

I don't think so. Why?? Check this video.

 

[WiiUBricker]

I don't think so. Why?? Check this video.

It's too long. Can you just post the point of the video?

 

[Deleted User]

Apparently this will be a thing.

Duel screen gaming

I'm going to puke. Also seems to good to be true for the specs.