Dingoo a good portable emu machine?

[TerranigmaFreak]

I heard about the Dingoo recently and it looks pretty good, and then there's still the GP32x Wiz I think, that also sounds pretty good. The PSP itself is also a beast, but then I'd have to worry about firmware with it. What about today's pocket PC/smart phones?

Which one do you guys think is the best for emulation on the go? Something small of course. I want the best battery life and the best for roms. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of even better devices for something like this?

 

[Chaos Punk]

I heard about the Dingoo recently and it looks pretty good, and then there's still the GP32x Wiz I think, that also sounds pretty good. The PSP itself is also a beast, but then I'd have to worry about firmware with it. What about today's pocket PC/smart phones?

Which one do you guys think is the best for emulation on the go? Something small of course. I want the best battery life and the best for roms. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of even better devices for something like this?

I'd say just get a PSP or gaming laptop. It's kind of annoying having to worry about the firmware on PSP, but it's fun as hell to play Smash Bros. on it, lol.

 

[TerranigmaFreak]

How's the PSP's battery life for PURE emulation? I know playing regular games require UMD and the battery life isn't as good.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

How's the PSP's battery life for PURE emulation? I know playing regular games require UMD and the battery life isn't as good.

About 4 - 5 hours? I'm not sure exactly, but it's definitely at least 4 hours.

 

[dib]

You don't need to worry about firmware versions to play homebrew on the PSP. That's only applicable for the retail games/piracy.

Battery life expectations vary too much among users, so I won't even bother trying to answer that.

Phones just aren't very good emulation systems. Even though mine is powerful enough to play SNES, GBA, Scumm, etc. I barely used it even before I bought my PSP. They're not designed with gaming in mind that is button controlled. And there are superior native games like RTS and tower defense that are far more accomodating.