I don't know if this thread is offtopic; jannies, if that is the case, sorry and feel free to delete it.
I want to buy one of those mobile emulators from Aliexpress just to play games from PS1 and Game Boy. Is this a good idea? They're almost one month of salary here and I'm afraid about the quality. I'm worried about the battery life (and if it's possible to change it), if the screen and the buttons can break easily (like that button in the Gamecube controller) and how to repair it etc. Also, which one would you suggest?
none of them handle ps1 emulation that well but a thrifty psp for substantially less will work
Aiden Murphy
Thank you. What about Game Boy games?
Angel Cox
>buying china emulator machines You can smell the literal cancer coming off of the cheap, unsafe materials they use.
Christopher Morris
I really haven't found anything that emulated them well enough. Games like Yoshi's Island which is already a downgrade from a Snes title seems to just..not sound or look right on the bittboy or r300. Some people have shown me their android phones running gb/gbc/gba better but the PSP isn't that great for this either. Probably has to do with the emulator.
Angel Adams
Thank you very much.
Ian Baker
nah its not worth it, buttons aren't satisfying to press
just load an emulator on your phone or something
Jayden Gomez
Get a PSP or aw Vita and put homebrew on it. Vastly better battery life and variety of games. The Vita can essentially play every console and handheld from the 3rd gen up through 5th gen without an issue, and can take a 256GB SD card with an adapter that costs a few dollars. I dunno how much your chinkshit costs in comparison but it's worth the extra money to get a Vita.
David Morris
It can't play the n64 at all.
Aiden White
Technically incorrect, but I should have been more specific.
You can at least play Mario 64 and other simpler titles through Adrenaline, but it's not ideal. I still think it's better to have real PS1 emulation and shoddy N64 emulation than it is to have shoddy PS1 emulation and no N64 emulation via chink hardware.
Owen Smith
I can give my personal experience with this one so you have more information. This is the RetroGame300. It runs on retrofw ( github.com/retrofw/retrofw.github.io ). It handles things up to about SNES. it costs about $55, and has a battery life of about 6 hours. It won't do the PS1, so if that's a major concern to you, it's not an option, but up to SNES and GBA it handles perfectly fine. I'd go in more depth, but this thread is on page 10.
Don't buy this cheap Chinese shit what you want to do is either buy a N2DS XL or a N3DS XL then crack it. They have native almost perfect GB/GBA/DS emulators built into the console as well as perfect NES and SNES emulation
Brody Robinson
just hack a ds or psp or get a flashcart and gba
Carson Brown
>They have native almost perfect GB/GBA/DS emulators built into the console If it was built into the console, it wouldn't be emulation.
Aiden Fisher
Don't bother with a PSP the screen is shit. Get a Vita instead it has all the Homebrew the PSP has with a better screen (OLED and LCD models) and has it's own godtier Homebrew
Gavin Long
I have a GPD XD, which is a higher end mobile emulator that retailed at about 200 USD at launch five or six years ago---it works well enough. Can play PSX games without problem and most DC games at native resolution.
With that being said, I've retired it to a sock drawer somewhere and just use either my CFW Switch or PS Vita. Both are more powerful in raw horsepower metrics and the Switch homebrew scene is lively.
If poorfag, PSP should do GB games just fine and most worthwhile PSX games were released as official ports during the PS3 era that had crossplay with PSP.
Jordan Clark
>psp screen is shit this canned response needs to end have you even seen what a fucking ds screen is like
Samuel Anderson
Yes and the Vita is a much better purchase then a PSP
Andrew Adams
I bet you cry about 60 fps
Sebastian Torres
>Actually arguing about PSP vs DS screens when the Vita and N3DS exist
Jaxson Morales
The vita's screen isn't that great either. It's also quite bulky so you cant easily put it in your pocket. That being said it will run any kind of emulation you can throw at it.
Samuel Butler
Hello yes retard this thread was about ps1 and gba emulation
Austin Baker
Oh huh guess what fuck stick you want the Vita for PS1 emulation and for GBA you want the N3DS or Vita
Cameron Evans
The OLED Vita screen (and the LCD screen) are fucking miles ahead of the PSP screen
Jace Howard
If OP is a poorfag, he can nab a PSP for like 50 bucks on Amazon/eBay. Vitas are still going for 100-150 bucks. Vita is the better choice but if times are lean, he could get by cheaper considering a decent amount of PSX games were re-release/ported to PSP natively and GB/GBA games will run on PSP emulators fine.
Zachary Russell
>3ds for emulation shill
Michael Price
What? The N3DS has amazing built in emulators for: NES/SNES/GB/GBC/GBA/DS
Kayden King
Vita also has a second analog for PSX games
Liam Cooper
It's still no modern smartphone screen. For example it shows dark spots when the image is dark. I have one and its noticeable.
