Emulation Handheld?

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I was umming and ahhing over getting a 3DS and after looking at the calibre of games compared with cost I decided against it.

I have a PS3 for the latest titles and I was looking for something I can use to play games from my childhood, which imo was the golden age of video games 80s/90s.

I want something I can play games from gameboy all the way up to n64, I looked at getting a PSP but it struggles with n64 games, there are a few chinese/korean handhelds such as the Cannoo, Wiz, etc.. but I want something a bit more powerful than the generic 500-600Mhz ARM cpus that power most of these handhelds.

I did also look into playing them on my phone but I spent a good 3 hours trying to get my dual shock 3 pad paired with my phone but it was a pain and using my phone isnt very useful as the battery life drops dramatically and theres no way to comfortably put the phone and use joypad to control.

Whichever device needs to have the power to play n64/ps1 games, I don't want to spend any more than ?150/200 for a really good device.

Does anyone have any devices or any ideas as to which device would be best?

Just to add, it doesnt need to be android, I don't care which OS it runs.

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JinXing-Digital-JXD-S5110.jpg

What about something like that?

JXD S5110 Game Tablet PC Features:

  • CPU: Amlogic M3, ARM Cortex A9 processor
  • GPU: ARM MALI 400, support 3D Accelerator
  • Display: 5.0 inch, capacitive 3-point touch screen, 800*480 pixels, 16:9 ratio
  • OS: Android 4.0 OS
  • Memory: 512MB DDR3, 4GB storage memory, support MicroSD card can max up to 32GB
  • Camera: Built in 0.3MP Back Camera, support video recoding
  • OTG: Yes, support
  • Internet: Support Wifi (802.11 b/g/n)
  • Output: Support 1080P HDMI HD output and TV-OUT
  • Games: Support D64 3D, GBA, FC, MD etc. formats
  • Video: Support RMVB, AVI, MPEG-4, ASP, DIVX, WMV, F4V, FLV etc. formats
  • Audio: Support MP3, WMA, FLAC, OGG etc. formats
  • E-book: Support PDF, TXT, CHM, UMD, HTML etc. formats
  • Ports: USB2.0, 3.5mm Earphone Jack, TF card slot, OTG port
  • Support OS: Windows2000, Windows XP
  • Battery: Built in Lithium Polymer battery
  • Dimension: 195*86.6*17 mm
  • Weight: 249g

Specs look interesting, has hardware buttons, less than ?100.

Or the 7110, same specs but 7" screen:

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I don't think the Wiz is available for sale anymore, and it had problems with screen tearing. Also, I'm quite wary of anything by GPH. GP32 lasted 4 years, GP2X lasted 2 years, and the Wiz lasted 1 year. The Canoo might be running a bit longer than that, but just by the time dev support really picks up, they axe their old model and release a new one.

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