I want to play SNES games in a portable system, which one to get?

[Barfo]

So, I own a DS Lite which has been mostly gathering dust. The other day I got a used Chrono Trigger cartridge and ever since I've been hooked up on it, it's been great to relieve my SNES days and now I want to play other classics of the era, specially Super Metroid and Final Fantasy 6/III.

So what would be the best course of action? I've heard the DS can run homebrew emulators but SNES emulation is not very good. I also remember a friend showing me his PSP running FF6 and it looked pretty good. After doing a bit of research I found this and this.
I want flawless (or as close to it as possible) SNES emulation on a portable system, wouldn't mind getting a PSP for that sole purpose. Anyone have experience with it or can recommend those consoles from thinkgeek?

 

[tokie]

I believe snes9x is available for PSP, which is probably as good as it would get. I don't have first-hand experience with the PSP however so I can't say for sure.

 

[xCxStylex]

I haven't played since early 2009, but I have an SNES emulator for PSP. I was playing Chrono Trigger on it, and unfortunately, it would randomly freeze decently often, maybe once an hour.

Because I never played any other games for any extended period of time, I don't know if the rom was buggy, the emulator was, or whatever.

It did run great, but unfortunately, for an RPG, it ruined my experience, so I stopped playing it.

RE: your links, I've never tried nor heard of either For the price $100 and $150, you can easily pick up a used or even new PSP though.

You can also emulate the PSX on PSP (and there's very, very, very limited n64 as well). I BELIEVE there is Genesis, definitely NES, and other random console emulation as well, but you could google that fairly quickly.

 

[xCxStylex]

Oh, can't you play SNES games on Ipod touch/ipad/iphone as well? Not really sure, I don't follow apple at all.

 

[ObscureCaucasian]

Oh, can't you play SNES games on Ipod touch/ipad/iphone as well? Not really sure, I don't follow apple at all.

You can if you Jailbreak IIRC. I have an Android phone that has an SNES emu that will connect to a wii-mote over BT (on screen controls suck), but I don't have a Wii-mote to test that functionality out.

 

[Beev]

The PSP is the best out of those two for sure. I run a SNES emulator on my Droid phone and it works almost flawlessly. The iPhone has a SNES emulator as well.

 

[gorcorps]

I remember the SNES emulator on the PSP working great when I ran it years ago, so I'm sure it's even better now. IMO it's not worth it getting a PSP for just that reason, but that'd be the best choice if that's really what you want.

 

[Onita]

I would try it out on the DS first. I have a PSP and DS, emulation on both, they both seem to work fine. I've read the DS has problems with some games though (Super Mario RPG is one).

 

[PuppettMaster001]

PSP would be my first choice. I ran SNES 9x on PSP and it runs pretty much everything great.

 

[simonizor]

You can probably find an older used PSP for way cheaper than any other portable that would emulate snes games, so that would probably be your best bet. There are quite a few PSP 1000's (first gen) for less than $100 on ebay.

 

[mazeroth]

I bought my PSP just to use it for the emulators and it's awesome. Nothing like a PSP permanently sitting next to the toilet! But damn, those legs do fall asleep a lot!

 

[bobdole369]

Open Pandora > all.

 

[Soccerman06]

Get a good droid phone (Evo, Nexus One, Droid X... ect) and you can play nes, genesis, gba, snes, gbc, gamegear, and n64/psx whenever the dude finishes his emulation. All you gotta do is buy one and download the apps!

 

[RaiderJ]

I'd go for a PSP. I have an Android phone, and trying to use a touchscreen for even NES gaming is rough.

 

[arredondo]

Check out this recent thread on emu options for the PSP with a Half Byte Loader program. You don't even need to hack your PSP and it works on the 3000/PSPGo. Just make sure you don't install the most recent 6.30 firmware.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22509026#post22509026

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

I'd go for a PSP. I have an Android phone, and trying to use a touchscreen for even NES gaming is rough.

Grab the app that lets you use Wii Remotes (and maybe other bluetooth controllers) for input. My android phone has a keyboard which is OK, even with small buttons you can get used to it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672884

 

[SandEagle]

search 'dingoo a320' on eBay. I'm probably going to get one this week. some come with 1000 games preloaded. controls and screen look good. works as a music player. <$100