Handheld discussion thread
Someone came up with a similar concept to the SEGA nomad for the SNES. It was essentially a portable console with a display called the supaboy. It probably had waaay better battery life.
rechargeable battery -5 hour
Composite video/audio output Headphones 2 x game controller
ac power adapter when you plug it in to an external display.
>>2811180
>low battery light is on
kek
>>2811232
but... but.. muh portability.
We sell them at the store I work at. I've been there for a year and we've had three out of maybe 25 come back returned with the screen not working. AV out, sound and everything else works fine. I like it and I've beaten things on it but it's built kind of cheaply.
>>2811224
I've heard that it's horrible to hold, massively unreliable, and the LCD sucks by modern standards though.
>>2811224
I don't really see how it having a headphone out or only 2 controllers is a downside, the original SNES only had two controller ins you needed to buy a hub to use more and there was only a handful of games that supported 4 players anyhow, not that playing Super Bomberman with 4 people isn't a blast.
>>2812631
You heard correctly.
>>2811180
Just emulate on your phone.
>>2811180
>Someone came up with a similar concept to the SEGA nomad for the SNES
, approximately 15 years later.
>>2812631
>I've heard that it's horrible to hold
Nah, not so much
>massively unreliable
Not at all
>and the LCD sucks by modern standards
Yes, going back to that after being spoiled by 4k screens on our phones is harsh
>>2811224
You realize that the Nomad and GameGear both get notably better battery life on modern batteries than they did in the 90s, right? Somewhere in the ballpark of 2x-3x the battery life they used to.
Battery technology has advanced. Who would have thought?
>>2813068
I get about 5 hours on my Nomad, though it does have a new LCD instead of the factory original.
Not that it matters because I just keep it in my car and have it plugged in all the time anyway.
>>2813041
How does it's screen compare to a PSP?
>>2811224
You do realise that it is an emulator with a romdumper? Even non-retroarch android emulators are more accurate.
>>2811224
Is it just me, or are the controller ports in the most retarded spot you could have them? I always liked the Nomad because it didn't have a superfluous first controller port.
I mean, the only real argument against this is that the second player would have trouble seeing the screen, in which case you probably shouldn't be playing 2-player in the back of a school bus.
>>2813068
This. I get about 9 with some good rechargables on my nomad.
>remembering the time you passed on a $20 Nomad
