The 3DS hacking scene is still pretty active. Great form factor devices, fully jailbroken. Guide is pretty easy to follow at 3ds.hacks.guide :)
I've got mine as the best form-factor emulation station (for older games) you could imagine :).
I've got mine as the best form-factor emulation station (for older games) you could imagine :).
For me at least, I think the Steam Deck has it beat these days, although I'll admit I miss the smaller form factor sometimes.
I have it in my pocket all the time and put has save states, fast forward and low power standby with instant power on.
I can play it in short busts whenever I have a few minutes spare instead of using my phone.
I recently beat Pokémon Emerald for the first time thanks to this and I'm further through dk county than I've ever been
Btw that is 6 years ago or starting 7. No need of any update?
If so, I'd recommend EmuDeck [1]. It took me about 10 minutes to set up and has emulators for essentially every platform you could want. (Just need to have roms.) Also, it's open source [2].
[1] - https://www.emudeck.com [2] - https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck
There's a cottage industry of retro emulation machines that all have much better battery life, more faithful control schemes, etc.
The Steam Deck shines because of all the other things it can do, but those mostly come at a cost to how great of a retro emulation handheld it is.
Is it true that 3DS hardware supports Genesis games (as seen in the screenshot)? I'd love to know the story there. Was Sega involved? How does it works in hardware, since the Genesis has 68k/Z80 CPUs, and the DS family uses ARMs?