

In most computer-based NES emulators, you can save your in-game progress to one or more save state slots, to be continued later. You can control the volume while using the music and video playing features, though, so it’s just been left out of the emulator.Īnother thing I personally would have liked are save states. Inexpensive device or not, the ability to control volume levels should ALWAYS be included. Even with headphones, though, the audio level can’t be changed. So you’re stuck with sorta-loud audio or no sound at all unless you use headphones. One glaring omission is that the volume can’t be controlled while you’re playing games - it can only be turned all the way off in the device’s settings menu. I did get used to them pretty quickly, despite my Shrek-sized thumbs. The A and B buttons are correctly placed (B before A) and work just fine, although they’re pretty small and spaced closely together. Racing games, side-scrollers, and fighting games all played pretty well, though. I found games that require a lot of precision - some sports games and shooters, for example - to be frustrating from time to time but, hey, the thing costs $30. The D-pad is on the mushy side, but it gets the job done. The first time I picked it up, I thought the battery was still in the box. On the flip side, the device is super light.

I’m able to squeeze in about an hour and a half of play time before I need to recharge. The screen is bright and detailed, and I was able to play games for hours on end without any eye strain or headaches.īattery life is a bit iffy.
NES EMULATOR PORTABLE FULL
Games run smoothly and with full audio, closely resembling gameplay on an actual NES console. Most of the games I threw at this thing worked just fine, though.Īctual processing power is surprisingly impressive. While a fair amount of these non-working ROMs could just be bad ROMs to begin with, my favorite game of all time - Bad News Baseball - doesn’t work even though it runs fine on my computer. Some just wouldn’t load at all, some would play the first few seconds of audio and then crash out, and some contained jacked-up graphics. I had trouble getting a few titles to work correctly.
NES EMULATOR PORTABLE WINDOWS
The device shows up as an external hard drive in Windows Explorer and ROMs are dropped into a pre-made folder called GAMES. Actually, if memory serves, all the NES ROMs in the world don’t take up an entire gigabyte. Please watch the video below if you don’t feel like reading.įor starters you’ve got 1GB of built-in storage to work with, which ought to be more than enough for all your favorite NES ROMs. This review will focus solely on the NES emulator feature. There are two tiny, tinny speakers on either side of the screen, a 1.3-megapixel camera on the back, and a miniSD card slot and a reset button underneath. You’ve also got an OK button, an ESC button, and a top-mounted power button.
NES EMULATOR PORTABLE PORTABLE
Officially called the “1 GB Portable Media Player” and available from computer parts vendor for $30, this device features a 2.5-inch LCD screen with 320×240 resolution, a 4-way directional pad, and four action buttons.
