Aww, when I saw this I got excited. Thought you were talking about mobile apps, I’m very experienced with those. But, this does look interesting.

All types, I’ve played tons of em, my favorites are mmos and my current favorite is called toram online. I’ve played toram off and on for years.

Yes, I just hope that happens in our lifetimes, I’d like to experience that.

Ever tried a MOGA controller CA? I like them so much I bought two. Gave one to my good friend and fellow retro gamer back in Cali, the other I still own. It's exactly what you described. Bluetooth controller with a clip to hold your phone. I use them on all my emulators.

I would love to own a 3ds but the way my days go I never know when I have a free moment and it's usually the free moments that I play a bit. I probably wouldn't always have it on me like I do my phone.

The PlayStation Vita was kind of a let down. I was looking forward to that for years. Not sure how they could have made it work in a day and age when phone speeds are constantly upgraded. Unfortunately it just couldn't find a niche like the 3ds has.

Ya with the GPD WIN2 the built in controller looks pretty sketchy. Not sure how long a person could play on that but I suppose bluetooth controllers could work. If I had a disposable income for such things I would definitely own one but you are probably right. I bet the magic would wear off pretty quick.

I'm just amazed at the idea that it can run top of the line games on such a small thing.

Check out the emulators on the Google play store. There are great emulators for nes, Genesis, SNES, n64, gba and ps1. Possibly more.

I'm still waiting for a mobile version of Morrowind. Until then though there is plenty of interesting options for anyone interested.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FB5RBJM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vr3-AbN6RRR9W

Below the controller you can choose which style. I have the Hero Power. It looks cheap and kind of is but works great and will hold a charge forever. Also you can charge your phone from the battery but that doesn't work all that well.

The emus I've used and know work are
Snes9x EX+ (snes)

Drastic DS emulator (the best DS emulator I've used. )

ePSXe For Android (Ps1 emulator, works very well)

John GBA (best GBA emu I've used, you can use the lite version for free but I think for how cheap they are it's good to support the programmers)

MegaN64 (Nintendo 64)

PPSSPP (PSP Worked fine as far as I can remember)

All of these have worked flawlessly with the Moga hero power with multiple phones and versions of Android. Download the app they tell you to (on Google play store, I think it's called Pivot) and also on some you may want to get the universal Moga driver although I've not used that for awhile.

I was skeptical at first but playing on your phone with one is the real experience. Touch screen does not compare.

apple phones suck, cost stupid amounts of money and the os is just crap.
get yourself a doogee x30. Doesn't need a sim. Just use it as a portable emulator, computer, camera, video etc. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mobile-DOOGEE-Unlocked-Android-Smartphones/dp/B0714JX9L...

Chuffed to bits with mine

Couple of film and tv apps worth having that only run on android as well

Well the controller arrived yesterday (love amazon prime) and works

Need to fine tune the myboy gba emulator settings, but it did work perfectly out of the box

Now I just need to track down a mame rom for nuclear runner.
I had one a few years back, but it crashed after you lost your first man. I did get really good at not dying

trying a ps one emulator is next.
The thing with the psp was that every time sony released new firmware you had to download and reconfigure the hacking firmware, and inevitably a bunch of roms would stop working.  Trying to think if I had that before or after the gba. The gba just had a little programmable cartridge I could drop game roms onto. dead easy - although it did use a parallel printer port for connection. Before usb's got popular

I even fitted an adjustable lit screen to the gba.  It really was  great bit of kit.