Which Is The Best Hand-Held Console For Emulation?

[vonfnas]

Hi!

I have always loved emulating old games on hand-held consoles (especially open source-consoles, but also "jailbroken" consoles).
The first one I ever heard of was the original GamePark 32.
I actually got my local video game store in Sweden to import a batch of GP32's, and around this time no one had really heard of it.
I bought the first one (which I still have today) and the rest of the batch sold out fast, so my local video game store was happy and thanked me for bringing the GP32 to their attention.

Anyways.

As the subject says, which is the best hand-held console for emulation today? Which is the most powerful?
Is anyone powerful enough to emulate any console beyond PSOne?

I have been looking at Pandora, but it is too expensive for me.
So please give me your thoughts on the other hand-helds out there that I should check out!

(I already own a PSP2000 with CFW, which is my main choise to emulate games on today, so anything better and more powerful than a PSP is appreciated!)
 
(I also have a jailbroken iPhone 5, a jailbroken iPad 3, a jailbroken iPod Touch 4 and lastly, a Xperia Play)

 

[WizardStan]

The Pandora is definitely in a different class, if emulation is your major interest it's probably not what you're looking for. You should investigate the Nvidia Shield: high powered Android gaming handheld, there's a lot of emulators for it.

 

[vonfnas]

The Pandora is definitely in a different class, if emulation is your major interest it's probably not what you're looking for. You should investigate the Nvidia Shield: high powered Android gaming handheld, there's a lot of emulators for it.

 
Yes, I've been looking at the Nvidia Shield. But I don't know if there is a way to buy one in Europe? (I live in Sweden)

 

[trooper]

Seems to be the only place i can find the Shield available for purchase in Europe.
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-Shield-Portable-Console-Android/dp/B00E3667XQ

 

[x68000]

I'm using a JXD s7800b right now and it does almost everything just right. Good controls, excellent screen and powerful enough to run most PSP games and some Dreamcast games at full speed.
 
It's cheap too