The best handheld??

[Hammy]

agreed! best handheld going by a long straw!

[jcalder8]

What is the GP2X and what can you play on it?
How do you get the DS to play nes and gb games?
Finally which system out of any of the ones listed above has the best battery life?
Thanks

[jcalder8]

What is the GP2X and what can you play on it?
How do you get the DS to play nes and gb games?
Finally which system out of any of the ones listed above has the best battery life?
Thanks

[staxx]

The Best Handheld made in my opinion is the PC Engine GT.

I would say this is the best because it was very revolutionary and impress at it's time with the technology for it's time. It was the first dual 8 bit handheld (I don't call it a 16 bit console though some people will classify it as that). During it the time, other handhelds that were around are

Game Gear (nice color screen but wasn't as great as the PC Engine GT LCD)

Atari Lynx (first color handheld I think, though also good, didn't have the software support as the PC Engine did

Gameboy (many great games produce but had a monochrome screen and wasn't backlite)

I could pick a today's handheld (PSP, GBA, GBA SP, DS, DS lite, GP2X. NGPC, Bandai Wonderswan) but none besides maybe the PSP, impressed me like the PC Engine GT did at the time.

PC Engine GT Pros:
Large game library
Had a TV Tuner
Color Backlit screen
For it's time had the best LCD
Comfortable to hold
Comfortable and great D-pad and buttons

Cons:
Ate batteries like no tomorrow

[Sega_Seller]

Get a DS it is just a really fun system. I have a PSP and a DS and the games on the DS are 100 times better.

The games on the DS are fun and original where the games on the PSP are just normal games.

If you get a DS get Advance Wars, Trauma Center, Mario Kart, and Warioware.

You will have endless hours of fun!

[Julio III]

What is the GP2X and what can you play on it?
How do you get the DS to play nes and gb games?
Finally which system out of any of the ones listed above has the best battery life?
Thanks

GP2X is for emulation. Its an open source handheld console, i think based on linux

To get a DS/GBA to play nes/gb games you need a GBA flash cart or movie player or some other device.

As for battery life, the GBA-SP / GBMicro / DS have the best i believe, i know someone on here did a comparison a few months ago, basically ran each system dry. I think they go about 12-20 hours.

[whoisKeel]

Things to thing about:
What kind of games do you want to play?
How much will you play it?
How much do you want to spend?
Do you want to use emulators?

By far and large, the biggest library will be to choose a GBA SP(2). [Excluding emulation]

The best answer of course is, as always:

Pick a few systems that you are interested in. Compile a list of games that look interesting to you.

Choose the system that has the most number of games that you want to play.

[Sothy]

Add a power base converter and a sonic tails plz.

[Ed Oscuro]

My favorites: Game Boy series and the Nomad (even despite the tiny screen pixels). Yeah, for real. The Neo Geo Pocket Color is great, though, and if I had a PC-Engine GT (aka Turbo Express) I'd be promoting that as well