I kinda have a love/hate thing going on with Think Geek. I bought something from them at one point, and now I can't seem to remember what it is, but ever since, I've been getting advertising fliers from them in the mail. And the thing I hate about it is, I look through them, and constantly say to myself "dude, I need that." While these temptations are extremely cool (like a green laser pointer so powerful that it's illegal in some states, because it can blind a pilot if pointed at the sky) I've been able to avoid making too many dumb purchases from them. However, this time they may have gone too far...
  
 

That sounds like one of the best things ever! I tend to use DS+FlaIsh Cart (side note, legal says France!) for this sort of stuff but it only es up go Snes/Mega Drive, no GBA or NeoGeo (cept pocket) sadly.  After christmas im totally looking into this.

Now that's something I want for Christmas. I know you can get emulators for the DS and PSP but not very polished from what I seen. Besides, this is pretty retro.

" I kinda have a love/hate thing going on with Think Geek. I bought something from them at one point, and now I can't seem to remember what it is, but ever since, I've been getting advertising fliers from them in the mail. And the thing I hate about it is, I look through them, and constantly say to myself "dude, I need that." While these temptations are extremely cool (like a green laser pointer so powerful that it's illegal in some states, because it can blind a pilot if pointed at the sky) I've been able to avoid making too many dumb purchases from them. However, this time they may have gone too far...
  
 

 

THIS is a device, similar to a GBA Micro. However, it doesn't have a cartridge slot. Instead, it's got 4GB of internal memory, an SD card slot, and built-in emulation software. It can play NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA and Neo Geo roms*. (You know, your legal backups of games you own.) Why would I want one? Well, for one, I've got a buddy who's still yet to play Super Mario World, there are some crazy Japanese games I've always wanted to play (but not on a keyboard or Xbox controller), and I've always wanted a perfect version of Super Mario 3 to carry around with me (I've got a long plane ride coming up...)
 
Anyway, this device is going to drain $100 bucks from my pocket, but I think it's going to be well worth it. A perfectly emulated,well controlled, portable NES/SNES/Whatever is something I've always wanted...  
 
EDIT: If Nintendo would give it's customers their DSi virtual console, I wouldn't have to give my business to someone else.
 

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" @TheMustacheHero: That's unfortunate...  but I suppose I should thank you for bringing it's flaws to my attention. "

I got the idea of buying a portable device for emulation before, bought PDAs.  It's always a mistake IMO.
 
The SNES emulation seems really bad.  Makes me wonder how many other games aren't emulated well (probably tons).  Display resolution should also be considered, as handheld devices rarely scale well at all.

 Flash cart is the way to go as far as emulation is concerned really (For the DSi that is) The Iplayer for instance actually is capable of emulating GBA games thanks to some extra power in the cart itself. Plus there are emulators that you can put on it for every for about every home console:  http://filetrip.net/c95-Emulators-for-NDS.html  
 
This here is the "Iplayer" in action playing Super Mario World (gba)