/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3421914
Weren't smartphones low powered shit a decade ago?

Like, I think mine is neat now, being able to check 4chan or YouTube on the toilet or when out and about is a feature I value, but phones in 2006 didn't exactly have a lot of memory or processing power, at least from what I remember (shit, my previous phone had serious slowdown and memory issues when trying to run Doom on a Boom port), and they didn't have a lot hardware or software support compared to today.

I'm not saying it couldn't have been done, putting an emulator on one and attaching a controller to make sort of a faux hand-held system, but I'm not sure it would be as easy or smooth.

>>3421939
>Handhelds dont need to be in two fucking parts. Ds and 3ds get a pass cause they fold
Basically this, the method where you basically join a phone and a standard gamepad with a clamp is bulky and awkward, it doesn't fit in your pockets unless you're Paul Bunyan.

>Someone needs to make a case you slide your phone into, buttons on each side and a hole for the screen
There's a couple of designs like that already, one has a rubber gasket which you jam the phone into, and supposedly it's supposed to sit snug. Others come with a set of spacers and fitting pieces to fit a number of models through combination.