@Sean D: I guess not. Do you have any idea the kind of hardware it would take to emulate a current generation console? The devices that run the console natively are already huge, and you'd need way better specs to be able to run a shell program that mimics all that hardware on top of whatever core software is on the device. Then to cram all that into a device that can easily fit into the palm of your hand is asking for a lot, my friend.
Also, consider that emulation on top-end computers is still not perfect for the last gen (I'm not as informed as I used to be, but as I recall, PS2 support is still pretty spotty) and there are even some SNES games (Chrono Trigger, DKC, StarFox) that run pretty crappily on most portable systems.
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@Sean D: I guess not. Do you have any idea the kind of hardware it would take to emulate a current generation console? The devices that run the console natively are already huge, and you'd need way better specs to be able to run a shell program that mimics all that hardware on top of whatever core software is on the device. Then to cram all that into a device that can easily fit into the palm of your hand is asking for a lot, my friend.
Also, consider that emulation on top-end computers is still not perfect for the last gen (I'm not as informed as I used to be, but as I recall, PS2 support is still pretty spotty) and there are even some SNES games (Chrono Trigger, DKC, StarFox) that run pretty crappily on most portable systems.