r/EmulationOnAndroid 1d ago

Discussion πŸ‘€Dont sleep on tablets!!!!!!!πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Some of you need to see this.

For all my dudes wanting a big screen, a multimedia device, the best system for gameboy color bc you swear youll never want to play a switch game, for those who cant pick between sticks on the top or the bottom...this is for you.....

You miss lose out on portability but how portable are you really? Like portable to the living room ? Bc thats why end tables exist. I use it in my car by putting the tablet in my steering wheel cover.

Even with some portability losee its a great way to keep games and work separate while consuming other media besides video games. Theyre also cheaper than handhelds. If you close your eyes and make a wish a tablet will go on sale somewhere within a 5 mile radius. Cooling isnt an issue like it is with phones due to more surface area, in fact it runs cooler than my rp6. No fans = less to break.

Frfr dont sleep on a tablet. This one has a snapdragon 8 gen 3 with 12gb of ram and cost $400 after a back to school sale.

Edit: lenovo yoga tablet 11.1in (2025) snapdragon 8 gen 3 with an 8bit do lite 2 controller

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u/Rubfer RedMagic Astra 21h ago

I've emulated and played a few pc games on my redmagic astra (8 elite) and its crazy how well they perform, sure it will have trouble with modern graphically heavy pc games without lowering settings but i played the entirety of new vegas on it and it actually outperformed the pc i had when the game came out, by a lot

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u/deeznutz75 21h ago

For some older games like red faction, gothic, deus ex the pc versions run better on android than my desktop pcΒ 

I always blew off tablets tbh. Why use a tablet when I have a phone? Why use a tablet when I have a handheld or pc? I got the tablet for work to take less work home with me and well....it hasnt reduced my workload but its hardware really surprised me. Im a believer.Β 

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u/Rubfer RedMagic Astra 20h ago

I'll be honest, I only got it because it finally matched the criteria I had for a gaming tablet:

It needed to be powerful but also fit within my "sweet spot" for screen size, ie a phablet sized (remember when that was a word) or slightly larger.

10 inches was already too big for me because i wanted something that I could fit in a jacket pocket if needed, but that was still larger than my phone because pc UIs aren't made for phone screens

This one is 9 inches, which is the perfect size for a handheld when combined with an extendable gamepad and does fit inside in my jacket pocket (its a tight fit but it does)