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I'm looking for a cheap, hand-held device that can play games based on the Doom engine and the many thousands of levels fans have made for these games. The GBA version was playable, but pretty terrible due to changed around music, no custom levels, and the GBA screen its self.

 

Something like

(Rockbox Doom on a Sansa Fuse) looks just beautiful. The screen has great color reproduction and the device is very small. The only problem with an mp3 player is that the controls are not meant for gaming. Most manufactures try and make a horrible copy of the clickwheel, which is also unsuitable for games like Doom. I have a Cowon D2, and tonight I tried to flash Rockbox onto the thing so I could get Doom running like in
Again, great picture quality, but lousy controls. The installer didn't work though sadly.

 

Got any suggestions? Basically, if I could have a Rockbox device with a D-pad and a decent screen for cheap, I would be in heaven.

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I bought one of these for portable gaming a while back...

 

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bfc7/

 

The buttons are basically laid out like an SNES controller which is great because 16-bit game emulation what what I primarily used it for but it's also touchscreen and came with a stylus. The platform is open so anyone can develop for it so there is no shortage of software. Unfortunately my nephews took a liking to it and eventually broke it but I could play Doom, Quake, Heretic, and even Warcraft while it worked. Really nice little thing. I may get another one as it's an older model so the price has come down a bit.

 

Then again I may get one of these...

 

http://openpandora.org/

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