Retroid Pocket2+

I've had my RP4 Pro for about a week now and it's certainly the real deal with GameCube and Wii emulation.

PS2 is good on most games but broken on a minority, so do your homework and check the compatibility lists. Most of the big hitters are fine, but if your tastes run obscure you might yet be disappointed. With AetherSX2 having been abandoned, it's not likely to ever get fixed, either.

3DS is in a similar position. What runs typically runs well, but a lot of games are broken and Citra development got shut down as fallout from the Yuzu lawsuit.

Speaking of Yuzu, I hear it runs a number of 2D games well and even some of the 3D ones, but you can forget about the big hitters. I don't think I'll be using it myself.

Vita3K is a bit of a wildcard. Not a lot works, but it's still being developed and there's still a possibility that the hardware will be capable of a whole lot more when the emulator catches up with it.

300 pounds gets you a heck of a lot. Even the 4 Pro, which is overkill for N64 emulation, is only about half that price.

If you want to see what that kind of money gets you, the machines to look at are the Odin 2 and, if you can stretch a bit, the Steam Deck.

At the opposite end of the scale, I'd think that the smallest and cheapest machine that'll give you a good N64 experience is the Retroid Pocket 2S. At $99, you're going to have a lot of change, too.

None of these handhelds are that great for home computers though, at least beyond games you can play entirely with a controller, because you've got to use an emulated keyboard and/or mouse. You might be better off sticking with the laptop - and maybe augmenting it with a Bluetooth controller - for that sort of thing.

Just giving this a bump, as we've now got a port of Cemu - the Wii U emulator - for Android, and it's pretty good already, with Mario Kart 8 being playable on the 4 Pro.

I'd imagine that Breath of the Wild will be a bit beyond the Retroid handhelds though, at least for the time being. It does run at playable speeds on the Odin 2, however.