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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 02:28 Post subject: |
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does it also have normal games like the NDS ans PSP. Not only emu's and converted games.
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 02:47 Post subject: |
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Since it's just a linux device it doesn't have any retail games at all and relises on the community to make their own games or port others.
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 03:02 Post subject: |
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If that thing can play CPS1 and CPS2 games via MAME, I will buy one. Thats all I want.
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 03:02 Post subject: |
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Which is the fantastic thing about it, also it plays back various forms of media types, MP3, DivX, WMA etc, making it a perfect multimedia machine.
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 12:27 Post subject: |
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Some of the guys I live with have the GP2X and I have been following the scene since its release in late December. Firstly, the version avalible right now is retail hardware, but its firmware is far from complete and is still very buggy, although it works and is certainly usable the Game Park team have a long way to go before it can be seen as a fully retail worthy console.
As for the console itself the specs are as follows:
* CPUs Dual-core: ARM920T (host 200 MHz) + ARM940T (200 MHz) - Overclockable by software
* Chipset: MMSP2
* NAND Flash ROM: 64 MB
* RAM: SDRAM 64 MB
* Operating System: Linux based OS
* Storage: SD Card (SDIO support probable in future)
* Connection: USB 2.0 High Speed
* Power: 2 × AA battery
* Display: 3.5 in 320×240 color TFT LCD
* TV out: yes (with optional cable; S-video only, not to mention audio relay)
* AC power: 3.3 V
* Physical size: 142mm wide, 82mm high, 27mm deep (exc. joystick) approx
Just to note a few things about the specs.. The dual-core CPU's, one is for general CPU and the other is for media, the developers have not unlocked this seccond CPU for use within homebrew *YET*, however in time they should be able to do this. The OS is linux based, but is bound by "warrenty" which is very strange for a GPL sourced device, either way you are stuck with officially released OS/firmware if you wish to keep your warrenty, they will however give you a replacement if you happen to break the console while flashing firmware ..
The console itself is wonderful at what it does so far, its emulators almost all run at top speed and the game ports produced so far are also great. However, without the use of the seccond CPU you can find lag with 3D intensive games, as no hardware 3D accelleration is in the system. I would guess that once the seccond CPU is unlocked this will mainly be used to handle GFX processing, taking the load of the first CPU, this should increase speed 10fold.
Currently the device does nothing my PSP can't, so I wont be buying one. But remember, this is a 2 month old device and has already caught up to the PSP's homebrew scene (ok, so it is made much easier due to it being a GPL device ).. My point being that in time this device will scream past both the PSP and DS in terms of homebrew.
Sublime wrote: | Since it's just a linux device it doesn't have any retail games at all and relises on the community to make their own games or port others. |
Wrong, the device will have retail games in the future, how good they will be is a different matter .
Who-CareZ wrote: | If that thing can play CPS1 and CPS2 games via MAME, I will buy one. Thats all I want. |
Here is a current list of the emulators for the GP2X, more info can be found at: http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Software_Directory
Atari 800 Atari 800 emulator
B-EM 2X BBC Micro Emulator
Bochs-GP2X Bochs, a PC emulator
CapriceGP2x An Amstrad CPC Emulator
Cygne 2x Wonderswan Emulator
DrMDx Megadrive/Genesis emulator
EFCS Chip-8 emulator
FCE-Ultra GP2X NES Emulator
Frodo2x The Frodo Commodore 64 emulator
Fuse Spectrum emulator
GnGeo2x NeoGeo emulator
GNUBoy Gameboy & Gameboy color Emulator
GP2PSX PSX Emulator
GP2Xengine PC Engine/Turbo Grafx 16 emulator
GP2XHandy Atari Lynx Emu for GP2x
Gp2xMESS Port of the MESS emulator
GP2Xpectrum A ZX Spectrum Emulato
gp2xVBA GameBoy Advance emulator but slow
Handy2x Atari Lynx emulator
Legacy IBM PC 8086 émulator
MAME GP2X MAME emulator using the 0.34 official version who can support 1024 games
MAME Pacman Arcades Pacman, Ms Pacman, Pengo Emulator.
MAME Williams MAME Williams arcade emulator.
MAME Black Tiger MAME Black Tiger game emulator.
NeoCDGP2X NeoGeo CD emulator.
NeoPOP-GP2X Neogeo pocket emulator.
NES2x NES emulator.
OutcaST The Atari ST computer emulator.
Phamicom NES emulator
SMSPlus2X Master System/Game Gear emulator
SnesGP2X Super Nintendo/Famicom emulator
SquidgeSNES Super Nintendo/Famicom emulator
Stella Emulateur Atari 2600
UAE4all Amiga Emulator
VICE2X Emulator for C64, C128, VIC20, Plus/4, Pet and CBM-II.
Let me know if you need anymore info.
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 15:04 Post subject: |
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[sYn] wrote: | * the developers have not unlocked this seccond CPU for use within homebrew *YET*, however in time they should be able to do this. |
This I don't really understand. Sounds like they are trying to find a kernel hack or something?
Surely they could have designed it so that both CPUs were usable from the offset?
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Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2006 17:45 Post subject: |
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Like I said, one of the CPU's is for general computing, the other is for the devices media, like divx decoding and mp3 decoding. They are looking for a way to turn that CPU into something that can be used for other things when the decoding is not going on.
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Posted: Fri, 10th Feb 2006 17:29 Post subject: |
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my cousin has the latest GP console, but dont know any good sites. Can you please post any links on here please to some useful sites please?
This dont break any rules does it ?
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