A Clone.... Nearly


Lovely, no manufacturer, system specifications ... and they got horrific reviews. They really are terrible pieces of shit. :angry:

The reason it plays NES games is because it quite apparently switches from "PMP" mode to an NES Mode where the LCD and controls are wired directly to a "FOAC" or Famicom on a Chip. These are poor (usually made in Hong Kong) chips that imitate the Famicom (Japanese NES) hardware ... usually very poorly, with abysmal sound. If some samples play, other sound channels go silent, some samples become static ... the games run slower than they should due to a poor clone of the MOS 6502 microprocessor in the NES, there are massive graphical glitches and game compatibility is often low. This is futher evidenced by the 4 buttons and D-pad-- these FOACs have lines for an A, B, Autofire A and Autofire B button set, so they almost universally carry 4 buttons in Famicom clones (google for 'Famiclones'). A similar system was called the "Game Theory Admiral" (link below..) The control interpretation is often faulty as well, so it becomes impossible, for example, to hold DOWN, so ducking in Mario or shooting down in Contra is impossible, and a lot of games are unplayable for it.

So unlike the GP2X, it's not really a multi-function portable computer that runs an NES emulator-- and the machines appear to have little if anything in common besides both being laid out in a design similar to a GBA, or a Game Gear, or a PSP.

http://www.nesworld.com/gametheo.htm

Remember the lessons the Game Theory Admiral taught us.
It is relevant to again and again work hard at chores the excessive warning

If you continuouslyfeel the ache or not well,should pay attention to the signal toface your hair, and stop operating the game, and consult to Long March.
.. uh, yeah. That. :lol:
 
Upon further research it could also be a different style of this device also from China, claiming MPEG4 playback and NES Emulation ..
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/iwod_g...es_emulator.php

This one does indeed run an emulator, as nearly as I can tell-- but it's probably using the same hardware as the horrible HK DVD players that read DVDs and play NES games with the controller, on a pitiful slow emulator that runs on the MPEG decoding processor. Such emulator is so godawful slow the games are not even playable. And would you look at that pathetic excuse for a D-Pad; it looks like a PDA pad but even worse-- too comedically huge to be comfortable. Almost makes the GP2X stick look like it doesn't suck in comparison..
 
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