Best Place For Working/cheap[est] Gp32's?

[dracosilv]

I am new to this forum and am considering getting a GP32 unit (with christmas money+my money), and am hearing that GBAx is a good place for getting units, but I hear somewheres about people getting GP32's that for some reason wouldn't work with Frodo (C64 emulator).

That is the main reason I want the GBAx (for C64 emulation), and secondarily an MP3 player to boot. I am basically wondering:

1: Where is the best place for getting a Cheap GP32,
2: The place with the highest chance of getting a working GP32,
3: The place with the best delivery quality/speed,
4: (this is a C64 emulator question) how much of the C64's functions are emulated? (Disk Writes? Disk Reads?, etc...)

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Draconis

gp32_console

 

[diablo2]

ebay

 

[DaveC]

I am new to this forum and am considering getting a GP32 unit (with christmas money+my money), and am hearing that GBAx is a good place for getting units, but I hear somewheres about people getting GP32's that for some reason wouldn't work with Frodo (C64 emulator).

That is the main reason I want the GBAx (for C64 emulation), and secondarily an MP3 player to boot.  I am basically wondering:

1: Where is the best place for getting a Cheap GP32,
2: The place with the highest chance of getting a working GP32,
3: The place with the best delivery quality/speed,
4: (this is a C64 emulator question) how much of the C64's functions are emulated?  (Disk Writes? Disk Reads?, etc...)

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Draconis

gp32_console

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Wait for the PSP to be released in more places. Then you will find some BLUs on ebay, that is the best chance.

 

[dracosilv]

Ok... It seems that ebay is the best way, but I haven't had any experience with ebay yet, (i wouldn't know if I was getting scammed), and as such, what then would be the second best place to get a GP32?

 

[diablo2]

i win, DaveC

 

[Angel]

i bought mine from Ebay, non-flu, and it seems to be working better than the new blu's now a days.

 

[aquafish_]

>>1: Where is the best place for getting a Cheap GP32,
>>2: The place with the highest chance of getting a working GP32,
>>3: The place with the best delivery quality/speed,
LIK SANG !!!!

 

[worldwriter]

Lik Sangs have the bad lcd...

 

[dracosilv]

>>1: Where is the best place for getting a Cheap GP32,
LIK SANG !!!

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So has anyone had problems with getting a GP32 from there?

and on this post: 'Bad Blu's, How Long Are They Out', post #11, what is the 'D&G / RF-Link Bundle'?

And it's ONLY the BLU's that have the problems? If so, then what is the Main difference between them (speed wise). I can live w/o a backlight myself...

 

[Dozer]

I'd advice against lik sang (crappy service) and go with play asia (great service).

 

[dracosilv]

It looks like play-asia is out of gp32 stock. Any other places? Does GBAx have non-white barred GP32's? They seem to be a pretty good store nonetheless.. I guess I'll just get my GP32 from there.

 

[tekt5]

I am new to this forum and am considering getting a GP32 unit (with christmas money+my money), and am hearing that GBAx is a good place for getting units, but I hear somewheres about people getting GP32's that for some reason wouldn't work with Frodo (C64 emulator).

Try getting a FLU from Lik-Sang,
they don't have the screen problem and are cheaper
~$130 I think

So has anyone had problems with getting a GP32 from there?

and on this post: 'Bad Blu's, How Long Are They Out', post #11, what is the 'D&G / RF-Link Bundle'?

And it's ONLY the BLU's that have the problems? If so, then what is the Main difference between them (speed wise). I can live w/o a backlight myself...

D&G stands for Dungeon and Guarder Which is a beat-em up type commercial game.
RF-Link is a wireless link for GP32 to GP32 (wireless link cable) to play multi-player games



EDIT: Frodo runs C64 very well I had one in my early childhood and almost all the games I remember playing then work fine now. The only reson all of them don't work is because I don't remember how to launch one of the file types I have as I just use the quick launch feature in Frodo to skip past the typing portion :lol:

 

[dracosilv]

So what is the main difference between a BLU and a FLU?

One letter? ;}

But seriously, if it's just a bit of speed and no backlight, I can live with that, until the BLU's are de-bugged!

 

[tekt5]

FLU-Front lit unit
BLU-Back lit unit

BLU's look nicer like a laptop screen
FLU's look fine but aren't as nice - like a GBASP

I think that most FLU's are actually faster out of the box though but I could be wrong

 

[dracosilv]

Heck... If that's the difference, then I guess I'm getting a FLU (but will still keep an eye on the BLU units to see if they fix the problem)

So how long does it take a supplier like lik-sang to send a unit to the USA?

 

[pakoito]

http://www.hardcore-gamer.net:8080/ <- Spanish site owned by gp32spain webmaster!

 

[HandHeldGosu]

Heck... If that's the difference, then I guess I'm getting a FLU (but will still keep an eye on the BLU units to see if they fix the problem)

So how long does it take a supplier like lik-sang to send a unit to the USA?

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Why are you asking so many stupid question that you know the answers to? Ande the flus are 180 now because lik-sang is trying to scam the shit outa every one cause there blus arnt working.

 

[Goity]

tis no wonder you get flamed, linkin

 

[dracosilv]

Heck... If that's the difference, then I guess I'm getting a FLU (but will still keep an eye on the BLU units to see if they fix the problem)

So how long does it take a supplier like lik-sang to send a unit to the USA?

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Why are you asking so many stupid question that you know the answers to? Ande the flus are 180 now because lik-sang is trying to scam the shit outa every one cause there blus arnt working.

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Well I'm sorry that I'm asking supposed 'stupid' questions that I 'know' the answers to, but I'm just making sure I don't buy something that will have that dumb white line error, or that it will take like forever to recieve. I'm just doing research to decide where and what to buy!

I don't see what's so wrong in that...

:unsure:

 

[Octavious]

leave the noob alone
he had a right to not search because all this damaged BLU ( which he mentioned, so he did search some ) buisness changed a good part of the scene ( when it comes to buying a gp23 anyways )

I think that eventually I will pick myself up a FLU and start moving up the GP32 food chain

by the by, I got my NonFLU off of Ebay, and its still in great shape, OC's to 166 ( about 5/8 GP32's do that ) and was fine, and was used
screen was fine till I got it and now theres some smudges on the corners I cant get, but its myfalt

~Octavious