darkman
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I ordered my GP2X so that it would arrive at the beginning of the USA 4th of July Holiday. I took the whole week off so that I could spend time diving into this little jewel. I have spent hours playing games and I mean it has been long hours. The game playing has grown from the beginning with drooling into a foaming around the mouth madness.
I really think that the GP2X has created a biasness and a prejudice in me toward other portable gaming systems. It has changed my expectations in handheld gaming. It has become an addictive habit. I now prefer it over anything else. I have had the GP2X for more than a week now, having announced it on page 28 of the “I just got my GP2X” thread. I said it was “AWESOME!” I, at this moment, feel that word does not even come close to describing my impression of this little system. Is this normal? I have such an excitement over this system. I use to want to pinch pennies and save to buy my next game. Now I want to pinch pennies and save for a big SD card. I love this GP2X! (Not as much as I love my wife.) I love the old 2D gaming and “lets see how many points I can get” game playing experience. (I still love my GP32 BLU also) This thing is great!
It seems, from all of the threads I have read on this site, that there are really two experiences that people are having:
1. One is the person that buys the unit and are totally in the dark and have no idea what they have in their hands. They have a bad experience, which starts with screaming and cussing everyone in this forum. They are used to just sticking in a CD or a cart and it works. Some of these people (not all) are those who have no idea what retro gaming is and are looking for that 3D thrill. Nothing wrong with looking for that if that is your gaming love, you just looked in the wrong place.
2. The other person is the one who spends time searching out and reading a lot of threads knowing what they are getting a hold of when they receive their unit. They have a good experience. They become elated and run out to their car, standing on top of it, they scream at the neighborhood “SEGA.” (Am I the only one who did this?) Any problems they have is usually hardware orientated. They are pleasant to deal with in a thread.
The ones responsible for making this such a great system are the programmers that slave in their spare time over keyboards to bring homebrew and emulators to life on this portable. If it wasn't for them, this thing would be a brick. Yeah I guess there is one commercial game out for it, but from the commercial world there is really no support.
This system has not been out for a year yet and already it shows promise that there are going to be great things happening as people get a “handle” on programming for it. There are some very talented people working with the GP2X.
I am celebrating my GP2X with much satisfaction and happiness!! My greatest thrill in gaming! AWESOME? You betcha it is!!
I really think that the GP2X has created a biasness and a prejudice in me toward other portable gaming systems. It has changed my expectations in handheld gaming. It has become an addictive habit. I now prefer it over anything else. I have had the GP2X for more than a week now, having announced it on page 28 of the “I just got my GP2X” thread. I said it was “AWESOME!” I, at this moment, feel that word does not even come close to describing my impression of this little system. Is this normal? I have such an excitement over this system. I use to want to pinch pennies and save to buy my next game. Now I want to pinch pennies and save for a big SD card. I love this GP2X! (Not as much as I love my wife.) I love the old 2D gaming and “lets see how many points I can get” game playing experience. (I still love my GP32 BLU also) This thing is great!
It seems, from all of the threads I have read on this site, that there are really two experiences that people are having:
1. One is the person that buys the unit and are totally in the dark and have no idea what they have in their hands. They have a bad experience, which starts with screaming and cussing everyone in this forum. They are used to just sticking in a CD or a cart and it works. Some of these people (not all) are those who have no idea what retro gaming is and are looking for that 3D thrill. Nothing wrong with looking for that if that is your gaming love, you just looked in the wrong place.
2. The other person is the one who spends time searching out and reading a lot of threads knowing what they are getting a hold of when they receive their unit. They have a good experience. They become elated and run out to their car, standing on top of it, they scream at the neighborhood “SEGA.” (Am I the only one who did this?) Any problems they have is usually hardware orientated. They are pleasant to deal with in a thread.
The ones responsible for making this such a great system are the programmers that slave in their spare time over keyboards to bring homebrew and emulators to life on this portable. If it wasn't for them, this thing would be a brick. Yeah I guess there is one commercial game out for it, but from the commercial world there is really no support.
This system has not been out for a year yet and already it shows promise that there are going to be great things happening as people get a “handle” on programming for it. There are some very talented people working with the GP2X.
I am celebrating my GP2X with much satisfaction and happiness!! My greatest thrill in gaming! AWESOME? You betcha it is!!
