First Thing I Should Do....

[bozoskeleton]

Just got my Wiz yesterday morning. After messing around with it for couple hours as it's shipped, what should I do next? Basically I'm looking for a newbie update/install/try checklist.

Thanks in advance-

B

 

[Audi]

do you have a collection of roms?
If you dont maybe use your wiz as a paper weight

 

[NEIL L]

We were all newbies once!
There's a lot of info here: http://www.gp2xwiz.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page
The emulator/games etc. are downloaded from here: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi
Good luck, Neil

 

[kringle185]

Lies, I've been a newbie many times...

 

[emphyrio]

dl.openhandhelds.org

-Get anything by ruckage.
-scummvm (there's even two full games freely available for this)
-star control 2
-If you've got the original game: xcom, xcom2, warcraft, quake, doom
-emulator, for any of the addition files required google (there's some cool roms available) is your friend; my favourite is ecco on picodrive (get the latest version with the tearing fix).
-don't forget donations, it's a good way to show your appreciation for the amazing work that's been done.

 

[kringle185]

First thing I did was load on the GBA emulator, since I'm not to concerned with the legality of it, got a bunch of gba roms and they worked perfectly.

I also really enjoyed a few games that were on the file depot, look at the free games and you should be able to find a bunch of quality ones. Emulators have been great for me tho so far havent hit any problems with them.

Good place to find roms in packs are torrents, and if you are looking for individual one you should be able to find them extremely easy via google. For example, I got Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for gba, to get it from some site off google I just searched Final Fantasy Tactics Advance .GBA (U) (!) and got one from some rom site.

 

[Spykez]

GET OPENTYRIAN!!

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,145

 

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Good place to find roms in packs are torrents, and if you are looking for individual one you should be able to find them extremely easy via google. For example, I got Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for gba, to get it from some site off google I just searched Final Fantasy Tactics Advance .GBA (U) (!) and got one from some rom site.

cheekycheeky

 

[shinneri]

Try Picodrive (Sega Genesis emulator). It's one of the most polished on the GP2X/Wiz. Also remember that it plays Sega CD games AND Virtua Racing.

 

[crookedmouth]

First thing I would do is get Mame running. For me it was finally running a perfect version of Joust on a handheld that had me sold. I know it doesn't seem like much but it's a beautiful thing.

 

[DurTahar]

First thing I would do is get Mame running. For me it was finally running a perfect version of Ghosts n Goblins on a handheld that had me sold. I know it doesn't seem like much but it's a beautiful thing.

You made a typo here, I fixed it for you

 

[bozoskeleton]

Thanks all. Been running the Picodrive for a few days now, really loving that. Thanks all for the extra info. I'll give some of the other emulators a whirl.

b