Gp2x Mk2: Which Issues Are Really Fixed?

[Denus]

According to Gamershell:

Admittedly the GP2X has been on the market for a while, but the recently released mk2 fixes many of the less than ideal issues and generally improves things like battery life and so on.


This are the changes according to Play-Asia:

-New display
-Larger (more grippy) joystick cap
-Firmware V2


So what are really the fixes and improvements? (thinking of the joystick issue for example)

 

[krosfyah]

The joystick issue is mostly subjective no matter what some people will have you believe. In fact I'll go as far as saying anyone that has a major problem with it has nothing but their own ability to blame.

 

[doc5avage]

Actually, I was playing duke3d on a psp yesterday and I found it was hard to steer than my gp2x joystick.

The gap between each directional button was too big, the gp2x there is no gap.

 

[bhess]

Yeah, the GP2X stick may be pants, but I guess that makes the PSP Analog Thumbpad boxers.

 

[Jarska333]

I believe they rotated it 45 degrees.

 

[paxl13]

I'd like to find what everyone has to complain up to the stick. It works perfectly for each type of game I play... You need to take the habitude and it works well..

Anyway, That my oppinion !

paxl

 

[Ravnos]

I've had some problems with the stick's throw in the Sonic 2 bonus stages, but that's about it. I'd prefer a D-pad but it works better than most people give it credit for. I'm more worried about its reliability than how it handles.

I have a first edition, btw, so the experience is likely improved with the Mk2s.

 

[YakumoFuji]

well i think the stick is ok-ish. ive had difficulty in boulderdash/c64 and some others... for things like vektar, no probs at all.. but trying to hit the right hor/vert lines for boulderdash has been driving me insance.. too easy to hit directions i dont want.

 

[LordFu]

My issue with the stock stick is how easily it's dis-located. I've knocked the stick loose 3 times, so far. I'm 100% positive it's going to break for good at some point. The throw distance is somewhat of an issue, too.

It was a poor choice on GPH's part. It's a low quality, "off the shelf" part that's not intended for gaming, and that's a fact, regardless of how well you may think it performs in the role.

Now, do I regret getting mine? No, I'd buy it again. It's a great little system.

 

[Alex.]

The MK2 has been out for more than half a year now...

- Alex

 

[DaveC]

well i think the stick is ok-ish. ive had difficulty in boulderdash/c64 and some others... for things like vektar, no probs at all.. but trying to hit the right hor/vert lines for boulderdash has been driving me insance.. too easy to hit directions i dont want.

That is the diagonal bias. It has been fixed now. Not an issue that the OP needs to worry about, unless he buys a used M1.

The dead zone is really the only problem now. It is not horrible, it is useable just not the best that it could have been.

@Denus:

The screen has better contrast now (the older one was kind of washed out), and FW 2.o boots fast and has less bugs.

 

[Denus]

Thanks for the info.