How Many Of You Had A Gp2X?

[(naw)mcx]

I got it when it came out

edit: that's a lie, I missed the first batch - lol first edition. But I got it soon after launch.

 

[ashdjones]

I bought a GP32 after my Pandora purchase. Then accidentally stood on it... sent the working motherboard to Slaneesh B)

I look on Ebay now, and I can't find another one that isn't some crazy price!

 

[Crahels]

I have also a GP2X F100

I think that I will by the GP32 (if I find one abordable), the wiz, and may be the dingoo and the Odroid , why ? Hmmmmm, I'm console-oholic ???

But for sure the Pandora will be the most beautiful (for me) that I will have in my hand

 

[mosschops]

i must have bought my gp32 in early 2002 and followed up with a first edition gp2x way back when. struggled with the joystick and put it back on the shelf to be replaced by various phone/DS/PSP stuff. The shift on the firmware of the GP2x was the killer for me, seemingly so many versions after a brief braeak meant i never picked it back up until last year when i tried to flash it and it hung or didnt complete. Day one pandora order as well as DS/DSI/PSP/xbox/360/wii etc etc i'm a sucker for toys especially those that can emulate... I will be happy once i have my portable Amiga and will likely be looking to create a booter ala Amiga forever so i can boot straight into a 3.1 desktop

 

[scottm]

I had a GP32 FLU, and a GP2X F100. Like many others, I much preferred the GP32 over the GP2X - much better gaming controls, better volume control, better battery life - better everything basically (apart from processing power) ;-). Sold them both now.

Pre-ordered a Pandora after the credit card fiasco - around Jan 09. Hoping the Pandora will be more like the gp32 than the gp2x.

 

[Monk]

I still have my f-200, thank goodnessM WHICH came with an advert for a next generation machine that took my breath away - powerful, with a full keyboard and better gaming controls. I wanted one immediately, as the keyboard offered a much more obvious match for my BBC Micro-emulating wishes than any ordinary handheld console could.

 

[nik166]

GP2x first edition, with a NES dpad as shown there:
http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/31624-one-more-dpad-on-a-gp-the-nes-cross/


and before that, the good old GP32 (no light unfortunately)

 

[philly]

Hi... I had 2! the first one was one of the first mk2 GP2x`s It had a strange click if you rotated the stick after using it for some months it clicked its last click and everything went limp :huh: ... (including the joystick lol) so I sent it back and got a replacement which I modded the battery port lid to have a small piece of perf board with 2 copper connectors soldered to it and drilled a small hole through for it for the power pack wire... this was great cos it got the power lead out of the way (which was in a daft place as you know and wasnt a good connection on mine and was very easy to knock the console off). I had a spare battery back for rechargeable`s.

I sold it on ebay last year with a 2gig card, case, emulators, modded powerpack connector, spare back and batteries, all boxed for over £100... It was in good nick cos i took care of it.

I thought emulation on it was superb. I played snes, megadrive, amiga, st, c64 homebrew and mame approximately 40 hours a week, every 2nd week on nightshift.

I only sold it cos I knew my pandora would only be another 2 months (tm) :blink:

 

[NeoTheFox]

Dingoo A320
Pandora(soon)
Wiz (sooner)

 

[Fzero]

nope.

i was tempted by the dingoo but then i thought i would save the money towards my pandora and gave it the swerve, nice looking handheld though from what i seen of it

all my previous handhelds were the usual, gameboys neogeo pockets and psp

 

[second exodous]

I pre-ordered a GP2X when it opened and got one that had first batch written on it but it came pre-bricked so I sent it back and got one that didn't say first batch. Then, a little over a year ago, I was visiting some people in Brazil and thinking the Pandora was going to be out soon I gave my GP2X to a kid I knew. I've been without handheld emulation for over a year waiting for my Pandora.

 

[philly]

I pre-ordered a GP2X when it opened and got one that had first batch written on it but it came pre-bricked so I sent it back and got one that didn't say first batch. Then, a little over a year ago, I was visiting some people in Brazil and thinking the Pandora was going to be out soon I gave my GP2X to a kid I knew. I've been without handheld emulation for over a year waiting for my Pandora.

I feel your pain Dude! :lol:

 

[carlgeorge]

I had a GP32 FLU, and a GP2X F100. Like many others, I much preferred the GP32 over the GP2X - much better gaming controls, better volume control, better battery life - better everything basically (apart from processing power) ;-). Sold them both now.

Pre-ordered a Pandora after the credit card fiasco - around Jan 09. Hoping the Pandora will be more like the gp32 than the gp2x.

I agree with this completely. A couple more buttons, a bit more oomph from a processor and an SD card would have made it perfect.

 

[Prometheus]

I had known of the GP32 from very early on in its lifespan (and occasionally popped along and read GP32X and its forums for many years), but never ordered one. I did order a GP2X when the pre-orders first opened, though. Unfortunately it bricked itself during the very first official firmware update, and the non-"First Edition" replacement had a screen that gave me migraines, so I had to sell it.

Whilst I did find the iffy joystick to be disappointing, the brief time with my First Edition GP2X is fondly remembered (in fact, I still have some ideas in my head from back then, which I'm hoping to attempt with the Rockbot engine and editor at some point ), and the Pandora is shaping up to offer everything that I had wanted out of the GP2X, and more, which is why I pre-ordered in the first place.

 

[WoD]

Ahh, the GP2X. Makes me feel like an oldbie, but all the GP32 owners would laugh in my face. I was an early-adopter and paid the price in immature software. Back then I wasn't much cop at getting anything written on it, although it did spur my interest in games development and had me write a more-or-less working SDL game of Connect 4.

I eventually sold my GP2X to an IRC chatter/forum member, I can't remember who it was. I always meant to pick up a new one, as I saw them gradually improving, but then the Pandora dropped onto the scene and the GP2X was promptly forgotten.

I picked up a Dingoo but don't really do a lot with it apart from partake in the A320 forums and port GNURobbo, I'll have to give linux another crack now it's had some months to mature.

 

[socket]

I had an F-100, sold it when I got my DS, then sold the DS when I got my PSP... Waiting for the Pandora... very (im)patiently.... All I use the PSP for is emulation.

 

[TomVS]

Had a First Edition. Sold it a few months ago to finance my pandora.
The first edition had a terrible screen (scanlines) and really terrible controls.
To close the gap I bought a gp32 blu of ebay... Somewhat slow hardware but great controls and nice screen...

 

[PokeParadox]

GP2X First Edition. I got a Dpad mod from ED once the stick stopped working.
It's still here on my desk and I keep saying I'm going to get USB networking setup and get some code tested on it again, now I have a bit more experience under my belt.

I loved the 2X I just didn't like the stick and the battery life. If it weren't for those 2 aspects it would have had a lot more use. I bought some commercial games for it: Vektar, Payback and W&W Puzzle Battles. So yeah I have one, hope to release something decent on it still even though I'll be focussing on Pandora.

 

[iprice]

I've got an F100, F200 and a Wiz and develop for all three. I also have a Pandora on pre-order and will dev for that too.

 

[Klepto]

I got an F100 early on, before the joystick fix. I got an F200 too a bit later, nice d-pad (buttons?) shame about the firmware. I bought Payback too and still play it a lot. I love my GP2Xs.