I Saved A Psp Buyer Today

[thelamer]

Ok so I was at bestbuy today buying THIS .

And I spotted some kid buying a PSP and all I could think to myself was "what a mistake" . As he was looking for games right by the DS section I was in , he spotted me trying to put my GP2X into different DS cases . He took one look at it and said "what is that thing ? " .

I didn't say anything but "what is your favorite arcade game ? " which he responded with a "What?"

After explaining what it was to him he finally said Donkey Kong . And it could have not been more perfect . I booted up Mame and started up donkey kong , then hit the old R and L to get that bad boy into vertical screen mode . I showed him how to insert coins and the control basics . i then had to pry it out of his hands after like 5 minutes of his obsessive play ( this kid was good at donkey kong) .

He immediatly put the massive PSP security lockbox down on the floor and said "I want one " . I told him where to buy ( http://www.gp32z.com/ ) , how much and where to get apps (you guys ) ,he looked so excited .

I can only assume he ran home and ordered it .

Back to the Case I was buying





This thing is great , it is almost like it was made for the GP2X . The little places to put games fit an sd card perfectly and the back compartment fits all your battery needs .

After you cut the badge off , you can barely tell that it was not made for it . And here is the best part it is only $9.99 !

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Hahaha nice work on the proselytizing.

Thanks on sourcing the case too, I was googling around for one.

 

[(naw)mcx]

ha ha made me laugh!

 

[Paradox]

you should have got his number and checked later on if he got it, and you coulda had a friend who had a gp2x...2 gp2x's in one place must be rare

 

[cbox]

I'm using a DS case I got for like 6 dollars at a GameStop, it fits the gp2x perfect and I got one that's not branded, it just has GameStop's logo on it. It's laid out similarly, one side has two elastic bands for the gp2x and the other side has two mesh compartments that I'm using for SD cards, batteries and headphones.

 

[skeezix]

You shoudl be careful though.. there is nothign wrong with a PSP; if the kid thinks he'll get SOCOM or GTA for the GP2X, you did him a disservice; if he just wants MAME, well, good job

(Course, there is MAME for PSP, but it doesn't havbe Franxis behind it.)

jeff

 

[The Spider Mastermind]

Ive actually had multiple people ask me, referring to my gp2x, if it was a PSP.

 

[Drak]

Ive actually had multiple people ask me, referring to my gp2x, if it was a PSP.

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Same as me.. Even when I had my white gp32 people asked me if it was a psp... :blink:

 

[Paradox]

You shoudl be careful though.. there is nothign wrong with a PSP; if the kid thinks he'll get SOCOM or GTA for the GP2X, you did him a disservice; if he just wants MAME, well, good job

(Course, there is MAME for PSP, but it doesn't havbe Franxis behind it.)

jeff

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you can get GTA on the GNUBoy

 

[mattbakse]

you should have got his number and checked later on if he got it, and you coulda had a friend who had a gp2x...2 gp2x's in one place must be rare

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Well my friend bought one so me and him are probably the only ones in this city with ones and know what they are (excluding the fact that I had to tell people what it was). I'ms till trying to get my other friend to get one but she's to content with her PSP she got for christmas. <_<

 

[adgloride]

I got my case from gp2x its an official gp2x case. Its a nice case but not a patch of the gp32 case I got from gbax when I first got my gp32.

 

[TelcoLou]

I had to actually talk someone OUT of buying a GP2X.

A co-worker saw me playing DrMDx and wanted to know if I would help him set up everything if he got one.

I had to turn him away, since he's completely PC illiterate and it took ~10 minutes for me to explain to him what an emulator is :lol:

 

[Motoman]

you should have got his number and checked later on if he got it, and you coulda had a friend who had a gp2x...2 gp2x's in one place must be rare

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Not necasarily. I'm going to have 2 GP2X's in the same house-hold My brother wants to buy one but he needs about 50 bucks more.

 

[gdelappa]

The SONY flexible case is really nice too, especially if you use the gp2x as a walkman!
You can still plug the earphones, put the gp2x in your pocket and listen to music
The only concern is the price, but that's not a surprise coming from an item sold by SONY...

 

[thetictacaddict]

Ive actually had multiple people ask me, referring to my gp2x, if it was a PSP.

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One person asked me if my GP2X was a Nintendo DS. Of course, I've also had people ask if my NDS is a PSP.

 

[nickspoon]

Ive actually had multiple people ask me, referring to my gp2x, if it was a PSP.

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One person asked me if my GP2X was a Nintendo DS. Of course, I've also had people ask if my NDS is a PSP.

This sort of question must be responded to simply with a big WTF?

 

[thetictacaddict]

This sort of question must be responded to simply with a big WTF?

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I kind of thought that, but instead of saying it I just whipped out my NDS.

 

[TelcoLou]

Y'know, I thought I'd be sick of the "what kind of PSP is THAT?" questions ... but it's actually quite fun trying to explain emulation, open source and homebrew to the utterly clueless ... usually resulting in them pegging me for some sort of Über-Nerd and leaving me alone so I can (try to) finally complete Kid Chameleon :lol:

 

[fishybawb]

I kind of thought that, but instead of saying it I just whipped out my NDS.

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Careful, people get arrested for that sort of thing.

 

[PSyMastR]

I kind of thought that, but instead of saying it I just whipped out my NDS.

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Careful, people get arrested for that sort of thing.

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ROFL

you should have got his number and checked later on if he got it, and you coulda had a friend who had a gp2x...2 gp2x's in one place must be rare

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Me and DCGM both got 1.