Ferentix
It's not a me!
I was here for a few months before the launch of the GP2x, then for another couple of months after. I meant to get a GP2X, but in the end I decided to wait for a few of the hardware and firmware revisions. Also, I realised I could not possibly get the money together for a while to come. But I recently checked back, just to see how things were going with it, and frankly, I'm impressed, if not stunned So I'm back, and with any luck I'll be able to get a GP2X before the year is out (hopefully getting a job this summer holiday, if I can find one, and that will really help, since I have no other source of income )- that is, if the Wii doesn't take all my remaining money, like the DS did last time I saved for GP2X...
Anyway, basically, coming back to such a fast moving community is difficult, to say the least. It would be hard enough if I were *really* new, and knew nothing of the GP2X or the associated scene, but instead, I have a whole bunch of very outdated memories from the first version of GP2X, the firmware, and the user software- so I may have misconceptions about the current state of things, based on those memories. So if anyone would care to help update my brain, it would be much appreciated
First, can anyone confirm these facts? I may have got the wrong end of the stick, either last time, or this time:
-It looks like GP2X now has a stick with a design very similar to DaveC's one? The original stick was a source of aggravation to a fair number of people, If I remember rightly...
-Apparently the screen is now a different type, but what? I can't remember what it was before, but from reading GPH site, it seems the new one is a TFT screen :huh
Also, just a few quick questions on the state of things:
-Do GP2X's still ship without a screen protector attached?
-Are all or most of the original firmware related gripes (diagonal lines and other strange behaviour, unreliable firmware upgrades for example) fixed in the newest firmware (2.0.0 at time of writing)? I see the "power leak" one has been fixed
The state of individual programs that were around then (the ones I've looked at anyway), like the SNES and PS emulators for example, is very impressive, and there are actually some games being commercially developed and sold too, something I was never quite convinced would happen Also, I saw that the breakout board is available now, and it looks extremely cool
Thanks in advance for any updates!
EDIT: As blind chance would have it, this is also my 300th post :\
Anyway, basically, coming back to such a fast moving community is difficult, to say the least. It would be hard enough if I were *really* new, and knew nothing of the GP2X or the associated scene, but instead, I have a whole bunch of very outdated memories from the first version of GP2X, the firmware, and the user software- so I may have misconceptions about the current state of things, based on those memories. So if anyone would care to help update my brain, it would be much appreciated
First, can anyone confirm these facts? I may have got the wrong end of the stick, either last time, or this time:
-It looks like GP2X now has a stick with a design very similar to DaveC's one? The original stick was a source of aggravation to a fair number of people, If I remember rightly...
-Apparently the screen is now a different type, but what? I can't remember what it was before, but from reading GPH site, it seems the new one is a TFT screen :huh
Also, just a few quick questions on the state of things:
-Do GP2X's still ship without a screen protector attached?
-Are all or most of the original firmware related gripes (diagonal lines and other strange behaviour, unreliable firmware upgrades for example) fixed in the newest firmware (2.0.0 at time of writing)? I see the "power leak" one has been fixed
The state of individual programs that were around then (the ones I've looked at anyway), like the SNES and PS emulators for example, is very impressive, and there are actually some games being commercially developed and sold too, something I was never quite convinced would happen Also, I saw that the breakout board is available now, and it looks extremely cool
Thanks in advance for any updates!
EDIT: As blind chance would have it, this is also my 300th post :\