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Just wondering what the general feel was....
Lettuce Dude
Hogarth the hairy Hippo.
I havent voted because I did not realy know what to expect not having owned a Gp32 but if If there was a mid way option that would be me.
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I dunno, I have a gp32 but not a GP2X, and the gp32 scene always seems much faster paced, with new stuff every day (or every other day), maybe i just havnt got all hyped up about gp2x stuff, or maybe the scene's just tiny...
triksR4rabits
The Dutchmaster
Funny, I was thinking the opposite. When I think of the whole 'scene,' I suppose the first thing that comes to mind are these boards, and my god how they've grown. Was just speaking to someone the other day about how many members there are; wasn't always like that.
Sure, their may not be updates every day, but there is indeed a lot of activity. I suppose it's exactly what I though it would be like on the dev side; lots of people interested in some great homebrew-capable hardware willing to spend some time coding. Didn't think there would be so many newcomers though
Sure, their may not be updates every day, but there is indeed a lot of activity. I suppose it's exactly what I though it would be like on the dev side; lots of people interested in some great homebrew-capable hardware willing to spend some time coding. Didn't think there would be so many newcomers though
LordFu
Member
I started watching this site when the first "early adopter" units shipped in November, and I've seen the community steadily grow. I didn't get a 2x for myself until the MK2 units came out, but I'm happy with the amount of software available and the amount of new things on the horizon.
The system is new, and I'd never heard of Game Park or the gp32. So, you could say, my expectations were low, but I'm pleased with the community. I think the device has a bright future. I would have bought some kind of media player this year regardless, so why not the one that runs linux, has active homebrew and emu communities, and nearly limitless potential for future expandability?
I'm happily waiting for the day that I can plug in my usb keyboard and wifi adapter, and post on this board from my gp2x.
The system is new, and I'd never heard of Game Park or the gp32. So, you could say, my expectations were low, but I'm pleased with the community. I think the device has a bright future. I would have bought some kind of media player this year regardless, so why not the one that runs linux, has active homebrew and emu communities, and nearly limitless potential for future expandability?
I'm happily waiting for the day that I can plug in my usb keyboard and wifi adapter, and post on this board from my gp2x.
Dzz
stmia r0!, {r2-r9}
Hmm, the archive on gp32x.de only shows 10 new files in the last two months, as opposed to the gp2x.de archive which shows 10 new files in the last 3 days.
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Draken
Well-Known Member
Sure, the gp32 scene has quite decreased, it's at the end of it's life, but it wasn't like that so many time ago.
sam fisher
Well-Known Member
Vobbo is single handedly the fastest updating thing in the scene
I have one of those "First Edition" units. I'm not oldtimer by any means but I was here before the first GP2xes shipped. It was crude at this very beginning of GP2x. Slow booting firmware what could hang one for every 3-5 boots. Nasty SD card compatibility issues (I had to buy one more because of that reason). Easy bricking when updating (bricked my GP2x), lack of software (including emus), the stick manace, faulty headphone jack (too deep inside).
Now it improved all. Still not perfect in some areas but it's far better now. The firmware 2.0 boots in around 10 seconds! The rotated stick looks like an decent improvement for the MKII. There are most of emus already with some unexpected surprises (that PSX emu).
It's still at relative early stages for the GP2x. But it's not a software desert. I have to get some time so I will be able to really see all relases for GP2x.
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Dzz
stmia r0!, {r2-r9}
Ah, nostalgia!Sure, the gp32 scene has quite decreased, it's at the end of it's life, but it wasn't like that so many time ago.
In the last week the gp2x has seen the kurukuru2x beta, the release of smashgp2x, gp2xsand, Jurl, BobTron, and the amazing heroes2x, plus several emulator updates and a bunch of other stuff. I'm not sure what more people could hope for.
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dennis20014
Member
I think there's been alot of programs and such being updated, but not as much new stuff coming out. That's just me
nickspoon
vultum stultum habes
Having unfortunately not been around for the GP32, I must say I found the GP2X scene staggering, actually. I'd been watching the PS2 and GBA stuff beforehand, but it never really compared to this, certainly in its early days. A new release every day, several on some days. It's slowed down now, so I expect to see some high-quality stuff soon.
gaterooze
Coltrane Sundia
To properly compare to the GP32 scene, you would need to compare to the 'GP32 scene @ six months old' and GP2X scene is much bigger/faster at this early stage!
It hasn't quite reached the level of the GP32's zenith (compo days were incredible!), but it certainly will, and I think so within the next 6 months (around its 1 year anniversary). Just look at how things have sped up since the "official" release last month!
It hasn't quite reached the level of the GP32's zenith (compo days were incredible!), but it certainly will, and I think so within the next 6 months (around its 1 year anniversary). Just look at how things have sped up since the "official" release last month!
Paradox
oh em gee
mmmm when I first joined everything was really daunting.. I dont even remember now how I heard about the GP2X, i think i was looking at some site which had a GP32, and must have researched that and found the 2X..really dont remember, it's all a blur o_o! maybe i was abducted by aliens and brought here to serve some evil purpose of theirs..who knows.
i think it's...mm...larger than what i expected for the Gp32 when i came here...
i think it's...mm...larger than what i expected for the Gp32 when i came here...
Winterkid
Active Member
Ah, nostalgia!Sure, the gp32 scene has quite decreased, it's at the end of it's life, but it wasn't like that so many time ago.
In the last week the gp2x has seen the kurukuru2x beta, the release of smashgp2x, gp2xsand, Jurl, BobTron, and the amazing heroes2x, plus several emulator updates and a bunch of other stuff. I'm not sure what more people could hope for.
Payback. *grins* Just itching to buy it.
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PSyMastR
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What about the option thats: right where I expected it to be. I thought it would be the GP32+Some new people. And guess, what it is I really love this community.
I really love this community.
WrongEyedJesus
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Short answer: Expanding as I expected.
Long(er) answer: This community certainly has expanded a lot since the gp32 days which seem quite a long time ago now. That said it is a different community with people having a range of differing skills and opinions to contribute.
What woud be interesting to know is what those members who frequent our sister boards (gp32spain and suchlike) think the feeling is there to get a feeling of the "scene" as a whole.
With the Linux base what we had to begin with was a lot of quick and "dirty" ports that were then left alone, then after this initial burst of activity things died off. Now we have people taking the time to tidy and optimise stuff which interests me much more (Think about the FPS that zotdd and u-nai are chipping off the PSX emu and the Reesy/Squidge collaborations on SNES). These examples of people working together are far more rewarding and interesting IMHO and the chances of this happening are only going to increase the more knowledge is floating around.
I certainly feel that there is less of the "small family" feel to the boards these days despite there being a core of regular posters, yet along with that is coming diversity and knowledge across the spectrum. I may recognise less and less people who are posting as each day goes by but it would be foolish and insular to not let these new people in and welcome their contributions.
What is great about this community is, it is dynamic, and the way that it constantly evolves means that is is far less likely to die a death.
Long may it continue.
Long(er) answer: This community certainly has expanded a lot since the gp32 days which seem quite a long time ago now. That said it is a different community with people having a range of differing skills and opinions to contribute.
What woud be interesting to know is what those members who frequent our sister boards (gp32spain and suchlike) think the feeling is there to get a feeling of the "scene" as a whole.
With the Linux base what we had to begin with was a lot of quick and "dirty" ports that were then left alone, then after this initial burst of activity things died off. Now we have people taking the time to tidy and optimise stuff which interests me much more (Think about the FPS that zotdd and u-nai are chipping off the PSX emu and the Reesy/Squidge collaborations on SNES). These examples of people working together are far more rewarding and interesting IMHO and the chances of this happening are only going to increase the more knowledge is floating around.
I certainly feel that there is less of the "small family" feel to the boards these days despite there being a core of regular posters, yet along with that is coming diversity and knowledge across the spectrum. I may recognise less and less people who are posting as each day goes by but it would be foolish and insular to not let these new people in and welcome their contributions.
What is great about this community is, it is dynamic, and the way that it constantly evolves means that is is far less likely to die a death.
Long may it continue.
z32fairlady
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Why isn't there's an option of "just as expected"?
Just because not as popular as PSP or DS, I don't expect it will attract large amount of people to code on GP2X than PSP.
Just because not as popular as PSP or DS, I don't expect it will attract large amount of people to code on GP2X than PSP.
Winterkid
Active Member
Actually more people want to play commercial games on the PSP rather than code for it. Mostly because of how big a pain in the ass Sony has made it with their zero hack policy.
