mustardseed
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Ahh, the gp32. I've been wanting one of these things for quite some time. My favorite games are for the NES, SNES, TG16, and gameboy, and the thought of being able to carry all these with me in one system was quite an exciting thought. not to mention i would get to watch movies on it. but for a long time i didnt have the money, so i ended up getting a really cheap gba flash card to hold me over.
i absolutely loved pocketnes, and it was near flawless (except for mario 3). then before i sold it the gba tg16 emu got pretty good, and made some of the games i had playable with sound. but i really started to want to be able to watch movies on the go (mainly mst3k episodes). i looked into getting the adaptor movie adaptor for gba but i decided after buying the compact flash card, the card reader, and the adaptor that i would have been pretty much buying a gp32.
So I traded an old gba and some games and my beloved flash card to finally get a gp32. It's a non-flu and came with a 128mb card. I was so excited to finally have one in my hands that i looked past the purple haze that was on the screen (i knew that can be fixed easily). i turned it on hoping there were some roms on it that i could test out. only dr mario, and tetris were on it, but i liked dr mario so i fired it up. first thing i noticed was that it was the sound was running slow but i figured it just needed to be overclocked (found out later it couldnt be though) and i turned it off and went to my friend's house to load it up...
I spent a few hours trying out roms and emus and other stuff and the following is my list of complaints and things i liked. i didnt get to try out any divx because it turns out the copy gpcinema was bootleg copy, and i try to stay legal.
Things I didn't like:
- LittleJohn: after pocketnes on the gba, i expected nothing less than perfection from this much more powerful machine, but perfection was not what i got. it was not running full speed with sound and no frameskip. this made me sad, as i am a big nes buff and i hate not having things perfect. even mario 1 was slow. i'm going to try version 3 of this emu as i've heard its better.
- OpenSNES9xGP: i knew this one was not going to be perfect. i tried to keep my hopes and expectations low. i tried mario world, DKC2, megaman x, and darius twin with no sound and a frameskip 2 at 160mhz. they played alright for the most part and i could kinda enjoy it. it was frustrating to have to keep changing the transparency thing for different levels in dkc2 though. mario was little too choppy though, as was darius twin. megaman ran pretty good though. i know fullspeed, frameskip 0, with sound, snes emulation is possible, unfortunately its not here yet. sidenote: pocketsnes runs mario world alot better than opensnes9xgp.
- both genesis emus: i only tried sonic 1 and 2, but thet were too choppy to be enjoyable. even at 166mhz.
- the joystick: this thing is way too sensitive for navigating the menus of the emus. it's also hard to play some games that don't register down and right at the same time for going right (like mario 1). it's just not as good as the nintendo d-pad. period. and the clicking sound is annoying
- the A&B buttons: the buttons are too close together and you have to push them too far down to get them to register. i was just straight sucking at mario because i couldn't hold down B to run and press A to jump at the same time with any kind of consistency. i couldn't just tap the button to make it just slightly jump as easily on most other controllers.
Things I liked:
- MP3 Player: Man this sucker sounds good. this really impressed me and it performed better than i thought, but alas i already have an ipod so no need for this function unfortunately.
- GPDoom: this was pretty darn cool. i loaded up the goldeneye total conversion and its been fun and it runs quite smooth. A+
- GPEngine: now THIS is an emulator. after littlejohn and the others, i was expecting the same with this, but playing bloody wolf full speed with sound really blew me away. really good emu. just really really needs save states
- L&R buttons: much better placement than either gba or gbasp. much easier to press.
i guess thats pretty much all i have for now. my conclusion is i really want a portable modded xbox (emus movies etc) but unfortunately it has its flaws
im going to try out the atari2600 emus now...
i absolutely loved pocketnes, and it was near flawless (except for mario 3). then before i sold it the gba tg16 emu got pretty good, and made some of the games i had playable with sound. but i really started to want to be able to watch movies on the go (mainly mst3k episodes). i looked into getting the adaptor movie adaptor for gba but i decided after buying the compact flash card, the card reader, and the adaptor that i would have been pretty much buying a gp32.
So I traded an old gba and some games and my beloved flash card to finally get a gp32. It's a non-flu and came with a 128mb card. I was so excited to finally have one in my hands that i looked past the purple haze that was on the screen (i knew that can be fixed easily). i turned it on hoping there were some roms on it that i could test out. only dr mario, and tetris were on it, but i liked dr mario so i fired it up. first thing i noticed was that it was the sound was running slow but i figured it just needed to be overclocked (found out later it couldnt be though) and i turned it off and went to my friend's house to load it up...
I spent a few hours trying out roms and emus and other stuff and the following is my list of complaints and things i liked. i didnt get to try out any divx because it turns out the copy gpcinema was bootleg copy, and i try to stay legal.
Things I didn't like:
- LittleJohn: after pocketnes on the gba, i expected nothing less than perfection from this much more powerful machine, but perfection was not what i got. it was not running full speed with sound and no frameskip. this made me sad, as i am a big nes buff and i hate not having things perfect. even mario 1 was slow. i'm going to try version 3 of this emu as i've heard its better.
- OpenSNES9xGP: i knew this one was not going to be perfect. i tried to keep my hopes and expectations low. i tried mario world, DKC2, megaman x, and darius twin with no sound and a frameskip 2 at 160mhz. they played alright for the most part and i could kinda enjoy it. it was frustrating to have to keep changing the transparency thing for different levels in dkc2 though. mario was little too choppy though, as was darius twin. megaman ran pretty good though. i know fullspeed, frameskip 0, with sound, snes emulation is possible, unfortunately its not here yet. sidenote: pocketsnes runs mario world alot better than opensnes9xgp.
- both genesis emus: i only tried sonic 1 and 2, but thet were too choppy to be enjoyable. even at 166mhz.
- the joystick: this thing is way too sensitive for navigating the menus of the emus. it's also hard to play some games that don't register down and right at the same time for going right (like mario 1). it's just not as good as the nintendo d-pad. period. and the clicking sound is annoying
- the A&B buttons: the buttons are too close together and you have to push them too far down to get them to register. i was just straight sucking at mario because i couldn't hold down B to run and press A to jump at the same time with any kind of consistency. i couldn't just tap the button to make it just slightly jump as easily on most other controllers.
Things I liked:
- MP3 Player: Man this sucker sounds good. this really impressed me and it performed better than i thought, but alas i already have an ipod so no need for this function unfortunately.
- GPDoom: this was pretty darn cool. i loaded up the goldeneye total conversion and its been fun and it runs quite smooth. A+
- GPEngine: now THIS is an emulator. after littlejohn and the others, i was expecting the same with this, but playing bloody wolf full speed with sound really blew me away. really good emu. just really really needs save states
- L&R buttons: much better placement than either gba or gbasp. much easier to press.
i guess thats pretty much all i have for now. my conclusion is i really want a portable modded xbox (emus movies etc) but unfortunately it has its flaws
im going to try out the atari2600 emus now...