ralp99
Active Member
buncha panicky so-n-so's
who cares if the european release is killed! it was looking more and more like a half-assed effort anyway. I mean let's face it, the whole campaign (in any country) has always been kind of half-assed as opposed to, say, the aggressive assault of a system like a Nintendo or a Sony. So the tragedy is that we'll probably not see translated versions of some of the RPG's, well that's a bummer I guess, but -- who among you REALLY wanted to buy this thing for modern commercial RPGs to begin with? I am no expert, but it looks like the best product of that sort is going to GBA right now (and eventually PSP I am sure). And there's plenty of back-catalogue available as it is for the existing systems anyway (those that are emulated on GP32). If people put half as much effort into finding decent translated versions of older SNES RPG's as they do into whining about when they'll see the latest GP32-specific titles are going to finally make the rounds.. well, you see my point.
I never cared about the system getting any kind of wider release. Euro release would have been nice, sure, it could have drawn more dev's into the scene, and let's face it that's what everyone's primarily concerned about here (right?) Well the scene is looking pretty nice from what I have seen, it's not quite as white-hot as it could be - okay it's painfully slow and draggy sometimes, but we've still had an incredibly prolific year with great homebrews and ports and emulators, all across the board it's putting the GBA to shame in those areas.. with more on the way. GP32 was never designed to be a "commercial success," if anything that was just an excuse to say it HAD a commercial aspect (if they were trying to plug it in the press strictly as an emu box, would it have got any attention at all? Never mind why people love it..)
I hope the system holds up through all of this. I am not too worried about it, so long as there's a couple of dedicated coders out there with a little spare time then there's always going to be plenty to be excited about this little unit. Thanks to importers like craig and liksang, it's pretty easy to get your hands on one no matter where you live (and it's not gonna cost an arm and a leg either)
Please don't get all frustrated and give up on the GP32. It's history has always been topsy turvy, and always will be - that's just how it is. But in spite of it, it is definitely a unique little system, it's had some great times and it's got a lot of greatness to come out of it yet. But only if we don't all turn our backs on it.
Ok, rant over.
who cares if the european release is killed! it was looking more and more like a half-assed effort anyway. I mean let's face it, the whole campaign (in any country) has always been kind of half-assed as opposed to, say, the aggressive assault of a system like a Nintendo or a Sony. So the tragedy is that we'll probably not see translated versions of some of the RPG's, well that's a bummer I guess, but -- who among you REALLY wanted to buy this thing for modern commercial RPGs to begin with? I am no expert, but it looks like the best product of that sort is going to GBA right now (and eventually PSP I am sure). And there's plenty of back-catalogue available as it is for the existing systems anyway (those that are emulated on GP32). If people put half as much effort into finding decent translated versions of older SNES RPG's as they do into whining about when they'll see the latest GP32-specific titles are going to finally make the rounds.. well, you see my point.
I never cared about the system getting any kind of wider release. Euro release would have been nice, sure, it could have drawn more dev's into the scene, and let's face it that's what everyone's primarily concerned about here (right?) Well the scene is looking pretty nice from what I have seen, it's not quite as white-hot as it could be - okay it's painfully slow and draggy sometimes, but we've still had an incredibly prolific year with great homebrews and ports and emulators, all across the board it's putting the GBA to shame in those areas.. with more on the way. GP32 was never designed to be a "commercial success," if anything that was just an excuse to say it HAD a commercial aspect (if they were trying to plug it in the press strictly as an emu box, would it have got any attention at all? Never mind why people love it..)
I hope the system holds up through all of this. I am not too worried about it, so long as there's a couple of dedicated coders out there with a little spare time then there's always going to be plenty to be excited about this little unit. Thanks to importers like craig and liksang, it's pretty easy to get your hands on one no matter where you live (and it's not gonna cost an arm and a leg either)
Please don't get all frustrated and give up on the GP32. It's history has always been topsy turvy, and always will be - that's just how it is. But in spite of it, it is definitely a unique little system, it's had some great times and it's got a lot of greatness to come out of it yet. But only if we don't all turn our backs on it.
Ok, rant over.
