Things I Like About My Gp2x...

[spaceboy]

- the sound quality, with headphones or through its speakers is the best of any portable device i have encountered.

- the machine itself feels robust, and the screen protector doesn't scratch easy like my psp.

- the port of quake is excellent- really intuitive control scheme, sound, saving and running at a pretty decent clip.

i just felt there had been a lot of moaning about the new system, i received mine yesterday and i wanted to share some of the positive experiences i had.
many of the problems that you have when you first get it can be solved by reading some of the threads here.

also gbax have been getting way to much stick around here for the excellent service which they provide.

why not post some of the things you like about the system.

 

[FFNoir]

I'm getting it for christmas... what?!

 

[Vimacs]

the screen is wondefull birght, and the black finish just looks extreme good, it looked crappy on most pictures, but in real it beats the hell out of psp and ipod

 

[FFNoir]

I just need it... If I can't get it soon, i will explode... I don't want to explode!...
Yeah the system is just that cool... i mean c'mon! Decent speed portable Chrono Trigger? Why not just call it an emufunbox...

 

[oneandoneis2]

I think it would be remiss if we didn't mention "its friendly, helpful and knowledgeable global community" in here somewhere!

 

[FFNoir]

I think it would be remiss if we didn't mention "its friendly, helpful and knowledgeable global community" in here somewhere!

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yes yes, we musn't forget that now...

 

[danchamp]

I love mine, it's a great little device.

Frodo is the best thing about it for me so far. That alone will keep me amused for weeks, the C64 had so many great games (head to http://www.c64.com/ for an excellent repository).

 

[martin_F]

I love mine, it's a great little device.

Frodo is the best thing about it for me so far. That alone will keep me amused for weeks, the C64 had so many great games (head to http://www.c64.com/ for an excellent repository).

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Indeed ... I hope the 'kids' on here that think "On the first day, god invented the SNES" get around to checking out some of the older classics, for say the C64 and the speccy (possibly even older, some one port VICE (including the vic-20 component) ... else I will have a bash myself).

For me, if I could only run one of a C64 / Speccy / Apple II / VIC-20 / BBC B emu on it I would be more than happy.

Bring it on ... :rolleyes:

Martin

 

[Vimacs]

been playing all kinds of videos, divx seems to be flawless, even divx6.
but xvid is out of sync :-/

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02PPQJ9...783N6Q70S0QUGCA
virtualdub encoded divx6 movie i used to test.

 

[icurafu]

been playing all kinds of videos, divx seems to be flawless, even divx6.
but xvid is out of sync :-/

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02PPQJ9...783N6Q70S0QUGCA
virtualdub encoded divx6 movie i used to test.

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From what I understand, hardware acceleration for divx5 should be the same for divx6. To support divx6, you have to be able to laod the menus.

 

[oneandoneis2]

After figuring out how to stop it crashing the moment I start playing a media file (by putting in some fresh batteries ) I finally got a chance to play an Ogg all through, and then use the media player to trial a 10-second clip I ripped from a DVD.

The screen's everything I expected - the GP32's was brilliant, after all. But the sound. . .

Ye gods, those are some excellent little speakers! I couldn't believe how good the playback was at maximum volume.

That's really cool!

 

[cydermaster]

Got mine this morning, and I'm more than pleased so far. Eventually, after abandoning batteries and poping down to my local Argos for a powerfull enough AC addaptor, I managed to watch an ep of Still Game on it. Fantastic quality

Going to the Argos, I used the music playback, and was really bowled over by its quality ... it kicks my cheapo Alba MP3 player's arse out of the picture AND it plays oggs

 

[FFNoir]

I love mine, it's a great little device.

Frodo is the best thing about it for me so far. That alone will keep me amused for weeks, the C64 had so many great games (head to http://www.c64.com/ for an excellent repository).

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Indeed ... I hope the 'kids' on here that think "On the first day, god invented the SNES" get around to checking out some of the older classics, for say the C64 and the speccy (possibly even older, some one port VICE (including the vic-20 component) ... else I will have a bash myself).

For me, if I could only run one of a C64 / Speccy / Apple II / VIC-20 / BBC B emu on it I would be more than happy.

Bring it on ... :rolleyes:

Martin

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Oh yeah... the C64... wasn't it that Computer that pirated itself to extinction... sorta like the PSP...

 

[codesmith]

Oh yeah... the C64... wasn't it that Computer that pirated itself to extinction... sorta like the PSP...

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Oh no, the C64 lived a full life - it was on sale from 1984 until the early 1990s when it was superseded by the Amiga (which may have led a full life too, if Commodore hadn't fallen prey to several generations of incompetent management). It was (and still may be) the best-selling single computer model of all time.

 

[FFNoir]

Well yeah, but Software Companies normally didn't produce stuff for it later on... mostly becuase stuff was so ****ing easy to pirate and there was no Copy-Protection... I guess the reason it was so heavily pirated was because of it's huge user-base...

Also, I got a hold of one a few years back. I was trashpicking and managed to pull a Tandy 128K Color out of one pile, and a C64 (Manual and all the stuff that came with it) out of another... Shame I didn't have TV connections for the C64, so I had to toss it out before we moved...

 

[Vimacs]

building a rgb cable for the c64 is easy
been there, done that.

 

[FFNoir]

Well it's gone now... Anyway i'm 14 so i wasn't even alive back in it's glory days... I guess i'll live them through emus. Also most of my info about the C64 I got through my Stepfather... I guess he would speak ill of Commodore, seeing as he was an Apple and IBM supporter back then...

 

[codesmith]

Well yeah, but Software Companies normally didn't produce stuff for it later on... mostly becuase stuff was so ****ing easy to pirate and there was no Copy-Protection... I guess the reason it was so heavily pirated was because of it's huge user-base...

No, there was quite a lot of copy protection - lots of the stuff you see nowadays was pioneered on these old machines. Things like non-standard data formats, dongles you had to plug in else the program wouldn't work, passwords that you had to search for in the manual, even a goofy lens system where a scrambled pattern was displayed on the screen, and you had to decode it with the lens. It all did get cracked eventually though

Also, I got a hold of one a few years back. I was trashpicking and managed to pull a Tandy 128K Color out of one pile, and a C64 (Manual and all the stuff that came with it) out of another... Shame I didn't have TV connections for the C64, so I had to toss it out before we moved...

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That's a shame, there were really a lot of fun games. That was back when you couldn't rely on fancy graphics so games had to compete on playability. You really should get an emulator and give some games a try, if you don't mind the low-res graphics you'll probably enjoy it. The largest games were just a few hundred K so you can fit a TON of games on a CD.

 

[FFNoir]

Well yeah, but Software Companies normally didn't produce stuff for it later on... mostly becuase stuff was so ****ing easy to pirate and there was no Copy-Protection... I guess the reason it was so heavily pirated was because of it's huge user-base...

No, there was quite a lot of copy protection - lots of the stuff you see nowadays was pioneered on these old machines. Things like non-standard data formats, dongles you had to plug in else the program wouldn't work, passwords that you had to search for in the manual, even a goofy lens system where a scrambled pattern was displayed on the screen, and you had to decode it with the lens. It all did get cracked eventually though

Also, I got a hold of one a few years back. I was trashpicking and managed to pull a Tandy 128K Color out of one pile, and a C64 (Manual and all the stuff that came with it) out of another... Shame I didn't have TV connections for the C64, so I had to toss it out before we moved...

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That's a shame, there were really a lot of fun games. That was back when you couldn't rely on fancy graphics so games had to compete on playability. You really should get an emulator and give some games a try, if you don't mind the low-res graphics you'll probably enjoy it. The largest games were just a few hundred K so you can fit a TON of games on a CD.

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Yeah, I think I will... especially since i've seen they have Ultima V, Pool of Radiance, and Bard's Tale... it will be especially easy once my GPX2 comes in with a 1 GB SD card...

 

[Ferentix]

Or an SD card...

Edit: Someone posted and said this anyway Beaten