geo12
Retrofuturist
Just would like to know why people bought this system.
I choose Emulation!
I choose Emulation!
Why Did You Buy Your GP32?
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GamePark128
Still Fresh
I dont have one.yet, but all those reasons are why I want it.
LHC
hello
Same as the above B)
xboxit
Just Photoshoppin, True, True.....
Emulation! ni't that the truth. 
barnesy
Member
The GBA SP was about to come out at the end of the week. Someone at work said 'have you seen these gp32 things?'. I owned one the next day! B)
It was the emulators that got me interested, by the way.
It was the emulators that got me interested, by the way.
TeDaDeS
Forum Addict!
Divx, cause I always wanted a GP32 but I should have a reason to buy one.
It's great to watch sponge bob in the train, its 10 minutes or so but still a lot of fun.
It's great to watch sponge bob in the train, its 10 minutes or so but still a lot of fun.
LHC
hello
I must admit I'm looking forward to impressing the birds rolleyes by having Simpsons episodes on a handheld.
rolleyes by having Simpsons episodes on a handheld.WhizzBang
Grotesque Peasant
I bought my GP32 for ZX Spectrum emulation. I was already very impressed by The Hives Spectrum emulator (ZX Advance) for the GBA and there was talk of him porting it to the GP32. Unfortunately, this never happened. There is a mail somewhere on the GB32.com forums where the Hive basically says that he tried it, but coding for the GP32 was too much like his day job and thus very boring to him. The Hive Spectrum emulator is excellent but it is lacking in two areas that the GP32 can sort out - these are screen resolution (end up with missing lines on the GBA) and limited saving.
Speccyal'K pretty much sorted out the main problems with the GBA Spectrum emulators, but it is not as user friendly or controller definable as the Hives GBA Spectrum, and the sound is not as good as the Hives GBA emu. The major plus with SpecyalK on GP32 is that you can save state at any time. The major minus is that sevral of the buttons are wasted when they could be mapped to something in most games. ZX Advance is very economical with the GBA buttons, making as many games a s possible playable,
Most GP32 users on this forum are very eager for full speed, full sound SNES or Mega Drive, and this is understandable, but I ultimately want full speed, full sound, tzx support. save state support, saveable 10 button commands - and the GP32 can deliver this.
Speccyal'K pretty much sorted out the main problems with the GBA Spectrum emulators, but it is not as user friendly or controller definable as the Hives GBA Spectrum, and the sound is not as good as the Hives GBA emu. The major plus with SpecyalK on GP32 is that you can save state at any time. The major minus is that sevral of the buttons are wasted when they could be mapped to something in most games. ZX Advance is very economical with the GBA buttons, making as many games a s possible playable,
Most GP32 users on this forum are very eager for full speed, full sound SNES or Mega Drive, and this is understandable, but I ultimately want full speed, full sound, tzx support. save state support, saveable 10 button commands - and the GP32 can deliver this.
Grand_Poobah
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portable genesis. after almost a year of waiting it is starting to come true.
kotd
Well-Known Member
portable genesis here as well.
Azure
Trust the recursion...
Emulation: I was under the impression that it was capable of and that there already were full speed, nearly 100% compatibility, emulators for GB/GBC, GBA, SNES, and Genesis (/.).
TeDaDeS
Forum Addict!
there is a portable genesis, called "Nomad". Its official from SEGA and all.
But I guess its as big as a gamegear <_<
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Max
Member
More the game ports than the emulation thingy. I think we should seperate both points cause you can emulate 8- and 16-bit systems nowadays even on little cell phones. The most interesting part for me was to play Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and all those games mobile. Back 2002 when I bought mine I didn't know too much about the GP32, so I also wanted to surprise myself what there is... the only thing I knew was that there are lots of nice software arround.
GPJosh
Addicted to Chrono Trigger
I own a Nomad and must say it's HUGE. (Bigger than the Gamegear and shaped like a brick) I love it and used it a lot before my gp32 but it's not pocket size.
kotd
Well-Known Member
<_< yeah well I think I've heard of the Nomad before. Hm yes lets see years ago. Too bad its so big it'll only fit in MC Hammers pockets and not to mention last a couple of hours on six batteries. Oh and where do I stick all the cartridges. Portable indeed.
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diablo2
Virtual Boy
16 bit emulation get my vote
when i origenally bought it I liked the possibility of gba emulation
i wanted to piss my friends off with my better gba
but the snes and genesis and turbograph 16(which i discovered with my gp32) emulation is superb
when i origenally bought it I liked the possibility of gba emulation
i wanted to piss my friends off with my better gba
but the snes and genesis and turbograph 16(which i discovered with my gp32) emulation is superb
Iorgy77
emu parasite kid
atari ST and C=64
everything else is a very nice bonus
everything else is a very nice bonus
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extremegamer
Guest
woo hoo, i'm the only person to choose system collector so far.
echidna
Still Fresh
the both upper anwsers
