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Bloodwych
13th June 2009, 09:59
What do you all think of this?

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/06/10/handheld-emulator-plays-thousands-of-retro-games-on-the-cheap/

Not bad for what it does! No worrying about hacked firmware or devices like on the PSP and DS.

Teho
13th June 2009, 15:50
Have to say I'm tempted by that. Considering I can play these games for free on the PC allready if I want to, it seems a little expensive just for the convenience of being handheld. But it's interesting. Thanks for the link.

woody.cool
15th June 2009, 09:57
Where can I get one?

Bloodwych
15th June 2009, 11:00
Where can I get one?

Not sure. Someone must stock it however. Google time me thinks!

Demon Cleaner
15th June 2009, 12:45
It looks very cheap, are there more pictures where you can actually see something running on it? Then I would profer ro get the GP2X Whiz --> http://gp2x.co.uk/

Bloodwych
15th June 2009, 15:37
Demon Cleaner, I can do nothing but agree that Whiz looks nice. I think you get what you pay for, but according to THB over at EAB this cheapo little device isn't half bad for what it does.

Demon Cleaner
15th June 2009, 15:43
Could indeed be interesting. But how does it run the games? Is it preconfigured to run the ROMs of the said systems, or does it need emulators?

Bloodwych
15th June 2009, 19:16
Not sure - emulators probably. :unsure:

Teho
15th June 2009, 20:07
According to Thinkgeek's product page (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f), it doesn't need you to install any emulators. It plays the roms out of the box. Also it plays a bunch of audio and video formats, and has a radio and ebook reader software. All you need to provide is the media.

Tiago
15th June 2009, 22:10
About the GP2X

If it runs linux.... i wonder if you can get an amiga emulator thru linux....

Ok, yes it has Uae!

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,72


and also C64, Atari.... etc etc....

Harrison
16th June 2009, 01:32
The GP2X and its predecessors are great handhelds for retro emulation fans. It definitely has a wide range of emulators and other software already available due to the easy recompiling of existing Linux code for the platform.

And this new one has a faster 533MHz Arm9 CPU so emulation should run well.

I don't know anything about the other one though. At $100 it isn't really expensive. About the same as a mid range MP3 player, and it it does have battery life was claimed and it well made with good controls and screen then it could be worth it.

However I have a PSP and run a lot of emulators on that and it does me for the moment. SNES games run especially well.

Harrison
16th June 2009, 01:37
I just found a lot more information about the system here (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f?cpg=cjhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f?cpg=cj).

It seems to only have built in emulation for NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis and Neo Geo. There is a video showing it working though.

Demon Cleaner
16th June 2009, 01:39
It seems to only have built in emulation for NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis and Neo Geo. There is a video showing it working though.Yeah, I saw that too this afternoon, so I guess the variety of emulators is limited, obviously more than on the PSP or the GP2X.

Teho
16th June 2009, 05:51
According to Thinkgeek's product page (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f), it doesn't need you to install any emulators. It plays the roms out of the box. Also it plays a bunch of audio and video formats, and has a radio and ebook reader software. All you need to provide is the media.


I just found a lot more information about the system here (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f).

Am I on your ignore list or something? :p

Harrison
16th June 2009, 12:06
Oops, didn't spot the link in your post mate.