Does anyone have one? What are your views on it? I hear the build isn't quite up to scratch. Is it worth getting one?
it used to be the dog's bollocks for the select few that bought it, back in the day, but not anymore. The PSP homebrew scene has offered similar applications plus you have better hardware under the hood, which automatically spells better performance. Also, a PSP has its own games - and quite a few are actually good. As a whole, the price of the GP2X is unjustified provided you can get your hands on a much better built, more reliable, and more available PSP. I for one am waiting for the lite PSP to hit the shops, then I m probably picking up the old model.
I have one, and I used to love it for emulating the NES and SNES, actually, it's a more convenient solution than an emulator on a PC in my opinion. And used with an 8 GB SD card it's unstoppable (the PSP can't use that large memory cards, afaik). And it will never become unusable because of some firmware. But, I do have to say I was hugely disappointed on the video function. It plays extremely few codecs for an open source machine. (It's Linux, come on, you could've used a program such as VLC for crying out loud.) Still, if PSP is as usable as barc0de says, it's way better than the GP2X, since you could emulate far newer systems, like N64 and PSX (possible on the GP2X, but only with 2D games, and after alot of hassle).
I jumped on the hype and got the first edition model in autumn 2005. While it's great for some emulators like DrMD (Mega Drive/Genesis) the hardware feels cheap and the joystick in particular is disappointing. Seems that this has been fixed to some extent with the hardware revision though. With the 320×240 display in my opinion it really is a handheld made for emulation (for 8-16bit systems). If you are mainly into that then it's worth getting one.
Totally agree with all the points made above. I treated myself to one for my Birthday, but have only used it maybe 3 times since March! Build quality is average, and the only software which makes it kind of viable is the emu stuff.... I've not given up on it yet though as I want the dev board to see what it can offer. That said, that's way down my list of priorities right now (PS2 TOOL please...)
The GP2X is definitely overshadowed by the PSP. However I did notice theres a new GP2X that has a D-Pad finally, but also a touchscreen... Not too big a fan of that. The GP2X used to have one advantage over the PSP and that was 64MB of RAM, however if the new PSP gets cracked and it probably will, PSP homebrew will have 64Mb to work with too. I plan on getting the Slim and holding on to my original model, atleast until the Slim is cracked and has all the homebrew goodness. Sadly the GP2X just costs too much for what it offers in my opinion.
Of course there's a simple reason for that: unlike Sony, Gamepark Holdings, the company behind it, does not offer any other products (games, services) it could make a profit from. A price drop is also not likely to happen for such a niche product. Got any links? I'd like to see that. Edit: Ah, insertcredit has something on that. The d-pad still doesn't look like the best effort.
I've been thinking about getting a GP2X for some SNES ROMs I have. My PSP I don't think is the right version anyway, and I want to be able to play all the newer PSP games. Also, 8 gigs is a crapload. Thats enough for like 2 romsets at LEAST. EDIT: Ah, just saw that new model, the GP2X F-200. I'll consider buying one if its not TOO terribly expensive, but I'll have to see.
Its not the right version. I also downloaded the firmware to play portable OPs. Also, changed my avatar and sig. I am a real Mr. Gadget! :lol:
The illuminati downgrader patches any motherboard type so that it can run the latest custom firmware, that is, M-33 3.52, which is upto date with all current games and accessories. I've modded about 5 PSPs in 3 months, including a brand new one with the TA-0082 mobo, and it worked perfectly everytime.
Will the F-200 use a higher firmware than 3.0.0, or will it be the same, but with an extra program to support the touch screen? Or will it be a completely new OS? I'm asking this since it was a long time I upgraded to 3.0.0, and I wasn't too impressed with the changes. The icons were different, that was it really. The touch screen is a gimmick, imo. Everyone want's to tag along on the DS success ride.
I'm no expert on the GP2X sorry. And yes I know GPH can't afford to sell the unit for less, but that doesn't change my opinion that it costs too much for me to bother.
I had a GP32 for a very short period, and dumped it cuz I couldnt play Genesis games at full speed with sound. The GP2X fixes that, but again now we have the PSP... If they release a GP4X (or something like that) with a VGA screen, big ass storage (at least 4GBs onboard, like most MP3 players do today), more buttons (like 3 more at least) and a CPU powerful enough to emulate PSX and N64 then I may give it another chance. BTW GP holding is not the same company from the GP32, but a new one created by ex-gamepark employees.
They already have bigass storage, through SD cards. I kind of like the solution with onboard memory used for ram and an 8 GB SD card on top of that.
No, it has 64 mb SDRAM and 64 mb NAND ROM, but I'm sure it utilizes the free space on the ROM somehow. Virtual memory (swapping) would be pretty useful if you play a larger game like Quake. And to use flash memory as a booster for RAM is the bee's knee's these days, with Vista and everything. But a note to Shadowlayer; I read they now support SDHC (which I thought was hardware controlled, kind of like USB 2.0 versus 1.1 but apparently not), so now GP2X support up to 32 GB SD cards. That's more than my rom collection (8- and 16-bit).
Yeah I shouldnt have mentioned the storage, specially becos "big ass" storage these days is at least 30GB (like the entry level video ipod) while 4GB is almost a standard today. But I think the elemental upgrades would be CPU and controls. The screen while it would be cool to have a VGA one, very little games between the 8 and 32bits run at more than QVGA resolution, so a VGA screen is not vital at all and may be quite expensive. The CPU is necesary if we want to emulate the PSX and N64. Plus we could emulate more powerul arcade boards. But the controls, the controls are a must! We need at least 2 extra face buttons, but if they can also put some extra triggers and an analog that would be cool too. I think the touchscreen in the F200 is kinda dumb since I doubt they could make a DS emu for it, plus unless you used somekind of screen-swap technique most games will be unplayable (and even if you used that the gameplay wont be the same). I rather have a bigger CPU and more buttons than that touchscreen which BTW must be more expensive than any of those upgrades.
