Hi all,
Have seen a few posts about the GP2X on here so figured I'd let you all know that mine arrived a few days ago. It has the latest firmware, which irons out a load of the issues that bothered me previously. I stuck a 1GB SD into it and it picked up the contents no worries, they supplied a USB SD card reader/writer with it, but it only works on my PC so I'll need a new one to get files off my Mac onto it without booting my PC, but otherwise it works nicely.
I copied around 140MB of Atari ST games onto the card + an ST emulator OutcaST and they appeared under the 'games' icon when the GP has booted. Works really nicely too! because you've only got a d-pad some games are out (things that require hefy mouse or keyboard work for example), and others were just too much for OutcaST to cope with, but on the whole the experience was quite neat - a cute little ST in the palm of my hands
I tried a few MP3s as well, and they played back just fine. Not yet tried any videos, or other software actually, but the MAME port is supposed to be great so that will be next.
It feels nice, there is a d-pad, four main buttons and two shoulder buttons. Ports include a mini-D USB, the SD slot and there is the option to connect it to a TV directly which is quite cool. The screen is bright, but the refresh rate isn't all that hot, making scrolling text in games unreadable, but the game graphics themselves look smart. Volume is ok, quite crisp, better through headphones than the units speakers. Takes 2 AA batteries or a DC in, they have lasted a good amount of time so far (not changed them yet).
Will post some more stuff as I explore further, but I only ever really wanted it for the emulation side of life -- beyond that I would wager it's virtually useless. Sure they may release a few commercial games, but so what? If you really wanted to play hot handheld games you'd own a DS or a PSP anyway. This is more of a geek toy than anything.
Cheers,
Rich
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