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GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« on: March 26, 2014, 07:09:37 PM »
Hi.

I have six white and two black GCW Zero consoles for sale.
These are brand new and still boxed.

Specs: http://www.gcw-zero.com/specifications

120 euros each.

Payment via paypal can be sent to Immortalis39@gmail.com

I will post worldwide using standard or registered mail, your choice.

I need to shift these consoles hence the knockdown prices.

Pm me with your address and choice of colour and I will post it right out.

Feel free to ask any questions you wish.:)
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 07:33:32 PM »
I don't see the advantage over an ARM tablet as those have similar features, often with more memory and better resolution.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2014, 07:41:57 PM »
I've heard great things about the GCW Zero consoles. They appear to be easy to develop for, well built, and long lasting. Which is more than I can say about a lot of devices I've seen sprout up over the past few years.

 As for me, I had a JXD 7300, but sent it back to the company because it was problematic.
With a little bickering, I was able to get a JXD S7800b back instead, which from everything I am hearing, is a major step up from the 7300 featuing improved specs, better design, and high compatibility. Apparently I can run both Dreamcast and PSP on it not to mention DosBOX at very high speeds...

....that's a sale to me. :)

Mine should be in tomorrow if the post office gets its butt in gear. It's already two days late. Grumble grumble.


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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2014, 08:43:06 PM »
Cool, I guess, X.
MIPS processor though?
Its a little weird.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2014, 10:22:29 PM »
Good thing about this console is that has official amiga kickstart licenses included. I heard the all-commodore emulator VICE comes pre-installed and ready to go.

So, supporting this console, also supports what remains of commodore, in a "spiritual" way.

I'd like to know how the games look on the screen's resolution and also if it includes all games pre-installed...
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2014, 11:36:54 PM »
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Good thing about this console is that has official amiga kickstart licenses included. I heard the all-commodore emulator VICE comes pre-installed and ready to go.

So, supporting this console, also supports what remains of commodore, in a "spiritual" way.

I'd like to know how the games look on the screen's resolution and also if it includes all games pre-installed...

Where did you hear this, because there is nothing about this mentioned in their literature?
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2014, 11:45:22 PM »
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Where did you hear this, because there is nothing about this mentioned in their literature?


On siliconera.com:

"...the Zero comes with two emulators: Commodore and Amiga. Their BIOS can be legally distributed with the hardware."

Here's the link:

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/08/hands-on-gcw-zero-the-handheld-built-to-emulate-amiga-and-commodore/#ssk7xdjfpMMQ7vsl.99
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2014, 11:45:53 PM »
There's a vid on youtube with GCW Zero running a c64 emu and uae4all.  I'm almost tempted to buy one from Think Geek.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2014, 01:32:07 AM »
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There's a vid on youtube with GCW Zero running a c64 emu and uae4all.  I'm almost tempted to buy one from Think Geek.

So it runs uae4all?
Not sure that's much of a selling point.

Any more than trying to run uae on a Raspberry.

I can do that on the laptop I'm typing on right now, probably better.

The only advantage I can see is the portability.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2014, 01:40:43 AM »
Well yeah... other portable units like Dingoo or Caanoo also do the job pretty well. But the GCW Zero is newer.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2014, 01:47:42 AM »
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So it runs uae4all?

The only advantage I can see is the portability.


yes..

well..umm...you cant fit your laptop in your pocket, can you?  :-)
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2014, 01:48:14 AM »
I guess I'm just not part of the target market, because I don't get it.

I've got enough devices, especially those I can play old fashioned games on.
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2014, 03:24:38 AM »
I'm not in the market but it's pretty cool to carry around a portable retro system that can fit in your pocket.
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Re: GCW Zero Consoles for sale!! Brand New!!
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2014, 11:48:42 AM »
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I'm not in the market but it's pretty cool to carry around a portable retro system that can fit in your pocket.

Well, pretty much every smartphone is capable of running emulators, and even have a display with decent resolution. The GCW isn't able to display an C64 or Amiga screen without rescaling it.
 

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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2014, 11:52:29 AM »
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I'm not in the market but it's pretty cool to carry around a portable retro system that can fit in your pocket.

That appears to be the primary advantage. And for those of you who still use a lot of Amiga games, its a really good one.
I don't want to knock it as, its just the apps I still use are productivity tools that will run under MorphOS (and that's not nearly as portable as the smallest device that runs on is a 12" iBook).
The Genesis and Playstation compatibility are nice.
And once all the hardware drivers are sorted out, original software created for the platform could be pretty cool.
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