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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: nadoom on November 02, 2006, 06:40:38 PM

Title: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: nadoom on November 02, 2006, 06:40:38 PM

the GP2x hand held looks wicked, i think im going to get one to play amiga stuff and anything else i want to play.

Does any one here have one of these devices? what is your opinion in it?

http://gp2x.co.uk/viewgp2x.html

Cheers
NADOOM

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: Tomas on November 02, 2006, 06:59:07 PM

It is a very nice device from what i read about it.. But it does not handle amiga emulation at fullspeed with sound. I dont think there is any handheld out there that is capable of emulating even a a500 at decent speed. Snes, nes, sega and such should work fine though.

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: zaphire on November 02, 2006, 07:03:49 PM

Here's a youtube Video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=L_6N13neyEU). Doesn't run too hot yet.

Some SNES games on GP2X (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3C0K0FBHmY) (without frame limiting)

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: MarkWatson on November 02, 2006, 07:28:42 PM

Its improving though. There was a new version with a new CPU core (with a lot of work) released a few days ago. Apparently much faster, though I've not used it much. ProjectX crashes you see!

Mark

edit: That video above is with the old core.
edit2: Note ST is full speed with sound (generally). So if the ST port is equivalent then you're ok for now.

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: nadoom on November 02, 2006, 08:26:38 PM

ST smeshtee ;-) The amigas chipset ensures a hard time for any computer that dare emulates it.

There is a 275 Mhz version which may handle the amiga stuff better, and a new version of UAE has been released. its a pretty neat piece of kit. Its pretty cheap considering it'll play nearly everything < amiga 500 Thats a lot of stuff :)

Nadoom

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: Dingo_aus on November 02, 2006, 11:04:21 PM

I've got one and it runs some A500 games just fine, some not.

There is a database of people's experiences in running games here:
List of compatibility (http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/UAE4all#Game_Compatibility)


BTW the 275Mhz version is just those standard ones that overclock well, no new components or anything.  My standard GP2X overclocks to 250 no worries, never tried faster.

There has been a few big developments (memory access, second CPU etc) in recent time so I wouldn't look to youtube videos as any sort of guide unless they are very recent.

Title: Re: GP2X good for amiga stuff?
Post by: zaphire on November 02, 2006, 11:07:11 PM

Sweet. I have a GP32 from back in the day, its good for playing 8-bit era games.

Still don't think I'll get a GP2X until I see proof of FF6 running full speed with sound. :'(