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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: tonyyeb on November 11, 2007, 01:10:27 PM
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Hi all
Was wondering if anyone has a GPX2 and plays the Amiga emulator? Is it any good? What's the speed like?
Cheers!
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Yeah theres a couple of us on here with GP2X's. A500 emulation is good and a lot of games run at full speed.
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Worth investing in? I notice the new version with touch screen has just come out.
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Great machine and fun to develop for :-D
Get an F200.
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The GP2X is excellent, and UAE runs surprisingly well on it! There are tons of really high quality games and apps for the GP2X, lots of emulators for old systems, and the commercial games available (Payback, Vektar, Wind & Water) are all worth buying.
Don't think - just buy!
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moto
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Plus it's more powerful then the PSP at normal clock-speeds.
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The GP2X rocks. I would say that the Amiga emulation isn't really fast enough for most stuff, though the latest version is much improved. The ST emulation is fantastic though.
One thing I'm really hoping for from the Craiginator is much faster Amiga emulation.
Mark
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How does it play swos? :-D
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Haven't tried. I'll give it a go today :-)
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moto
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Hi,
I've a GP2X F100 and a new F200!
The GP2X is excellent, UAE runs very well!
There are a tons of software for GP2X, goto www.GP32X.com!
Bye,
Neurox
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Another GP2X owner here.
Amiga emulation is pretty good, most games run well with a minimal overclock ~240Mhz.
Snes and MD emulation is very good, I tend to play ports of my fav' Amiga games because they have a few extra touches (esp on Snes) and dont need mouse/keyboard input.
If you like 8-16bit games, get one!
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Just tried Sensi on the GP2X under UAE4All and it runs perfectly.
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moto
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motorollin wrote:
Just tried Sensi on the GP2X under UAE4All and it runs perfectly.
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moto
Great stuff! What sort of games run poorly on the Amiga emu?
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GP2X is a great little emulator and I'd say it has the best version of payback thats been released on any platform. I mostly use my one for mega drive emulation aswell as playing turrican, and the dizzy series on the amiga side.
I stumbled across this:
Every once in awhile I get some secrets whispered to me that I can finally pass along. Today I have confirmed that GamePark Holdings (GPH), the maker of the GP2X, is planning a new model.
This model will be called the F800 and have an 800MHz ARM processor with a 2.8 inch screen. Though low on details, it is speculated this handheld will have a rough future for it due to the changing climate in the (open source) handheld-gaming hardware arena.
Will they continue using MagicEyes hardware? Will the 2.8 inch screen be a marketing low point? Only time will tell.
Feel free to discuss and speculate via comments. I'd love to hear some opinions on whether GP2X users will stay loyal to GPH and buy something such as this F800, or look elsewhere for their homebrew gaming on the go fix.
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@motorollin
One thing I wonder is how does the resolution of it much upto amiga stuff as its only 320x240? Do PAL version games get a little cropped at times? Or are there any other issues like that as I'm quite tempted to pick up the new F200.
I was tempted before but the price put me off, now I notice that they're 'only' £100 from www.gp2x.co.uk so I'm rather more tempted as an early xmas present ...to me that is :-D
Andy
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@Andy
It scales the screen to make it fit, so there's no cropping. Actually most of the emulators on the GP2X do this to get around resolution issues. I haven't come across any issues with Amiga emulation on the GP2X, but then I only really use it to play a couple of games. On the whole though, UAE4All seems really fast and stable.
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moto
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Great stuff! What sort of games run poorly on the Amiga emu?
Read the Game Compatibility here Gp2x UAE4all (http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/UAE4all)
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i don't like the joystick. i can't play tetris with it... the blocks go everywhere! i'd go for the new version with the joypad.
also i couldn't get it to work with uae but then i only tried speedbal and starwars so far.
does anyone know if the new one has been redesigned? i don't like where the power adaptor goes. it goes right in the palm of your right hand! you'll need one 'cause it seems to eat batteries. i don't know how many hours others get. i use 2700 ones maybe it's my charger... argos has a compatible power supply for £6.95.
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nasty wrote:
Great stuff! What sort of games run poorly on the Amiga emu?
Read the Game Compatibility here Gp2x UAE4all (http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/UAE4all)
Thanks for that.... it is making me want one more now!!!
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Just looking here:
http://gp2x.co.uk/ordergp2x.html
Does the charger plug into the gp2x and charge the batteries (and double as a mains pack) or do you have to take the batteries out to charge and use others whilst they charge?
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you take the batterys out mate , if your gonna buy one also look at the breakout board!
There's a few videos on youtube of the GP2X doing all different things here's a link to some amiga games running on it amiga games on gp2x (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=gp2x+amiga)
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nasty wrote:
you take the batterys out mate , if your gonna buy one also look at the breakout board!
There's a few videos on youtube of the GP2X doing all different things here's a link to some amiga games running on it amiga games on gp2x (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=gp2x+amiga)
Stop it!!! :-D
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Tony, just buy one :-)
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moto
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tokyoracer wrote:
Plus it's more powerful then the PSP at normal clock-speeds.
shoosh...the psp rules :P