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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: Managarm on June 14, 2009, 02:30:03 PM
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Hi Everyone,
Based on a thread I saw on here about a month ago, I've ordered one of these:
http://www.gbax.com/gp2x.html
Does anyone own one and know how good Amiga emulation is on it? I realise the lack of keyboard will be an issue with some games.
Also, for other emulators such as MAME, what is the speed like? I realise I won't be playing Tekken 5 on it but games of the 80s and early 90s - are they playable or is it like watching a slideshow?
Thanks,
Robin.
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I've got the original GP2X and UAE4All is brilliant. It's fast enough to play Nebulus and Ruff 'n' Tumble and probably more demanding games. It's really smooth, and probably even better on the faster Wiz.
I also use a SNES emulator and can run Donkey Kong Country at almost full speed. The GP2X is absolutely brillant for emulators before you even get started on the native games.
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I own both the F-100 and F-200 and have been messing with them for a couple of years now. I've haven't used an Amiga emulator on them but they run MAME and others very well. The NeoGeo emu rocks but is very similar to the MAME emu for it.
I can tell you this, it is very easy to use and get up and running in like 10 min. As you know the following is huge and GP2 File archive is great.
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,5,1215
I am waiting on the Pandora to get it's butt in gear, it will be a powerhouse compaired to any other Linux based handheld but they are dragging feet, I pre-ordered mine over 8 months ago:(
Scott
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Thanks guys.
When it arrives I'm going to try and get a version of UAE, MAME and emulators for the SNES, NES, Megadrive, Neo Geo, Amstrad CPC.
I've got one of those handheld Megadrives with 20 games that I play to keep me sane on the way to and from work. This will be a huge step up.
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Need... to... have....
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Looks like a very interesting piece of kit. Might be worth buying just to have all the retroplatforms in my pocket ;)
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I have an F100 (GP2X), holding off on the Wiz until I see how the screen tearing issue works out, it's a little niggle but would drive me nuts. And I already have my F100 until the Wiz is 100% so the wait is painless.
UAE4all on the F100 is very good, plays just about everything little or none frameskip.
Handheld 8-16-32 bit fun!
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I saw one in action at one of the amiga meets, and it seemed to be working fine for the short moment I had it in my hands.
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I saw one in action at one of the amiga meets, and it seemed to be working fine for the short moment I had it in my hands.
Does UAE work on the Wiz then? I recently read on the GP32x forum that it hadn't been porter. I thought this was strange since I was under the impression that the Wiz is backwards compatible with GP2X software. I was assuming that emulators must do something low level which makes them incompatible with the new hardware. Did you see it working?
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It finally turned up and it's amazing!
So far I've only installed Kickstart 1.3 so I'm playing OCS games. All the games I've tried run at full speed and UAE4All is really easy to use/configure. These are the ones I've tried:
The New Zealand Story
Sensible Soccer
Rainbow Islands
Galactic (Playable demo from the One which I don't think was ever completed)
Creatures
Another World
Jaguar XJ220
I've not figured out how to get mouse games like Lemmings to work.
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I ran accross this item on ThinkGeek this week. Seems like a cool toy. I wanted to see if anyone here had tried it.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bfc7/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bfc7/)
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Ive owned both the GP32 and the GP2X F100, tho I would rather buy a Pandora for amiga emulation then a Wiz :)
because the pandora has a dpad, 2 analog nubs, and gaming buttons and also a qwerty leyboard + touchscreen, all at about the same size as a NDS, running angstrom linux and a full desktop and firefox etc, just a sweet machine capable of emulating alot of systems, the OCS amiga emulator runs fullspeed and the N64 emulator is progressing quite nice, also the dreamcast emulator is progressing nice,
But most classic systems has fully functional emulators ready :)
But if you want one you have to wait for batch 2 since batch 1 is sold out ^^
Would be nice to make a ARM build of AROS for it :)
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Need... to... have....
Now I have :D :D :D
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Nice one Speel!
So, the $64,000 question is; Is it any good?
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Nice one Speel!
So, the $64,000 question is; Is it any good?
Well, yes, but many emus are a bit in alpha/beta stadium. The default gp2x has two ~200 mhz cores and the wiz has a single 500 mhz core. So some emus only use 200 mhz when shovelled to the Wiz.
But mostly, everything runs like a charm really. UAE4ALL isn't as compatible as I wanted to be but hey.
What is really really awesome, is the OLED display. It really gives the CRT image quality, which makes it come closer to the real thing.
And well, apart from gaming, music is really nice with GMU player (the built-in player stinks), battery life is really nice, QTopia is ported to it so it can also be used as a Palm-ish device.
GMU could use WMA support though.