GP2X handheld - retro heaven (Amiga too)

[blakespot]

I've spent the last week completely wrapped up in my new GP2X Linux-based handheld game unit.  There are emulators for something like 40 platforms available for that thing.  

I did a little writeup about it here:

http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000076.php

Have a look.  I've been watching Amiga demos and playing Amiga games all over the place with this thing (literally).  :-)  Also nice to play with some other systems I've missed out on, like the ZX Spectrum.  

Worth the $169 USD it can be had for.

:: and please digg that article - trying to get some media focused on that unit.  More users = more support.  Tnx.  




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[blakespot]

Amiga emulation is pretty swift.  Many games seem full speed, but indeed some seem a little lagged.  The Atari ST and Sega Genesis / Megadrive are fullspeed all the time, it seems.  Both are easier to emulate.

Give it a shot.



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[blakespot]

Hoping people digg the article - it's climbing and may make the front page in a few hours.  Fingers crossed!

I watched Jesus on E's on the way in to work this morning on the GP2X.  More people need to learn about this thing!




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[blakespot]

25%?  Search YouTube for "gp2x amiga" and you'll see videos of emulation clearly > than 25%.  More like 75% at worst, from what I see.  Some stuff runs full speed.  Hopefully things will improve though.  There is, after all, an unused 200MHz processor sitting in that machine.  

Would be a lot of work to make it handle the custom chips or some such, but how fast an emu of that sort would fly.

Top story on the "upcoming stories" Digg page.  Hopefully it will get a bit further dugg.





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[blakespot]

Trying to get news of this unit in the mainstream a little bit.  

Anyone mind digging the story about the GP2X emulation machine?  It's a different digg from yesterday, if you already dugg!

Thanks.



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