Wheres the GP2X love?

[suppafly]

Is it just me, or very very few people here own a Gp2x?

I bought one yesterday and Will receive it in a few days, So i thought i´d look for new threads about the gp2x...but there werent any new ones!

Is there any love for the GP2X here on DP? :)

[rob black]

I got one a few months ago with a 2gb SD card, I found it difficult getting the damn thing to work properly, I loaded a NES emulator and it was sluggish, I bought a DS like a week later and my GP2X unit has been collecting dust since then.

I like my DS better

DS = Just works
GP2X = too much hassle


oh yeah my GP2X screen came scratched when I Received it and it feels cheap. =(

[jonjandran]

I have one but the Emu's on the Psp are better and the PSP screen is nicer. So the GP2X collects dust. :/

[Imstarryeyed]

Ugh I have one too, but I am just not Linux savvy enough to get the damn paths to work on the unit. It was driving me crazy how many developers just didn't put a path tool in their programs to let you point to the right directory rather than have you fit your SD card their hardcoded directory structure.

I have gotten the UAE emulator working on it but it ran wayy too slow and was just too cumbersome for me.

It has been collecting dust, but I told myself I will return to it one day when the emulators work a whole lot better. (which I am sure many do by now)

For everyone else here is it just me or does this unit eat up your batteries like crazy? I cannot get a full 1 1/2 hour movie or video to play without the batteries dying on me, and these are new batteries.

I have the 1.4.0 firmware.

I have the AC Adaptor but I hate where they put the jack it is very much in the way of the unit when you hold it in your hand (right side of the unit).

[meancode]

Good lord man! There have been two firmware revs since 1.4.0. You need to upgrade to 2.0. Among the other sweet things they added in 2.0, they tweaked the battery life. It still sucks, but sucks less.

DonMarco has a GP2X. I can't recall any other DP'ers that have them. I have had mine for months now, and have over 30 emulators running on it, not to mention a TON of homebrew games and apps.

I find NES/SNES emulation to be pretty good. Some games are slow until you overclock the unit. So far my favorite thing to do is play all the wonderful Neo Geo games on it.

It does take patience, but I prefer it over emu on the PSP. It is a shame it doesn't have a good GBA emu, but I have my DS for that.

The above posts illustrate why the GP2X has not been a runaway success. Many people find it hard to use and inferior. I find it completely the oposite.

You should let me know when you get yours. Did you get a Mark 2 unit? This comes with firmware 2.0 installed, and a MUCH improved joypad.

[Nature Boy]

I've thought about buying one, but since all it's really good for (to me) is emulation I have a hard time making the plunge.

I have a laptop, PSP, and GBA/DS that can emulate, as well as play all the new stuff that comes out for them. I can't justify buying a machine that can *only* emulate, and hearing how much trouble it can be to muck with I think I'll likely never make that plunge.

[rob black]

Good lord man! There have been two firmware revs since 1.4.0. You need to upgrade to 2.0. Among the other sweet things they added in 2.0, they tweaked the battery life. It still sucks, but sucks less.

DonMarco has a GP2X. I can't recall any other DP'ers that have them. I have had mine for months now, and have over 30 emulators running on it, not to mention a TON of homebrew games and apps.

I find NES/SNES emulation to be pretty good. Some games are slow until you overclock the unit. So far my favorite thing to do is play all the wonderful Neo Geo games on it.

It does take patience, but I prefer it over emu on the PSP. It is a shame it doesn't have a good GBA emu, but I have my DS for that.

The above posts illustrate why the GP2X has not been a runaway success. Many people find it hard to use and inferior. I find it completely the oposite.

You should let me know when you get yours. Did you get a Mark 2 unit? This comes with firmware 2.0 installed, and a MUCH improved joypad.


Im thinking of giving it one more chance, where can I get the latest bios and apps? also any good websites you know off?

Thanks

[jonjandran]

http://www.gp32x.com/

[meancode]

http://www.gp32x.com/

That is the main site. There is a german site, and a spanish site too, but all the devs have accounts and use gp32x.com as a "main hub." It also has a link to the GP2X File Archive on gp2x.de.

[c0ldb33r]

I'd love to get one!

Right now I'm using my pocket PC and n-gage for emulation, but if I ever see one at a decent price, it's mine! :D

[DLord0]

I've wanted a GP2X for ages but I never ended up getting one and I have a feeling I never will, since the firmware 1.5 PSP which I have already has more or less surpassed it entirely on the emulation front, particularly with the recent emulator releases that allows some CPS2 and GBA games to be played at full speed.

The only thing left that is GP2X-exclusive and appeals to me is that Exult port that runs at full speed that was apparently much easier to get working on the 2X because of the Linux environment and as far as I know, nobody is trying to bring over a build to the PSP, but as much as I'd love to fit Ultima VII in my pocket, that alone isn't enough incentive to get another handheld.

[suppafly]

I hope I dont regret ordering a Gp2x...it will arrive in 2-3 days....

By the way some of the gp2x fans say that one of the best features of the gp2x which doesnt have "ghosting" effects on fast games like sonic 2. I have noticed that when I play sonic 2 on my psp, there is some ghosting and blurrynes...

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

[RCM]

If any unhappy GP2X owners are looking to get rid of their unit PM me!

[Ze_ro]

I love my GP2X. It was totally worth the money in my opinion. I don't understand why people seem to think it's difficult to set things up... basically, as long as you follow the documentation that comes with the program, everything will work fine. And your SD card is using FAT16/32, so it's not even a Linux file system you're dealing with. Certainly seems easier to me than having to worry about downgrading your firmware on a PSP to play games.

Having portable Nethack is everything I ever hoped it would be :love: :love: :love:

--Zero

[DLord0]

I hope I dont regret ordering a Gp2x...it will arrive in 2-3 days....

By the way some of the gp2x fans say that one of the best features of the gp2x which doesnt have "ghosting" effects on fast games like sonic 2. I have noticed that when I play sonic 2 on my psp, there is some ghosting and blurrynes...

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

Ghosting seems most prominent on handhelds with those new, ultra-bright LCDs like the PSP, GB Micro (often unnoticed because of its small screen) and NDS Lite (not too many dark games, so not as apparent as the PSP, but it's there). From what I've heard, the GP2X doesn't seem to have this problem at all, but it has had some interlacing issues that needs to be tweaked with software.

If you have a PSP and want to reduce ghosting though, you can make some adjustments in most emulators, in SNES TYL, there's a brightness option and if you raise it, the ghosting becomes less noticeable, and the same goes for the latest versions of DGen where you can swap the palette mode from normal to high contrast and high brightness, both of which display less ghosting. I think all this began with one of the PMPMods that featured a luminosity tuning option that made it apparent that the ghosting could be toned down with some tweaking.

Edit: By the way, portable NetHack is in my opinion yet another strong incentive to get a GP2X, it's available for PSP but not nearly as functional as the 2X port (no virtual keyboard, for example).

[Ze_ro]

It should be pointed out that there are two different models of the GP2X, usually called the Mk1 and Mk2. They don't make Mk1's anymore, so if you've ordered in the last month or so, you'll have a Mk2. Amung other things, the Mk2 uses a different type of screen. The new screen does not have the interlacing problems that the original screen did, but it's supposedly not quite as bright as the original. Which one is superior is still a matter of some debate.

I've had a Mk1 for quite some time now, and although the interlacing is noticable at times, I don't find it too annoying. I also just tried playing Sonic, and there was no significant ghosting from what I saw. The ghosting on a Mk2 might be different though.


By the way, portable NetHack is in my opinion yet another strong incentive to get a GP2X, it's available for PSP but not nearly as functional as the 2X port (no virtual keyboard, for example).
The slick menu system that Dzz uses in his GP2X port works great. Far better than using an on-screen keyboard in my opinion (heck, I think it's better than using a REAL keyboard even!)

--Zero

[suppafly]

I received my GP2x yesterday...all I can say is that i LIKED IT a lot.

The screen looks way better than the psp screen when youre running emulators. I used to play genesis games on psp using dgen or pspgenesis...there was severe ghosting that made sonic look very bad, along with other fast games.

I put the genesis emulator on the gp2x last night...it worked perfect, and the image is crystal clear!

I had my doubts before ordering the gp2x, but now I can whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone whose interested in emulating older games...its great!

I also loved the fact that it can play divx/xvid files WITHOUT having to re-encode them or downgrade them. I placed a 700 MB movie in the SD card and it played perfectly on the gp2x

Are there any other gp2x fans around here? :)

[Ze_ro]

I also loved the fact that it can play divx/xvid files WITHOUT having to re-encode them or downgrade them. I placed a 700 MB movie in the SD card and it played perfectly on the gp2x
Unfortunately, it still doesn't understand standard MPEG files I think :( Video compatibility is still somewhat strange... hopefully will be fixed in future firmwares.

--Zero

[suppafly]

I also loved the fact that it can play divx/xvid files WITHOUT having to re-encode them or downgrade them. I placed a 700 MB movie in the SD card and it played perfectly on the gp2x
Unfortunately, it still doesn't understand standard MPEG files I think :( Video compatibility is still somewhat strange... hopefully will be fixed in future firmwares.

--Zero

So far it works with Divx and Xvid files. Support for wmv files has been announced for future updates

Ive had NO problems so far playing divx movies! :D

[Steve W]

I'm dragging this thread back up from the great beyond.

A local store called Micro Center has a couple GP2X units in stock. Recently, I've noticed that they've marked down the two they've ever had in stock to something like $153. And right now they've got a 20% discount on anything in the game department that have been marked down with an orange price sticker (like the GP2X). It's not something that's on my current buying list, since Christmas is wiping out my bank account, but I'm just wondering if it's worth looking into (as long as they keep the sale going after the new year when I'll have a little more money). In the time this thread was created, have any of you soured on the GP2X? Do you still use them, or are they collecting dust? I noticed that Retrogaming Radio hasn't even been talking about it too much, and Shane R. Monroe used to take up half a show to talk about it in the past. Is it something that's still worth pursuing?

[Damaramu]

Isn't there a newer model out now? With touch screen controls and better compatibility with emulators?

[Jimid2]

Isn't there a newer model out now? With touch screen controls and better compatibility with emulators?
There is a newer GP2X out, the F200 model (not to be confused with the Mark 2 F100 model)... It's white, has a redesigned D-pad and a touch screen, and you can see it at http://www.gp2x.com/ . It introduced some issues with existing emulators, but most of those have been worked out, with many emulators now supporting the touch screen, including SCUMM (yes, Sam & Max and Monkey Island on the GP2X F200 with a touch screen!) The introduction of the new unit has resulted in price reductions on the F100 model...

I love my GP2X - I've never found it overly difficult to use, so long as I read the instructions for each emulator carefully, and having perfect CPS2 and Neo Geo (with over-clocking) emulation in a handheld is worth it all to me! The Genesis emulation is also spot-on, and the SCUMM engine works beautifully. As for battery life, if you are not using high energy rechargeables, then you shouldn't even bother. I get 4 - 5 hours on 2500mAh NiMHs, which I use in all my handhelds that require AA batteries - I have a number of sets of these around the house, so there are always some extra charged ones around when a set runs dry...

[DeputyMoniker]

It's probably suffering because we have better options. Why would you buy one when you could get a PSP? Enlighten me.

[meancode]

It's probably suffering because we have better options. Why would you buy one when you could get a PSP? Enlighten me.

GP2X handles 2-D better than the PSP. It also costs the same $169.99.

[Ze_ro]

It's probably suffering because we have better options. Why would you buy one when you could get a PSP? Enlighten me.
What's suffering? The GP2X scene? Honestly, almost all the emulators are essentially perfect, with the exception of SNES, which still has some unfinished features. And actually, there was a released of PocketSNES today that adds C4 and S-DD1 support, so with the exception of SuperFX emulation, I'd say it's doing pretty good. A lot of the stuff that only recently came to the PSP (SegaCD emulation, MAME4ALL, etc) has been available on the GP2X for quite some time.

The main things I prefer about my GP2X is the use of SD cards (cheaper than Memory Stick), not having to screw around with the firmware, and a better screen than the PSP. At least, my Mark 1 F100 has a better screen than my original PSP (far less ghosting). Not sure if the newer PSP's have different screens or anything. I find the interface on the GP2X to be better than the PSP's XMB too, though that's really a non-issue.

Seeing as how PSP's are far easier to find (go to local store rather than ordering from god knows where) and have a ton of commercial games available, I can easily understand choosing it instead... but I still prefer my GP2X.

--Zero

[zektor]

Well, I had a GP2X for awhile, but sold it off. It just felt cheap, the battery issue was still an issue even with new firmware, and the emulation is nowhere near the perfection of the PSP at this point.

I really wanted the "little guy" to be the kill-all handheld emulation device, but the bottom line is that the PSP offers a better emulation experience. I played a dozen or so GBA games on the PSP today for example, and it is just perfect. Actually, playing these games on the PSP was a better experience than playing them on the actual hardware amazingly enough. I have dozens of emulators that are equally great for the PSP as well. The GP2X is not bad if you want to support the open source community, but if you want a better homebrew/emulation experience...well it's the PSP hands down in my honest opinion.

EDIT: I decided to re-analyze the GP2X since the new F200 unit has been released with a better control pad and touchscreen. I am impressed! It feels MUCH more solidly built now, overclocks to 280mhz (at least mine does, and I hear reports other do too), the screen is brighter, the sound is louder...it is just so much better. Yes, the PSP's emulation in some aspects is still better, but the GP2X does put up a good fight in this area. Mame on the GP2X is definitely better. The screen is a world better than the PSP (believe it or not!) for emulation. It is just crystal clear. I also purchased the cradle for it...which allows many USB devices to connect.

So, I will retract my statement. The GP2X is excellent with the makeover. I now own both and love them both equally :)

[16-bit]

New TG16 emulator available for the GP2X. Near perfect emulation. No Super Grafx or CD support yet, but I am so happy!

[meancode]

Rockin news! I have the original GP2X, I really want the newest model.

[josekortez]

I hate to dredge up a two year old thread, but I love my GP2X. I got it from a forum member last month and I've been in love with it ever since.

Does anyone know if the GP2X will use an SD card that is larger than 2 gig? I've heard that sometimes SD cards with larger memory capacity run at a higher voltage.

Also, can anybody suggest any good homebrews I should try? I know about Beats of Rage already.

[DonMarco]

I haven't been in to the homebrew scene lately. Almost ever-
I got it more for video and emulation.

I know there is a port of Cave Story (http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,26,2291) and Noiz2 (http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,1106) is a must have vertical shooter (a bullet hell to be precise). Beats is also cool, since you can download different skins and themes.

[meancode]

I hate to dredge up a two year old thread, but I love my GP2X. I got it from a forum member last month and I've been in love with it ever since.

Does anyone know if the GP2X will use an SD card that is larger than 2 gig? I've heard that sometimes SD cards with larger memory capacity run at a higher voltage.

Also, can anybody suggest any good homebrews I should try? I know about Beats of Rage already.

Awesome. The GP2X is the little handheld that could. Never tried a larger stick than 1 GB.

[Ze_ro]

Does anyone know if the GP2X will use an SD card that is larger than 2 gig? I've heard that sometimes SD cards with larger memory capacity run at a higher voltage.
The SD standard only goes up to 2 GB, so in theory any card larger than that is an SDHC card. However, there was a time before the SDHC standard was released where a few companies released 4GB SD cards that were NOT SDHC. These are hard to find these days, and are not technically standard cards, but it seems that these usually work on the GP2X (I don't have any myself to test).

The official 4.0.0 firmware supports SDHC, but it will only run on an F-200 model. Some hackers have managed to backport the SDHC support into older firmwares that will run on the F-100 models, but I haven't tried installing these yet.

I never bothered to upgrade past firmware 2.1.0, since none of the newer versions seemed to offer any real improvements.

--Zero

[gepeto]

Last week I went to Arizona and I played my recently acquired gp2x wiz and I loved it the mame eme was okay. It was nice to play final blow and tag team wrestling on the handheld. I was very surprised at the snes emulation. 1-10 I give it an 8.5 I played the hell out of super punchout and contra. I love it I have to really tweak it and max it out to its full potential.