Topic: Gp32 (Read 285 times)

dmb062082 · « **on:** June 09, 2003, 12:11:00 AM »

i know all about the system, 1 of the best ever i might add. Probaably one of the last handhelds to get exploited like this so imp everyone should own one. Good post but it dosnt really belong here. I know its emulation but it has nothing to do with the xbox. But i guess it can stay!

Omizzay · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2003, 02:14:00 AM »

QUOTE (Drewus @ Jun 9 2003, 09:22 AM)

SNES emulation at the moment is incredibly slow and incompatible, and as for GBA emulation, it will NEVER happen with decent speed or compatibility.
The GBA uses it's own video and sound hardware, something which the GP32 lacks. And to emulate both of these chips it would require more than a 133mhz cpu to do it.

SnesEmu pretty much runs at full speed but without any sound. Although it doesn't run some games, it's fine for most of them. Only problem is that you can't save. The other snes emulator (snes9x) has sound and save support, but runs very slowly. I'm pretty sure that a decent upgrade will come out soon enough.

As for the GBA emulator, I don't think it's very easy or possible to get full speed and sound. But there are some very talented gp32 programmers working on it, so here's hoping.

Xport - you want a new challenge?

Anyway, thanks for clearing up the other points.

mattias800 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2003, 03:25:00 AM »

"and as for GBA emulation, it will NEVER happen with decent speed or compatibility.
The GBA uses it's own video and sound hardware, something which the GP32 lacks. And to emulate both of these chips it would require more than a 133mhz cpu to do it."

actually the gba doesn't have any sound hardware at all (other than the dac and the gbc-chip).
the gfx hardware isn't much more advanced than the snes counterpart.
the cpu is a problem however, since its a 16mhz cpu (and not 14 as someone said). if they have problem emulating the snes which runs at 3.something mhz, then 16 mhz will be alot more difficult. far from impossible though.

the big problem is the lack of memory. there are alot of 4mb gba roms, but there are alot more 8, 16 and 32mb roms.

Omizzay · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2003, 12:59:00 PM »

Can a mod please move this to the other console systems folder, so that if someone wants to discuss it further they can.

Thanx.

MikeHolliday · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2003, 01:18:00 PM »

Also, the six buttons include start and select, so really it has the same number of buttons as GBA.
So why would i pay more for a system that can play less games? emulators clearly are un-playable without sound except for ancient ones like atari, which you can run on a gba anyways. I'm sorry but this looks like a horrible system.

desertboy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2003, 01:25:00 PM »

QUOTE (MikeHolliday @ Jun 9 2003, 10:18 PM)

Also, the six buttons include start and select, so really it has the same number of buttons as GBA.
So why would i pay more for a system that can play less games? emulators clearly are un-playable without sound except for ancient ones like atari, which you can run on a gba anyways. I'm sorry but this looks like a horrible system.

Depends on what you want.

I want to play DOTT on the move and watch the odd SP.

Guess I best throw that piece of shit GBA in the bin!

Underpowered SNES on the move, Nintendo what did you think you were doing!

Omizzay · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2003, 09:42:00 PM »

QUOTE (MikeHolliday @ Jun 9 2003, 09:18 PM)

Also, the six buttons include start and select, so really it has the same number of buttons as GBA.
So why would i pay more for a system that can play less games? emulators clearly are un-playable without sound except for ancient ones like atari, which you can run on a gba anyways. I'm sorry but this looks like a horrible system.

Calling this a horrible system makes you look like a complete idiot.

As I said in my original post, there are loads of fully working emulators with hundreds of games on them - all working a full speed and with sound. On top of that, you get mp3 and divx support. The homebrew scene for this handheld is getting better by the day. Even if some of the emulators haven't fully been optimized yet is no reason to call this a horrible system. It's like saying the same thing about the xbox just coz the n64 emu isn't perfect yet.

Makenshi · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2003, 09:48:00 PM »

I have one as well, and it's great! I can't wait for the FNES release. Playing most of the good old nintendo games at full speed, with sound, save states, and more on the go!

dmb062082 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2003, 11:46:00 PM »

QUOTE (Omizzay @ Jun 9 2003, 11:14 AM)

Xport - you want a new challenge?

NO HE DOSNT!

dmb062082 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2003, 11:51:00 PM »

tHIS IS INFACT A HANDHELD emulation machine and it does a good job of emulating most older consoles even snes. YES, snes games play rather well and the emu will only be getting better. And dont pass up gba emulation lol, that is also possible, spec wise just compare the 2 handhelds.

To top it all of you can also use it as a mp3 player with the 120mb smart cards. There is also a way to use is as a portable movie player as there are ways to watch full length movies on the system. I dont care what anyone says this murders the GBA hands down and its one of the best systems out there, and it is a handheld go figure.

Downfall is that not many people own the damn thing outside of korea. Probably 5 thousand in the us if that. But yeah dont ever knock this fucking system if you have yet to use it, its simply fucking amazing and worth every penny.

HumanClay · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2003, 09:25:00 AM »

Nice to see some GP32 owners here

And for some people considering the system, try this review

http://www.retrogame...u_review_1.html
http://www.retrogame...u_review_2.html

TB_88 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2003, 12:53:00 AM »

If u encode a divx movie with 12 frames/sec and the sound 128kb/s u can get a whole movie on 128mb...

I don't knwo of any good programs to do so...

kram · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2003, 04:53:00 AM »

If you're looking for a good GP32 site go to GP32 Xtreme.

And let me make this clear, the full speed emulators with sound currently are:

Atari ST
Sega Master System
PC Engine
Game Gear
MSX 1 and 2
Commodore 64 (does have slight compatibility issues)

Mage · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2003, 08:16:00 AM »

If they had used a better processor (StrongARM, XScale) I might have been interested.

As for people saying that because it can run an emulator, those games are included in its list of games, uh no. Those titles weren't written for gp32; gp32 just emulates the systems.

I don't say the xbox has many games due to it being able to emulate nearly every system.

But I'm glad you guys enjoy it, someone has to.

woo · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2003, 09:45:00 AM »

There is even an ATARI ST emulator! I've heard of Amiga being looked at, but I am very sceptical about this reaching a decent speed, but I'll wait until it's been looked at/worked on some more first.

DivX encoding is best done via the Moviepark software and though I've never used it myself, I'm told that it makes totally watchable full sized movies, even on a 128MB SMC..

The only thing that really sucks on this little system are the games native to it... ahh well... it's still worth a thought if you have the money.

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