Date   : Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:36:53
From   : "Matt Cocker" <themicrouser@...>
Subject: Re: BBC emu on the GPX2 handheld?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Thain" <jason.thain@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] BBC emu on the GPX2 handheld?


> Anybody got one of these? http://gp2x.co.uk/indexgp2x.html
>
> It's Linux based, and supposedly the mutt's nutts  for emulation. I'm
> about to order one, and would be interested to know if anyone's
> managed to get a BBC emulator running on it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason.
>
Hi Jason

I have a GP2X, bought it last Christmas and have been happy with it.

The latest ones have a better joystick cap but I bought a replacement one
off that was good.

I currently use it to play videos if I am away or play homebrew games and
Emulation (Mame, Gameboy, NES, NeoGeo, PCEngine and soon to try Amiga). I
have not tried the BBC emulator due to it not sounding like it is quite
ready for full use yet. There are some great emulators that I have not tried
yet including Spectrum and Commodore.

The build quality is okay, I would not say great but it survives being
dropped. There is plent of support by Homebrew programmers and there are now
commercial games starting to appear. There is also a great community of
people on the boards that can help see
http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,1 for downloads and
http://www.gp32x.com/board/ for the boards and http://www.gp2x.co.uk/ to buy
one.

I would certainly recommend one if you are into portable gaming and
emulation.

Matt