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Gamegeek Registered 17/03/2005 Points 8	17th March, 2005 at 14:16:59 - The GP32 has a 3.5" backlit TFT screen. The resolution is 320 x 240 (Qvga). It has an ARM CPU capable of overclocking up to over 200Mhz sometimes but most go to 166 Mhz. It has built in stereo speakers, flashmedia storage, d-pad. It is an import only system ATM and is very big in the homebrew scene mostly in Europe, see gp32x.com. Not only does it run much HB games but has fullspeed w/sound emulators of Genesis, SMS, GG, NES, Turbografx, MAME, GB, GBC, Colecovision, Atari 400/5200, C64, Lynx, Atari 2600, MSX, Spectrum, etc. It also has ports of Doom which can run commercial as well as HB WAD files from the PC. It is completely opensource, anyone can make anything, no annoying DRM or signing required. It is quite a cool little portable kit. n/a
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	17th March, 2005 at 16:47:39 - at a comparison, the gba runs a 16mhz, i know of emulators for it including a gameboy emulator strangely. I personally have two gba cartdridges with over 100 nes roms+emulator on each, however thery're really crappy games and the screen is squashed. but people are writing emulators for it. .
Toxic Registered 02/11/2004 Points 61	17th March, 2005 at 23:57:37 - On one of those GP32 websites I saw a keyboard thingy you can hook up into it. Look me in my brand new eyes.
Penguin Seph Registered 11/12/2002 Points 1338	18th March, 2005 at 10:44:10 - I saw that as well. I don't get why you would need it, but it may be important! Hi!
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	18th March, 2005 at 20:13:07 - The NES had a keyboard. You used it for the Famicom version of BASIC. n/a
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	18th March, 2005 at 20:34:09 - Same with playstation 2 in a way, you can use a usb keyboard for some games (unreal tournament for one) and there is a programming language on one of the demo disks. anyway the keyboard could be important for things that use a keyboard, say a click game that uses a keyboard only controls or an Amiga emulator. .
Gamegeek Registered 17/03/2005 Points 8	18th March, 2005 at 22:49:53 - The keyboard (actually a phone chatboard is what they are) can be used mostly in SCUMMV games, C64, Atari800, Atari-ST, Spectrum, Amstrad emulators have support for them. Without the chatboard an onscreen pop-up keyboard is used. It works pretty well. I would imagine these Click games could take advantage of a chatboard too. n/a
axel Crazy? Registered 05/02/2005 Points 4766	19th March, 2005 at 13:52:31 - yea, but who the hell would use one for a handheld what's the point n/a
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	19th March, 2005 at 17:16:53 - Gamegeek - You can emulate all of that on GBA aswell. Except you can also emulate SNES. And people are constantly programming PD games for the GBA, just like they are for the GP32. Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Gamegeek Registered 17/03/2005 Points 8	21st March, 2005 at 00:14:27 - You can emulate all of that on a GBA? Well no you can't emulate ALL of that on a GBA and the stuff that is emulated is often slower and without sound and ALWAYS scaled down or cropped resolution wise. The GBA only has a resolution of 240 x 160. That isn't even enough to emulate the ColecoVision properly. The GBA cannot emulate Genesis at all, where as there is a full speed genesis emulator WITH sound for the GP32, it is amazing really. There is no Atari 2600, no Atari ST, no Lynx, no C64, no Megadrive, No MAME, No Atari 5200 or Atari 800 on the GBA. There is a SNES emu for the GP32 it is just kind of slow with sound enabled. There is no sound on the GBA SNES emu so if you compare both without sound the GP32 SNES emu still runs more games and faster. Everyone also brings up cost. "the GP32 is way more expensive than a GBA" Well, after you add up the cost of those small storage and insanely expensive flash carts the GBA it is close to the same cost. 1 Gigabit flash media for the GP32 is only $20.00 USD and you can get it anywhere flash memory is sold. If you like the GBA fine, but what you said is not true. n/a
columbo borgi :C Registered 07/12/2003 Points 296	15th May, 2005 at 08:09:22 - does any1 have a gp32 around here? :C
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	15th May, 2005 at 10:31:11 - is it even out yet? .
X_Sheep I had a custom rating before it was cool Registered 01/03/2004 Points 1313	15th May, 2005 at 11:39:46 - Yeh, the GP32 is out already. www.gamepark.com or something. I'm definitely getting a GP32, even if it's only for the emulators. I think the GP32 is about as expensive as a Nintendo DS, except you don't have to pay more for games (you just download them and put them on the disk) a/n
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	15th May, 2005 at 12:01:56 - I don't intend to ever pay for DS games. n/a
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	15th May, 2005 at 21:11:26 - have you got one then Radix? DS that is. .

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