I consider to buy one of these [GP2X]

I have one. it's good, there were some controller issues but i believe that has been greatly improved with the new ones (new cap to the joystick and contacts rotated 45 degrees so x and y have greater contracts than the diagonals)

I mainly use mine to play scummvm and ultima 7

I do have back to the future on it though!

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I also worry about the boot times and hassle with installing stuff. With a handheld i want it simple, insert cartridge and play some mario for 5 minutes on the toilet.

ngh! the boot times have fallen with latest firmwares, firmware installation has become safer and faster. to run things, you simply put them on the sd card, turn on and play. simple and quick

Running on 2 AA batteries worries me a bit. I'm surprised by anything doesn't run on Lithium Ion batteries. 2 AAs just aren't going to get you through a 2 hour divx file.

Actually, they will. Not alkaline batteries (where you don't get constant voltage) but get some good rechargables and you're set.

Problem with lithium batteries, what happens if they go out of business and your battery slowly dies over the years?

AA is sensible for this product, imo.

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Problem with lithium batteries, what happens if they go out of business and your battery slowly dies over the years?

afaik, all my electronics' lithium batteries are rechargable. (unless there's a difference between lithium and lithium ion)

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afaik, all my electronics' lithium batteries are rechargable. (unless there's a difference between lithium and lithium ion)

Yes, but as I understand over time they degrade in how long they will operate (how much charge they will take)? Certainly true with my mobile phone and ipod (though i believe they're designed to last 15 years)

I suppose you'd buy a new set of rechargeables. Which would still be more economic than 2 normal AAs buying them like every other day. :roll:

rechargables ftw

and ill take a ds lite, pl0x, with debian on it and use it as a remote admin tool for this box... whee

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I suppose you'd buy a new set of rechargeables. Which would still be more economic than 2 normal AAs buying them like every other day. :roll:

I guess you missed something posted earlier? Rechargables, not regular alkaline AA. Regular AA battery isn't really suited for a lot of things, fine for tv remote etc.

The company may one day go out of business in which case you may not be able to get a new battery, so rechargable AA is handy.

neo geo was the shit. you should pick up biometer unitron, it's a neat final fantasy type of game

PC apps and games? Quake? Duke3D? Doom? Emulators?

omfg I want this thing

It certainly would be cool developing your own applications and whatnot - I assume it's in C on account of the linux.

Too bad I only know an extremely limited amount of C++.

Also, what can the ds lite do that this can't?

Play DS games? :wink:

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Also, what can the ds lite do that this can't?

Are you serious.

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Are you serious.

Someone said they would rather get a ds lite - I was just curious why.

ds resolution is < 320x200 though, which means scummvm is scaled or you have to pan ¬¬

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i believe the way theve done it is that one screen has the full size but scaled, and the other screen is a true size version you can pan on

i know... neither are terribly good, pan is best of the two screens i guess since ideally you don't want to scale the great art.