Gaming on the Go: GP2X

Saturday, September 08, 2007

GP2X F-200 touch screen handheld announced

We've already mentioned the smart GP2X handheld, the only non-retro console that's an open platform and thus filled with tons of excellent freeware/homebrew games, apps and emulators. And now, as this very blog will start properly covering said platfrom, I thought I should probably post this interesting newsbit: the GP2X F-200 has just been announced.

The GP2X F-200, the new GP handheld, besides being sleeker than current GP2Xs, sporting a vastly improved interface, offering e-book & e-comic book support, will also feature a lovely touch screen. Just like a Pocket PC! Or -suspiciously- just like a DS. Have a look at the official preview here and expect the thing to be flooded with shoddy DS emulators.

Related posts: The PSP DS emulator, some free PPC games, DsOS: the NDS GeOS, PSP 2000 available for preorder

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Monday, April 23, 2007

GP2X

I've searched this esteem blog for evidence of this rather attractive new handheld, but can't find any trace of it... Surely my esteemed colleague Mr. Gnome must be aware of it? Anyway, this multifunctional little beauty can be used as a retro game playing handheld - playing classic titles from PCs of yore, including, Amiga, Apple, Atari ST, BBC, C64 and ZX Spectrum among others.

It can also play games that have been developed for it, (although from the screenshots I've seen you'd be better off sticking with the retro classics.) The developers embrace the concept of freeware, distinguishing it from the DS or PSP. Unlike either of those two handheld market leaders it can also be plugged into your TV to play on a full size screen with regular controllers.

It can also be used as a portable video unit, to play any downloaded movies straight from websites, bit torrents or your DVD collection, without the need to re-encode (whatever that means!)