neorichieb1971 wrote:So does that mean emulation is officially supported? Or does it mean you buy it and wait for someone to code an emulator for it. IIRC the GP2X was origonally a portable console supported by Korean companies but due to lack of support it went underground. I'm assuming you need to know quite alot about installing stuff, linux and crap like that.. or is it simple and self explanatory?
good question. The gp2x is marketed as being an emu machine. When it was first announced, GPH advertised it as being able to run nes, snes, mame, and a few other things. However, it is only known that GPH put together a gameboy color emu, or at least ported it as they used it in a demonstration video.
Anyway, the gp2x never "went underground", it was always underground I suppose. But the situation isn't such that it was supposed to be a huge commercial success with the next square-enix game but then crumbled and was loosely picked up by some emu hobbyists. GPH sent a bunch of systems to well known coders encouraging them to port and optimize great emus.
Your are right in assuming that it is the community who develops all the emus (and some very impressive ones too). The sega cd emu is seemingly able to play sonic cd and snatcher flawlessly, which is a huge bonus for me.
You'll be pleased to know that you don't have to install anything. All emus and everything gp2x is kept at
The Archive, and all you need to do is download, extract if needed, drop it on your sd card, and you're good to go. Just click on the .gpe file which will function right away like a .exe in windows. So what I'm saying is that there is NO installation process you need to go through. VERY easy to use.
