GP2X and shmemulation?

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:02 pm

So I've got a GP2X I bought purely for homebrew, as I was a bit of an emulation snob. Anyway, I've decided I might give emulation a try after being shown the light, but I'm a reasonable newbie. I understand Roms and Emulators and all that, and have got them working before out of curiosity, but wondered this. Is there a reliable CPS2 emulator for the GP2X? I have the Progear PCB, but would love to practice on the move.

Can the GP2X even handle such games?

Any other recommends for good shmup Rom and emulator combinations for the GP2X? I think I have al the emulators for more typical consoles like genisis and SNES and so on, so I'm more interested in Wonderswan, arcade, PC Engine etc.

I'm not after a list of good shmups as I have a fair knowledge of that and own far too many. I'm just looking for ones that run well on the GP2X. If that's all of them, then do just say!

And thank you!

nem · Post by **nem** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:57 pm

Can't remember off-hand what shmups are supported, but there's a fair few arcade emulators for the '2X.

FBA2X - FinalBurn Alpha; CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo
CPS2emu; uhh, needs no explanation
GNGeo2x; NeoGeo

And then there's of course MAMEGP2x. Mostly supports older games (NeoGeo and earlier).

Oh, and PC-Engine just got a new emulator yesterday, Exophase's rather brilliant Temper (HuCard only at the moment).

Check the GP32X file archive for up-to-date downloads.

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:17 pm

Cheers Nem,

When the GP2X came out I was on the site and downloading homebrew like a madman, but it's been a while so your pointers are greatly appreciated.

nem · Post by **nem** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:04 pm

There's a compatibility list for FBA2X here. Note that CPS2 and NeoGeo games should play better on their own respective emulators.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:35 pm

my understanding is that gp2x is roughly on par with PSP as far as emulation, and i know that PSP rocks...

check here for more emulators and homebrew info

http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/

i think possibly the only thing that gp2x doesn't have that psp does, is a fullspeed gba emulator. other than that, i know that gp2x MAME is way better

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:45 am

check out Bari arm on the picodrive mega cd emu

FBA2X is a great choice too.

also, have you been watching the pandora project come along?

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:43 am

Thanks again. Sounds like I have plenty of oppotuities to learn some new stuff ahead of me.

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:18 pm

nem wrote:There's a compatibility list for FBA2X here. Note that CPS2 and NeoGeo games should play better on their own respective emulators.

So you don't need to run those emulate rs through the GP2X MAME emulator?

Or rather, they are standalone emulators?

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:09 pm

i believe they be standalone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWIrmuM7yqs

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:14 pm

indstr wrote:i believe they be standalone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWIrmuM7yqs

I believe I be owing you thanks...

Thanks