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GP2X review - :( by Entropy Stew 06/25/2006, 6:23am PDT
Video player - 2/10: codec support is too limited to be useful, unless you happen to be encoding the vids by yourself. I tried about 3 files and none came up

Ebook reader - 1/10: By "ebook" they mean .txt files. Assholes.

Music player - ?/10: I have an iPod

Photo viewer - ?/10: I don't want to view photos on this

Hardware - 6.5/10: The digital thumb joystick requires too much travel. I'd have much preferred a D-pad. Dual-core 200mhz ARM processor would have likely done better as a faster single core. Build quality is decent, and the screen is nice. Seems a bit flimsy compared to a DS or PSP, though.

Games (native) - 1/10: The one is for that one game you can buy

Games (emulated) - 3/10: The MAME port has been disappointing so far. The Genesis emu is quite good. The SNES emu is slow. Haven't tried the others yet.

Hackability - 10/10: The system is wide open for whatever you want to homebrew or port to it

Overall - 3/10: I thought I'd at least get a portable video player and ebook reader out of this if none of the emu stuff worked well. OOPS
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Review Request: GP2X handheld system by Col. Schickn 05/14/2006, 4:33pm PDT NEW
    Holy shit that looks cool NT by McMoo the Anti Drug Cow 05/15/2006, 11:28am PDT NEW
    I can't stand the military by Souffle of Pain 05/15/2006, 8:45pm PDT NEW
        Re: I can't stand the military by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/11/2006, 8:35pm PDT NEW
            Yes, the DS has the same thing for half the price NT by Blobbio 06/11/2006, 9:28pm PDT NEW
    Just bought one. Review forthcoming when I get around to it NT by Entropy Stew 06/08/2006, 12:05pm PDT NEW
        Actually, fuck that. Like I have time to educate your ass. Read this by Entropy Stew 06/08/2006, 12:07pm PDT NEW
    GP2X review - :( by Entropy Stew 06/25/2006, 6:23am PDT NEW
        Re: GP2X review - :( by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/05/2006, 11:18pm PDT NEW
            Re: GP2X review - :( by Fussbett 07/05/2006, 11:48pm PDT NEW
                Re: GP2X review - :( by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/06/2006, 12:18am PDT NEW
                    Crysis averted! by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/07/2006, 10:07pm PDT NEW
            Re: GP2X review - :( by Entropy Stew 07/08/2006, 5:13pm PDT NEW
        complete tangent by The Happiness Engine 07/06/2006, 7:42am PDT NEW
    Recent GP2X Developments by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/07/2007, 12:52am PST NEW
        Albion by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/10/2007, 1:44pm PST NEW
 
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