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Calza
22-10-2005, 12:29 AM
It looks a bit werid and some werid games, "Sticky Balls" :wink: anyone. But it has a nice price at £129.99 for the basic pack and it is a GPS, Mobile, Games Machine wonder. Or is it??
taiq
22-10-2005, 03:52 AM
It has virtually no exclusive games. That says it all, really.
Calza
22-10-2005, 08:55 AM
So nobodys got one, and they were saying its a sucess!!
JonSt
22-10-2005, 11:53 AM
I had a go on one, its alright,but the games are pretty average. Its certainly nothing special.
|Laguna|
22-10-2005, 02:31 PM
Hehe, my local independant shop used to be an offical Sony shop (although they sold games for other platforms too :S) but now it lost that tag so it's become a Gizmondo one so they have loads of advertising over their walls. The game box are bluddy massive in comparison to DS/PSP cases.
The console it self just looks so ugly. How man games are out for it now? I was mightly amused that it released with only 3 launch titles.

IMO, The gizmondo seems to be a classic example of 'jack of all trades, master
of none' and costs way too much. In other words, it tries to do
everything, but doesn't do anything well.
Calza
22-10-2005, 03:08 PM
I've only seen HMV have them displayed albeit a tiny shelf taken up by the boxes.
Also has anybody seen that Zodiac or Tapwave that seems to be worse than Gizmondo
DS MaNiAc
22-10-2005, 07:10 PM
The Zodiac ruled man! They stopped them ages ago though. Anyway, I'm still considering getting a giz, I saw a racing game for it in HMV and the graphics were pretty tasty =o It has a pretty bog standard camera for little snaps. They arent that bad. I'm considering getting a Giz or GPX2 or whatever it's called.
JonSt
22-10-2005, 07:12 PM
The Zodiac ruled man! They stopped them ages ago though. Anyway, I'm still considering getting a giz, I saw a racing game for it in HMV and the graphics were pretty tasty =o It has a pretty bog standard camera for little snaps. They arent that bad. I'm considering getting a Giz or GPX2 or whatever it's called.

GPX2 is the way to go, has linux can play avi's and you can make your own games for it. Ive already got my pre order in.
DS MaNiAc
22-10-2005, 07:43 PM
Plus NES and SNES emulation... =]
elniro
22-10-2005, 10:38 PM
When i went down central london and had looked at it way back, the stuff sounded really interesting and i thought bought getting one, but im not really into handheld gaming and its got hardly any backing so there was not really any point
Bluejay
23-10-2005, 07:16 PM
Plus NES and SNES emulation... =]
don't forget MAME!
Also is it worth getting the original GP32 instead as I don't really want to pay £100. It can still pay .avis, snes, nes, MAME, SCUMM etc right. Also, are either systems backlit.
Sorry for the thread highjacking :red:
Calza
23-10-2005, 07:39 PM
Sorry for the thread highjacking :red:
Don't worry, but if you want i could create a "Official :Gizmondo & Zodiac thread"
mario114
23-10-2005, 08:02 PM
Whens the next one coming out, it's ganna have better graphics and a bigger screen.
DS MaNiAc
23-10-2005, 09:30 PM
And a 2 megapixel camera.
Choze
26-10-2005, 02:14 AM
Dont bother.

Nokia's new platform is going to be the one to get. Expected to be the pc of handheld gaming. Will work on many phones including existing ones. Games will be scaled accordingly.
Chanser
04-11-2005, 12:43 AM
Get a Gizmondo, just for it's rarity value in the next couple of years :D.
cbadds
04-11-2005, 04:30 PM
Well Gizmondos first 'Big' title Colors is due for release very soon 14th Nov

can have a look at some info here : http://www.gizmondo.com/colors/
Kurtle Squad
04-11-2005, 07:22 PM
GPX2 is the way to go, has linux can play avi's and you can make your own games for it. Ive already got my pre order in.

As have I.
MP3s and all sorts. Decent bettery life n such. Play ROMs on the TV, haha!!
They should be comming next week shouldn't they?
Bluejay
04-11-2005, 09:01 PM
As have I.
MP3s and all sorts. Decent bettery life n such. Play ROMs on the TV, haha!!
They should be comming next week shouldn't they?

Ooh Ooh, post your impressions when you get it please.Emu speeds and the sort, I saw a screenie of Metal Slug running on it. It wasn't full speed but they were improving quickly. GPX2 with metal slug + TV Out cable = awesomeness. I'm saving for one now.
Kurtle Squad
05-11-2005, 08:35 AM
Yeah sure. I've been asked that once already. You guys really wanna know what the GP2X is like ey!! :p