Photo-Centric Handheld Can Be A Doom Console

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 23, 2005 @11:21AM from the nifty-handheld dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jobo AG originally fielded its $550 Giga Vu Pro as a tool for digital photography buffs, but this small embedded computer, running a Linux 2.4 kernel, has much broader potential, according to an article at LinuxDevices.com. A free software development kit for the device is now available at sourceforge.net, along with instructions for loading software into flash memory, a tutorial on turning the device into a Doom game console, and a contributions page for those willing to share their new apps."

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Why just doom? by kebes · 2005-02-23 11:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

It seems like the perfect platform for running some emulator software and storing hundreds of ROMs of classic games.
Cheaper by generic-man · 2005-02-23 11:26 · Score: 5, Insightful

I can build a Doom console using off-the-shelf parts.

You will need:
(1) Game Boy Advance ($70 for the regular kind, $80 for the SP)
(1) Copy of Doom ($30)

And once you're done, you still have some $400 that you can spend on a photo-centric handheld!

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