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Official GP2X SDK Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aa-power-rules-the-world dept.

gizmateer writes "According to Gizmos for Geeks, GamePark Holdings, Inc. has officially released the GP2X SDK. The GP2X source is available for Windows and Linux developers on the GP2X site. If you need more library source, GPH provides the contact dev@gp2x.com and GPH will provide it on the developers' forum. GPH mentions that you can get most of the library from the Internet, as Dev-C++ for GP2X was coded with the source code which is already opened on the Internet. The GP2X makers have gone a long way since being accused of not understanding the GPL."

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  1. Re:but if the hardware specs are open... by Johnny+O · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You supposedly can network over USB with the current firmware. Telnet, HTTP, and FTP minimally.

    I wouldnt know as I bought mine from GP32z.com. I tried upgrading the firmware to the latest to try all this new functionality out. Finally found a card that the thing would upgrade with (almost any SD card works for normal use, but only CERTAIN cards can be used to upgrade). Finally get my "Upgrading Firmware..." screen. But it never goes away. 15 minutes later and with help from peeps on #gp2xdev, decided to reset it and see what i get.. A brick...

    I have been mailing GP32z.com repeatedly asking if they can help me fix the unit or even point me in the right direction. I have only had the thing for a month. It was GREAT until this... I have heard that other vendors take the units back and reflash them. I hear it requires special cables and stuff that you could do on your own, but I am not that kind of hacker.

    I highly recommend the GP2X. It is a WONDERFUL device! I watched TV shows on it. The MP3 player is good. MAME on it rocks. I wanted to buy some of the commercial games just coming out for it now. Even hooked it up to my TV - looked awesome. The picture viewer is STELLAR! I just popped in a SD card from my NIKON and was browsing away. I even used the Text viewer for some Mark Twain books acquired from Project Gutenberg.

    This is a GREAT device. Dont buy it from GP32z.com. Someone else will have to recommend a vendor, but I know others will help you out if your device becomes a brick. Make sure you have good post sales support.

  2. I've had one for a couple of months now by Tribbles · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've ported one of my games which I'd written with the SDL, but I wouldn't say it's for the general public yet:

    - I had to take the unit apart to get one of the speakers working (and solder it back on).
    - The memory card supplied with it didn't work properly
    - The headphone socket doesn't appear to work at all
    - The joystick's very dicky.
    - The build quality isn't the highest.
    - There's a slight lack of coherence between the applications.
    - The top buttons are too easy to press accidentally.

    Apart from that, not too bad. Price should be a bit lower with more sales.