Next-Gen PMP Gaming Device

Lynne

Dalayan Beginner
http://www.openpandora.org/

I think its pretty impressive. I myself am a retro gamer (don't require much processing power) and would love to see open source be the standard. The ability to play any game for any console up to psx, all in the palm of my hand. Sigh, dreams do come true.

and... If the dev's have their own flavor of eq sourcecode... I wonder if it would be possible to port SoD to the pandora. Portable Dalaya? That would open up a new player base.
 
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When I saw the forums located on gp32x I got very disappointed, but sadly somewhere in my head I thought this would be related from the beginning.

You can hope for the best, atm I'm too lazy to read the FAQ and see the differences but at what ($330?) I would hope it could be more then a gimmick.
 
quoth the wiki:

Are those guys part of Game Park / GamePark Holdings?

[Game Park] (the Korean company which made the [GP32]) and [GamePark Holdings] (the Korean company that made the [GP2X]) have nothing to do with the Pandora project. Several of the lead developers are regional distributors for the GP32 and GP2X handhelds, but they are not subsidiaries of those manufacturers. The Pandora project is partially inspired by the open source handhelds that came before it - the GP32 and GP2X - but takes the hardware and software to the next logical level. There is also overlap in the developer and user communities for the Pandora, GP32, and GP2x (the official Pandora forums are currently hosted on the GP32X boards).

Do you really expect it to compete with the PSP / DS / eeePC / etc?

No, we don't. Pandora is very different than anything currently available. It is designed to serve a niche market of hobbyists and retro/indie gamers. We are aware that much of the general public will not need or appreciate Pandora's feature set. It is more portable than a UMPC or eeePC, and it has far superior gaming controls. Pandora is much more powerful than a PSP or DS, and with it's high resolution screen and qwerty keypad is more capable of general computing activities. These features come at the expense of a higher cost than commercial gaming handhelds and a steeper learning curve than traditional ultra mobile PCs. Not everybody will be willing to make the trade off and try something new.

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