GP2X Wiz or Dingoo A320?

[lost_soul]

I'm interested in one of these devices to play some classic PC games like Doom, Quake and Duke3d on the go. It will be nice because it can run custom levels/content, just like the PC versions of these games could do. The A320 is $100, but I will have to buy a Mini-SD card. This will increase the price up to near the Wiz, which is $145. The Wiz uses standard SD cards, and I've got a 16 GB one already sitting here. I'm not sure if Shadow Warrior works on the Wiz though, but it does work on the A320. That's a strike against the Wiz. Also, DosBox works on the Wiz, but is it fast enough to play games that required a Pentium 75 MHz? Blood and Redneck Rampage would be nice, but their sources were never released, so the hardware in the Wiz may not be able to pull this off.

 

What I really want is a Pandora, but I'm going on a 6+ hour trip next month, so I want one of these devices now. The Pandora is nice because it is more like a pocket computer than just a game console.

 

Then again, maybe I should just stick with my EEE PC. It does all of the above.

[nbohr1more]

Neither:

 

GP2X Rev 1:

 

(analog nub so you can play Sinistar!!!!!!)

 

Edited July 11, 2010 by nbohr1more

[aidakeeley]

Then again, maybe I should just stick with my EEE PC. It does all of the above.

 

Yep. Fuck crass consumerism.

[rich_is_bored]

I own a Wiz. It's a damn fine portable. It has an OLED screen so it's bright and vivid even outdoors and there are lots of ports since it's derivative of the older GP2X. There's even a port of Warcraft that uses the touchscreen.

 

The processor is twice as fast as it's predecessor and it has 3D hardware acceleration that works in most ports. But even in cases without acceleration like Quake 2, the game still runs surprisingly well in software mode.

 

It's also supposed to run Flash games if you copy the swf files on to the SD card but I've found that it only works with Flash 8 based games. The only game from that time frame that I would have wanted to take with me would have been metanet's N and unfortunately it didn't run very well.

 

I don't care for the buttons on the right. They've arranged them like a d-pad and while that's great if you're left handed and want your d-pad on the left, as standard buttons they are too close.

 

I can live without analog sticks but you do wish you had them when your playing an FPS or fighting game.

 

Lack of wifi is another con but I don't know anyone else with a Wiz so I'm not missing out there.

 

I can't speak for battery life other than to say I've used the thing for four hours straight once and it didn't die.

 

In your case I'd probably stick with the EEE PC. It's a laptop so you'll be able to do everything a portable can and more. All you really need is a usb gamepad.

[aidakeeley]

BTW, how are they doing with the EEE, is the tablet thing out? God DAMN it don't let Apple gather another EFFING branding coup... ...too late!!!

 

I want to buy the tablet EEE tomorrow or tonight. Thanks.

[lost_soul]

Yep. The EEE Tablet is out, as far as I know. Other companies are slated to start releasing them too, like Dell. Dell's will be called the Streak. "Oh yes they call it the Streak! Fastest thing on two feet." hahaha

[nbohr1more]

Bah! I think Tablets are gimmicky.

 

A Netbook with a touch-screen is fine but remove the keyboard and you are in UI hell unless you love Big-Content's walled-garden-live-with-less-and-eat-what-we-feed-you approach...

 

I like my buttons.