REBEL NOW: GP2X

GP2X Handheld Gaming Unit

PSP. Nintendo DS. N-Gage. Gameboy Advanced. There are quiet a few mainstream handheld gaming systems on the market. There are quiet a few more on the underground market. Not illegal mind you just not necessarily marketed on the US and sans all they hype. The GPX2 is one of the leaders of the underground handheld movement. It does everything a PSP does and then some. Open source with software included means ANYONE can develop games for the system: so you’ll never run out of games. Runs on Ultra stable Linux operating system not to mention it only needs two AA batteries to start the action. An ultimate mobile multimedia experience the unit plays movies, your MP3 music collection and even reads E Books. It takes any SD card up to 4GBs, and can play movies inputted at any resolution. With a 320×240 back-lit screen and two 200mhz CPU’s with 64meg of RAM each, custom graphics hardware and decoding chips, making it a very powerful and versatile handheld. With the addition of standard TV Out Connector Cables you can connect the GP2X to your TV console style, and watch your DivX movies or try your hand at big screen Quake. Also there is a great community for support up grades and lots of goodies… Give them a look-see.

Specs:

  • Sleek black handheld console which plays games, movies, your MP3 music collection, E-books, displays text files and photos.
  • Plug and play to your PC.
  • A selection of games such as Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Vektar, Beneith a Steel Sky are already installed on the console.
  • Additional games and movies can be downloaded from www.gp2x.co.uk
  • Operates Linux OS.
  • Two 200mhz CPU’s with 64meg of RAM.
  • Custom graphics hardware.
  • Decoding chips.
  • An internal scaling chip to enable you to watch movies on the console.
  • Compatible with AVI/DIVX/XVID movie files with up to 720*480 resolution.
  • Takes SD cards up to 4GB.
  • A T.V. cable is available to purchase so you can play your games or movies on the big screen.
  • Joystick control with standard ABXY buttons.
  • A pair of in-built speakers.
  • Full User Guide.
  • Requires a USB cable (included).
  • Requires 2 x AA Batteries (included).
  • Size: 14 x 8 x 3cm.

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