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Jun 26, 2007View in Crawl 4
it doesn't look powerful enough for emulation of other systems. Maybe an Atari 2600, but other than that i don't think it has the muscle to emulate more modern platforms.
i understand that. i just think that there are much better alternatives even if you didn't want to develop on a normal PC. a PSP is only $140 these days, and it's also got more powerful hardware. the DS, likewise, seems like a better game development platform--there are all kinds of possibilities made possible with the touch pad input system. the GP2X is another handheld platform that you could develop games for which seems more interesting.i mean, what exactly about this system makes it unique from all the available alternatives for game development?
we can always use more linux game developers. and if you decide to go that route, you could probably do game development on the linux-based GP2X as well. personally i'm most interested in the PSP homebrew scene at the moment though.
sneakerelphJun 27, 2007
it doesn't look powerful enough for emulation of other systems. Maybe an Atari 2600, but other than that i don't think it has the muscle to emulate more modern platforms.
echeeseJun 27, 2007
Why not use a modded C64 DTV? I've seen some pretty cool things come out of those little joysticks.
croxisJun 27, 2007
Because some people just love to tinker with different and new stuff.
lavahotJun 27, 2007
How many high middle schoolers do you know? why do you have to be stoned to program these days?
smackheroJun 27, 2007
i understand that. i just think that there are much better alternatives even if you didn't want to develop on a normal PC. a PSP is only $140 these days, and it's also got more powerful hardware. the DS, likewise, seems like a better game development platform--there are all kinds of possibilities made possible with the touch pad input system. the GP2X is another handheld platform that you could develop games for which seems more interesting.i mean, what exactly about this system makes it unique from all the available alternatives for game development?
smackheroJun 27, 2007
we can always use more linux game developers. and if you decide to go that route, you could probably do game development on the linux-based GP2X as well. personally i'm most interested in the PSP homebrew scene at the moment though.