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    Kickstarter - GCW-Zero retro console

    Just been checking this out:



    This website is for sale! gcw-zero.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, gcw-zero.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!



    We live in a technological era where it is possible to place powerful gaming hardware that exceeds yesterday's PCs in the palm of your hand. Tablets and smart phones are just one example of this. Their touch screens have already revolutionized casual, portable gaming. However, many gamers would agree that they are in their true natural habitat when in direct control of that experience with physical buttons and a real d-pad or authentic analog control. The world just needed these two ideas combined into one package for the gaming community.
    We are developing the Game Consoles Worldwide (GCW) Zero, a handheld console built around the Ingenic JZ4770 1 GHz MIPS processor. It is powerful enough to run classic PC games, emulate the game consoles we grew up with and run homebrew games seamlessly at high frame rates.
    We here at Game Consoles Worldwide believe that a company should not just capitalize and consumers should be allowed to do more than consume. Too many devices today are walled gardens, designed solely for consumption. Not ours! The GCW Zero gives you full control of your handheld. Install any application you want to run, change the operating system in any way you want. We won't fight you; in fact we'll encourage you.
    Looks like quite a nice little machine for retro emulation. It's based of the Dingoo O/S so already has a lot of support emulator wise. $135 pledge to get the console (plus $20 to ship to the UK).

    There's a bunch of video's on their Youtube channel.



    Sorely tempted to give them some money. I miss my dingoo but would love something that handles SNES a little better and this apparently runs full speed.

    Last edited by watusi; 18-01-2013, 13:33.

    #2
    That looks pretty good, not too expensive, and looks quite well thought out specs and design wise. Normally with these types of devices there is something not quite right, poor dpad or not power full enough to run emus well.

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      #3
      This just met its goal so it's now funded. There's some indepth reviews of it on this channel:

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        #4
        I backed it, now just have to wait for it to go into production.

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          #5
          Looks cool. Remembering fondly my days back on the GP32 scene.

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            #6
            Sorry to bump this up, what is the current status on this?
            I ventured onto one of the re-sellers website. It says not in stock, with a little message saying they have not heard an update from the manufacturer yet.

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              #7
              They are supposedly starting to ship the kickstarter machines next week. Delays due to the memory upgrade needing a rewrite of the kernel.

              There's more details on the kickstarter page.

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                #8
                Looks very interesting, will you post some of your impressions when you get yours watusi?

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                  #9
                  It would be my pleasure. I've been waiting long enough for it! But I guess that's the nature of backing something on kickstarter.

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                    #10
                    Yeah next week is the estimate, then they go on general sale after the is units are all shipped. Looking forward to mine too.

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