[GP2X Game System MK2 Released]

[wraggster]

Play Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71-d1-49-en-84-j-70-uq6.html) are today stocking the MK2 GP2X Console, heres the full info:

http://image4.play-asia.com/170/PA.39822.013.jpg

features
• Powerful Dual core CPU: Dual core 'ARM920T, ARM940T' is embedded in GP2X. Enjoy cutting edge music, movies, and games with powerful dual CPU.
• Entertainment follows you: Replays MPEG, XviD, WMV DivX format digital contents up to 720*480 pixels and supports caption. Watch vivid motion pictures on the high resolution 3.5" 170,000 colors TFT LCD.
• Enjoy Games with GP2X now! CPU which has 2D accelerator enables you enjoy games anytime anywhere. Meet the exclusive GPX2 games along with abundant emulators.
• Realizes a powerful digital sound, and supports various audio codec: Replays music in MP3, WMA, OGG format on the multi-codec MP3 player. Listen to 100mw of true high quality sound.
• Electronic Album-JPG BMP Support: You can download and view photos taken on a digital camera through your PC. Enlargement, abridgment is available from 320*240 up to 1024*768 and you can rotate Images up to 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°, Supports JPG, BMP, PCX, GIF files.
• Read a text file with GP2X now! You can read electronic novels and any other text files through the text viewer. Besides you can use enlargement and abridgment function when you read a text file.
• Upgradeable Firmware
• USB 2.0 high speed: You can get a file of 500Mbps with USB 2.0 which is connected with PC.
• 2AA Batteries: You can watch 320*240(30frame) of video file for approximately 8 hours and listen to mp3 file for approximately 14 hours (LCD off ) continuously with 2AA batteries.
• PC Development: Basic development: Linux. Windows: Enabled via Cygwin installation.
• Open SDK Library: Supports software development library: SDL (Simple Direct Library), Basic Library, Graphic library (Sound library), Hardware I/O library
• Color: Black
• MK2 version with new display and new joystick cap & Firmware 2.0.0

description
Powered by embedded Linux, the GP2X offers video playback of sources up to a resolution of 720x480. The vivid 3.5inch screen features 170,000 colors and a 320x240 pixel TFT LCD display. Backed by a Dual-CPU, both clocked at 200Mhz, 64MBytes of Flash Memory (non-volatile to store data) and 64MBytes of RAM, it gives you all a video games enthusiast can ask for. The system is free for anybody to develop software on, be it emulators or native applications. Games and emulators perfectly utilize the screen resolution. The buttons are laid out in a classic style, essential for true gaming.

Besides its gaming capabilities, the GP2X is a rich multimedia device. It supports multiple codecs for video (MPEG, MPEG4, DivX, XVid) and audio (MP3, OGG, WMA) and you are able to hook up the device to your TV-Set. Viewing pictures you have just taken? Just put an SD-Card in the socket and view them with your friends and family. It has never been that easy.

Games, Movies, Music, E-Books, Photos - Enjoy it all with GP2X.

The MK2 Version has the following benefits:

Preattached screen cover

Larger (more grippy) joystick cap

Firmware V2

Comes with 2 game demos (Vektar & Payback)

Buy for $169.99 at Play Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71-d1-49-en-84-j-70-uq6.html)

[Is'lan]

The joystick in the pictures doesn't look any different.

[Destro]

A replacement joystick cap was already available... and only fixes 1/4 of the joystick issue. The real joystick issue is the sensitivity or "throw" distance, whatever you want to call it.

Firmware 2.0 was already available.

and what the heck is a "pre-attached screen cover".

This is not big news... it's a big disappointment actually. I sold my GP2X because of the poor joystick. Games just aren't FUN with the crappy joystick.... isn't that the point of games?

I *WILL* buy another one if the actually replace the joystick with something better (like a D-pad).

[Blades]

The pre-attached screen cover was the dumb plastic protective screen that you had to attach if you bought it right out of the box. However some online stores were nice enough to put it on for you. I had to put mine on. Not a pain, just had to make sure no dust was in the air.

There are a few changes that are cool. But nothing warrents buying me another one. I like the current one that I have.

[yaustar]

Screen was changed so there are no scanlines but the trade off is a slightly more washed out screen (BLU style) although this can be adjusted with a third party app.

The joysitck is internally rotated 45 degrees so there is more bias on the X and Y axis rather then the diagonals in Mk1. The replacement cap is not shown in the picture but if it anything like DaveC's, it is FAR better then the original.

[Is'lan]

Screen was changed so there are no scanlines but the trade off is a slightly more washed out screen (BLU style) although this can be adjusted with a third party app.

The joysitck is internally rotated 45 degrees so there is more bias on the X and Y axis rather then the diagonals in Mk1. The replacement cap is not shown in the picture but if it anything like DaveC's, it is FAR better then the original.

Crud, is there any way to do that to Mk1 without breaking it? Not worth getting a new gp2x, but some games are practically unplayable as it is.

Edit: that is, rotate it 45 degrees