Portable Game & Media Player - Another Homebrew Contender ?

[wraggster]

We here at DCEmu try to inform you on what may or may not be the latest consoles/gadgets that will be home to a new homebrew community. Recently we have written about the JXD301, Apple iPhone/iTouch and the as yet unamed Console from the GBAx Camp.

Well down to buisness, the Portable Game & Media Player from SuccessHK has been out a few months now but at a price of $109 and boasting NES, SNES & MD/SMC Emulation it sure is very interesting

Heres the ful spec/info:

Portable Game & Media Player integrates such functions as watching Movie, enjoying Music, Playing GAMES , Reading novels, sound Recording, browsing Pictures and Take pictures. Feature : Game Player : Game Emulator support NES, SNES & MD/SMC ( Sega 16bit ), You can run thousands of game which you can download from Internet Movie Player : Support AVI of MPEG-4 format ( DIVX 3.11/4.X/5.X and XVID codec : Sizes : 320*240 @ 30 fps ) Music Player : Support MP3, WMA, FLAC , with Equlizer Camera : Digital Camera Function with 1300K pixel Video Recorder : Record in 320*240 MPEG4 Voice Recorder : Voice Recorde in MP3 format in 128,192 and 256KPS E-Book Reader : Support E-Book in TXT format Picture Viewer : Support JPG, GIF , BMP format Build-in 1G memory, Support Max. 4G external SD card. Build-in Litum Rechargable battery wth 12000mah , Continue Video play for 6 hrs, or Music play for 20 hrs. With Auto Shut down, Firmware upgradable, 3.6" screen size ( 960*240) TFT , Theme Select, Multi Language support ( English, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese ) , Wallpaper changable ,

Can this be opened up to homebrew ?, has anyone already done it ? all questions we would like to know the answer of.

Do the consoles above interest you or are you sticking with your PSP/DS/GP2X for your handheld thrills ?

Portable Game & Media Player

[JKKDARK]

It looks awesome and I like to see all these new handhelds appearing. But sadly I don't think I will buy more handhelds at the moment, the PSP and my new Nokia N73 are enough.

[osgeld]

looks just like the first time we saw it last month

still missing a button so snes and 6 button genesis games are screwed

still too much $ for some screwball media player, aside from the games you can get devices that does everything else for 50 bucks

[argor]

i am sticking with my gp2x and wating for the new console
i cant wait to see the the final design it will be revealed this month

[sukhi-2006]

I hate portable systems with same features psp and this are identical when it comes to features i hate these kind of consoles nothing new at all, gp2x-f200 has touch screen which is ok and ds lite with microphone,dual screen,touch screen one best systems ever, if anything like ds lite comes out in the near future i would buy it.

[hazeythelazy]

WoW this thing AND the GP2X are all GARGAGE... If you are going to make a homebrew device, WHY can't the PLAY "Sega Saturn, Atari Jaguar, and of course N64." We need devices that are designed for those "Hard To Emulate" Systems!
+What next gen handheld console can't you play movies on, My DS even plays movies!

[argor]

WoW this thing AND the GP2X are all GARGAGE... If you are going to make a homebrew device, WHY can't the PLAyAtari Jaguar, !

gp2x Atari Jaguar Emulator T2k is the best Atari Jaguar
Emulator on any handheld
and her is youtube video for you

[Exophase]

These copycat PMPs with tacked on emulation have been flooding China for a long time now. It's just that they're now becoming available outside China too.

Some of them seem to come closer to real gaming controls than others but I haven't seen any that don't look like they have some serious flaws. Look at this thing, it has three vertically oriented buttons, how is that not supposed to be terrible for any platform that regularly uses more than one action button? Can you even imagine playing a simple game of Super Mario Bros on it? Because if you can't play SMB comfortably on a handheld then it has failed miserably as a gaming device.

Also not impressed by the stolen emulators, especially when they port ones that end up not working well at all.

hazeythelazy; You can forget about that happening, because even if the devices are powerful enough doing the emulator takes too much work and talent for these cheap manufacturers. Unlike NES, SNES, Genesis, GBC, etc you can't do a quick port of something and expect it to actually play at a decent speed (that doesn't stop them from porting VBA though >_<)

[rikseaside]

Well down to buisness, the Portable Game & Media Player from SuccessHK has been out a few months now but at a price of $109 and boasting NES, SNES & MD/SMC Emulation it sure is very interesting

Does the world really need yet another multi-function device with slightly disappointing specs?
Well at least it has a catchy name

[Veskgar]

These devices are all a waste of money and time. They all seem to have that ridiculous D-Pad style and like others have pointed out, how in hell is homebrew & emulation supposed to be enjoyable with that button layout? WTF?

The PSP is still superior when it comes to portable multimedia devices IMHO. I mean what else can play PS1 and N64 so well?