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You guys are happy paying for roms?

That's not meant to sound insulting, just a question.

Well I'm imagining that it will be a similar setup to the Wii's Virtual Console network, which is great but games are limited and by the time you buy the Game Gadget and a handful of games it will ending up costing a lot of money for the sake of playing some 8/16 bit games.

Don't know if somebody ever tell that, according to the FAQ it's the same cpu than the a380 and a320e one.
Not really a "dual-core" it just have a vpu

FAQ

What kind of cpu architecture is inside?
We use an Ingenic 4750 which is based on the MIPS32 (MIPS-II) family. It has custom 'X-Burst' extensions to accelerate some multi-media functions.


What OS will the SDK run on?
Linux/X86 only

Will it be easy to use SDL on it?
Integrating SDL is done by linking 'libsdl'.

What kind of cpu architecture is inside?

We use an Ingenic 4750 which is based on the MIPS32 (MIPS-II) family. It has custom 'X-Burst' extensions to accelerate some multi-media functions.

Do it support OpenGL ES 1, 2?
No (GameGadget does not have additional 3D acceleration hardware).


What OS will the SDK run on?

Linux/X86 only (as of now ? additional versions in development)

Will it be easy to use SDL on it?
Integrating SDL is done by linking 'libsdl'.


What can it do?
Simple 2D games. 16bit or earlier emulation. Some simple 3d/2.5d games (Doom, Quake, etc).

What it can't do:
Modern games. 3D. Android or iOS (or other mobile platforms).

http://www.gamegadget.net/developers/info_14.html

only 16 bit ? well I'm afraid that leaves me out I was hoping with those specs they could at least emulate gba maybe I'll just go for one of the jxd's or yinlips consoles

I'm sure gpSP can be ported to it (if the firmware isn't closed off for homebrew).

Don't get your hopes up. Every gpSP port will suffer from the same game glitches. There are no developers working on the core.

I guess the only real solution (as far as legality) would be a device that maybe connects to a online service to steam retro games.

If its to download them, then prices have to be reasonable.

You used to be able to get on demand movies off the Internet but prices was like ?2-3 a Movie which is too much sometimes, so the whole Netflix, Sky Movies Anytime route is better a set price per month for access to a Movie Libary.

something like that for a handheld device would be fine, but then it would mean having a internet connection.

PSA: Game Gadget is running a contest on Facebook to give away their first system. Just have to like a status update before tomorrow.

http://www.facebook.com/gamegadgetgames/posts/378461235508305

Blaze have confirmed that the console is being delayed slightly.  Though Amazon, Grainger Games and Play.com all state the release as the 27th April, Blaze have said that they plan for a street date of the 6th April, which is next Friday.

There is a lot of useful stuff on the http://www.facebook.com/gamegadgetgames page including the announcement of the following games as the ten free games included on launch:

Golden Axe
Altered Beast
Comix Zone
Ecco the Dolphin
Gain Ground
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
VectorMan
Crack Down
Shadow Dancer
Space Harrier II

The following games will also be available on launch day:

Alex Kidd (not sure which one)
Kid Chameleon
Columns
Coulmns 3
Ecco: The Tides Of Time
Ecco Jr
Fatal Labyrinth
Virtua Fighter 2

Others too

I agree with everyone so far that almost nobody is going to pay and go through the hassle to download Mega Drive games from a specific site when there are a ton of other handhelds that let you do it for free from any ROM site.  HOWEVER, according to this

" Overview

A developer can either:
a) Make direct use of the standard linux kernel framebuffer for sound and the also standard ALSA kernel subsystem for sound.
b) Use the SDL (+SDL_gfx, +SDL_image, +SDL_mixer, +SDL_net, +SDL_sound, +SDL_ttf) to program graphics and sound.
c) Use DirectFB for graphics (included but mostly untested).

Obviously the preferred choice is (b), since the included SDL has been tweaked and optimized to work with the specifics of the machine.

The developer can make use of any of the other included libraries (for example for reading XML configuration files). If he needs a library not included as standard, he can just compile it and distribute as part of his application (in the same directory).

Developers are welcome to suggest libraries to be included in our firmware.
Porting an application that ALREADY runs on linux should be quite easy, given that it is suited to the 320x240 resolution. In some cases the developer will just have to tweak the compile scripts or make files to use the GameGadget toolchain compiler instead of the host system compiler.

Porting an existing linux application can be sometimes very easy, but I don' believe anything can run "as is" without some work."  Taken from this official page   http://www.gamegadget.net/developers/info_14.html
I am no expert, but it seems that if this were all true, people could play homebrew emus without having to pay for roms as long as some one stepped up to the plate and ported emulators over to the console.  If this were possible, I think that the GameGadget would be a lot more reasonable. H.G.

I feel that the prices are a little steap.

?5 a game, just as Nintendo do with a lot of their Virtual Console Games.

Some games are worth that, but some are not. If they made compilation packs like say all Sonics for ?5 then fair enough.

I think that a price of ?2 a game would be fairer, the company has to remember a lot of people could use various hand helds to run homebrew and play roms for free.

I just think the prices are whats going to put people off.