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elvis:


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--- Quote from: elvis on October 14, 2005, 11:47:29 pm ---The GPX2 is due out soon.  It's the next model up from the old GP32X, and should be more powerful (ie: able to play a larger selection of MAME games).

http://www.gp32x.com/gp2x.php

They're quoting 8 hours of video play time on 2X AA batteries.


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I read 6 hours on another site.

And I'd need the option of swapping controls anyway, so something like that unfortunately will not work.

Darren

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So you want 8 hours of battery life, swappable controls, enough power to play most MAME titles, and totally portable.

Sorry mate, but you're asking for the impossible.

1) Size/portability
2) Power
3) Battery life

Choose 2.  You can't have all 3.

GPX2 will give you size and battery life, with poor grunt.  Laptop will give you size and power with poor battery life.  A custom designed LCD screen. mini-ITX system and 12V battery style setup will give you power and battery life, but with limited portability.  There just is no option for all 3 at the same time.

And if there was, someone would be making millions from it already.  At the end of the day you're going to have to sacrifice something. 


vrf:

You'd pay through the nose, but can you imagine building an ultra small control panel with a little space for one of these:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=876

Lilwolf:

Aren't those computers cute.

trouble is they are $2000 used on ebay...  The question is how much would you pay?  If there was a good solution for $1000 would you? 

And they would probably be a pretty bad system for mame.  The buttons look like crap for gaming mainly.  And they don't seem to be placed well to use in your hands.

I'm still hoping for a better solution out there.

vrf:

I wasn't thinking Gameboy-size. Those buttons wouldn't work, I agree. But what if it was more of a "laptop" configuration with a mini-CP. You'd pack the CP and this thing into a custom plastic case about the size of a notebook computer.

You'd have to have a good design, of course, and maybe even get all of your parts cut by laser.

http://www.pololu.com/laser_cutting.html

Or, if you wanted something really small, you could hack a game pad into a little plastic "frame" that surrounds this thing.

And yes, you'd spend a fortune, that's for sure.

Lilwolf:

I considered making a control panel in set of luggage when it looked like I might be taking a traveling job.  So with that and a notebook (was hoping to get one with a detachable screen) I would have one. 

I guess the question is how portable (could but wouldn't want to daily) or very (runs on batteries) or just a control panel (maybe a computer + control panel but plugs into others TVs).



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