GCW Zero: Homebrew handheld galore $135 (play SNES, NES, Genesis, GBA on the go)

[Kodie]

I thought a few of you might be interested in a niche handheld that plays your retro gaming collection. It's pretty affordable at $125 and comes with 512MB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. Check it out here:

GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld by Justin Barwick — Kickstarter

If there's enough interest, I can post some more info and videos. I backed it for 135 today.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

How about I play all those games free on my smartphone

 

[Kodie]

How about I play all those games free on my smartphone

Yeah for most people that's fine but these emulators run with better sound, fewer hiccups, less frameskipping and better overall compatibility than the traditional iOS and Android emulators. Not to mention, of course, built-in physical controls. This is clearly a niche device but wanted to put it out there for anyone interested.

 

[courtdog]

Yeah for most people that's fine but these emulators run with better sound, fewer hiccups, less frameskipping and better overall compatibility than the traditional iOS and Android emulators. Not to mention, of course, built-in physical controls. This is clearly a niche device but wanted to put it out there for anyone interested.

Only thing this system is missing is the game Brink to make the cypha complete

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

my surface can already do this flawlessly. Why would I need this again?

 

[Kodie]

my surface can already do this flawlessly. Why would I need this again?

Truth is, it can't do it "flawlessly". Unless you maybe talking about a Surface Pro. Then you have a slight chance. Even then, SNES and GBA will have frameskiping. Truth is though, that doesn't matter to most people.

 

[One4Deuce]

How much better would this be than playing on the DS Lite? I think I could run most of those games/systems on that.

 

[Kodie]

How much better would this be than playing on the DS Lite? I think I could run most of those games/systems on that.

GBA is the only thing that would run better (it runs perfect on ds lite bc that's not emulation). Every other system would run better on this.

 

[courtdog]

GBA is the only thing that would run better (it runs perfect on ds lite bc that's not emulation). Every other system would run better on this.

I hope you at least appreciated my previous comment

 

[Liquid]

GBA is the only thing that would run better (it runs perfect on ds lite bc that's not emulation). Every other system would run better on this.

I am thinking about it

I wish it had a second analog nub

LOL @ a $135 kickstarter project kicking the Vita's ass with storage options. Sony

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Truth is, it can't do it "flawlessly". Unless you maybe talking about a Surface Pro. Then you have a slight chance. Even then, SNES and GBA will have frameskiping. Truth is though, that doesn't matter to most people.

Actually the surface RT has plenty of horsepower to play SNES games flawlessly. I do it all the time with my Xbox controller breh.

 

[Liquid]

lol you are so full of shyt

 

[RJY33]

When does this come out? HDMI port?

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

lol you are so full of shyt

Have you actually played snes games on the surface? Or are you just being a contrarian because you hate Microsoft? Your blind hate is disgusting.

PROOF:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ6AOS4bkQA[/ame]

 

[Liquid]

Have you actually played snes games on the surface? Or are you just being a contrarian because you hate Microsoft? Your blind hate is disgusting.

PROOF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ6AOS4bkQA

yeah good luck convincing people to walk around with all that shyt just to play a game that was released 20 years ago.