GP2X Cannoo - worth the bother or not? - Page 2

Amiga1992 · 25 January 2012, 00:22

I had both, I actually bought the F200 and the Caanoo at the same time. I ended up selling the F200.
The Caanoo is faster, the problem is, not all emus are ported over. So you have to use GINGE for running some of the old GP2X emus and some times they don't even run.

Amiga emulation is much better, but The port of Vice is quite shitty, someone needs to do a proper job. I haven't tried Atari ST though.

mikele · 25 January 2012, 09:07

Akira: how's analog stick? I want portable device for Amiga/Mega Drive/MAME emulation, but I am worried about lack of d-pad in Caanoo.

pubzombie · 25 January 2012, 09:36

Atari ST emulation us great on my f200 even at stock speeds. In fact I use it to play most Amiga titles I used to own as it runs much better than Amiga emu stuff. I have virtually every st title ever released on 1 SD card :-) . Mame is also nice if U tinker with it, I have some different settings for different games that was initially a pain to sort out but paid off in the end. The controls can be a pain but I can always use a joypad with cradle and tv out if I want. That used to be great for office competitions at work in my old job. I am waiting, for 3 years, for a Pandora and I am at the point of loosing the plot and getting my money back, but still keep hanging in there.

P-J · 25 January 2012, 09:38

Personally, the analogue stick is the best part for me. I'd prefer a d-pad but it's totally useable as a digital stick and puts the GP2X one to shame.

Just my opinion of course

Djay · 28 January 2012, 01:51

OK....

I have spent the evening setting up my caanoo... i have installed some emulators and am loving the PSX Reloaded Emulator, Final Fantasy VII runs pretty well...

the 16 bit console emulators all run great although noticed that it gets choppy on Starwing, massive reduction in frame rate

noticed that some PSX ISOs dont like the emulator (or caanoo spec), Ridge Racer Revolution has a bug which means pressing buttons does nothing... Doom (PSX) failed completely just hangs on load...Bust-A-Move 2 has no sound or very late sound...

...HOWEVER... saved my game of Final Fantasy VII, took SD card out of Caanoo, inserted SD in PC, transferred the mem.card file to the PC, renamed... works in the PC version of the emulator... EPIC!!!

MAME in general is ok, Aliens slows down a bit at 700Mhz, but others like Rainbow Islands, Space Harrier work very well

so far... really liking the Caanoo, doesnt feel cheap, joystick thingy working pretty well... L1 is a bit of pain to press sometimes, menu navigation is easy as is setting up the SD Card and getting everything installed (transferred) correctly

one small gripe!

AMIGA EMULATION CONFUSION... i renamed an Kickstart1.3(A500 blah blah blah) to KICK.ROM and placed in rom folder and kickstart folder and emulator still states it cant find KICK.ROM...

... driving me nuts... what am i doing wrong

i haven't upgraded firmware and wont unless there is a good reason

Amiga1992 · 28 January 2012, 02:18

Don't upgrade the frmware!

pubzombie · 28 January 2012, 12:13

never touched the firmware on any GPH console, if you do want to get some advice off folks with oodles of experience. I have 4:0 on my f200 I was lucky at the time many people were bricking their consoles fiddling with firm ware versions. Its prob best to leave it alone an tweak everything you can tweak before upgrading. Just my advice, from my experience of friends F200s.
PZ

T_hairy_bootson · 28 January 2012, 12:39

512kb kick 1.3
THe one with [o] after it in tosec.

Djay · 28 January 2012, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_hairy_bootson

512kb kick 1.3
THe one with [o] after it in tosec.

Awesome... I will check it when I get home!!!

Djay · 03 February 2012, 14:14

renamed the tosec kick1.3[o] to KICK.ROM and placed in the kickstarts folder on the SD card...

still states it can't find KICK.ROM when it loads?

any ideas, what i am doing wrong?

Amiga1992 · 03 February 2012, 15:00

I sent you a PM mate, check your inbox

Djay · 03 February 2012, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

I sent you a PM mate, check your inbox

LEGEND!

i saw the structure of the files... all i needed to do was move kick.rom to the route folder (not place it in kickstarts/roms)...

Amiga1992 · 03 February 2012, 19:00

Glad you worked it out!

It's real fun to play portable Amiga games, I love Benefactor on the go!!
If you run into perform,ance issues, perhaps my config will prove useful too.

Djay · 03 February 2012, 22:07

Yeah pretty cool!

Haven't had any problems so far, apart from forgetting to switch the input from mouse to joystick... Watching scene demos is awesome!!!

10 February 2012, 09:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Don't upgrade the frmware!

Hi Akira! Why and what is the recommended version?

Amiga1992 · 10 February 2012, 10:32

New versions did not offer any real upgrades making the updates ridiculous. The newest version, which I unfortunately have, has a retarded opening screen that makes bootup time slower. So much for improvements, right?> :P

I think the best one to use is 1.5.0 or 1.6.0 but DO NOT ever use 1.6.1
I think *some* emus run only on 1.6.0 but I don't remember 100%.

Try to stick to 1.5.0 and if something happens not to work with it just go 1.6.0

Links to both:
1.5.0: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,563
1.6.0: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,638

10 February 2012, 10:37

Thanks. Of course I already have 1.6.1, if it's only about boot time -- I can take it. If it's rather matter of compatibility, overall speed or any other annoying bugs/things, could you please provide a source of this kind of information?

Is it even safe to downgrade Caanoo? I've heard some bricks happened.

Thank you.
K

Amiga1992 · 10 February 2012, 10:53

I have not noticed other problems so far, to be honest.
You cannot downgrade so forget it! It would be a risk, not worth it.

Look at the comments for information about this update: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,743

10 February 2012, 10:54

Thanks.

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25 January 2012, 00:22	#21
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	I had both, I actually bought the F200 and the Caanoo at the same time. I ended up selling the F200. The Caanoo is faster, the problem is, not all emus are ported over. So you have to use GINGE for running some of the old GP2X emus and some times they don't even run. Amiga emulation is much better, but The port of Vice is quite shitty, someone needs to do a proper job. I haven't tried Atari ST though.

25 January 2012, 09:07	#22
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	Akira: how's analog stick? I want portable device for Amiga/Mega Drive/MAME emulation, but I am worried about lack of d-pad in Caanoo.

25 January 2012, 09:36	#23
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	Atari ST emulation us great on my f200 even at stock speeds. In fact I use it to play most Amiga titles I used to own as it runs much better than Amiga emu stuff. I have virtually every st title ever released on 1 SD card :-) . Mame is also nice if U tinker with it, I have some different settings for different games that was initially a pain to sort out but paid off in the end. The controls can be a pain but I can always use a joypad with cradle and tv out if I want. That used to be great for office competitions at work in my old job. I am waiting, for 3 years, for a Pandora and I am at the point of loosing the plot and getting my money back, but still keep hanging in there.

25 January 2012, 09:38	#24
P-J Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Moorpark, California Age: 44 Posts: 1,153	Personally, the analogue stick is the best part for me. I'd prefer a d-pad but it's totally useable as a digital stick and puts the GP2X one to shame. Just my opinion of course

28 January 2012, 01:51	#25
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	OK.... I have spent the evening setting up my caanoo... i have installed some emulators and am loving the PSX Reloaded Emulator, Final Fantasy VII runs pretty well... the 16 bit console emulators all run great although noticed that it gets choppy on Starwing, massive reduction in frame rate noticed that some PSX ISOs dont like the emulator (or caanoo spec), Ridge Racer Revolution has a bug which means pressing buttons does nothing... Doom (PSX) failed completely just hangs on load...Bust-A-Move 2 has no sound or very late sound... ...HOWEVER... saved my game of Final Fantasy VII, took SD card out of Caanoo, inserted SD in PC, transferred the mem.card file to the PC, renamed... works in the PC version of the emulator... EPIC!!! MAME in general is ok, Aliens slows down a bit at 700Mhz, but others like Rainbow Islands, Space Harrier work very well so far... really liking the Caanoo, doesnt feel cheap, joystick thingy working pretty well... L1 is a bit of pain to press sometimes, menu navigation is easy as is setting up the SD Card and getting everything installed (transferred) correctly one small gripe! AMIGA EMULATION CONFUSION... i renamed an Kickstart1.3(A500 blah blah blah) to KICK.ROM and placed in rom folder and kickstart folder and emulator still states it cant find KICK.ROM... ... driving me nuts... what am i doing wrong i haven't upgraded firmware and wont unless there is a good reason

28 January 2012, 02:18	#26
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Don't upgrade the frmware!

28 January 2012, 12:13	#27
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	never touched the firmware on any GPH console, if you do want to get some advice off folks with oodles of experience. I have 4:0 on my f200 I was lucky at the time many people were bricking their consoles fiddling with firm ware versions. Its prob best to leave it alone an tweak everything you can tweak before upgrading. Just my advice, from my experience of friends F200s. PZ

28 January 2012, 12:39	#28
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	512kb kick 1.3 THe one with [o] after it in tosec.

03 February 2012, 14:14	#30
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	renamed the tosec kick1.3[o] to KICK.ROM and placed in the kickstarts folder on the SD card... still states it can't find KICK.ROM when it loads? any ideas, what i am doing wrong?

03 February 2012, 15:00	#31
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	I sent you a PM mate, check your inbox

03 February 2012, 19:00	#33
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Glad you worked it out! It's real fun to play portable Amiga games, I love Benefactor on the go!! If you run into perform,ance issues, perhaps my config will prove useful too.

03 February 2012, 22:07	#34
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	Yeah pretty cool! Haven't had any problems so far, apart from forgetting to switch the input from mouse to joystick... Watching scene demos is awesome!!!

10 February 2012, 10:32	#36
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	New versions did not offer any real upgrades making the updates ridiculous. The newest version, which I unfortunately have, has a retarded opening screen that makes bootup time slower. So much for improvements, right?> :P I think the best one to use is 1.5.0 or 1.6.0 but DO NOT ever use 1.6.1 I think some emus run only on 1.6.0 but I don't remember 100%. Try to stick to 1.5.0 and if something happens not to work with it just go 1.6.0 Links to both: 1.5.0: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,563 1.6.0: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,638

10 February 2012, 10:37	#37
Kokos Posts: n/a	Thanks. Of course I already have 1.6.1, if it's only about boot time -- I can take it. If it's rather matter of compatibility, overall speed or any other annoying bugs/things, could you please provide a source of this kind of information? Is it even safe to downgrade Caanoo? I've heard some bricks happened. Thank you. K

10 February 2012, 10:53	#38
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	I have not noticed other problems so far, to be honest. You cannot downgrade so forget it! It would be a risk, not worth it. Look at the comments for information about this update: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/...0,0,0,0,42,743

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