G1 News

Ah, the GP2x… The greatest handheld that never was, the GP2X was an Open Source handset from Korea that was designed to be equally easy for homebrew programs to run as commercial titles.

Unsurprisingly, it took about 6 minutes before devs managed to emulate all the popular machines from the Sega Megadrive/Genesis to the Neo-Geo and even arcade machines on the powerful device.

Even the famous GTA clone Payback started life as an ambitious GP2X game before recently jumping ship to the iPhone.

Why does all this matter to you, humble G1 owner?

Well, the machine is being emulated in its entirety onto Android, meaning all of the arcade classics you used to spend you lunch money on can be replicated on your mobile phone!

Check out this video from clever dev Jrioni, chowing off all manner of emulation (via GP2X emulation!) of some classic titles. When it will be available to the rest of us is unknown…

Samurai Shodown on the toilet? I thought this day would never come!

Source: Android Community

The wait is finally over. A nice little suprise for the hols, as the Android update popped out across the US and the few spots in Europe that got left behind.

Everyone should be in possession of the sweet new Android 1.5 update, and if not the US version is available on XDA Developers for download.

What do y’all think of it? An android revolution or a mere evolution of a sweet platform?

Let me know!