ok its final i am definitely getting a gp2x!

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:02 pm

ok now it is definite i am getting a gp2x no more stalling. but i need some help. at the moment im trying to put some emulators and roms together so as soon as i get this thing ill be playing it. right now im trying to work squidgesnes, i know this is probably the dumbest question ever asked but where do i put the roms. everything has told me to put them in the roms folder but i dont see a roms folder so do i just make one and put it anywhere?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:10 pm

Make a directory called "ROMS" in the same folder as the SquidgeSNES .gpe executable.

Source: http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/SquidgeSNES

I've heard of a way to have one ROMs folder in the root of the SD card, but I'm not familiar with that technique.

Post by **Triton** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:06 pm

you have to do scripts, pain in the ass. good advice is always read the readme, you can ask me or any other gp2x owner if you need help, ive had it the longest out of anyone here! lol

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:07 pm

As far as I know I have a folder on the root called roms that has a Snes and nes folder in it and they both have roms.

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:01 pm

Triton wrote:you have to do scripts, pain in the ass. good advice is always read the readme, you can ask me or any other gp2x owner if you need help, ive had it the longest out of anyone here! lol

Ummm.... No, you haven't

However, I don't play squidgesnes anyway, so I wouldn't know specifically what the script should look like. It's a pain in the arse doing them, even for fenix.

Post by **Triton** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:20 pm

for some emulators there is a set roms directory, some you can change the default in an INF file but others you do have to write a script to have a root roms directory. and if the "no you havent" was about having had it longer than any member of benheck? I beg to differ! I preordered mine october of last year and got one of the initial batch in early november, one of the first few thousand sold, first edition baby!

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:25 pm

mine too. I only came here from gp32x as goity recommended it to me.

Post by **Triton** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:26 pm

lol yea thats cool.

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:33 pm

good to hear you've made your choice. triton's right, read the readme.

but to amplify the importance of it, read the readme at least 3x before you go out to the gp2x forums for help. They're generally very friendly people on those forums, but you'll just feel stupid when their answers come straight from the readme.

remember that gp2x has no program standards at all. programs are coded in a variety of ways. generally they start out being rather quickly thrown together, and clean themselves up a little later on. If you are on the bleeding edge of gp2x, you will have to follow the readmes just that much more carefully, and hope that they're complete. Remember that you knew this when you bought a 2x, and it will keep you from getting angry at it--at least for a good bit.

it's a great system, I hope you have a better time with it than I did. I just wound up feeling that it was more trouble than it was worth after a few months. that's not to say I won't go back when the scene comes of age.

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:36 pm

alright thanks for all the help everyone. does anyone suggest a different snes emulator?

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:44 pm

I know enough to know that no others are as uptodate or as good as squidgesnes.

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:43 pm

Where's a good place to order a GP2X from if you live in the United States?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:45 pm

http://www.dynamism.com/gp2x/main.shtml

or

http://stores.ebay.com/The-Big-Emu

Both look pretty good to me.

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:09 am

www.gp2xstore.com is run by the old owner of www.gp32z.com, and his service rocks.

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:23 am

well im getting mine from playasia.com theyre cheepest ive seen and ship to europe