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RE: Pandora’s Box – Top 10 Games to Get
I would love to have gotten my hands on a Pandora, but the price was just too steep! Same for the earlier stuff from GP Holdings. By the time I could afford one of the GP handhelds, they had a newer better model, and by the time I could afford that, I couldn't find one.
If I could find an OpenPandora system, I could probably afford it, but now the Pyra looks like the new awesomeness, so I guess I'll wait for that.
Price is always an issue with these things. For one, even if it came from a big company like Nintendo or Sony, you are not sure it will survive and have good games released. By the time you realize that, the next new thing has come out and the previous model looks "eh" in comparison, though while still awesome it is just not that interesting anymore.
Something open source like this is even a wilder betting game. What if devs don't attach to it? The Pandora obviously has a robust development community for an arguably small market. That makes it rather interesting to me.
The open source aspect is what attracted me the most. Just rebuild and run whatever SDL-using game you want? Sounds awesome. But the price point was just a little too high... and I've a pile of other hardware... zippit z2 messenger, sharp zaurus, old palm pilots... maybe it's better that it's priced a little high. And it can run emulators... a handheld linux device with a keyboard, and game controls, just thinking about it makes me want the Pyra even more. shrug Maybe I'll make tons of steem so I can just go buy fun stuff like this.
Have you seen the GPD Win? I wonder if anyone has installed Linux on that and basically turned it into a Pandora portable that is better built?
I sure have! But I had forgotten about it. It led me to that whole line of GPD clamshells which I ultimately concluded wouldn't work because of one random facile argument or another.
I didn't realize they had 4GB of RAM!
Looks like at least Arch works on it. Though some tweaking for the wireless.
There's an 8GB version coming in the form of the GPD Win 2? Oh man.... runs ubuntu...
I have to walk away from the internet or I'm going to make some rash purchases.