Magus 86 posted on Sep 22 2005 at 05:38 AM said:Um... Would it really kill you to just play the veritcal screened mame games the regular way on the GP2X? Sure, the screen might not be quite as big(it'll be like widescreen, except reversed), but it's still playable, and you have plenty of buttons to work with then. Plus, it looks to me as though the joystick would be kind of awkward to use when holding it on its side anyhow.
And as far as the volume thing is concerned, I too proposed that change to GPH. And I didn't flame you at all, but I did tell you to just calm down, wait, and see what unfolds(not cuz of the volume thing but the constant bitching about how the GPX2 was gonna be a disaster). I don't really care about the vertical mame thing, but a dial would just have been much more convenient. And they could have given us some extra buttons too. The volume would be out of the way, and there would be a lot of extra space on whichever side they didn't have start and select on.
admitedly its been said too much, but I do agree with him. If I had a bit of paper, and had to correct everything I thought I wanted improved on the GP32 I couldn't of asked for more. But To lose the jog dial, something that I IMO they got right on the GP32. Two general purpose buttons with +/- on them would have been a better choice If forgoing the jog-dial becuase at lease they could be used for something else(not just mame btw). But suggestions for that kind of change sound expensive late in the process. Although with the caseless GP2X we have seen, this might not be true.
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