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The GCW Zero, the linux based gaming handheld, has reached its kickstarter funding goal. The GCW Zero was born from the ideas of Dingoo owners who wanted something more out of their handheld. The kickstarter campaign got off to a slow start, but has now almost doubled its original 130K goal. So the system will be produced, and released with some extras such as a carrying pouch and a mini-HDMI cable, but what else can we expect from this opensource gaming handheld? [prebreak]Continue reading...[/prebreak]
The GCW Zero has a strong following of developers who are not only familiar with Open Dingux, the system's Operating System, but who are also gamers themselves. These developers have been extremely busy porting original projects as well as 3rd party emulation. Below is a partial listing of what we should expect on launch day, and based on the track record of the Dingux community, it will only get better!
Brief List of Expected Emulation
- Atari 800
- Atari 7800
- Atari Lynx
- Atari ST
- Arcade (MAME, MVS, CPS, FBA)
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy and Game Boy Color
- Genesis and Sega CD
- MSX
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo
- TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine
- Astrolander
- Biniax2
- Blockrage
- Cave Story
- Descent
- Dink Smallwood
- Doom
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Fields of Fresh (June 2013)
- Heretic
- Heroes
- Hexen
- PawByte Mafia (Chibifia) (July 2013)
- Powder
- Puzzletube
- Quake
- Rise of the Triad
- SameGoo
- ScummVM
- Spout
- Sqrxz3
- Strife
- Unnamed Monkey Game
- Worship Vector
The GCW Zero has gone from one mans dream into a legitimate fully functional gaming handheld. The kickstarter is almost at an end, with just a few hours left to pledge the $135 needed to grab yourself a console. Join the other 1,645 backers and get in on the ground floor, for the GCW Zero is going to set the standard of affordable community-driven open-source gaming devices.
Kickstarter Campaign
Yahoo News Press Release