www.xgamestation.com

you can do so for just about any console. including the GBA and the GameCube.

you can do it for the Dreamcast for $40-50.
and it''s a 128-bit

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The revolution is coming ... What side are you on?

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Uhh.. yeah.. I think I''ll side with the consoles that aren''t worse than Atari.



James Simmons
MindEngine Development
http://medev.sourceforge.net

You can do it on the PC for free if you know where to look.

What exactly posses people to release a console with a processor coming up for 20 years old? Amazed they got it running at 25mhz.

Its a hoax!

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The pipes clangor all the time.

It sounds like fun to me. Programming on this kind of system would be a cool challenge. And it would be interesting to learn about the inner workings for a non-electronics-oriented guy like me. Today''s consoles don''t exactly come with reference manuals or instructions on how you would build your own.

Anyway, if you look at the website for more than a minute, it''s obvious this is meant to be for fun and education, for programmer types. As such, I think it could be pretty cool.

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if it wasn''t atari graphics this thing could probably beat Xbox (but, thats not saying much) and maybe even Ps2 as well. Just think if both commercial developers AND independant developers could release games for it, without having to go thru a SONY or NINTENDO licencing and approval process first.

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Beat it at what? First to the trash bin race?

Its good for people who want to program for consoles with full documentation. But its a POS as far as power goes.

You can already develope games for PS2, GBA, ect. The reason the XGS is such a cool idea is you can learn the hardware side. Once you learn what your doing, you can make whatever console you want.

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moderators: this thread should go in the consoles and PDAs section. Please move it over there.

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I honestly think people go through the forums specifically for the purpose of finding misplaced threads. Get a life!

XGameStation isn''t supposed to compete with the current console market leaders, nor even the market leaders 15 years ago.

Its a hobbyist machine, designed for learning. I think, if anything, for those who buy it, it will bring a renaissance, and hopefully they and everyone who plays thier games will realise that it is gameplay alone, that counts.

this all sounds so cool

the www.xgamestation.com thing sounds great, ill be getting one 4 shure

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Ebay: Source Of Net Yaroze PsX
PS2: Linux Kit

I wonder what the development environment will be like.

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The Santa Claus in the Lobby wants to kill me.

thats on the christmas list, it will be cool. finally i will be able to know how they work, and, even better will be able to build my own.


YAY!!!

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XgameStation A Video Game SDK

Some of the coments on this thread are an excellent example of people that take one word and run with it. The site did not say that it had Atari 800 graphics and processing power. It said that it has features of the Atari architecture that made it easier to program. Now had the same heckler bother to look at the rest of the site they would have found this:

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XGameStation FAQ
The processing power of the XGameStation is approximately 10x that of the Super Nintendo (SNES), and it's graphical capabilities are approximately 50-200% more advanced than the SNES. Moreover, the graphics subsystem was specifically designed to draw upon the best parts of the Atari 800, Apple II, Super Nintendo, and Commodore 64, the systems that drove the computer and video game revolutions.

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[edited by - thed77 on October 31, 2003 1:17:24 PM]

What''s funny is this thing is not about programming at all, you can program for it however....it is about building and putting together the hardware aspect of it. It is a learning tool, not a mainstream gaming machine.

Stop being blind fools.
Can the negative people here not see how this could give you experience on every aspect of game developement. It is a superb research machine and not even working as a developer could guarantee the exposure this would bring to yourself in such a short space of time. Simple is not bad, its the best base you can start on.

Note - The people who have nothing good to say about general stuff on these forums should leave, its becomming a very negative unpleasant experience reading half the posts.

dont have a clue, but there are over 1500 users on the forums, plus i think that enyone who is even considering programming for a console should have one of these...

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XgameStation A Game Console Development Kit