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[Swiss_Cheeseman]

I had a flu once, they said i couldnt go to work.

[Klown]

The FLU looks identical to the regular GP32 when the light is off. But when you turn the light on, you will never want to switch it back off.

In other words.. GET THE FLU!!

What he said

[rcx21000]

I had a flu once, they said i couldnt go to work.

Anyways, I'm moving & stickying it in Help & Other stuff

[Gorillazero]

Thx for Pinning it like I said. Now everyone knows. Very good.
I bought the non-flu yesterday. It's coming in seven days. If someone is willing to buy it for 165$ shipped I'll sell it to them. Using Paypal of course. But I can't wait, even w/o SNES. There's still games I have never had the chance to play, and ones i never got to fully enjoy. I'm happy.

Thx

-Matt

[fran]

i have a non-FLU

it is great!

if you are not gonna play in the dark you do not really need one

the screen looks clear with a small amount of lighting

plus you save some money to buy a sms card or some games or a carrying case



also, i heard the FLU has like 4 hours of battery life, is this true?

[Dozer]

if you have the light off then the batteries last as long as a normal gp32. with the light on though then it lasts around 6 hours on my rechargeables, maybe a bit more. plenty in my opinion as i only turn it on when its needed and u really notice the difference.

[thecheat]

the FLU is a nice extra but its not neccessary. if you've ever compared a Neo Geo Pocket Colour(best. commercial. handheld. ever!) to any color gameboy you'll know what i mean. with a reflective screen you can actually see the screen. I didn't buy an FLU GP32 because I knew it had a reflectiv screen, but as a gba player as well, i bought an SP within a month of its release and never looked back. My friend has an FLU and in normal daylight or indoor lights (eg, not pointing a light directly at the system) it doesn't make a difference.

[dazmanultra]

if you have the light off then the batteries last as long as a normal gp32. with the light on though then it lasts around 6 hours on my rechargeables, maybe a bit more. plenty in my opinion as i only turn it on when its needed and u really notice the difference.

Best thing about double A's is that if you know you're going to be away for a long time, you can just buy loads of batteries to take with you. With my ipod for example, I know that once the battery is gone, it's dead until I can get near a power socket.

[Axeman]

The FLU looks identical to the regular GP32 when the light is off. But when you turn the light on, you will never want to switch it back off.

In other words.. GET THE FLU!! 

Thats not true.

The non-FLU doesnt have the reflective ribbed screeen underneath the outer screen, so the contrast is much better on that than on the FLU with the light off (I know - I've had both and compared them side-by-side).

So there



If you can afford a flu, get one, if not, then get a non-flu rather than nothing!

Cheers

[noescom]

For the people out there in the Netherlands: you can get your GP32 unit from a website called Independent Gamers Depot website. This company is located in Haarlem, Holland. The url: Independent Gamers Depot.

[Blah]

...If it is safe to overclock your GP32, then why did GBAX make the 166mhz modded version...

[Rico]

...If it is safe to overclock your GP32, then why did GBAX make the 166mhz modded version...

That statement makes no sense.

If you meant "if it is safe", then GBAX made the 166 MHz modded version because it's safe to run at 166 MHz, like you said.

If you meant "if it isn't safe", we never said that. I quote Axeman: "- Your GP32 will happily overclock to a speed up to 166Mhz, with the only ill-effect being a shortening of the battery life (down to about 2 1/2 hours in my tests)". Those are the types of GP32 being sold at GBAX as '166 modded'.

I think what GBAX means by '166 modded' is that the unit is capable of O/Cing to 166 MHz without problems (but I haven't checked the site so you might just be misquoting it)

[a1210]

adding a bit to the "Lit or unlit" part...
u CUD add a FLU to a GP32 w/o FLU.. if u live in korea (like me )
it costs like ~50$..
also i think they were thinking of making an attachable one... at hahotech or something like that.......

or... i think some ppl use a worm light..

[DaveC]

Or if you can afford it, get both the Non-FLU unit and when the new back lighted unit comes out get that too. Then you will have the best of both worlds.

[jethro jazz]

I quote Axeman: "- Your GP32 will happily overclock to a speed up to 166Mhz, with the only ill-effect being a shortening of the battery life (down to about 2 1/2 hours in my tests)"

is that 2 and a half hours lit and overclocked? if so, how long does it last w/o the light? if not, then it must have about an hour over clocked and lit. which is a bit shite really.