History of video games/Platforms/GCW Zero

History thumb|Kansas City in 2014, the provenance of the GCW Zero. Development GCW, short for "Game Consoles Worldwide", was a company based in Kansas City, and was started after it's creator got into the Dingoo A320 scene in November of 2009.KC entrepreneur's game console tops $130k Kickstarter goal, nears $230k https://siliconprairienews.com/2013/01/kc-entrepreneur-s-game-console-tops-130k-kickstarter-goal-nears-230k/ 19 March 2021 Silicon Prairie News 28 January 2013 After a false start in 2010, development began in earnest in 2011 when a new attempt was made, along with a company and a prototype. After having independently solicited preorders, Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign was launched in January 2013, which sought to raise $130,000 to create a console which would fill the role the Dingoo had in the previous generation. Backers who had pledged $125 or more received a unit. Though the console only raised $35,000 from backers 15 days before the end of the campaign, a surge of investment lead to the project raising $215,000 near the end of the campaign. Ultimately the campaign raised $238,498,https://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/296054967729524736 https://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/296054967729524736 19 March 2021 Twitter en allowing GCW to achieve an economy of scale and lower production costs below $100 per unit. Launch thumb|GCW Zero logotype. The post campaign development suffered from delays, with initial units having been expected in March. The 2012 preorder consoles became the special edition consoles, and those were shipped around June 2013.FS GCW Zero Special Edition https://atariage.com/forums/topic/214171-fs-gcw-zero-special-edition/ 19 March 2021 AtariAge Forums the system was eventually released by September of 2013. Though the launch had supply issues, quality was kept high. The post-launch retail price of the system was $150, and was distributed by ThinkGeek. GCW was at PAX Prime 2013 in late 2013 and had booth #6206.GCW Zero - An Open Source Gaming Console Built by Gamers for Gamers... http://www.gcw-zero.com/articles/2013-08-30_pax_2013.php www.gcw-zero.com 19 March 2021 Over the course of 2014 a small number of indie titles were released for the console. The machine was also commonly used for emulation of older game titles.Old-school gaming on the sly with the GCW Zero https://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/14/old-school-gaming-on-the-sly-with-the-gcw-zero 19 March 2021 torontosun en-CA From December 22nd, 2015 to December 4th, 2019 GCW promoted official 3D printed multicolored button replacement parts through Shapeways.https://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/679521948125282304 https://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/679521948125282304 19 March 2021 Twitter enhttps://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/1201570639448039424 https://twitter.com/gcwzero/status/1201570639448039424 19 March 2021 Twitter en Technology The system was based on an MIPS ISA Ingenic JZ4770 CPU clocked at 1 gigahertz.GCW Zero: Another Linux Game Console Attempt - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI3MzU 19 March 2021 www.phoronix.com The GPU used in the GCW Zero was a Vivante GC860. The system shipped with 512 megabytes of DDR2 RAM,GCW Zero Starts Seeing New Game Releases - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTg0NzQ 19 March 2021 www.phoronix.comOpen-source handhelds group test: GCW Zero review Micromart https://web.archive.org/web/20150621050905/http://www.micromart.co.uk/gaming/group-test/1225/open-source-handhelds-group-test-gcw-zero-review 19 March 2021 web.archive.org 21 June 2015 an increase from it's initial announcement of just 256 megabytes.Meet GCW-Zero, a Linux-based, open-source gaming handheld https://www.destructoid.com/stories/meet-gcw-zero-a-linux-based-open-source-gaming-handheld-243609.phtml 19 April 2021 Destructoid english The standard internal storage capacity was 16 gigabytes,, though the special edition consoles shipped with 32 gigabytes of internal storage instead.GCW Zero Special Edition - 32 gig internal 64 sd card included as well Dingoonity.org - The Dingoo Community https://boards.dingoonity.org/gcw-general/gcw-zero-special-edition-32-gig-internal-64-sd-card-included-as-well/ 19 March 2021 boards.dingoonity.org Initially only 8 gigabytes of internal storage were planned. The GCW Zero ran the operating system OpenDingux, based on Linux 3.7, uClibc, and BusyBox. The system had a LCD with a size of 3.5" and a resolution of 320 by 240 pixel screen, which was seen as low end at the time. The system also had a speaker and vibration motor. The system had an accelerometer and microphone.GCW Zero - An Open Source Gaming Console Built by Gamers for Gamers... http://www.gcw-zero.com/specifications www.gcw-zero.com 19 March 2021 The system had a 2.4 gigahertz radio for Wi-Fi supporting b, g, and n. A 2,200 mAh capacity rechargeable battery powered the system. Games Griffin Legend - Action RPGGCW Zero - An Open Source Gaming Console Built by Gamers for Gamers... http://www.gcw-zero.com/news.php?id=2 19 March 2021 www.gcw-zero.com Sqrxz series - PortsGCW Zero - An Open Source Gaming Console Built by Gamers for Gamers... http://www.gcw-zero.com/news.php?id=4 19 March 2021 www.gcw-zero.com Gallery References GCW Zero GCW Zero 2 100% __NOTOC__