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Dingoo A320 Review |
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A lot for you probably haven't heard if this device before but i garuntee there will be many of you that will interested in it after you have read this.
I should probably start by explaining what it actually does, the Dingoo is a device that emulates the following: NES SNES GB GBC GBA Megadrive (Genesis depending on where you're from) CPS1 & CPS2 arcade system boards And with a bit of tinkering you can do Sega Master System also. Now you are probably thinking "Meh i can do that and more from my PC", which is totally true, the amazing thing about the Dingoo is its size and portability. As you can see below compared to a DSlite.  As for the emulation itself, its a bit iffy at points. I would rate the quality of emulation as follows: NES - 99.9% - Almost flawless, 1 game crashed 1 time. (micro machines) SNES - 75% - Fairly good, starfox/star racer dont load and a few framerate issues and screen tearing with other games. GB - 100% GBC - 100% GBA - 75% - Same as SNES, playable with some frame skip adjustments Megadrive (Genesis depending on where you're from) - 75% - As above CPS1 & CPS2 arcade system boards - 75% - As above Sega Master System - n/a The interface works fine using a PSP-esque menu. There is a system menu for every emulator, from here you can do pretty much all the tinkering you would want, such as fram skip options, save/load states, volume as well button config. It has L and R buttons for GBA/SNES games and the all the buttons you would expect from a SNES controller. Again, below shows how small and pretty the damn thing is.  Can do basic mulitmedia stuff also but i dgaf about that so. I bought mine 8 months ago from eBay, I love it, many of you will say "You could have done this on your PSP", and yes I could have, but there is something nice about having a system dedicated to these old games I used to play as a young'un. Its a bit pricey, about 90 bucks, If you want to upgrade memorywise, (even though you probably wont need to) you can get micro SDs for pretty cheap. There im done, I <3 my Dingoo and now you all know. |
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Shimrra
- 03-10-2010, 02:39 PM
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Isn't emulation a big no no.
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fatherofcaitlyn
- 03-10-2010, 02:58 PM
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Only if you don't own the games.
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integralsmatic
- 03-10-2010, 03:01 PM
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yep or you could use it for 24 hours than delete off your HD. I tihnk thats the disclaimer right?
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kube00
- 03-10-2010, 03:11 PM
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Thanks for doing the review I looked into one of these before. It also plays mp3s and video files. How well does it do that?
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widow123
- 03-10-2010, 03:37 PM
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I ofc download each game individually and delete each one within the 24 hour limit. wink wink nudge nudge
and to answer the multimedia question, it plays the vanilla mp3s mp4s, but if you like listening to lossy audio codecs through tinny speakers then nothing can help you now. Its about the same functionality of a mobile phone |
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Yamato
- 03-10-2010, 04:49 PM
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Its actually a really great little device. I had one. Over at dingoo-digital.com they have a lot of custom firmwares, themes, and homebrew. Great stuff, even a TI 80-something calculator emulator.
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Yamato
- 03-10-2010, 04:50 PM
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Also, I find that the emulation on the Dingoo is superior to the PSP for most systems.
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ackbar7
- 03-10-2010, 05:16 PM
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I am shocked this blog has been up for 3 hours now. I would have guessed this would get erased by a mod, as I was pretty sure CAG was anti emulation.
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widow123
- 03-10-2010, 05:25 PM
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I dont see a problem really, as long as im not telling you were to get the ROMs.
Its a good piece of hardware. |
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evanft
- 03-10-2010, 06:27 PM
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The DSL basically has the same emulaton capabilities.
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RchrdJ
- 03-10-2010, 08:01 PM
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This looks pretty cool. I'm a huge supporter of homebrew, not piracy, so this device looks really great.
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Chronis
- 03-10-2010, 11:26 PM
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At first i thought this was a GBMicro
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m0rningbreakfast
- 03-11-2010, 04:42 AM
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Does it have shoulder buttons?
Because for the good CPS1,2 games, i.e the Capcom fighting games, they're a must. |
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widow123
- 03-11-2010, 10:30 AM
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I did put that in there but yes it has L and R buttons
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Purkeynator
- 03-11-2010, 01:31 PM
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How's the battery life on this thing? I would expect pretty good since it uses flash memory.
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widow123
- 03-11-2010, 03:06 PM
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very good actually, im kind of thinking now i didnt put as much thought into this review as i should have. i guess il learn
Ive been able to go an entire weekend and a little more on one charge playing it like 4 hours or so each day. One thing i will say is dont overcharge the battery, it leaves a rainbowy tint to the screen when its turned off, it doesnt show at all when its on though. Thankfully. |
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phear3d
- 03-11-2010, 04:14 PM
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i like the dingoo. i got to play with one last summer. it works very well i just dont think i want to pay over $100 for one (at the time)
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