Dingoo A320 Emulator Game Console

Anyone got one of these? Looks decent and good alternative to the demise of the GP32x systems.

http://www.amazon.co...sim_sbs_vg_h__2

  On 10/26/2011 at 1:05 PM, viscosity said:

http://www.open-pandora.org/

Looks cool. I wonder how it would play.

Too pricey .... they're retailing for £350-400. This is no Ipod Touch/Iphone. To be £350-400 is just way too much for something that folks are most likely going to buy just as a games machine rather than a mini pc/pda.

yeah i just heard good things, don't even know if it has officially been released.

I've been using my psp for this type of stuff, although I use it more for music in the car now since losing an ipod

  On 10/26/2011 at 3:13 PM, Jonas said:

What about the sony xperia play 2? Am interested in getting one.

I dunno mate ... I've never used one but I'm sure its good. You have to bear in mind though that you'll be limited to what Sony Ericsson are willing to sell you unless you hack the device for Emulators etc.

My current mobile games options are my Nintendo 3DS and my Ipod Touch. Now the 3DS is made for games - that's what it does and does well simply because it has the dedicated controls. Also the enhanced reality games are a lot of fun! For other stuff the 3DS pretty much sucks e.g browsing and apps. It shortcomings are why its simply struggling as a platform to make much progress. If the new Wii doesn't fly then Nintendo could become a footnote in history!

Now onto the Iphone/Ipod Touch. They are more powerful and have a ridiculously huge library of games but the touch screen just doesn't make gaming anywhere near as fun. Also games tend to take time to load where as the 3DS games are much quicker!

Now my thinking is there was a total lack of forethought within Apple when they started marketing it as a games platform to developers! Ultimately playing games with a touch screen is kinda frustrating and doesn't have the same buzz and feel without proper controls. That said I've only played and downloaded 2 games. In short the Iphone/Ipod Touch desperately needs a dedicated native game controller.

  On 10/26/2011 at 4:35 PM, Promo said:

That said I've only played and downloaded 2 games. In short the Iphone/Ipod Touch desperately needs a dedicated native game controller.

Yes, that's a typically elegant and Apple-esque design solution. Just stick a pair of hulking great thumbsticks on the front of it. That's what the iPhone desperately needs.

Edit since then I've discovered that the racers and most game have touch screen buttons which makes them a lot of fun. So yeah Ipod Touch is definitely looking like a serious games machine. Downloaded Sonic Racers the other day and its sick! Hurts a little tho 'cause of there been support for your thumb tho!

This what I use for emulation. It can emulate everything listed here http://www.zophar.ne...nsoles/nds.html as well as DOS games using a basic PC emulator, and of course, DS games. It can also play videos, music, and display photos using moonshell. If you get a cheap memory expansion pack, you can also surf the internet using a browser rom.

You can buy a used DS lite for around $50, an R4 for $5, and a 2gb microsd card for $3, making it much cheaper than a dedicated emulator like the Dingoo.

just sayin'.

I didn't know I could emulate stuff with my R4. I stopped using it because, after 2 years or so of fine working, every new game I wanted to play displayed a "no saved data found" error, and messing with the .sav files didnt do anything

Were you using the default firmware or Wood R4? because Wood R4 clears up a lot of the issues that the default has, and I think that's one of them. could have also been a knockoff r4 card.

  On 10/26/2011 at 4:48 PM, Iain C said:

  On 10/26/2011 at 4:35 PM, Promo said:

That said I've only played and downloaded 2 games. In short the Iphone/Ipod Touch desperately needs a dedicated native game controller.

 

Yes, that's a typically elegant and Apple-esque design solution. Just stick a pair of hulking great thumbsticks on the front of it. That's what the iPhone desperately needs.

I get it

  On 10/28/2011 at 7:40 PM, ganus said:

 

The DS Lite was my absolute favourite portable game console for this very reason <3<3<3.

However, the buttons on my DS started to wear out (L and R shoulder pads especially are becoming awkward to press) and once Ocarina of Time 3D came out, I took the plunge and got myself the 3DS. Card doesn't work on the 3DS :(:(

  On 10/29/2011 at 12:31 AM, Jonas said:

Also, isn't a modded psp better shaped for gaming, bigger, better quality screen? Or is the second screen in the ds helpful?

I've heard that they're good, but I think you have to get one of the really early ones, and then it's more complex to hack it than it is to just buy an R4 card and put it in a slot. If you can find one for the right price, and hack it, then it's probably at least as good of an option as long as you don't want to play any DS games. Of course, you can't play PSP games on the DS either, but that's beside the point.

The bottom screen on the DS is usually used for settings on emulators, and a keyboard on the DOS and Scumm emulators I think. It's handy, but it's not super important.

Rob Brown should totally get a Casio DH-500 Digital Horn