That's right, our beloved Chinese pirates have cloned the Game Boy Advance SP!
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25219
Bears an uncanny resemblance to the real thing, but comes with 92 built-in games, and apparently doesn't work with GB/GBC carts and also runs 15% slower.
It even says Gameboy Advance on the box?!
And on the system itself too! The only missing word is the magic one: 任天堂 :P.
In English?
There's this thing called Google, you should try it sometime.
It says Nintendo. It's a GBA, just not Nintendo's GBA :P
EDIT*** This isn't related to this clone, but here's this one on ThinkGeek that plays ROMs. It sort of resembles a GB Micro, and it plays NES, SNES, Neo Geo, Genesis, and GBA ROMs, and probably GB/GBC ROMs, too..and probably pretty much anything that only requires 4 buttons and a D-pad. Ask yourself one question before buying this, though...is it worth $100?
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f/
1. Using a Wii, so I can't copypasta and translate.
2. Is that the Dingoo? It looks like a Dingoo to me.
Quote from: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 06:06:59 pm
...is it worth $100?
Well, it has four gigs of storage, plus an SD slot, a seven hour battery life, it plays mp3's, it has an
A/V output.. If the emulator software runs full speed, then heck yes it is!
Thanks for pointing that out, I might buy one.
Edit: I just read a review of the thing.. I knew it was too good to be true. >:(
You're welcome, Byron. BP was right, it also goes under the name Dingoo A-320, so if you search that on Youtube, you be able to see videos of it playing various games and videos.
Here's one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCE2Vv4Srvw
Score one for me! I believe you can also run homebrew on a Dingoo, as GP32X now has a Dingoo section.
Quote from: Byron on June 05, 2009, 06:37:23 pm
Edit: I just read a review of the thing.. I knew it was too good to be true. >:(
Link us! I wanna see what's bad about it.
Here's the review. (http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=94337)
What I got from it was that the emulator software can't run better than "clunky" without frame skipping, and the A/V out, the feature I was most interested in, looks grainy at best.
Not worth a hundred dollars. Maybe thirty.
Actually, as far as I know, the only ones that have problems are SNES and Neo-Geo emulators. There is also a big cult following to this system (believe it or not) so downloads/patches will be obtainable. As far as the A/V out goes, I would wait to make a final decision until I see pictures. Everyone has different expectations. I don't think it's worth as much as $100, but I think it's worth more than $30.
You make a valid point. I should have said it's only worth thirty dollars to me.
Quote from: Byron on June 05, 2009, 06:37:23 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 06:06:59 pm
...is it worth $100?
Well, it has four gigs of storage, plus an SD slot, a seven hour battery life, it plays mp3's, it has an A/V output.. If the emulator software runs full speed, then heck yes it is!
You might as well spring for a PSP - doesn't it do most of those things?
GP2X is nice, and supposedly the Wiz and Pandora are cool, too.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 05, 2009, 09:22:34 pmYou might as well spring for a PSP
What interested me about the dingoo was the prospect of portable SNES, Neo Geo, and GBA emulators that work well. I do have a PSP with these emulators, but a lot of games don't work well or even at all. I don't think the Dingoo would be better than what I have, though, so I'll stick with the PSP.
GP2X has a decent SNES and GBA emus, don't know how good Neo-Geo is, though...
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 05, 2009, 09:22:34 pm
You might as well spring for a PSP - doesn't it do most of those things?
It does, but this is more convenient..and cheaper.