What about Emulation on the go?

[Jesse]

I've recently purchased one of these. I love it! The native emulators are great for GBA, NES, CPS1, CPS2, and NeoGeo emulation. The community has also ported many emulators and other apps over to it. There's a great emulator for GB/GBC, atari 2600/5200/7800, sega master system, colecovision, e.t.c...

You can boot Dingux (Dingoo-Linux) through a minisd card, which opens A LOT more possibilities. There's a port of SNES9x (SNES9x4D) for admirable SNES emulation, and a port of Picodrive for admirable Genesis emulation. SNES9x4D is soooo much better than the native emulator. And it's getting updated all the time.

There's so many great emulators and games on Dingux...

...like a port of prboom called czdoom, for id's Doom games. They run beautifully. (This should be a necessity for you, Kherr )

Just look at these lists:

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http://dingoowiki.com/index.php/Dingux:Emulators

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http://dingoowiki.com/index.php/Dingux:Games

And there might be a port of DOSbox on the horizon.

These seem to be the best spots for the english speaking Dingoo community:

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http://www.dingoonity.org/

<- Especially this one!

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http://www.dingoo-digital.com/

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http://dingoowiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

Just look around there. You guys are missing a lot of stuff. FYI, this site is probably more reliable to order from than thinkgeek:

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http://dingoo-digital-usa.com/

I say "more reliable" because some resellers might be going for a cheaper Dingoo knock off here soon (the "Din-Guo, amongst others). dingoo-digital-usa deals directly with the actual company. Also, they have done a lot for the community. Just make sure you do your research before you buy, wherever you buy.

Of course the Dingoo does have it's flaws. It's biggest drawback for me is the shoulder buttons. They are so tiny and clicky and awkward. And you need headphones, the Dingoo's tiny built in speakers are just awful (but at least it has them).

But seeing all that it can do, and seeing it's price, everyone should get one if they are able.

Oh, and I first heard about it from the post you made on the old forums, Kherr. Thanks for that.

[arinlares]

I'm tired of fighting my DS, I need to go about finding one of these. Five systems for about 110 USD? That's a price that can't be beat!

[Guest]

Is it the sega roms that have to be converted or was that another type?

[Jesse]

Five systems...

You're getting a lot more than 5 systems. All it takes is Dingux. Actually, you already have more than 5 without Dingux (I mentioned the SMS/GG, atari, colecovision, etc emulators they have for the native OS now. It's just a matter of downloading them).

So yes, it's definitely worth it. But don't expect the finest craftsmanship. At the end of the day it's still cheap chinese crap (but the coolest cheap chinese crap I ever saw). You may get a couple different problems unit to unit.

Speaking of which, it seems that half of the Dingoos coming out lately have problems with NeoGeo emulation. All the games with zooming sprites have distorted graphics when the zooming is used, making it a pain to play.

But you can still run NeoGeo games fairly well with FBA320 on Dingux.

Is it the sega roms that have to be converted or was that another type?

For the native emulators, Genesis games need to be in the smd format, I think, and NeoGeo need to be in mvs format. Though the native Genesis emulator is so bad that it might as well not exist. Just use Picodrive on Dingux.

[Kherr]

This is going to be epic... as soon as I see if the Dingoo likes linux... >.>

[Jesse]

Remember that you need a miniSD card for Dingux. You can't use the internal memory.

You need to install the dual-booter.

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http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingoonity-news/gui-for-dualboot!/

You should get this local pack. It should have most of the apps, games, and emulators you want.

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http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-games-and-homebrew/santino-local-pack-v2-with-gmenu2x/

Some stuff in that pack is a little out of date. Most notable is the snes emulator, SNES9x4D. Just look through the Dingoonity site/boards to find the up to date stuff.

If you run into trouble go to the Dingoonity forums. All the info and stuff you need should be floating around there somewhere. Or I can try to help you here. I know enough to get it running.

[Kherr]

No no, I mean connecting my dingoo up to my laptop running Linux Fedora Core 12 (my OS) so I can transfer roms and such.

BTW, none of the retailers around me carry MiniSD cards, this includes Best Buy. I'm going to have to order one offline. (But yes, I will put Dingux on it eventually. )

[Jesse]

Oh, I see.

Yeah, it's weird that they chose to use miniSD. I guess it was a lot cheaper.

You can use a microSD card, you just need an adapter.

[Kherr]

Can't find one of those either. It's annoying really. I even went to a computer specialty store. "Southgate Computers" in Southgate, MI, USA and they didn't have anything MiniSD. Nothing. I was upset. >.>

[Guest]

If your going to order check on

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newegg.com

cause they are close to the best store ive found.