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Friday, June 05, 2009

PC Engine Emulator for Dingoo A320

A few weeks ago I bought a Dingoo A320, the coolest (and most affordable) portable game system I have ever owned.  Built in, the thing has Neo Geo, CPS1, CPS2, GBA, SNES, Genesis, NES emulators (the SNES and Genesis emulators are about the only ones with issues).  All you need to do is copy your ROMs across via USB cable.

Well, I finally came across a PC Engine emulator (and instructions on how to get it working) for the A320:

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The PC Engine emulator is slow at the moment, but playable.  What's even better is Linux has already been ported to the A320, this means PC Engine emulators that already exist for the Linux platform should be very easy to port to the A320.  Basically, we are not far from having a near perfect PC Engine emulator.

The A320 first went on sale back in February, and already it has a dedicated following and developers working on emulators and Linux.  Even the great ZodTTD is rumoured to be working on a port of MAME.

More info on the A320:
-Fantastic battery life (7 to 8 hours)
-Great feeling controls
-Price ($84US from DealExtreme)
-Open Source Platform
-4GB or 8GB built-in memory
-MicroSD port for additional expansion
-A/V outputs
-AVI codecs (no h.264 support yet)

Very high potential with this handheld folks.  For such a cheap gadget, I love the thing.  Here's wishing the A320 a long life.

OD


1 Comments:

Blogger Odonadon said...

Linux for the Dingoo is now called Dingux - http://www.dingux.com

OD

July 11, 2009 9:11 PM  

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