The Dingoo (Chinese : 丁果 ) is a handheld gaming console that supports music and video playback and open game development. The system features an on-board radio and recording program. It was sold to consumers in three colors: white, black, and pink. It was released in February 2009 and had sold over 1 million units. [citation needed ]
Other versions of the console include Dingoo A330 and Dingoo A380 .
Dingoo focused on games and media products, and was located in the Futian District , Shenzhen .[1]
Hardware
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A black Dingoo.
Specifications
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A320
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Internal Storage 1/2/4GB flash
Additional Storage MiniSD/SDHC (MicroSD/SDHC with adapter)[2]
Input D-Pad, 2 shoulder, 4 face, Start & Select buttons, Microphone.[3]
Outputs Stereo Speakers, Headphone Jack & TV-out w/ included cable
I/O Mini-USB connector 2.0
Video Playback RM , MP4 , 3GP , AVI , ASF , MOV , FLV , MPEG
Audio Playback MP3 , WMA , APE , FLAC , RA
Radio Digital FM Tuner
Recording Supports digital recording of voice (MP3 and WMA formats) and FM radio at 8 kHz
Software Support Free official SDKs Available
Dimensions 125 by 55.5 by 14 millimetres (4.92 in × 2.19 in × 0.55 in)
Weight 3.8 oz (110 g)[4]
Display 320×240
The Dingoo A320 uses a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery with 6 to 8 hours of battery life.[5] The battery specs are 3.7V 1700-1800 mAh (6.29WH).
Function
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Games
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Original
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Original games in two different languages (USA (U) and Chinese (C)) for the Native OS are included:
7 Days - Salvation (U)
Ali Baba (U)
Amiba's Candy (U)
Block Breaker (U)
Decollation Warrior [God of War Criminal Day ] (U)
Dingoo Link Em Up (U)
Dingoo Snake (U)
Hell Striker II [World Road ] (U)
Landlord (U)
Nose Breaker (U)
Puzzle Bobble [PoPo Bash ] (C)
Tetris (U)
Ultimate Drift (U)
Yi-Chi King Fighter (C)
Zhao Yun Chuan (C)
Homebrew
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Homebrew / Public Domain (PD) games for all operation systems (OS) can be added manually:
Native OS
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15
Aothello
Arcade Volleyball
Astro Lander
Biniax 2
BlueCube4D
Brickomania
Cave Story
Chip World
Color Lines
Commander Koon [Commander Keen ]
Connect Four - Zero Gravity
Digger
Dooom
Game & Watch - Formula 1
HexaVirus
Manic Miner
MineSweeper
mRPG
Mushroom Roulette
New RAW [Another World ]
Quake
Rubido
SameGoo
SomeTris
Spartak-Chess
Spear of Destiny
Spoout
szSokuban760
szSudoku760 [Sudoku Platinum ]
TCGS Car
The Last Mission
TowerToppler [Nebulus ]
Vectoroids
Vorton
Wolfenstein 3D
Wubtris
XRickOO [Rick Dangerous ]
Dingux
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Emulation
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Official
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Arcade games
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Video player
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Video containers: RMVB , RM , AVI , WMV , FLV , MPEG , MP4 , ASF , MOV
Video codecs: WMV1, WMV3, WMV7, WMV8.1, WMV9, MP42, mp4v, DIV3, DiVX5, XViD, MJPG, MPEG1, MPEG2
Audio player
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Photo viewer
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Text reader
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Supports TXT file formats (English and Chinese)
Supports English text to speech
Further functions include bookmarking, auto browsing, font sizing, and it can open while music is playing.[4]
Radio receiver
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FM Radio
Wide frequency range from 76.0 to 108.0 MHz, support manual/auto channel scanning, FM recording and can keep playing while using other application. User can save up to 40 channels.[4]
Audio recording
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Voice and radio recording
Voice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.[4]
Other
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Supports SWF File Format (only Flash 6)
SD Card virus protection: The system protects itself from viruses by scanning the SD Card. [citation needed ]
USB 2.0 Port: Supports Windows 2000 /XP /Vista as well as Mac OS X [4]
File browser
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Allows you to browse the files on your Dingoo, such as games, music, videos, photos, and voice recordings
Firmware
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A Dingoo running an alpha version of a Linux port
Official firmware
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Firmware V1.01
Firmware V1.02
Firmware V1.03
Firmware V1.10 (Added Multi-Language Support)
Firmware V1.11 (Added Korean Language Support)
Firmware V1.20 (Y & B button bug fix and more)
Firmware V1.22
Unofficial firmware
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Team Dingoo released the first unofficial firmware with user customizable theming possibilities. The system files were moved from hidden memory to an accessible memory location, allowing users to change the graphical settings. This firmware is updated regularly.
a320-1.03TD-3
a320-1.03TD-2
a320-1.03TD-1
µC/OS-II
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The native operating system of the Dingoo A320 is a variant of µC/uOS-II ,[7] a low-cost priority-based pre-emptive real time multitasking operating system kernel for microprocessors , written mainly in the C programming language. It is mainly intended for use in embedded systems . All official software for the Dingoo A-320 (including its emulators) run on µC/OS-II.
Linux
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A Linux kernel was generally released by Booboo on Google Code on May 18, 2009.
A dual boot installer called "Dingux" was released June 24. This allows for dual booting the original firmware or Linux without the need for connection to a PC.
Enthusiasts have successfully run Linux versions of many games, including Prboom engine (Doom , Hexen , Heretic ), Build engine (Duke Nukem 3D , Shadow Warrior ), Quake , Dodgin' Diamonds 1 & 2 , Biniax 2 , GNU Robbo , Super Transball 2 , Defendguin , Waternet , Sdlroids , Spout , Tyrian , Rise of the Triad , Open Liero , REminiscence , Blockrage , and the OpenBOR game engine.
The Dingoo can run emulators : ScummVM , SMS Plus, Gmuplayer, FinalBurn Alpha, Gnuboy , GpSP, MAME , PSX4ALL, Snes9x , PicoDrive , openMSX , GP2Xpectrum, FCEUX and VICE .
See also
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Reviews
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Dingoo A320 review by Tech Radar
External links
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Dingoo Official Website (English)
References
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^ a b Shenzhen Dingoo Technology Co., Ltd. Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Guyatt, Will (13 August 2009). "Dingoo A320 Micro Game Station review". TechRadar . Retrieved 19 May 2022 .
^ "The a320 Handheld Emulator is a Pocketful of Gaming History". Wired . August 21, 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2022 .
^ a b c d e f "Shenzhen Dingoo Digital Product Co., Ltd". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-10-21 .
^ "Dingoo Digital A-320". www.pocketgamer.com . Retrieved 19 May 2022 .
^ MAME for DINGOO
^ "OpenHandhelds.org development forums". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-07-15 .
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