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The Dingoo 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 is available to consumers in three colors: white, black, and pink. It was released in February 2009 and has since sold over 1 million units. Other versions of the console include Dingoo A330 and Dingoo A380. Dingoo focuses on games and media products, and is located in the
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Hardware


Specifications


A320

* Internal Storage 1/2/4GB flash * Additional Storage MiniSD/SDHC (MicroSD/SDHC with adapter) * Input D-Pad, 2 shoulder, 4 face, Start & Select buttons, Microphone. * Outputs Stereo Speakers, Headphone Jack & TV-out w/ included cable * I/O Mini-USB connector 2.0 * Video Playback RM, MP4,
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MPEG The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is an alliance of working groups established jointly by International Organization for Standardization, ISO and International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC that sets standards for media coding, includ ...
* Audio Playback
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, 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 * Weight * Display 320×240 The Dingoo A320 uses a rechargeable
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with 6 to 8 hours of battery life. The battery specs are 3.7V 1700-1800
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Function


Games


Original

Original games in two different languages (USA (U) and Chinese (C)) for the Native OS are included: *
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(U) * Ali Baba (U) * Amiba's Candy (U) * Block Breaker (U) * Decollation Warrior od of War Criminal Day(U) * Dingoo Link Em Up (U) * Dingoo Snake (U) * Hell Striker II orld Road(U) * Landlord (U) * Nose Breaker (U) * Puzzle Bobble oPo Bash(C) * Tetris (U) * Ultimate Drift (U) * Yi-Chi King Fighter (C) * Zhao Yun Chuan (C)


Homebrew

Homebrew / Public Domain (PD) games for all operation systems (OS) can be added manually:


Native OS

* 15 * Aothello * Arcade Volleyball * Astro Lander * Biniax 2 * BlueCube4D * Brickomania *
Cave Story ''Cave Story'', originally released as is a 2004 Metroidvania platform-adventure game for Microsoft Windows. It was developed over five years by Japanese independent developer Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya in his free time. ''Cave Story'' features 2D ...
* Chip World * Color Lines * Commander Koon ommander Keen* Connect Four - Zero Gravity * Digger * Dooom * Game & Watch - Formula 1 * HexaVirus * Manic Miner * MineSweeper * mRPG * Mushroom Roulette * New RAW nother World* Quake * Rubido * SameGoo * SomeTris * Spartak-Chess * Spear of Destiny * Spoout * szSokuban760 * szSudoku760 udoku Platinum* TCGS Car * The Last Mission * TowerToppler ebulus* Vectoroids * Vorton * Wolfenstein 3-D * Wubtris * XRickOO ick Dangerous


Dingux

* Duke Nukem 3D


Emulation


Official

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(Dingux only) *
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Video player

* Video containers:
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, MOV * Video codecs: WMV1, WMV3, WMV7, WMV8.1, WMV9, MP42, mp4v, DIV3, DiVX5, XViD, MJPG, MPEG1, MPEG2


Audio player

* Audio formats:
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WAV Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced "wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Win ...
, AC3,
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, XM * Channels: Stereo * EQ Function


Photo viewer

* Supports
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, BMP,
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, PNG File Formats


Text reader

* 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.


Radio receiver

* 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.


Audio recording

* Voice and radio recording * Voice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.


Other

* Supports SWF File Format (only Flash 6) * SD Card virus protection: The system protects itself from viruses by scanning the SD Card. *
USB Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power supply (interfacing) between computers, peripherals and other computers. A broad v ...
2.0 Port: Supports
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File browser

* Allows you to browse the files on your Dingoo, such as games, music, videos, photos, and voice recordings


Firmware


Official firmware

*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

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

The native
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of the Dingoo A320 is a variant of µC/uOS-II, a low-cost priority-based pre-emptive
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s. All official software for the Dingoo A-320 (including its emulators) run on µC/OS-II.


Linux

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'', ''Blockrage'', and the OpenBOR game engine. The Dingoo can run
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, GP2Xpectrum,
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See also

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GP32 The GP32 (GamePark 32) is a handheld game console developed by the South Korean company Game Park. It was released on November 23, 2001, in South Korea and distributed in some parts of Europe. History The GP32 was shown at E3 in 1999, 2000, 2001 ...
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GP2X Wiz The GP2X Wiz is a handheld game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings running a Linux kernel-based embedded operating system. It was released on May 12, 2009, and was also the first console from bo ...
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* List of Linux-based, handheld gaming devices *
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Reviews


Dingoo A320 review by Tech Radar


External links


Dingoo Official Website (English)


References

{{Handheld game consoles Seventh-generation video game consoles Handheld game consoles MIPS-based video game consoles