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25/2 - UPDATE - My Dingoo A320 Has arrived with me & my Impressions are located on Page 3+ to help navigate the thread

Afternoon Peeps,

Has anyone seen or heard about the new Handheld out of China called the Dingoo A320???

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Specs -

Originally Posted by Dingoo 888 Site

Specifications :
* English language (Control Panel & instructions)

Dingoo A320
* Product Description

* Outlook: premium design fashionable, slim and portable size with comfortable hand grip.

* Display: 16,000,000 color 2.8-inch LTPS-TFT true color high-definition screen , broadcast effect 320 * 240, the true and clear picture quality, unique DVD Optimization technology .

* Games: play games in (8 bit/16bit/32bit) GBA/3D formats and play more by upgrading the software

* AV-out:AV-out technology gives DVD output quality, can be a portable DVD player and game console.

* Video player: Video function supports in various format such as RMVB, RM, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, DAT, MP4, ASF and help users encold video files in an easy and convenient way.

* MP3 player: Audio function supports MP3,WMA APE, FLAC audio format, synchronous lyrics display function, multiple EQ options,3D virtual sound field, surround sound effect and play mode options. Music can keep playing while using other application.

* FM radio: Wide channel rang from 76.0MHz~108.0MHz, support manual/auto channel scanning, FM recording and can keep playing while using other application. User can save up to 40 channels.

* Digital recorder:Voice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.

* Image Browser: Image browsing format includes JPG, BMP GIF, PNG, with zoom, rotate and image slide show function.

* E-book: Feather function includes bookmark, auto browsing, font sizing, TTS oral reading and can open with music player application.

* U-disk virus protection: Build in anti-virus software protect and keep the system at its best performance.

* USB2.0 Transmission Interface: Support WIN2000/XP/VISTA/MAC Operation System.

* Capacity: 4GB memory, supports inserted MINI SD card to expand capacity.

Package Include :

* Dingoo A320 x 1

* English Manual x 1

* USB Cahrger x 1

* EarPhone x 1

* AV Out Cable x 1

Youtube Vid in action -

YouTube - Dingoo Digital A-320 Emulator

It's basically a handheld emulator device about the same size as a Gameboy Micro & will run SNES/MD/Neo Geo/CPS1 & 2/NES/GB emulators but also has DivX & MP3/4 Support

There are also a few games being developed for it specifically including an adventure called 7 Days which looks good.

I've ordered my one today & it should be here in about a week or so's time so I'll post impressions then but to me it's the perfect blend of size & functionallity, makes me glad I didnt buy a PSP recently

Anyway if anyone else is interested they are available now from Dealxtreme for $85 shipped (or about £60 in todays money )

DealExtreme: $85.00 Dingoo A-320 2.8" LCD GBA/NGO/SNES/ NES/SFC/CPS1/2/+ Emulator Game Console (4GB Built-in + Mini-SD)

So who's tempted???

Neil

Please be aware that NO rom discussions will be tolerated in this thread, Thank You

[gfunk2k]

hmmm doesnt look like a real picture, more like a computer image.
it also looks like a rip-off of a GP2X Wiz but will keep any eye out and let you know.

[Gold Feet]

I've been holding off getting a larger capacity MP3 player for something that also plays games and homebrew, but put off by size.
This looks just the ticket.

[craigie998]

The fact that it plays FLAC audio format has gotten me interested ^_^.

And my zen stone has just died on me, so I need something to replace that, but there are a few things that put me off:

1) The size, it is wayyy to big just to use as a replacement mp3 player.

2) It is made my china and not japan, which is a huge put off as they never seem to create their own products just steal the ideas from japan (I mean the exact design), they have copied the the wii(chintendo vii), the ds(Neo Double Games, AGPX), the GBA (game king) and probably a lot more in the past and now they are looking to rip off other systems.

3) Looking at the youtube vid, the main menu looks a bit like the psp's XMB hmmmm and I bet not many games will play full speed, I mean if the psp can't play the majority of snes games full speed, what chance does this system have.

4) I agree with gfunk2k, the image looks wayyyy to manipulated, obviously offering something the device, simply can't live up to.

The only thing that I really like is the fact that it can play FLAC, which TBH I wouldn't be suprised if the device actually wasn't able to play them and I definately wouldn't pay £60 for it, maybe £30.

The above is only my opinion, I could be all wrong, this handheld could be the next biggest thing and sell billions and destroy every other handheld, I just very much doubt it.

Please let us know more about the system when you get it 'Soundwave' tell us if it lives up to its quite cool looking image and of course post some pics

Craig.

[Gold Feet]

Originally Posted by craigie998

The fact that it plays FLAC audio format has gotten me interested ^_^.

And my zen stone has just died on me, so I need something to replace that, but there are a few things that put me off:

1) The size, it is wayyy to big just to use as a replacement mp3 player.


The only thing that I really like is the fact that it can play FLAC, which TBH I wouldn't be suprised if the device actually wasn't able to play them and I definately wouldn't pay £60 for it, maybe £30.

The size is ok, I wouldnt want to carry a Zen Stone and one of this around for holidays etc, and you get a 2.8" screen.

As for the price, youd only pay £30?
This price is similar to the 4GB Zen with 2.5" screen

My only concern is the sound quality via headphones for MP3s' FLAC etc.

Another video up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdLSQ...eature=related

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Thanks for the new video link

Mine was shipped Saturday so fingers crossed will be here soon.

Impressions as soon as it lands

Not sure on SQ myself but as I wont really be using it for MP3 I'm not too concerned, as long as game audio & Divx is acceptable I'll be happy

Neil

[craigie998]

Originally Posted by Gold Feet

The size is ok, I wouldnt want to carry a Zen Stone and one of this around for holidays etc, and you get a 2.8" screen.

As for the price, youd only pay £30?
This price is similar to the 4GB Zen with 2.5" screen

My only concern is the sound quality via headphones for MP3s' FLAC etc.

Another video up

YouTube - A-320�エミュレータ実験 �ＳＦＣ版】

The Zen stone is tiny compared to the A320, I could easily fit my zen in my pocket, the Dingoo doesn't look like I could,http://tech2.in.com/media/images/200...s_speraker.jpg

I wouldn't pay more than £30 for any stytem that was made in china, its just too risky with all the bootlegs around.

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Originally Posted by craigie998

The Zen stone is tiny compared to the A320, I could easily fit my zen in my pocket, the Dingoo doesn't look like I could,http://tech2.in.com/media/images/200...s_speraker.jpg

I wouldn't pay more than £30 for any stytem that was made in china, its just too risky with all the bootlegs around.

Thats the thing though the Zen is just an MP3 player which is fine if thats all you want.

The Dingoo is more though & as such has to have a bigger size.

Saying you wouldnt pay more than £30 & the amount of conterfits is fine I do understand what your getting at, but to me the Dingoo is an awesome looking gadget & if it turns out to be as good as I hope then the sub £60 it's cost me including delivery is still a bargain & if it's not then at least I have a good portable DivX player for my Anime

Neil

[craigie998]

True, but yeah TBH the device would probably be over kill for me as I don't really like the whole concept of emulation, I much prefer having the original copies and playing them on the original systems, although there is some GBC and SNES projects out there that have a translation team working on converting a few japanese only titles into english and of course they will only be available in ROM format, so I wouldn't mind having a system like this strictly for the games that were not officialy released and a few pokemon hacks I have seen .

So yeah please let me know If the A320 is any good at actually handling emulation, I am sure it is worth picking up if it plays at least 90% of games at full speed, but like I said earlier I can't imagine it playing a lot of snes games at full speed if the PSP can't even do that, but you never know. ^_^.

Good luck with the system anywhoo, hope it brings you many happy hours.

Craig.

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I understand 100% what you mean I do prefer the originals myself & still have a SNES, PC Engine & MD which get regular play time.

The Dingoo is more for gaming on the go & also for playing those CPS2 games that never got home console releases like Progear/Caddilacs & Dinosaurs/Aliens Vs Predator & so I can finally play Neo Geo/MVS software as well.

I'm not sure how to compare speed of original software to how the Dingoo handles it when it arrives but if you know of a software programme that can compare then I'll try to do comparissons as well if I can.
From the videos it seems ok but I guess until I can try it myself then I'll not know for sure.

I've got high hopes for it anyway & fingers crossed it doesnt let me down lol

Neil

[craigie998]

Gaming on the go is awesome, but I always try and limit it, as I always end up loosing something or the system ends up getting damaged.

Just looked at some images on dealextreme and actually I was wrong it does actually look really nice (didn't notice all the images before) and I also just noticed the fact that it has a AV-OUT feature, which is really awesome, as I have always wanted to just easily hook up my handheld to the TV, if it handles doing this better than the psp I would definately be interested. (the newer models PSP's feature to display the content on the TV was horrid for games, it was either too small or way too pixelated)

Might also be a nice little device for me to just play some FLAC files when I can't be bothered to boot up my PC, but yeah this depends on the audio playback quality.

See I am thinking of the positives of the device now ^_^

Craig.

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Lol see I said there were some good points

The AV out feature is something that appealed to me as well.

Mostly for my DivX watching...hopefully it'll save me either having to burn it to disc or stream it to the 360 because I can just pop it on the 4GB memory & plug it into the TV

Yeah the pics on the Dingoo site dont really show too much & like mentioned are all too rendered to get a proper impression.
The Dealxtreme one's are much better arent they?
Help give you a much better inidcation of the system.

Before I found out about the A320 I was intending on buying a PSP, is the TV out really that bad??
Hopefully the A320 will be better then.

Neil

[craigie998]

Yeah draggin some AVI files onto the A320 and then connecting it up to the tv ASAP sounds like a plan, do you know if the device supports SDHC cards, I would be suprised if it didn't as almost every new device out nowdays that supports SD cards also supports SDHC cards.

For UMD films the TV out function on the psp works great but unfortunately game UMD's the quality isn't bad, but there is no option to enable full screen so its just basically the same size as your psp in the middle of your tv screen its a shame aswell as it looks fantastic on the tv when you first power on the psp. (the XMB looks really great)

But yeah if the main reason you were going to purchase a PSP was for emulating all the games that never had home console releases then I am sure something that is actually made to do that which is a lot cheaper than the psp would suit you a lot more, also I find that video files that have been converted to play on the psp don't play to well either.

Craig.

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Thats a bit stupid with the PSP for games...pretty much defeats the object of TV out then really doesnt??

I had heard that PSP encoded video files can be pretty shaky for playback which is another reason I'm glad the A320 is being released...only thing that could make it better for video would have been .MKV playback as well, maybe in the future

Apparantly it can accept SDHC cards but only upto 8GB still with the 4GB built in your looking at 12GB total which I'm sure will be more than enough

Thats the sole reasone really for wanting a PSP was games without home release so at the moment the A320 fits the bill...I'd like to see MAME on it at some point as well but it's not important as I do have a full set on my Modded X-Box 1 so it's a massive issue.

Neil

[craigie998]

Thats not too bad, 12GB is okay, you never know they may release some sort of software in the future that will enable more memory, unless the max memory of course it is completely hardware based, but there is plenty of hackers out there

If I remember correctly arent MKV files quite large? you might not fit many on.

Playing mame on a handheld system would be AMAZING and if this system could handle it really well, then that would be a definite buy from me ( I don't really consider mame as emulation, as TBF most arcade version games were never ported exactly the same) as it is too much of a hassle playing MAME through YDL on my ps3.

From what I have heard/read, apparently sony are at the minute producing the PSP-2 and you never know that might have better TV out functions, but yeah the A320 does suit your needs quite well.

Craig.

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Handheld MAME was one of my original reasons for looking at the PSP but I'd heard it wasnt as good with MAME as a GP2X but then 2X wasnt as good as the PSP with other Emu's so I didnt know what to do...hence buying the A320 lol

MAME is awesome & to be fair the only reason I still have my X-box 1 without it I think it would just be a pretty doorstop

MAME is a funny one in the EMU world like you said because half the games released where never ported properly it doesnt seem like Emulation like SNES/MD/GB etc. does
If MAME turns up in a proper playable form I'll be the happiest man ever...portable Robocop/TMNT/WWF Wrestlefest would be aweosme

What I'd really really like though thinking about it is Full Burn Alpha ported across...get to play those CAVE games that will never see release like Muchi Muchi Pork/Espgaluda 2/Gunwage/Esp.Ra.De etc. but I'm not holding out much hope for that one tbh & it may still force me to buy a PSP yet

I've heard rumblings round the 'net about the PSP-2 but I expect if Sony have learnt anything from the current PSP/DS is that piracy is rife & I'm sure they'll have tried their hardest to lock down the firmware (like with the 2003 model) to stop open hacking of it...still I'll be interested to see what they do do with it.

Neil

[craigie998]

Hehe. You can't win can ya.

I would love a portable Arcade version Killer Instinct, that would kick ass, soul edge would be bad ass aswell ( I am actually watcting a SE machine on eBay, haha would never afford it though), MK + SF on mame were preety awesome too, there is another arcade game I would love to be play on handheld, can't remember what it was called though, kind of like House of the dead, but a bit more like a circus/carnival. hmmmmmm can't remember

I also would loooove a mame cabinet that would ROCK!!!!

If you indeed think of purchasing a psp in the future I would wait for the psp-2, if your anything like me and always want the latest tech, imagine buying a psp 3000 and then mins later the psp2 comes out, oh dear.

Yeah you have a valid point, Sony and Nintendo really need to spend more time with the hardware making it 'hack-proof' if such a thing exists, so many people don't even bother buying psp and DS games anymore due to it being so easy to download games and just play, it makes me so angry, as the more people that are going out and buying flash cards for ds so they can play all their 'backups' or the more people that are putting CFW on their psp (I am looking at you MR Dark Alex) and playing iso's, obviously less people are going to be buying actual games, so the companies are just going to presume nobody wanted the game, due to it not selling very well and they wont end up producing the next game in that series and then before you know if Sony and nintendo has lost all their money and they have been transferred to the fast food industry.

That may not happen for a long, long time, but if people keep downloading games over the years, it is bound to, especially for poor old nintendo, as I wouldn't imagine people will be downloading ps3 games anytime soon.

Craig.

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Nope winning is deffinitley something that eludes me to this day lol

Hmmmm Portable KI would be all kinds of awesome
I've been trying to rack my brains for other MAME games that will be awesome on Handheld & there's soooo many...just hope it appears on the A320 soon

A MAME cab would be amazing, I've been looking for a while myself but alas until I can afford a proper house that will have to wait...absolultley no way in hell I could fit an Egret II or Astro City in the flat...plus the other half would murder me if I tried lol
But one day I will have one

Funny yo should mention DS Piracy & how rife it is we were actually discussing this point the other day over on NTSC-UK (You should get signed up...best Video Game based forum you'll ever find ) & to be fair I'm not immune...I have an Acekard 2 myself, but it's only used to stop me lugging my 12 carts around with me when I go on holiday.
I'm also guilty of pointing people in the direction of where to buy them

Your right about the state of the industry if this thing isnt cracked down on soon...I already know of 2 software houses to go bust in the last 6 months & MS/Ninty/Sony arent immune from it & sooner or later it will hurt them & then we'll all be in trouble.

Not sure how Sony have encoded the PS3 but so far so good for them there...I mean it wasnt long after the 360/Wii were launched before the first modchip/firmware hack arrived so Sony have done well to last as long as they have...but that's a whole different thread right there lol

Just checked with the parents & still no sign of the A320
Hopefully by the weekend though.

Neil

[craigie998]

I love having these sorts of conversations, it intrests me lotsly ^_^, unfortunately I don't know many people who are so interested in gaming and all that jazz.

Hehe. I am single, so nobody will tell me what I can and cannot have in my room lol, one disadvantage about being married =p, I will find a gf that is, as into gaming as I am, however hard that will be.

I will admit that in the past when I was a bit more naive, I downloaded games and always used the excuse that I was too poor to buy the actual games, but now I have come to realize that it is just not acceptable. Over the past year I have sold my M3 Real, boxed up my modified wii and threw out every non original game I had. I too am guilty for pointing people in the direction of the flash cards, as I was the one to tell my dads friends about them and now they all have them and all their friends have them what have I done, and last week I even purchased a DSTT for a friend, I will have to be more strict in the future.

Over the last few months I have become a huge collector, I have purchased a american psone with built in LCD a japanese psone, two game boy colours (one of which a special edition), nearly £200 worth of GB games, a special edition FAMICOM version of the game boy micro, some classic GBA games, I really cannot stop at the moment it is way too addictive, In the next few months I want to purchase a DC, Super Famicom, GC, original GBA, JAP+US slim ps2 and whatever else, I hope I never need any of my money for emergencies lol

As much as I am a retro gamer at heart and the fact that I am not a graphics whore, I do worry for the future of Nintendo, I mean if sales keep going down we may never get to see Biohazard 2 on the DS, which would make me very upset

You wanna link me up to NTSC-UK, could do with something to keep me entertained, ever since I got laid off from work last year, I have been SOOO bored!, I despise not having a job, Damn credit Crunch.

I am sure your Dingoo will arrive soon ^_^.

Craig.

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Sorry to hear you lost your job mate that sucks

I know what you mean a good video game discussion gets me all fired up too...like you though precious few of my friends are as into gaming these days as I am ehich is why NTSC-UK is like my second home now

Link BTW is - NTSC-uk - Gaming Reviews, Import and HDTV Advice.

Be warned though once you gain access to the sales forums...it becomes VERY expensive you name it & some point it comes up for sale lol

Lucky being single...sometimes I wish I was too lol
I'm constantly asked where to source the Flash carts...I just tell them to google them now, I'm getting fed up with it to be honest.

I currently own everything in my sig plus a US modified SNES, Famiclone Twin (Chinese SNES/NES clone in one unit ) PAL MD1, PC Engine Core & a Dreamcast.
I'm hoping in the next few months to replace the PCE Core with a Jpn Turbo Duo & then by Christmas fingers crossed there will either be a Neo Geo AES or Consolized MVS setup as well.

I'm a massive retro fan myself, my 360 & wii are barely played compared to my Saturn/SNES/PS2
My biggest gaming love are 2D Shooters & 2D Fighters which my Saturn/PS2 do so very well
Those are 3 machines I could never ever part with...everything else is totally expendable but the SNES, Saturn & PS2 will never go anywhere.

I deffinitley think losing any of the big software companies or console manufacturers would be terrible for gaming but alas Piracy will continue forever I think...I remember the early days of dual tape decks/disk drives & unfortunatley I cant see it going away anytime soon

Neil

[craigie998]

Thanks bud. It sucks lotsly as I have lots of future consoles I need to buy, just lately I have even been thinking bout getting my good old Amiga back, just for Bubba N stix and Shadow Fighter ^_^.

The forum looks quite old, can't see many topics, oooo sales forums, does that part open up ones I register, if so I may log on to the site, just for that, hehe ^_*, whats your name on the site?

I was going to purchase one of those fami twins a few weeks ago, but then I found out they wernt actually official and didn't run 100% of games

Tell me about it, I own a ps3, wii, ds and psp, and over the past few months all I have been playing on is my psx and my GB, my family think I am crazy that I went out and got a GB+psone when I own a ps3, ''God Craig you do waste your money on crap'' is what I hear allll the time.

I am a HUGE fan of RPG, Horror and Fighting games, a few of my fave titles are, FF7&8, Silent Hill, and of course SF EX ^_^.

Yup they will always be pirates out there, with nothing better to do in their day, running to the store when a new release game comes out, buying it and ripping it so the whole world can have it for free.

Craig.

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My brother has an A600 boxed up in my parents loft, used to love playing on that, stunning machine for it's time

Lots of the forum opens up after you register...biggest discussion at the mo is Street Fighter IV but generally there's a topic (First Play thread)for every new game release.

Unfotunately the Sales forums only open up after you've been a member for a certain amount of time & had a set number of posts but it's worth it...providing your bank account can handle it lol.

I mostly use my FC Twin for the NES games as my old PAL unit sucks now & this one plays PAL & US software
I still use my US modded SNES for the SNES gamage

I've given up telling the parents what I spend my money on since I moved out...easier that way lol

Silent Hill is an amazing series the Original still worries the hell out of me when I play it.
Infact the Dingoo has it's own 3D Silent Hill alike called 7 Days which looks great & will be interesting to see how it plays.

Thats the thing with pirates & 9 times out of 10 the cracked version of the game is available before the proper release hits the shelves which is half the problem...demand will always put the game out via the Pirates first.
It's going to be a big struggle trying to stop it from happening

Oh BTW my NTSC-UK username is Soundwave same as here

Hopefully see you on there soon too...it's well worth it

Neil

[craigie998]

Just tried to register now, unfortunately the only email address I have is with hotmail, so no registering for Craig

I use to go to this community centre every Thursday and they would have loads of amiga systems and boxes of games out for the public to play, was so awesome ^_^, I would imagine nowadays if there was a place like that, it would just end up getting trashed by vandals.

Hehe. I can't w8 to move out and get my own place, I refuse to get a flat though, I want a newly built house (prob will never happen) I am 19 at the mo and wanted my own place when I am in my early, mid 20's, so I am hoping mortgage prices go downnnnn.

Silent Hill is my favourite horror franchise, I am a HUMOUNGOUS fan of everything SH related, the original on the psx was AMAZING, that game proves that graphics don't make a game scary, I love that the games are so Psychological , especially SH2, absolutely genious remembers the first time I played SH2 and almost cacked myself when I saw PH standing behind the cage like barrier, I was like *** is that!, I could talk about SH for hours. ^_^ Can't w8 for the second movie, but I have a feeling it is not going to be so good, Craig wishes that the producers of the game should have just made the movie and had it be a JAPAN only movie.

The title on the Dingoo sounds coolies, link me, please ^_^.

Ahhh, pirates, ya can't really do anything about em, can you really, its just like, murderers, thieves, ect, they will always be around, its just shows how corupt the world we live in has become.

Craig.

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That sucks about the Email registration
Didnt realise it was no Hotmails...sorry about that.

My local community centre used to have a NES with Rob the robot & we used to play Mario bros but then at the age of 31 I'm going back some years now lol

I know how you feel I never fancied a flat myself but I actually managed to start renting through the council & there was noway I could afford to move out & get a mortgage on my own so this was the next best thing...hopefully in the next year though me & the fiancée will be looking at buying a poper house & then the fun with proper Arcade Cabinets begins lol

SH was awesome I loved 2 simply one of the best survival horror games ever made...beats any Resident Evil game into a cocked hat.

This is the link to the Dingoo game...

Dingoo games

One of the first things I saw about the system & was impressed by it & thats what made start looking at it as a real viable alternative to the PSP & Silent Hill Origins (Which I stil havent played btw)
Looking forward to see if it does live up to expectations.

Yep Pirates are like rats or Man Utd fans...your never more than a few feet away from one lol (or at least someone who know's one)

Neil

[craigie998]

It says on the forum, that they will accept hotmail in the future ( whenever, that is) but I guess it is a good idea I can't join yet, as I would just end up spending all my money and stuff I probably don't need lol.

Don't you are getting me jealous, I want a MAME cabinet, , I was looking on eBay last night for arcade cabinets and there was a good condition MK one for like £400, which I thought was quite reasonable, but it was from the US can you imagine postage costs LMAO, also I saw a NEW Family guy pinball machine, but that must have been like 4k , but I think having your own arcade cab and just putting whatever you want on it, is just one of the best ideas since chocolate milk

RE is a real good series, but its not at all scary, people who find RE scary are just wussies (althogh I will admit, the music that plays in RE4 when the regenerators are coming after you, is preety freaky), I don't know at the minute, whether or not too be excited by RE5, as it just doesn't look like a RE game, it just looks like a completely different genre and also they have made it like Outbreak, so when you go into your menu, you are in real time, which annoys the peep out of me.

Just looked at the demo, looks really nice, bit werid though, but werid, is good ^^, Graphics wise, it does not compare to Silent Hill Origins, as the graphics are that of a psx game, but it looks like it may play a little like it, on a side note, you have to play SHO, it is awesome, so scary when ya in the dark with ya headphones on and the sound track is incredible, Akira has done it again ^_^, apparently I have heard that the psp version is the best version, so I have not played the ps2 version yet, although I would love to add it to my collection, as it is the only SH game I don't have, =P.

Send all the rats to the Gas chambers

[gfunk2k]

Ok, ive been looking into the Dingoo a bit more and i must say it looks and runs better than i thought. i was first unsure as there are loads of rip-offs around and like i said in the post before "it looks like a copy of the wiz"
although this looks like a great device im still going to hold out for the Pandora. might be more money but it looks great!

craigie998 i too would love to buy a house but at the moment my partner, baby and i are living in a flat but this is a new flat and bigger than we thought a flat would be so they aren't that bad and in fact for the price its bigger than a house would be for the same price just no garden.

[craigie998]

Hey Gfunk ^_^.

When I first heard about the A320, I was unsure too, as I have watched lots of vids on youtube about all the rip offs that have been made in Hong Kong and it made me so angry when I found out that one of the companies actually stole some cover art off the internet for one of their games , but I am really starting to take into consideration all the good points of this device and am actually thinking about purchasing one.

I am really interested in the Pandora, I had a quick look at the system in the other thread in this forum and it looks like it runs quite well, although I have no idea what a pandora actually is, I haven't really been following who ever has been making it. Although I have only used linux on my ps3 with YDL and even that confused the heck outta me, I am a 'Windows' Man ^_^.

Its not so much as limited space with a flat, its the fact that where I live, there are absuletely HORRID flats out there and each one has there share of drug dealers, thugs and smashed windows.. I am not really too bothered about a garden, as I aint really a garden person lol

Craig.

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Hey Gfunk,

I'd actually been looking into the Pandora myself for a while but with the constant delays I was unsure about signing up, hopefully if all the teething problems get srted out & when they become readily available I should expect I'll take the plunge & add one to my collection as well...only thing going against it at the moment is the size of the unit...it looks like quite a beast unfortunatley & I'd have preffered it to be smaller & a tad more portable.

Craig,

Yeah the graphics for 7 Days are nowhere near on par with the SH franchise but for a system like the A320 it's quite a techinical marvel really.

As for the RE series...I've given up now, I had 5 on pre-order as soon as I could but having played the demo (Which sucked BTW) & reading up on the game I cancelled the order straight away.
It's not upto the standard IMO that newer games like Dead Space have set...it's control method is whoefully outdated now, it was fine years ago but now EA have shown how it should be done there's no excuses but again I'm going OT & thats best saved for another thread lol

I've just been browsing Ebay for Cabs again...trying to get my parents to allow me to store one in the garage now until I can buy a bigger property
Not having much luck though lol

As for flats Vs Houses...I'd love a house but it's just not possible at the moment trying to save for a deposit now Mortgage lenders arent offering 100% anymore is ridiculous & there's no way my parents could ever afford to help me out with a deposit
So alas a council flat is as good as I'll get for some years to come I expect...still it does me & the fiancée fine at the moment so I'm happy & count myself very lucky just to have this.

Neil

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Hehe. I am glad somebody is with me with the RE5 situation, everyone I talk to is like ' WOW this is gonna be the best game ever, I mean RE in HD' the fact that a game is playable in HD makes no real difference to me, I mean yeah it looks preety, but thats all it is to me.

Another thing that really put me off the game is that Sheva (or however you spell her name) Character, I really dispise the character, I dont really know why, I just do and that pathetic co-op mode, I wanna play the game by myself not having to work with a silly mofo like her =P, Its Re4 all over again but with added shitness, the series started to go dramatically down hill with RE4, I mean come on RE is all about the zombies not, Las plagas, Capcom said, when they first started RE5 that the game was going to play like RECV-2, yeah really looks like it.

Although I must say I am excited about the rumours of RE2 being remade, even though I do feel dissapointment in the air.

It is a shame ya didn't live near us, as we have spare space in our garage, and I could looook after it, hehe ^_^.

Craig.

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Oh god dont get me started on Sheeva, I had numerous cheap deaths in the demo because of her inabaility to move & not get stuck somewhere then torn to shreds but the Las Plagas.
Oh & not only that but when I run out of ammo only to find she's stolen it all...stupid ideas

The Co-op mode worked fine in RE Zero when you split control but no this ridiculous method is beyond my logic...might work in proper 2 player but when I dont play online & only have the crappy computer AI to get on with then it ruins the whole experience for me.

Oooh I hadnt heard of a RE2 remake only a Wii-make of Zero & RE 1 again

Fingers crossed RE2 does appear..easily my best game in the series.

Like you though I hate that they've moved away from Zmobies...that to me is what made RE such a great game, I dont want infected villagers, I want shambling undead hordes to decapitate

Lol I'm still working on them hopefully my constant pleas of "oh go on..PLEASE!!!!" will wear them down to the point of giving in
Thanks for the offer though lol