Dingoo A330 Emulation/Gaming Handheld Review

This is a video review of my recently acquired Dingoo A330 portable game system, purchased from www.ankaka.com.

The Dingoo A330 is the Dingoo Technology successor to the popular budget emulation handheld; the Dingoo A320. The hardware spec is mostly the same but the system has 64mb of RAM, comes with a better LCD screen and later firmware revision, and supports the use of a 2.4Ghz wireless joypad to make playing the games easier when hooked up to your TV.

This review was done after about 2-3 weeks of ownership, to ensure that the buttons and joypad were properly 'broken in' and that I'd had chance to experiment with the large range of software available for both the native operating system and the user-created port of Linux. Although many Dingoo owners have the A320 and have developed specifically for it, nearly all of the community-created software works just the same (or better) on the slightly improved A330 spec and the more ergonomic design makes it a better choice for anyone considering which model to buy. You also avoid the A320 'version minefield' which gave varied results with the old system as it was manufactured by various Dingoo company spin-offs.

Apologies for the quiet sound but I've added notes where necessary, so please rate this video or comment if you have any questions.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• mame
• mame4all
• mame4iphone
• dingoo
• dingux
• a320
• a330
• gemei
• dta330
• dta320
• handheld
• retro
• emulators
• emulation
• fba320
• final burn
• linux
• gp2x
• wiz
• caanoo
• pandora
• psp
• gp32
• playstation
• PSX
• castlevania
• zelda
• metroid
• NeoGeo CD
• Quake
• ScummVM
• imame4all
• ga330
• cps2
• nintendo
• sega

[ImPlainTalented]

Playing with your top off? :/

[Turnarcades]

@ImPlainTalented

Err, yeah - thanks for noticing. My house, why not? LOL

[Turnarcades]

Already answered this in the video and in an earlier question; yes, but very poorly.

[ParallelVoltage]

Sorry about this tech-noob question but when you say "Overclocking can shorten the lifespan of your console", do you mean the console or the battery life?

[Turnarcades]

@ParallelVoltage

In theory, both. Sucking more power from the battery than normal and more frequent charging will shorten it's life and reduce it's capacity over time (just as with any battery really), whilst overclocking the cpu will make it generate more heat and could cause potential failures, particularly if pushed past the operating boundaries the manufacturer intended. Some claim to have been able to clock their A320/A330 as far as 480Mhz, but I wouldn't recommend above 400Mhz.

[WatchOutBR]

Could you please send me the link for the forum/sites where you downloaded Final Burn, and the other emulators, and possibly how to install them into Dignux, and how to put ROMS in Dignux too :D

[Turnarcades]

@WatchOutBR

All the info and files I needed were found at the sites hinted in my post 3 days ago. You can no longer post direct links on youtube, so you will need to paste and amend them accordingly, or Google the site names if they've moved. Working with alternative handhelds like this will take some learning, so make sure you read up in more detail than I can possibly give here.

[ImPlainTalented]

@Turnarcades Touché :D

[historymaker118]

@delatroy I have the same issue... :(

[gregorythegreatest15]

can you boot ps1 gmes on this device??