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This would be a nice deal if it has good compatibility and speed...

GBA clone with backlight and rechargeable battery.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.24382

400+ built in games and access to memory to change them out.

also

Support for carts.

Very interested. Anyone hear about this one?

So does it actually support GBA games? It advertises the ability to display 32,000 colors, so I'm assuming this implies GBA support, but it only specifically mentions GB and GB color.

60$ 500 games...wow. I wonder what nintendo will say if they find these things ALL over america lol.


edit: I also love how if you look at the pics, the damn thing still has the gameboy adv. sticker on the back.

General Chaos wrote:So does it actually support GBA games? It advertises the ability to display 32,000 colors, so I'm assuming this implies GBA support, but it only specifically mentions GB and GB color.

The inclusion of Pokemon leaf green and Super Mario Advance on the game list would imply gba compatibility at least with the internal roms..Hard to believe the cart slot wouldn't support them as well.

I think I read somewhere that it doesn't run the GBA games at full speed. I'll try to find the article.

EDIT: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=354902

finty wrote:I think I read somewhere that it doesn't run the GBA games at full speed. I'll try to find the article.

EDIT: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=354902

It's the same brand I think, but they are different units, and this one is newer, so maybe they fixed the slowdown.

Eh, just buy a Dingoo off of DX, if you're looking for a GBA/GBC/GB emulator. Not only does it have those with almost 100% compatibility, but it has tons of other emus. $80 usd, free shipping. I own one and it was definitely worth it. The online community for it is huge, too.

thekorean12 wrote:Eh, just buy a Dingoo off of DX, if you're looking for a GBA/GBC/GB emulator. Not only does it have those with almost 100% compatibility, but it has tons of other emus. $80 usd, free shipping. I own one and it was definitely worth it. The online community for it is huge, too.

I have 2 dingoos and while I agree that they are good, I don't think that they completely fill the gap for gba titles. There are some great titles for gba that don't work on dingoo at all or are very slow. Also the form factor isn't as nice and it doesn't support carts (a big selling point for people not into piracy).

Fair enough.