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Dingoo A320 Handheld Gaming System Plays NES, SNES, Genesis, Gba, Neo-Geo and Capcom Arcade Games

Technabob — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:29:36 +0000

I’ve seen plenty of portable retro video game systems in my travels, but never one that attempts to cover as many bases as this one.

This Chinese import plays 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit titles from 7 different game platforms in one compact system. While it sports a less than thrilling name, the CVFH-N03-4G (aka the Dingoo A320) can play thousands of games from the NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Gameboy Advance, SNK Neo-Geo consoles, as well as the CAPCOM CPS1 and CPS2 arcade systems. The system features a 2.8″ QVGA (320×240) display and can also output to your TV.

Now how you get game ROMs to play on the system is up to you, but once you do, you can load up the portable system with up to 4GB of games and other media files and can even play some Flash-based games. There’s also a mini-SDHC slot in case 4GB isn’t enough to whet your appetite for storage. In addition to retro games, the portable can play your audio and video files in a wide variety of formats. There’s also an FM tuner, voice recorder and e-book reader along for the ride in case you get bored with all of those classic games. Check out the video clip below to see one of these in action:

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The CVFH-N03-4G/Dingoo A320 multi-platform gaming handheld is available over at Chinavasion in both black and white versions for $87.31 (USD) each.

A Charge Cable for the Person Who has Everything

Alisha K. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:45:41 +0000

If you can’t exist without the weight of several handheld gaming systems tugging at your pants, Brando has a new product that will make your downtime a little easier: the 7-in-1 USB charge cable. With this cable, you can use one USB slot to charge any Sony PSP or Nintendo GBA, as well as all models of the Nintendo DS. And, in a pinch, it might even serve as a belt, if you are very small.

Brando even prepared a helpful diagram, as though you couldn’t figure out which cable matched its gaming system. What they don’t tell us is whether or not you can plug them all in at once. You know you want to, but the result might form into our new gaming robot overlord and seize control of the universe. Who wants to risk that?

But then again, the cable’s only $7.00, so it might just explode, taking all your devices (and your computer) with it.

[Brando's 7-in-1 cable via DSF]

Handheld Nintendo Emulator Goes Solar

Technabob — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:18:41 +0000

This portable gaming beast not only plays games from three classic Nintendo systems, it runs on the power of the sun. Out of the box, the player can handle NES/Famicom, Gameboy and Gameboy Color titles, as long as you can get the ROMs transfered to an SD card. Of course, I won’t tell you how to do that, but that’s what search engines are for, right?

In addition to taking on retro gaming sans batteries, the Mobile Power Station plays popular audio and video files, including MP3, WMA and MP4 (converted to AVI) formats. The compact player features a 3.5 color display, 2GB of built-in memory and an SD slot for up to 2GB more. The jack-of-all-trades can also display or speak E-books, has a voice recorder, and even a built-in LED flashlight. Heck, it’s even got a USB-out connector so you can use the solar panels to charge other devices.

So what are you waiting for? You can grab one yours gadget importer Chinavasion for about $123 USD.

[via Albotas]

Supercard Lite Adds Rumble and Memory to Ds Lite

Technabob — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:37:55 +0000

This new accessory for the Nintendo DS Lite lets you add both rumble features and additional storage in a single device.

The SuperCard Lite RUMBLE is a 3rd-party module that adds rumble to games that support the feature as well as providing a MicroSD memory card slot for storage of movies, music, game saves and e-books. The cartridge plugs into the DS Lite’s GBA slot, and runs about $34 (not including a MicroSD card).