The Dingoo (full name Dingoo A-320) 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 Futian District, Shenzhen.
Internal Storage 1/2/4GB flashAdditional Storage MiniSD/SDHC (MicroSD/SDHC with adapter)Input D-Pad, 2 shoulder, 4 face, Start & Select buttons, Mic.Outputs Stereo Speakers, Headphone Jack & TV-out w/ included cableI/O Mini-USB connector 2.0Battery 3.7V 1700-1800 mAH (6.29WH) Li-Ion, approx. 7 hours run timeVideo Playback RM, MP4, 3GP, AVI, ASF, MOV, FLV, MPEGAudio Playback MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, RARadio Digital FM TunerRecording Supports digital recording of voice (MP3 and WMA formats) and FM radio at 8 kHzSoftware Support Free official and unofficial SDKs AvailableDimensions 125 × 55.5 × 14mm) / (4.92in x 2.17in x 0.59in)Weight 3.8 oz (110g)Original games in two different languages (USA (U) and Chinese (C)) for the Native OS are included:
7 Days - Salvation (U)Ali Baba (U)Amiba's Candy (U)Block Breaker (U)Decollation Warrior [God of War Criminal Day] (U)Dingoo Link Em Up (U)Dingoo Snake (U)Hell Striker II [World Road] (U)Landlord (U)Nose Breaker (U)Puzzle Bobble [PoPo Bash] (C)Tetris (U)Ultimate Drift (U)Yi-Chi King Fighter (C)Zhao Yun Chuan (C)Homebrew / Public Domain (PD) games for all operation systems (OS) can be added manually:
15AothelloArcade VolleyballAstro LanderBiniax 2BlueCube4DBrickomaniaChip WorldColor LinesCommander Koon [Commander Keen]Connect Four - Zero GravityDiggerDooomGame & Watch - Formula 1HexaVirusManic MinerMineSweepermRPGMushroom RouletteNew RAW [Another World]QuakeRubidoSameGooSomeTrisSpartak-ChessSpear of DestinySpooutszSokuban760szSudoku760 [Sudoku Platinum]TCGS CarThe Last MissionTowerToppler [Nebulus]VectoroidsVortonWolfenstein 3-DWubtrisXRickOO [Rick Dangerous]Duke Nukem 3DGBANESNeo GeoSNESCPS-1CPS-2Sega Mega Drive/GenesisAtari 800 8-bit computersAtari 2600Atari 5200Atari 7800Atari LynxColecoVisionCommodore 64Commodore AmigaMagnavox Odyssey 2MSX (openMSX Dingux)Neo GeoNeo Geo PocketNintendo Game Boy and Game Boy ColorNintendo Game Boy AdvancePC EnginePlayStation (Dingux only)Sega Genesis/Mega Drive/Mega-CD (Dingux only)Sega Master System, SG-1000 and Sega Game Gear (in progress, working for most games)WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color (in progress, working for most games)ZX Spectrum (GP2Xpectrum for Dingux, Unreal Speccy Portable for native OS)Arcade games
Centipede and MillipedeCPS-1CPS-2FinalBurn Alpha (Dingux only)MAME Mikie (Konami arcade game)Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-ManVideo containers: RMVB, RM, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, MP4, ASF, MOVVideo codecs: WMV1, WMV3, WMV7, WMV8.1, WMV9, MP42, mp4v, DIV3, DiVX5, XViD, MJPG, MPEG1, MPEG2LCD resolution: 320×240Audio formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, WAV, AC3, MOD, S3M, XMChannels: StereoEQ FunctionSupports JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG File FormatsSupports TXT file formats (English and Chinese)Support English text to speechFurther functions include bookmarking, auto browsing, font sizing, and it can open while music is playing.FM RadioWide channel range from 76.0–108.0 MHz, support manual/auto channel scanning, FM recording and can keep playing while using other application. User can save up to 40 channels.Voice and radio recordingVoice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.Supports SWF File Format (only Flash 6)U-disk virus protection: Built-in anti-virus software protection, to keep the system at its best performance.USB 2.0 Transmission Interface: Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS X supportallows you to find files on your Dingoo (games, music, videos, photos, voice recordings)Firmware V1.01Firmware V1.02Firmware V1.03Firmware V1.10 (Added Multi-Language Support)Firmware V1.11 (Added Korean Language Support)Firmware V1.20 (Y & B button bug fix and more)Firmware V1.22Team 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-3a320-1.03TD-2a320-1.03TD-1The native operating system of the Dingoo A-320 is a variant of µC/uOS-II, a low-cost priority-based pre-emptive real time multitasking operating system kernel for microprocessors, written mainly in the C programming language. It is mainly intended for use in embedded systems. All official software for the Dingoo A-320 (including its emulators) run on µC/OS-II.
A Linux kernel was generally released by Booboo on Google Code on May 18, 2009.
A dual boot installer called "Dingux" was released June 24. This allows for dual booting the original firmware or Linux without the need for connection to a PC.
Enthusiasts have successfully run Linux versions of many games, including Prboom engine (Doom, Hexen, Heretic), Build engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior), Quake, Dodgin' Diamonds 1 & 2, Biniax 2, GNU Robbo, Super Transball 2, Defendguin, Waternet, Sdlroids, Spout, Tyrian, Rise of the Triad, Open Liero, REminiscence, Blockrage, and the OpenBOR game engine.
The Dingoo can run emulators: ScummVM, SMS Plus, Gmuplayer, FinalBurn Alpha, Gnuboy, GpSP, MAME, PSX4ALL, Snes9x, PicoDrive, openMSX, GP2Xpectrum, FCEUX and VICE.
Dingoo A320 review by Tech Radar 
