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Anyone here have a GP2X Caanoo?
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Actually, the thumbstick is digital, rather than analog. It works like the Neo-Geo CD controller, in that it's really a miniaturized version of an arcade joystick. You can smoothly move it anywhere its restrictor gate allows, and you get a definite click for each of the eight directions.
Can't tell you much else about the device, unfortunately. I just wanted to drop that factoid because I'm a controller junkie.
Can't tell you much else about the device, unfortunately. I just wanted to drop that factoid because I'm a controller junkie.
I don't have a Caanoo but I do have some of its friends - Dingoo, Pandora etc. My first open handheld was a GP2X F200. It was taken in a break-in last year and I'm still massively bummed when I think of it 
I loved the large-ish form factor of the F200, and many old games looked better on that screen than any other handheld. So I think I'll end up getting a Caanoo. Proper battery, vastly improved design and construction, USB host port it's what the GP2X should have been.
I loved the large-ish form factor of the F200, and many old games looked better on that screen than any other handheld. So I think I'll end up getting a Caanoo. Proper battery, vastly improved design and construction, USB host port
it's what the GP2X should have been.MvmntInGrn
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As soon as I opened the this thread and looked up the device I was turned off by the analog stick vs a D-pad. I actually thought "not worth it, maybe if that was a microswitch joystick" (having just bought the Neo Geo PS3 pad recently).Orayn said:
Nice to hear thats what it is. Pretty neat.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
have the Canoo after loving the GP2X but the support has been slow in coming. I've mainly used it for Mame support and it's pretty neat.
That said, the PSP serves me well enough for other emu (MAme is crappy on PSP, but FBA is pretty good (especially for shmups))
That said, the PSP serves me well enough for other emu (MAme is crappy on PSP, but FBA is pretty good (especially for shmups))
A Twisty Fluken
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It works well for NES, MAME (for supported games) and Genesis to a degree. I would not recommend it for SNES. I have yet to find a really good SNES emulation handheld.
The build quality and screen quality are really quite good.
There have not been many meaningful emulator updates since last summer. Development is not very active.
The build quality and screen quality are really quite good.
There have not been many meaningful emulator updates since last summer. Development is not very active.
So overall, what would you say? Buy or no buy?
I have a dingoo a320. It's my favorite handheld. I personally haven't had a caanoo, but I like the dingoos size, the community behind it on dingoonity (with all of the custom firmwares and emulators), and the dingoo is just so easy to get used to and can play all of the systems that I wanted it to play. Plus it's cheaper.
Dimitri2401
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I don't have a Caanoo, but I had the good old GP2X F100. What a great handheld for me, I loved it.
