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[pje122]

I'm tremendously disappointed to read all this because I really want to buy a nice retro-gaming console and I don't want a 7" behemoth - and you know how it is with chinese devices, you need to be extremely conscientious of what you buy (Never had any trouble with my Cubot M6589 cellphone though, save for the fact that some Kairosoft games work wonky and I can't get Horn to work)

Anyone knows of a good, cheap, retro handheld?

Check out one of these!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=507529

 

[Surkow]

Alright. You'll have to pardon my trepidation, given the Ithic post and Justin's silence until the update a moment ago.

Both Ithic and Dragonbox bought preorder units. These are not intended as retail units, but there is nobody stopping them from selling units in their webshops. Just like people are free to resell their units on Ebay.

 

[tim.mbp]

This thing has been a mess, but at least the device actually exists. Hopefully I'll have my KS unit by the end of August.

 

[Lyte Edge]

This thing has been a mess, but at least the device actually exists. Hopefully I'll have my KS unit by the end of August.

At this point, I'm hoping by the end of the year.

 

[Black Door]

This thing has been a mess, but at least the device actually exists. Hopefully I'll have my KS unit by the end of August.

August 2021, right?

 

[Fularu]

This thing has been a mess, but at least the device actually exists. Hopefully I'll have my KS unit by the end of August.

There's 0 chance of that happening. I'm starting to expect next year at the earliest seeing how shipping 120 SE units took him 3 months.

 

[KodeAndGame]

God this dude is full of it. He keeps implying he might get them over to Europe in a way that will allow the EU backers to avoid paying the VAT. He has zero intention of doing that. Nobody should expect that anyway, yet he keeps on being vague on purpose.

I also like how this also implies that all the systems will be flashed by Sunday without specifically saying as such. Yeah right.

Edit: Also "We" will start flashing instead of "I" as it's clearly still just him.

Yeah. All of his updates have been really suspect in my opinion. He loves the vague, ambiguous language.

 

[thechristoph]

So which one of you guys is Yertle?

 

[HoneyBunch360]

Yesterday Justin posted an update to say he was "approaching the 500 mark of consoles flashed " in just one day. At this rate they should all be flashed pretty soon (athough there was no mention of testing).

 

[Lhadatt]

Yesterday Justin posted an update to say he was "approaching the 500 mark of consoles flashed " in just one day. At this rate they should all be flashed pretty soon (athough there was no mention of testing).

One of the SE backers who showed up to help prep the consoles has said that QC was done in the same step as flashing, and that the d-pad issues had been resolved on all of the Zeros he tested.

 

[krae_man]

Takes months to flash and mail SE units. Takes days to flash and mail Kickstarter units? Glad he finally got his butt in gear if true. Maybe he finally realized that he was never going to get to a point where he can order more and start making money off this thing at the rate he was going.

 

[Lhadatt]

31 minutes ago
We would have never made all the progress we had if not for the people who volunteered to help.
Snesfan
Thad
Bryan
Kyong
John and his two wonderful daughters
Pride and Cathy at GoinPostal in Platte City
Barry and Brandon for stopping by and cheering us on and supporting us....
Without these guys and gals especially Snesfan which drove 8 hours to be part of this we would have never got 500+ consoles flashed.

Yeah, it would take weeks/months if it's just Justin, but it looks like he's getting some help now.

 

[Noisepurge]

Updated my firmware and software on the Dingoo A320 yesterday.

Man this thing still runs perfect. If only i could clean the dust under the screen somehow.

I mean look at this:

how is all that dirt UNDER the screen...

Eagerly waiting for the Zero to mainly get a bigger screen

 

[pje122]

What the heck? I still use my PSP-2000 and DSLite and have no dust under the screens at all. How did that happen?

 

[Noisepurge]

What the heck? I still use my PSP-2000 and DSLite and have no dust under the screens at all. How did that happen?

theres some kind of a fault in the design of the Dingoo And this is just from regular use. I haven't been to the beach with it or anything

 

[pje122]

Gotta love that Chinese engineering... let's hope the Zero doesn't have any design defects like this.

 

[HoneyBunch360]

Some of the Kickstarter backers have reported receiving their shipping confirmation. Where is mine?

Spoiler

Ah, I can wait. I have a ton of other games I need to complete.

 

[pje122]

Thanks for the update. I haven't heard anything yet.

 

[Tobor]

I'm starting to wish I'd held off on this. Not due to the delays, but the Nvidia Shield looks like a much better emulation device, with lots of extra functionality thrown in.

I'll wait until the Zero arrives and get some hands on time before deciding if I'm going to keep it or not.

 

[Noisepurge]

I'm starting to wish I'd held off on this. Not due to the delays, but the Nvidia Shield looks like a much better emulation device, with lots of extra functionality thrown in.

I'll wait until the Zero arrives and get some hands on time before deciding if I'm going to keep it or not.

Nah, the Shield is way too expensive, huge android device with a bad screen!

 

[MarkusRJR]

Hmmm... I'm trying to wait for these to become available online, but the Shield looks much more appealing. :/

 

[baphomet]

If anyone actually receives this thing I may break down and buy one.

 

[Lhadatt]

I'm starting to wish I'd held off on this. Not due to the delays, but the Nvidia Shield looks like a much better emulation device, with lots of extra functionality thrown in.

I'll wait until the Zero arrives and get some hands on time before deciding if I'm going to keep it or not.

The Shield is still running on Android. Wait for detailed reviews of emulator performance to show up before buying.

Kickstarter supporters have started to receive their shipment tracking numbers. I'm hoping I'll get mine before the end of the month.

 

[tuffy]

Kickstarter supporters have started to receive their shipment tracking numbers. I'm hoping I'll get mine before the end of the month.

Mine's due today, according to the tracking details. Should be interesting.

 

[krae_man]

The Shield is still running on Android. Wait for detailed reviews of emulator performance to show up before buying.

Kickstarter supporters have started to receive their shipment tracking numbers. I'm hoping I'll get mine before the end of the month.

That doesn't mean anything. A tracking number can be generated before the item ships. It could still be weeks before he even mails a single one of them.

Edit: Although someone just posted that their tracking info says it's already been delivered so maybe he actually is mailing them out.

 

[i23mix]

Just got my unit today. The unit feels fine so far and that dpad problem they had seems to be fixed.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Wow, KS people are finally getting them!

I still have no tracking number. T_T

 

[pje122]

More impressions please!

 

[Tobor]

Just got my unit today. The unit feels fine so far and that dpad problem they had seems to be fixed.

Are you a Kickstarter or SE?

 

[i23mix]

Are you a Kickstarter or SE?

Kickstarter here.

 

[MBison]

I'm a kickstarter and don't have mine yet not any shopping notification.

Does this thing have emulators ready to roll out of the gate?

I'm wondering why I got one at this point but whatevers.

 

[e_i]

I'm a kickstarter and don't have mine yet not any shopping notification.

Does this thing have emulators ready to roll out of the gate?

I'm wondering why I got one at this point but whatevers.

Yes. You'll have to get them here:

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi
Or
http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-releases/?PHPSESSID=4ql28ndpje0vnc9cc098cmj7q4
Or
http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-emulation/?PHPSESSID=4ql28ndpje0vnc9cc098cmj7q4

 

[Lhadatt]

Yes. You'll have to get them here:

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi
Or
http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-releases/?PHPSESSID=4ql28ndpje0vnc9cc098cmj7q4
Or
http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-emulation/?PHPSESSID=4ql28ndpje0vnc9cc098cmj7q4

Also the list of OPKs specifically for the Zero here: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9EgGumkJaabSE9TaEdFbVVBSlU/edit

 

[thechristoph]

I got mine earlier this week, but I haven't had the time to do anything with it. My first thought is surprise at how light the thing is.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Still no shipping notification for me. -_-

 

[Korosenai]

Still no shipping notification for me. -_-

Same here

 

[Lyte Edge]

And no recent updates, either. -_-

 

[krae_man]

And no recent updates, either. -_-

He's probably never "getting around" to stopping by the post office.

He's going to need free help to do every last part of it in a reasonable amount of time it seems.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Still nothing. Anyone get theirs or at least a shipping notification yet?

 

[Noisepurge]

Still nothing. Anyone get theirs or at least a shipping notification yet?

several people in this thread have their units.

 

[Argyle]

Still nothing. Anyone get theirs or at least a shipping notification yet?

Nothing here either...

 

[Lettuce]

Yeah no shipping notification here either, i ordered 2 for my brother and myself as well . Hopefully ill get my b4 the summer ends for some outside retro garden goodness

 

[SnakeSlashRO]

nothing here for me. No emails either

 

[LordAlu]

Nope. No updates for the last few weeks either.

 

[pje122]

Yeah no updates for me either. Can someone who already has received their unit please post their impressions?

 

[tim.mbp]

Just got a tracking number.

 

[dakeedskee]

The hype seems to have died down. But is GWC still worth getting as a handheld emulator system? How does it compare emuwise to say, PSP with cfw?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

The first reply is kinda hmm.. funny? sad? something at this point

Thanks for the heads-up. If it gets supported, March is gonna be crazy for my Kickstarter deliveries. (Occulus Rift, Ouya, GCW Zero)

 

[polyh3dron]

Just got a tracking number.

damn you..

yeah nothing for me yet. at least they're finally shipping though, i mean holy shit

 

[Lettuce]

Just got a tracking number.

Well done mate. Any ideas what date roughly you backed it??