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Dingoo or Caanoo?
Bender:
Well, I was so impressed with Mame emulation (for a handheld) on the Wiz,
I picked up a Caanoo (I had another reason but that's for another thread >:D ) and I have to say the controls work beautifully, I was very skeptical of the analog controls, but they work much better than any d-pads I've used, to me this is the by far the best handheld Mame experience, better than I could have hoped for, I'm pretty excited, I've got over 200K on Donkey Kong which I never thought possible on a handheld, blows the PSP, Dingoo, and even the Wiz out of the water, Highly recommended, plus it has video out and USB pad in, but I haven't even played with that stuff yet
the only drawback is that it is an LED screen, the Wiz has it beat there, shame, this thing would be close to perfect with an OLED screen IMHO
to sum up Handhelds for Mame Emulation:
Hacked PSP, ok D-PAD, good ABXY buttons, analog controls poor, very difficult to get working properly, slow CPU, I could only get a handful of games to work properly $40-80 with pandora
Dingoo A320, ok D-PAD, ok ABXY buttons, slow CPU, very small and light, a little flimsily built $80-100
Gp2x Wiz, ok D-PAD, the ABXY buttons are a little awkward, good CPU speed, KILLER OLED screen, built pretty well, still a tiny bit of button shake $100
Caanoo, Great Analog controls (No Really), great ABXY buttons, regular screen, good CPU speed regular screen, a bit lager, but I like the bigger screen size, built like a tank! $150
Winner: Caanoo!
KonkeyKong:
EXTREMELY curious to know how the USB pad-in works. Please post if you have any info.
SammyWI:
I picked up a Caanoo myself and just got back from vacation where I used it quite a bit. Very impressed with the Mame emulation as well as Gameboy Advance and Sega Genesis emulation. The build quality is solid. The controls work well and are nice quality. I like the analog joystick - it gives an especially good feel for games like Gyruss, Berzerk, etc. The screen is nice and big but would be better in an OLED. The biggest problem with the Caanoo is that the opening for the screen in the plastic case is slightly too small. The edges of the screen are cut off by 2 or 3 mm. This may not sound like much but in certain Mame games things are noticeably cut off at the edges. Overall, it's tolerable but I think I may open the case up and sand back the screen opening to fix this. Someone on the gp32x forums did this and it worked pretty well.
Bender:
Just a little update on the caanoo
I finally got around to testing out the usb gamepad
The good news is that once in the emulators the gamepad works great
The bad news is the gamepad does not work as the main input(system menus etc.) so it prevents using the caanoo unhacked for a mini cab unless you leave access to the touchscreen
SammyWI:
I guess I could give an update as well. I did take apart my Caanoo and trim back the bezel. Worked well doing most of the cutting with a razor knife and just a little clean up with sandpaper. Hardest part was reassembling things - I kept missing getting parts lined up right. A worthwhile mod, IMHO.
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