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The Odroid Go

  1. #1
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    I recently purchased an Odroid Go for $32. An Odroid Go is a DIY portable handheld game console/emulator that plays NES, Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, Sega Gamegear and Master system as well as Colecovision if you update the firmware to the latest version.

    Putting the device together is fun, easy and doesn't take very long. You can also buy replacement parts if you were to break something. There is no soldering required, all the parts simply plug into place. An SD card is required and is not included in the kit.

    The screen is excellent quality. The shell feels like good quality, the buttons feels great. The battery life is great, lasts me days with the amount I use it, have heard that it will last average of 6+ hours of constant usage with low volume and normal backlight setting.

    The sound quality is not the greatest at higher volume but is absolutely fine at low volume. There is no headphone jack but the device is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capable - these are currently not utilized but future updates maybe possible to use Bluetooth headphones with the odroid go. Currently I have seem one person who is selling headphone jacks that plug into the 10-pin port on the top of the device for about $15 online.

    I recommend this device for anyone interested in portable classic gameing.

    Odroid Go:

    https://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G152875062626

    Firmware Updates:

    (Device)
    https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=158&t=31513&sid=2bd46c6059294919a25abd5a83f81777

    (Application)
    https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=159&t=31348&sid=66c38fb49b5353daa2e89f2f540c0f61

    Headphone Jack:

    https://backofficeshow.com/shop/odroidgohat

    Case:

    https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00F5CKWBA/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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  2. #2
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    Pretty neat
  3. #3
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    I've downloaded a variety of games for this device, mostly from this site:

    https://vimm.net

    However some games had to downloaded from other sites.

    I have mostly been playing a ROM hack called Pokemon Red DX. It feels like the classic game with new features and new surprises.
  4. #4
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  5. #5
    RisiR † 29 Autism
    That screen looks good. How is the D-pad?
  6. #6
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by RisiR † That screen looks good. How is the D-pad?

    I own an old Gameboy Colour and all the buttons feel comparable. Nice and responsive, feel great.
  7. #7
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    If anyone knows where to get a copy of galaga for colecovision, I would appreciate a link.

  8. #8
    This thing looks cool as heck.
  9. #9
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Some people customize them before they build them, for example this person used yellow buttons and painted the shell blue to create a Vault-Tec theme:

  10. #10
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    That looks like a pretty cool game he is playing too, another ROM hack:

    https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/
  11. #11
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    This guys plays DOOM on a golden Odroid:

  12. #12
    DOOM
  13. #13
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Downloaded a new game for the NES emulator... an English version of the Japanese game Mother. It's called Earthbound, like the SNES version, but it's a little different. Pretty good so far.
  14. #14
    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Dank. I have to give props to google for making and keeping Android open source. I think phone manufacturers have consistently squandered the platform both by underinvesting on hardware and doing various things to lock down the phone builds (and "google services" are pretty much evil IMO) but it's these weird little low-cost pieces of hardware that where it really shines and allows for interesting quick-to-market products from no-name vendors.
  15. #15
    Superhero Houston
    they should release the code for every system they discontinue
  16. #16
    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    I almost didit.
  17. #17
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Found this:

    https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2211/

    So I patched the rom and started over again... this is way better!
  18. #18
    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Nice, I like playing Ness in smash bros but I've never played the earthbound games. I found the fire emblem games the same way so I figure it's probably worth trying them out at some point.
  19. #19
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by Lanny
    Nice, I like playing Ness in smash bros but I've never played the earthbound games. I found the fire emblem games the same way so I figure it's probably worth trying them out at some point.

    What's this pgp signature in your post?

    Do you think you'll build an Odroid go?
  20. #20
    Superhero Houston
    Wrong thread!
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