Game Gadget

The Game Gadget is an open source gaming handheld that supports music and video playback, open game development, and some e-reader features. It was available in one colour (white). It was released on April 5th, 2012.^[1]

Specifications[]

• CPU MIPS Ingenic JZ4750 @ 433Mhz
• RAM 64MB
• Internal Storage 2GB flash
• Additional Storage SD/SDHC
• Input D-Pad, 2 shoulder, 4 face, Start & Select buttons, Mic.
• Outputs Stereo Speakers, Headphone Jack & TV-out
• I/O Micro USB
• Display 3.5" LCD, 320x240 resolution
• Audio Playback MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, RA
• Software Support Free official SDKs Available

Function[]

Audio player[]

• Audio formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, WAV, AC3, MOD, S3M, XM
• Channels: Stereo

Photo viewer[]

• Supports JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG File Formats

Text reader[]

• Supports TXT file formats (English and Chinese)
• Support English text to speech
• Further functions include bookmarking, auto browsing, font sizing, and it can open while music is playing.

Audio recording[]

• Voice and radio recording
• Voice recording and supports MP3/WAV formats.

Official firmware[]

• Firmware V1.00

Firmware v1.01

See also[]

• Comparison of handheld game consoles
• Similar portable Linux-based gaming devices:
  • GCW Zero
  • GP32
  • GP2X
  • GP2X Wiz
  • GP2X Caanoo
  • Pandora (console)
• Mi2 console
• List of Linux-based, handheld gaming devices

External links[]

• GameGadget Official Website (English)
• Exposé: Is the Game Gadget Xploder's Way of Scamming Gamers? Video Games Interactive (English)

References[]