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This is a clone of the popular Game Stick Lite model M8, using the HiSilicon Hi3798MV100 SoC<ref>[https://www.silicondevice.com/file.upload/images/Gid1563Pdf_Hi3798MV100.pdf Hi3798M V100 Brief Data Sheet]</ref>.

There are many identical-looking clones of the M8 using different hardware and software. This one displays "SEGAM-M8-8001100" in the System Information section in the settings menu.

== Firmware ==

All units seem to display firmware v8.0 with different build dates. Reported build dates include: 2024-07-12<ref>[https://archive.org/details/segam-m8-8001100-v8.0-20240712-gamestick Internet Archive - SEGAM M8 8001 100 V8.0 20240712 Game Stick 4k Lite (32GB)]</ref>, 2024-07-13<ref>[https://stick-ow.pro/forum/d/1851-v800-segam-m8-8001100-v80-2024-07-25-64gb/14 OpenWorld - [v800] SEGAM-M8-8001100_v8.0 2024-07-25 (64GB) ] - Reply by ruDronga</ref>, 2024-07-21<ref>[https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=1035112&st=17420#entry132969194 4pda - Game Stick Lite v4/v20/v5/v7/v7.x/v9.0/m15 - Обсуждение] Reply by --Cash--</ref>, 2024-07-25<ref name="flashvideo">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv1J2OeGbU8 DZ4Team - Flash & ADD Games to M8-8001100 V8.0 4k Game Stick Lite]</ref>, 2024-08-28<ref>[https://archive.org/details/M8-8001100-V8.0-20240828-64G Internet Archive - Game Stick Lite 4K SEGAM-M8-8001100 V8.0 2024-08-28 64GB SD card image]</ref>, 2024-09-19<ref>[https://stick-ow.pro/forum/d/2717-v800-segam-m8-8001100-v80-2024-10-15-64gb/36 OpenWorld - [v800] SEGAM-M8-8001100 V8.0 2024-10-15 (64GB)] Reply confirming that 2024-10-15 build runs on a stick that came with 2024-09-19</ref>, 2024-10-15<ref>[https://stick-ow.pro/forum/d/2717-v800-segam-m8-8001100-v80-2024-10-15-64gb OpenWorld - [v800] SEGAM-M8-8001100 V8.0 2024-10-15 (64GB)]</ref>.

It has been reported that sticks that come with the 2024-07 versions are not compatible with the 2024-09/2024-10 versions, and vice versa, but I have multiple units that came with the 2024-08-28 version & they seem to run both the 2024-07-12 and 2024-10-15 versions with no issues, so this is inconclusive for now.

=== Software quirks ===
* If you plug in a USB keyboard, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete will reset the device. No other key combinations have been observed to do anything so far.
* When using a controller with low battery giving false inputs, I was able to trigger a menu and about box referring to MiniGUI Ver 3.0.12 by pressing Select+Start on the in-game menu. I haven't found a way to trigger this in normal circumstances.

== Emulation ==

Compared to the "original" M8, the emulators here seem to perform better, especially PS1 which runs acceptably in the games I tried. The GBA emulator seems to be mGBA as it can run copy protected Vast Fame games (that means a little bit of code I wrote is in here) (how flattering). There are a bunch of "extra" systems added on top of those supported by the original M8, but these are just increasingly esoteric subdivisions of arcade hardware like "GX" for Konami GX system and "GALAX" for Galaxian hardware. There is no aspect ratio option, and all games run stretched to 16:9. Yes even the portrait-mode arcade games. Have fun

== Package & accessories ==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
File:M8-8001100-Box.jpg
File:M8-8001100-Accessories.jpg
File:M8-8001100-Controllers.jpg
</gallery>
These sticks seem to come with different variants of packaging and controllers, my package lacks the "Game" logo in the upper left & my controllers have the Start/Select/Mode text embossed in the plastic, while the version seen in DZ4Team's video<ref name="flashvideo"/> has the "Game" logo present and the controller text printed in silver. So it's probably not possible to distinguish this version from other M8 clones without checking the menu or the PCB.

== MicroSD card ==

The included MicroSD card is not normally readable on a PC; it has no partition table and starts with the bootloader for the system. If you use software to "recover" the partitions it will overwrite the bootloader and the device will no longer be able to boot from the card.

Layout according to lucamot's post on Reddit: <ref name="lucamot">[https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1itivre/game_stick_4k_lite_trying_to_build_a_custom/ Game Stick 4K Lite - trying to build a custom firmware]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Start !! End !! Size !! Contents
|-
| 0 || 0x1FFFFF || 2MB || Bootloader
|-
| 0x200000 || 0xBFFFFF || 10MB || Linux kernel uImage + DTB
|-
| 0xC00000 || 0x137FFFFF || 300MB || ext3 partition (rootfs), contains binaries and resources
|-
| 0x13800000 || 0x177FFFFF || 64MB || ext3 partition, contains game list DB
|-
| 0x17800000 || 0x377FFFFF || 512MB || swap partition
|-
| 0x37800000 || 0x777FFFFF || 1GB || FAT partition for download section, user-accessible
|-
| 0x77800000 || end || varies || FAT partition containing preloaded games
|}

The cards seem to come in 3 basic sizes, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, but apparently 16GB cards have been falsely sold as 64GB.

The cards supplied with the 64GB units I have are just labelled "64 HT", they seem to be notably poor quality & most of them give bad reads in numerous sectors. They are more-or-less true 64GB cards, but report lower-than-normal sizes with most of my 64GB cards reporting 53.7 GB (or a suspiciously round 55,000 MB), and one of them reporting only 48.8GB (50,000 MB). I assume the reduction in space was done to avoid even more bad sectors... in any case, the capacity reduction doesn't result in any loss of data, as the final partition (containing the preloaded games) isn't close to being full.

== Customisation ==

=== Adding games (the intended way) ===
It is possible to add games into the "download" section of the menu by connecting the stick to a computer via USB, with the MicroSD card inserted into the stick, after a few seconds it mounts a 1GB partition as a regular mass storage drive where you can add your own games. On the stock cards I have, most of this space is already taken up with a preloaded copy of Tekken 3.

Note - The USB cable supplied with the device will not work for this! It is a power cable only and does not support data transmission. You will need to provide your own MicroUSB data cable to access this functionality.<ref name="flashvideo"/>

=== Customising the preloaded game set ===
Generally this requires you to mount the main games partition, add/remove/edit your games, and rebuild the DB file in order to update the game list in the menu.

Instructions (Russian): https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=1081042&st=560#entry132762477

=== Custom firmware ===
A Retroarch-based custom firmware called GStickOS has been developed by lucamot: https://lucamot.github.io/GStickOS/index.html

== References ==
<references/>

2025-09-07T00:55:58Z

Taizou: general info from my research + testing

This is a clone of the popular Game Stick Lite model M8, using the HiSilicon Hi3798MV100 SoC.

There are many identical-looking clones of the M8 using different hardware and software. The identifier "M8-8001100" for this one comes from the System Information section in the settings menu.

== Firmware ==

All units seem to display firmware v8.0 with different build dates. Reported build dates include: 2024-07-12, 2024-07-13, 2024-07-21, 2024-07-25, 2024-08-28, 2024-09-19, 2024-10-15. I haven't confirmed all of these to exist yet. Supposedly, sticks that come with the 2024-07 versions will not run the 2024-09/2024-10 versions, and vice versa, so they may have hardware differences. I have multiple units with the 2024-08-28 version but have not tested them with other images yet.

== Emulation ==

Compared to the "original" M8, the emulators here seem to perform better, especially PS1 which runs acceptably in the games I tried. The GBA emulator seems to be mGBA as it can run copy protected Vast Fame games (that means a little bit of code I wrote is in here) (how flattering). At least in the 2024-08-28 version, there are a bunch of "extra" systems added on top of those supported by the original M8, but these are just increasingly esoteric subdivisions of arcade hardware like "GX" for Konami GX system and "GALAX" for Galaxian hardware. There is no aspect ratio option, and all games run stretched to 16:9. Yes even the portrait-mode arcade games. Have fun

== MicroSD card ==

The MicroSD card is not normally readable on a PC; it has no partition table and starts with the bootloader for the system. If you use software to "recover" the partitions it will overwrite the bootloader and the device will no longer be able to boot from the card.

The cards supplied with these units (at least the ones I have) are just labelled "64 HT", they seem to be notably poor quality & most of them give bad reads in numerous sectors. They also report lower-than-normal sizes with most of my 64GB cards reporting 53.7 GB (or a suspiciously round 55,000 MB), and one of them reporting only 48.8GB (50,000 MB). I assume the reduction in space was done to avoid even more bad sectors... in any case, the capacity reduction doesn't result in any loss of data, as the final partition (containing the preloaded games) isn't close to being full.

== Adding games ==

It is possible to add games into the "download" section of the menu by connecting the stick to a computer via USB, with the MicroSD card inserted into the stick, after a few seconds it mounts a 1GB partition as a regular mass storage drive where you can add your own games. On the stock cards I have, most of this space is already taken up with a preloaded copy of Tekken 3.

Note - The USB cable supplied with the device will not work for this! It is a power cable only and does not support data transmission. You will need to provide your own MicroUSB data cable to access this functionality.