Official Commodore 64 Emulator Returns to the App Store

After being smacked down not once, but twice by the ridiculous App Store approval process, Manomio's fully-licensed Commodore 64 emulator is back in the App Store. More »

Create Your Own Tesla Coil Musical With the ArcAttack Emulator

If you visited the Giz Gallery this year, you might have witnessed the electrifying (and slightly terrifying) musical spectacle that is ArcAttack. Well, now they have an emulator on their website that allows you to make music of your own. More »

Nintendo DS Emulator for iPhone OS Now Available at the iTunes Store

I have the feeling that DS Sys—a Nintendo DS emulator—is not going to last long at the iTunes App Store. Not because it can play DS games—it can't—but because it looks and acts exactly like a Nintendo DS. More »

PSP 3000 Homebrew is Here Now

Although the Datel Blue Tool boots your PSP 300 into service mode, it's not a real service mode that let's you install and run homebrew. This latest TIFF Exploit, however, is one step closer. More »

T-Mobile Launches G1 Emulator to Pass the Time until October 22nd

If you can't wait for the T-Mobile G1's release, or just couldnt figure out if it's available or not and missed your chance to pre-order, T-Mobile has released a pretty full-featured emulator to play around with. It doesn't have everything (GPS is missing and a few functions just give an error message) but it'll give you a good taste of what's to come on October 22nd. [Cell Phone Signal via Engadget Mobile]

DIY NES USB Controller Plays Games, Contains Emulator For Playing More Games

This DIY hack does what modders have been doing with NES controllers for years, and then adds an awesome twist. First of all, it's a USB controller that lets you play classic Nintendo games on your laptop. The cool part is there's an emulator crammed inside the controller and it contains all the software and ROMs you need to have a pretty intense retro Nintendo party all by yourself. So far designer Jay Kaye has made three; how about a couple thousand more? More »

Palm Emulator for iPhone and Touch Looks Good, Bad

StyleTap's proof-of-concept Palm OS emulator for iPhone and iPod touch makes us scratch our heads asking ourselves "why?" but we are sure it would make all Palm users very happy. All the five of them, including Rob from accounts. It's quite fast, as you will see in the video: 423% faster than a Palm IIIc. Unfortunately, it's not available yet but it may be released after the official iPhone SDK and distribution channel are revealed. Someday. [The Mobile Gadgeteer]

The iPhone Gets an Unplayable SNES Emulator

If, when the NES emulator was released for the iPhone, you thought "boy, I wish this was SNES instead" and not "boy, this is totally unplayable with a touchscreen and not a controller," then this pre-release SNES emulator should be awesome news for you. Otherwise, not so much. [zodttd]

Solar-Powered Laptop-Charging MediaStreet eMotion Media Player Allegedly Shipping (and Cheap)

It looks like a concept—in fact, the only pictures we have of it are fancy 3D renderings doctored up in Photoshop. But according to the press release (after the jump), MediaStreet's 1GB eMotion solar-powered portable media player is already shipping for $169. That's a lot for a typical 1-gig audio-video player, but when you consider that this device can, according to claims, provide power for "most portable devices such as mobile phones, MP3/MP4 players, laptops, digital cameras" and presumably itself, it's chump change. In addition, the unit claims to offer Nintendo and Game Boy emulation via SD card so even when you're in the sun you can act like you're indoors. We'll get to the bottom of this, hopefully getting a review sample in, but in the meantime, have a closer look and feel free to stretch your skeptic muscles. More »

iPhone/iTouch Get PlayStation Emulator

The NES emulator for the iPhone was hard enough to control with the touchscreen that we can't imagine how frustrating it would be to try and play a PlayStation 1 game on the iPhone or iTouch. Luckily for us this is still a work in progress and these screens (bonus one after the jump) that show button placement aren't quite final. What we do know is that screen scaling will be improved, sound will be supported, there will be four face buttons and 75% of games will be compatible. It would be 1000% better if someone could hook up a wireless Bluetooth controller to the iPhone/iTouch to play this instead of smashing the screen with your fingers, covering up parts of the action. [Zodttd] More »

Video: Palm OS Garnet VM Running on Nokia N-Series Tablet

Earlier this week we learned that ACCESS announced a beta VM that will allow owners of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 to run Palm/Garnet OS applications. If you were skeptical, feast your eyes on the video proof. And while your at it, let the dynamic voice of the narrator send you off to a blissful night's sleep. [Palminfocener via MobileMag]

Run Palm OS Garnet VM on Nokia N-Series

For anyone who might be interested, ACCESS has announced a beta virtual machine that will allow owners of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 to run Palm/Garnet OS applications. A complete version of the software will be available for free sometime before the end of this year. [Press Release via intomobile via Boy Genius]

Gamepark GP2X F-200 DivX/Xvid-Playing Handheld With Emulator Now Available

The crazy GP2X F-200 Gamepark handheld is available today for $169 on Play-Asia. What's so special about this handheld? For one, it's running Linux and can play back DivX, XVid and MPEG4 at 30FPS, or TV-Out your movies that are encoded at 720x480. For two, it supports emulation, which means you can load your old ROMs on there and play NES/SNES and other retro games you download for free off the internet. So in essence, you could be playing Super Mario 3 and watching that Fred Savage movie about Super Mario 3 on the same device! Did we mention that it was only $169? [Play Asia via DCEmu]

Sneaker Pimps Functional NES Footwear

Spotted at the Sneaker Pimps tour finale NY, these NES shoes are probably the greatest thing ever. We can only assume they play NES games, and if such is the case, we declare this footwear to have "won." Gizmodo will now give up its quest of searching for the ultimate gadget, and will return to its original mission: a blog focused on the teachings of the character Gizmo and his/her various hairstyles. Yes, it will be a step down for us all. We apologize for this shoe's awesomeness, but retro gaming footwear is a force that cannot be stopped. [flickr via crunchgear]

DS-Xtreme Nintendo DS Homebrew Cart Upgraded to 2GB

If you remember our first grope of the DS-Xtreme, it's a DS-sized cartridge that goes into your Nintendo DS that lets you run homebrew apps on it. If the homebrew apps you decide to run included actual DS games, so be it. Now the DS-X cartridge has been upgraded to 2GB from 512MB. More »

How to Play NES Games on Your Xbox 360

Tired of waiting months and paying $5 for NES games like Contra to appear on Xbox Live Arcade? A coder has made a quick-and-dirty port of a PC NES emulator onto the Xbox 360 XNA platform, which you have to pay $99 a year (or $49 for four months) to access. More »

PSP PS1 Emulator

Yes, that one feature I've been the most excited about for my PSP requires a PS3...or, as you may see it, Sony requires a PS3 to play PS1 games. More »

Emulator Plays Better Games Than Wii's Virtual Console

Nintendo had a good thing going with its Virtual Console idea, but we admit to being more than just a little disappointed when we saw the launch titles. Well, now someone's managed to run an emulator on their Wii using a combination of Action Replay, SDLoad, and Nintendo's own SD card adapter. The combo allows you to launch DOL files/games directly from the Wii. Nice way to stick it to the man and get those games you really wanna play. – Louis Ramirez More »

KNC HR-2800 Gaming-Capable Media Player

This KNC HR-2800 seems to be a media player and more, thanks to its 400MHz processor and 1.3-megapixel camera. Add to that 1GB of internal storage, an SD card slot, 3.6-inch TFT, and built-in speakers so you can play back MP3/FLAC/AVI/MPEG4/DivX/XviD files. Sound good so far? More »

Apple II Emulator for the PSP

I'm just going to post this up and not comment too much. PSP haxors have ported an Apple II emulator to the handheld, which means, I suppose, you can play Oregon Trail on the bus ("Wolves have eaten your mother!"). I posit that the number of possible PSP ports is infinite. I leave the proof of this as an exercise for the reader. More »

Atari's PSP Flashback

No sooner do I receive an Atari Flashback 2 in the mail, than someone homebrews an Atari 2600 emulator for the PSP. This is a port of the Stella Atari 2600 emu—so there is a flickering kink that needs to be worked out, and not all the games are running at full speed. But the creator (Alysa Habraken) is promising future revisions. But remember: You won't be playing Yar's Revenge, Pitfall! or Chopper Command if you've upgraded to the PSP 2.0 crippleware. More »