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frankenstein

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]

8:38 AM on Sun Feb 24 2008
By jesusdiaz
6,965 views, 35 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: One step up and two steps back. more »

clips

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]

4:20 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Jason Chen
4,688 views, 14 comments

vapor or solid?

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 »

4:35 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,405 views, 2 comments

Latest by oldbenway: Got mine in the mail ten days after I ordered it, what's up with the skepticism? This thing is crazy, plays NES, GBA and Sega roms; divx movies (even supports subtitles! Anime fans rejoice--); my only gripe, you can't really play more »

gaming

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 »

3:30 PM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Jason Chen
24,317 views, 29 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Hmm iPhone... If I was offered a choice of buying one I'd pass it and get a Phone and a PSP instead. I mean on the PSP there's SOOOO many friggen emulators :D. more »

cellphones

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]

6:53 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Sean Fallon
2,437 views, 13 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: @hisham: Indeed. I ran an application launcher and at least a couple of hacks tweaking my old Clie to run how I liked it. Somehow I don't think I would want to return to those days. It just seems cumbersome to me more »

cellphones

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]

1:15 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Sean Fallon
1,314 views, 1 comment

gaming

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]

4:00 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Jason Chen
3,121 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: @fuzzycuffs: It's usually just the games with special co-processor chips that tend to run slowly or with glitches, like Star Fox, Dirt Trax FX, Yoshi's Island and Mario RPG. Chrono Trigger is known to be taxing too. more »

footloose

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]

5:15 PM on Sat Oct 13 2007
By Mark Wilson
8,113 views, 12 comments

Latest by Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: This sums up this website. Now I know what the folks at Kotaku were on about. more »

retro gaming

iPhone NES Emulator Third Party App

A fresh app on Google Code claims to allow hacked iPhone users to play classic NES games. Based on the open-source portable NES emulator InfoNES, the emulator still has its training wheels on. Allegedly, games will run slightly slower than on an actual NES (or standard emulator) and you won't get any sound output yet. We're not 100% sure about its authenticity, but given that the iPhone runs Mac OS X, it looks quite legit in the video after the jump. More »

7:25 PM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By kthompson
18,466 views, 14 comments

Latest by Trackback: I am not going to deny the fact that there are a lot of exciting tools on the iPhone, but I must admit, it's announcements like this that make me thank my lucky stars that I have a shiny and more »

portable media

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 »

9:30 PM on Tue Apr 3 2007
By Jason Chen
1,750 views, 9 comments

home entertainment

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 »

2:00 PM on Sun Jan 28 2007
By Jason Chen
7,885 views, 11 comments

gadgets

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 »

9:59 AM on Sat Dec 9 2006
By Mark Wilson
16,615 views, 12 comments

home entertainment

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

[ED: Nooooo...I love Nintendo. don't put that icky thing inside of the Wii!] More »

3:12 PM on Wed Nov 22 2006
By Louis Ramirez
7,991 views, 6 comments

Latest by pepsi_max2k: i'd wager running epsxe via fedora on the ps3 will run ps1 games better, too. more »

hr-2800

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 »

5:40 PM on Fri Oct 6 2006
By Jason Chen
614 views, 7 comments

cellphones

Q Rocks Mario

Man, I didn't know Motorola was teaming up with Nintendo! Apparently, the Q can run the Pocket NES emulator, which means this ultra-thin sex kitten just got more ultra-thinish and sex-kittenish. More »

2:57 PM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By johnb
718 views, 4 comments

portable media

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 »

1:00 PM on Thu Sep 29 2005
By johnb
1,780 views, 4 comments

psp

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 »

9:30 AM on Fri Aug 26 2005
By Noah R
1,058 views