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No1 posts about games or fun applications here... Lets start

All of this technical stuff may be fun in a way! But Id much rather get some cool games on my phone! Sim City 200 is very awsome but I dont like using the stylus on buses etc! Any other good preferably FREE .cab games?

There are other threads on games, we're all just geeks here, no time for that l4m3r kinda stuff.
I almost never use my phone for games, but more due to lack of time. I think if it weren't for the stupid dpad issue (can't press dpad and some other keys), it'd be a kick ass device. Particularly the wizard, with dpad on one side, "action" buttons on the other, it's like a PSP but useful (I'd love to have a PSP, but I'd spend all day hacking it!)
However, I love xRick, Monkey Island on Scumm, Tetris, Asteroids (Pocket Frog version) and Space Invaders (found on Modaco).
Not free, but I love SprintRG, Elite, Vector Blaster (I bought it for both my p900 and Magician!), Pocket Slay (superb, even just in trial mode), and BustEm.
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pocketNester will let u play every Nintendo Entertainment System game ever made and it runs very smoothly on the HTC Wizard, un-fu**ing-fortunately, the the phone buttons cannot be assigned, so you only have one button on either side of the d-pad.
many windows mobile games don't run very well on the wizard because of its OMAP processor structure. you need to do some system tweaking to get some games to run smoothly, and there aren't many system tweaking apps for the OMAP processor out there, yet.

msafi said:
pocketNester will let u play every Nintendo Entertainment System game ever made and it runs very smoothly on the HTC Wizard, un-fu**ing-fortunately, the the phone buttons cannot be assigned, so you only have one button on either side of the d-pad.
many windows mobile games don't run very well on the wizard because of its OMAP processor structure. you need to do some system tweaking to get some games to run smoothly, and there aren't many system tweaking apps for the OMAP processor out there, yet.
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Here is my list of top played stuff: (let me know if u need something)
1) gfDoom - Full Doom 1 & 2 in Landscape mode + configuration for Wiza's keyboard
2) WarCraft 2 (Stratagus) - Full WarCraft 2 with original sounds and stuff!
3) Pocket TombRaider - Clone of PC's version. Runs smooth even if radio is on
4) Pocket Sokoban / MouseMaze / RailRoad Jam - My lovely puzzles
5) My Little Tank - Battle City-like game but with outstanding graphics
6) MorphGear with all modules (GBA/SNES/NES...) - Very smooth emulation but noisy sounds
7) Atomic Cannons - A good game to play with friends (you need to estimate power+coordinates to hit your enemy's tank)
8) Gangsta Race - Road Fighter-like game but control can be done using stylus
Other stuff is "play and delete"
1) Anthelion 2 / Flux - flying on fantazy motorcycle
2) Arvale - Journey ... - just a kewl quest
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doom- configuration
Hi IMate->WM2k5!
thanks for the tips. I was playing Wolfstein 3D. But doom is better.
Can you, please give me an advice- how dou you map the keys for the Wizard (if in landscape mode) which keys do you use + how to map them. Do you use one of the skins provided (default, industrial, keyboard, etc?)
Thanks
Bartsin

how would i install these programs if i cant get activesync to work? Its not letting me install them on the phone

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chrisredmayne said:
All of this technical stuff may be fun in a way! But Id much rather get some cool games on my phone! Sim City 200 is very awsome but I dont like using the stylus on buses etc! Any other good preferably FREE .cab games?
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this forum is about pocket pc's not about nokia LOL....no offense...chill

IMate->WM2k5 said:
2) WarCraft 2 (Stratagus) - Full WarCraft 2 with original sounds and stuff!
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Where do you get that!?? I've never heard of that one!

I don't get to play games as much on my ppc. but when I do I usually play Bejeweled and Zuma, Text Twist if I feel like I need to exercise my brain a bit. I also play PocketUFO occasionally [it is a port of XCOM Enemy Unknown] it is free and is available from SMK.

Yorch said:
IMate->WM2k5 said:
2) WarCraft 2 (Stratagus) - Full WarCraft 2 with original sounds and stuff!
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Where do you get that!?? I've never heard of that one!
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Check out project's pages here (http://www.stratagus.org) or here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/stratagus) and download PocketPC's port here (http://n0p.averest-k.ru/?Stratagus_&_Wargus:QVGA_(320x240):Downloads)

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Bartsin said:
Hi IMate->WM2k5!
thanks for the tips. I was playing Wolfstein 3D. But doom is better.
Can you, please give me an advice- how dou you map the keys for the Wizard (if in landscape mode) which keys do you use + how to map them. Do you use one of the skins provided (default, industrial, keyboard, etc?)
Thanks
Bartsin
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Yes. This is done through skins. Check out "Skins Specs.txt" in "Skins" folder of gfDoom. Attached is my skin. Place it to "\Program files\Doom1\skins\default" folder and replace old file.
Shortly, you need to know key codes for keyboard buttons. These can be obtained using MorphGear / Button configuration. Then mapping is done by adding lines in this syntax "VKHWBUTTON KeyCode NameOfFunction" to "doomskin.txt". List of commands is given in "\Program Files\Doom1\skins\Skin Specs.txt"
Example for "O" (key code is 79) to open doors (command: OPEN)
Code:
VKHWBUTTON 79 OPEN
My keys:
Ok/X = Run toggle
O = Open doors
SPACE = Fire
BACKSPACE = Escape
G = Gamma level increase
W / S / A / D = Cursor with strafe keys
X = Quit game[/code]

Does 'Street Duel' work on it? That game is awesome!

Ah I just got scummvm to work on it! Very chuffed!
Is the law regarding that, you can download the games aslong as you have the origionals even if its in a different format? As I have Monkey Island for the Amiga, so would it be legal to have the scummvm version?
Does anyone know where I can download Discworld and Broken Sword from? I have them for the Playstation but they would be wicked on my phone! I know the website jmc mobile has a few good ones on it!
Same with Doom... Is there just a shareware version out or the full game?

Anyone got any nintendo / sega emulators to work by the way ?

chrisredmayne said:
Anyone got any nintendo / sega emulators to work by the way ?
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Morpgear works great, except for landscape east orientation, but using landscape west (keyboard 'above' screen) games are very well playable.
To get good performance, use OmapClock

Yes morphgear woks in landscape an East orientation!
You have to pull the keyboard (so the screen goes to landscape mode) and with a 3rd party software (like "Inclose Mobile") go back to portrait orientation. Then start morphgear and you can play in fullscreen landscape mode without bug.
However it was difficult to assign key... some on them are buggy and don't work properly...
But with omap clock at 264 and thread priority set to low in morphgear SNES game are quite playable!

Thibale said:
Yes morphgear woks in landscape an East orientation!
You have to pull the keyboard (so the screen goes to landscape mode) and with a 3rd party software (like "Inclose Mobile") go back to portrait orientation. Then start morphgear and you can play in fullscreen landscape mode without bug.
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Just use Start->Settings->System->Screen applet to rotate back to portrait. No need for 3rd party soft. Another acceleration would be using of GAPI Driver (General Settings of MorphGear)

racing games?
heard there are a few racing games, searched and found Midtown Madness 3D for smartphone.
http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=3401&section=SMART
seems a little pricey, but i might just pick it up. has anyone tried it?

i cant get morpheous to work, anyone got a link for the cab / exe file ?

chrisredmayne: if you own a license to the game, even as old as that, I'm sure no one will mind if you use it with ScummVM.
To find other similar games, check out abandonware sites. I love having Monkey Island on my phone, even if I never play it. The mere curiosity value always makes me smile.
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Games that can be played in landscape mode

Since I bought htc universal(o2 executive), I have always used it for work. Most of my games only worked in portrait mode. But, I want to know what games work well on it in landscape mode.
Till now, games that work nicely in landscape mode are(and which I really liked playing)
1. pdamill snails:make sure you first switch to potrait mode. Game auto-runs in landscape mode then. The graphics are QVGA, but, its the best I have found so far.(RECOMMENDED)
http://www.pdamill.com/prod_sn.shtml?ref=moregames
note:v3 of snails auto-switches to potrait mode
2. pocket mini golf 2:runs in landscape mode and supports vga
3. resco table soccer
4.call of duty 2(suggested by 3nrico)(requires 28MB free RAM)
5.astraware solitaire(suggested by ng)
6. Infinite dreams krally(suggested by DaVince)(better play with the stylus)
7.Atomic cannon(suggested by cktlcmd)(RECOMMENDED)
8.PDAmill Corsair(suggested by cktlcmd)
9.Astraware My Little Tank(even though the game plays itself in potrait mode, you can easily play it in landscape by remapping the keys)(RECOMMENDED)
10.PDAmill Bowling for Burgers
What other games do you play universal-owners?

call of duty 2 but it's very difficult to play with touchscreen

Yeah, but, you need 28mb free ram. I cannot even achieve that mark even by hard reseting the rom which I'm using
btw, added urs to the list

The new astraware solitaire works in landscape mode AND VGA mode.

These are also very good on Landscape:
Infinite Dreams Krally
Moregames Azgard Defense
Hexacto Baseball Addict
ppcStudios Ancient Evil
Jamdat Worms World Party
Broken Sword

Regarding krally, it does looks nice in landscape mode, but, you cannot control the car nicely, since the universal keyboard cannot respond to multiple presses.
Regarding 'Baseball Addict', does it auto-plays itself other way around ie, playing screen is actually 180degrees to the keyboard? I m asking this because I tried tennis addict and the playing screen was on the other side
I ll try all of them and add them if the work and are playable on the universal

Well.. I prefer using the stylus.
I don't have Baseball Addict installed right now.. so I can't really remember..

I"d like to add too:
Atomic Cannon: http://www.isotope244.com/atomic_cannon_pocket.html
My Little Tank: http://astraware.com/ppc/wm5/mlt/?skucode=0212-000-0387
Chess Genius: http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=1640
I like SHOOT E'M UP games. Atomic Cannon and My Little Tank are the best. As you mentioned, I love SNAILS too.
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cktlcmd said:
My Little Tank: http://astraware.com/ppc/wm5/mlt/?skucode=0212-000-0387
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Are you sure it supports landscape mode? On their site, I see 480*640 only.

kdskamal said:
Are you sure it supports landscape mode? On their site, I see 480*640 only.
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It does not really support landscape mode, but you can assign the arrow keys to control the tank to go to whatever direction you want. So in reality, you can play it in landscape mode, except the menus if you open it is in portrait mode and the score keeper on the side. This game is well built, so the scenery works both ways. Try it and you'll love it too.

I just saw these from PDA Mill:
RATS: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_ra.shtml?ref=dlimg#buy
THE CORSAIR: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_co.shtml?ref=panel#buy
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Oh yeah.. Atomic Cannon rocks!! literally!
The explosion effects are truly awesome..

DaVince said:
Oh yeah.. Atomic Cannon rocks!! literally!
The explosion effects are truly awesome..
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Also be sure to check out Isotope's new game Machines at war!

cktlcmd said:
I just saw these from PDA Mill:
RATS: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_ra.shtml?ref=dlimg#buy
THE CORSAIR: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_co.shtml?ref=panel#buy
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I tried Rats today. Looks like the rat does not behaves well with my universal keyboard. Also, cannot find a way to remap the buttons in the game
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Also be sure to check out Isotope's new game Machines at war!
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Does it supports landscape mode?

Gold Miner Joe: http://www.goldminerjoe.com/
I like this game. It does play well in landscape on the Universal, that is why I bought it. But I uninstalled it because it causes some conflicts on my most used applications. You guys can try it if you want, maybe you won't get the conflicts. This game is nice, it reminds me of Super Mario. If installed alone on my Universal, I have no problems.
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Astraware my little tank and pdamill bowling for burgers added to the list

Hello guys
I have a HTC Touch and I'm having some problems with the keys with Worms, i can only configure one key, the central button of my pad is actionless, do you have any idea to solve this problem ?

If you're into very old-skool stuff Nethack will keep you busy for a while. Very addictive and works in landscape mode.
Also, I'm not sure whether discussion of emulation is allowed by forum rules (feel free to delete if not), but ScummVM works brilliantly and (only) in landscape mode! The Universal is fast enough to handle even the newest and most CPU-intensive Scumm games like Sam and Max Hit the Road. Lucasarts adventures were simply MADE for the stylus, and the only issue on my M5000 is that on some screens you need to click on the very far left edge of the touchscreen to make your character move offscreen, and that can sometimes bring up the onscreen keyboard which is mildly annoying
There's plenty of instructions on how to make your old Scumm games work on a pda on ScummVM's Sourceforge page, including a nifty little utility that compresses the in-game audio for those games that have CD-ROM music or voiceovers so it won't take up all of your SD card. At least one of these old games (Beneath A Steel Sky) is now freeware, so you can legally download it and play it on long bus trips on your pda.

for me I get the jamdat worms game in landscape mode facing upside down to the keyboard. Also I can't seem to figure out what the fire button is.

Arvale ftw

ScummVM

I'm just wondering if anyone's been able to get it to work on the Diamond. I'm trying it, but it won't go fullscreen, and is unplayable.

works flawlessly for me...
i'm currently playing broken sword1 via diamond... really nice to play.
another good thing,the savegames on my diamond work on the winxp-version of scummvm too...
first time i started scummvm the screen was very small, but after i changed to fullscreen and configured the settings for bs1, this problem was gone...
maybe you could try another rom if that's the problem?!
greetz
alex

Doesnt change for me, whatever ROM I use. Never uses full screen.
What version of ScummVM are you using?

You have to set x2 screensize somewhere in options.
Works perfect.
only not enough controlls, in Full Throttle I can't get past the Bike-Slamming part

I am using 0.11.1 and it works flawlessly. Make sure you select AdvMAME2x as graphics mode and tick fullscreen mode.

Ah excellent, I hadn't chosen a graphics mode.
Now to find english versions of Monkey Island 1 and 2.

If you cant find them, send me a PM tomorrow (I've got them on my work PC)

I tried playing Day of the Tentacles and it just error'd ScummVM.exe

Addicteddddd said:
I tried playing Day of the Tentacles and it just error'd ScummVM.exe
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What kind of error? ScummVM simply exit without error messager? If it´s the case, your problem is the path of the games. Configure it again (maybe you have copied ScummVM from another PDA to Diamond; remember that Diamond hasn´t "Storage Card" path)
I have working:
Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2
Day of Tentacle (Maniac Mansion 2)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
and
Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis

Found versions of MI 1 and 2, would love Sam N Max, DotT and the Indiana Jones games if someone has copies. Are these considered abandonware yet?
I ran Monkey Island 2 and was asked for the copy protection wheel, I thought I was going to have to go digging around under the stairs for my actual copy. Ah, 5.25 inch disks, those were the days.

Worst case install vic's mToday.cab (attached) and switch on the fly today screens.

I can't get scummvm to work fine on blackstone, the pointer doesn't match the point you pressed on the screen

guys.. nevermind

Diamond Emulator games

Hey, I found a link here on xda to a youtube video showing a game(Art of Fighting), and I wanna know if it really just a ROM emulator is, or is it game you install on your phone?
The user is 520darky on youtube, and he's got a few other games aswell.
If someone can reply to my question, can they please tell me where to get the games, either emulated ROM or Cab files.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
scruffy_joe

Morphgear or FPSECE. Do a google/xda search!

actually, for running art of fighting the emulator you need is Final Burn, it runs neo-geo games, CPS1 and CPS2, you can find roms in here http://romhustler.net. All games I've tried run pretty smooth ( super street fighter 2 turbo, marvel Vs. Capcom, art of fighting, street fighter alpha 2, etc )

any 1 got this working
managed to get the game started, credits loaded, and started a fight
but when i try to assign the keys it just doesnt work
i can assign 3 of the dpad keys but one always goes to home
also the on screen buttons, do not work as the game automatically pauses and goes into portrait mode
is there any easy was of disabling this so i can use finalburn, as graphics are quality

tommyboybid said:
any 1 got this working
managed to get the game started, credits loaded, and started a fight
but when i try to assign the keys it just doesnt work
i can assign 3 of the dpad keys but one always goes to home
also the on screen buttons, do not work as the game automatically pauses and goes into portrait mode
is there any easy was of disabling this so i can use finalburn, as graphics are quality
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Yeah it works great for me, go into options and make sure enable screen keypad is ticked and use mode 1 (fire buttons) - then when you start a game pause it and go to Options-Keys- and re=map the buttons....i've got my back button (0x5C) mapped to coin and the centre button as start (0x8E) and everything works fine.

im using finalburn and havent managed to get either of super street fighter 2 turbo, marvel Vs. Capcom, art of fighting, street fighter alpha 2 to work - managed to get cps1 roms to work but not neogeo. iv got the neogeo.zip (bios) in the roms directory but still no luck. maybe im using an incompatible rom.
can anyone email me or pm me a link to a working rom?

I have mapped the keys and made sure the screen buttons are on
still my game pauses wen i press anywhere on the screen and i can not map the home key, all other keys i can map
but i only have 6 i can map??
is this anything to do with the cooked rom i am running maybe, swift

Hi dudes i find a good instructions for emu http://www.pocketpcmag.com/cms/index.php?q=blogs/3/1928
cheers

yeah that the guide i used to set ip up
but still no joy
i think it must be the swift rom
anyone got this working o this rom

NES/SNES/SEGA GEN Emulators

Anyone had any luck with emulation for the TP2? I knew this thing didn't have a D-Pad so... portrait mode is out of question. Now landscape should work but doesn't... at least in full screen(1/6 of the screen to be exact!). The only ones that worked somewhat were Morph Gear (shows 1/6 of the full screen in landscape mode) and Pocket Nester (only portrait works but doesn't rotate when opening keyboard (YES, I tried pocket nester plus also and checked landscape with no avail). I have to admit something... I've been away from WM for a year now and have grow fond of Android. The app store is nice and everything is compatible. WM MAIN PROBLEM is most dev. have left for Apple/Android/Palm...(jk! about Palm, lol) and/or haven't updated their programs in 2 years. Plus, having 8 different common screen size resolutions doesn't help much either. Emulation (albeit, sounds silly) is (or should be) big part of my pda's functionality. The screen isn't as responsive as I had hoped for a smartphone without a d-pad/trackball either. Android/iphone's touch screen is super responsive and I figured WM would be better is they had added the newer capacitive type of touchscreen. I'm really thinking of returning this phone. For $300, it should have been a lot better. I bet developers will come back when WM6.5 comes around with the marketplace and all. But who knows... Before you all start flaming, please remember I've been here for several years and am just a little frustrated after hours of trying to figure out what works and what doesn't with my old programs. Also, if anyone finds a solution for better emulators, PLEASE feel free to post something. I will do the same as soon as I regain my composer and get some sleep. I really hate to completely abandon WM and would like to find a solution. The TP2 really has a lot of good points but I'm sure most know what they are and what are some of it's shortcoming (which are aggravating me right now). It is pretty new and will sure to have a lot more folks working behind this sub-forum section soon enough. It is a pretty damn cool phone... just pissing me off right now. Please make a comment or suggestion below.
Good night!

I believe Morph Gear WILL work out as a good all-around emulator. As resting my mind somewhat, I realized there is an option to stretch rom image to full screen in the individual emulator console settings (example: SNES console). Combined with the k for Raphael app., landscape mode WILL work. And about the touch screen and D-pad, more force on the touch screen DOES help for better responsiveness for use without the stylus. The D-pad is somewhat made up for with the zoom bar (which sometimes zooms or scrolls (depends on what app you're using). Since I have answered my own questions (without any help from you all! ), let this be a lesson to all newbies... even old folks (members, I should say) make mistakes. I think I'll keep the TP2 (major dilemma avoided) but WM should take a lesson from apple/android and get capacitive screens!
I guess we'll have to wait on WM7 for that though

I had the same problem with Pocket Nester. I actually had to revise my comment. This is basically a bump.

I have the (telus) TP2 and have got morph gear working if you have a ctrl key there is and easier way but to get it working on my phone i downloaded KforTouchPro and morphgear start KforTP and hit switch to M$ IME then minimize then slide out my keyboard and open morphgear (i have found sliding after causes plroblems) and then im free to play (however another issue if i touch the landscape Right side of the screen if gets all screwed up but if i touch the landscape Left side of the screen it goes full screen.
If you really wanna go portrait this MIGHT work http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bt_gamepad.jpg

shawndh said:
I had the same problem with Pocket Nester. I actually had to revise my comment. This is basically a bump.
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I got pocket nester plus to work along with k for raphael. The up down left right arrows are backwards so it'll take a second to figure it out.

On my Wing, Pocket nester would work in landscape mode when I turned GAPI off in the graphics settings. haven't tried on the TP2 yet. The lack of a dpad is a game killer.

toadlife said:
On my Wing, Pocket nester would work in landscape mode when I turned GAPI off in the graphics settings. haven't tried on the TP2 yet. The lack of a dpad is a game killer.
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yeah, it takes some getting used to, for sure... I had PLENTY of practice with my good old HTC Dream (which has a trackball) but actually once you get used to the arrows and keys on the landscape physical keyboard, your gameplay improves. Mainly, becasue there is more room for your fingers. I used to use my HTC Wizard with the D-pad and it was great but some games were hard to play with the dpad and two hardware softkeys. BOY, that was a great phone! It had so many keys to map for portrait mode (5 plus the dpad! Another small flaw with the TP2. only volume keys and a back button are mappable. I'm sure we'll get the speaker/mute button working on the back soon enough. well, a bad strom is here and I am afraid for my pc's life... so I must go! lol... I hope my surge protector works well. **** it, I'm pulling the plug...

I use Morph Gear for my emulation. Although it slower then other programs it's still playable. I can use the keyboard for playing and can stretch the screen so It looks pretty good especially with the image smoothing on.
One thing I do recommend is FPSeCE this is a playstation emulator. You can search around google for version 9.6 it works great in landscape. The framerate is a bit slow on some games but most are playable. FFVII puts out around 30-40 frames for me with sound off and keyboard works great. Just make sure you have the GFX set to GAPI, Landscape right, and that you start the program with the keyboard open. If you do that you won't need the WVGA fix to use it.

I'm really curious if it might be possible to use a bluetooth controller... I would totally rock a BT modded SNES with my TP2... ::dreams::

toadlife said:
On my Wing, Pocket nester would work in landscape mode when I turned GAPI off in the graphics settings. haven't tried on the TP2 yet. The lack of a dpad is a game killer.
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i just cant for the life of me figure out why people still use these poorly written old fasioned emulators when SmartGear exists!!
http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/private/smartgear.zip
full screen in landscape on my tp2 with FULL keyboard mapping support.
NES, TG16, GG, Gen, SMS, GB, GBC

tgwaste said:
i just cant for the life of me figure out why people still use these poorly written old fasioned emulators when SmartGear exists!!
http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/private/smartgear.zip
full screen in landscape on my tp2 with FULL keyboard mapping support.
NES, TG16, GG, Gen, SMS, GB, GBC
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Never heard of smartgear. That's why I still used those old fashioned emulators. Unfortunately even the best software can't give the TP2 a dpad.
Thanks for the heads up. Ill give this a whirl.

toadlife said:
Never heard of smartgear. That's why I still used those old fashioned emulators. Unfortunately even the best software can't give the TP2 a dpad.
Thanks for the heads up. Ill give this a whirl.
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W A S Z work just fine as a dpad. then I O K L for X Y A B

tgwaste said:
i just cant for the life of me figure out why people still use these poorly written old fasioned emulators when SmartGear exists!!
http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/private/smartgear.zip
full screen in landscape on my tp2 with FULL keyboard mapping support.
NES, TG16, GG, Gen, SMS, GB, GBC
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Tried Smartgear and its good!
Now it needs SNES and GBA support

WaLshy11 said:
Tried Smartgear and its good!
Now it needs SNES and GBA support
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ya, thats the only thing lacking.
feel free to let the author know you would like him to finish SNES:
http://www.modaco.com/content-page/...o-gameboy-emulator-for-sp-beta-test/page/940/

toadlife said:
Never heard of smartgear. That's why I still used those old fashioned emulators. Unfortunately even the best software can't give the TP2 a dpad.
Thanks for the heads up. Ill give this a whirl.
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The days of the dpad are over unfortunately. Android ( G1-Magic) devs are now making touchscreen virtual dpads that work great for their emulators.
Hopefully we will see those soon here. They have some really nice emulators already.

tgwaste said:
W A S Z work just fine as a dpad.
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Maybe for you, but not for me. I play games where pressing diagonal directions is important. That doesn't work out so well when using a keyboard. Smartgear doesn't emulate the sound correctly on my favorite game, Bases Loaded. It's still a pretty good emulator though.

kable said:
The days of the dpad are over unfortunately. Android ( G1-Magic) devs are now making touchscreen virtual dpads that work great for their emulators.
Hopefully we will see those soon here. They have some really nice emulators already.
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Without a multi-touch screen, I think screen controls are a non-starter. Lack of tactile feedback is also a bummer.

toadlife said:
Maybe for you, but not for me. I play games where pressing diagonal directions is important. That doesn't work out so well when using a keyboard. Smartgear doesn't emulate the sound correctly on my favorite game, Bases Loaded. It's still a pretty good emulator though.
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the phone doesnt support multitouch though, so onscreen controls are going to be much worse than using WASZ

tgwaste said:
the phone doesnt support multitouch though, so onscreen controls are going to be much worse than using WASZ
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After the Dream
After seeing the amazing emulators for the G1/Dream (especially the gba emu) I am somewhat disappointed that the winmo emulators that are out are really no where near as good as whats running on android. My theory is that android has proper support for the graphics chip on board and this is just one more reason I think android running on a TP2 would open up so much potential for the TP2's hardware. But hey if someone could get an emulator running at full speed at the 800x480 resolution that would rock. I would even take 640x480 with black borders if it had good frame rates. Imagine running the tv-out and having your own console emulator. I really hope that the marketplace will open up doors for more support for these kinds of things like it did for android. My G1 has been out for a year next month and boy has it come a long way. Winmo has had a huge headstart which I think will help jumpstart the market.