I don't know where zodttd is at on this but I looked at what code was already there from the google.code group n64oid and that's not happening for me but I really just want to play one game, Super Smash Bros, I saw a guy that made a Starcraft port on android so what would I be looking at in focusing all my attention on just porting a game instead of an emulator? The Starcraft port works fine.
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I know it's been said on other forums, i'm not sure if it has been said in this one though. Anyways, with supposed unrestricted use to the services of the phone, i can't wait to see what sort of games we can see on Android. With wifi, 3g, and bluetooth, this can be the ultimate gaming platform and capitalize where wm and apple didn't. Imagine mmo's, multiplayer deathmatches, or something as simple as spades, all online or played on bluetooth. And androids focus on playing in wm territory can mean potential for a huge installer base. The future for Android looks bright indeed.
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/07/18/google-remove-xmpp-support-in-android/
apps for android are Managed code in java which in most cases is the enemy of speed
and supporting 3d features in cpu and gpu though
Any phone I have had since the Nokia 3300 has become a gaming phone for me. Special kudos to playing Dragon Warrior I & II on the Nokia 6600's gameboy emulator.
(I wish the trackball would be on the left like gaming controllers, which was the first major thing I had to adapt to when going from Wing to G1, but oh well - what can ya do?)
The one thing i would love to see for the android is pocketnesterplus. I'm not sure if there is a way to use it with g1, but hopefully one will come out soon for the nes games. Its extremely hard to play alot of the nes games on most phones but with trackball it would be easier to control the directions. I've heard some of the top game companies are coming on board, all of them better if they're smart!!!
it seems like there was an opengl demo by google a while back where they ran doom I would like to see more 3D games esp if they are written to run off the kernel and display thru the FB device that android creates. As far as I know there is no reason that android apps NEED to be in java.... maybe to be on the market they do... but it's a linux kernel... it should run arm9/11 compiled programs
Does anyone know if there will be development of an emulator for old school consoles like NES and SNES?
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Does anyone know if there will be development of an emulator for old school consoles like NES and SNES?
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Haven't seen any announcements of one(except that there's a really slow gameboy emulator on the marketplace) but I can say with 99.999999% assurance that there will be some.
I have been trying out the nes and snes emulators, pretty cool. But then i saw that windows mobile had a ps one emulator, and that was just awesome. So does anyone know if there is a ps one emulator in progress for android, or any other "newer" console emulator for that matter, with the snapdragon in the nexus it should be possible to have some really cool emulator.
Two games that would be awesome on android...will it ever happen?? Can it happen?? The phones are certainly more than capable of running the games...
I saw a Starcraft port in Google Code Hosting.
Are the games even natively supported on linux? I remember I got starcraft running on my omnia i910 forever ago, and that phone was a piece compared to just about any android phone out right now...
I would love to see it ported to android, but I feel like the practicality of playing such games on a phone is kinda dumb to an extent....after all, there are reasons games like this were made for an actual PC...
But that's just my two cents... would it be cool, undoubtedly... anyways will check in on this from time to time.
Would be ultra cool. Would love to see some more PC/Linux supported games ported to Android!
Good morning ladies and gents.
My transformer is on a truck for delivery and I wanted to start forumulating my app list.
I LOVE mame emulators. I built a full size arcade cabinet with working coin mech etc. That was windows of course.
All of the games I downloaded worked perfectly.
Now ive tried some android mame stuff in the past and none of the games work. So very very vew of them.
Is there any GOOD mame emulator out there that works with a ton of games? The ones I see are very restrictive.
Hoping to get a good discussion going here as to what people are using, and how many games it supports.
thanks
Mine is on the truck for delivery today too, I can't wait! I too am interested in a decent Mame emulator, I'll try some options out tonight when the tab arrives. My real reason for responding is that I want to see you Mame Cab! Post pics please!
Also, what are your control plans with the tab? On screen or Wii remote?
ill try to dig up pics of the cab.
its been a while. ended up selling it when i moved.but kept the tank stick and the xp machine. so i can build another cheap.
i ordered a bluetooth nintendo classic controller from a link someone posted here last weekend. 40 bucks.
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ill try to dig up pics of the cab.
its been a while. ended up selling it when i moved.but kept the tank stick and the xp machine. so i can build another cheap.
i ordered a bluetooth nintendo classic controller from a link someone posted here last weekend. 40 bucks.
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Yeah I saw that one, nyko right? I like that it doesn't need a wiimote, I'll probably order that soon.
So there's a few options out there for android, but it looks like there are issues.
TigerArcade
Looks like there are some scaling issues, and it doesn't play everything.
Jrioni Arcade
Doesn't look like it does any better, and not sure about honeycomb support.
Any other options? I'm suprised that's all there is.
yeah. there are some out there, but nothing that supports the wide array of games i have.
i have about 4000 games on my PC that runs mame, including the original killer instinct upright etc. but none of the android emulators run it worth a damm
we should make mame emulator on android
Tiger Arcade was my favorite emulator to use on my Nexus One, but it desperately needs an update for tablets. If you try to run it, it opens in a tiny window on the screen, and navigating through the menus is incredibly difficult. I didn't even bother testing any games because I just got too frustrated with it.
If and when they eventually do update it, I can confirm that it does play most CPS2 and NeoGeo games. I'd really like to see CPS3 support in the future.
Has anyone else thought of emulators on the ouya? Playing retro games on the big screen again would be great. Personally this is one of the biggest reasons I'm excited for the console. Can't wait to play ocarina of time.
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Has anyone else thought of emulators on the ouya? Playing retro games on the big screen again would be great. Personally this is one of the biggest reasons I'm excited for the console. Can't wait to play ocarina of time.
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I've bought/pre ordered the ouya primarily for xbmc, but being able to pay some classics like shadow run and legend of Zelda, whilst lying in bed on a Sunday morning is massively appealing.
It's starting to feel like Christmas with the release just around the corner and I'm looking forward to seeing what the devs around here do when they get their mucky paws on it.
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No, I prefer something like the Xperia Play for emulators, though its a bit out dated in term of performance. But the Ouya should do emulators really well too. I'm mainly getting the Ouya to use as an HTPC.
ditto.
I backed OUYA mainly for XBMC but the fact that I can run emulations is a bonus. imaging DosBox with all the old school Sierra games, on the big screen.
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God i totally love the idea of using emulators on this it's another reason i purchased it. On my phone gs2 i use the playstation emulators gameboy eveyrthing now to be able to do it on a tv.... man im excited
Search YouTube. Tons of videos of devs using side loaded emulators to play old school games on the Ouya. It's reality, folks.
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ditto.
I backed OUYA mainly for XBMC but the fact that I can run emulations is a bonus. imaging DosBox with all the old school Sierra games, on the big screen.
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Honestly, there's not really more "possibility" with emulation on the Ouya than there is on any other somewhat recent Android device.
There is one bad thing. The focus Ouya team are now placing on emulators could result in unneeded focus on the subject and gaming company retained lawyers could be out for money. Kind of like when MP3 started getting popular and you had a lot of one hit wonders trying to sue for a back catalogue that nobody even bought when they were new. Saturday Night Live had a funny skit about that.
Ouya had better be careful, since they are pushing it as a feature, which will be like a bleeding cut in the water to lawyers.
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There is one bad thing. The focus Ouya team are now placing on emulators could result in unneeded focus on the subject and gaming company retained lawyers could be out for money. Kind of like when MP3 started getting popular and you had a lot of one hit wonders trying to sue for a back catalogue that nobody even bought when they were new. Saturday Night Live had a funny skit about that.
Ouya had better be careful, since they are pushing it as a feature, which will be like a bleeding cut in the water to lawyers.
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I dunno about having to worry that much about emulation and the legalities for the OUYA. Heck, google play sells emulators that can be used on any android device. the ouya is that itself.. just another android device. emulation isn't illegal..
The emulation is not illegal, only the BIOS and the Games which are downloaded
are more or less illegal. These would have to be copied from your own console with
special equipment... nobody does this in the time of internet.
Theoretically this things could be free to download if the copyright owner allows this.
There is also my idea, that Nintendo and others aren't interested in forbidding emulation
for some (not every) console and that's why they aren't fighting against emulation.
In Ouya you can download and install anything... So, doesn't matter if it's legal or not...
Has anyone tested the Interworks Controller Pro U (aka Retro Classic Controller) with the Ouya (or any Android device)? I'm especially interested in joystick functionality...
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I've sideloaded SNES9X emu, works good. Started playing chrono trigger, it nice it has an option to let joystick function as dpad.
I'm about to see n64oids performance on the ouya. If it does run smoothly then I guess I will be replaying Zelda oot
I personally prefer mupen64. Ouya is plenty powerful enough for it anyway
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Emulators, I hadn't even thought of that, now I'm really excited about the Ouya, mine should be arriving very soon... I think some companies turn a blind eye to very old emulated games because it keeps their IP popular, which for some franchises still has some value.
For now, i managed to work gba, nes, snes, genesis, psx and n64 emulators via sideloading and all worked smooth with posibility of assign hardware pad buttons to them
There are 3 emulators in the OUYA store.
1. EMUya for NES emulation with intergrated ROM store (I'm sure this won't go forever, pretty much illegal).
2. Mugen64 is an N64 emulator which works better than any N64 I tested before, plus it's already mapped to work with the OUYA controller and does so flawlessly. No lag whatsoever
3. 2 different SNES emulators which also work very good. One of them is already altered to work perfect with the OUYA the other one is a known one from the play store.
I got the ouya especially for emulation, because hooking up my Galaxy S3 via HDMI to the TV and using a PS3 wireless controller was too much of a hassle and had a crazy input lag. With the OUYA no input lags at all.
Feels like playing the real consoles. Finally.