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I was curious as to how many are using their Evo as a gaming device as well as its other uses. I started off playing some of the simple arcade and puzzle style games but I have recently been playing a couple of fps games from gameloft and I realize that there is a lot of potential for the evo if the developers will continue with it.
I'm playing home run battle 3d and a couple of other games.
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Yeah I have been playing quite a bit of old NES games with nesoid.
CM6 + wiimote + wii steering wheel + gps dash mount + dremel + gorilla glue = emulator fun. I have been mostly playing old SNES games, but I have a 40 minute bus ride to & from work so I have to kill the time somehow.
Until I saw the demo for NOVA and Sandstorm I never realized that 3d gaming had come so far for android. Those are the 2 main games that I am playing right now.
It's perfect for RPG's which is my favorite type of games. Play final fantasy tactics as we speak. I never owned a ps1 myself so theres a lot of rpg games for me to play.
Am I the only who likes Meteor Blitz? It's just about my favorite handheld game of all time! Like a Geometry Wars mobile.
PSXDroid is pretty nice. I continually encounter graphical glitches though, which is utterly annoying.
SandStorm is neat, Nova is a fun FPS as well. Pretty much most of Gamelofts releases are enjoyable. Well, minus Assassin's Creed.
There's a guy working on Starcraft for Android, but I think the projects gone dead in the water.
Finally, Quake III on Android. Or, Kwaak3
Also, this may not be the best place to post anything about iOS, because I know quick people can be to hate on the iPhone. But Steve Jobs aside, who else is impressed by Epic Game's Infinity Blade and Mutant Bash TV by Id running on the Rage iOS engine?
I'm totally floored by it to be honest. Had no idea a 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM could achieve graphics on this level.
It's only a matter of time before a company creates an engine like this for Android Devices. Development is either already in the works or right around the corner.
*Cough* PSP Phone *Cough*
The prospects are incredible! The only thing that bugs me is that I use to play my old GameBoys till the battery died when I was out and about. It will just really suck if I do the same with my EVO. That would put my day dead in the water if I didn't have a back up battery or wall outlet near by....
I am waiting patiently for oooecao to release their games!
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ElAguila said:
Until I saw the demo for NOVA and Sandstorm I never realized that 3d gaming had come so far for android. Those are the 2 main games that I am playing right now.
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I second that, I'm playing nova as well and it runs smooth with no hiccups.
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I am waiting patiently for oooecao to release their games!
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Elaborate,
Google search = Nothing
I'm curious.
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Am I the only who likes Meteor Blitz? It's just about my favorite handheld game of all time! Like a Geometry Wars mobile.
PSXDroid is pretty nice. I continually encounter graphical glitches though, which is utterly annoying.
SandStorm is neat, Nova is a fun FPS as well. Pretty much most of Gamelofts releases are enjoyable. Well, minus Assassin's Creed.
There's a guy working on Starcraft for Android, but I think the projects gone dead in the water.
Finally, Quake III on Android. Or, Kwaak3
Also, this may not be the best place to post anything about iOS, because I know quick people can be to hate on the iPhone. But Steve Jobs aside, who else is impressed by Epic Game's Infinity Blade and Mutant Bash TV by Id running on the Rage iOS engine?
I'm totally floored by it to be honest. Had no idea a 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM could achieve graphics on this level.
It's only a matter of time before a company creates an engine like this for Android Devices. Development is either already in the works or right around the corner.
*Cough* PSP Phone *Cough*
The prospects are incredible! The only thing that bugs me is that I use to play my old GameBoys till the battery died when I was out and about. It will just really suck if I do the same with my EVO. That would put my day dead in the water if I didn't have a back up battery or wall outlet near by....
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Those iOS games are insane, I can't wait till we have them on Android. Epic has already demoed their Unreal Engine on Android so we will definitely have some sick games coming soon.
BTW, what ROM/theme are you running in the pic in your sig?
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Those iOS games are insane, I can't wait till we have them on Android. Epic has already demoed their Unreal Engine on Android so we will definitely have some sick games coming soon.
BTW, what ROM/theme are you running in the pic in your sig?
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I know, they just need to come out with a decent controller for handheld devices. I almost want to go out and pick up a WiiMote just for my EVO. I have a PS3 controller but I've read that it will probably never happen because of technicalities with bluetooth between the two. I use my PS3 Controller to play Halo on my Netbook, so much fun! Makes airplane flights a breeze.
Just put a vice grip on a pad with a few buttons and put on a MicroUSB connector with an input on the pad for charging and call it done.
I keep reading about people whom have tested some of these Rage iOS games complaining that the controls blow. Especially Mutant Bash TV, it's tilt shift. I mean REALLY!? I tend to get p'd off at DoodleJump, let alone an FPS.
Stock ROM, unREVOked. Theme is custom.
Better off with a epic, you got the keyboard for controls and better GPU.
which is my problem... I don't use my phone for gaming, so it has no use for me lol
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Better off with a epic, you got the keyboard for controls and better GPU.
which is my problem... I don't use my phone for gaming, so it has no use for me lol
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Lol, 4 of my friends recently jumped on to the Epic from TP2's (we all get the same phones, its kinda wierd) But i have an Evo. I play games on mine and its pretty good, but i tell them that games play better on the Epic due to the GPU/CPU and none of them play games, haha.
I got the usual great android games on plus, snesoid,nesoid,gensoid, psx4droid. The emulators are much better when rooted with a kernel that allows for better multi touch,(I'm currently on kings bfs11). I have hundreds games just between the emulators. I would consider psx4droid unplayable unless u had such a kernel. The biggest problem with playing the games is the lack of better multi touch, and thats y I will never b unrooted again.
Swyped from my Evo
they need to change up the controllers. Instead of using the forward, back, left, right motions on the screen, use the gyroscope to do those, and then in the left hand have the movement of the gun, and in the right hand, have the shooting or w/e.
Has anyone here tried Heavy Gunner?
I've been on a real gaming spree ever since I got the Evo!
Super K.O Boxing is really nice
SpeedX 3D is my favorite!
N.O.V.A was a b*t*h to get working, but it's by far the most graphically intense game.
Caligo Chaser is alright if you like more cartoony RPGs. The best part of the game is that when you adjust your gear it visually reflects on the character, lots of choices too!
Fruit Ninja is a fun, friendly style, potentially competitive style game
I just tried Meteor Blitz, thanks for the recommendation! I do wish the movement controls were less sensitive however.
Android is a fantastic platform for gaming, unfortunately it's not the only one and developers are limited
I tried a couple of the emulators but the game rom's I downloaded showed the game on a tiny screen and the controls did not work well at all. I guess I need to try some different games roms. Sandstorm is as graphically intensive as NOVA if not more so. I tried Avatar but the gameplay was a little confusing for me at times. Bottom line is that android is a great gaming platform and the Evo is a good hard device for gaming. I have a kindle and a zuneHD and was getting ready to get a psp. Now the Evo is truly an all in one device for me. It will do what all of those will do. Sure it uses a lot of battery but I would rather switch batteries during the day than to cary 3 or 4 devices and chargers when I travel.
MMORPG: Pocket Legends. That thang was just released today.
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so why is it so hard to get Need for speed shift? why not in the market? why are there no good games in the market? on my old iphone i played many awesome games like nfsshift, street fighter 4, fifa soccer, chaos rings most of all Grand theft Auto chinatown wars. when i look in the market, there a bunch of crappy games, i mean common no words with friends or scrabble or bejeweled? my opinion, get a 64 gb ipod touch, you get your games and great music integration with itunes, plus 32gb extra possible storage. and its thin. i love my evo but no-matter what mods i do to it its not good at graphic intensive stuff, i cant even run the ocean waves wallpaper without it choppin like Jackie chan.
p.s. also looked for pocket legends, nothing in market for that either
so im coming from sprint Samsung epic 4g (no 4g in des moines ia) well im switchin to Verizon for the Xperia play as i allways play Emulators on my epic with the keyboard and all those RPG games thats on the market and i been wanting to replay Resident evil 2 and dino crisis (which is very hard to play on a keyboard phone lol)
but i been hearing some stuff that the xperia play cant play alot of ps1 games on FPSE becuase its slow old hardware. people told me to go to the Droid X2 or the Samsung charge but it will be even harder to play games on those becuase there is no keyboard or game pad, so my question is, is the xperia play worth the 49.99$ then the 299$ samsung charge and droid x2? like i said im coming from a Samsung epic which i guess is a little faster (and i have roms on it that speed it up alot as i see the xperia play has not got Root yet for the verizon phone) so im hoping that someday the xperia play will get root and roms soon.
how is speed in terms of Broswer wise? i do heavy broswing and textin i also saw the battery life sucks on this phone (becuase root has not came out yet as the epic prob has the same battery life with out root)
im just tryin get some more answers and feed back from XDA as the people at the store dont know what there talkin about and i asked if they knew about emulators on the phone and they said they have no idea what those are
This blows my old Captivate away, and that's pretty much the same as the Epic. I've had no lag in any game. The Charge has almost the exact same specs if I remember correctly. The Droid X 2 is made by Motorola...enough said. Lol.
I haven't had any problems with FPSE, but I don't play very many PS1 games.
It could be optimized with ROM's, but they'll be here eventually.
Browser speed is fine and battery life is much better than my Captivate.
Welcome aboard.
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well im pretty sure it wil play all my Sega,Snes,GBA games but my deal is my ps1 games like
FF8
Dino crisis
resident evil1-3
maybe even FF7 (i never got past 1st disk lol)
marvel vs capcom
mortal kombat trilogy
there is a few others but cant think of them (also has is the N64 emulator on this phone? i can play Mario kart and mario 64 with no lag on my epic)
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well im pretty sure it wil play all my Sega,Snes,GBA games but my deal is my ps1 games like
FF8
Dino crisis
resident evil1-3
maybe even FF7 (i never got past 1st disk lol)
marvel vs capcom
mortal kombat trilogy
there is a few others but cant think of them (also has is the N64 emulator on this phone? i can play Mario kart and mario 64 with no lag on my epic)
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I haven't even tried any of those games but I should. Lol.
N64 has run fine for me. This is all stock--not even rooted.
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is root even close on this phone at all? i know it came out not to long ago (has it even been a month?)
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is root even close on this phone at all? i know it came out not to long ago (has it even been a month?)
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There's a thread in the development section that has the progress of root. I used to keep up with it but haven't lately.
At least the Verizon Play is AOSP...lol.
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well thats good =) that is how i have my epic lol
how would u rate the battery life on this phone compared to your captivate (i use to own one myself as that was my first SGS phone then i went to the mesmorize and then epic)
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how would u rate the battery life on this phone compared to your captivate (i use to own one myself as that was my first SGS phone then i went to the mesmorize and then epic)
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I get a good 10-12 hours out of it with heavy use. I've been using my iPad 2 a lot these last few days and have only used the Play for a few phone calls and a lot of texting. I could have went 2 days without charging it.
I only got about 6-7 out of the Cappy with the same usage, and that's stretching quite a bit.
how is the 3G? anyone know if its faster then Sprint 3g wise? or is 3g all the same?
thats cool for battery and that means it will only get better once root and roms come
i just dont understand why didnt sony go to samsung for there better GPU and CPU i hear the adreno 205 is slow compared to the hummingbird )
Root is here and working and has been for a while
If you get a xplay on gingerbread 2.3.2 it's straight forward with a one click tool installed with an .apk called gingerbreak. If it comes with 2.3.3 it's another story you'll need to downgrade to 2.3.2 then rot with above tool and then update your phone OTA.
It's only xplay model R800i/a/ that can be rooted, I'm not sure about R800at and last R800x can't as of yet be rooted.
Check the development section for further info
Regards Dousan...
well i looked around a little bit and i guess the verizon model is the R800X? if im right? and it seems ALL verizon models cant be rooted
Thanks for this thread. I'm looking at switching from my Fascinate to this. Wondering about battery life and how is the GPS system? My Fascinate is terrible about GPS, but my girl's Incredible 2 locks on fast. How fast does the Play lock-on?
The GPS of this phone is terrific, actually: it's probably the dark horse of its functionalities.
Icebear...FPSE runs awesomely on the Verizon Xperia Play (r800x). I've only played Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Destruction Derby and Nectaris but I get 60 fps on all of those without a problem. I had to slow down Destruction Derby because it ran too fast.
I too was deciding between getting the absolute fastest phone available versus the Play with its controls. If you plan on using emulators, then there is no question, get the Play. I can't imagine trying to play Castlevania or Destruction Derby with my thumbs covering part of the screen or without any kind of tactile feedback. Trust me, this thing is awesome with emulators and the controls are just as good as any dedicated gamepad (except for the analog pads(vs. the analog joysticks on the PSX controller) which I don't use anyway...but are supported with the latest FPSE release). I am beyond happy with this device because I'm into classic games and this plays most of them flawlessly (some PSX games have sound issues...check the compatibility guide on the FPSE website. The developer is always updating the emulator to improve compatibility).
The GPS works great using Google Maps...much quicker to lock on than my iphone3g that I used previously.
If you are a gamer, grab the play.
The battery life is awesome with or without root compared to my old htc phone. I'm have 3g turned off most of the time though, but I'm a heavy brwoser on opera and it will last more then 10 hours
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well i know what im ordering in the next hour lol xperia play here i come
yeah, I ordered mine from Wirefly. Here's hoping they let me and my mom switch phones or she's going to be a little unhappy (she had an upgrade).
I got my xperia play 2 days agos and im in love in it
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wish someone would make a Psp emulator so we can play Monster hunter on this bad boy, playin online anywhere...... now that is a dream
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wish someone would make a Psp emulator so we can play Monster hunter on this bad boy, playin online anywhere...... now that is a dream
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Sony Ericsson are stupid in this regard.
They could have made it so that psp games were available for digital download. Then you have a fresh list of new games along with the old ps one classics.
People that already paid for digital downloads on the psp got their same games on the SExplay for free ofc.
They would of made so much money. A real opportunity missed for them.
I think that is coming. Apparently the menu button was designed to be the Playstation button. I have faith that it will come.
Is the play even powerful enough to play psp games? I mean I dont see why not if its made by sony as they know there own hardware and software codes
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Is the play even powerful enough to play psp games? I mean I dont see why not if its made by sony as they know there own hardware and software codes
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well I doubt that the Xperia Play is powerful enough.
The psp is 333mhz and the Xperia play has 1000mhz
even though it is more the xperia play has to load a full operating system, android. Also 3X the processing power does not seem enough for emulation.
I forgot to mention that the PSP has a pretty good graphics processor.
Unless Sony can make the game run without emulation we will get laggy gaming.
Look at the Nintendo DS emulator the DS has 67MHZ processor yet the NDS emulator lags so much even on tegra2 phones. So imagine emulating 300mhz
But I would think if sony was making it they know everything to code it right? I just hope the ps suite or what ever its called imports psp titles like monster hunter
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well I doubt that the Xperia Play is powerful enough.
The psp is 333mhz and the Xperia play has 1000mhz
even though it is more the xperia play has to load a full operating system, android. Also 3X the processing power does not seem enough for emulation.
I forgot to mention that the PSP has a pretty good graphics processor.
Unless Sony can make the game run without emulation we will get laggy gaming.
Look at the Nintendo DS emulator the DS has 67MHZ processor yet the NDS emulator lags so much even on tegra2 phones. So imagine emulating 300mhz
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For starters 1Ghz is 1024mhz, the play is easly capible of emulating psp games and nds games for that matter, the developers of tiger nds has already said there current emulator is just a tech demo and would be unplayable on any device no matter how powerfull it is
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Is the play even powerful enough to play psp games? I mean I dont see why not if its made by sony as they know there own hardware and software codes
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The PSP has a 333mhz cpu and the play has a 1ghz cpu.
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well I doubt that the Xperia Play is powerful enough.
The psp is 333mhz and the Xperia play has 1000mhz
even though it is more the xperia play has to load a full operating system, android. Also 3X the processing power does not seem enough for emulation.
I forgot to mention that the PSP has a pretty good graphics processor.
Unless Sony can make the game run without emulation we will get laggy gaming.
Look at the Nintendo DS emulator the DS has 67MHZ processor yet the NDS emulator lags so much even on tegra2 phones. So imagine emulating 300mhz
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I'm not talking about emulation. I'm talking about porting the games to the play. Like they did with the COW collection on the PS3. They can port all the great games. They are porting the PSP GOW games to the PS3 as we speak.
If I remember correctly most PSP games run at 222mhz?? Because a hacked PSP can be ran at 333mhz which dramatically improved the loading times. This might only be the case for early games but I do remember DAX going on about it a few years back.
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If I remember correctly most PSP games run at 222mhz?? Because a hacked PSP can be ran at 333mhz which dramatically improved the loading times. This might only be the case for early games but I do remember DAX going on about it a few years back.
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You are correct. I have a PSP.
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I'm not talking about emulation. I'm talking about porting the games to the play. Like they did with the COW collection on the PS3. They can port all the great games. They are porting the PSP GOW games to the PS3 as we speak.
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The problem is SE and Sony are different entities.
SE make mobile phones, Sony make games and consoles (amongst other things).
I can't see any porting of psp game to the Xplay in a million years, the platforms are just too different.
It's a great idea though. SE would sell a million more XPlays if they tied it into PSP games.
It would be a hit lol monster hunter on 3g?! I would kill lol
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The problem is SE and Sony are different entities.
SE make mobile phones, Sony make games and consoles (amongst other things).
I can't see any porting of psp game to the Xplay in a million years, the platforms are just too different.
It's a great idea though. SE would sell a million more XPlays if they tied it into PSP games.
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How are SE and sony diffrent entities? If you want to be like that sony dont make games or consoles either, SCE do, so why are SCE part of sony and SE arnt??
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Sony is structured in divisions. It is very well-known fact that, although they all form part of the same company, communication between them is horrid. It would be oh so much better if they could just cooperate, but for some reason, Sony's corporate culture discourages that.
Hello, I currently have the xperia play and I am loving the emulators on it, however the ps1 and n64 ones seem to have slowdown on them. I have the opportunity to get the Motorola milestone x2 and was wondering if I should. I know the controls won't be as good since it doesn't have a built in gamepad, but how would emulation improve? Would it run ps1 and n64 games better and if so, is it significant?
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Hello, I currently have the xperia play and I am loving the emulators on it, however the ps1 and n64 ones seem to have slowdown on them. I have the opportunity to get the Motorola milestone x2 and was wondering if I should. I know the controls won't be as good since it doesn't have a built in gamepad, but how would emulation improve? Would it run ps1 and n64 games better and if so, is it significant?
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No it wouldn't run much faster if any. The problem is emulators only use one core, so a second core isn't helping. Out of curiosity what's your xplay setup because I get no ps1 lag and only a tad of lag in a few n64 games.
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Well I don't even have the ps1 one on my phone now because i had a hard time getting games to play. The 64 emulator I use is mupen64 xperia play edition. I have default setting enabled. I do use sound but I have disabled it on occasion and really don't notice a difference. It plays decent most of the time, but every 30 seconds or so, it will lag out for about 3 seconds and screw me up if I'm running on Mario or rounding a corner in Mario kart. I just want to optimize the emulator the best I can. I know it won't always be perfect, but I feel it could be better.
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Well I don't even have the ps1 one on my phone now because i had a hard time getting games to play. The 64 emulator I use is mupen64 xperia play edition. I have default setting enabled. I do use sound but I have disabled it on occasion and really don't notice a difference. It plays decent most of the time, but every 30 seconds or so, it will lag out for about 3 seconds and screw me up if I'm running on Mario or rounding a corner in Mario kart. I just want to optimize the emulator the best I can. I know it won't always be perfect, but I feel it could be better.
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It might be sdcard related. I noticed that with Dungeon Hunter 2 if I have the apk. moved sd card the game lags really badly. As soon as I moved it back to phone memory the game hardly has any stutters ( still has some but very few and not very bothersome).
Do you have the emulator itself moved on sd card?
No gamepad so not in the same league. No comparison.
If you wait until the milestone 4 comes out it will emulate games better than the xperia but of course you will loose the real game controls.
Overclock your Play and you never see again slowdown
Agreed with the overclocking. It'll vary from device to device, but I OC mine at 1.4Ghz and it runs most things peachy keen.
N64oid and FPse
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If you wait until the milestone 4 comes out it will emulate games better than the xperia but of course you will loose the real game controls.
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Giving the phones he named, I'm guessing he is on Cspire. If thats the case then there is no telling when the Milestone 4 will arrive, if ever. They are always late as hell getting good phones.
What is gaming without control?
n64oid still lags for me at 1.5ghz
I think it's due to:
coding and resolution
My old droid played mario kart perfectly, that said, it looks beautiful the XP.
I tried this once before and it turned into a douche fest so maybe the 12yr olds will stay away.
Anyway I'm a big emulator fan and the size of the note is perfect and with the sixaxis app its a dream.
I want everyone's thoughts on how far out we are from a PS2 or Xbox emulator. The n64 can be run pretty good and awhile back a guy had a Dreamcast emulator running sonic adventure on a 1gz android phone, of course it was beta and not perfect but it was amazing considering the hardware.
With quad cores now out, 2 gigs of ram and nice GPU chips in place what time frame do you see the next advancement in emulation?
I know there was a PS2 emulator on the market briefly but was pulled as I assume it was fake. In any event, a lot of you are more in tune with the development side and the power it would take or maybe just a hellava programmer to move on so what are your thoughts?
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I use happy bay but my battery dies in like 2 hours. Its awful for rpg games. I can't imagine xbox or ps2 graphics consuming less battery, so my guess it'll be 1 hour before your phone dies. Would like to see an emulator though, and I think its doable.
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