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Evo as gaming device

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.

ElAguila said:
I am waiting patiently for oooecao to release their games!
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Elaborate,
Google search = Nothing
I'm curious.

OMGWTF_BBQ said:
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?

_MetalHead_ said:
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

razorseal said:
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

boredom?

It looks like everyone is getting bored or fed up with the xperia play especially the devs havent seen much action in that part of the forum in weeks. I have to admit i'm also fairly fed up I mean the xperia play was supposed to be the psp of phones and all its got is 10 crappy psx titles and 150 crappy optimised apps and a few medicore and a couple of good ones. WHERES THE CONTENT??? ps suite is coming with the vita next month but its gonna be along while before it roles to north America and even longer before theres much in it.

psxpetey said:
It looks like everyone is getting bored or fed up with the xperia play especially the devs havent seen much action in that part of the forum in weeks. I have to admit i'm also fairly fed up I mean the xperia play was supposed to be the psp of phones and all its got is 10 crappy psx titles and 150 crappy optimised apps and a few medicore and a couple of good ones. WHERES THE CONTENT??? ps suite is coming with the vita next month but its gonna be along while before it roles to north America and even longer before theres much in it.
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PSP of phones
What do you mean by that?

Nope.avi
More than enough games to play on the market and using FPse my ebay account has never seen so much action getting PS1 titles that I didn't get around to playing.
Nostalgia overload!

There is no such thing as a psp phone, this is a gamepad with an android cell phone attached to it.
If your unhappy with the android platform you can always try apples ios

Apple's ios sucks I like android I'm just saying the xperia play needs some content what I mean by PSP of phones is it has gamepad etc and there's supposed to be alto of exclusive games this phone is GREAT for emulators and super smooth after you root and mod the crap out of it but the xperia play suffers BIG time because they didn't make it top notch because of the arc
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swebosdev said:
There is no such thing as a psp phone, this is a gamepad with an android cell phone attached to it.
If your unhappy with the android platform you can always try apples ios
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Exactly. It's just an Android with a gamepad that makes games easier to play. I love my XPlay and wouldn't change it for anything else (except maybe an XPlay2 ;-) )
If you're bored with the XPlay then you're just bored with Android. Personally I find ios boring compared to Android due to the lack of customization and emulators
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Bored really?
Is playing any n64 or psx game not enough?
Is playing batman arkham city or street fighter arcade edition on OnLive boring you?
There's so much you can do already.
If your bored just think of all the other phones who have to use crappy touch screen controls and play angry birds while you can play crash team racing with your awesome controls.

sfex3best said:
Bored really?
Is playing any n64 or psx game not enough?
Is playing batman arkham city or street fighter arcade edition on OnLive boring you?
There's so much you can do already.
If your bored just think of all the other phones who have to use crappy touch screen controls and play angry birds while you can play crash team racing with your awesome controls.
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i second that
1) theres over 20 emulators, an avarage 400 titles per console = approx 8000 games if not more
2) onlive = around 200 ps3/x-box/pc standered games and counting
3) ps suite = i know not many but we will see it expand this year
4) xperia play optimized = 200 games and counting
5) origanal android titles = we do have a touch screen so we can play most android market games
6) chainfire3d (root) = tegra , power vr titles
7) snapdragon gamecommand = we see the benafits later this year
and thats only the games
8) media
music = sony invented the walkman what else can i say (they know music)
bravia engine = movies are something else
much much more but hope i proved my point
9) + of course a phone
how can you be bored

I really dont see how anyone can get bored with this phone, granted i have only had mine about a week, but there is just so much you can do. I havent even unlocked mine yet, only root and CWM. If your bored with the games, then start doing other things like MODS, Tweaks, create some apps... yeah i know those are android things and not Playstation things, but every device is different, they way you do a mod or a tweak is different for most phones, so there is always something new to learn/do.

XperianceIT said:
I really dont see how anyone can get bored with this phone, granted i have only had mine about a week, but there is just so much you can do. I havent even unlocked mine yet, only root and CWM. If your bored with the games, then start doing other things like MODS, Tweaks, create some apps... yeah i know those are android things and not Playstation things, but every device is different, they way you do a mod or a tweak is different for most phones, so there is always something new to learn/do.
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after two or three months its not as fun as before but playing psx games is REALLY fun alone in the dark the new nightmare very awesome game!

Its like everyone has said here.
You have the tools in your hands. Its up to you on weather or not to take these tools and make something fun or sit there and say, "Im board"; While staring at the tool maker.

Lol I agree in part, yes emulators are awesome and onlive is good if I have a wifi connection. But as far as new content goes its pretty lame, I have pretty much given up on games from the market as I havent found one worth keeping.
But having said that im definately not bored, and there is no phone I have seen that I would rather have
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poo-tang said:
i second that
1) theres over 20 emulators, an avarage 400 titles per console = approx 8000 games if not more
2) onlive = around 200 ps3/x-box/pc standered games and counting
3) ps suite = i know not many but we will see it expand this year
4) xperia play optimized = 200 games and counting
5) origanal android titles = we do have a touch screen so we can play most android market games
6) chainfire3d (root) = tegra , power vr titles
7) snapdragon gamecommand = we see the benafits later this year
and thats only the games
8) media
music = sony invented the walkman what else can i say (they know music)
bravia engine = movies are something else
much much more but hope i proved my point
9) + of course a phone
how can you be bored
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As immature (and played out) as this is gonna sound, I believe a "****ing owned!" is in order.
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No had it for a few months and im not bored
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I wouldn't trade my play either I have 22 psx titles on it and all emulators except gen and gba and a couple of the other old ones like mame and ones that nobody has heard of I Really like the genesis emu fav one n64 Is ok also
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He only bored of his xplay coz it wont fit up his ass anymore
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I have.95 games lol!
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@pricey2009 I thought those kind of jokes got left behind in grade 8 props but to bad your not smart enough to come up with a better insult
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how can you be bored with
GTA 3
MC3
nova 2
aftermath
(FPSE)bloody roar, syphon filter (1,2,3), crash (racing, bandicoot,) tony hawk, matt hoffman, etc etc ..
SUPER MARIO, Donkey kong, STREET fighter (SNESdroid)
REAL RACING 2
etc
etc
etc
come on man... the play rules... we all know it,,,

Def not bored of GTA 3
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Changing from SGS III to Xperia Play

Hello everyone,
I came here to ask people some advices...
I want to change my Samsung Galaxy S III for an Xperia Play as the only games i play are basically PS1 and GBA games.
I got some questions about it.
Is the Xperia Play laggy on FPSe or ePSXe ?
How is the feel of the physical gamepad, and what about the joysticks ?
Are there some batteries fitting the Xperia Play having more charge power (mAh) than the original ?
Is it easy to root and install a custom rom on it ?
Thanks in advance for the advices.

Fpse is running at full speed at 95% games ( that i play), ff7-ff9, tomb raidet,spyro... Only game that is slower is CollinMcrea rally 2
Flashing and rooting is easy with flashtool, just remember that kernel and recovery are on same partition and they are always flashed together ( as 1 file).
And important: you can't flash custom kernel if your bootloader is locked. It can be unlock, easy way on SE site, but not on all models. If you can choose, look for R800i model.
As for gamepad/touchpad, it is little smaller than psx controller, and if you don't have big ( or long) fingers, you'll be fine
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xAyla said:
1) Is the Xperia Play laggy on FPSe or ePSXe ?
2) How is the feel of the physical gamepad, and what about the joysticks ?
3) Are there some batteries fitting the Xperia Play having more charge power (mAh) than the original ?
4) Is it easy to root and install a custom rom on it ?
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1) I've always thought Xperia Play had WAY too many of it's own great titles to mess around with antiquated things from the past, but it seems to do better with PSXperia than any offbrand emulators.
2) The sign of a great gamepad is something that's functional for platformers and fighting games, and the Xperia Play's is easily better than the Nyko Playpad's, Red Samurai's and Gametel's Controller. As for the touchpads, that will vary by how well the developer of question implements it. Most games do an okay job, a lot of games utilize it in an absolutely great fashion (Shadowgun, Dead Space, Modern Combat 4, NOVA 2, Sacred Odyssey, Age of Zombies, Air Attack HD, Dead Trigger) but every once in a blue moon you find a game where the developer just didn't know what they were doing.
3) Yep, check out THIS THREAD made by my guy ozzmanj1
4) It's actually one of the easiest phones in the world to root and customize. zergRush rooting is stupidly easy, and a lot of ROMs can be drag-and-drop flashed with FlashTool.

I have this posted on thevlink that TL added just as a word of caution when looking for batteries
" Prior to buying the 2600mha battery I purchased a 1950 battery from ebay, it had the same form factor as the stock battery and I had serious issues with my phone. Phone was glitchy. Found out the battery (1950mha) was not outputting a sustained output level, it was all over the place. It was also from Hong Kong. The reason why a then purchased the 2600 was because of the positive reviews for it. Needless to say that 2600 was the best purchase I have made all year."
If you want a bigger Mha battery don't look for them in the same size as stock. Those over mha batteries tend to be inconsistent and will get very hot as that cram for juice into the tighter space. It could possible ly damage your phone if not at least give you a shortend battery life all around. Just my two cents from my experiences. Ad actually this battery is about twice as thick as stock battery but it lasts for 2 1/2 to 3 days and I think its easier to hold the gamepad, but not like it was uncomfortable to begin with. Anyways I am shutting up now. Back to your normally scheduled thread topic.
Thanks TL.
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ozzmanj1 said:
I have this posted on thevlink that TL added just as a word of caution when looking for batteries
" Prior to buying the 2600mha battery I purchased a 1950 battery from ebay, it had the same form factor as the stock battery and I had serious issues with my phone. Phone was glitchy. Found out the battery (1950mha) was not outputting a sustained output level, it was all over the place. It was also from Hong Kong. The reason why a then purchased the 2600 was because of the positive reviews for it. Needless to say that 2600 was the best purchase I have made all year."
If you want a bigger Mha battery don't look for them in the same size as stock. Those over mha batteries tend to be inconsistent and will get very hot as that cram for juice into the tighter space. It could possible ly damage your phone if not at least give you a shortend battery life all around. Just my two cents from my experiences. Ad actually this battery is about twice as thick as stock battery but it lasts for 2 1/2 to 3 days and I think its easier to hold the gamepad, but not like it was uncomfortable to begin with. Anyways I am shutting up now. Back to your normally scheduled thread topic.
Thanks TL.
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Using 2430ma GOLD battery ordered from ebay using it approximately 1 year and its fine.no problems here.I can use the phone medium usage 2 days.
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I had the 3600mah battery for about 6 months on my phone (the PALY one) and would last 4 days on standard speeds and 2 days at 1.8ghz.
Bakisha said:
Fpse is running at full speed at 95% games ( that i play), ff7-ff9, tomb raidet,spyro... Only game that is slower is CollinMcrea rally 2
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Colin Mcrae 2 works at full speed on PSXperia.

Yes this phone is amazing on gaming but I'm afraid that its going to die soon as dev's are having a hard time getting android 4.2.2 running on the play which I would kill to have....so anyways if you plan on running a bunch of ROMs and longer dev support I would stick with the s3....I would love to have a s3 and would die for a s4 as I don't game much and the lack of storage really upsets me....anyways yea that's my thoughts
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The SIII is an awesome phone, but how frustrating is playing Super Mario World or Zelda DX with a touchsceen ? ...
I made a 'DIY GameKlip' and got a PS3 controller, it's the best setup to Play emulator (Maybe with Note II for the screen), but i really don't see me bringing this around.
How hard would it be to create a All-In-One High capacity battery + Sliding Gamepad door for SIII ? Would it be possible to communicate via NFC and use the extended battery to power it up ?

That would be way to hard to make. Anyway, if there was an s3 with a gamepad, i would by it when it first comes out.
[] CyberScopes []

I don't believed the s3 has NFC does it??? Anyways I believed this question would best be asked in the s3 section...I would believed that it would be hard without making a really bulky and battery consuming device
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xda got an awesome community, i'm pretty sure this is something that can be true one day.
Maybe i'm going to think this through and make a kickstarter project to make this become true.
Maybe i'll buy a S4 and make this for the S4, i was already planning to make a case/door with a microSD hub, plugging on adaptator on the phone and having 2 or 4 microSD slot on the door, all this would be bulky and not that cheap, but worthy.
Paper, pencil, Google, and let's start thinking.

You can get the Play for really cheap now, so I'd say keep the S3. The experience is completely different. The Xperia Play is old, and if you've used the S3, you WILL feel lag on the Xperia Play, unless you're completely impervious to lag/stuttering.

crazymonkey05 said:
I don't believed the s3 has NFC does it??? Anyways I believed this question would best be asked in the s3 section...I would believed that it would be hard without making a really bulky and battery consuming device
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Yes the phone I posted this very here message from has NFC.
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Same problem i have.
I don't know i replace my nexus 7 woth xperia play or not ?!
I want just that lovely joysticks and play ps1 and nds games.
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#sadegh# said:
Same problem i have.
I don't know i replace my nexus 7 woth xperia play or not ?!
I want just that lovely joysticks and play ps1 and nds games.
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Xperia Play has an internal ps1 emulator made by sony (who clearly have ps1 sources- way past full speed) So if you were to uncap speed maybe it would get 200+ fps.
NDS Games are far, far away, even my s3 only gets them at half speed in peak speeds, don't expect the play to do better because 1 core that is just slightly above the strength of 1 s3 core but the s3 has 4 cores so only half power is used for nds emulation.

sewer56lol said:
Xperia Play has an internal ps1 emulator made by sony (who clearly have ps1 sources- way past full speed) So if you were to uncap speed maybe it would get 200+ fps.
NDS Games are far, far away, even my s3 only gets them at half speed in peak speeds, don't expect the play to do better because 1 core that is just slightly above the strength of 1 s3 core but the s3 has 4 cores so only half power is used for nds emulation.
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My nexus 10 plays some nds games pretty smoothly though it blurs because of the enlarged screen and lags on cut scenes
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abdel12345 said:
My nexus 10 plays some nds games pretty smoothly though it blurs because of the enlarged screen and lags on cut scenes
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Well if it's dual core and has very food cpu benchmark then it is a perfect phone for nds games.
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Unconditional love for the Xperia Play

Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!

@soninlaw
Goes the same for me..

soninlaw said:
Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!
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I'd agree especially on the originality part, this phone is very original and simply great.
Sadly it doesn't live up to the performance anymore so I don't intend to use it anymore.
If an Xperia Play 2 would be made at a decent price with flagship specs it'd be a "must buy".
It may just be that the Xperia Play 1 was released too early - some people considered it a failure (but I loved my play when I had it).
Gaming is getting more apparent and widespread on Android, and I'd love to see a newer implementation of this device which would rock a 5" 1080p or 2k display on perhaps something like the upcoming Snapdragon 810.
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Edit: I'd love it even more if it had the soft touch rubber feeling on the exterior like the one of the N5, although it could cause it to be undetachable (no removable battery ;( )

soninlaw said:
Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!
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The same for me this is my 4th one and am not ever selling this one again, Am running Gin2kitkat rom with extreme kernel up to 2.3Ghz, This phone plays all the big games like MC4, Nova 3, GTA with ease and no lag :laugh::good:, The xperia z2 is my main phone but i use the xperia play to play all my games

eman2001 said:
The same for me this is my 4th one and am not ever selling this one again, Am running Gin2kitkat rom with extreme kernel up to 2.3Ghz, This phone plays all the big games like MC4, Nova 3, GTA with ease and no lag :laugh::good:, The xperia z2 is my main phone but i use the xperia play to play all my games
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Doesn't battery drain so fast though?

RoboticBuddy said:
Doesn't battery drain so fast though?
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No the battery doesn't drain fast at all in fact it last me 2 days on a single charge because when am not using it and the screen is off I control the cpu with this app called setcpu and I clock it down to 500Ghz but when am playing the heavy games I clock it from 1.000Ghz to 2.3Ghz so that way I can get the best performance from the big games

I am also an Xperia Play fan. I did actually find a completely new one on a sale yesterday.
So now I have a new one in case my old one breaks!

eman2001 said:
No the battery doesn't drain fast at all in fact it last me 2 days on a single charge because when am not using it and the screen is off I control the cpu with this app called setcpu and I clock it down to 500Ghz but when am playing the heavy games I clock it from 1.000Ghz to 2.3Ghz so that way I can get the best performance from the big games
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I think my battery's dying then. I can hardly get above 6 hours with about 1 hour of gaming... on stock clock too..

I feel the same kinda way. I've had my play for over 2 years and it really is such a unique little device.
It may not be the fastest thing on the planet but it handles all the android games I throw at it and the controls
just feel solid.
Even in the future if and when I get a new phone, I'll be holding onto my play for that portable emulator experience.(touchscreen buttons suck so bad lol)

Same feeling here the xperia play was one hell of a device. I hope an xperia play 2 is released some day.
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Proud Xperia PLAY owner for 2 years 11 months here!
Lots of choices, but I just can't go on without that kick-a$$ built-in gamepad!

50+ hr work weeks have kept me away from being here as much as I used to... but I still love my Xperia Play.
I've gone through at least 5 significantly stronger Android devices... and they all feel like "just another android device" compared to the Xperia Play.
...and honestly, I still feel like it's got good performance. LauncherPro gives me slick, super smooth UI operation, Opera gives me a smooth browsing experience, and seems like even the newer games I try work well because the 205 is a very highly supported GPU.

I love my Xperia Play, had it for about more than 2 years now. But the only thing is that my microphone in calling doesn't work without a bluetooth or wired headset, so I will have to get a replacement soon. I would really love this device more if it had just better specs.

I've had mine almost two years now, it's been an awesome phone/gaming platform for me. Everybody I see loves it, unfortunately it's got a cracked screen and the touchscreen was shot from the second time of being dropped in water, I revived it the first time it hit water, the development I've done for this Rom wise was a blast as of now I've been running the modded 2.3.3 UK fw for CDMA with doom Lords CDMA kernel oc 2.0 max 368 min noon and smartassv2 it handles games pretty well gta3 and vc my ported ps1 games using psxperia 2.0 which were gran turismo 1&2 and ppsspp playing final Fantasy crisis core the speech lags at times but mostly smooth game play, my contract is up in a couple of months and I plan on buying another Xperia from Verizon just to unlock and do what I've done before lol I think Sony should try to release a Xperia 2 with mobile gaming on the rise better specs and the right marketing I think it'd sell just my opinion tho
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I bought a play in may of 2011... I have had many different devices, and have gotten to mess around with many different devices. I have gotten to the point to where I don't care if it won't be able to run new apps in a couple of years. As long as it can call, text, and play what I want it to play then I will never switch devices. Ever.
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my play died after 2 years. bought a new one (11 mos). kept it in the trident case since I bought new. when I get the urge to buy a new phone, I play fifa 12 and star battalion and play street fighter 2 on snes. you cannot pull of those games the same way on any other android phone. also, I take may play out of the case and it's new.
this is a gamer phone and no phone can match the controls. there might be some new games out there that the play can't perform well but there are a 300-400 android optimized games I haven't tried yet. playstation mobile is also offering recent games too. play is the best and will being going on 3 years.

have been using mine since May2011 .. my first.. fallen many many times.. touchwood nothing happened to it.. has a scratchy back cover.. but I like its rugged look.. haha..
I plan to take another one just in case this stops responding.. now that kitkat will be available for us.. and many future versions cuz of the 3.4 Kernel.. I don't thinkso I would be selling/giving up this for the next 10 years

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I have gotten to the point to where I don't care if it won't be able to run new apps in a couple of years.
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It already can't run most of the new games now. I love my PLAY, but I'm not going to miss out on enjoying the latest releases over devotion to this device.

Visa Declined said:
It already can't run most of the new games now. I love my PLAY, but I'm not going to miss out on enjoying the latest releases over devotion to this device.
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That is what adrenobooster and overclocks are for. I haven't found too many games that this bad boy can't play. If. There is something really shiny that I want to play but can't, then I have a hisense sero 7 pro that can handle it just fine.

I play plenty of new games on my Xperia Play.

Play owners as primary phone?

Just checking how many people are using their Play as their primary phone in 2014? Been using this phone since 2011 and still love it. Have often contemplated getting a new one but I just don't feel the need. The new phones with no gamepad and new games isn't enough to justify.

I used mine until 2013 woukdve kept going if I wasnt away when the flex cable went out so I had to buy a new phone
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I've also had mine since 2011 but didn't know anything about rooting until late last year. I've considered buying the xperia z but i can wait it out i think since the only cos with this phone is the RAM and not a lot of roms working that are jellybean and above

no need to update....phone and emulators like ds,psp, n64 etc etc.....gps and 50 million apps...why do i need new phone?

Xplay said:
no need to update....phone and emulators like ds,psp, n64 etc etc.....gps and 50 million apps...why do i need new phone?
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Because cool new games coming out now won't even play on it? And the small, low resolution screen is an eyesore compared to modern phones?

i went from my galaxy s3 to my iphone 4s. and now i am back to my xperia play I just want to play emulators with the keyboard..

The best phone ever made........using it for almost 2 years and with custom roms and kernel it's performance is great for me!!Never thought changing it, it is just the perfect phone!!!and with low sar!!!

legacygt777 said:
Just checking how many people are using their Play as their primary phone in 2014? Been using this phone since 2011 and still love it. Have often contemplated getting a new one but I just don't feel the need. The new phones with no gamepad and new games isn't enough to justify.
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Nah, i bought one(m7) several months ago.
However, i use it everyday because i love it very much !!
(PLAY is also my first android phone )

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Because cool new games coming out now won't even play on it? And the small, low resolution screen is an eyesore compared to modern phones?
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it's about the gaming experience. asphalt 8 on my wife's htc m one isn't better than asphalt 6. fifa 14 on my xperia z tablet isn't better than xperia fifa 12. emulators and playing games from mame, lynx, snes, nes, etc still kill any phone out there because of the gamepad.
in society, people are trained by the market to get the latest and greatest. technology is in the hands of the beholder that knows how to use it. snap chat, facebook, Skype, taking notes, calendar, playing music, 4g, email, and especially video games makes the play completely functional. I know people that upgrade their phone every year or two and still do the same thing.
yeah the resolution is not as great, the camera is not as fancy, the speed might not be as fast, and the phone is bulky but I'm a gamer first and this phone still can't be touched in terms of gaming experience. anyone try the latest 2014 king of fighters on the play?

legacygt777 said:
it's about the gaming experience. asphalt 8 on my wife's htc m one isn't better than asphalt 6. fifa 14 on my xperia z tablet isn't better than xperia fifa 12. emulators and playing games from mame, lynx, snes, nes, etc still kill any phone out there because of the gamepad.
in society, people are trained by the market to get the latest and greatest. technology is in the hands of the beholder that knows how to use it. snap chat, facebook, Skype, taking notes, calendar, playing music, 4g, email, and especially video games makes the play completely functional. I know people that upgrade their phone every year or two and still do the same thing.
yeah the resolution is not as great, the camera is not as fancy, the speed might not be as fast, and the phone is bulky but I'm a gamer first and this phone still can't be touched in terms of gaming experience. anyone try the latest 2014 king of fighters on the play?
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The PLAY is a good phone for playing old games. but if it's the only device you have, then you're going to be sad every time an awesome new high end game comes out. Even web browsing and watching YouTube videos on it sucks compared a modern phone with a big 1080p screen. If all you do the entire day is sit around playing old games, then the PLAY might be the only phone you'll need.
I like my Xperia Play, and I'll never get rid of it, but even when I want to play emulators or old school games I pick up my nVidia Shield every time.

Well the play is like 4 years old
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Probably I will change phone at Christmas, my little cousin break the screen, and I don't use the phone as a console (3ds with Pokémon and Fire Emblem are my portable friend XD), and repairing the play will cost almost as much as a new phone.

I find it interesting that the new xperia E3 coming out is going to have the same pixel specs at 480 x 854. the new E3 is .5 bigger. these new phones keep getting bigger but eventually I predict them getting smaller again packing more punch and features.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/03/sony-xperia-e3/?ncid=rss_truncated